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Pain w/Port?
I got my port in November. It's never been comfortable, I don't have much tissue around it and any time it's bumped or manipulated, I can feel it. It's been used for four rounds of AC, and seven rounds of Taxol. The last couple rounds of Taxol have been painful - the port area beneath the skin is burning, my arm feels like…
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Starting chemo January 2018
hi I am getting my. Port next week, echo and going to a chemo class then Wednesday January 3rd starting chemo 🙄happy freakin new year . I will be having 4 A/C every other week then 12 weekly Taxols
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starting chemo 5 months after surgery - how effective?
Hi, for different reasons (genetics, covid etc) I will be starting chemo 5 months after the surgey. I am aware that this long delay does not give the best results of decreasing the recurancy or/and metastasis. Of course every patient is different, I am Stage II, clear margins and no positive nodes, howerver the tumor was…
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Perimenopause and Type 2 with 1 lymph node
Hi all, I've just joined this site and now have posted 3 different questions all in 1 day. I cannot thank people enough for their willingness to share stories and well-earned bits of wisdom. Anyway, I have just learned my oncotype score is 19. I was told by radiologist that b/c there was 1 positive lymph node, this puts me…
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Starting Chemotherapy March 2018
Hi Ladies. First post and I've already created a new topic - been learning a tremendous amount from this site since the day after my diagnosis. I have looked at so many sites and resources and have to say this community is so inspiring and supportive - thank you all! 4 weeks post-mastectomy and reconstruction today, and I…
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AC-T versus TC
My wife has Stage IIIA breast cancer. Had bilateral skin saving mastectomy. Oncologist recommends TC 6X. 2nd opinion from Oncologist at MD Anderson recommended AC 4X followed by Taxol. Discounted risk of heart problems so long as magscan was ok. Said no evidence of leukemia since historical dosages were reduced when…
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BCO Podcast: Neuropathy: Causes and Treatments
Neuropathy: Causes and Treatments August 8, 2018 Michael Stubblefield, M.D. is medical director of cancer rehabilitation at the Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation in New Jersey and the national medical director for Select Medical's ReVital Cancer Rehabilitation program. He is known around the world for his expertise in…
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Chemo or no chemo
Hi, I have breast cancer. My oncologist says I have a 7% chance of recurrence within 10 years without chemo and 3% chance of recurrence with chemo. What do you think
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Kidney Issues w/AC+T?
I had 4 rounds of AC, and I've completed 10 of 12 rounds of Taxol. Last Friday I developed some back pain, frothy urine, and burning when I urinated, so I went to urgent care. My urinalysis showed white blood cells, blood, and protein in my urine. They prescribed antibiotics, which did nothing to alleviate my symptoms.…
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Taxol side effects- Dr. Said I may just go to surgery
This is a local recurrance after a DMX/reconstruction in 2016. Same breast. This time rumor is grade 3 I did 4 A/C chemo starting in December and just finished #3 Taxol today. Taxol number 1 & 2 I had excruciating lower back pain starting around day 3. Dr. Prescribed pain pills and it was better Second Taxol I was having…
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RxPonder results
I posted this in the research tab but thought I'd put it here as well RxPONDER showed a different effect of chemotherapy based on Recurrence Score® results for postmenopausal and premenopausal women. Postmenopausal women with Recurrence Score results 0-25 were not observed to show benefit from chemotherapy and may avoid…
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Do we really need chemotherapy?
Hello! Thank you for your warm welcome My wife had a mastectomy on her right breast due to 3 tumors with τthe largest being 1 cm. She also had an infiltrated lymph node and for this reason, she removed all lymph nodes on the same side. The Oncotype test showed a grade of 12. My wife is 49 years old and is in the…
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Menstruations and chemo
Could regular menstruating during a chemo regimen indicate a hormonal problem?
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Elevated liver enzymes
I didn't see any recent threads involving the topic so I'm starting a new one. I'm trying to see if anyone has had a similar circumstance in regards to alkaline phosphatate, ALT and AST levels. My alkaline phosphatate and ALT were elevated before I started chemo. The levels were 131 (should be under 104) and 67 (should be…
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Starting Chemo in November 2017
Hey all! I love these threads I have seen, and since I will be starting in November (just around the corner) I thought I would get one started. It took me a long time to come to the decision to do chemo (stage 1a, Node negative) but because I had an Oncotype of 25 and a High risk Mammaprint I decided that I needed to just…
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Starting chemo June 2021
Hi everyone. I will begin AC in about two weeks. Just wondering is there anyone else beginning chemo this month? I’m scared and don’t know a lot. I have talked with some of my friends that have had it and they have given some helpful advice. I will be doing chemo before surgery. If anyone has advice or thoughts on good…
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AC treatment
Hi - I've really benefited from the weekly Taxol treatment thread, and was surprised that I couldn't find a similar thread on AC. So here it is - a place to compare notes on what helps, how we are feeling, what our nurses tell us, and how it goes. Since AC is short, I'd like to particularly ask for people to post about…
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Quitting Taxol?
