BREAST CANCER PREVENTION: DRUGS
The most important thing is your health, now and in the future. You need to do what is best for you and what has the best chance of ensuring your long and healthy life. Remember that there is no single right choice of treatment. It is important that you receive appropriate chemotherapy, but there are likely to be several treatment regimens that are equally right for you.
Many women are more frightened by the prospect of chemotherapy than they were of surgery. It can be difficult to forget images you have seen in the movies or read in books of cancer patients being desperately ill from the chemotherapy treatments. Fortunately, times have changed and real progress has been made with controlling the nausea and vomiting you may be dreading. There are new and powerful drugs, such as Kytril and Zofran, which eliminate or greatly reduce these side effects. Over time, there will be additional new drugs discovered and recommended as well.
You may also be fearful of having such powerful drugs injected into your system. It can be hard to think of chemotherapy as lifesaving rather than as toxic poisons. Talk with your doctor about your concerns, and remember that a drug strong enough to kill cancer is going to be strong enough to have some other side effects. All of this is temporary. You are trying to save your life.
Talk with other women who have undergone chemotherapy about their experiences. What you hear from them will be somewhat different from what you hear from your doctors. Most women will tell you that their fantasies about chemotherapy were much worse than the reality. No one would suggest that receiving chemotherapy is pleasant, but it is completely manageable. Use all the information to help you make the best decision for yourself.
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