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Can this kind of Breast Cancer be cured?
aged:43, .Luminal B Invasive Ductal Carcinoma, LUMP 1.5CM1.5CM1CM， metastatic lymph node：No clear indication found T2N0M0. ER(90%+),PR(90%+),Her-s,(0),Ki67(20%+), Sentinel lymph node,SLN：0/10. Now,she is given TC*4 treatment
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AI’s after 10 years?
It has been many years since I checked in but it’s so wonderful to see how much this thread has grown! I remember clinging to the hope here when I was first diagnosed, and now am myself more than 13 years out from my stage 3 diagnosis! My question for this wise group is how many of you have remained on an AI for more than…
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Swelling
Hi, this is for anyone who has had abnormal swelling - and I’m not saying I think it’s cancer but I know a lot of you have had other breast abnormalities, too. The area above my breast from my nipple to shoulder/clavicle has been swelling for the past year and I’ve had some clear discharge. I finally made an appointment…
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Breast Tissue Changes after Weight Loss
Hi all I had IDC nine years ago and last year I lost 55 pounds. I went for my annual mammogram/ ultrasound and then had to have a biopsy for a distorted area ( no lump or mass visible on the ultrasound or mammogram, nothing palpable. It came back negative and now they want an MRI done to be sure. Obviously I am a wreck. I…
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I FEEL LIKE THERE IS NO WAY I'M THE ONLY ONE GOING THRU THIS
I WAS DX IN 2019 WITH DCIS TX WITH LUMPECTOMY, RADIATION AND A POOR ATTEMPT AT FAT GRAFTING ALMOST A YEAR LATER. THEN MY REOCCURANCE IN 2024 LET ME KNOW THAT 2019 WAS JUST A PRACTICE ROUND. I AM CURRENTLY THREE WEEKS OUT RECOVERING FROM A DBL MASTECTOMY WITH DIEP FLAP RECONSTRUCTION.HERE I THOUGHT I MADE A POSITIVE OUT OF…
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Thyroid Cancer
I wasn’t sure where to post I could just use support. I finished treatment in October 2015. IDC, lumpectomy, chemo, rads. Actually the last couple years I’ve really felt my body heal from everything I went through. I was in a good space mentally and physically. The last few months though I’ve been having trouble…
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Declining hormone blockers for DCIS grade 3?
has anyone refused taking hormones after surgery and radiation with dcis nuclear grade 3
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Shattered- Failed Re excision
My re excision report shows 18 mm of DCIS on inferior margins.The surgeon said he cant do third re excision as doing it means taking whole breast tissue and it will be as good as mastectomy .He said that his experience says that there is a lot DCIS around .Already he has taken a 9 cm wide margins Mastectomy was not what I…
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Lost my job...am I being selfish?
I started a new job and then was diagnosed with stage1 breast cancer. I had a lumpectomy and oncoplastic reduction, and weeks of radiation still to do. My employer let me go a week after the reduction because I wasn't sure when I could return to full capacity. It's a small company. I guess I'm looking for insight and…
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MBC to the bones
Hello 🙂 My mother today was diagnosed with MBC to her spine and hips. I read on the web that life expectancy is 19 to 25 months. Is that true? Sounds so little. I read some of your stories and I see that many of you have already live much longer. My mother soon will be 76. I love her so much, and she is so though and…
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Scared, has this happened to anyone?
So here's my story. Back in July of 2024 I thought felt a lump in my breast. For about 2 years every month when I started my period I would feel a large lump but it would go away after my perky. When I went to the gynecologist he felt around but didn't feel anything, but he wanted to be sure so he sent me for a mammogram.…
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Newly diagnosed stage IV
I am newly diagnosed. I am also a year into a systemic sclerosis/scleroderma diagnosis. Looking to connect. I am angry and in denial after the past five years of fighting diseases to now be diagnosed with this.
