Hi i put a post up just before xmas, my partner has had a 13cm lump removed from her breast on the 20th dec 2016, nothing had reached the lynph noded so hopfully she will just need radiotheripy, she wont want to have chemo anyway thats the way she is loss of hair etc, but her main thing is the medication she has to have after treatment ie tamoxifen, her worry is waight gain plus she suffers with veins and the blood disorder raynards, so we have talked in lenghth and she feels all the side affects publisised are not worth it and she wants to opt for Aromatase instead, but the doctor has never mentioned other treatments except tamoxofen? even though he had not had any other test results back after the lump had been removed or any discusion with his colegues, and when i mentioned about side affects it was kind of dismised ? and if you look at all the trials it seems hard to judge either way and Aromatase does seem to have a lot less side affects, if he bangs on about Tamoxifen she will refuse it , but i suppose at the end of the day its her choice and thats important, i myself have hairy cell lukimia and had chemo in march, but my doctor always gave me choices and i decided what i wanted to do, and i am the type of person who will not do something if i dont want to do it, but Marg feels like shes being rail roaded and pushed towards this drug? i just wanted other imput from other people, so i can support her as there is not a lot i can say to her doctors but understandable im very protective over her,
kind regards john