Chemo done, 8 weeks til surgery

Jnnmn7
Jnnmn7 Member Posts: 4
in Breast Cancer #1

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

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  • LouisaP
    LouisaP Member Posts: 62
    #2
    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. Cry I hope I didn't let it spread by not getting surgery right away. Good luck. I hope the chemo worked for you. 

  • Teach76
    Teach76 Member Posts: 354 Member
    #3
    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
    Jnnmn7 Member Posts: 4
    #4
    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. Cry 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
    Jnnmn7 Member Posts: 4
    edited September 2017 #5
    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
    Teach76 Member Posts: 354 Member
    #6
    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
    Apaugh Member Posts: 850 Member
    #7
    2 months

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

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