Treatment

The basic of my treatment:

Because of the large size of the tumor and it being invasive and fast growing (triple negative); it was recommended that I forego initial surgery as is generally done and go straight for the chemo in an attempt to shrink it so as to not leave a massive hole in my chest cavity and to judge if the tumor will respond to the chemo. I am told I am an excellent candidate for neoadjunct therapy.

The plan for me is to first undergo 8 rounds of chemo. The first 4 of AC (Adriamycin & Cytoxan) and the T (Taxol ) for four. I'll get dosed every other week.

*CHEMO*
AC->T
AC AC AC AC T T T T
4 weeks of Adriamycin & Cytoxan, 4 weeks of Taxol 

If it goes well, shrinking would be best case. Next best would be not growing and worst case, continuing to grow. If that happens, they will do surgery right away.

It's going to go well (see me staying positive) and sometime in early January they are going to cut out what's left. After a short break which luckily for me will be around the holidays.

*SURGERY*

heal followed by

*RADIATION*
every single day for I don't know how long.

then, it'll be over...sorta. Watching for recurrence comes next. Triple negative cancer has a high recurrence rate but there are things I can do to stave that off and I intend to do them.