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>.
This post is for those of us with concerns and issues about death and dying to talk about them. IF YOU CANNOT HANDLE IT, THAN GO TO A DIFFERENT POST PLEASE. We do not need people telling us to live life or to hear that other people have lived a long time, we have concerns. We are living life and would like for our…
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Good morning all, first time poster here - having trouble finding similar stories, much less successful stories, that fit the scary place I'm in now. Little background: diagnosed a year ago with stage 2 TNBC. Achieved PCR thanks to chemo — only to have two brain mets pop up almost exactly a year after my first diagnosis.…
Do i lose all my hair while treating with trodelvey?
I received this pm today. Though we all understand the inevitable, each loss still remains painful. I have known Camille for over a decade so this one hits particularly hard. “Hi everyone, this is Camille’s husband posting. I just wanted you all to know that Camille passed peacefully on January 2. My son and I were with…
My mother ,who is 62 years old, was diagnosed with Invasive breast carcinoma favoring lobular carcinoma, Grade 2, NBR Score 6. Her IHC panel shows : ER - Positive, PgR - Weak positive, Her-2/neu - Negative, Ki-67-22% and No PDL1 expression seen. PET findings are Lesions in all quadrants of right breast infiltrating skin…
hi my name is Ashley I was diagnosed with stage four inflammatory breast cancer at age 28 back in 2021. I recently got changed to doxil on the 3rd of April and I can’t even keep water down. I haven’t ate in two weeks. This is the worst chemo I have ever had I don’t understand why I can’t even keep water down. I went to get…
Warning - this is a book - LOL! I have just joined this group and really enjoying everyone's input on various topics, and sharing their journeys. I'm an mBC newbie, initially diagnosed in 2018 (post-meno) with Stage 1A HR+ HER2- IDC. I chose lumpectomy and radiation and started anastrozole after radiation (my OncoTyping…
I just had my latest scans, and I am still stable with my current treatment plan- Lynparza, Lupron, Xgeva. In fact, the scan said "no evidence of metastatic disease in the abdomen"- I had tumors in the liver we were monitoring. I ask my MO if there was any way to monitor molecular progression- progression before it is…
Hello Friends, Thank you for accepting me in the group. I am ER+, HER2+ and GATA3 +. I was recently diagnosed (December 12, 2022) with Stage 4 Breast cancer with metastasis to Bones, lymph nodes and spleen. My chemotherapy regimen includes Trastuzumab(once every 3 weeks), Paclitaxel (every week) and Zoledronic acid (every…
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