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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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• Need your ​Tips for Traveling with Breast Cancer​

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  Created by: Moderators on Jul 30, 2019 09:03AM

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• Cold Caps Users Past and Present, to Save Hair

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• New Jersey/NYC/CT/Eastern Pennsylvania ladies

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• Open Letter

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• Thinning Hair -

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• Help with Neuorolgical issues

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  Created by: Jackster51 on Feb 11, 2018 12:45AM

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• CONSTIPATION--problem with so many of our drugs

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• Clinical efficacy of popular oral hair growth supplements

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  Created by: Jelson on Jan 1, 2021 02:23AM

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• Bioidentical Progesterone helps sleep, hair & lower risks cancer

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  Created by: macb04 on Nov 2, 2018 08:05PM

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• Tamoxifen/Uterine Cancer

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  Created by: khoagland on May 20, 2020 09:43AM

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• tamoxifen Side effects

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  Created by: Via on Jul 9, 2020 04:47AM

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• Hair thinning/Minoxidil

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  Created by: grade1teachr on Feb 9, 2020 05:33PM

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• Now diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, but I'm not convinced.

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  Created by: thankful4life on Sep 7, 2011 11:29AM

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• Anyone else with chemo straight instead of chemo curly hair?

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  Created by: bluedasher on Jan 24, 2012 08:39AM

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• What do you do all day?

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  Created by: Seilien on Sep 5, 2020 01:48AM

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• Vaginal Estrogen after ER/PR +

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  Created by: Krma on Dec 17, 2017 08:15PM

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• Fasting benefits

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  Created by: SerenitySTAT on Nov 24, 2018 09:43PM

  Latest post: Dec 1, 2020 08:02AM by SerenitySTAT

• What I Wish I Knew At the Beginning of Treatment!

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  Created by: TonLee on Dec 10, 2012 05:49AM

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• kicking the Ambien habit--help...

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• 1st chemo treatment caused severe acne reaction. Help!

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  Created by: Cali-gal-in-ID on Nov 11, 2020 08:10AM

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• Delayed allergic reaction to Taxotere

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  Created by: mcichoracki on Jul 12, 2017 02:06PM

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• Pain after Biozorb marker implantation and radiation treatment

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  Created by: Amelia66 on Jul 29, 2017 06:32PM

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• Chemo induced Neuropathy

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• Letrozole side effects (DRY EYE, Fatigue)

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  Created by: llthomp2 on Jul 26, 2019 06:48AM

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• What's Next after treatments?

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• Brain fog

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• Seroma

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  Created by: DorothyB on Nov 1, 2019 10:17AM

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• Which is the worse part of cancer treatment?

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  Created by: Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on Jul 12, 2019 12:32PM

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