New diagnosis and Mastectomy

My dad went through chemo eighteen years ago and just before he died he made me promise never to have chemo as it was worthless and destroyed ones quality of life. I was diagnosed with BC in April and after listening to the surgeons advise, I broke my promise. Do I feel guilty? Sometimes. Is the chemo working? Absolutely. Would my dad have changed his mind and told me to go for it? I believe so as he was a very intelligent man and would have looked at the success rate of what I was having. We make promises sometimes but when the facts change, well???? so I convinced myself that it wasn't really breaking my promise. My treatment is different to yours but the breakthroughs they are constantly making is giving cancer a kick in the nether regions. Once we beat this, and we will, we can look back and pffft at cancer. Go girl!