I received my TNBC diagnosis on 1/11/2021. 2.7cm, stage 2A, grade 3, no lymph node involvement. I am 45.
My mom was BRCA2 positive. She was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1998 (not TNBC) and ovarian cancer in 2014 and passed away on Christmas Day 2018.
I was tested for BRCA2 6 years ago; results were negative. With my recent diagnosis, they have rerun the newer, larger genetic panel and I am awaiting results.
The general messaging is that I am high risk, no matter the genetic results.
I was told standard of care in my situation was 4x biweekly AC then 12x weekly Taxol + Carboplatin (for high risk patients) every 3 weeks during the 12 weeks.
I was also told there was a drug trial available to me which would switch the protocols around: Taxol/Carbo first + the study drug administered with the Carboplatin then the AC after.
Surgery would follow both options, likely mastectomy if not bilateral mastectomy.
This second option is the one I chose, with the drug trial.
My first chemo was on 2/4, second on 2/11, and the third should have been this week but the facility was closed due to extreme winter weather conditions here in Texas.
Side effects in general have been manageable so far. I understand the AC is hard.
My hair started coming out yesterday. That’s what led me to this site, albeit indirectly.
I am going to Texas Oncology/Texas Breast Specialists in Bedford, TX.
MD Anderson is not so very far from me (Houston vs Dallas) but I like the doctors and I feel like I am getting good information and options.
Would you agree?
Edited by CharlotteS - Feb 20 2021 at 8:18am