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Treatment decisions
Hi everyone! I was diagnosed with early stage, grade 3, ER/PR+ breast cancer in early April shortly after my 28th birthday. I had a lumpectomy early May and it came back with clear margins and cle...
Hi @Lelle,
I was recommended for chemo. My oncologist started reeling off stats etc. But i said look I dont want to know. It will just make it worse.
Having it recommended i just took the approach that you want to do everything you can for yourself for a long life. I was 48 and you are even younger.
I did 5.5 months of chemo and its a small cost to me for a longer life. Ive thrown everything at it. If it comes back at least ill know that its not because i wavered. I also know if i have to i know i could manage it again. Cross fingers not required.
Radiotherapy isnt necessarily easier. Its just shorter and different. Radiotherapy treats your chest wall. Chemo is systematic and chases those cells that might have got out around your body.
I hope this helps.
Michele
I was recommended for chemo. My oncologist started reeling off stats etc. But i said look I dont want to know. It will just make it worse.
Having it recommended i just took the approach that you want to do everything you can for yourself for a long life. I was 48 and you are even younger.
I did 5.5 months of chemo and its a small cost to me for a longer life. Ive thrown everything at it. If it comes back at least ill know that its not because i wavered. I also know if i have to i know i could manage it again. Cross fingers not required.
Radiotherapy isnt necessarily easier. Its just shorter and different. Radiotherapy treats your chest wall. Chemo is systematic and chases those cells that might have got out around your body.
I hope this helps.
Michele