Scared of recurrence!!

Your doctor gave you no hope at all! That's a terrible thing.

Of course there is hope. I'm in contact with a woman through facebook that has survived TNBC for several years. She now has mets in other parts of her body and she is still positive about her treatment. Life is so precious, and even though chemo is awful it is temporary.

Management of side effects is also improving all the time. Don't just put up with them. I've had three rounds of FEC and I'm about a third of  the way through my 12 weeks of weekly paclitaxel. I've had no nausea, one mouth ulcer that I healed quickly with kenalog and difflam lozenges, no loss of appetite and really only some fatigue to contend with. I'm eating really well and concentrating on getting plenty of omega 3 in my food through grass fed organic meat and hemp/flax seed. The night sweats are annoying but manageable and, on the whole, I'm feeling pretty good. 

I can't believe a doctor would give someone in your situation no hope. That's not only unkind but inaccurate. Plenty of women with a worse prognosis than you have gone on to beat this bitch. Good on you for staying positive and setting goals for your family. I hope you can walk back into that doctor's office one day and say to him, "Please don't ever, EVER, take away another person's hope!"

Meg

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