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Gym and running ( or we are done for lifetime )
Anyone STILL going to gym after their treatment ( DMX AND DIEP FLAP)? Is it possible I will be ablw to do activities like before cancer ? After my treatment
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Modification after Aesthetic Flat Closure
I had a bilateral mastectomy in August 2025. Now I have extra skin on each side, under the arm area. One side is worse than the other. My plastic surgeon can excise the skin on one side in the office with a local anesthesia but doing both side would require an OR procedure. I am very overwhelmed with all of this. Didn't…
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Not again!
I had DCIS and IDC in my left breast in 2019. I had a lumpectomy and radiation. I took anastrazole for 4.5 years. I finished in March of 2024. I had a mammogram on December 1, 2025. I was called back for ultrasound and more pics. It shows a mass with spiculation and peripheral vascularity. It is in my right lateral,…
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Podcast: Weight Loss Drugs and Breast Cancer
Weight Loss Drugs and Breast Cancer October 21, 2025 According to a KFF poll, about one in eight, or 12%, of adults in the United States have used a GLP-1 medicine like Ozempic, Trulicity, Victoza, Mounjaro, Wegovy, or Zepbound. These drugs were originally developed to treat diabetes, but quickly started being prescribed…
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Podcast: Coping With the Fear of Breast Cancer Recurrence
Coping With the Fear of Breast Cancer Recurrence November 3, 2025 After being diagnosed with breast cancer, nearly everyone worries that the cancer will come back. But for some people, this fear is overwhelming and interferes with their ability to function and live their lives. Clinical health psychologist Dr. Shelly Johns…
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Podcast: Already Aware: Dealing With Feelings About Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Already Aware: Dealing With Feelings About Breast Cancer Awareness Month October 7, 2025 Many people feel supported by Breast Cancer Awareness Month activities and pink merchandise. Others feel the month focuses on people who’ve been cured and leaves out people with metastatic disease. Some men with breast cancer feel the…
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Clinical Trial Opportunity: Metastatic TNBC with EGFR expression and have lost HLA-A*02 expression
A2 Biotherapeutics is looking to recruit people with metastatic TNBC to a study on a CAR T therapy. The mTNBC must have EGFR expression and have lost HLA-A*02 expression. If you meet this criteria and would like to participate in this trial, you can email the study contact at: ClinicalTrials@a2bio .com Or, directly email…
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Newly diagnosed with bone mets
I'm not sure whether to post here or in the Stage IV forum. I had a PET Scan on Monday. I was called in by the nuclear medicine doctor and told there were mets in my femur, which were causing the pain I have been having. I then received the written report confirming a large met in the femur with fracture risk and spots…
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Gym or not anymore for lifetime
Anyone STILL going to gym after their treatment ( DMX AND DIEP FLAP)? Is it possible I will be ablw to do activities like before cancer ? After my treatment
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All About Doxil
As I haven't seen a specific page related to just Doxil treatment, I thought I'd start one because that is likely my next treatment progression and I've seen little discussion of it here. So, who has been on Doxil? What were the SEs? How did it affect you after the treatment, i.e. how long were you not feeling well or…
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SABCS 2025 Breastcancer.org Coverage
Nearly 11,000 scientists, healthcare professionals, and advocates have gathered at the 2025 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium to exchange ideas about the latest developments in breast cancer. Special sessions this year will focus on breast cancer in younger women, the interaction between breast cancer treatment and…
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Moving on from Ibrance to Orserdu
After 7.5 years on Ibrance & Letrozole I had slight progression. A blood biopsy was ordered and I remained on I/L. I had developed great pain in my shoulder and this was found to be cancer. Blood biopsy reported ERS1 & PIK3CA mutations. I completed 5 rounds of radiotherapy to the shoulder and 2 days later on 29th of March…
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Can anyone share what this screening mammogram result potentially means?
“The breasts are heterogeneously dense, which may obscure small masses. No dominant mass in the right breast. No tumor calcifications in either breast. There is mild nodularity. In the posterior aspect of the lower outer left breast, there is a small nodular density seen on the MLO view. Full 90 degree and spot exaggerated…
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I FEEL DIFFERENT
Im at a fork in the road. Is my Tamoxifen causing depression, lack of sleep, and being SO F'ing TIRED? or is it due to other things going on in my life? Do I need a Doctor or a Therapist…. That is where I am. I am 4 years in with Tam. Mentally, I am usually strong, outgoing, on the go but I have been…. well, not that…
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newly diagnosed invasive ductal carcinoma case
Hello members. If anyone has been through this cancer let me know what is gong on? I am confused with surgeon saying remove the whole breast (mastectomy) or lumpectomy with chemo. I can not decide.
