I'm not sure I can even explain this well, but I'm wondering if I'm the only one. Ever since treatment (taxol, adriamycin, mastectomy, cisplatin/radiation, Xeloda) I cannot regulate my body temperature appropriately. It's 29 degrees outside, my heat is set at 64 inside, and I'm sitting here in a camisole tank top. I put my…
hi, I had a mastectomy just over 2 weeks ago. Unable to have lumpectomy as had one same breast 20 years ago. This time its a invasive lobular cancer with low positive oestrogen. Stared on exemestane a few days ago. Since the drain was removed have developed a seroma, first aspiration 200mls, then 400mls yesterday 160mls.…
Hello— my wife recently completed TC chemo and is on Letrozole +zoladex for her HR+, Her2- breast cancer. The cancer is localized, stage 1-2 depending on which guidelines are used. She recently has been getting a lot bruises everywhere, specifically on her legs. They are not caused by a injury or fall. Did anyone else have…
My mom has been on Faslodex for a little more than a year and her short-term memory has been getting worse. She will often tell a story several times forgetting that she just told it 20 minutes ago. There is no family history of cognitive issues and I have a strong feeling that it is linked to Faslodex. Are there any…
Hey, peeps. Context: A little over a year ago, shortly before my BC diagnosis, I had skyrocketing ALT and AST levels and was sent for a liver biopsy. I was diagnosed with liver damage of unknown origin (they theorized I'd been exposed to something chemical somehow), NASH and NAFLD. I had mild scarring on my liver and lots…
The diagnosis of breast cancer is devastating, it was for me. During your chemotherapy, terrified about your future, feeling horrible during the treatment then. .strand by strand your hair is gone, another horrible experience to deal with. Wigs? chemo hats? I was miserable with both. Three months after chemotherapy my hair…
I was diagnosed with DCIS over 20 years ago. Right breast mastectomy with DEIP flap procedure. Silicone implant on the left. In those 20 years my implant is painfully encapsulated and my DEIP procedure has been getting hard over the passing years. I just relocated to Virginia so I don't know anyone to ask for a referral to…