Hi All, I too am seriously thinking of stopping treatment. At this moment I feel that the treatment is as worse as the disease. Had my op, followed by three FEC's, last one finished last tuesday. three T's should follow up as well as radiation and hormone therapy. The first two FEC's weren't too bad: I could still function on my own minimum goals ( walk the dogs twice a day, clean the most and cook dinner ) and sometimes even much better. But after the last one I feel awfull. Mouth is dry and sore all the time. I need to set the alarm clock to have drinks through the night. Left arm where IV's are given is sore I cannot really fully use it. I am so tired I feel like a wreck. My head is a mess, can't get my thoughts together at times. I lost muscle strength, keep dropping things all the time. Fingers turn into fat sausages all the time. Makes it hard using them properly. I have breastcancer grade 2 stage IIB , two nodes affected. I do not live in the UK but abroad. Treatment seems to be pretty much the same. At this time my biggest worry is that, despite I would like to get better and live a happy life for the next years, the treatment with it's side effects is causing so much damage to my body right now, and possibly even for the rest of my future. So should it be quantity or quality for the rest of my life?
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