Please respect that this forum is for members with stage IV/metastatic breast cancer ONLY. There is a separate forum for caregivers and friends: <a href="https://breastcancer.vanillacommunities.com/en/categories/caring-for-someone-with-stage-iv-or-mets"><em>Caring for Someone with Stage IV or Mets</em></a>.
Hello - My cancer recurrence (since 2010-2011 lumpectomy/chemo/radiation/tamoxifen/arimidex 6 yrs) is now MBC+bone metastisis diagnosed the end of January 2025. I have been on 100 mg Verzenio pills since February 2025 (along with monthly Faslodex injections and 3-month Zometa infusions). I keep hearing from the oncologist…
Hi, I've not had good news since forever—since suspected recurrence in August 2023 anyway, looks like I won't be getting any either. I had some red raised places — not bumps, not nodules, that would get red, then go away, etc. that appeared Nov. 23, the same month I was dx with St. IV. PET scan didn't show this. CTs-four…
Hello ladies and gentlemen. I'll keep it brief for now however, i'm hoping I can navigate this site as well as I did first go round. The website has changed A LOT and I don't know what I'm doing quite yet. I'm going to see if they archived my old stuff. It was a LOT. I was here in 2009 or 10 as Stage IIIc. Was NED until…
Hi, all I had ILC back in 2008. Had radical mastectomy on the right breast and prophylactic on the left. Chemo AC→T, radiation and 7 years of Arimidex. 16 years later I am back in the game. Still in discovery phase. Had FDG Pet Scan that shows liver uptake, had endoscopy that shows little spot in the stomach consistent…
So, I'm the first person on this newly approved chemo at my med center. Lots of people who told me side effects.... They had a fancy dinner put on by the drug company last night so they all would know about it... :) Funny, no one gave ME steak and shrimp. Anyway, got hooked up to some saline as usual (altho, my onc's nurse…
Weird that there hasn't been a thread devoted to Abraxane before this... here goes nothing!
This thread is for those people who are not stage IV but are having concerns or questions regarding stage IV.
I just completed a Brain MRI: no tumors! Yay! However, I did have "mild periventricular and subcortical white matter areas of T2/FLAIR hyperintense signal consistent with chronic microvascular disease." This was not mentioned in my brain MRI a year ago. Apparently, chronic microvascular disease, also known as small vessel…
I am in the middle of my second cycle of Enhurtu. I’m having mixed feelings, side effects and emotions. Side effects are real, but can I deal with them if it works?? I have not got a port and am going to hold off as sling as I can. I just want to know if anyone else has a schedule of side effects that seem to repeat. Like…
I was diagnosed with stage four NBC earlier this year and just started a combination of anastrozole and Kisqali. I am three weeks on with one week off. I have experienced some persistent nausea, but most concerning is my serious fatigue. I’m wondering if this improves over the months as you continue with the Kisqali? I’m…
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