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first off - I'd say bravo for taking control of your situation. So hard to know...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1043370/

Discussion: Foot pain with Anastrozole?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Mar 31, 2024

I was debating on contacting the oncologist - although at my cancer center messages and conversations...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/993396/

Discussion: What do you use for pain from radiation fat necrosis or calcification?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jan 7, 2024

If you live near a teaching hospital or another good hospital specializing in cancer get a...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/958851/

Discussion: Wait time from diagnosis to surgery

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Nov 4, 2023

Is your IDC lesion so large that he really needs to take out that large a...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1091438/

Discussion: Too slim to have reconstruction after a partial mastectomy: Options?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jun 21, 2024

@dlmdinia and @bpknitter53 are spot on - it depends on your situation, here’s mine. I am...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1056587/

Discussion: Life after Breast Cancer: What’s next?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Apr 24, 2024

Dear @auntieoakley🤍💚 Thank-you for your attention to this matter, it’s very kind. I spoke to the...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/689144/

Discussion: How do I make sense of my biopsy results?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Mar 13, 2022

It has always appeared to me that the medical profession does little to meaningfully reduce or...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1357592/

Discussion: Has anyone had a painful biopsy? What was the explanation?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jul 27 11:17am

First of all, thank you all for being here. Its been helpful to find a place...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/686891/

Discussion: Aromatase Inhibitors: Did you decide to go on them or not?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Mar 6, 2022

Thanks for posting this info and link! I would really like to find the original article...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/834466/

Discussion: Why are dosages for estrogen suppression drugs one-size-fits-all?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Mar 30, 2023

@anjalima OK, here's the Letrozole one: Double-blind, Randomized Trial of Alternative Letrozole Dosing Regimens in Postmenopausal...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/835660/

Discussion: Opting out of radiation or chemo

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Apr 1, 2023

I don't think you are missing anything in her argument; other than AI is what we...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1335847/

Discussion: Looking for research re: taking AI drugs vs not taking them

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jun 26 4:18pm

So here I am 1 year out. You can see my cancer info in the post...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1006584/

Discussion: DCIS do I really need an AI?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jan 30, 2024

Your oncologist can't do simple arithmetic, :-)? OK, the breast cancer industry currently assumes that taking...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/720472/

Discussion: Aromatase Inhibitors: Did you decide to go on them or not?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jun 24, 2022

Hi. I was diagnosed at age 47 Stage 3 IDC PR/ER+ HER2- in 2018. Bilateral mastectomy,...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/318694/

Discussion: Zometa (Zoledronic acid), should I take if not on AIs?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Aug 12, 2020

I hope you are all having better days. I am 65 years old & been on...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/86487/

Discussion: Concerned about the side effects of anastrozole

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Mar 16, 2018

I went through all these inquiries after lumpectomy. I was/am early stage ER+ PR+, 1.2 cm...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/699976/

Discussion: Aromatase Inhibitors: Did you decide to go on them or not?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Apr 17, 2022

I also had a stage 2 cancer but did have one sentinel node involved. I have...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/279311/

Discussion: Conflicted on taking medication

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Oct 11, 2019

to @islandelder and @samanthavon and @roch : I'm guessing that the radiation was not a direct...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/86596/

Discussion: Concerned about the side effects of anastrozole

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Oct 2, 2018

Hi, @medical01 Can you tell me where this information is from? I had surgery and chemotherapy...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/757730/

Discussion: Triple Negative Breast Cancer: What treatments are you having?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Oct 5, 2022

I have had a similar experience. Always an annual mammogram and this year my local radiologist...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1318457/

Discussion: The math of invasive breast cancer risk for LCIS

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jun 2 9:28am