I’m new to this site and would appreciate any feedback to help me through this.
I had surgery 4 weeks ago today on invasive 2.5cm tumour. Surgery was successful and lymph nodes were clear.
I have been advised to have chemo and herceptin (as it was hormone negative) and all the guidelines I have read seem to indicate that chemo should start within 31 days of surgery.
However as at today I still do not have a start date as waiting for a cardiogram or something…I chased this up today and was told the earliest this could be done is 25 June 2014. Therefore I guess my chemo won’t start for another week or so after that…which makes it approx 54 days after surgery.
Did anybody else have this delay in starting chemo or herceptin?
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My surgery was 7 weeks ago and I need chemo and Herceptin, however I still have not seen oncologist, so no start date, expect it will be end of June early July now:( just want to get on and get it over with. Going away for 10 days on Friday to take my mind off it all.
Take care
Wendy xx
Hi, I had reconstruction surgery 31/03 when they found and removed a lump which turned out to be IBC grade 3 HER2+
I had ANC on 29/04 (all clear) and am starting 6 cycles of FEC-T plus herceptin on 19/06.
I thought the optimal time limit for starting chemo was within 6 weeks of surgery, if that means the surgery where the bc was removed then I am way beyond that.
My oncologist made no reference to the timescales and I have to believe this is whats best for me