Understanding Ki67 index
Hello, I was diagnosed with breast cancer in October and had single mastectomy on 20/11. It came back as Stage 2A, HR+ HER- , grade 3, 2.7cm, no lymph node involvement, clear margins. Surgeon initiall...
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Hi @HannahM, I had stage 2 grade 3 and 1 lymph node involved, 2cm lump IDC NST hormore positive. My ki67 was 30% my surgeon explain the higher ki67 score put me in the higher risk of reoccurance group, so it was another useful tool to help them decide what treatment I shoud have, but the grade was what they were more concerned about. I had chemo for six months, radiation, hormone blockers and I'm also taking abemaciclib for 2 years.
I am also in Darwin, the whole care team have been great, I can't praise the Alan Walker Centre enough, I also had surgery privately and then moved across to public for chemo.
The McGrath nurses here have been a great help, even though I was private initially they still answered my questions. You should contact them if you need to, they helped organise all the pre chemo tests I needed to get done.
One of the unfortunate things about chemo is they really can't tell you how your body will react to it, it really is very personal. I found it manageable, I didn't get any of the really bad side effects, the worst for me was severe fatigue for about 4 days each cycle of AC chemo, and severe mouth ulcers at round 7 of paclitaxel.
All the best with your ongoing journey. I'm happy to answer any Darwin specific questions if I can.
I am also in Darwin, the whole care team have been great, I can't praise the Alan Walker Centre enough, I also had surgery privately and then moved across to public for chemo.
The McGrath nurses here have been a great help, even though I was private initially they still answered my questions. You should contact them if you need to, they helped organise all the pre chemo tests I needed to get done.
One of the unfortunate things about chemo is they really can't tell you how your body will react to it, it really is very personal. I found it manageable, I didn't get any of the really bad side effects, the worst for me was severe fatigue for about 4 days each cycle of AC chemo, and severe mouth ulcers at round 7 of paclitaxel.
All the best with your ongoing journey. I'm happy to answer any Darwin specific questions if I can.