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>.
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…
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’m so frustrated… my onc defers to the onc pharmacist, who reviewed my list of supplements that I’d like to take. Most were discouraged because of interference with the meds (anastrazole and Verzenio). I’ve been continuing to try and research - mostly finding conflicting info. Since verzenio can cause your white blood…
I have been reading studies about how diet affects breast cancer growth and have been bouncing between them in my head and daily life. Some studies, such as keto diet, seem to contradict each other, with fierce advocates on all sides.I thought it might be helpful for us to share the type of diet (not for weight loss, but…
I have been recently diagnosed with Stage IV metastatic breast cancer after a year being stage II. I started Kisqali last week and was told I would only have hair thinning. I am loosing chunks of hair. Would love to hear if anyone has experienced this? My oncologist told me none of her patients had to get wigs and only had…
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