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• Breastcancer.org in Spanish/en español

  Si acabas de llegar aquí con la preocupación de padecer un cáncer de mama y tu principal idioma es el español, te recomendamos echar un vistazo al contenido de nuestra página principal: http://www.bre…

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  Apr 25, 2023

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  Help keep our community safe, and protect your own privacy and security by not submitting personally identifiable information in posts, discussions, or in your biography. Also, be cautious when sharin…

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• Browser and system capability requirements 

  A browser is a piece of software used to access the internet. The web browser goes out to grab data, brings it back to you and displays it on your monitor to let you interact with the website. If you …

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• How to post a request for research study participants

  Researchers looking for study participants must obtain the advanced written consent of Breastcancer.org prior to communicating any request for participation in research studies, school projects, polls…

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• Curated list of tags to add to your discussions

  When creating a discussion, you can add up to fifty tags to help organize your discussions. Doing so groups all content with the same tag together, and you can find it through a Popular Tags widget, b…

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• New Here - Feb 2023 surgery, anyone?

  Hi All, This is my first post. I was diagnosed with IDC on 12/21. I learned on 1/10 that it's triple positive and that I need a mastectomy followed by chemo as well as HER2 treatment. (Sorry, I don't …

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  Started by ruby216

  Most recent by goldbee

  Apr 24, 2023

  Surgery - Before, During, and After
• A small update on my IBC diagnosis journey & questions

  Hi everyone. I am 36F with IBC symptoms in my left breast (skin thickening and widespread discoloration following popping what looked like a cyst). My punch biopsy results read “chronic granulamtous i…

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  Started by aflowerfield

  Apr 24, 2023

  Not Diagnosed But Worried
• Did you retire before you had planned to as a result of cancer?

  Many people in the workforce look forward to retiring one day, and most of us try to do our best to plan for retirement. But some of us encounter medical issues that might force us to consider an earl…

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  Most recent by maggie15

  Apr 23, 2023

  Employment, Insurance, and Other Financial Issues
• Question for those who have implant reconstruction

  Anyone with implants stop seeing their PS after their final post-op appointment? I have a scheduled appointment in September, but would like to stop seeing him. He is a great doctor, but unless I have…

  Breast implants

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  Started by mavericksmom

  Most recent by mavericksmom

  Apr 23, 2023

  Breast Reconstruction
• Anyone out there going through the same ?

  hi my name is Amy I’m a 36 year old mum of four boys(19,17,15 and 12)! In the last five days I’ve had really horrible pain in the top my left breast that also radiates into my arm pit it is lumpy as w…

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  Started by 4boyschaos

  Most recent by 4boyschaos

  Apr 23, 2023

  Not Diagnosed But Worried
• Concerning symptoms but clear ultrasound

  34yr old female with family history of breast cancer. Issues only in left breast. Dull ache in outer section of breast near underarm. Small pea lump discovered after two weeks of pain. Breast exam at …

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  Started by tcap

  Most recent by moderators

  Apr 23, 2023

  Not Diagnosed But Worried
• mammogram and ultrasound next friday, many concerning symptoms

  Hi, Im 27 years old and convinced I have breast cancer. In fact, Im convinced I have a late stage as I have soreness and pain in several areas of my body. Just looking for support as well as anyone wh…

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  Started by bannie13

  Most recent by anxious66

  Apr 22, 2023

  Not Diagnosed But Worried
• Dating after a Masectomy

  Hi everyone! I got divorced and then diagnosed with breast cancer in 2018 when I was 53 years old. I had a double masectomy with reconstruction (non nipple-sparing) and was fortunate enough to not hav…

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  Started by Agnes

  Most recent by orangeflower

  Apr 22, 2023

  Sex & Relationship Matters
• Rib cage pain after chemo

  Hello, I noticed lower rib pain on my right side after chemo - same side I had surgery/lumpectomy. I only notice it when I touch/press it. It is minor, tolerable but just wanted to know if this is com…

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  Started by hn

  Apr 22, 2023

  Managing Side Effects of Breast Cancer and Its Treatment
• After BC Treatment, Personalized Survivorship Care Needed

  After Breast Cancer Treatment, Personalized Survivorship Care Needed May 18, 2021 Survivorship care plans need to be personalized to meet breast cancer survivors' differing needs. Read more...

