Life After Breast Cancer Treatment: Now What?
Discussion List
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BC humor
Last night my nine-year-old son referred to DCIS as "Duckitis" and it's a good thing I was lying down because otherwise I would have fallen off the bed I laughed so hard.
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Bra after reconstruction, 5 years out
Hello! I haven't posted on here in ages but wanted to reach out to ask if anyone else if having issues feeling comfortable with their foobs in a bra. I have over the muscle, direct to implant reconstruction and they are pretty small, measure out to a 32c. I have a very lean chest and almost zero body fat on my chest. So…
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Pain almost a year after lymph node removal
I had a lumpectomy and three lymph nodes removed last August. I went to PT off and on for a seroma, cording and the onset of lymphedema. The cording is a lot better than it was. But I’m having more pain/tenderness in the back of my arm and underarm again. I stretch every day and try to drink a lot of water. Just wondering…
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Medicaid Application/Renewal Survivorship Anxiety
I am a 39-year-old cancer survivor, and due to my BRCA mutation, extensive family history, and the fact that my cancer was triple negative, my oncologist has me under observation for the foreseeable future. I originally lived in Wisconsin, but moved to Texas in early 2019. I was transferred from the Wisconsin Well Woman…
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Immunotherapy for hormone positive, HER2- breast cancer
I like to keep up with medical trials and research for breast cancer and was wondering if anyone knew anything about using keytruda for hormone positive, HER2- tumors. It seems there are some trials going on right now with it but I can't get an inkling on how it's going. Any news that anyone knows about? Just wondering if…