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Anyone not taking chemo ?
I was diagnose with breast cancer on my left breast and went for operation on 30 March, and one of the 3 sentinel notes taken has cancer. So I went for the second operation to take more the lymph nod...
Hi @Alola, great news that you don't need chemo. I was also lucky and didn't need chemo. My oncologist explained that as my cancer was grade 1 the cells were slow growing and wouldn't respond to chemo. He felt confident that as I had a mastectomy with clear margins and no lymph node involved it wasn't necessary - let's hope he was right. I do understand that niggling doubt but I have to have confidence that my medical team looks at me as an individual and has made the right decision based on my results. My cancer was 100% ER/PR so I am taking Arimidex which should further reduce my risk of recurrence. I'm 10 months on and pretty much side effect free.
Wishing you all the best Alola, Jane xx
Wishing you all the best Alola, Jane xx