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Nervous and Frustrated no diagnosis yet
So back in December I started getting a pain in my armpit that slowly radiated towards the underside of my breast. Me being me just thought I pulled a muscle or whatever. Well in January I noticed some discharge a few times once seemed to be clear and red which then got me a little worried. My husband stated that my nipple…
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25 days post BMX - still having some fluid under the empty space
Had bilateral mastectomy on Sept 13 with no reconstruction, stiches are all healed, all good. But there is some fluid underneath my breast skin where the tissue got removed. Surgeon gave me an option to drain them. But oncologist said not to, because it will collect again. Did anyone experience same? If yes, how did it…
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Post menopausal women - side effects after stopping Tamoxifen?
Happy New Year everyone! After my breast cancer diagnosis in 2016 at the age of 53, I tried all three AIs but was unable to tolerate them. I ended up taking Tamoxifen and am nearing my completion date. For other postmenopausal women who have competed treatment with Tamoxifen, would you please share any positive/negative…
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Waiting to be called to schedule biopsy
I am no sure what I am looking for here. I am just overwhelmed and I guess wanting someone to help calm my fears. I will post what my report says below. Has anyone had similar finding? LEFT BREAST: Additional evaluation performed for calcifications within the left breast. On additional evaluation, there are two small…
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Neoadjuvant chemo
So after my core biopsy, I thought I had 1.4CM mixed IDC/ILC ++- tumor but after receiving my MRI results it seems like there is more extensive disease. From my path report;" Additionally within the left breast there is marked abnormal mass and nonmass enhancement involving all 4 quadrants of the left breast".…
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List of sequential regimens particular to your condition.
Hello, If there is a program that takes relevant condition (stage, pathology, treatment history, etc) of your illness, and based on current published research (from ASCO, SABCS, ESSO, MBCC, etc), the program generates a list of sequential regimens specific to you. The program continuously update the regimen list as…
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Oncotype and Breast Cancer Index - any correlation?
Reading through many other threads, it's clear I'm not the only one who's ever approached the five-year mark and struggled to decide whether to continue for another five. I'm thinking of asking for the Breast Cancer Index test. On the other hand, I feel relatively comfortable calling it quits, as my oncotype was low, and…
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Okay to get a breast ultrasound during or right before period?
Besides breast pain and tenderness I mean. I know that you should get mammograms at the beginning of your cycle because near the end of you cycle your breasts are denser. But I know that ultrasounds see through dense breast tissue better. So is there any reason why one should schedule a breast ultrasound at a particular…
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Wrapping with gauze only?
Hello, I have mild lymphedema in hand and fingers. I wear a glove and a sleeve during day. I would like to wrap my fingers and hand at night. Is it ok to wrap it with just gauze and no bandages? I don' t have much money for bandages.
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Fibroglandular parenchyma, benign mass, dense breasts?
"FINDINGS The breasts are heterogeneously dense, which may obscure small masses Right The area of concern in the 5:00 breast 9 cm from the nipple correlates with benign fibroglandular parenchyma on diagnostic mammography and targeted ultrasound. A benign mass is also present in the middle 3rd of the upper inner breast.…
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No pCR and still alive and living happy lives
Dear all, Today I have started My first session of Palictaxel out of 12. I have had 4 ACs and the tumor has shrunk from 19 m to 8 mm. I was expecting a full response because nobody felt the tumor anymore, but unfortunately that was not so. Yet I am happy with the 8 m left. My oncologist does not want to put me on carbo…
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Many Women Don't Think Breast Density Is Important Risk Factor
Many Women Don't Think Breast Density Is Important Risk Factor Jan 25, 2023 Few women understand that having dense breasts increases breast cancer risk more than family history or some other risk factors. Read more...
