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Good news for those who had left side rads
Retrospective study shows little difference in cardiac damage w left side rads with newer radiation techniques https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2847228
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Phesgo vs. H&P side effects
Hello all, I’m interested in hearing from others who’ve been on both Phesgo and H&P. Specifically, I’d like to know if you experienced more fatigue and worse side effects with Phesgo. I was dx’d in 2018 Stage IV de novo and did 6 rounds of Taxotere and H&P. I’ve been on maintenance treatment since then and have completed…
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Seroma non infection
Hello everyone. It has been a while since I was on here. But I have questions and need your help and I know this entire community is amazing. I was here everyday during chemo and all my treatments. I had to have an implant removed last year due to infection. Fast forward to now and I had another tissue expander exchange on…
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Stopping Tamoxifen
I swore I would manage this but recently figured out that all these health problems are actually side effects from tamoxifen. it started out manageable. horrific nausea but weed fixed that. hot flashes were annoying but occasional and did not last long. then i started getting severe stomach pains that confined me to bed…
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Overwhelmed
This is new for me. I can't sleep so I thought I would try to connect. I had a mamo, then a mamo with ultra sound, then a mamo with biopsy, and then an mri. I was supposed to schedule surgery but just found out I have to have a MRI with biopsy [my surgeon was sensitive enough to post it in my chart and schedule though we…
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Painful area
I will be 42 l have a routine exam schedule mid May. I had a biopsy and clip placed 2 years ago after my first exam showed a spot everything ended up being fine .these were the findings from that biopsy 2 years ago (benign adipose tissue and blood with focal fibrosis, columnar cell change, and apocrine metaplasia.) I have…
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What to expect the next 5 years
It all started back in December 2025 with a routine mammogram. Then a diagnostic ultra sound and mammogram of the right breast, next a biopsy . It has been an emotional roller coaster since I was diagnosed back in January 2026. It all happened so fast. Diagnosed after a biopsy with invasive ductal carcinoma stage 1.…
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Lumpectomy vs mastectomy decision
Diagnosed Feb 2026. IDC, Grade 1, HR+, HER 2 negative, Ki67 22percent I think I am still in disbelief. No family history. Also did genetic testing, BRCA testing shows no mutations at all. In addition, in 2019, was diagnosed with low grade, non muscle invasive bladder cancer. I get monitored every 3 months for that, it has…
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Mammograms
hi all, I know that this is a silly question, but I still have to ask. Do mammograms, especially mammograms that use tomosynthesis (3D) look at the entire breast or one specific area? I had a questionable area, the radiographer place a marker on the top of it, and then took the images. I received a Birads 2 but it makes me…
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Recurrence after 10 years?
Hello, Dx'd with TN cancer 10/27/2015, and then with uterine cancer in 2020. This week, I was taking a shower and felt a lump in my right breast. It is painful to the touch, and it is as though the tissue around the marble-sized lump has disappeared. I know I don't know for sure, but I know —I am sure you all know what I…
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Long term survivor examples.
Just an idea came across my mind. Can we share stories and examples of long term triple negative survivors. They dont participate in such forums. So its only by word of mouth that we get to hear about them. But I also see few of them in this website, who themselves are long term survivors. I feel so happy to see how they…
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💗 March 2026 Surgery Roll Call—Join here for support! 💗
If surgery is on your calendar this March—lumpectomy or mastectomy—this is your place. 💗 Consider this your official roll call. Whether you’re calm, overwhelmed, full of questions, or riding every emotion at once, we want you here. Post. Introduce yourself. Let us know you’re counting down the days. This thread is more…
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Worried about reoccurrence
I am 43 on Tchp. I just did 5 treatments of my 6 yesterday. Plan is to do a bilateral mastectomy next with expanders first because I will need radiation. According to my plastic surgeon, it is not recommended to radiate the fresh tissue with radiation. So after my radiation and put on my drugs depending on my pathology…
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Hives during chemo and other side effects
I experienced hives on 14th day of 3rd TC cycle. Doctor thinks cause is due to food or skin product. I just want to know if anyone has got similar rash during chemo. Also , is stammering or stuttering a chemo or anxiety side effect.
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STILL Anthology - Celebrating Flat Closure with Fashion Photography
Exciting news to share! The STILL Anthology has dropped. It's a fashion photography project created by the incredible Lisa Taft Sylvester to help raise awareness of and to normalize aesthetic flat closure. I was invited to take part in the second volume that has just been published. It's a beautiful volume, and the stories…
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Scared and alone. Please help.
