What to do?
I had a lumpectomy mid January and all went well. Clear margins, no lymph involvement, hormone positive, Protein negative, 19mm. BUT grade 3. the oncologist recommended 4 x AC followed 4 x Taxol dense...
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Hi @Frances54,
Welcome lovely. Choices, choices and more choices with no diffinitive answers. That's how it goes pretty much the whole way along. There really are no guarantees with any of it unfortunatley.
Mine was 19mm breast tumour + a 25mm node one + 4 smaller ones hanging out in there.
I had the 4 x AC and 12 x weekly Taxol cocktail followed by 30 rads. My nodes were positive so the benefit percentage was up around the 11%. I ummed and aahhed about chemo and like everybody else it scared the hell out of me.
While it's no walk in the park it's generally not quite as horrific as what our brains like to imagine at the beginning. Surgeons really should not be giving advice regarding anything other than surgery. Now you are shocked and no one needs that.
You do just have to go with your instincts and being able to trust them is no mean feat either, there is always doubt.
Perpetual confusion abounds as to whether or not you are doing "the right thing". It really is will you blame yourself if you don't and it returns or would you be content with your decision knowing you made the right choice for you at the time.
All the best with your decision sweet. Whichever way you decide please know that you'll always find a great deal of support, plenty of shoulders to cry on and some laughs along the way on here.
xoxoxoxox
Welcome lovely. Choices, choices and more choices with no diffinitive answers. That's how it goes pretty much the whole way along. There really are no guarantees with any of it unfortunatley.
Mine was 19mm breast tumour + a 25mm node one + 4 smaller ones hanging out in there.
I had the 4 x AC and 12 x weekly Taxol cocktail followed by 30 rads. My nodes were positive so the benefit percentage was up around the 11%. I ummed and aahhed about chemo and like everybody else it scared the hell out of me.
While it's no walk in the park it's generally not quite as horrific as what our brains like to imagine at the beginning. Surgeons really should not be giving advice regarding anything other than surgery. Now you are shocked and no one needs that.
You do just have to go with your instincts and being able to trust them is no mean feat either, there is always doubt.
Perpetual confusion abounds as to whether or not you are doing "the right thing". It really is will you blame yourself if you don't and it returns or would you be content with your decision knowing you made the right choice for you at the time.
All the best with your decision sweet. Whichever way you decide please know that you'll always find a great deal of support, plenty of shoulders to cry on and some laughs along the way on here.
xoxoxoxox