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BIRADS 0 for focal asymmetry
I had a screening mammogram and ultrasound last week. My ultrasound came back all clear, but the mammogram noted inconclusive results due to focal asymmetry in my left breast. I go back in two weeks for a diagnostic mammo and ultrasound. I'm wondering if anyone has experienced this before and what the outcome was,…
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BIRADS 0 for focal asymmetry
I had a screening mammogram and ultrasound last week. My ultrasound came back all clear, but the mammogram noted inconclusive results due to focal asymmetry in my left breast. I go back in two weeks for a diagnostic mammo and ultrasound. I’m wondering if anyone has experienced this before and what the outcome was,…
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Weight gain immediately after exchange surgery
I am obese, and I have lymphedema and lipidema, so it is probably just me, but I gained 10 pounds in three days after my exchange surgery. I know it is water retention, maybe from the medications? I was up and walking hours after my surgery, which went well. I walk around my house and have been virtually pain free on…
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Worried about IBC
9Hi all, I am very concerned about my right breast. It all started around Christmas. I had a furuncle under my breast wich was annoying me. And foolish me tought its a wise idea to put a needle in the furuncle. After some week or two it seems the skin got infected. It was inflamed and i had this peau d'orange skin. I…
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DIEP "tight" abdomen
I see people talking about having to walk hunched over for a period of time after DIEP flap surgery due to the tightness. I am wondering if having lost substantial weight before hand (with TONS of loose skin) would help avoid this? I am up to 92 lbs lost and I am hoping that will be a benefit in this one area!! Finding…
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Off Topic - A Family Matter
My stepson is in his 40s, married with a couple kids; one’s a teenager, one’s a tween. They live about three hours away from us. SS has been a part of my life since the late 1980s when he was a tween and I married his dad. He’s undergoing tests for some form of blood cancer. It doesn’t sound good. When Dh and I visited…
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Scanxiety
Hi all, I'm one year out from surgery and my last bone scan which was NED. I had 21 nodes removed and 20 were positive so I'm a bit nervous. I had my bimonthly appointment the 3rd of January and asked about scans again. They were not sure that my insurance would cover because of a lack of diagnosis...really? While I'm so…
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Slow process & BRCA testing
Hi, all! Have any of you had the process to get answers take a really long time? I found a lump in Sept, had a clinical exam in Nov, found two more lumps in Dec, finally had a diagnostic mammogram and ultrasound in Jan, and am now referred for a 2nd ultrasound after the first imaging missed the 3 palpable lumps (they did…
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Hardness or lump on excission site after excision biopsy
Hey everyone! Been following this community for a while. It's really uplifting to know I am not alone. Found my lump early 2022, i was still breastfeeding then. I stopped bfing May 2022 because i was thinking my lump grew from a marble to a jackfruit seed. After weaning, i was a bit engorged but no mastitis but it was…
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Breast Lump Concern
Hi, found a small firm round breast lump on monthly self exam. Over a couple hours it got less than I could not feel it anymore. Three days later still can't feel anything although the spot is tender from me trying to find it. Yearly mammogram 3 months ago was normal. Should I ask for mammogram/ultrasound. Should I be…
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Bi-Rads 5 Limbo
I started having symptoms back in November - burning type pain & nipple discharge. I guess because of my age (34) & because the symptoms would come & go it was easy for me to blow it off. I also have no family history. Last month I realized I had a small scab on my nipple that had been present for weeks & no injury to…
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Unusual ultrasound report
First Mammogram (age 40) required a call back because of finding in left axilla. Ultrasound performed a week later and this was the outcome. I understand the BIRADS rating, but this is very confusing. What is a large fluid filled area? I can feel fluctuating lump (soft, no skin changes) on the my left side extending to the…
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Have not found the right doctor
I am on my 5th oncologist. He is an asshole (medical gaslighting). Good thing he left to practice at another facility. I am hoping the one to replace him won't gaslight me or would at least give a fuck about my wishes. To those who found the right one, how many oncologists did it took to find the right doctor?
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Positive specially for newly diagnosed
I am 3 years 8 months from my CT which diagnosed me with widespread pulmonary and chest metastasis. I had chemo , targeted therapy, chemo again then for 1 year I have been on no systemic treatment but had 2 brain surgeries , 1 SRS and this month diagnosis of some new brain lesions. I have been working all the time ( part…
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About metastases
Hello ! I am from Romania and I received the diagnosis of breast cancer in September 2021 (in both breasts / stage 4 with metastases in the axillary nodes / invasive ductal carcinoma / luminal B/ ER+ PR+ / HER2- / the genetic test is OK and did not show any mutated genes / I did chemotherapy, then radical masectomy of both…
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Any experience with Palliative Care?
My MO added a recommendation for Palliative Care in my chart after our last visit. I'm unclear on what it covers and how it might benefit me or my family. I have done some reading and watched a few videos and I'm not totally impressed; seems very administrative and leaning into the social workers arena of education and…
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Numb Chin Syndrome - feeling terrified
Hi everyone, I hope this is OK, I am posting this on behalf of a dear friend with MBC, Maria. Shes sitting next to me as I type this but is feeling too overwhelmed to do this herself and asked me to post. Maria is 53 years old and was diagnosed stage IV in 2015. She currently has mets to her liver and bones (mainly bones…