Chemo done, 8 weeks til surgery

Jnnmn7

8 week wait for surgery after neoadjuvant chemo. How long did you wait?

LouisaP

Hi. I waited 3 months for

Hi. I waited 3 months for stupid reasons. I wish I would have gotten the surgery sooner because the chemo didn't work so good for me & I had positive nodes not affected by chemo. My Dr didn't think it had spread to my nodes from the testing done before this so I thought waiting would be ok. I had 2 tumors & one wasn't very affected by the chemo either. I hope I didn't let it spread by not getting surgery right away. Good luck. I hope the chemo worked for you. 

Teach76

3 months

I had swelling in my legs, so surgeon wanted me cleared by a cardiologist before scheduling.  Then once scheduled I had shingles 3 days before surgery - postponed another month.

Jnnmn7

LouisaP said:

Hi. I waited 3 months for

Hi. I waited 3 months for stupid reasons. I wish I would have gotten the surgery sooner because the chemo didn't work so good for me & I had positive nodes not affected by chemo. My Dr didn't think it had spread to my nodes from the testing done before this so I thought waiting would be ok. I had 2 tumors & one wasn't very affected by the chemo either. I hope I didn't let it spread by not getting surgery right away. Good luck. I hope the chemo worked for you. 

Thanks for the response. Did

Thanks for the response. Did you get additional chemo after surgery?

Jnnmn7

Teach76 said:

3 months

I had swelling in my legs, so surgeon wanted me cleared by a cardiologist before scheduling.  Then once scheduled I had shingles 3 days before surgery - postponed another month.

Thanks for the response.

Thanks for the response. Wondering if you received more chemo after surgery? Any issues from the delay of surgery?

Teach76

Normal path

I did not receive chemo after surgery, just 26 radiation treatments.  Once that was finished I was put on an aromatase inhibitor for 5 to 10 years because my tumor was ER+.

as to the delay in surgery, the surgeon did not feel it was an issue.  What I felt was an issue is that I was told, "Congratulations, your post chemo MRI does not show any tumor." Fast forward, there were 2 areas of cells that were still there, but somewhat hidden for the MRI.

all was fine in the end, and now they are just watching those 2 areas which appear to be just scar tisSue, probably caused by radiation.

 

Kathy

Apaugh

2 months

After my surgery, I got a terrible infection and had to wait two months for the chemo.   So far so good.