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Hello everyone, I am a 50-year-old woman recently diagnosed with stage 1A, grade 1, HER2-negative, hormone-positive breast cancer in my left breast. I had invasive ductal carcinoma confirmed in two locations. My genetic testing was negative for all cancer syndromes, and a sentinel lymph node biopsy showed no cancer.…
I I have decided that I'm going to quit taking my AI medicines. I became suicidal, depressed, full of anxiety, feel like I'm going crazy, legs aching in pain. I am diagnosed with stage 1 ER positive invasive ductal carcinoma. I've had a lumpectomy and one month of radiation. I have dense breasts. I have decided that the…
Hi all, I’m a few weeks post lumpectomy and have appts with med onc and rad onc next week for my next steps in treatment. I’m returning to work this week. I work in the medical field. I find myself questioning my job and whether this is the path I’d like to continue on. I recognize my emotions are still fairly raw so it’s…
Okay this may seem weird and self serving. I know that I am fortunate to have my cancer caught early. Invasive Ductal Carcinoma. Had a lumpectomy and will start radiation this week. Not a long course from what I understand but I'm getting radiation and then hormone therapy, Estrogen +. I know how incredibly fortunate I am…
hi sisters, It has struck me that most grade 1, stage 1 sisters seem to be post-menopausal (aka low estrogen) and younger women seem to be more often stage 2/grade 2. I am 42, recently diagnosed ER positive, still full of estrogen and becoming a little paranoid that there is something different about me or my cancer! I am…
First dx in 2022. Had lumpectomy and revision of positive margins. Followed with chemo ac-tx16 Followed with partial breast radiation. Reoccurrence dcis 2023, then DMX w recon and implants May 2025 dx with 2 spots in scar tissue and a new lump close to the tissue. I took all the meds, shots ext. Anyone else been through…
Hi, need to know long time stage 1 survivors. How many years since diagnosis and NED. ( No evident of disease and metastasis)
Hi! I will give a little background. I’m 49 y/o and was dx with stage 1a Invasive Lobular Ca Er/Pr + and HER2-, node negative. I had a lumpectomy with clear margins. I am perimenopausal. My initial treatment plan by team was radiation with 5 years of hormone blockers. I was surprised by oncologist when I went to discuss…
I am 5 years out from my stage 1 diagnosis, and I have been getting the bloodwork done every six months since then. They now want me to start getting it done once every year indefinitely. Is this normal? When did you stop?
It's been 11 months since my diagnosis and I'm still so confused and scared. I was diagnosed with hormone positive and her negative bc. Alred 7 out of 8 estrogen and 4 out of 8 progesterone. Tubule 3, nuclear 3, and mitotic 1. 40 to 50 percent mucinous. 2.4 cm tumor and 0.3 micrometastis in sentinal lymph node. Focal lvi.…
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