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Metastatic breast cancer: Anyone else?

Breast Cancer | Last Active: Mar 12 3:44pm | Replies (213)
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@millard

I HAVE READ ALL OF MY FELLOW COMMENTS ON THEIR JOURNEY WITH MBC.
IF NOTHING ELSE, I TAKE COMFORT IN THAT I AM NOT ALONE OUT THERE WITH MY MBC.
I AM IN MY FIRST WEEK WITH THE CHEMO DRUGS VERZRNIO AND EXEMESTANE.
MY MBC HAS SETTLED IN MY LUNGS, AND I WILL HAVE A PETSCAN IN THREE MONTHS TO SEE IF THE CHEMO DRUG IS WORKING.
I ALSO HAVE THIS RASH ON MY LEGS, WHICH STARTED BEFORE ANY CANCER DRUGS BEGAN.
I NOW HAVE TO TAKE PREDNISONE FOR TWO WEEKS TO STOP THE RASH.
I AM SCARED BECAUSE EVERYTHING HAS SIDE EFFECTS, AND THIS DRUG CAN CAUSE A LOT OF SIDE EFFECTS, THE SAME AS MY CANCER DRUGS DO.

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mjwhearts22 | @mjwhearts22 | Oct 13, 2022

I’m so sorry you are having to deal with this. I, too, have MBC. Diagnosed with invasive lobular breast cancer last April, I found that it had metastasized in my skin which is not treatable. Like you, I’m on exemestane and trying to shrink all the tumors enough to be able to get clear margins for the mastectomy. While there is no cure for breast cancer in the skin, I continue to pray that it doesn’t metastasize anywhere else. I will always have cancer. My heart goes out to you on so many levels. We must do everything we can to get to the other side of cancer. Please know you have thousands of supporters.

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