Can anyone give advise on triple negative breast cancer ?

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farmladync
farmladync Member Posts: 20
edited September 2015 in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

Recovering from surgery on left breast . My tumor was 3 centimeters . No cancer in lymph nodes. Don't know if I want to go through chemo and radiation treatments . Advise needed .

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  • april485
    april485 Member Posts: 3,257
    edited July 2015

    Hello farmladync,

    Did your doctor give you results of your oncotype test and whether or not chemo would be beneficial to your particular breast cancer? If not, you should ask for the results of this test so you can make an informed decision on what to do. I do know that triple negative BC almost always are recommended to have chemo and sometimes rads as well as it is known to be more aggressive than ER+ BC but am not an expert on any of this so ymmv. Please make sure you make the decision that YOU can live with and are most comfortable with after you have all of the information available to you. Either way, I wish you the best and hope someone who can speak to this more than I can comes along to comment.

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  • Moderators
    Moderators Member Posts: 25,912
    edited July 2015

    Dear farmladync,

    Welcome to the BCO community. We are sorry about your diagnosis but glad that you chose to reach out here to this well informed and supportive community of others who have shared experiences. We notice that you have posted on a forum that is largely reserved for the Moderators to post announcements and information. May we suggest that you browse through the Triple Negative Forum and post your question there. You are more likely to hear from others who have triple negative breast cancer. Let us know if we can assist you further.

    Warmly, The Moderators

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  • elindy
    elindy Member Posts: 25
    edited July 2015

    The oncotype test is only for hormone positive breast cancer. As TNBC is aggressive, aggressive treatment is always recommended. Chemo and rads are doable. I was able to work basically full time through all of my treatment. I realize others may have had a harder time, there are meds to help alleviate the side effects of chemo. Best of luck to you.

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  • Blubelle
    Blubelle Member Posts: 40
    edited July 2015

    Good Morning Farmlydync,

    If you would like to avoid further treatments you may be interested in reading about the natural things I used to treat my 9 cms. of tumors spread across both breasts. http://healingwithcate.tumblr.com

    I have only just begun writing, but have some breadcrumbs you can follow. I am willing to offer you more than what I have written down so far if you would like to correspond. Lightly working with others still on the cancer journey helps me to understand and organize what is most critical to write about for where people are.

    I hope this helps. Let me know. You can email me from the site.

    Hugs, Blubelle

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  • Yayah
    Yayah Member Posts: 1
    edited September 2015

    Hi, I was dx in September 2014 with tnbc. It has been a ride to day the least 8 rounds of chemo surgery mastectomy left breast with 10 nodes positive. 33 days of radiation and finally thought I was cancer free. Finished radiation May 29th 2015. After many weeks of recovering from radiation I finally thought I'm back on track and doing good. Then all of a sudden shortness of breath started and I went to doctor had CT scan to find fluid on left lung or pleural effusion. Drained fluid August 27th to find cancer cells in the fluid. I'm waiting now for a PET scan as doctor said cancer mat be hiding out somewhere. I'm scared and confused. Has anyone else had anything like this through their journey?

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  • Meadow
    Meadow Member Posts: 2,007
    edited September 2015

    Yayah, Nice to meet you. I have not had that happen to me, but I am sure others have, and will respond soon. I am triple neg too, and I want to let you know about an awesome thread here on BCO. It is "Calling all TNs" in the triple negative forum. There you will find tons of info and the nicest people ever. Please pop in and introduce yourself! you will be so glad, the support has been such blessing to me and I know it will to you too.

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