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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...
@viking1 I didn't have a port, it was never offered and my veins weren't great, generally women with Her2 status get ports, because they have an extra year of treatment. Of course you could request it too if you wanted. As i had nodes removed left side, they used my right arm but after the 3rd infusion I developed a blood clot in my arm and severe cording. So they ended up doing the last FEC and 8 Taxol on my left side and I had zero issues at all :) eventhough they say dont use it. My Oncology team disagreed with the view completely.