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What happens if you use your arm too much post mastectomy
I just had mastectomy with TE/implant based reconstruction on my dominant side and I'm finding it hard not to use the arm for stuff like mousing on the computer. I am not doing any heavy lifting but I get bored and am on my computer a lot. I'm curious what happens if I use the arm too much. Thanks! And can't wait to get…
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Upset at myself
So I was just diagnosed with stage 4. When I turned 40 I want to get a mammogram because the skin was weird and never made appointment. Then I turned 41 got a mammogram and BOOM it’s in my bones which what the heck!! Maybe I’m naive but I had no clue that could happen on top of that it not being cureable. I’m having a hard…
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Nausea and taste disturbance?
I've been having radiation for left breast ILC, which has included all the surrounding lymph nodes - axillary, supraclavicular and internal mammary. Increasingly I am noticing nausea which comes and goes in intensity, together with that miserable metallic taste that I had in chemo. I also have a slight sore throat and…
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Bilateral Mastectomy Club
I would love to hear from others who had both breasts removed. I was refused a bilateral mastectomy in 2019 when I had my left mastectomy because my BS lied to me. I ended up with BC in the right breast in 2022, and had a right mastectomy that fall. I am not thrilled with my current BS but have no intention to look for yet…
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Shrinkage of lump with IDC
my mother 92 had a IDC recurence after 12 years , they won’t operate this time , she started hormone therapy 3 months ago, and her tumor shrank . I have 3 question is : -Doe’s it mean the cancer can no longer spread ? Also ,she gave us the measurements her doctor gave her by phone , but since she has Alzheimer not sure she…
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Talking To A Partner About Sex After Breast Cancer
Talking To A Partner About Sex After Breast Cancer Feb 16, 2024 Dr. Stephanie Ross offers tips on how to overcome some of the barriers people face when talking to their partners about sex during and after breast cancer treatment. Many people struggle with being intimate during and after breast cancer treatment. Surgery can…
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Newly diagnosed
I just received the results of my biopsy yesterday right before I was heading into a job interview and managed to hold myself together until I got out to my car. My head is filled with all sorts of questions that I don't have answers for yet. I don't know what to expect and I am scared. I am getting ready to turn 60 in a…
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Stage 4 with bone mets to mandible & T4 spine
Hello, I was diagnosed in December 2022 with what they thought was stage 2. After Pet scan it’s now stage 4. Mets to T4 spine and mandible. I’ve had one round of TCHP chemo and feeling pretty good. My oncologist hasn’t said what his plan for the bone Mets are other than adding Zometa. I’m wondering if the chemo will help…
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What's my risk?
I have dense breast tissue and just got my MRI results. Being referred to a breast specialist? Im terrified!! I don't know what my results mean, can you help me understand?
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Taxol plus Perjeta Therapy - what's you're experience?
I am looking to connect with anyone who has gone through Taxol plus Perjeta Therapy. I am being prescribed this as a preventative of recurrence of Invasive ductal carcinoma stage 1. I have huge concerns about the side effects of these drugs and would like to know what others experiences have been. Thank-you! Theresasv
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CA 27.29 elevated
I finished chemo for Stage 2 ER+ Her2- about 7 months ago, then 20 rounds of radiation, and been on anastrozole and Verzenio since then. CA 27.29 was 21 about a month after chemo but was tested this week (6 months later) and has risen to just out of normal range at 41. I know these tests are not reliable on their own but…
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Penguin Cold Cap
Hello Everyone, I am about to under-go targeted therapy with Chemo Therapy and my oncologist recommebed I use the Penguin Cold Cap to help reduce the hair loss. I was wondering if anyone has used this device especially with targeted therapy. I would appreciate your thoughts concerning usage and effectiveness. Thank-you!…
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Swim suits for women who go flat?
Because I'm at a loss, and I have a pool party this weekend!
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For those diagnosed with fibroadenoma, did your fibroadenoma grow before your six-month follow-up?
Last May I noticed a lump in my right breast. It was the size of a pea. I had an ultrasound and the radiologist gave me a Birads 3 stating it was a fibroadenoma (two actually, one I couldn't feel but showed up on the ultrasound), and told me to come in 3 months for a follow-up. I went in August, again Birads 3, the…
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Hysterectomy Question
I am new here. I was diagnosed on 10/2023, IDC HR/PR+ HER2-. Stage 1A. Had Lumpectomy, Accelerated Partial Breast Radiation and on Tamoxifen. Due to some other issues I have, my doctors have decided I need a hysterectomy. Since my cancer is hormone positive, they said I might as well go ahead and get my ovaries out as…
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Scheduled for Surgery in February 2024? Gather here to support one another!
