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Fear of radiation after lumpectomy

Breast Cancer | Last Active: Mar 9 5:46pm | Replies (129)

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I had triple negative invasive carcinoma I suffered from several orthopedic injury injuries and I’m in a wheelchair I also had gastrointestinal issues and I couldn’t get an aid during Covid which I would’ve needed in order to get through the chemotherapy because I live alone. My oncologist pushed the chemo and I tried very hard to get any when I couldn’t I realize that maybe God was telling me I really shouldn’t have it probably would’ve killed me I went to radiation over radiated and have horrible side effects from the radiation but this is everybody’s personal decisions you have to weigh all the factors. Quality of life was important to me if I was gonna not be here on the planet for a long time that I didn’t wanna spend it suffering I also am very religious very spiritual and I’m a counselor by trade social worker so I decided to use visualization and work on myself and with the help of God I’m in remission which is really a miracle it’s triple negative it’s hard to cure without all these strong treatments oncologist recommend but I went by my own instincts and intuition and I think that’s what you have to follow you have to weigh the doctors advice how you feel personally about your quality of life and where you are spiritually. You can buy an old saying all those things and you’ll come to the right decision sometimes the standard therapy is a one size fits all which doesn’t fit everybody so everybody has to make their own personal decision. It’s tough but at the end you have control and the best part of fighting cancer is that you don’t let it control you with fear. So all those Warriors out there I salute you for your courage those who went through chemo those who went to radiation and those who decided not to because that also takes courage. God bless you all

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Forgot to tell you,I am in remission.since I couldn’t get the chemo I went to a world renown acupuncturist in Boston. He did wonders for me. Look up Tom. Tam he has classes on line.It is a great addition to your regular cancer therapy. I was a skeptic even when my voters friend was cured of stage 4 stomach cancer, who could tolerate chemo went to him and has been cancer free for 20 years.