Diagnostic mammogram and ultrasound today. The radiologist said it was for sure cancer. Large 3-5cm mass in breast with 1 enlarged lymph node. Both bi-rad5 for malignancy. I’m scared to death. Biopsy scheduled for tomorrow. I’m only 39. I have 4 young children. I just finished breastfeeding. I have no idea how I missed…
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Rolled the dice with a lumpectomy and lost the dice roll.
I’m 95% sure I’m going to go double mastectomy with reconstructive surgery using my more than ample abdominal fat. Looks like it’s very localized dcis and small. Lymph nodes look fine. Other side is fine but why fafo? I’ve had surgeries before for different things and think this will make my lifetime total 12. Couple weeks…
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Triple positive, just found out!
ER 3+/PR 1+/HER 3 +! Still trying to get over the shock! Met with the Nurse Navigator today and got the results.. Am scheduled with the surgeon for April 20 and the nurse is trying to schedule an MRI for next week and see about moving the surgical appointment up. Sounds like Chemo before surgery (the tumor is sitting on…
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Growing mass
Hi I was diagnosed with ADH 13 years ago when I was in my 30's. Had a few biopsies since then but everything came back normal. I went recently for my mammogram/ultrasound and was called back for a diagnostic ultrasound. The impression states: Left breast mass at 11:00 1 cm from the nipple which demonstrates interval…
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When do supraclavicular node require surgical removal?
I am diagnosed with invasive lobular cancer with -/-/+ (her2 strong positive). It has invaded many lymph node, including my left collar bone nodes (supraclavicular nodes). I am stage 3c. I am in the middle of chemo targeted therapy(TCHP) cycles. I was told that at the end of TCHP, if there is still high SUV value for that…
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TSA Advice? Bilateral Mastectomy
I am looking for advice about getting through TSA screening without extra embarrassment. I had a bilateral mastectomy, no reconstruction, all healed now. I am comfortable with this new body in everyday situations and also at my community swimming pool where I work out without prostheses. But I am terrified of TSA. During…
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Drinking cold things feels weird after mastectomy
Every time I take a drink of ice cold water (or anything ice cold), it feels as though someone is pouring ice cold water down my chest on the outside! It takes my breath away! Is this normal?
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Grade 3 long term survivors
Hi diagnosed last year with a primary breast cancer aggressive Grade 3 in two nodes. I wondered if anyone had long-term survivor stories. I'm terrified of secondary and have read lots of posts of survival but they tend to be stage 3 but grade 1 or maybe 2. Is there anyone with a Grade 3 in nodes with a positive story.…
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HER 2 Positive
Just got my results today and I'm in a tail spin! ER+++ (90%)Pr+(10%) HER 2 +++(90%), concerns with attachment to chest wall (2.9 cm). Met with the Nurse Navigator today and she is trying to get an MRI scheduled before we are to leave for a ten day trip on April 4 (app. with surgeon is supposed to be on the 20th and she is…
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Large lump found
Hi all. This morning I found a large lump in my right breast. I have just been to doctors and she checked my armpits (all fine) She said the lump was large but she could move it around and didn't seem sinister. She said a possibility is because of hormones. I am 44 and my period came yesterday although I am starting to get…
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4C BIRADS and really worried
Hi All- I am new in this forum and am just starting even learn about breast and it's diagnosis. I have always had normal mammograms and went in for diagnostic and got categorized as 4C yesterday—which I know is not good. I keep reading about metastatic cancer and I keep thinking about all the worst case scenarios that…
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How does a lump feel like?
Hello, i am 21 years old. Today i felt a lump about the size of marble on my right breast and then when i grabbed it and held it properly it felt much bigger - about the size of a tennis ball - . If i try and squeeze or push it, i can move the lump along to the left or right, or up or down. Its literally feels like theres…
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Triple positive invasive ductal and lobular breast cancer
:( I’m a 41 year old single mother to one. Living in Canada just diagnosed with triple positive invasive ductal and invasive lobular carcinoma. Preliminary grade 2/3. I’m looking for others with a similar diagnosis to chat with.
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Second primary breast cancer. Other breast...
Hi! I am quite a ways down the line from my Oct, 16, 2025 dx. of Second breast cancer in the other breast. But definitely wanted to make sure to get a discussion going ..As I saw few posts on Second primary breast cancer when I was diagnosed. Background: 1st Diagnosed at 49 years of age April 2014- Left Breast. stage 1…
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Period while on zoladex
My question is why i am on my period, if i had my injection on March 5? I was diagnosed on February 2023 and soon after i started zoladex. Since than it happened 2 times to have my period, only once it was my fault i forgot about one injection. Now it happened again but i had my injection. Next month its 6 months since i…