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Heartbroken, but unbroken
We have just been hit with a TNBC diagnosis. My wife is 44 and we have two young kids. Our world's been turned upside down. There's so much raw emotion and the sense of grief that we all know all too...
Ask your oncologist about that @strongtogether. Dose dense was still in late stage trials last time I had chemo. I was keen to get everything out of the way as fast as possible, with optimal results. My age, past history and regional location, meant it was a 'no' for me. At the time.
Now, this is my interpretation of what I've been told; a bogan synopsis.
Chemo as we know it has not been around for that long. Early patients suffered horribly for questionable outcomes.
Antiemetics (no spew drugs)changed the degree ofsuffering. But not necessarily the outcomes. The idea was to deliver the chemo in a way that prevented cancer cells from reproducing--kill them before they could breed on what was assumed to be a 28 day cycle. Thus the three week chemo. It was also as much as the patients could bear.
Things have changed. Drugs to stop you chucking your heart out, to boost your white cells--all manner of improvement. This has meant that it's possible to deliver chemo on a more frequent schedule that will bump off more nasties. Its a brave new world. But you have to ask the questions relevant to your circumstances.
Once again. This is a non medical explanation. Mxx
Now, this is my interpretation of what I've been told; a bogan synopsis.
Chemo as we know it has not been around for that long. Early patients suffered horribly for questionable outcomes.
Antiemetics (no spew drugs)changed the degree ofsuffering. But not necessarily the outcomes. The idea was to deliver the chemo in a way that prevented cancer cells from reproducing--kill them before they could breed on what was assumed to be a 28 day cycle. Thus the three week chemo. It was also as much as the patients could bear.
Things have changed. Drugs to stop you chucking your heart out, to boost your white cells--all manner of improvement. This has meant that it's possible to deliver chemo on a more frequent schedule that will bump off more nasties. Its a brave new world. But you have to ask the questions relevant to your circumstances.
Once again. This is a non medical explanation. Mxx