I am 45 and recently diagnose with breast cancer. I have gone 1 round of chemo with 5 to go and weekly Herceptin during the 6 rounds of Chemo then Herceptin once every 3 weeks. Then I will be on hormone blockers for 5 years.
I had been taking hormones 10 days a month for 1 1/2 years to keep me regular. Anyway, I guess I have a FEW questions here. Cancer was receptive to both hormones....HER2, etc.
1. I wonder if the hormones I was taking, brought on the cancer. Since I have stopped taking the hormone pills do I really need the blockers?
2. I have heard that if I am taking hormone blockers I will NO longer have a sex drive nor enjoy sex.
3. I have heard that the hormone blockers will create more female problems as my female organs will dry up?
I pray I was talking to an idiot......
4. The chomo is taxotere and campho????. Is it really necessary to go 6 rounds? Will the chance of recurance really be higher if say I went only 4 rounds?
5. If I am doing this Chemo and they believe they got all the cancer and none was in the lympnodes, do I really have to do radiation?
They said I was stage 1, grade 3.
The losing the sex drive etc. is really scarey for me as I was married to a very selfish man in bed for 22 years. I have been divorced for 6 years and have had 2 lovers. I feel like I just started really enjoying sex in my forties. I hate to see that go Buh Bye!
Look farward to your response.
Jitterbug2u