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What helped you make treatment decisions following DCIS lumpectomy?

Breast Cancer | Last Active: Mar 18 8:02am | Replies (119)
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@colleenyoung

I'd like to bring @trixie1313 into this discussion. She is a breast cancer survivor and also experienced a thalamic stroke. Although I don't know if it was related to breast cancer treatment.

What side effects do you experience after the mini-strokes, Volkswagon?

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trixie1313 | @trixie1313 | Oct 25, 2021

@volkswagon @colleenyoung
I had a couple of small TIAs about 10 years ago so I don't think my thalamic stroke was related to chemo/radiation/aromatase inhibitors. But it was a whopper. WAKE UP CALL on my blood pressure! When talking with my oncologist about a possible switch in the future, I reminded her of stroke and so Tamoxifen would be off the table.

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volkswagon | @volkswagon | Oct 25, 2021

The only side effect is that I will sometimes have problems with finding a word for a minute. People usually just fill in that word, they are use to it.

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