Logistics of treatment
I was diagnosed with invasive breast cancer a few months ago (ER positive, PR positive & HER2 positive) and am struggling to move forward with any of the treatment options offered to me. One of the r...
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I am wondering if the doctors are thinking chemo first to shrink it and only do a lumpectomy surgery then? I wouldnt have bar of a lumpectomy and just told my surgeon I wanted the whole breast gone and be done with it. I do not regret my decision. I avoided radiation but did have 3 months of the chemo as it had gone in to my sentinel node. Do you have any family up the coast? I had my treatment in Hervey Bay and the hospital, cancer care building, doctors and radiation centers are all in the one block which is very handy. The only drawback was no cold caps but in this summer heat who needs hair anyway?