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Questions about Zometa and consult with another MO
Hi everyone, I am writing this on behalf of my mom and need your wisdom and experience. This is about whether we need a second opinion from another MO and choice of Zometa. First of all, we are a little bit unhappy about our MO. She is the director of a major hospital, and we can understand that she must be very busy. In…
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TIME TO CIRCLE THE WAGONS GIRLS
This has been a rough few days... It is time for us to hook up our horses and circle our wagons around some of our dear sisters who need us the most right now. Robin, Rhymee, Mena, Denise, Marsha, Katz & Sarah, Gwenn, Pennylane, Dianne, Shelliks and all who need some love and care from the sisterhood. I will take the first…
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Blisters type all over body. Idk
Hello lovely ladies! After a long time have visited this forum. Hope you all are fine and going strong ♡ I have a concern! Thought to share here and see if this symptom is related to cancer or arimidex side effect or idk This is my 10th year on arimidex. I now permanently moved back to my homecountry last Nov. Here the…
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For those of us with BMI over 35
Having a BMI over 40, and dealing with recurrence and family history of breast cancer makes me feel isolated. Out of my family members with BC, mom, and two sisters and a cousin, I am the only one in my family with BMI over 30. I feel those of us who are plus size don't fit in to many of the discussions here, especially…
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Immunotherapy Med Works Similarly in Black/White Women W/ TNBC
Experimental Immunotherapy Medicine Works Similarly in Black and White Women With Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Aug 4, 2022 When more Black women diagnosed with early-stage, triple-negative breast cancer joined a study on Imfinzi, the results showed the immunotherapy was as effective in Black women as it was in women of…
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Olivia Newton John passes away at 73 (thread open to all)
I am not into the world of celebrity but I do notice when bc is the cause. May she Rest In Peace . https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/08/arts/olivia-newton-john-dead.html
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Tamoxifen Weight Gain HOPE!!!
Hey all. For my fellow Tamoxifen Weight Gain Sufferers. I was finally able to go off Tamoxifen after 7 years. During that time, I gained 60 immoveable pounds. It sucked, after Breast Cancer, bunches of surgeries, bunches of complications, to end up so long in a body that just didn't feel like mine. Then... Huzzah!!! I…
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Waiting for the biopsy results.
Hello, I am new here. I had an abnormal mammogram (spiculated spot) and ultrasound so far. I also had a biopsy on Monday. The results are not back yet. However the surgeon called the pathologist and got the preliminary results: IDC, grade 2-3 (no molecular profile yet -ER?PR?HER?). I am thinking about having a mastectomy…
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Freezing during chemo and questions
So I had my first chemo today and iced my hand and feet and used a cold cap. It was brutal. The ice cap was actually quite tolerable. So tolerable that it makes me wonder if it worked. But my hair was frozen when I took it off so I hope that was a good sign. My hands and feet though were not even a bit tolerable. I broke…
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Self message for lymphedema
Hello Precious People! I wanted to share a link to a site that describes self message to help treat and prevent lymphedema. It has similar moves that my Lymphedema OT showed me plus many more. I haven't had it bad, but I do get sore every now and then and this message helps. My neighbor was having more pain and it also…
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Taken By Surprise...
Hello....I have not posted here for a very long time but now find myself needing support so thank you in advance for your responses. I am a nine year BC survivor and had a double mastectomy with implants in 2013. I did 8 rounds of chemo and did Femara for five years...I was Estrogen positive with Lobular carcinoma stage 2B…
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Pet Scan Mania
Hello.. I am a nine year survivor of BC from 2013. I recently had a Pet Scan and there was a lymph node in my liver that showed 7.2 SUV uptake which my oncologist is concerned about. He did not say it was cancer but that I now need a laparoscopic liver biopsy to get to the bottom of things. I have already had a regular…
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Weekly "In Treatment" Zoom meetup!
Hi Everyone, We have created a weekly virtual support group for all who are planning or going through active treatment. If you've just been diagnosed, planning surgery, chemo or radiation, all are welcome to our weekly Zoom Meetups. We have two meetings for you to register for: Register here: Tuesdays at 1:00 PM EST and…
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Weekly "In Treatment" Zoom meetup!
Hi Everyone, We have created a weekly virtual support group for all who are planning or going through active treatment. If you've just been diagnosed, planning surgery, chemo or radiation, all are welcome to our weekly Zoom Meetups. We have two meetings for you to register for: Register here: Tuesdays at 1:00 PM EST and…
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Weekly "In Treatment" Zoom meetup!
