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Thank you, it has been torturous! Today though I talked to my friend who had a rare blood cancer and we chatted about cancer therapy. And he said for me to not beat myself up because I could not make a decision because ultimately all of the 3 adjuvant therapies had very modest benefit, meaning were any of them worth the risk. It's one thing to know that benefit outweighs risk it's another thing when it's almost even or leaning more towards more risk than reward.
And some people view my actions as risky, because they believe you need to follow protocol. So when they question my decision du jour it freaks me out, then I go back to thinking lets rethink this.
This mind torture has been by far the most painful part of my breast cancer!
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Frogjumper been thinking of you often on this journey. We each have to weigh our options and proceed down our chosen path. I complete radiation treatment tomorrow— I will have a total of 5 prone 15 minutes of treatment. My onc wants me to take aramidex for 5 years at least. I’ve said no for now; I have osteopenia and the drug leaches calcium from your bones. A broken hip would ruin my life as much as another round of cancer so I want some better solution. I have a video consultation with an endocrinologist at Mayo Rochester set up to discuss all this with me and give me his viewpoint.
This is a whole body/life decision not just cancer.
I’ve been spinning back and forth. That’s one of the reasons I went with radiation… at least I’ll have one of the adjuvant therapies.. it should keep the one breast cancer free
Hugs and wishes as you chart your course..JAS