hi my mum was diagnosed with BC in June at 45 it was a 2cm Tumour hadn’t spread to her lymph nodes but was a grade 3. It wasn’t the gene one it was a hormone one the plan was originally have the blue radiation dye the day before the op then lumpectomy then radio therapy. Oncologist then decided that to be on safe side as a scan can’t dectect a cell that although it hasn’t spread to lymph nodes it was decided that 4 rounds of chemo to be on safe side that the cells were killed even though he was confident he took the cancer out. 

She is needle phobic badly (we both are) but she took it as she wanted best outcome aswell as drs. 

It is scary and it’s wasnt nice. I’m 19 and I got it into my head that she wouldn’t the the same mum no more she wouldn’t Be able to do things and be normal but she started  and it was hard at times cause she was abit more tired but other than that we still went cinema shopping ate out took the puppy for walks we went to beaches and all sorts and although it was tough at times when she’d have abit of joint pain or be tired we got through it. The only really tough bit was her scar from lumpectomy where they took lymphnodes got infected and she didn’t get anti biotics in time so it got sore and she ended up in hospital for a few nights the rest was okay and nothing like everyone was telling me it was going to be. Everyone reacts differently to it but positive mental attitude really keeps you going. I don’t know if this helped but I was in the same boat I really didn’t want her to have chemo because I didn’t want that huge change and that chance of things being really difficult and although it wasn’t fantastic it wasn’t awful she got through it all the needles and came out the other side and onto radio therapy now x 

hi my mum was diagnosed with BC in June at 45 it was a 2cm Tumour hadn’t spread to her lymph nodes but was a grade 3. It wasn’t the gene one it was a hormone one the plan was originally have the blue radiation dye the day before the op then lumpectomy then radio therapy. Oncologist then decided that to be on safe side as a scan can’t dectect a cell that although it hasn’t spread to lymph nodes it was decided that 4 rounds of chemo to be on safe side that the cells were killed even though he was confident he took the cancer out. 

She is needle phobic badly (we both are) but she took it as she wanted best outcome aswell as drs. 

It is scary and it’s wasnt nice. I’m 19 and I got it into my head that she wouldn’t the the same mum no more she wouldn’t Be able to do things and be normal but she started  and it was hard at times cause she was abit more tired but other than that we still went cinema shopping ate out took the puppy for walks we went to beaches and all sorts and although it was tough at times when she’d have abit of joint pain or be tired we got through it. The only really tough bit was her scar from lumpectomy where they took lymphnodes got infected and she didn’t get anti biotics in time so it got sore and she ended up in hospital for a few nights the rest was okay and nothing like everyone was telling me it was going to be. Everyone reacts differently to it but positive mental attitude really keeps you going. I don’t know if this helped but I was in the same boat I really didn’t want her to have chemo because I didn’t want that huge change and that chance of things being really difficult and although it wasn’t fantastic it wasn’t awful she got through it all the needles and came out the other side and onto radio therapy now x