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Breast Cancer Support Group FL: Coffee and Conversation

Breast Cancer Support Group FL: Coffee and Conversation

Tue, Apr 18, 2023
2:00pm to 3:00pm ET

Description

We welcome you to join our monthly conversation! Let’s come together to share ideas, resources, learn new information, sip a cup of coffee and meet new friends facing similar challenges.

Guest speakers will be dropping by from time to time to share in the conversation and provide education on various topics!

Free and open to all breast cancer patients, survivors, and caregivers. All meetings are facilitated by a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and our Breast Nurse Navigator.

Various topics will be covered on a revolving basis, or as requested. Guest speakers from the breast health/oncology team will be invited to provide education on a specific topic.

Suggested topics include:

  • General info about breast cancer and treatment
  • Managing role changes, depression, avoiding isolation
  • Anxiety & Stress Management
  • Complimentary and Creative Therapies
  • Communication and Family Dynamics (including talking with children)
  • Exercise and Physical Conditioning
  • Nutrition
  • Management of side effects & modalities for comfort
  • Resources here at Mayo and in the Community
  • Financial resources, insurance, & legal planning
  • Other topics as requested

Location
Mayo Clinic
Mayo Hospital Building, 3rd Floor, Room 3-002N
4500 San Pablo Rd
Jacksonville, FL 32224

Contact
Kimberly A. Nelson, LCSW
Oncology Social Worker
Mayo Clinic
904-953-6286

maryanne7 | @maryanne7 | May 2, 2023
In reply to @heydon2023 "Great when you get it early. Stage 1 is terrific news. I also had something similar..." + (show)
@heydon2023

Great when you get it early. Stage 1 is terrific news. I also had something similar - cancer in right breast, no cancer in lymph nodes and clear margins. The only thing I had after the lumpectomy was some hard nodules in my breast, which are called seromas'. They go away eventually apparently and are nothing to worry about. I've now healed fairly well and will be having Radiation Therapy. I don't think given my diagnosis and my age (79) I will be getting the Hormone Blocker and will only have 5 Days of Radiation, and no Booster afterwards. It seems that in certain situations this works just as well as 5 weeks with a Boost, in certain situations. In other words, not everyone who gets breast cancer has the same diagnosis, so the treatment plan will be based on that.

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Right. Size, markers, and location seem to drive the treatment. I had chemo, immunotherapy, lumpectomy, radiation, and then 5 years of Arimidex. MD Anderson (Camden, NJ) was very thorough. I was 64 when the treatment started.

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heydon2023 | @heydon2023 | May 3, 2023

That seems like a lot of treatment. How did you do on the Arimidex? I'm at the stage where I have to make a decision about going on that and it seems from what I'm reading on Mayo Clinic that a lot of people cannot tolerate it? In fact, my surgeon made that comment on my first after surgery visit and laughed when I said I might not go on it. Which I thought was an odd thing to say as she is not a medical oncologist? As I'm 79 the treatment seems a bit more conservative than if I was younger.

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