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  Most recent by mavericksmom

  Apr 21, 2023

  Life After Breast Cancer Treatment: Now What?
• Introduction and impact of drug shortages - Carboplatin

  Hello to all. So glad to have found you! Cancer is a lonely place. I found a lump in my right breast in January and went to my primary care doctor the following day. She wasn't able to feel it but ord…

  carboplatin (Paraplatin)

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  Started by njdogmom

  Most recent by njdogmom

  Apr 21, 2023

  Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
• Intraductal Papilloma questions

  Hi there! I've read some posts on here and gleaned a lot. I'm a 27 yr old, and found out recently that I have a 10mm intraductal papilloma in my right breast. (For what it's worth, over the last year …

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  Started by nicurn

  Most recent by monarchandthemilkweed

  Apr 21, 2023

  Benign Breast Conditions
• Is this chemo brain?

  hi all, I was diagnosed with TNBC with positive nodes April 25, 2022. I have finished 10 rounds of taxol/carbo, 7 rounds of keytruda, lumpectomy, 4 rounds of ac and 20 rounds of radiation. My last che…

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  Started by thelazyaranch4

  Most recent by threetree

  Apr 21, 2023

  Chemotherapy - Before, During, and After
• Stereotactic biopsy tomorrow

  I am so so so scared, I can't even think straight. Six months ago I had my yearly mammogram and it had a lot of calcification soI was sent for a diagnostic mammogram and ultrasound, result was "probab…

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  Started by sudo59

  Most recent by maggie15

  Apr 21, 2023

  Not Diagnosed But Worried
• Really worried about lump in breast

  I’m 31 years old with no family history of breast cancer but my grandmother had ovarian cancer. Last week I found a firm round lump underneath my areola by my nipple. It is apparently 1.5cm and it fee…

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  Started by michen31

  Most recent by exbrnxgrl

  Apr 20, 2023

  Not Diagnosed But Worried
• 11 years on exemestane and urgency/incontinence

  Hi everyone. Well, like other women in their early 60s, I'm beginning to have some incontinence and urgency that I can't control. I've cut out caffeine completely (heartbroken) which seems to help; I …

  Aromasin (exemestane)

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  Most recent by WC3

  Apr 19, 2023

  Hormonal Therapy - Before, During, and After
• Thyroid panel and A1C and confused a little

  Had my physical a few weeks ago and since my oncologist checks so much of my stuff my doctor only pulled a Lipid and thyroid panel along with an A1c. They seemed okay for the most part but I am wonder…

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  Most recent by kaynotrealname

  Apr 19, 2023

  Hormonal Therapy - Before, During, and After
• Axilla Lymph Node with Mildly Thickened Cortex?

  I have a large lymph node that's been watched since February. I was given a BIRADS 3 and told to come back in 6 mo. Today was my follow up and while the radiologist doesn't think it's anything maligna…

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  Started by jlt814

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  Apr 18, 2023

  Waiting for Test Results
• De Novo newbie trying to not panic

  Hi all. In Feb of this year I was diagnosed with IDC, hr +(over 95%) HER2 -. Large multifocal tumor in my right breast and one lymph biopsied positive as well. The tumor and lymph node were concerning…

  De Novo

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  Started by lacorneille17

  Most recent by kbl

  Apr 18, 2023

  Stage IV/Metastatic Breast Cancer ONLY
• Waiting for biopsy… again.

  Hello, I am 32 with a history of multiple fibroadenomas. The largest of my 4 was biopsied and it came back benign in 2020. Fast forward to present day, they have found a 5th hypo-echoic mass with angu…

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  Started by lizzysunflower

  Most recent by monarchandthemilkweed

  Apr 18, 2023

  Benign Breast Conditions
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  Cycling through side effects, worse when I miss a dose

  Just marked my 4-year anniversary of starting Tamoxifen and hoping to be done in a year. Side effects have been generally tolerable, although I'm starting to feel like I've cycled through all of them.…

  tamoxifen (Nolvadex; Apo-Tamox; Tamofen; Tamone; Soltamox)

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  Most recent by threetree

  Apr 18, 2023

  Hormonal Therapy - Before, During, and After
• Extreme fatigue and tamoxifen

  I started tamoxifen last May after IDC/ILC/DCIS surgery and a month of radiation. I was 47. The first three weeks were brutal, but then things settled down. Aside from hot flashes, not so bad! Except …

  tamoxifen (Nolvadex; Apo-Tamox; Tamofen; Tamone; Soltamox)

  Fatigue

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  Started by cheftoast

  Most recent by prahan

  Apr 18, 2023

  Hormonal Therapy - Before, During, and After
• Birads 5 and waiting for biopsy

  I had a diagnostic mammogram and ultrasound on 4/6 which came back as Birads 5. The soonest they could get me in for the biopsy was 4/19. The waiting is torture! Only a couple of days left and I hope …

  BI-RADS 5

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  Started by bribugsmomma

  Most recent by kaynotrealname

  Apr 18, 2023

  Waiting for Test Results
• Leg pains after Chemotherapy

  Hello, I have been having leg pains since the last dose of chemo. Never had it during the chemo, it only started during the 3rd week after completing chemo. Not sure if it is muscle pain or bone pain?…

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  Started by hn

  Most recent by hn

  Apr 16, 2023

  Managing Side Effects of Breast Cancer and Its Treatment
• Biopsy today

  I'll try to make this short as possible, but I have been having problems with my right breast for years now. I always get sent for diagnostic mammos and ultrasounds and everything is fine. In 2021 I h…

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  Started by kleigh8286

  Most recent by maggie15

  Apr 16, 2023

  Not Diagnosed But Worried