Treatment Alternatives for Stage 3 Breast Cancer? Posted: 09-08-06 12:23pm
HELLO, MY NAME IS JULIE AND IN MARCH THIS
YEAR I WAS TOLD HAVE HAVE BREAST CANCER, I
HAVE HAD MY LEFT BREAST REMOVED IN JULY
AND NOW I AM GOING THOUGH CAF
CHEMOTHERAPY, IT IS MAKING ME VERY ILL AND
I CANNOT COPE WITH IT, AFTER MY FIRST LOT
I ENDED UP IN HOSPITAL FOR 1 WEEK AS MY
BLOOD COUNT DROPED TO LOW, AFTER MY
SECOUND LOT MY NECK AND MOUTH GOT SO BIG I
COULD NOT EAT OR DRINK SO ENDED UP BACK IN
HOSPITAL I NOW HAVE STOPED HAVING MY CHEMO
AND I AM WAITING TO SEE A DIFFERENT DOCTOR
AS I AM NOT HAPPY WITH THE ONE I AM UNDER
AT THE MIN, PLEASE COULD YOU TELL ME IF I
COULD HAVE A DIFFERENT KIND OF TREATMENT
IT IS STAGE 3 AND 11 OUT OF 14 NODES WERE
CANCER, IT CAME BACK HORMOAN POS, PLEASE
HLP
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Breast Cancer Answer A1498 Posted: 09-19-06 07:25am
According to the symptoms that you
mentioned (“neck and mouth got big”),
you may experiencing an allergic reaction
to the medicine. Allergic reactions are
totally unpredictable and the only
solution for treating them is to change
the medicine. A drop in blood count is a
common side effect for all
chemotherapeutic drugs and can’t be
avoided. The only thing that can be done
is to stop the treatment and wait until
the blood count gets better. Breast
cancers that have hormonal receptors (are
hormone positive) can be also treated with
estrogen inhibitors (tamoxifen). Local
radio-therapy is also used for preventing
local recidiv after surgical removal. For
proper treatment, you can consult an
oncologist.
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