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Got told today chemo failed
Today I met with my surgeon, I'm booked in for right mastectomy and full node clearance for 15th August. He told me chemo has failed and done nothing. Hearing that had my head spinning. I've just spen...
@LMK74 what a shit of a bit of news, far too bluntly put. I would feel exactly as you describe if I was told that.
But how do they know it didn't work?
Was it that it didn't shrink the tumour, or are they basing it on something else?
I thought chemo was to kill stray cells so they didn't start up somewhere else.
I didn't know they could test for that to see if it was successful. Can they?
I was told the same things as AllyJay by my Oncologist.
I am going in for mastectomy and Lymphnode clearance too, hoping not to get lymphodema, wearing a sleeve would be totally impractical for my work.
I hope you prove them all wrong and you are cancer and lymphodema free after your surgery.
But how do they know it didn't work?
Was it that it didn't shrink the tumour, or are they basing it on something else?
I thought chemo was to kill stray cells so they didn't start up somewhere else.
I didn't know they could test for that to see if it was successful. Can they?
I was told the same things as AllyJay by my Oncologist.
I am going in for mastectomy and Lymphnode clearance too, hoping not to get lymphodema, wearing a sleeve would be totally impractical for my work.
I hope you prove them all wrong and you are cancer and lymphodema free after your surgery.