Have You Decided Against Chemotherapy?

Yes. I didn’t do chemo because the oncotype test showed it would only have a 1% effectiveness. I was 48 and opted for radiation and lumpectomy for Stage IIb Invasive Lobular Carcinoma. I also tried endocrine therapy and couldn’t tolerate it. Later on I found out I have the BRCA2 mutation and opted for a double mastectomy. I am 6 years out and cancer free. Also my mom recently opted not to do chemo at age 79 but opted for a double mastectomy and a new treatment for people with BRCA2.

I’m opting out of just about everything. I believe if given the right conditions our bodies will heal themselves. I was diagnosed 3 months ago. Both breasts and a tumor in my armpit. I’m 63 and healing myself. I feel better than I have in years. The tumor is shrinking, Pet scan says the right breast has nothing. Maybe I don’t belong on this page. I will never do their barbaric treatments. Not even biopsies. Maybe they’ll delete me. I don’t feel like I fit in here because I’m holistic.

Juicing, fasting and a drastic diet change can heal your other health problems also.

To April B I hope they don’t delete you. I’m new here and need to hear all sides. I respect your decision. I am going to begin treatment soon. Lumpectomy and lymph nodes biopsies done but waiting results. I’m a little scared but hopeful and optimistic. I have been thinking heavily and starting to implement dietary changes. I am happy to hear that for you, those dietary changes made the world of difference!!

Dietary changes changed my life and best of all my children have changed and very best, they are raising my precious grandchildren on healthy food. My NP told me twice that she doesn’t believe it can be cured by dietary change. After saying it the second time she examined me and said “I’m convinced, it’s definitely smaller”. We had quite a nice talk. She’s a wonderful woman and I pray that she can help others heal not just from cancer but from anything, by diet change. I’ve even heard of terminally ill being healed. Dietary changes can at least build your immune system to help you tolerate the treatments. It takes a lot of commitment work and consistency. I love that I’m in control. It keeps me very busy too. I’m not just sitting around depressed and worried waiting for my dr. and a drug. I haven’t even had ibuprofen in 10 years. I had Covid with a tumor and only drank water with cayenne pepper, ginger, turmeric and vitamin C. It lasted 3 days. My friend who took all kinds of over the counter things was in bed with it for a week. Watch Chris Beat Cancer and Dr Amy-Cancer Expert Cancer Survivor on YouTube. Chris had no treatment and Dr. Amy helps you get through treatment and helps you to keep it from coming back. God bless you. I’ll be praying for you if that’s ok. I’ll be here sharing my progress and trying to help and encourage others unless they kick me out.

Hi April B! You are welcome here to share your personal thoughts and beliefs. We will not delete your comments. I do want to clarify that it isn’t true that Chris Wark (Chris Beat Cancer) didn’t have treatment. He worked with a surgical oncologist and had major surgery to remove his tumor and surrounding tissue. Dr. Amy is a pharmacist that refers to herself as a cancer expert but she is not an oncologist. It is worth noting that she accepted all recommended treatment options when going through her own diagnosis. They both do promote a balanced plant predominant diet which is likely good advice for us all. Thanks for being a part of our community.

Hi April, One question, may I ask how they gave you a dx without doing a biopsy? I too prefer a holistic approach and fully believe in taking an active role in diet and lifestyle changes especially when considering long term survival and getting to the root cause of why my body being developing cancer cells in the first place. That said I’ll be having surgery soon but debating and weighing the next steps. I’m doing A TON of research. Can I ask, are you working with a functional medicine provider? And then just curious how you even know it’s BC w/o biopsy? 🙏🏽🙏🏽

I was told it was cancer after the ultrasound. The biopsy was just to stage it and check the hormone receptors. They see so many they can tell the difference in the really obvious ones. Of course stage can change after surgery if they find it in the lymph nodes.

I did not do chemo or radiation. It's kind of a long story. I had a plan going in to do targeted radiation. The Dr really prefers whole breast. After surgery she said there was a finding that precluded targeted. I went back in and had DMX to avoid whole breast. Turned out the other breast was full of pre-cancer cells and had fibrocystic breast disease so it was a time bomb any way. My oncotype was 27. They want to do chemo at 25. I agonized over it until they sent my results to one of the bigger cancer centers that said the chemo would likely do more damage than good. They said I only had an 8% chance of recurrence. That's the short version. The biggest thing this has taught me is that I'm not a good cancer patient and I will not likely ever take chemo or radiation. If it comes back or I get another cancer I will likely let nature take it's course. I've chosen not to have any more cancer screenings.

Treatment decisions involving chemotherapy are deeply personal and depend on many individual factors that only you and your medical team can fully evaluate together. Many people in similar situations have faced this same difficult choice, weighing the potential benefits against quality of life concerns and other health considerations. Consider discussing all your concerns openly with your oncologist, as they may have insights about modified treatment options or supportive care approaches that could be helpful for your specific situation.