Hi Everyone, We have created a weekly virtual support group for all who are planning or going through active treatment. If you've just been diagnosed, planning surgery, chemo or radiation, all are welcome to our weekly Zoom Meetups. We have two meetings for you to register for: Register here: Tuesdays at 1:00 PM EST and…
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Navigating Navelbine
I am starting this thread for the discussion of all things Navelbine. It's for those currently on it, those who have been on it, or will start it soon. I hope it will be a source of information, a guide to help with side effects, and a place to rant, vent, cry, scream, or cheer! I had my first treatment this morning. It…
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5 year post sugery,,8/2017 anyone?
Hi, Just saying hello to fellow August 2017 post surgery friends. There were a number of us, and I hope this finds all of you well. I'm still on Tamoxifen and not yet to menopausal status. Have had to have a d/c since then due to an endometrial polyp, thickened lining, not sure from tamoxifen or just bad luck. Keeping on…
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Scary Symptoms -- Brain Mets?
For the past two weeks, I've had a numb/tingly feeling on the right side of my face. I have some very moderate pain in the back right of my skull that comes and goes, along with this tingly/prickly/numb feeling radiating from beneath my right eye all the way to my right ear -- It is a crazy weird sensation that also comes…
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Waiting on biopsy
I am a 47 year old mom of 4. I recently had my routine 3-D mammogram and was called back for further testing on my left breast. I wasn't too worried because I was called back last year for the right one. Last year, I had an ultra sound and no further tests were needed.. Fast forward to this year and the other breast...they…
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AC-T versus T-C
Hello, My mom was diagnosed with Stage 3 breast cancer with significant nodal involvement. She underwent a bilateral mastectomy and is gearing up to begin chemo. The doctor has strongly recommended AC-T. Before surgery, the doctor also mentioned T-C as an option but now with the discovery of extensive nodal involvement,…
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Starting Chemo February 2021
Thought I would get a thread started for those getting ready to start!
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Follow-Up Mammogram After Chemo
Hi all, I just finished 6 rounds of TCHP and had a follow-up mammogram (I am scheduled for surgery at the end of February). The mammogram shows the same amount of calcifications that I had BEFORE chemo. Has this happened to anyone else? I had two lumps in my breast and one under my arm that I can no longer feel, so I was…
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Does OV suppression ever not work?
I called today to request hormone levels to be checked. They were only checked once, a few weeks after starting shots last year. Also wondering if anyone else gets Eligard shots?? Starting to wonder why I’m the only woman I know getting this.
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Question
hello all. I was diagnosed with IDC with micropapillary features back in 2017 and had double mastectomy with no reconstruction in January 2018. I was on Tamoxifen for a year and have had no other treatment. Back in April this year I had a bump come up on my mastectomy scar of my affected breast side. After a few days it…
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Should I accept Mammogram results or push for further tests?
I have lurked and read many of your posts over the past couple months. Here is my situation. I have a history of “busy breasts" as you call them. First Fibroadenomawhen I was only 22. Too many cysts to count over the years, one other biopsy, fibrocystic changes. I have heterogeneously dense breasts. Experienced Premature…
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Fish test?
Yesterday I got diagnosed with Breast Cancer, Invasive mammary carcinoma. She said that not all results were in. The ER was low positive, PR was negative and waiting for the HER2 but they had to do another test, a Fish test? Anyone know what that is?
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Possible BRIP1 mutation, any help is appreciated.
Hi! I hope it's ok I post here, I am very new so apologies if I do this wrong. I know nobody here is a doctor but I'm looking for any advice I can get right now: I semi recently learned my mother has the BRIP1 mutation, her and her cousin got tested after her cousins brother passed from lymphoma (unrelated) I am very…
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Newly Diagnosed
I was diagnosed with Invasive Lobular carcinoma. Meet with surgeon and came out feeling so confident. Had a MRI and they found a 0.6cm mass suggestive of an intramammary lymph node. Now I'm scared to death because of the words lymph node. I realize not everyone is the same, but has this happened to anyone else and what was…
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Understanding markers
Hi guys! I am coming with a question, maybe some of you know. What is FC and A scores on a breast biops? For example, I have HP G2 grading (FC=3, A=2, M=1). I know M stands for methastasis, but FC and A no idea. I searched on the web but wasn't able to find explanations Thank you all so very much!
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Deciding to go flat: What questions do I need to ask surgeon?
2008 BMX, with right rupture now: I need to decide asap what surgery to get: replacement of silicone implant or no replacement but go flat. My brief overview of prior posts indicates that even with going flat there is much to learn about: proper incisions, ensuring proper mobility, fat grafting? ... Any advise or and…