Some good news on the horizon!
Potentially good news today.
Had an appointment with my oncologist today. Normally prior to my paclitaxol and carboplatin treatments I see her to have a follow up, check weight, go through any symptoms.
She had a feel of the mass and said it definitely feels smaller!
YAY!
I have not wanted to try and feel it because I was scared incase there was no change and then feel crap! But she said it felt smaller!
I do have a MRI scan booked in on 11/12/19 to see how it’s all going and also I have a CT scan on my chest, abdomen and pelvis on 19/12/19.
She did comment that they may/may not do further chemotherapy after these 4cycles have been finished, IF (operative word being IF) there is a good response from this treatment. So I may not have the ‘EC’ treatment.
The concern with the ‘EC’ treatment that they were going to do, is that it affects the heart. Because of my heart failure, they are still sceptical about doing it.
My oncologist said it will all depend on how the CT/MRI results are at this point in time and then it will be double mastectomy and rebuild sooner than we thought and potentially radiotherapy!
This is all IF and BUTS but I will gladly take some positive at this time!
Let’s just hope treatment continues going forward in the right direction!
Had an appointment with my oncologist today. Normally prior to my paclitaxol and carboplatin treatments I see her to have a follow up, check weight, go through any symptoms.
She had a feel of the mass and said it definitely feels smaller!
YAY!
I have not wanted to try and feel it because I was scared incase there was no change and then feel crap! But she said it felt smaller!
I do have a MRI scan booked in on 11/12/19 to see how it’s all going and also I have a CT scan on my chest, abdomen and pelvis on 19/12/19.
She did comment that they may/may not do further chemotherapy after these 4cycles have been finished, IF (operative word being IF) there is a good response from this treatment. So I may not have the ‘EC’ treatment.
The concern with the ‘EC’ treatment that they were going to do, is that it affects the heart. Because of my heart failure, they are still sceptical about doing it.
My oncologist said it will all depend on how the CT/MRI results are at this point in time and then it will be double mastectomy and rebuild sooner than we thought and potentially radiotherapy!
This is all IF and BUTS but I will gladly take some positive at this time!
Let’s just hope treatment continues going forward in the right direction!
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