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So glad to hear you’re doing good. I see my oncologist next month and explain my...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/851581/

Discussion: I’ve had a bilateral mastectomy and it looks like I have a basketball

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Apr 29, 2023

I think many of us start thinking about what could have caused our breast cancer when...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/994475/

Discussion: Root Causes of Breast Cancer.

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jan 9, 2024

Thank you for responding. I had no involvement of lymph nodes, so none removed. However I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/935969/

Discussion: Best doc to follow up on lymphedema?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Sep 25, 2023

We are the same age and I also was diagnosed with IDC. I had lumpectomy and...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/784925/

Discussion: How important is taking hormone blockers after surgery for IDC?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Dec 14, 2022

I have had surgery and radiation but not chemo because of my weight (at the time...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/86390/

Discussion: Concerned about the side effects of anastrozole

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Apr 30, 2017

Thank you Laurie! I will check additional sites. I have talked with my oncologist and we...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1139926/

Discussion: Aromatase Inhibitors: How to choose and manage side effects?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Sep 11, 2024

Does anyone know why the AIs are more likely to cause osteoporosis than Tamoxifen? Does weight...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/999486/

Discussion: ER positive breast ca preventative hysterectomy

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jan 18, 2024

I just started Tamoxofin this week. Did your Onco mention a time frame as to when...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/764031/

Discussion: HER2- and ER/PR+

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Oct 22, 2022

Going through some of the same. Lumpectomy June 2023 then chemo and radiation. On Anastrazole for...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1299873/

Discussion: Exemestane and extreme fatigue

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: May 8 1:21pm

I have been on Anastrazole for 5+ years now. ER+ breast cancer. 19 lymph nodes removed...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1140453/

Discussion: Aromatase Inhibitors: How to choose and manage side effects?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Sep 12, 2024

I tool Letrazole for 4 years after receiving all of my tax for Her2+ (chemo and...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/709327/

Discussion: Ibrance and Letrozole: Newly Diagnosed Treatment

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: May 18, 2022

I have been on Tamoxifen for a year if you have other questions I can help...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/968358/

Discussion: Tamoxifen and uterine fibroid

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Nov 20, 2023

I had surgery, chemo, and radiation, and since I was staged at 3C it didn't seem...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/86440/

Discussion: Concerned about the side effects of anastrozole

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Aug 11, 2017

Hi, I developed lymphedema in my right leg and left arm after finishing chemo for breast...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1321970/

Discussion: Lymphedema Pain

Support Group: Cancer: Managing Symptoms

Posted: Jun 6 9:07pm

I don't see my oncologist until July but I feel I need to start addressing this...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/857269/

Discussion: Did you experience growth of fat around your middle with Exemestane?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: May 9, 2023

Thank you for sharing your story! Your doctor sounds very detailed! Mine did a basic blood...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1326149/

Discussion: Anyone trying to get back into shape post BC?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jun 13 7:11am

The only side I had was thinning of my hair. Diahrea was the most annoying one....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/936841/

Discussion: Anastrozole experience: Any tips for managing side effects?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Sep 26, 2023

I was concerned about that, too, but they do stay down. Evidently the fiberfill has enough...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/107267/

Discussion: Chose not to get breast reconstruction

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jul 15, 2016

I was dx TNBC and BRCA2+ in left breast and was told high rate of recurrence...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1101754/

Discussion: Optional double mastectomy over single. What helped you to decide?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jul 8, 2024

I was able to lose some weight on Anastrozole ( using WW) and at one year...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/962795/

Discussion: Concerned about the side effects of anastrozole

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Nov 11, 2023