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Webinar: One Step at a Time: Starting Exercise After Breast Cancer
Exercise can change your life—during and after breast cancer. Physical activity can reduce your risk of developing breast cancer, and for those already diagnosed, it may help lower the risk of recurrence. Exercise can boost your mood, ease side effects like fatigue and pain, and support long-term health—but getting started…

Afinitor/Aromasin
I am waiting for my pills to arrive and fearful of starting a chemo after almost seven years of anti-hormones. I immediately started looking for info on this site, and the Afinitor topic was started in Jan. 8, 2012 with 35 pages of comments to go through. Do you think it is possible to start a new topic now that this med…
Surgery scheduled for December 2025? Join the surgery waiting room for support!
Are you scheduled to have a lumpectomy or mastectomy in the month of November? Join us here where we support each other as we prepare for our surgeries, ask questions about what to expect, share reservations and fears, and support one another through preparation and recovery. And, we encourage others who've "been there" to…
Birads 5 with calcification
I’ve been hesitant to post because I didn’t want reality to set it but here I am. I’m a 33 year mother of 3, youngest is 6. Just like most of the ppl in the group, It all started with me noticing a lump. I took action almost immediately. I made an appointment to see my primary doctor which took me 2 weeks to get in. I…
Itchy silicone implant after more than 10 years!
I am a breast cancer survivor after more than 10 years. I had a left breast mastectomy with a silicone implant. Currently I recently got over a bad cold with a terrible cough and I feeling pain & intense itching inside my implant! Could it be that due to the terrible coughing it caused damage to the implant? The itching is…

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