Managing Side Effects of Breast Cancer and Its Treatment
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Light Therapy May Ease Fatigue and Improve Sleep for Survivors
Light Therapy May Ease Fatigue and Improve Sleep for Breast Cancer Survivors Mar 31, 2022 Wearing a light therapy visor cap at home improved sleep and eased fatigue in women who completed treatment for early-stage breast cancer. Read more...
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Tool May Help Predict Fatigue After Breast Cancer Treatment
Tool May Help Predict Fatigue After Breast Cancer Treatment Mar 23, 2022 Researchers have developed a tool that may help doctors figure out who has the highest risk of fatigue after breast cancer treatment. Read more...
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Women More Likely To Have Severe Side Effects From Treatment
Women More Likely To Have Severe Side Effects From Cancer Treatment Mar 22, 2022 Women are 34% more likely to have severe side effects during and after cancer treatment than men. Read more...
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Anemia - after chemo, before rads?
I finished chemo (4 AC, 12 Taxol) on 4/14, and I start rads later today. Adriamycin gave me some cardiotoxicity, and I take a beta blocker to slow my heart. I've consistently felt worse since completing chemo than while I was going through treatment, but when I last saw the MO he wanted to wait about six weeks to see if…
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Heart Transplant after Chemo induced Heart Failure
Hello, I don't know where to post my story, so please let me know if I should move it. Here goes! I was 49 years old, in great shape and without a family history of any cancer. 11/2020 found lump in right breast 12/2020 diagnosed with triple positive, multi focal IDC and at least two nodes 1/2021 began chemo - AC THP…
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Anastrazole
I have extreme stiffness and pain in my hands. I have very little strength in them. Is this Anastrazole or arthritis? It is getting worse every day.
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Pneumonitis, groundglass, consolidative opacities
Hello all. I had a CT yesterday to evaluate a blood clot that I got from my port-a-cath. It is my3rd CT since December. They noted a non-cardiac finding: "new multifocal peribronchial groundglass and consolidative opacities in the upper left lobe which may represent multifocal infection or drug related pneumonitis." My…