Active Topics

See what others are discussing and join the conversation.

Polls, Announcements, Requests

From the team

In Treatment for Early Stage Disease (I-III)? Join us on Zoom, Tues & Thurs weekly!
Join our weekly virtual support group for all who are planning or going through active treatment for early stage disease (I-III). If you've just been diagnosed and are planning surgery, chemo, or radiation, join our weekly Zoom Meetups. We have two meetings for you to register for: Register here: Tuesdays at 1:00 PM…
Connect with others by creating your profile! Here's how.
We know this community is so important, so we’ve made it even easier for you to connect with others. With this update, you can: ✅ Share more about yourself so others can get to know you ✅ Find members with similar experiences using profile searches ✅ Get personalized support and resources from our community team How to…
How to use member profile search to find others like you
Using the information you and others share, you can find others based on: 📍Location (ex: lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) 🌍Demographic (ex. is Black or African-American) 🧬Diagnosis (ex: diagnosed in the last year with stage II, ER+, PR+, HER2- breast cancer) 💊Treatment (ex: has been treated with a unilateral…
Were you diagnosed young (under 45) with breast cancer? We'd love to hear from you!
Were you diagnosed with breast cancer at age 45 or younger? Or are you caring for someone who was? Navigating this experience can be lonely — it can sometimes feel like no one gets it. What do you wish others knew about having breast cancer at a young age? What do you wish you had known? Your answers may help others. Click…
How has a nurse helped you through breast cancer?
At Breastcancer.org, we often hear how much nurses mean to people going through breast cancer. It’s the nurse who often explains the diagnosis and treatments to you in simple language, helps manage your side effects, offers you reassurance, and connects you with the care you need. Nurses are also a source of emotional…
What topics/experts would you like to see on The Breastcancer.org Podcast?
Hello, I'm Jamie, senior editor at Breastcancer.org and host of The Breastcancer.org Podcast. I'd like to make sure the podcast is answering questions that Community members have. Are there topics you'd like to see covered? Experts you think I should talk to? Do you want to share your story? Questions you want answered?…
Poll: What's the one piece of advice you'd give to someone newly diagnosed with breast cancer?
Getting diagnosed with breast cancer can be scary. If you had a chance to share with a newbie one piece of advice to get them through, what would it be? Choose from the options below or add your own in the discussion to give new folks a sense of calm and understanding.
Your Voice Can Shape Clinical Trials | Participate for $100 gift card!
Researchers at Mass General Brigham, Dana-Farber, and Harvard Medical School are exploring how AI chatbots can make clinical trial consent easier to understand. They’re inviting adult cancer patients across the U.S. to join a virtual focus group and share their ideas. Participants will receive a $100 gift card. Spots are…
Managing the Holidays and Breast Cancer - how are you coping?
The holidays can bring lots of emotions — and lots of people. How do you handle gatherings, conversations, ongoing check-ins, or expectations from loved ones this time of year?
Poll: This time of year, what are you prioritizing?
The holidays can be overwhelming — what matters the most to you this year? Take a moment to answer our poll and elaborate in the thread below. Happy holidays to you each, no matter what or how you decide to celebrate!

