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We’ve come a long way baby! How grateful are you?

Breast Cancer | Last Active: Apr 14, 2023 | Replies (34)
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@heydon2023

Thank you for taking the time to explain this. I was puzzled when you said, 'your chest was opened'? I did wonder why that was. Sorry that you had cancer but very glad you survived it at such a young age. You are quite right that there are many more options for a cancer diagnosis these days and more to come in the future to be sure. At the moment I am still going back and forth as to whether I should have the Radiation, as my tumor was very small, or teeny-tiny as they described it? With clear margins and no cancer in the lymph nodes. My one concern is I read that 49 percent have extreme fatigue 1 - 5 years afterwards. Then another thing I read was that radiation had some very good health benefits. I think I may be reading too many books!

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Chris, Volunteer Mentor | @auntieoakley | Apr 13, 2023

I have attended radiation with family members, my husband had it as did I. I have not witnessed a year of fatigue. It took a couple months to get back up to speed. My aunt who was the oldest at 81, and she took a little while longer to bounce back. I will say there was some significant fatigue for me, but it went away fairly quickly. I think I had six weeks of mon through Friday, whole breast, then five focused treatments. It has come a long way since the bad old days of 2004. Lol

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gina5009 | @gina5009 | Apr 14, 2023

There are so many decisions and very little help in making these decisions. I have a friend who had a very aggressive tumor "HerTwoNu" I think they call it. She had a breast removal, with reconstruction, but she did have chemo and followed up with Tmoxifen. She is older than me. She is 93. She did not seem to have a great deal of trouble with the Chemo although she did lose her hair, and was fatigues while under treatment. She decided against radiation and has not had a return of the cancer. Once again, there are no guarantees, we just have to do what we feel is right for ourselves, and hopefully your doctor will be of some help to you.
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