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Discovering Asexuality
After starting Tamoxifen and now Anastrozole, my sex drive dwindled to a flicker. Even before my mastectomy, we were having challenges with sex. After delivering my second child as a VBAC, sex was very painful except for a limited few positions. Turned out, my uterus was prolapsing, which put my cervix at a bad angle for…
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Family History. Doctors not taking me seriously
Hi I'm Dani and I'm new here. I've never posted on a forum before so I guess this really feels like a last resort for me. I've had obsessive thoughts about getting breast cancer ever since I learnt of my alarming family history 5 years ago. I am currently 25 and after being in and out of therapy over this I don't want it…
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Letrozole effectiveness long term
I just posted on another thread that, after 14 years since initial diagnosis, I now have a single suspicious supraclavicular lymph node diagnosed on annual ultrasound. I have been taking Letrozole daily since 2011 up until about a month or two ago. I just became lazy taking several meds. I am wondering if this new finding…
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Abnormal lymph node above collarbone
Hello all I initially was treated for stage 2 ILC in 2010 and have been attending followup scans and doctor visits once or more times each year since then. I have also been taking Letrozole faithfully up until a month or two ago when I started to become lazy about taking it. Today, I had my annual breast imaging and my…
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Pulsatile tinnitus
Hello! Anyone experienced issues with hearing your heartbeat in your ears or pulsatile tinnitus? I’m 4 years post chemo & radiation & on tamoxifen. Curious if any connection to past treatments or tamoxifen.
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Moved: DCIS removed but... gene mutations... now what and family thinks I should be happy
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Ovarian Suppression and AI
Hi! How much more effective is ovarian suppression plus anastrazole compared to just tamoxifen alone in preventing recurrences in premenopausal women?
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Moved: Stage 1a to Stage 4 in 6 years. 39 yo. Mets to liver & bone. Chek2+
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Hormone therapy resistant
Hi! I was diagnosed with bc at 62, had a lumpectomy and radiation and am now 63. Currently I'm having a hard time moving forward with hormone therapy. My MO is prescribing Anastrozole for five years but I am worried about the many side effects, especially weak bones I had a bone density test six months ago and I have some…
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What do you find most difficult about caregiving?
November is National Family Caregivers Month. We'd like to take a moment to acknowledge the challenges our caregivers face and show them some support. As a caregiver, can you share with us what you find most difficult about caring for a loved one with breast cancer? Take our poll and elaborate in the thread below!
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changing treatment
I was originally hoping for mastectomy of right breast for stage 2 invasive ductal carcinoma, but dince I am HER2 positive, I now have to have chemo before surgery. Anyone else been down this road? How long was chemo?
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Reclast iv ordered for osteopenia.
Has anyone experienced any major side effects and how long do they last?
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November 2024 Surgery Support Thread
Please gather here to get and give support. Feel free to share your type of surgery, date, and let us know how you're preparing and how you're doing post-surgery. We're all here for you!
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Women with young children
Does the fear and sadness ever get easier? I was diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer 6 months ago, and I can't stop thinking about leaving my 2 year old daughter behind. I know there's women who have it a lot worse than me. I'm just trying to figure out how you all are so strong. I'm on anxiety medicine and sought out…
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TC vs AC vs TACT chemo regime
What is the best chemo regime for stage IIB, hr+ pr + her2- with 2 out of 15 nodes positive grade III tumour with mastectomy done ?
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RSO is helping bring up my #s/lower tumor markers
Has anyone started to use RSO? I have mets again for the second time after a 2016 breast cancer dx. I had the lump taken out and the cancer was estr/proges + /her2-neg. I was taking anastrozal first for two years, 2019 it was the first met and then took ibrance/fasoldex, stage 4. The studies online with that mix states…
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September 2024 Surgery Support Thread
Please gather here to get and give support. Feel free to share your type of surgery, date, and let us know how you're preparing and how you're doing post-surgery. We're all here for you!
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Stomach issues & severe weightloss
Hi all, I’m hoping that one of you has had similar issues as my doctors seem stumped. I was initially diagnosed in 2011 and had a double mastectomy and chemo. In 2019 I was diagnosed with metastatic cancer in my bones and lungs. I was on Ibrance and Faslodex for almost 4 years. I gained 20 lbs due to the swelling in my…