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Forum: Managing Side Effects of Breast Cancer and Its Treatment

This is a place to discuss concerns, tips and strategies for all types of side effects from all types of medications and treatments, (chemo/rads/hormonal/targeted/pain meds/etc.

• Important Links for Newbies to Help Get Through Treatment

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• Which is the worse part of cancer treatment?

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• Anyone with heart issues?

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• iRestore Hair helmet - treats hair thinning

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• BC TX caused my AML (Acute Myeloid Leukemia) Anyone else?

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• Weight gain during chemotherapy?

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• Vaginal dryness

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• Modafinil and Fatigue

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  Created by: TLeeA on Jun 20, 2019 06:21AM

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• Dry cough after breast cancer

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  Created by: Virgo73 on Jul 3, 2019 09:56PM

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• Thinning Hair -

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  Created by: rozem on Mar 1, 2016 02:24PM

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• Anyone quit ANY form of estrogen suppressor super early?

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• Many nodes removed and you didn't developed lymphedema?

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  Created by: Yndorian on Apr 9, 2019 07:34PM

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• Natural bone building success stories?

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  Created by: Whatjusthappened on Jun 25, 2019 09:15PM

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• Collagen supplements?

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  Created by: christibcs on Jun 27, 2019 01:25PM

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• "How Can I Help?" ... What do you say?

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  Created by: MountainMia on Jun 15, 2019 09:14AM

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• Dry lips sore mouth

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  Created by: Daylightdancer666 on Jun 26, 2019 09:24PM

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• Change in eating habit

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  Created by: Daylightdancer666 on Jun 26, 2019 09:12PM

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• Cold Cap Users Past and Present, to Save Hair

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  Created by: Can-D on Jun 14, 2009 07:04PM

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• Chemo combo Taxotere & Cyclophosphamide

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  Created by: cards7up on Jun 24, 2019 07:32AM

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• Scar tissue after Mammosite Radiation

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• Mucositis

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  Created by: dianalynn on Mar 12, 2019 03:00PM

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• Skipping Hormone Therapy

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  Created by: KHD5459 on Jun 4, 2019 10:59PM

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• Removal of under are lymph removal side effect

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  Created by: Cainyp on Jun 3, 2019 09:13AM

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• recurrent loss of taste and smell

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• Edema and Anastrozole

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• ONJ with bone and liver met

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  Created by: thria157 on May 27, 2019 06:36PM

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• Long Term (2+ years) Taste Loss from chemo

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  Created by: Pamela23 on May 29, 2019 11:06PM

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• Chronic long term fatigue

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