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Invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC): Anyone else?

Posted by 6750 @6750, Mar 2, 2019

I have rec’d 4 chemo + 16 radiation treatments for invasive. Has lumpectomie 1st....then one week later...
Dissection 17 lymph nodes & 3 tumors removed tumors
Got clean margin.

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doxielover1 | @doxielover1 | Mar 24 8:51am
In reply to @saraabrooks "Since so many women are living beyond 65 years it's amazing that they dismiss us or..." + (show)
@saraabrooks

Since so many women are living beyond 65 years it's amazing that they dismiss us or push us off the map. You have to do your own study I'm afraid. With me, I have decided to forgo Anastrozole and letrozole-'I only took that for a week- and I read that Anastrozole sticks with you with side effects for longer than you think. I have been over a month now without it and feel great, but I am shocked that I am still having some hot flashes. They are minor but still inconvenient. Now that I'll be going without any medication until May 14 which is my next big exam. I will be interested in seeing if they have enlarged or if they have continued to shrink. I considered this a test. My lumpectomy is coming up May 24th and since cancer was found in both breasts I will probably have a lumpectomy in both breasts. However, after being on Anastrozole for 90 days my surgeon and nurses were absolutely shocked at the results of shrinkage. The next two weeks started by 90 days on a new prescription of anastrazole and I fell apart. Anyway, I'll let you know if since anastrazole was stopped and I will have gone a month and a half without it it would be interesting to know if I continue to shrink the tumor or if it grew. I will let you know.

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Good luck with your surgery..I am having my lumpectomy this Wed. Mine is very early DCIS and I am 63. I will be doing radiation but not the AI therapy. Have a friend who had this in her 40’s and wow is she ever feeling the effects of tamoxifen in her late 60’s! Not worth it for me!

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saraabrooks | @saraabrooks | Mar 24 10:10am
In reply to @doxielover1 "Good luck with your surgery..I am having my lumpectomy this Wed. Mine is very early DCIS..." + (show)
@doxielover1

Good luck with your surgery..I am having my lumpectomy this Wed. Mine is very early DCIS and I am 63. I will be doing radiation but not the AI therapy. Have a friend who had this in her 40’s and wow is she ever feeling the effects of tamoxifen in her late 60’s! Not worth it for me!

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After feeling effects in my fourth month I stopped taking anastrozole. It just goes to show that we each have to find our own path and each body reacts differently. I was disappointed that the effects I felt stopped me from taking the pill that was really shrinking my tumors. But I couldn't live like that any longer. It's horrible to have to make a decision like this but you do what you have to do.

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