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Hi Frygirl777,
I'm glad you are a 100% after your Surgery. I was recently diagnosed, and surgery is recommended as part of my forthcoming treatment, but Chemo is recommended first for shrinkage. I'm having anxiety.

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You will honestly be fine. It likely was best to do chemo first so they get it all during surgery. In my case they did not & I had to do 5 back to back radiation treatments. Radiation made me so nauseous for 2 weeks after. The radiation was way worse than the surgery. I wonder some days if I will ever feel normal again. Chemo was supposed to start this week but I am still too sick plus now they think I might have a blood clot around my port leading into my port. If it’s not one thing, it’s another, it seems.

Did they advise to do more chemo after your surgery?

…don’t discount your anxiety. It’s impossible not to have anxiety. This for sure is a terrifying diagnosis! I too have major anxiety. Didn’t know what the tightness in my chest was but as it turns out, it is likely anxiety.