Chemotherapy or natural?
Tomorrow I go to see oncologist for first time after surgery removal of invasive ductal carcinoma (12mm) and finding cancer in the only lymph node they found. Had CT Scans and bone scan yesterday so g...
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Hi Sandra,
Unfortunately alot of what he says is correct, the stats are like 90% of Breast Cancer is NOT genetic completely random. Makes zero difference, if you breast fed or didn't , took the pill or didn't, ate a healthy diet or exercised regularly. Zip!! They've tried to find common denominators but there aren't any...clutching at straws. They only SUGGEST post treatment to eat a healthy diet and exercise as you would with any illness to help any risk of recurrence, but let me tell you again...none of that comes into it at all. My Oncologist told me that there is no guarantee even if I do chemo...
Sandra, I had aggressive treatment in 2011 Lumpectomy DCIS High Grade wasnt even IDC but made to do radiotherapy 6 weeks!!! and TAmoxifen for 4yrs...inspite of all of that it still came back in 2015 in my scar tissue that were pedantically wide and clear originally. 2.5cm Stage 2 Grade 3 aggressive a recurrence hmmm. How?? my Specialists cannot answer it. So ER+ only BRCA Gene negative did Chemo 4.5 months and Arimidex since...because of recurrence so as to not gamble again they suggested a mastectomy/diep flap recon which Im 6 weeks post. Pathology from the breast was NEGATIVE. Latest statistics from the National Breast Cancer Foundation state that Tamoxifen doesnt work in 1/3 of cases, to which my Oncologist recently said, Im guessing thats what happened to you...
All you can do is, whats best for you at the time and be guided by your Specialists. Im thankful to be 18 months clear and on my way...but after 6yrs of being blindsighted as in never been sick at all apart from what treatment has done is a very harsh mental reality for us all. I've learned alot and some things I would do differently.
Onward we go and you absolutely will get through it all and move on. Hugs Melinda xo
Unfortunately alot of what he says is correct, the stats are like 90% of Breast Cancer is NOT genetic completely random. Makes zero difference, if you breast fed or didn't , took the pill or didn't, ate a healthy diet or exercised regularly. Zip!! They've tried to find common denominators but there aren't any...clutching at straws. They only SUGGEST post treatment to eat a healthy diet and exercise as you would with any illness to help any risk of recurrence, but let me tell you again...none of that comes into it at all. My Oncologist told me that there is no guarantee even if I do chemo...
Sandra, I had aggressive treatment in 2011 Lumpectomy DCIS High Grade wasnt even IDC but made to do radiotherapy 6 weeks!!! and TAmoxifen for 4yrs...inspite of all of that it still came back in 2015 in my scar tissue that were pedantically wide and clear originally. 2.5cm Stage 2 Grade 3 aggressive a recurrence hmmm. How?? my Specialists cannot answer it. So ER+ only BRCA Gene negative did Chemo 4.5 months and Arimidex since...because of recurrence so as to not gamble again they suggested a mastectomy/diep flap recon which Im 6 weeks post. Pathology from the breast was NEGATIVE. Latest statistics from the National Breast Cancer Foundation state that Tamoxifen doesnt work in 1/3 of cases, to which my Oncologist recently said, Im guessing thats what happened to you...
All you can do is, whats best for you at the time and be guided by your Specialists. Im thankful to be 18 months clear and on my way...but after 6yrs of being blindsighted as in never been sick at all apart from what treatment has done is a very harsh mental reality for us all. I've learned alot and some things I would do differently.
Onward we go and you absolutely will get through it all and move on. Hugs Melinda xo