Meet others in this age-range who share similar life issues.
Hi, I'm looking to connect with other women in their 40's. I'm 46, was diagnosed with ER/PR +, HER2- IDC in 2022. I've been looking through the threads but I can't find anything that is recent. Thanks so much!
Let's see, so far we've reminisced about dittos, drive in theaters, lick-a-stick candy, five-and-dime stores, Donny Osmond, Dark Shadows, what have I missed?
Hi. Previously my oncologist said we could consider vaginal estrogen after 2 years with no recurrence. I am at about 2 years 4 months now and asked if I could get vaginal estrogen prescribed, and they said no without providing a reason why. No answer. None of their suggested remedies helped. I tried ALL OF THEM. I also…
Did you have a super stressful event sometime in the seven years or so before you got diagnosed? How many years before was it? I'm just wondering if there is some connection with this. A researcher told me he believes it starts from stress about seven years before.
Below is a letter my wife wrote to West Cancer Clinic in Memphis TN. For the past 8 months we have both spiraled in what felt like a hopeless system. We had our first visit to Vandy on the 14th of August and it was an eye opener: Are you considering having children again? We were told by West that this would never be an…
I had a double mastectomy almost 2 months ago. I feel like my cancer was some kind of "dream". I am starting tamoxifin this week and other than that I feel so very strange. My whole life perception has changed in less than 6 months and it is such a weird feeling. I don't really know what to do. Does anyone else feel like…
Hello All, I just wanted to start a new thread for ladies in their 40s. Although we are considered "middle aged," many of us are still dealing with issues concerning young women, such as fertility, pre-menopausal status and related treatment decisions, young children at home, being single etc. Both younger ladies (in their…
Im ER+, PR+, HER-, Stage 1 ,grade 2, 1 lymph node, post double mastectomy with oncotype of 12. The oncologist said my risk of recurrence is 13% and will go down by 2.3% if I do Chemo or take Anastrazole with ovarian suppression. As an alternative I can take Tamoxifen. I declined Chemo as 2.3% seems not significant to go…
A little back story. I was diagnosed at the age of 41 with ER+ Invasive Ductal Carcinoma in 2018. I had a lumpectomy, 33 radiation treatments and then took Tamoxifen religiously for 4 years. Just when I was starting to feel back to myself and like I had this thing beat, I found out almost 4 years to the day that it came…
This thread was created for "middle-aged" women. At the time, we didn't have our own category on the pull-down Forum menu. The ages 40-60 in the header are unofficial--we don't "card" anyone, (wink, wink) --- so if you are close in age it's meant for you as well. We aren't young with small children. Many of us have just…
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