Triple Negative Breast Cancer: What treatments are you having?

Yes I had 4 weeks of rads including 5 boosts. This time I will have 5 weeks of rads with no boosts. The tentative timeframe will be in September. I pray that your cancer doesn’t come back 🙏🏼 I hate cancer 😡

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I can only tell you what my experiences were with chemo that had these same side effects. There was not the effective drugs for nausea that they have now. So that was a bigger problem. The constipation became a huge problem and continued for years after my initial chemo. If you can stomach it, whole grain oatmeal every day will help this, it might or might not be enough. I now mix up whole grain rolled oats and milk and kefir, add some blueberries and a touch of honey, I refrigerate over night and eat cold in the morning.
You can ask your oncology doctor for a consult with a nutritionist specializing in oncology if there is one in your area. They will have more tips and tricks for you to use. How are you feeling after your first treatment?

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How much Kefir do you add? Picking up a few items at the store today, the Miralax is not working for me.

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I mix in half kefir and half milk to where it looks a little soupy. Then add whatever you like. I add a handful of walnuts for texture. I freeze blueberries whole when they are in season then use a handful of those. I use berry flavored kefir to pump up the flavor.
My husband uses pecans and raisins and a bit of real maple syrup. He also microwaves his to a warm temp in the morning, I eat mine cold. This has made a tremendous difference for us in feeling better and avoiding the build up and then very painful emptying.
I still drink miralax at half dose every single night as an added precaution.
When is your next treatment?

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Thanks for your update. I didn’t know what flavor to buy for the Kefir so I bought plain. Oh well. Once I add the oats, blueberries, touch of honey, almonds and milk, it should be good. Also picked up some flaxseed, date bites, diced pears, Colace too. I also bought Fig Newtons but I forgot prunes. I plan on putting it all together tonite and eat it in the morning and I will let you know! Thank you ☺️ My next treatment is next Tuesday.

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I will be thinking about you, let me know how it goes.

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I mix in half kefir and half milk to where it looks a little soupy. Then add whatever you like. I add a handful of walnuts for texture. I freeze blueberries whole when they are in season then use a handful of those. I use berry flavored kefir to pump up the flavor.
My husband uses pecans and raisins and a bit of real maple syrup. He also microwaves his to a warm temp in the morning, I eat mine cold. This has made a tremendous difference for us in feeling better and avoiding the build up and then very painful emptying.
I still drink miralax at half dose every single night as an added precaution.
When is your next treatment?

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I just had 1/2 of the oatmeal mixture that I made last nite. It sure was a lot to eat. Hopefully it will stay tasty to finish later! Very filling and tasty 😋 I don’t have a lot of appetite this morning and I feel like I am coming down with a head cold 😢 Thank you 😊 ( I hope I can go 💩)

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I was recently diagnosed TNBC. Mayo’s standard was Taxol/Carboplatin/Pembrolizumab 1xweek fir 12 weeks,
then Adriamycin/Cytoxan/Pemrolizumab 1X every 3 weeks x 4 times. So another 12 weeks.
60% chance of complete pathological result (meaning cancer is gone.)
Wait 4-6 weeks and do surgery.
Radiation just depended on if lymph nodes or size of tumor (over 5cm is yes)

I decided to join a I Spy 2 clinical study. Which delays starting chemo as they take another biopsy and send it to the study group to get recommended chemo/Immuno combo. Takes two weeks. The waiting is a mental game.
Please keep in mind everyone’s situation is different and BC seems very complicated in the variety of treatment options.

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