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strongtogether
7 years agoMember
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...
strongtogether
7 years agoMember
Thanks for the advice.
I am really struggling trying to understand what is going on. I saw some comments in the tnbcfoundation forums that said that basically it's a mistake to have the mastectomy before chemotherapy for tnbc, because that way the oncologist wouldnt be able to gauge how effective the chemo regimen was and whether to adjust it.....
I am a big believer in the scientific method, and in trusting the experts etc. I think that googling is not helping me but I can't help looking at it because I don't understand what is happening. I might go along to the next Med Oncologist appointment and see what I can understand.
I am really struggling trying to understand what is going on. I saw some comments in the tnbcfoundation forums that said that basically it's a mistake to have the mastectomy before chemotherapy for tnbc, because that way the oncologist wouldnt be able to gauge how effective the chemo regimen was and whether to adjust it.....
I am a big believer in the scientific method, and in trusting the experts etc. I think that googling is not helping me but I can't help looking at it because I don't understand what is happening. I might go along to the next Med Oncologist appointment and see what I can understand.