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Marianne-
You'll find a tremendous amount of information & support from the women here!My first question is, did your surgeon do a sentinel node dissection to check the lymph nodes (in your arm pit)for evidence of spread? If the nodes are positive, that is an indicator that cancer cells may have escaped and could be roaming around systemically.
If so, then chemo is indicated.(Ultimately, it's YOUR CHOICE how aggressive you want to be)2nd question, are you Her2+?
The best advice I can give is get educated!!!Do your research, read Dr. Susan Love's book "The Breast Book", check out the website(susanlovemd.org), and arm yourself with lots of information so that when you do go in to consult w/other docs you can make informed choices about your options.
It is a lot of work...and it doesn't seem fair to have to do all of this during such a scary, overwhelming time.So please look to us here for information & let us help you with the burden if we can.
Keep us posted, keep the faith and take care of you,
Jessica
ps-are far as statistics...use them to guide you, but don't worry too much about them.there are many of us that continue to thrive inspite of poor statistical prognosis!
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