I did four rounds of AC, and I'm on my second round of Taxol. Beginning with the third round of AC, I started experiencing heart palpitations and some weird sensations in my heart. These symptoms have become more pronounced in the five weeks since then. I wear a heart rate monitor, and my resting pulse is anywhere between…
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Starting Chemo May 2020
Hello everyone, please feel free to join. I didn't see a post for this yet so I thought I'd start one. This is actually my very first post! I had my surgery 3 weeks ago today. I just found out yesterday that I will start chemo on 5/15. I'm doing 1 session every two weeks, with 8 weeks of Taxol followed by 8 weeks of…
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Vein Problems
Hi all, I finished TCHP 3 weeks ago, and my veins are shot. 🥴 I have one vein that's turned dark (it looks like a faint bruise line running up my arm), and on the same side, I have a small lump/knot in a vein near my wrist. The nurse said the darkening of the vein is normal but to "watch the lump." It's sore to the touch…
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Starting Chemo September 2021
Thinking perhaps we start a thread for those of us staring at chemo in September. How are you preparing; physically, mentally and emotionally? I know I've been doing research, asking questions, stalking past chemo threads and messaging ladies here. While I am pretty scared, I thought I was mentally prepared. But as I prep…
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Starting Chemo August 2021
**** Reposted *** Hello All. I am very glad to have found this website, even though no one really wants to be here…. I was diagnosed at the beginning of June and had a lumpectomy on June 29. My MO submitted for the Oncotype test and I had my follow up appointment today. My score was 46, so I am scheduled to start with my…
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Post Chemo-Anemia?
Hello to all, I'm now nearly 11 months post chemo. I've finished chemo 17 August 2018 and rads at October. I'm having my tests every 3 months. Pre chemo my Blood count was fine, after chemo my hematocrit is 36,6 and yesterday was 35,6. I'm a little concerned because all my other tests are fine (and blood tests -except…
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Pericardial Effusion
I had an echo at the start of the chemo 3 months ago as a regular check before starting TCHP and today after 4th cycle, the cardiologist told me that the fluid around the heart seems a little more than she would be comfortable with. She then checked the one from 3 months ago and turns out I had it exactly like this all…
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My Hair regrowth solution
So after chemo my eyelashes, eyebrows, and hair never really came back the way they were before. I did not want to do Rogaine because I heard it deepens your voice. I don't know if that's true but I didn't want to take the chance. While I was trying to figure out my hair growth issue, I had started on a skin care regime.…
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Prolonged fever after 4th AC treatment
Hi folks, I'm more than 2 weeks past my 4th AC + Keytrud infusion and have been having a 100 degree fever for the past week. I've been admitted into the hospital due to this and they're not able to find the source of my fever :( I've felt a slight fever before with other infusions but nothing that lasted this long. Is this…
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Quitting chemo early?
Has anyone stopped chemo early? The whole thing was a miserable experience with awful side effects and an oncologist who couldn't have cared less about me and my concerns. Side effects were rough and after the third cycle I just gave up. My oncotype score was 27 and I'm not convinced that really would put me in the "high…
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Postpone or miss AC treatment?
Hi there, I’m just wondering if anyone here has postponed or missed AC by a week. Before I was dx in October, my husband and I rented a beach house in Fla. for a week in Feb, for our children and grandchildren. We’ll be driving to Fla, as my Dr. said no flying. Right now my chemo schedule is my last AC treatment the day we…
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AC infusion and bladder irritation
Hi, I can’t find anything related to this so thought I’d just ask here. Does anybody have bladder irritation, kind of like a pressing feeling on your bladder when you’ve had fluids? I don’t really have any symptoms for a UTI. Many Thanks!
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Chemotherapy + Response
Starting chemotherapy for the first time for invasive ductal carcinoma . Wondering if anyone could speak to how their cancer responded to chemotherapy and whether chemotherapy effectively shrunk the tumour. Also wondering if anyone could speak to their experience with FEC-D chemo? Is there anything I can do to better…