To chemo or not to chemo?

Hi @Kerry66. I got diagnosed with ER + PR + and HER - in February. I had a lumpectomy, partial mastectomy and full simple mastectomy with auxiliary lymph node removal last month.  I have had a bit of horror ride with a misinformed surgeon but it ended up that my CT scan was clear, the nodes were clear and it had not invaded any surrounding tissue. My oncologist will put me in hormone blocking therapy and she made chemo my choice - I won’t need radiation. She gave me the stats and said she would be happy if I would have it or not - she would only recommend it as I am young (43) and to avoid the chance of recurrence as it rarely comes back in the other breast apparently. I just feel life is full of too many coulda, shoulda situations and I didn’t want this one to be one if it came back in 5 years somewhere else.  I started my basically oreventwtiv chemo TC 4 cycles, 21 days apart on Monday. I wore the cold cap to to try and protect my hair from going and I only got a little light headedness from the Docetaxel. I have been abit more tired but have been able to get up and go for a walk at 5am in the morning since then and have as yet had no side effects from the WBC booster shot I had yesterday. Feeling a little more slothful tonight but took my last Dex tablets until the next cycle. It is such a personal decision and I advise u to do your research, talk to your treatment team and your loved ones - in the the end u are the only one that can make the decision. I just looked at it as 2 months out of my life where I might feel like crap for a big chunk of it but at least I would have no regrets and know I did everything I could. We r all here for u - big hugs