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Yes, do contact your surgeon about your swelling, etc, and I would ask to be seen...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1210612/

Discussion: Mastectomy and breast reconstruction pros and cons?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jan 13, 2025

One of my friends had a daughter who went to the Mayo Clinic because many in...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1106216/

Discussion: Breast cancer prevention

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jul 15, 2024

Initially started on Anastrazole. After about 8 months, the muscle and joint pain and leg cramps...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1371939/

Discussion: Switch from letrozole to exemestane

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Aug 16, 2025

@tessspike Hi and thanks for the hugs. Diet is absolutely something that can be worked on...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/800733/

Discussion: CA 27-29 numbers rising: Does anyone else have an issue like this?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jan 23, 2023

Hi Creeder I feel you ! My experience with tamoxifen was weight gain and lots of...

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Discussion: Did you gain weight on Tamoxifen? What helps?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jan 23, 2022

@feistylf I had horrific headaches with anastrozole and letrozole. Since going on exemestane, I have had...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/87536/

Discussion: Concerned about the side effects of anastrozole

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Sep 8, 2020

Hi Thank you for sharing your story. Can I ask how much weight you lost during...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1166066/

Discussion: Anyone have bowel issues after radiation for breast cancer?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Nov 1, 2024

I am exactly the same. DCIS Invasive, Stage 1, age 74 normal weight (until I started...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/943460/

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

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Oct 7, 2023

I’m 72, diagnosed with IDC ER-PR Positive HER2 negative. Jan. 22. Had a unilateral mastectomy with...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/784983/

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

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Dec 15, 2022

Colleen, Thank you for the link regarding Post Mastectomy Pain Syndrome. I had a lumpectomy with...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/775351/

Discussion: Sudden pain along lumpectomy scar 4 months after surgery

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Nov 20, 2022

I kept googling different sites. There are some in India that have great results. The drugs,...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/710702/

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

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: May 23, 2022

Great information. Aromatase treatment is for 5 years; however, is there no benefit after 2, 3...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/693505/

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

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Mar 27, 2022

Funny, my oncologist told me that aquiring AIs was very rare. I'm finding that's not true....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1268699/

Discussion: TNBC Survivors with adrenal insufficiency

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Mar 28, 2025

You are not alone. Hearing the "C" word changed me and you do not have to...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1268477/

Discussion: Breast cancer fear

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Mar 28, 2025

Hi Lisa, As it turns out, she is stage 4, not 3. She is on a...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1233376/

Discussion: How to cope with my 54-year-old daughter getting Stage 3 breast cancer

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Feb 10, 2025

I am post menopause and had the same thing biopsy with ADH, and then a lumpectomy....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1125499/

Discussion: Anyone dealing with Atypical Ductal Hyperplasia (ADH)?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Aug 17, 2024

I had lost a lot of weight after the diagnosis and surgery, so no, no fasting...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/973664/

Discussion: Anyone had AC-T chemo combination for breast cancer?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Dec 2, 2023

There are several non-cancer-indicating reasons that tumor markers can rise. (Though a non-rise is always welcome...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/723595/

Discussion: CA 27-29 numbers rising: Does anyone else have an issue like this?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jul 4, 2022

I was 49 when I was diagnosed with LCIS. I had a lumpectomy and followed up...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/257094/

Discussion: The math of invasive breast cancer risk for LCIS

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jan 6, 2020

I had a wonderful appointment with the doctor today. She explained in great detail the type...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/913211/

Discussion: Invasive breast cancer: What's next?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Aug 14, 2023

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