Treatment decisions-Triple negative
Hi everyone I was diagnosed with triple negative, stage 3C breast cancer in October last year. Initially I had a lumpectomy with sentinel node removal. As there were no clear margins and cancer in th...
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Hi Feathers, welcome to this amazing forum.
I also was diagnosed with Triple Negative Breast Cancer back in October 2018.
I had a partial mastectomy and sentinel nodes removed , pathology results were clear margins and clear sentinel nodes.
Next step was dense dose AC every 2 weeks for 8 weeks, then 12 weekly pactlitaxel, 30 rounds of radiation.
During my dense dose AC I was admitted to hospital with no white blood cells, during a routine chest X-ray they found under my left arm ( surgery side) that I had a swollen lymph node, further investigation found that I had cancer cells in one of my lymph nodes.
So once I finished all my chemotherapy I had a full auxiliary clearance under my arm, fortunately only the one node involved out of the 16 removed.
After all my treatment I wasn’t offered any other treatment, so I’m interested in seeing what they offer you.
I would like to tell you that I am post treatment 8 months and I’m all clear . Due for my two yearly mammogram in November 2020.
I have spoken to a lot of other ladies that are cancer free after being diagnosed with Triple Negative BC, 2,4,6,8 years +.
We have all got through it and we are now survivors.
Sorry I can’t help you with your decision, as I was never offered the drugs.
You can beat this......
Stay positive, you’ve got this.
Sending hugs xx
I also was diagnosed with Triple Negative Breast Cancer back in October 2018.
I had a partial mastectomy and sentinel nodes removed , pathology results were clear margins and clear sentinel nodes.
Next step was dense dose AC every 2 weeks for 8 weeks, then 12 weekly pactlitaxel, 30 rounds of radiation.
During my dense dose AC I was admitted to hospital with no white blood cells, during a routine chest X-ray they found under my left arm ( surgery side) that I had a swollen lymph node, further investigation found that I had cancer cells in one of my lymph nodes.
So once I finished all my chemotherapy I had a full auxiliary clearance under my arm, fortunately only the one node involved out of the 16 removed.
After all my treatment I wasn’t offered any other treatment, so I’m interested in seeing what they offer you.
I would like to tell you that I am post treatment 8 months and I’m all clear . Due for my two yearly mammogram in November 2020.
I have spoken to a lot of other ladies that are cancer free after being diagnosed with Triple Negative BC, 2,4,6,8 years +.
We have all got through it and we are now survivors.
Sorry I can’t help you with your decision, as I was never offered the drugs.
You can beat this......
Stay positive, you’ve got this.
Sending hugs xx