The Age Factor
I wish that there was consideration of age given. I am 67 yrs old and currently in the 3rd cycle of 4 cycles of Chemo to be followed by radiotherapy, and some other other form of hormonal blockers. I ...
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Dear @Molly5
I was 67 when diagnosed. I had a mastectomy and lost 17 lymph nodes (only one was malignant but several looked iffy!), six months of chemo, a year of herceptin and ten years of letrozole (hormonal blockers). Was it worth it? Too right. In the past 12 years, I finally got to Iceland, along with a lot of other travel, took on a new and challenging job, became a grandmother (twice), joined a choir, took up
a musical instrument (badly!) and became a volunteer with a small museum and a reader for Vision Australia. Wouldn’t have missed any of it.
I was 67 when diagnosed. I had a mastectomy and lost 17 lymph nodes (only one was malignant but several looked iffy!), six months of chemo, a year of herceptin and ten years of letrozole (hormonal blockers). Was it worth it? Too right. In the past 12 years, I finally got to Iceland, along with a lot of other travel, took on a new and challenging job, became a grandmother (twice), joined a choir, took up
a musical instrument (badly!) and became a volunteer with a small museum and a reader for Vision Australia. Wouldn’t have missed any of it.
I have a few side effects but nothing that really impacts on my day to day life. I didn’t retire till I turned 75. After chemo, I still had herceptin infusions but now you can have it orally if required. So there wasn’t too much impinging on my time (I worked through chemo). Obviously, a whole lot depends on how you travel through treatment but my life certainly wasn’t dominated by treatment. My feelings were not so
much that my age reduced my willingness to go through treatment but that my age meant I should make the most of every moment. Give it a shot, see how you go. Cancer is a complete pain but it’s sometimes accompanied by some insights and curious benefits. Best wishes.
much that my age reduced my willingness to go through treatment but that my age meant I should make the most of every moment. Give it a shot, see how you go. Cancer is a complete pain but it’s sometimes accompanied by some insights and curious benefits. Best wishes.