Chemotherapy for newbies
Welcome! In this episode I'll go over my experience of receiving chemotherapy for breast cancer treatment. Chemotherapy differs from other treatments in that it is highly personal - while there are similarities in the drugs taken, each treatment is calibrated to the individual patient, and everybody responds differently to the drugs. So I'll focus less on my reactions to the treatment and more on outlining some general steps to inform you as you travel this path as a patient or supporter. Note: I live in New Zealand, and treatments differ from region to region, as well as being different in different countries. Your medical team are the ones to ask about your treatment plan, not randoms on the internet like me! 🙂 How did I decide to have chemotherapy? In my case I wasn't a clear yes for chemotherapy's benefits outweighing the risks, so I opted to pay for Oncotype DX testing , to know for sure if chemotherapy would be helpful to me. (Currently this isn't publicl...