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Helpful Links About Caring for Someone With MBC
Podcast: Caregiving for Someone With Metastatic Breast Cancer Blog post: Six Tips for Caregivers From People Living With Metastatic Breast Cancer Thread: Husbands of Stage IV Breast Cancer Patients MBC Caregivers Zoom Meetup; Tuesdays, Bi-weekly, 4pm ET. Register here. Podcast: Caring for Men Who Are Cancer Caregivers…
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Dana Farber 2022-2023 EMBRACE MBC Virtual Forum Series
Hi all! We wanted to share with you a helpful series of five free online virtual forums about promising areas of research and treatment in metastatic breast cancer hosted by Dana Farber's 2022-2023 EMBRACE MBC program. You can access the recordings here: * Welcome Session | 2022-2023 EMBRACE MBC Virtual Forum Series *…
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Wife diagnosed Stage IV de novo:
This thread was started as a response to member KBL's question in another forum about those diagnosed with stage iv ILC de novo. But that forum is for stage iv patients only so I could not post there. I am contributing on behalf of my wife who isn't really keen yet in participating in support groups. As her caregiver I…
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Questions about surgery for brain mets (to be followed by rads)
My sister already had stage IV lung cancer for the past 5 years (mets was only to pleura) - she was getting scans every 4 months and at the most recent one, it was found that the 2 of the 3 pleural lesions had grown and she completed 15 rads sessions last Monday. Then she had a brain MRI and they found mets to the brain.…
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Extensive liver mets - 9th line of treatment, any hope?
Hi everyone, my mum was diagnosed in April 2019 with Stage 4 breast cancer (de novo) with widespread mets to spine, liver and lungs. At the time she was only given 3 weeks to live however by some miracle she learnt to walk again ( after tumours broke her spine) and has been fighting this disease ever since. She was well in…
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My Biggest Fear Came True - Help
Hi Everyone, I'm so grateful that this community exists and that there are people who understand what I'm going through. My mom was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1995 and has been battling it ever since. She has had stage IV since 2009. She has had multiple rounds of chemo and been on many many drugs for ER/PR + but has…
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mixed feelings
I don't know how to start this topic I am still waiting to see the surgeon Thursday and I can't tell you how the waiting time feels like... every single cell in my body is literally aching, I just go to bed and sleep to run away from the current moment.. I have been posting randomly under several sections in this forum to…
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Please share your experience, we care for mum and are lost
My mother had a total mastectomy and 43 lymph nodes removed in 2008. In 2018 Mets were found in liver, spinal column, and lungs. Bother times she underwent chemo and radiation. She has non-alcoholic cirrhosis and delicate kidneys Yesterday she had an ultrasound and x-ray. Her liver and epiplón are covered in Mets. She was…
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how to be helpful when your friend has cancer
How to be helpful when your friend has cancer. by Susan McCamey A lot of articles talk about the logistical ways you can help friends with cancer, like delivering meals and helping with housework and errands. But I haven't read as many articles about how to help with the emotions of cancer. So here is some advice from a…
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Husbands of Stage IV Breast Cancer
I'm not entirely sure how to start; I don't post, I don't do Facebook and I have no idea how to go about this. My wife just went through her 2nd round of chemo for her2+ stage 4 breast cancer that also shows in her liver. She's 34. She's as diagnosed maybe 8 weeks ago Question is: where is the forum for the husbands? I…
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My wife diagnosed stage 4 in Feb
First of all thank you for all your support. My wife is 41 and she was diagnosed Stage IV. She is on Femara+Ibrance+ zoladex met to liver. Her recent PETscan showed good improvement over the first. Recently she has been experiencing tumor hardening and clamping on alternate days. On the calm days the tumor areas seems to…
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Radiation Alternatives to Brain Mets?
Hello Ladies and Gentlemen, I've been lurking on this forum and many others on this website and you all have been an inspiration to me and have provided a wealth of knowledge. For background, my mother was diagnosed with stage 2B breast cancer last year around January/February. She went through of the chemotherapy, had her…
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Mom caring for 20 yr old daughter .....
I spend my days and nights researching trying to find a way to save my 20 yr old daughter, she was only 2 months out of treatment when she found out she is now stage iv. Mets to brain skull spine breast lymph . Any moms with young daughters here? Triple Negative
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Mother in law stage 4 husband in denial
hello So my mother in law has triple negative breast cancer that is metastatic. It is in her lung and brain now. She just had surgery to remove a tumor from her brain. My husband seems to think everything is going to be fine because she had the tumor removed. He has always been in denial ever since she was diagnosed with…
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Liver issues or mets - TCM
Throwing this out there for anyone with liver Mets or liver issues. There is a Chinese medicine called pian tze huang, used mostly for liver cancer, liver issues and inflammation in general. My grand aunt with liver issues is on it and it has kept her liver tumor markers at bay You might want to look it up
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Lumps in Armpit Area
Can someone tell me if you have any information on a 2 lumps under my armpit after 12 years after initially being diagnosed with Stage II Breast Cancer? I had 12 lymphnodes removed in 2009. My dermatoligist said they are not cysts. Ultrasound done and they are doing a biopsy on Thursday. I can't seem to find any…
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MBC Caregiver Zoom Meetups Place to Keep Chatting
This is a safe space for our MBC Caregiver Zoom Meetup conversations to continue. This meeting takes place on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of every month at 4pm ET. To register, click here: https://breastcancer-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/...
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An Advanced Breast Cancer Prognosis
Caryn is a regular poster on Breastcancer.org. Diagnosed with ER+/PR+, HER2- IDC in August 2011, she had a bilateral mastectomy, radiation to bones, and is taking Aromasin as a hormone suppressant. Read an interview with her here https://advancedbreastcancer.net/living/prognosis-statistics
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Can you go in remission more than once
My mom has been dx with breast cancer in 2002. After surgery, radiotherapy, chemo and tamoxifen she was in remission. In 2015 she was dx stage IV mets to the bones. Has been on letrozole until this summer and her cancer seemed to be dormant with the letrozole until then. It has woken up this summer (this is the way the dr…
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Share Your Caregiving Story
November is Caregiver Awareness Month and we thought it'd be a great time to thank the members of our Community (and our lives!) for the help they provide while assisting their loved ones in navigating a breast cancer diagnosis. Please share with us your story! We'd love to share it on our site, on the Member Stories:…
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Looking for help/ alternative treatment
This is Shirley a 58 yrs female diagnosed of advanced breast cancer since September 2020 in Liberia. Diagnosis was confirmed in Ghana as HER-2 positive and started on Herceptin and paclitaxel. She had 3 courses of the Herceptin but stopped due the cost , now she's back in Liberia and only on paclitaxel... no bet