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IS MY CHEMO WORKING
I was diagnosed November 2020 with locally advanced Ductal Carcinoma stage 3 grade 3 with with lymph node involvement in right breast. My treatment so far is neoadjuvant chemotherapy of which I ...
Dear @heathfield, what a tough road bc is! And you’re nearly through the Taxol. It’s so worrying when they tell you they can’t tell. Oncologist was certain my lump was softening during chemo. Surgeon advised me - like @Mazbeth says above, that what the scan might be picking up is the scarred remains of where the tumour was. This was the case for me. After 4x AC then 9 x taxol, lumpectomy pathology in Jan21 found 2 tiny foci- .1 and .5mm, the rest was scar tissue, clear margins, all three sentinel nodes were cancer free as well.
The chemo kills the cancer everywhere it may be lurking. Not just in the breast with the tumour.
Totally empathize with you. The waiting and not knowing - especially whilst submitting to chemical warfare -can eat you up. Big 🤗 xx
The chemo kills the cancer everywhere it may be lurking. Not just in the breast with the tumour.
Totally empathize with you. The waiting and not knowing - especially whilst submitting to chemical warfare -can eat you up. Big 🤗 xx