new to breast cancer, i am a survivor

deewill50

i have started chemo first, but will do a sandwich approach and have radiation in between chemo treatments. has anyone ever done this. stage 2a grade 3, had mastecomy on left breast and was told margin clear, 2 out of 18 lymph nodes had trace.

SIROD

Sounds like a great plan!
Hi,

In my day it was surgery, chemo and etc. I am in my 17th year. I just thought of wishing you well on the remaining parts of this journey.

Best wishes to you,

Doris

deewill50

SIROD said:

Sounds like a great plan!
Hi,

In my day it was surgery, chemo and etc. I am in my 17th year. I just thought of wishing you well on the remaining parts of this journey.

Best wishes to you,

Doris

thanks a lot for the well
thanks a lot for the well wishes, i am keeping my faith, god's grace has brought me thus far.

VickiSam

deewill50 said:

thanks a lot for the well
thanks a lot for the well wishes, i am keeping my faith, god's grace has brought me thus far.

Just my story ...
lumpectomy first -- no clear margins -- so I opted for a 2nd opinion, found a
Breast Cancer Specialist. I then decided on a bilateral mastectomy, again my
choice.

chemo, surgery then reconstruction. No radiation as I had no natural breasts
or old tissue to radiate.

Please go to your library and check out Dr. Susan Love's - book on breast cancer.
Arm yourself with as much information as possible.

Prayers, and gentle hugs coming your way.

Strength, Courage and Hope.

Vicki Sam

deewill50

VickiSam said:

Just my story ...
lumpectomy first -- no clear margins -- so I opted for a 2nd opinion, found a
Breast Cancer Specialist. I then decided on a bilateral mastectomy, again my
choice.

chemo, surgery then reconstruction. No radiation as I had no natural breasts
or old tissue to radiate.

Please go to your library and check out Dr. Susan Love's - book on breast cancer.
Arm yourself with as much information as possible.

Prayers, and gentle hugs coming your way.

Strength, Courage and Hope.

Vicki Sam

thanks for the information
thanks for the information vicki, and your suport, hugs and kissed to you, i will do exactly that because i am trying to arm myself with all information i can possibly get.

TraciInLA

deewill50 said:

thanks for the information
thanks for the information vicki, and your suport, hugs and kissed to you, i will do exactly that because i am trying to arm myself with all information i can possibly get.

Interesting...new approach?
Welcome, Dee -

Among breast cancer patients who need/choose surgery, chemo, and rdiation, I've only ever heard of two approaches, depending on their particular diagnosis: 1) surgery first, then 2) chemo, then 3)radiation, OR 1) chemo first, then 2) surgery, then 3) radiation.

I've met survivors of other forms of cancer who've done more of a "sandwich" approach, but never breast cancer -- perhaps this is a new way of approaching treatment?

I think we'll all be very interested to hear why your doctor is suggesting this, and how it goes for you -- and, of course, we're here for all the support and hugs you need!

Traci

Rague

TraciInLA said:

Interesting...new approach?
Welcome, Dee -

Among breast cancer patients who need/choose surgery, chemo, and rdiation, I've only ever heard of two approaches, depending on their particular diagnosis: 1) surgery first, then 2) chemo, then 3)radiation, OR 1) chemo first, then 2) surgery, then 3) radiation.

I've met survivors of other forms of cancer who've done more of a "sandwich" approach, but never breast cancer -- perhaps this is a new way of approaching treatment?

I think we'll all be very interested to hear why your doctor is suggesting this, and how it goes for you -- and, of course, we're here for all the support and hugs you need!

Traci

There's also -
There's also - 1) Chemo first, then 2) Surgery, then 3) more Chemo and finally 4) Radiation. That's what I did for IBC.

Susan

Rague

TraciInLA said:

Interesting...new approach?
Welcome, Dee -

Among breast cancer patients who need/choose surgery, chemo, and rdiation, I've only ever heard of two approaches, depending on their particular diagnosis: 1) surgery first, then 2) chemo, then 3)radiation, OR 1) chemo first, then 2) surgery, then 3) radiation.

I've met survivors of other forms of cancer who've done more of a "sandwich" approach, but never breast cancer -- perhaps this is a new way of approaching treatment?

I think we'll all be very interested to hear why your doctor is suggesting this, and how it goes for you -- and, of course, we're here for all the support and hugs you need!

Traci

There's also -
There's also - 1) Chemo first, then 2) Surgery, then 3) more Chemo and finally 4) Radiation. That's what I did for IBC.

Susan

Ballerina

Just want to say
Just want to say my prayers are with you and you will always have pink sister support.


Ballerina

Noel

VickiSam said:

Just my story ...
lumpectomy first -- no clear margins -- so I opted for a 2nd opinion, found a
Breast Cancer Specialist. I then decided on a bilateral mastectomy, again my
choice.

chemo, surgery then reconstruction. No radiation as I had no natural breasts
or old tissue to radiate.

Please go to your library and check out Dr. Susan Love's - book on breast cancer.
Arm yourself with as much information as possible.

Prayers, and gentle hugs coming your way.

Strength, Courage and Hope.

Vicki Sam

I had a lumpectomy with
I had a lumpectomy with clear margins and then started rads about 6 weeks later, no chemo.


Good luck,

Noel