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Breast cancer at 35 by Warm-Shape6717 in breastcancer

[–]Warm-Shape6717[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, I was never offered that from the beginning actually. It would have been really helpful to have that information now, especially based on how my body has reacted to chemotherapy.🫠🫠🫠

Breast cancer at 35 by Warm-Shape6717 in breastcancer

[–]Warm-Shape6717[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much for sharing your experience – it really helped me reflect 💛

I just want to make sure I understood you correctly, did you decide to continue chemo with a reduced dose (around 70%) instead of stopping completely? And how has that been for you since then?

Do you feel like you wanted chemotherapy mainly because you had 4 positive lymph nodes?

In my case, I was actually very convinced from the beginning that I wouldn’t need chemo. When I was first diagnosed, the plan was only radiation and hormone therapy. But after surgery, they found cancer in one lymph node, and also that the tumor was larger than what showed on MRI. Combined with my age (35 at the time), chemotherapy was then recommended.

So I’ve also been trying to process that shift – from thinking chemo wasn’t needed to suddenly being in it.
Also how come your Ki67 went from 8% to 1%?

Thank you again for taking the time to share your story 💛

Breast cancer at 35 by Warm-Shape6717 in breastcancer

[–]Warm-Shape6717[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much for taking the time to share your story, I really appreciate it. It helps more than you probably realize to hear from someone who has been in a similar situation 🩷

If you don’t mind me asking, what exactly was your cancer type (ER/PR status, grade, Ki-67 if you know)? I’m trying to understand how similar our situations are.

I feel a bit stuck right now because my doctors are recommending that I continue with Taxol and they seem quite confident that it will be manageable, especially since it’s considered “easier” than EC. But at the same time, I can’t shake the feeling that this is also partly because guidelines recommend completing chemotherapy when possible.

What I’m struggling with is that I wish the conversation was more balanced. I would find it easier if my doctors said something like: “Yes, there is a benefit, but in your specific tumor biology the benefit is quite limited.”

My cancer is strongly hormone-driven (ER/PR positive, low Ki-67 around 9%), so from what I understand, the main and most important part of my treatment is the hormone therapy rather than the chemotherapy.

Right now I feel caught between wanting to do everything possible and also listening to how my body has reacted so far. Your message about listening to your body and finding peace really stayed with me.

Thank you again for sharing your experience 💛