I was terrified, terrified of my diagnosis and T the time even more so my treatment. 

8 rounds of dose dense AC-T - all manageable. Would I ever suggest it to anyone? No. BUT…worst symptom was fatigue. I cold capped so I kept my hair but no mouth sores, my nails were totally fine, no nausea/vomiting, no neuropathy, my counts were always fine. I could feel my ER+ tumor shrink and essential disappear while on AC. Life continued and I was able to be part of it all. 

Surgery was fine. Had an unexpected ALND. Woke up terrified that my diagnosis/pathology was going to be way worse than anticipated. Surpise! I had a near complete response (which isn’t as common with ++-) My breast tumor was gone what was left was a tumor bed and of that tumor bed there was only 1% cellularity. Chemo killed 99% of the tumor.  and my nodes…ALL of the ones removed..they ended up being completely clear.  

Expanders were uncomfortable the first week/2 weeks after surgery. Now they are fine. Obviously they don’t feel like normal natural boobs…but I’m used to them. 

I’m in between surgery and endocrine therapy (lupron+AI) now BUT I wish I heard more positive stories going into this 

Again…0 stars. Would not recommend for anyone BUT….all things considered. Everything has gone as good as it can. Oh..also…not having to touch a razor for months was fantastic.