The “journey” begins.
I was diagnosed with grade 2 IDC ER & PR + Her2- on 19/12. I am 50 years old, married with three teenagers at home, two homeschoolers, one working. I work as a nurse for NDIS. Getting the diagnosi...
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Hello D63
Three ops is pretty full on for you, I had two and that’s enough.
Three ops is pretty full on for you, I had two and that’s enough.
I had/have a different point of view to some others as I did not do the oncotype test.
My thoughts are too much emphasis is put on an expensive test which provides no guarantee just more specific statistics.
It should not be that expensive either!
On my Predict portal my overall benefit percentage is 3%. To me that risk/beneft ratio is not one I want to take so I turned down the test and chemo.
The onco wasn’t even sure I’d need it and only 4 rounds were on offer. She left it up to me.
My logic said to me that the cancer was contained in DCIS, it was removed and it is gone.
I feel like I’d be taking too many risks if I didn’t do radiation so I will do 15 rounds in May with Tamoxifen to start after that.
We all make decisions based on lots of factors and each to there own I think.