Hi there ...

Welcome to our little chat room.... it sounds like you lost a looser any ways ... yea it's deff his loss ... but some just can't understand  cancer, and go... like some can't handle blood etc ... but your stronger then you know ... you'll find there's lots of us "breast" friends on here ... lots I started with have gone back to their life post cancer... so many more are living longer and getting through ...

So fingers crossed for a good result ... your not alone on here .... Chrissie x

I d love to make friends after my news yesterday grade 3 breast cancer , I went on my own but was so relieved just to find out what it was exactly . My daughters were amazing on the video call especially my eldest as she asked anything and everything but my poor husband was too upset to come in but he was outside waiting . I'm not the best patient as I've worked in Marie curie and on the NHS as a care assistant but the cancer nurse and surgeon would amazing amd made me feel 100% better than I did . I wias advised to have 6 chemos then breast lumps removal and drugs and radiotherapy . Yes I'm scared but I can do this 

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Hi sorry to read that you've found yourself in the club none of us want to be in. 

I got diagnosed in March had surgery in April. Luckily the lump was removed and it hadn't spread.   Due to the type I have triple negative I'm having currently having chemo then radiotherapy. 

Happy to chat with anyone and answer any questions.

Best wishes

Louise xx 

I'm petrified at the thought of chemo , not helped as I worked at Marie curie anyway and saw so much but it's still worrying me I'm off to see ongolisgist next Wednesday to ask questions 

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Thanks 

Hi Wendy

Thats totally understandable as you will of seen people at their worse but remember everyone reacts differently to it. 

Hope all goes well with your meeting. 

Louise xx

Thank you Louise

Its just all been such a shock to be honest

but I know I must be strong but I want to weigh up all

my options first before I make any decisions but they want me to have 6 chemos before I have lumps removed is anyone else having the treatment this way round ?

so thats chemo every three weeks to shrink the lumps x 2 then the op then radiotherapy x 5 sessions and the drugs for 18 months but , I'm going to ring them today as everyone is saying get the lumps out first 

Thanks xx

I agree, if he was any sort of decent guy he d have stood by you through it all and well done for being so strong and getting through your treatment , mine hasn't started as yet but I have oncologist Wednesday to discuss chemo , I ve had some bad days and good days mentally but it's just reality kicking in , I'm a strong person normally but this has hit me for six but once Wednesday has been and gone I can make head way 

sending you my best wishes 

stay strong xx

I think some consultants do some chemo 1st and others surgery. When I first had my biopsy results I was told it was hormone negative so had surgery then from thst biopsy it was triple negative so 2 different lots of chemo then radiotherapy. 

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Meeeeee neoadjuvant chemo! I've just finished 4 x EC which wasn't too bad sailed through it compared to what I imagined. Started my next chemo today pacitaxel which is every week for 12 weeks. I believe they give the chemo first for lumps that are larger so the chemo can shrink it to make the operation easier but I might be wrong. I think that if the treament shrinks the tumour from say 6cm to 3cm then it's also flushed any cells that may have travelled elsewhere reducing the chance of it coming back. X

The doctors can see it working shrinking it down! Xxx

Thank you 

This has made me feel slightly better to be honest and WOW 4 already well done you 

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