Join a current conversation

Active topics

Your Voice Can Shape Clinical Trials | Participate for $100 gift card!
Researchers at Mass General Brigham, Dana-Farber, and Harvard Medical School are exploring how AI chatbots can make clinical trial consent easier to understand. They’re inviting adult cancer patients across the U.S. to join a virtual focus group and share their ideas. Participants will receive a $100 gift card. Spots are…
Interview request: Breast Cancer Screening With a Disability
Do you have a physical or cognitive disability? Have you had any type of breast cancer screening? Breastcancer.org is working on an article about breast cancer screening for people with disabilities. We’re interested in hearing from people with any type of disability about their screening experiences. It doesn’t matter if…
💗 January 2026 Surgery Crew—You’re Not Doing This Alone 💗
Are you scheduled for a lumpectomy or mastectomy this January? This space is for you. Come gather with others who truly get it as we prepare for surgery together—sharing questions, nerves, fears, tips, and hard-won honesty. This is a place for real talk, reassurance, and mutual encouragement before and after the big day.…
Have you experienced PTS or PTSD following a breast cancer diagnosis?
Please share below your experiences with PTS (post-traumatic stress) or PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder). How has this affected your life, the way you feel, your relationships, activities? And how are you managing?
So...whats for dinner?
I thought it might be fun to start a thread on what we are having, making or had for dinner. Sometimes it is the best tuna steak you ever had, sometimes it's a can of soup. But we all do it every night in some form or another. Maybe we can give each other ideas on what to make, or bitch about what we had, or the fact that…
My Husband, My Life, My Love, My Family, My Cancer
As I go through this forced path I have been thrown down, I have come to realize the love I have always had for my husband was strong. He is amazing and I love him with my very soul and entire heart. Never would I ever imagine the thought of dying and him being alone. Then the worst part hit me!! I can't seem to shake the…
how about drinking?
Where did our thread go? Is anyone out there from our drinking group? Did I miss something - like we became too offesive or ...well, drunk? I would love to hear from you gals! Janie
Letrozole and Tendonitis?
Hello all! I am coming up on 6 years of AIs with Letrozole being the most recent one. I had been on Arimidex but developed trigger thumb and fatigue over time so I switched to Letrozole. I have been okay for the most part but I now have tenosynovitis in my left wrist which won't go away and a new tendon issue on the top of…
What topics/experts would you like to see on The Breastcancer.org Podcast?
Hello, I'm Jamie, senior editor at Breastcancer.org and host of The Breastcancer.org Podcast. I'd like to make sure the podcast is answering questions that Community members have. Are there topics you'd like to see covered? Experts you think I should talk to? Do you want to share your story? Questions you want answered?…
Lets Post our Daily Exercise
I'm doing the Firm Cardio Step mix and will walk the dog for a mile later today. Lorrie
thread for middle age to older Christian women.
I would like to start a forum to meet other middle age or older women who have bc and love the Lord. Try to live your life for him, walk the walk and talk the talk. Of course we all fall from grace because we are human but we are covered by the blood of Jesus. Also this forum is for people who has a large enough vocabulary…
Can we have a forum for "older" people with bc?
I am an "older" woman with breast cancer (I was diagnosed at 65 and am now 66). I notice that most of the posts seem to be from people younger than I am (often by quite a bit...). I'd love to "talk" with others my age, exchange info about their diagnoses, effects on their lives, etc. I see that there is a forum for young…
TNBC MBC Stage 4
Hello - I actually joined this group awhile ago and never posted anything. I’m hoping to connect with like minded women living with MBC. I was first diagnosed in 2019, stage iiib; had the standard protocol, chemo, surgery, radiation.Cancer free for 18 months, recurrence in 2021, living with it. On several treatments…
ATM 2026 NCCN Guidelines
I had genetic testing done in 2019 and have a ATM variant. I was diagnosed with BC in 2017 (Stage 1 and tumor under 1 CM) and had a lumpectomy followed by radiation treatments. Took the Breast Cancer Index Test and results showed benefit of taking Arimidex for 10 years so I have one more year to go yay. The question I have…
Anyone 75 and over being treated for breast cancer?
This is my 3rd go 'round with breast cancer. The first 2 times it was the whole 9 yards - chemo, surgery & radiation. My last oncologist told me bluntly that my body couldn't take anymore chemo. I couldn't agree more. Chemo has been devastating to my body. It seems that this new cancer is small and early stage, so surgery…
First visit with MO and RO since surgery and radiation
I have my first mammogram and likely ultrasound this week. I meet with my MO and RO. Did you have any blood tests before you met with the doctors? Any lessons learned would be appreciated. I had DCIS, stage zero, lumpectomy with reduction on the other side, and am taking anastrozole.
STEAM ROOM FOR ANGER
This thread is meant to be for RANTS and RANTING. Then Rant again. We need a place to simply get rid of the anger. Write it here. Unleash it all. Get it out. This isn't meant for the Stupid comments(great thread). This is for the gut wrenching, tell them off anger. IMPORTANT: When done ranting don't necessarily stick…
Just Diagnosed? Start Here
If you have just been diagnosed here are a few places to start from the main Breastcancer.org site: * Understanding your pathology report * Before Treatment: Planning Ahead for Survivorship * Breaking Research News about Planning Your Breast Cancer Treatment Also, a great thread chock full of advice for those just…
Am I being under-treated?
Newly diagnosed here. TNBC stage 1b grade 3. I met with my BS, MO, and RO for the fist time yesterday. Breast MRI shows a 1.5cm mass that hasn’t grown since mammo and US a month ago and no nodes involved. So the plan is: -Surgery first (I am leaning towards SMX no recon) -Chemo: 4 rounds of TC spread 3 weeks apart -No…
Weigh in: What do you look for in a mastectomy bathing suit?
Breastcancer.org is looking ahead to warmer weather. We want to know: What tips do you have for someone who’s looking for a bathing suit for the first time since having a mastectomy? What’s worked for you and what was a beach-day fail? Do you have a brand or style that you love … or hate? Feel free to share links! Whether…
Anastrozole (Arimidex) vs. Fulvestrant (Faslodex)
Hi All - Does anyone know why an oncologist would treat with an AI like anastrozole rather than fulvestrant? I'm currently on anastrozole and ribociclib (Kisqali). For my initial diagnosis of Stage 1A IDC (HR+, HER2-), I had lumpectomy, radiation and started anastrozole. 6 years later (this past January), mets in my lung…
Stage 3A
Diagnosed with big 7.5 tumor, lymph nodes involved. ER+PR+HER2- just finished AC chemo, did one taxol 11 weeks to go. I know I have a long road ahead, and I’m very frightened!! Any positive stories out there

Upcoming events

Special Meetup: Navigating Grief While Living With Metastatic Breast Cancer
Going grief counselor Kelly Grosklags, LICSW for a special Virtual Community Meetup on the long-term grief that can come with metastatic breast cancer, including the loss of normal life, the loss of friends and companions, and the lasting emotional impact of living with ongoing uncertainty.
Webinar: What to Eat After a Breast Cancer Diagnosis
Managing your meals after a breast cancer diagnosis can feel overwhelming - whether you're newly diagnosed, currently in treatment, navigating life after treatment, or living with metastatic disease. What should you eat or avoid? How do you make nourishing choices when your energy or your appetite is low? And what can you…

View all

Welcome!

It looks like you're new here. Sign in or register to get started.

Unanswered posts

These posts are awaiting responses - can you help?

Check them out