First 3 month checkup after treatment

Carolben

Hi,

I'm new here, finished treatment ( 4 x chemo, 5 weeks radiation) 2 months ago.  My first 3 month checkup comes up in just over 2 weeks and I'm really, really nervous.  How worried should I be?  I'm feeling good, swimming and doing yoga and working full time.  I struggle with fatigue, especially toward the end of the week, and tend to really rest up on Sundays.

I don't want to spend my life in fear of the next check up - yet I read that it doesn't really go away!  Lots and lots of deep breathing and positive thinking helps.

Thanks for the wealth of information I've found here, it's so helpful.

Carol

Moderators

Welcome Carol! Congrats on the end of your treatment!

We'll be thinking of you for your check-up -- let us know how everything goes

--Your Mods

liv-

hello and welcome carol ((hugs))

you are completely normal to worry as you are, we all were there.  i was exactly the same after treatment, that first lot of tests i was petrified.

it does get easier as you go along and you learn how to deal with each new tests/scansv etc but having cancer and thinking of progression/mets is normal.  we just adjust to the "our new normal".

just keep reading all the positive stories on here, there are many and please keep us updated.

xxx

Carolben

Thanks Liv and moderators, you guys keep me inspired and reassured!  I didn't have the BRCA test but we don't have a history from my mother's side of the family as her Mom died young (heart trouble) and they lived in Sweden and she had no sisters. I keep thinking of my nieces and think maybe it would be good to know about any genetic side?

xxx

liv-

hi carol ((hugs))

your checkup is coming soon. i just had one and all was good so i can sigh for another couple of months.

its is scary on tuesday as onc called me up next as we were walking to his room i kept saying "is it ok, is it good" and he just smiled and said yes its good, that still wasnt enough for me, i then kept saying "how good, really good or just good" poor onc.

keep positive and try to keep strong.

xxx

PeggySull

Hi,



My question is about prophylactic mastectomy. When I first got the results showing multifocal tnbc in my right breast meaning that I needed a mastectomy rather than a lumpectomy, I felt crushed.



Now that I'm half way thru chemo (one more AC followed by 4 taxol) and I have had such bad SEs I am seriously considering a prophylactic mastectomy. The other factor leaning me toward this was that the last lesion on my affected breast was very hard to detect even with ultrasound. They had to do an MRI biopsy just to locate it.



Forgive me if I have asked this before (I do have chemo brain) but have any of you without the BRAC gene had prophylactic mastectomies or are planning to after chemo? What were your deciding factors? How do you feel about your decision?



Thanks,Peggy

liv-

hello peggy -

hopefully someone that has had a prophylactic mastectomy with similar diagnosis as you will come with their opinion.

im definitely, no matter what my brca tests come back with, still waiting, am going to have my other breast removed and ovaries also.  only wish i knew what i do now as far as my own prognosis/diagnosis as would have preferred to have a double back then but regardless im going to have the other breast off.

think they more than likely to recommend this if your are positive brca and have large tumor with lots of nodes involved and triple neg...

everyone is different, peace of mind that i lessened the possibility of a new breast cancer forming in the other breast, for me is just not worth the risk or anxiety... i want it off and i can tell you this, my experience with the mastectomy was a walk in the park and if you want reconstruction they can do that too.

hope this helps a bit.

xx