FEC-T

Advice required please?! 

My mom is due to start chemo in a couple of weeks to prevent her breast cancer coming back (she is all clear) she is having a strong FEC-T and the chemo form says her specific risks are heart damage and death!!! I am very worried now and wondered if anyone had similar? Or is it just precaution they have to write that down?? 

 

Any help is appreciated x

  • Hi there

    I am guessing it must be fairly standard, although it’s scary to read! I had chemo for cervical cancer and there was a comprehensive list of risks including kidney and bladder damage, with the last risk being death. I’m still here, and I assume they have to put it there along with the other potential risks to cover all bases as it were. I still signed the consent form.

    Please try not to worry about this-everything during treatment is very carefully managed. x

  • Ahh sorry you had to go through that!! 

     

    its just my friends mom is going through the exact same but hers doesn’t mention ‘death’ so obviously it’s a shock to read and it just seems to be all happening so fast! 

     

    Glad you recovered x