Declined treatment.
I'd really like to meet ladies who, although it was strongly suggested by their medical professionals that they have chemotherapy, they made the decision to decline any treatment.
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I had my first bout of breast cancer(found a lump)back in 2003.I had a lumpectomy,full node clearance followed by radiation.My cancer was eostrogen+,not aggressive and NOT in any of the 18 nodes.I was offerred chemo as an optional extra but declined.So last year( 7yrs later) cancer came back in the same breast,same spot.Must have been 1 cell lingering around for 7yrs! So had a mastectomy and urged by 2 doctors to have chemo. My body and bone scans were clear.Again it was a non aggressive cancer. Against my better judgement I did one round of chemo and I ended up in hosp. isolation ward for 4 days with no white cells.The whole experience was more than dreadful.My oncologist wanted to swap me to another chemo regime but I said no thanks.He was actually ok with my answer so long as I took Tamoxifen.I honestly believe,at the time,that chemo might kill me before cancer would.It took me 8mths for hair to grow back enough not to wear a scarf.I found this very distressing. If I had had evidence that the cancer had travelled then I probably would have finished my chemo rounds. I guess I have become very sceptical of these cancer treatments because my cancer came back anyway after 7yrs for goodness sake.Anyway,I respect your decision not to have chemo. Having a healthy diet and staying stress free is what I try to maintain now.All the best to you.
Tonya xx