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Are side affects of chemo and radiation that bad?
Breast Cancer | Last Active: Aug 3, 2023 | Replies (24)Comment receiving replies
There are a lot of variables in breast cancer, but truthfully all cancer is still pretty unpredictable. I have dealt with quite a few in my family.
I didn’t have terrible side effects with tamoxifen (5 yrs.) or anastrazole (10 yrs.) I have hot flashes and honestly that has been the worst of it. Annoying yes, life threatening, no. I had a little muscle and joint stiffness with anastrazole at first but walking really helped.
A lot of women take these drugs with little or no side effects, they just aren’t usually posting as much as the people who are struggling.
I also like to remember the monster I am fighting, I can put up with a fair amount to not lose the battle with breast cancer.
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What is still confusing to me is that the detailed MRIs that I’ve had with contrast and several ultrasounds also, this invasive ductal carcinoma as being between 6 mm and 8 mm yet I keep hearing people talking about when the doctors do the surgery on your breast they determine the size of the tumor. Would it all these different high definition testing imaging big as close as possible to the size of the tumor? I can’t even feel this lump. How can a tumor size change so drastically when all these different testing have it in the same size 6 mm to 8 mm?