Please share with us your surgery date, type of surgery, and any questions you have. We're all here for you!
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Trodelvy vs Eribulin SDX 7320
Hi, I'm Vita.My mom is Stage 4 Triple Negative breast cancer, now metastasis to liver. We have to choose this week which chemo... does anyone have any experience with these 2 listed above? Any info will be appreciated...
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Neoadjuvant EC Regimen precautions
Posting this on behalf of my wife (aged 34) who had been diagnosed with TNBC in October 2023. She had recently completed her weekly 12 sessions of TC regimen : Paclitaxel (120mg) and Carboplatin (200mg). Although there was Hair Loss and slight nail discoloration from 3rd week onwards, she had Nausea from Day 1-4 post every…
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Scar tissue near Lumpectomy area due to Radiation?
Hello, 8.4 weeks out…Just had an ultrasound and scarred of the possibility of recurrance. Radiologist wants me to get a MRI this week. 😫 Has anyone had a big scare and it turned out to be radiation scar tissue or tissue from lumpectomy? Please share your experience…I'm praying what they see is benign and just scar tissue.…
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Anyone who was in the KRISTINE Clinical Trial? Let's connect!
Hello, Is there anyone on this site who was in the KRISTINE CLINICAL TRIAL? I'm 8.4 years out and trying to connect with someone who was in the trial. Really concerned about recurrance during and after the trial. Hope to hear from you! It's been a lonely journey in this trial. Hugs,
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Complex sclerosing lesion aka radical scars
Hi everyone my story starts out like this in 2017 I had my first mammogram for spontaneous nipple discharge which ended up being clear but my dr wanted me to have them yearly since my moms mom and her sister both had breast cancer. Well being young at the time I didn’t keep up yearly. The next I had was 2019 which came…
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Poll: Have you changed your diet and exercise habits since your breast cancer diagnosis?
Have you changed your diet and exercise habits since your breast cancer diagnosis, and if so, which is the most important reason? Take our poll.
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Is symmetry possible with SMX + perky remaining breast?
Hi! I have searched the forum, but couldn't find any posts that were exactly my question. I have been dx with DCIS. As a fun bonus, I probably have body dysmorphia and I am really worried that if I end up at all 'disfigured' in my appearance, I will become significantly depressed. So, my main concern with this diagnosis is…
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Just diagnosed, and seeing the oncology doctor Tues, July 20th
My name is Kathy, and i was just diagnosed with my abnormal growth from my mammogram/ultrasound/biopsy done 6/28 and 7/1/21. Results and pathology were provided on July 8, 2021. The PA gave me the news at the physical i had scheduled on that day. She said it looks to be a Stage 1. I had not been to a doctor in 4 years or…
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I didn't know where else to go
Hi, I am not diagnosed with IBC but i didn't know where else to go with my experience. If you read all the way through my post you will understand why I don't have anywhere else to go. Anyways I am a 28 year old mother of 2 (7 and 10). In mid december of 2023 I noticed a hard nickle sized lump on my right breast around the…
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I had a bilateral mastectomy over a year ago.
I don't know if I'm going crazy or what. I feel alone and nobody understands what I'm going through. I'm the first in both sides of my family to get breast cancer, first of all. And my mom and aunt's have passed away. In my father also. So I did do a genetic test and it dishow that there was no trace of it in my genes. So…
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Mammaprint-who has had one?
Just curious if anyone has used this test as oppose to the onco test? What was your result? Did it affect your decision on treatment. Thanks, I just ordered mine. Waiting.
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Chemotherapy for Stage IV
This thread will be for the discussion of chemotherapy as it relates to Stage IV survivors
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Pain after Biozorb marker implantation and radiation treatment
I was diagnosed with DCIS, had a "partial mastectomy" in August 2016, and the surgeon implanted a Biozorb marker during the operation. The Biozorb is/was supposed to be reabsorbed by my body in a year, but that didn't happen, and it will take longer. In December of 2016, I had radiation therapy on my breast. Now, almost a…
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Yearly Scans
I was diagnosed in at the end of July 2021. Stage 1, low Ki67 - 3%, 4 nodes removed, none with cancer. Had lumpectomy and radiation only, no chemo, and I am not taking hormone blockers because the benefit - for me - was less than 1% and my oncologist agreed. I had a tough time with my scans last year, as my BCS was the one…