← Return to Triple Negative Breast Cancer: What treatments are you having?

Discussion
Comment receiving replies
@thielmann1

Thank you for your reply. Since this surgery was difficult because they had to take part of my back dorsal flap to close the wound, it was a bit invasive. the radiation following caused my chest wall to tighten up as it was a second radiation on top of this invasive surgery. I live with an uncomfortable tight chest wall daily that has affected my quality of life. I am still in process of accepting what happened and moving forward in my life. despite the discomfort. Myofascial massage has not worked, nor lazer therapy and 2 other therapies I have tried. Qijong seems to be a good therapy for my mind, body and soul right now. Best of luck to you, Nancy

Jump to this post


Replies to "Thank you for your reply. Since this surgery was difficult because they had to take part..."

I'm sorry to hear about all you have been through. When I read this, I can better appreciate the things my own surgeon has said, that it is important to treat the cancer enough but not over-treat it. (I'm not passing judgment on your providers, just considering it in light of my fears of having been under-treated.) I did not have chemo before surgery - or after. I have not had any radiation. I was fortunate to have a small tumor and no lymph node involvement. I'm assuming that your TNBC was more advanced than mine, but I am regularly struck by how differently oncologists and surgeons view treatment when I read others' stories. There will always be risks, surgery has them, chemo has them, radiation has them, doing nothing has them. While there is a lot of information that can go into calculating the relative risks of each of these choices, in the end, we don't know what will happen until it happens. Many blessings to you as you journey through these hard times.