Taking control of your diagnosis
Recently I was diagnosed with BC along with all the other lovely women on this forum and I guess felt the same shock and horror as every one else too! Four months on and following a lumpectomy which ...
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Absolutely so very individual and so very personal, and everyone has the right to choose, no rights or wrongs. Having personally been on this journey for 5yrs now, I am thankful for the honesty of my Oncologist. I chose treatment 2011, lumpectomy and radiation and tamoxifen, all that was aggressive treatment for DCIS so my Surgeon says. Inspite of it all it came back 2015, yeah I was angry...but I hate to think how much worse it could have been, in fact I do know how much worse. If it werent for the vigilance of my Surgeon in 2011 I would have slipped through the cracks with all the tests, scans and biopsy they couldnt even hit the spot! Nothing is definitive without a lumectomy and pathology. I didnt want to do Chemo at all, I dont think anyone does. Did an abundance of research, even argued with the Oncologist LOL. I use alternative therapies in conjunction and Im even a Reiki Practitioner, BUT none of these things for me personally took away my need for Medical assistance. Whether you do treatment or don't, its a gamble either way, no guarantees in anything. So trust your gut, do what is right for you at the end of the day. Everyones diagnosis is different and so are their choices.