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LMK74
9 years agoMember
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...
primek
9 years agoMember
I'm am so glad you feel much more confident that the chemo has done what it should have. Makes it so worthwhile. Unfortunately I didn't feel supported by my bc nurse locally, I used to contact the ones attached to the hospital that did my surgery instead (500k away) as they seemed more interested. I recently had my changeover surgery and let my local bc nurse know I was back home. She sent me a text saying good. I saw her 6 weeks later, at a coffee shop at the hospital, (last actually spoke 5 months ago when my herceptin stopped early) and she said Oh havent seen you since surgery. And I said...havent seen you in 6 months. But we just had a quick chat. I too feel very alone if it wasn't for the ladies here and a couple I met during chemo.