Do I choose surgery or chemo first?
I posted my first discussion last week and now I have a bit more information I thought I would give you an update. I have Hormone Receptor (HR) Oestrogen (ER+PR+)HER2. I was booked in for a lumpecto...
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I had chemo before surgery. It wasn't an option for me as I was considered 'inoperable' due to the size of the tumors vs the size of my breast - 2 huge tumors in a AA cup.
I wouldn't have wanted all that chemo with my right breast missing. Somehow it made chemo more bearable because I was still 'intact'.
But I honestly don't know how all the doctors make their decisions. I just do as I am told. After 5 months of chemo and a mastectomy before xmas I'll be going back for another operation, which they call an axillary node dissection. It's not that uncommon but I was mortified at the time. I thought that came with the mastectomy!
Chemo is what everyone wants to avoid and with good reason but if they say you need it then you must. Best to get that one out of the way first up, but the order in which they do everything varies greatly from one woman to another.
I've never been given any options, just ultimatons.
Good luck with this long and winding road, it will take you to places you've never been before...
Patsy
I wouldn't have wanted all that chemo with my right breast missing. Somehow it made chemo more bearable because I was still 'intact'.
But I honestly don't know how all the doctors make their decisions. I just do as I am told. After 5 months of chemo and a mastectomy before xmas I'll be going back for another operation, which they call an axillary node dissection. It's not that uncommon but I was mortified at the time. I thought that came with the mastectomy!
Chemo is what everyone wants to avoid and with good reason but if they say you need it then you must. Best to get that one out of the way first up, but the order in which they do everything varies greatly from one woman to another.
I've never been given any options, just ultimatons.
Good luck with this long and winding road, it will take you to places you've never been before...
Patsy