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Ibrance/Exemestane
I just started Ibrance/Exemestane (only the first month) when is it typical to see results? Is it after 3 months? Thank you, keeping fingers crossed here.
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tooth extraction
hello warriors. i saw the gallow's humour thread - love, love, love! what a great idea. today's question is: do any of you fine persons in our category have any experience with tooth extraction? i gots a molar that gots to come out, and am researching because at this moment in time, i don't trust my onco. i did a quick…
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Stage IV MBC with Type 2 Diabetes
I was diagnosed May 21, 2021 with metastatic breast cancer that has spread to my chest. In addition, I have type 2 diabetes. I've noticed that since starting iBrance and Letrozole my blood sugars are running high. I'm curious if anyone else in the same situation has experienced this as well. I'm also in a clinical trial,…
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xeloda
OK I've searched for aa topic xeloda and got nothing- pretty sure there is and waiting on that new website!!! So far, doing OK. BUT, getting that first dose in is HARD! I DO NOT awake before 8 am and am not running to get something to eat. So 12 hours apart is not happening. What do people do?
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Curious about time to recurrence for Lobular (ILC)
Hi there fellow lobular thrivers, I was basically a De Novo Stage IV as I had progression shortly after I was diagnosed when I had just started neoadjuvant chemo. But I’m curious how long it was for others between their first diagnosis and recurrence to a distant (non-breast) metastasis. My theory is that the statistics…
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Blood biopsy - nothing detected ?
hi! Has anyone done the liquid (blood) biopsies through foundation one and had it come back with nothing? My body and bones show NED but 3 wks ago two BrainMets showed up. I was just wondering if that's happened to anyone else? Thanks!
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New De Novo diagnosis
I was just diagnosed yesterday with de novo MBC. The PET scan showed "1. large hypermetabolic left breast mass, consistent with invasive ductal carcinoma. Regional nodal metastatic disease to the left axilla. 2. Numerous lyctic osseous metastases. Many of these are small, but a lesion in the L2 vertebral body show…
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Lymph nodes and PET
had a PET scan - anybody has any idea why a couple of lymph nodes can light up ( SUV 3-4) while the lessons themselves appear to be inactive/possibly scars?
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How quickly do tumor markers drop during treatment?
I have been on Abraxane since the end of September. My tumor markers dropped but they are dropping slowly. I haven’t seen my MO to ask him since I saw my last marker so I’m asking all you knowledgeable people. This is how much they have been dropping. Is this too slow? This last time they didn’t drop from previous check.…
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Male Breast cancer
I have just joined this group, I have recently been dignosed with Metastatic Breast cancer, I am a male, do we have any Males in this group
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Managing risk while being immunocompromised
My oncologist told me that I'm considered immunocompromised, which wasn't surprising. But I asked for clarification and she didn't have much to offer, she only said I was more prone to infection and that it was hard to quantify the risk. So....now what? I'm not sure how to manage this unknown level of risk. I don't have…