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Sorry to hear you are on this journey. This is what I can tell you from...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/832145/

Discussion: Mastectomies are not an option for those over 65???!!!

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Mar 26, 2023

I have been taking anastrozole for 6 months following a Grade One ductal carcinoma removal via...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/807149/

Discussion: Concerned about the side effects of anastrozole

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Feb 6, 2023

Hi there New here. I was diagnosed in dec with ILC 2.1 cm. Had lumpectomy and...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/804602/

Discussion: Lobular Breast Cancer: Let's share and support each other

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jan 31, 2023

I was diagnosed in April 2022 with TNBC. I did twelve weeks of Carbo / Pacitaxel...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/788311/

Discussion: Newbie: diagnosed with invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC) triple negative

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Dec 24, 2022

I’m considering stopping my meds. I took Anastrozole for 4 months after radiation was completed (Stage...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/756280/

Discussion: Letrozole and checking estrogen levels

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Oct 2, 2022

Thanks, Colleen. I feel we lobsters are a little bit of a unique group and the...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/735701/

Discussion: Lobular Breast Cancer: Let's share and support each other

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Aug 9, 2022

There are also NCCN guidelines, which one oncologist I saw referred to that don't exactly recommend...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/702905/

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

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Apr 26, 2022

You are exactly correct. He did say that. I read your question as asking of he...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/687917/

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

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Mar 9, 2022

Congratulation on being proactive with 2nd opinion and additional genetic testing ! You are definitely doing...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/685359/

Discussion: How can a biopsy be benign then MRI disagrees?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Mar 1, 2022

I got some info from my doctor. However, what the drug and research is saying doesn't...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/667825/

Discussion: Deciding whether to go on abemaciclib (brand name Verzenio)

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jan 4, 2022

Jeannie53, I too had many problems with Anastrozole! It was the first medication my doctor had...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/220010/

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

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Oct 20, 2020

As a dietitian and breast cancer survivor, I would encourage her to eat a broad variety...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/244394/

Discussion: Nutrition during and after breast cancer treatment

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Feb 4, 2019

I also had a lumpectomy in 1989, followed by six weeks of radiation. Then in 2000,...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/117383/

Discussion: Metastatic breast cancer: Anyone else?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Apr 28, 2017

Indeed THAT decision is very important and difficult to make. I had the same as you...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1204686/

Discussion: Stage 1, very treatable invasive lobular carcinoma

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jan 5 3:00pm

I am with windy shores. The new oncologist needs to know what you have walked through....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1163025/

Discussion: Anyone repeated chemo treatment for recurrent breast cancer?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Oct 26, 2024

Hi! Same! Ah the gold standard treatment doled out to all of us with a big...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1288181/

Discussion: Any long-term success stories from those NOT taking hormone therapy?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Apr 23 11:28am

Hello @arlaeliason4 I understand it is so hard to decide especially when you read social media,...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1294893/

Discussion: Atypical Lobular Hyperplasia and Tamoxifen

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: May 2 9:50am

You gave me lots to think about. My situation is as follows: Bilateral mastectomy May 2025,...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1317763/

Discussion: Anyone have permanent hair loss due to chemo + AI + older age?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jun 1 8:46am

You are not alone❣️ I have had dozens of conversations with breast cancer survivors that have...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1291828/

Discussion: Emotional aftermath following breast cancer treatment

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Apr 28 9:37am

It was explained to me with hormone positive breast cancer continue to use of the azole,...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1250001/

Discussion: Why Anastrazole if I Had a Bilateral Mastectomy?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Mar 4 6:32am

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