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lrb_03
6 years agoMember
Hi @kabash, that's a normal reaction to news of a type that you don't want.
A friend who started chemo about 6-8 weeks behind me received similar news. We were both have a different cocktail to you, FEC-D. After 2 cycles of FEC she was told she'd had minimal response. They immediately commenced her on docetaxol (simlilar to paclitoxol) and she had 4 cycles of that instead of 3. She ended up having a complete pathological response.
I'm not saying this to imply that it will happen to you or give false hope, but to say it can happen and you might also be lucky.
Have you had any Herceptin yet? If not, that is what your cancer will respond better to, from my reading.... I'm not an oncologist, or even a doctor.
We can't be stoic all the time
Take care
A friend who started chemo about 6-8 weeks behind me received similar news. We were both have a different cocktail to you, FEC-D. After 2 cycles of FEC she was told she'd had minimal response. They immediately commenced her on docetaxol (simlilar to paclitoxol) and she had 4 cycles of that instead of 3. She ended up having a complete pathological response.
I'm not saying this to imply that it will happen to you or give false hope, but to say it can happen and you might also be lucky.
Have you had any Herceptin yet? If not, that is what your cancer will respond better to, from my reading.... I'm not an oncologist, or even a doctor.
We can't be stoic all the time
Take care