Hi Rebecca31,

I was diagnosed with TN cancer in January. Had a mammogram/ultrasound and biopsy done on the same day. I started chemotherapy beginning of March 12 weeks, every week. The good news is the chemotherapy has drastically shrunk the tumour and it's disappeared from the lymph nodes. The surgeon told me before I started chemo that they've learned a lot about triple negative and the results are getting better. Have faith in your surgeon and oncology team, they'll get you through

Thank you so much for this it's helped a lot!

Yes I've been naive and thought I could get a lumpectomy and radiotherapy but they said they would want to do chemo first to shrink it! I suppose nothing in life is certain and I'm upset this is happening but I just want to start the journey!

I am surprised you waited so long to start treatment?

I thought chemo would start within weeks as this type is faster growing but I'll find all this out next week!

hope your doing well now love

wishing you speedy recovery!! Xxx

Rebecca31

I had the mammogram end of January, 2 week wait for results. Saw the surgeon " Yes it's cancer and because it was triple negative and it's aggressive we're going to do chemotherapy first". They do the chemo treatments first now so the don't disturb the tumour so rogue cancer cells don't go else where. So had to wait 2 weeks to see the oncologist then week later started chemo. All chemo treatments are different, 1 size don't fit all. It depends on the cancer, the severity so they have to get the right one just for you. All the little aches and pains etc you get are all magnified when you first get told, I actually phoned my GP convinced I had lung cancer, but he reassured me that feeling like this was normal

Rebecca31

I had the mammogram end of January, 2 week wait for results. Saw the surgeon " Yes it's cancer and because it was triple negative and it's aggressive we're going to do chemotherapy first". They do the chemo treatments first now so the don't disturb the tumour so rogue cancer cells don't go else where. So had to wait 2 weeks to see the oncologist then week later started chemo. All chemo treatments are different, 1 size don't fit all. It depends on the cancer, the severity so they have to get the right one just for you. All the little aches and pains etc you get are all magnified when you first get told, I actually phoned my GP convinced I had lung cancer, but he reassured me that feeling like this was normal