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Announcing our NEW Community Book Club!
We're excited to introduce the Breastcancer.org Community Book Club, a new opportunity to connect through stories, shared experiences, and thoughtful conversation. Bookmark this thread now to be sure to follow along as we update for our book selection announcements, scheduled discussions, and posts as we read along…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Stage 4 and now also Stage 3 - how to navigate this new hell
Hi, I've been living with stage 4 (de nova) since August 2012. It's been a long road with many challenges. Over the past year my weight has dropped, fatigue increased, my markers have been rising (135) and I've struggled to take Kisqali (nausea and vomiting). My oncologist is a nice man and said all was well until last May…
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Gifting: Post-surgical/mastectomy supplies
I have the following supplies that I’d like to gift to one or more breast cancer patients — please drop a comment below then private message me your address and which item(s) you’d like me to ship to you. Shipping to continental US only. — 2 post-surgical Amoena camisoles with drain management — size XXL A/B (originally…
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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
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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…
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Fat Transfer Experiences
My PS has indicated he may want to do fat transfer after I have recovered from a permanent implant and natural breast reduction/lift that happened August 31. I do not want any more surgery. My original choice was a double mastectomy in May, but I was convinced to try this path. I regret agreeing to it. There is only one…
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Doxil
stage 4 triple neg breast cancer Starting doxil soon. Telll me everything !💕 Thank you
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How long have you been Stage IV?
We have a thread of what age you were diagnosed at Stage IV, so how about "How long have you lived with Stage IV". Also please state if you were Stage IV from the get go. I'm asking for this information in hoping to have MANY more years than the 2-3 I was given and to give hope to those newly diagnosed with Stage IV. 1…
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Papillary DCIS Treatment Questions
Hi All - I was here 13 years ago with low-to-intermediate DCIS with 1 mm microinvasion. I had lumpectomy and whole-breast (4 week protocol) radiation. No breast cancer genetic markers or family history, so I thought one and done. Not so much. At my 12th mammo, an 8-9 mm oval tumor was discovered in the same breast. No…
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Keytruda for High TMB in ER+ Metastatic Breast Cancer — Anyone With Experience?
My wife has ER-positive, HER2-low (IHC 1+) metastatic breast cancer and has been living with metastatic disease for about 10 years. Unfortunately, her latest PET scan has shown progression after approximately three months on Xeloda. Her oncologist is now considering Keytruda (pembrolizumab) because of high tumor mutational…
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Progression After Truqap (Capivasertib) + Fulvestrant – Seeking Experiences and Next-Step Options
I am seeking experiences and suggestions regarding next-line treatment options for my wife with HR-positive, HER2-low metastatic breast cancer. She has recently progressed on ibrance with exemestane then Capivasertib (Truqap) plus Fulvestrant, with PET imaging showing progression mainly in the liver and lymph nodes.…
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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…
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Hormone Therapy - this counts as hard!
Shared with gratitude to the original author, Kylie Dahl. Expressing what so many of us feel but aren’t always able to put into words. “No one warned me that this part could hurt like hell. I’m on Herceptin and a hormone blocker, and the joint pain is relentless. Hands, hips, knees, shoulders, back, feet stiff, aching,…
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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…
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Wednesday Weigh In
Some of us on the Let's Post our Daily Exercise thread decided that it might help keep us honest if we had to post our weekly losses or gains. Not posting your weight - just your net loss or gain. So here goes!
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Lets Post our Daily Exercise
I'm doing the Firm Cardio Step mix and will walk the dog for a mile later today. Lorrie
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IBC lounge: roll call, support and just a good place to hang out
Hey all, I am starting this thread to give us a place to meet up and check in. We all know this "ain't Facebook" and since some of us have left the boards recently let's have a roll call and start fresh here. Some of the "IBC ladies" and other threads have gone a bit untended so let's see who we are: I'll go first: dx June…