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Honoring Our Caregivers: Share your appreciation!
In the U.S., November is National Family Caregivers Month. We're taking a moment to recognize those friends, family, and loved ones who provide us support. Share your caregiver story, praise, or tips for caregivers here. This will help caregivers know they aren't alone, to honor them, and provide them some helpful insight…
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Resources for Caregivers
We hope you find the following links helpful! Learn: Caring for Someone With Breast Cancer Podcast: Support Services for Caregivers Podcast: Caring for Men Who Are Cancer Caregivers Podcast: Supporting a Partner With Breast Cancer Podcast: How Therapy Can Help People Affected By Breast Cancer Personal Stories: Caregivers…
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The husband's and partner's corner
A gathering space for the partners of loved ones with breast cancer to discuss your unique experiences.
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Advice for caregiver
Hi all My partner is scheduled for single mastectomy and implant next week. Looking for advice-tips on what type of things I can expect, what can I do to prepare for after surgery and what I can do to help her though the recovery period?
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What do you find most difficult about caregiving?
November is National Family Caregivers Month. We'd like to take a moment to acknowledge the challenges our caregivers face and show them some support. As a caregiver, can you share with us what you find most difficult about caring for a loved one with breast cancer? Take our poll and elaborate in the thread below!
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Gift ideas anyone? 5- year anniversary coming up
Hello everyone. This June 3 will mark 5 years since my wife was diagnosed with Stage 2A breast cancer (invasive ductal carcinoma, ER/PR positive Her 2 negative) and papillary thyroid cancer. I won't soon forget the terror we felt in early June 2019, what with test results pending and not knowing where it was all going. It…
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Neoadjuvant EC Regimen precautions
Posting this on behalf of my wife (aged 34) who had been diagnosed with TNBC in October 2023. She had recently completed her weekly 12 sessions of TC regimen : Paclitaxel (120mg) and Carboplatin (200mg). Although there was Hair Loss and slight nail discoloration from 3rd week onwards, she had Nausea from Day 1-4 post every…
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Any possibility to bring my Mom from Poland to US for cancer care?
I’m a breast cancer survivor. I came to this site 9 years ago and read posts and articles daily, posted frequently. I am lucky that I live in the US, have health insurance and my cancer was caught early. My Mom lives in Poland and two days ago she was diagnosed and told me about it. She noticed a lump right after…
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Wife just diagnosed
Wife was just diagnossed last week. We have had Biopsy, MRI, and today another ultrasound. So far meeting with surgeons and plastic surgeons. It has been a little overwhelming. I believe she is in denial, and I am in a state of shock. I try not to show it but I am scared and hurting myself. The thought of her going through…
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Daughter just diagnosed stage II
Hello , I am new to this site. My youngest daughter just found out she has stage 2 grade 3 Cancer. We saw her surgepn for the firs time yesterday and next week we see her oncologist. I am not new to Cancer, my mother had breast cancer 33 years ago and fought it for 8 1/2 years. I remember being so angry at God because I…
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cold caps for hair, hands, and feet.
My sister was diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer one month ago. Today was our first chemotherapy session. It went really good. The nurses suggested a cold cap because she is very scared of losing her hair. Does the cold cap really work? What are the best prices/places to get one? Also she used a cold cap for her hands…
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Feelings of...........selfishness
I'll keep this short (probably). I was going to write guilty, but selfish seems more fitting. My wife has been battling stage three breast cancer for just over a year. She was diagnosed on Valentine's Day 2022. Done with chemo, done with radiation, taking Anastrazole for 10 years, almost done with gabapentin. She tried…
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Mom diagnosed today.
My dear 77 yo mom was diagnosed today with IDC, nuclear type 2, ER/PR positive, her2 equivocal for over expression. We are seeing the surgeon tomorrow for biopsy path followup, in person. The surgeon, who did the biopsy, has already said mom is not a surgical candidate first....I'm guessing that means other treatment prior…
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Husband dealing with Tamoxifen needing to vent
Hello everyone! My wife was diagnosed with Stage 2A in June 2019, so we are coming up to 4 years. She has had a lumpectomy and follow up surgery, chemotherapy, radiation and now hormone therapy (taking Tamoxifen). My wife also has co-morbidities including thyroid cancer and Type 2 diabetes with complications (nephropathy),…
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newly diagnosed partner... tips as we start this care journey?
I am caregiver and partner of my life partner diagnosed with invasive ductal carcinoma, unilateral, grade 2, stage to be determined at surgery time in March 2021. She went through and survived an ovarian cancer, total hysterectomy and bilateral tubes and ovaries cut out, back in 2015, with chemo following surgery, and here…
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Worrying about future - need to vent
My wife, and mother of our two young kids (3 and 6), was diagnosed about a year ago and we went very quickly from small (1cm) Stage 1 disease to a more uncertain situation with LVI, a couple of microtumors in the margin, positive LNs. This all came in follow up phone call after an initially upbeat assessment right after…
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Zoom Meet-Up for MBC Caregivers: Place to keep chatting
Please connect here to catch up with other caregivers from our weekly zoom! This meeting takes place on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of every month at 4pm ET. Click here to register: https://breastcancer-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcqd-6prDkvGdztPag7To5oGJKH7Mt_wWOa