Hi @AmandaTR. I have been really lucky with all but one of my treating team. It was the 1st rad oncologist that wasn’t too helpful. But the rest were really good at giving me answers and often I didn’t have to ask. I must have given them a dumb look so they would go onto explain better. I also just went with everything as i was in ignorance and lala land
I wast stage 2 at first diagnosis left breast with high hormone percentages 98 and 95. So the AI was always going to happen i had to have chemo first to try shrink the tumour off my sternum the radiation was booked for after the lumpectomy/ breast conserving surgery. The radiation was to give me the best chance of killing off any stray escaped cells around the tumour. Thing’s changed after after test results but thats a whole other chapter.
My oncologist has always said from the beginning that there were no guarantees but the aim was and is to give me the best fighting chance
with the radiation because it was left side and the position of the tumour i had to do Deep breath and hold. To move the heart out of harms way. After treatment there seems to be no ill effects on the heart. So it worked that way. With all our treatment which is supposed to be tailored to our particular situation. I know when my biopsy results came in they reviewed my particular plan to suit. But again they can’t and cannot give guarantees. Cancer is a beast with a path of its own. Having done everything through the one clinic meant everyone involved in my team were there at the discussion and the plan/options i had to go forward with. Then my medical oncologist with the nurse went through it all with me. I went along with everything as my knowledge of everything was learn as you go. And do everything i could to try for the best outcome possible. I was told that if anything got too hard they can adjust the treatment. I’m still here nearly 7 years on riding the roller coaster on the roundabout
In the end what treatment you go with is your decision and you need to be comfortable with that decision.
