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Hello everyone, I have just joined this forum. I am 67 years old and I was diagnosed with Stage 3 19mm TNBC late November 2017. I had a lumpectomy and 3 sentinel nodes removed. Two out of three had c...
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Hi @duxx1234, welcome - sorry you're here of course. I also had TNBC. Yes, it is nasty. And yes, they will hit it hard. And yes, it's not common - only about 10-20% of all breast ca. It's common to be found between mammograms as it's often fast growing. But the great news is that it usually responds really, really well to chemo.
High end delivery chemo is how I explained it to the uninitiated.
I had 3 weekly chemo for 6 cycles. 3 of FEC and 3 of Taxotere. I won't lie to you it was bloody hard and I never thought it would be over - but hey here I am all done and dusted. The effects of chemo are accumulative. First one... Ok I can do this, second one ...oh gosh I'm slammed, third one .... I'm down ( but I'm not bloody well staying down ) and so on. I had chemo on a Friday and found by the Monday I was on the downward spiral but found by the Friday I was on my way up again.
Youve already had your lumpectomy and nodes clearance - well done - that's a big hurdle you can tick off!
Can you take someone to your onc visit. It's really hard to take everything in yourself. If you think of questions write them down to take with you. I couldn't think of anything at first I was in such a muddle. You'll get literature about you chemo too and stuff on how to look after yourself during chemo too.
We we are here for you. Xxxooo
High end delivery chemo is how I explained it to the uninitiated.
I had 3 weekly chemo for 6 cycles. 3 of FEC and 3 of Taxotere. I won't lie to you it was bloody hard and I never thought it would be over - but hey here I am all done and dusted. The effects of chemo are accumulative. First one... Ok I can do this, second one ...oh gosh I'm slammed, third one .... I'm down ( but I'm not bloody well staying down ) and so on. I had chemo on a Friday and found by the Monday I was on the downward spiral but found by the Friday I was on my way up again.
Youve already had your lumpectomy and nodes clearance - well done - that's a big hurdle you can tick off!
Can you take someone to your onc visit. It's really hard to take everything in yourself. If you think of questions write them down to take with you. I couldn't think of anything at first I was in such a muddle. You'll get literature about you chemo too and stuff on how to look after yourself during chemo too.
We we are here for you. Xxxooo