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recurrence with pleural effusion
10-14-2025 Hello to all. It's been confirmed to me yesterday that the breast cancer first found in 2019 has caused a large pleural effusion in my right lung that's been developing over the last four months.Can't say I'm surprised, but will speak more of it in the Metastatic Breast Cancer ONLY forum group. I will be joining…
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Just diagnosed IDC Bilateral - upcoming oncoplastic lumpectomy
IDC bilateral ER+/PR+, HER2-. Caught very early on and very small. Each side is less than 0.7 and 0.4 cm on the other. Diagnosed on 11/2/25. Surgery date 12/11/25. Oncoplasty- lumpectomy bilateral with reduction and lift. I’m a size 36 C/D currently. Concerned about lymph nodes. Ultrasound didn’t show any lymph node flags.…
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Please help me to make right choice
Going to do DMX soon. ( Diagnosed with IDC grade 2 , ER PR POSITIVE AND HER-2 NEGATIVE. age is 46 not have any children. Very concerned about reconstruction . What’s kind of reconstruction heal soon . I totally agree it depends on person but generally what’s best option ? Is this good idea to do during first surgery?…
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Just diagnosed
Hi - I have been looking at various posts on this site all of last week, and found all the posts to be so encouraging and helpful. Earlier today, I was diagnosed with "intermediate to high grade ductal carcinoma in situ with micro calcifications" of the left breast. I ran this by AI, and it sounds like the cancer has not…
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How has normal, day-to-day life changed for you after diagnosis? Share your “different normal.”
We're using the phrase "different normal" instead of "new normal" here. A person's transition out of active treatment into this "different normal" varies. All people and situations are unique. There are no right or wrong answers or timeframes. Share your experiences here!
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Anyone on DATROWAY (Dato-DXd)?
Hello-I’ve just started DATROWAY and have finished my second cycle with adverse side effects. I’m wondering if anyone has had the same experience and asked their oncologist about dose reductions, etc. to mitigate these. Thanks so much!
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gestational carrier
Hi, Im looking to connect with breast cancer patients who have expanded their family through help of a gestational carrier. I was initially dxd with early stage hormone positive, her2 neg breast cancer in 2018. I underwent lumpectomy & radiation, then took Tamoxifen 4 yrs. In 2024, my oncologist gave me green light to…
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Diagnostic mammogram report
Good evening My report stated suspicious grouped calcifications in the left breast at the 2oclock position 13cm from the nipple that are pleomorphic and suspicious. Should I be concerned?
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Keto/low carb sisterhood
Hey everyone! I'd love to connect with other women who are currently on a keto/low carb diet. Let's support one another with accountability, recipe exchange, research findings, tips/tricks, struggles, and mutual support. Please introduce yourself, when and why you went keto, and share your fave keto treat. ***************…
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Anastrozole
Diagnosed in July 2025 with Invasive DCIS Stage 1 Grade 0 - 8 mm. Lumpectomy and 3 weeks radiation. No cancer. Oncologist wants me to take Anastrozole for 5 Years. Side effects are keeping me from not taking the drug. Can anyone share experience with this drug?
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Capecitabine - Side Effects
I went threw 6 rounds of chemotherapy and 2 rounds of Keytruda. The Keytruda was damaging my lungs so I was not allowed to take it anymore. After having several rounds of the same chemo I developed a allergy to it which caused me to end up in the hospital. I will be finishing radiation on July 3rd and starting Capecitabine…
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Newly diagnosed Stage IV
I just got my diagnosis after PET scan and my bc has metastasized to my sacrum, lower spine and ribs. The gave me tamoxifen for cancer and Dilaudid for my intense pain. No chemo, no radiation…just a pill. I had anyone had this? First it’s been 7 years since I had lumpectomy, 5 years off of Arimidex, and this took me by…
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How do I move on
I was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2023 I went through treatment and had both breast removed however my life has changed drastically since then and I don’t know how to deal with it
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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!
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Options for New Atypical Findings After Treatment
Hi all, long post to give context but the TLDR is — what to do about a large lump with high-risk/atypical findings (but not necessarily malignant) and positive-margins in one breast five years after early stage cancer in the other breast? Five years ago, I had a lumpectomy and radiation for stage 1 ER/PR-negative cancer in…