More than 6 weeks gap between chemo and surgery?

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stephilosphy00
stephilosphy00 Member Posts: 386
edited April 2017 in Surgery - Before, During, and After

Hi all, my nipple sparing BMX is scheduled around mid May, which will be more than 6 weeks out from my last DD chemo. I am worried about the cancer will relapse and go back to the nodes during this gap, but the surgeon doesn't seem concerned about it. Do you have similar expereince?

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  • Meow13
    Meow13 Member Posts: 4,859
    edited April 2017

    steph, are you taking anti hormone drugs? These should protect you given the er+ and pr+.

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  • Wildplaces
    Wildplaces Member Posts: 864
    edited April 2017

    My understanding is that it is ok.


    To be frank I did AC/Taxol and it does take a toll on you.


    I would have been concerned if you were waiting more than 4 weeks with a primary tumour and no chemo, but I am getting from other posts that lots of women do that because of various testing ( I personally remain unsure of that strategy). But with chemo on board you need the first 2-4 weeks to recover in terms of hemoglobin and mature WCC. A BMX carries the risk of infection, hematoma and seroma as probably the most common complications so normalizing your blood count is important.


    Please see below


    http://meetinglibrary.asco.org/content/149841-156


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  • stephilosphy00
    stephilosphy00 Member Posts: 386
    edited April 2017

    Thank you for all your replies!! I have lupron shot very three months.

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