first appt
Hi everyone, well I had my first appt at the hospital today with the breast surgeon, was very anxious as did not know what to expect, was really under the impression that surgery would be my first po...
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I was also told to have the chemo first and the surgery after. My initial instinct was to chop it off...now...yesterday preferably. To be frank, I thought that as a public patient, their lists were probably booked up, and that they were just tossing me a bone to keep me busy until a slot came up. Wrong.It was explained to me that the cancer in my breast itself would not kill me, but that any cells which might have set sail to distant parts very well might. The neoadjuvant chemo (chemo before surgery rather than after) would deal with any such feral cells and also, it would shrink the tumour in my breast before surgery. Also, the pathology reports from the removed breasts (I had both off), would tell the team how well the chemo had worked. The result of my pathology from tyhe surgery was that there had been a 100% pathalogical response to the chemo, and that only the empty tumour beds were found, even in the one affected axillary (armpit) node. Good luck with your treatment.