Need help/advice

 

I spoke with my daughter and he said there is no studies showing one week is better than two but If I'm more comfortable with that he would be happy to do it.

 

Is one more aggressive than the other and do you end up with more chemo from one or the other?

 

 

So confused. I need to decide by my next appt.

 

Thank you to anyone that can shade some light on this for me. I just know I can't look back with regrets. It will make crazy worried.

 

Sometimes I think Stage I may be the hardest to get a grasp of when it comes to treatment. After all, it is a very early stage and should be very amenable to treatment. BUT, here's where I come from. That perception is one often borrowed from the long history of bc treatment which is not Tneg. Tneg even at Stage I is an aggressive beast that just doesn't kill off that easily. This site sees way too many of our sisters who are, in my non medical professional opinion, under treated and return with a 2nd bout.

 

In my case, because things were advanced it was a no brainer to throw the kitchen sink at my tumor. But even the kitchen sink had different options and so I began to use my mantra, 'give me more options, you're my medical team you tell me what will give me the best outcome' and my favorite, 'now give me more options!'  I'm particularly unimpressed by a comment of, it doesn't matter, it's your choice. My personal alarm bells scream at me.

 

So I guess what I'm saying is, I wouldn't just be asking whether each week or every other week is best, I'd be asking if I should do it every week (to maintain a level of chemo in my system rather than a HIT) but can we continue with the chemo beyond what the team is suggesting?

 

It's never an over reaction to ask for a 2nd opinion or to ask how many patients who have Tneg a doctor has treated. It''s also a good indicator question to ask how a doctor treats a Tneg patient differently that a positive patient. I want to see fear & determination in my onc's eyes at the dx not ho hum.