Hi there,
I have never posted on any sort of forum before but my head is reeling and I really think I need some advice. Hoping someone out there can help me. I had a lumpectomy (therapeutic mammoplasty) 4 weeks ago and sentinel lymph node biopsy. They took out 4 nodes and one was positive with a borderline macrometasis. They said it was up to me whether I had the clearance, that recent evidence suggested it might not be necessary but as the surgeon was going on holiday they gave me a date nearly 5 weeks later for the surgery and said I could cancel it if I wanted. Subsequently they gave me a date for chemo (FEC-T) which is 6 weeks after my first surgery, but this is the same date the second surgery is scheduled. If I have the surgery I have to wait another 2 weeks to have the chemo at least until my body has healed. I am finding it so hard to decide whether to have the clearance as I don’t want to delay the chemo, especially in light of my lymph node involvement which means there might be stuff peripherally to treat.
I have 2 young kids (1 & 2 years old as well) and I know if I have more surgery this means more time not being able to lift them etc, I think I’ll be even more useless to my other half if I am on chemo and having just had surgery. Anyway I’d love to hear any thoughts about this. I’m very confused and none of the oncology or surgical team will tell me what to do, they are leaving it entirely up to me which is doing my head in!
Thanks in advance