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Worried about my daughter with BRCA1
This discussion was created from comments split from: Worrying about future - need to vent.
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oncotype dx 26, er/pr+ her2 negative refusing chemo
Wonder if anyone had a recurrence with or without chemo?
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ILC - Old Lady Cancer?
When I was diagnosed almost a year ago, my oncologist told me that my daughters and nieces did not have to worry about increased risk of breast cancer, as ILC was "old lady" cancer and not hereditary. Now, I'm not that old (57) but I am post menopause. That being said, I am hearing more and more young women (pre-menopause)…
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Tnbc
My name is Anne from Africa. Was diagnosed with tnbc last year. I was 13weeks pregnant. At the same time my mum was diagnosed with endometrial cancer. Am now 7 months after surgery and 6 months after radiotherapy and i see my hand is starting to swell.
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has anyone with oncotype dx 26 or higher refuse chemo?
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Pregnant with cancer- what to expect chemo
Hi All, I am currently recovering from my mastectomy while 26 weeks pregnant. I received my diagnosis while 12 weeks pregnant. My doctors are planning to start me on TC chemo a few weeks after giving birth (they are inducing me a month early). I am worried about how chemo side effects will impact this very special new time…
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New here, please help with anything
Hi! I’m new here and very nervous and anxious. I have never had a negative mammogram in 30 years. I’m 66 years and my recent mammogram shows a mass. It was only 12 days ago that I found a lump on my breast between my nipple and my collarbone on the left side of the right breast. It’s very painful so I thought it could’ve…
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BC humor
Last night my nine-year-old son referred to DCIS as "Duckitis" and it's a good thing I was lying down because otherwise I would have fallen off the bed I laughed so hard.
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Spring surgeries
wondering if there are any other April or May surgeries? Just recovering from my late April mastectomy.
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Starting Chemo December 2020
There's noplace like an infusion center for the holidays! Am I the first to start December? If not, someone please direct me, I'm new. Starting chemo Dec. 3 because Thanksgiving, otherwise would've been in the November club nobody wanted to ever join. Determined to remain calm and positive. I'm 48, stage 1.9 (I made that…
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Pain in Breast 7 years post Radiation
I am seven years post radiation therapy on my right breast. I am very active and work out regularly. I have had very few issues. All my mammograms have been normal except showing fibrosis of the right breast. I was discharged early from my cancer doctors because I was not able to tolerate Hormone Therapy. Over the several…
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DCIS & pregnancy?
Hi. New here and just diagnosed about 2 weeks ago with DCIS in left breast, 5cm, stage 2 with comedonecrosis. I have been trying to have a baby for over 3 years (just turned 40 this year) and was pursuing IVF before my diagnosis. It appears that my IVF treatments have been fueling the DCIS (estrogen positive at 81%,…
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oncotype scores..
I am wondering the range of oncotype scores. They say the scores go up to 100 but most of the highs I have heard referenced are in the 30s..are there people who have scores in the 40 and up range?
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Burn under arm 4 weeks into radiation treatment
so I am getting a little worried here because I’m supposed to be getting radiation therapy to both my left and right breast. Now on the left side, they are radiating the nodes under my left arm and by my collarbone. I had a mastectomy on the left side back in January and immediate reconstruction with an LD flap. My right…
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Going forward
I got my oc number Wednesday and it was 28. My dr was expecting higher but still too high for me😕. Going in for my port Monday and starting TC on Thursday. I do not really want to do this, but I do not have an option. I am 50 with stage 2A left breast. Just not feel the whole thing. Really disappointed.
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Waiting to hear...Have you checked your patient portal?
Sisters, By day two of waiting for my biopsy result, I decide to look into my hospital's patient portal. You may have set up an account yourself with your doctor's office. To my surprise my results were right there under "RESULTS" and thankfully was good news. My doctor called to give me the results over the phone another…
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Mosquito bite
Hi all! This evening(some two hours ago) I was bitten by a mosquito on the arm with axillary clearance, on the mastectomy side. I`m freaking out about lymphedema now. I washed it with soap and I`m keeping ice on it. Any advice on what to do, please? How big is the risk now?
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Hard lump on wrist
Hi everyone, I have not posted here for a while but have always kept up with the community. I have a question. I recently discovered a small hard bony lump on my wrist that feels like it is part of the bone and it sticks out and I have never noticed it before. It is about a little over half a centimeter round. There is no…
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Incredible hopeful study published in BMJ today
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Enhertu side effects
Hello, I am diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer. zi was on Kadcyla, Nerlynx, and Capecitabine and was doing good. However, nasty cancer has come back. I had 3 seizures. I am on Enhertu now. It is my 9th treatment and the side effects are bad. I slept for a few days. I can't get up to do general things. my brain feels…
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Just found mass on forearm
I have been watching a mass/lump on my forearm for about 4-weeks, it is on the same side as my original breast cancer. I saw the doctor yester day and now I'm having an ultrasound of my lower forearm and upper area on Monday. The doctor said it is not lymphedema. Has anyone had this happen to them? July 2023 will mark my…
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Big thumb, help please
Hello, Doctor bandaged me. All my fingers became smaller, but my thumb became bigger! Please help. I'm very scared. Do you have an idea how to solve this? How to bandage this not to happen? Why this happens?
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Should I be concerned about the bad impact from compression as ABUS imaging is extremely painful
I did the breast ultrasound screening a few days ago. The breast ultrasound screening was *extremely* painful, much more painful than mammo. In the breast ultrasound screening, I felt that the compression was too much. And I felt so painful that I had to make a tight fist and make a sound. I told the lady I felt very very…
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Hallo
My first time here, metaplastic, tripple negative Diagnosed june 2020 while 13 weeks pregnant.
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Men’s Health Month. Know your breast cancer risk
Know a guy at risk please pass this on.
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Do not feel social
Is it normal to not want to be around people? While I enjoy being with friends and family I do not feel like being around people and having to say that it is fine when mentally I am not ok. I want to be alone to process all that is going on but my husband wants me to keep a positive attitude and he feels that being alone…
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NEW Oncotype Dx Roll Call Thread
Welcome to the "New Oncotype DX Roll Call"! moodyk13 started this thread when she was looking for some help with her oncotype score and discovered that many people want advice or info regarding this test that so many of our oncologists use to help us make treatment decisions. She very generously built it to what it is now…
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Sickle Cell Trait and Diep Flap Reconstruction Surgery
Greetings. I've been diagnosed with SCD. My surgeon stated he doesnt want to do the diep flap due to risks although Ive been cleared by hematology. Is there anyone out there with the same experience?
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More firmer tissue....
I'm 29, no family history. If you are interested you can take a peek at my post history, this has been going on for a few years now... but the tl;dr is that in one breast I've been noticing the tissue get thicker/firmer than the tissue on the other side. Not a lot, it still feels like normal breast tissue according to the…
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Architectural Distortion
Hello Group. I am so worried and would ask for some advice and support. I have constant call backs on my mammograms and I am fearing that the ongoing callbacks are ominous. Several years ago on my left breast I had a surgical biopsy, it was calicification. Then four years ago I had a needle biopsy on my right breast,…