Triple Negative Breast Cancer: What treatments are you having?

I am identical to you and chemo was the same! Yesterday was my last chemo after 5 months. The first 12 weeks, I had no Sadie effects, the second 12 weeks, I experienced chemo fatigue for the following week. But I learned to let it go and do what I could. My employer has been wonder and able to work from home on bad days! Yesterday I had my MRI and today my ultrasound. My reports came back great!!! Tumor has shrunk and lymph node is normal!!! Surgery is scheduled June 16th with radiology following! God bless and good luck!!

I had DCIS triple negative in 2012 and lumpectomy and radiation. In 2021 I had another DCIS triple negative in the same breast. Had bilateral mastectomy with reconstruction and the pathology came with an invasive cancer in the same breast. So I had to have 16 chemotherapy. I finished on february 23rd, 2022. My question is, what have you changed, if anything, about your lifestyle, nutrition, etc. We hear about many supplements than can help: green tea, vitamin D, Omega 3, vitamin C, apricot seeds, essia tea,…

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I had estrogen positive cancer in 2012. I was diagnosed with triple negative last November. I am just finishing my 5 months of chemo (one left), then surgery followed by 5 weeks of radiation.

I was diagnosed last November. May 12th is my last chemotherapy. June 16th is surgery, then radiation!! Thank you for your note!!! Encouraging ❤️

I was diagnosed with TNBC in 2015 and also was treated at Mayo in Arizona. I had a complete response, and am doing well. Be confident Mayo will do good for you.

I’m hoping I don’t have a melt down waiting to get started! 🙂

I cannot tell you how happy I am that you joined this trial! Your bravery will help you, and the women who will stand on your shoulders in the future. Thank You❣️
We are all so different, of course our cancers are all different as well, glad the research is finally catching up to this. You are so wise, and thank you for posting this.
I agree the waiting is always a mental game, the longest days of my life have been spent this way.
What are you doing to keep your mind from spinning? How far into the two week wait are you?

I was recently diagnosed TNBC. Mayo’s standard was Taxol/Carboplatin/Pembrolizumab 1xweek fir 12 weeks,
then Adriamycin/Cytoxan/Pemrolizumab 1X every 3 weeks x 4 times. So another 12 weeks.
60% chance of complete pathological result (meaning cancer is gone.)
Wait 4-6 weeks and do surgery.
Radiation just depended on if lymph nodes or size of tumor (over 5cm is yes)

I decided to join a I Spy 2 clinical study. Which delays starting chemo as they take another biopsy and send it to the study group to get recommended chemo/Immuno combo. Takes two weeks. The waiting is a mental game.
Please keep in mind everyone’s situation is different and BC seems very complicated in the variety of treatment options.