Intro + Neoadjuvant or Adjuvant Chemo?

Hi there @byo_boy...I'm so sorry both your wife and your supportive self have gained admission tickets to our not-so sought after group. My story is this. I was aged 57 in 2016 and was diagnosed with Stage 3, Grade 3, Triple Positive, Multifocal (more than one little sod) in the left breast, at least 1 axillary node positive and so called 'abnormal geography' in the right breast. I was told I'd have neoadjuvant chemo, followed by surgery. I was not a candidate for radiotherapy due to a different medical condition. To be honest, being a public patient, I was rather sceptical about the sequence. I thought that their surgery lists were waaay too long, and so they were going to do the chemo to keep me in a holding pattern, as it were, until they'd do the surgery. My first instinct was give me a weedwhacker and I'll do the job myself. Eventually sanity (well my hubby would question that) prevailed and I got on with it. The pathology for the removed left breast and full node clearance showed no active cancer cells, only the 'empty tumour beds'. The removed (at my request) right breast showed numerous areas of abnormal cells with a dark history of going bad...so I felt good that I'd pushed for both and got rid of it before it too went feral on me. So for me, I trusted my team...after all this is their bread and butter in their chosen medical speciality...and my result was good...in fact excellent. I still remain NED (no evidence of disease) and just keep on keeping on. My very best wishes to you both and hope that all goes well with treatment. Best wishes...Ally.