Life After Breast Cancer Treatment: Now What?
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Nipple pain
I had a lumpectomy for Stage 2 breast cancer in Sept. 2012. I sometimes get sensation in the affected breast or itching at the scar site. But a week ago, I started getting pain internally in the nipple on that breast. There is no redness, but it's quite tender. I probably would't think anything about it if it wasn't the…
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How often do you check in with oncologist?
For those of you who are over 5 years beyond Breast cancer treatment, how often do you check in with your physicians? What kind of scanning or tests are you offered? I was Stage II in 2011, and had mastectomy, chemo, radiation, and then Arimidex for 3 years. Meanwhile my oncologist retired from Sloan Kettering and I have…
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Fertility after BC
Hi! I was diagnosed with hormone positive BC. I had a surgery and now I have to continue with radiation and hormone therapy. I was advised to do egg freezing before I start treatments but I am concern since I have to take hormones. Any knowledge, experiences you would like to share?
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It needs to be okay to die.
In the vastness of this forum and everything written I am sure this has been covered, but I don't have the patience to search, so I'm just going to write. It's about dying. It's about how you're walking through the garden of life then you step on a rake and it flies up into your face, just like in the cartoons we watched…