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Decision on chemotherapy
I am diagnosed breast cancer before Christmas in 2022. I have completed surgeries and need to decide whether I will do chemotherapy. The doctor told me yesterday I had triple negative but low risk giv...
So sorry to see you here, @Wenwen, joining the club that no-one wants to join .....
I am sure that other Triple Negative members will jump on & give their suggestions ..... and you can also check out other posts re Triple Negative here too:
https://onlinenetwork.bcna.org.au/search?query=Triple%20negative&sort=-dateInserted&scope=site&source=community
and here:
https://onlinenetwork.bcna.org.au/search?query=tnbc&sort=-dateInserted&scope=site&source=community
All Cancers are a strange beast ... but there are no guarantees that it will behave itself without further treatment ... and not all chemo makes your hair fall out or even nauseous tho yes, there often are side effects ....
Further down the track, if the cancer goes 'ugly' - you would probably ask yourself 'what if' ..... what if I'd HAD the chemo - would I still be in this situation?
Do you have kids? What age are they? There are so many factors that go into the decision making of further treatment, beyond getting side effects. I always ask the Onc - if it was YOUR wife or mother - what would you recommend that THEY do, if they had the identical results that you have?
take care & all the best with your decision making xx
I am sure that other Triple Negative members will jump on & give their suggestions ..... and you can also check out other posts re Triple Negative here too:
https://onlinenetwork.bcna.org.au/search?query=Triple%20negative&sort=-dateInserted&scope=site&source=community
and here:
https://onlinenetwork.bcna.org.au/search?query=tnbc&sort=-dateInserted&scope=site&source=community
All Cancers are a strange beast ... but there are no guarantees that it will behave itself without further treatment ... and not all chemo makes your hair fall out or even nauseous tho yes, there often are side effects ....
Further down the track, if the cancer goes 'ugly' - you would probably ask yourself 'what if' ..... what if I'd HAD the chemo - would I still be in this situation?
Do you have kids? What age are they? There are so many factors that go into the decision making of further treatment, beyond getting side effects. I always ask the Onc - if it was YOUR wife or mother - what would you recommend that THEY do, if they had the identical results that you have?
take care & all the best with your decision making xx