Ephima
12 years agoMember
A Gift
Well this is my first blog.
I was diagnosed in Dec 2013 with breast cancer. Had a mastectomy 9th Jan 2014.
And was told on the 17th Jan that the cancer was in a lymph node. Bugger.
All that was...
hi there--i had a 'teeny eeny' lymph node involvement as well but all through my treatment has been minimal intervention, idont have the family history but my oncologist said most women dont. i thought i was on a alternative path of radiation and hormone treatment-- however when i started radiation therapy at cancer specialist institute i was told my treatment was 'standard' and none of the public oncologists there would recommend chemotherapy for me. My life continued pretty much as normal and i did notice the effects chemotherapy had on women in the waiting room and this too validated my treatment path. I would have chemotherapy if this made a big difference to my survival rate ---but i liked how my oncologist seem to really be mindful about applying chemotherapy. That time between when i thought i would have chemo to my first appt with oncologist was really awful--so when he said his recommendation was no chemo--that was a great feeling; take your time, you can have medical and natural approaches. I really liked the courage of my surgeon not to refer to her hospital colleagues and i think there is courage of women who listen to their own intuition
best wishes