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I did my first long fast when I started Anastrozole. (The Zolodex shot did not cause...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1283227/

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

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Apr 16, 2025

I had the opposite situation. I had IDC Stage IA HR+ I thought lumpectomy and radiation...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/997918/

Discussion: Waiting for DCIS pathology results: Feeling alot of fear & anxiety

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jan 15, 2024

Hi Sharon, my name is LeeAnn. I am 55 years old and last year June 2020,...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/640978/

Discussion: Ibrance and Letrozole: Newly Diagnosed Treatment

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Oct 1, 2021

Hello! Fellow breast cancer and thyroid cancer survivor here. I was first diagnosed with thyroid cancer...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/952038/

Discussion: Thyroid Nodules found 2 years after breast cancer radiation treatment

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Oct 22, 2023

I understand completely. I had the same fears as I have a nasty family history of...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/809100/

Discussion: Fear of radiation after lumpectomy

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Feb 10, 2023

Hi! eleanorrigby: My heart aches and my prayer goes out for you upon reading your post......

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1389082/

Discussion: New member: stopping AI is a greater risk of reoccurrence?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Sep 7, 2025

My experience was a good one. Although I'm sure most would say I am taking too...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/903497/

Discussion: Newbie & scared

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jul 28, 2023

I was prescribed 20 mgs of Tamoxifin to start taking the day after I finished radiation...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1292559/

Discussion: Has anyone in the U.S. been prescribed 5mg of Tamoxifen

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Apr 29, 2025

Hi! @louisejewell: I am not sure whether my case experience is related to what you are...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1165259/

Discussion: New Predictive Blood Test: ctDNA

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Oct 30, 2024

I don't have official recommendations just personal experience. I was diagnosed with IDC in October 2022...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1133331/

Discussion: Screening guidelines for first line family members

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Aug 30, 2024

I am not sure what poorly differentiated an infiltrating mean. I have been told that I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1035033/

Discussion: Invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC): Anyone else?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Mar 17, 2024

I was called back because of calcifications with a suspicious cluster following my annual mammogram. The...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/823278/

Discussion: Diagnosed yesterday, small calcifications in my left breast.

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Mar 9, 2023

My situation is similar to several who have posted. In September 2022 diagnosed with Stage IDC,...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/783301/

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

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Dec 10, 2022

I was just diagnosed with the same cancer, known as IDC-L or mixed breast cancer. Only...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1374571/

Discussion: Newly diagnosed invasive ductal and lobular in right breast

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Aug 19, 2025

Before I was diagnosed with breast cancer, I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia. What I found worked...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1014064/

Discussion: Tamoxifen and Fibromyalgia

Support Group: Cancer: Managing Symptoms

Posted: Feb 11, 2024

I was diagnosed with DCIS and had a lumpectomy 12 years ago followed by radiation. My...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/953705/

Discussion: Deciding on radiation or not

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Oct 25, 2023

@debby100 " My k167 is high -LvI present-DCIS High estrogen positive Doing a fish test ....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/807157/

Discussion: Pathology: It's overwhelming before meeting with the surgeon

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Feb 6, 2023

If you are on regular Medicare, that will pay for bilateral mastectomy (80%) I think. I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/324695/

Discussion: BRCA2 and MSH6: Family finds it hard to discuss cancer & feelings

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Oct 19, 2020

I too had early stage IDC with mucinous features stage one a, but I also had...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1297187/

Discussion: Invasive Ductal Carcinoma (HR+PR+HR2-)

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: May 5, 2025

@colleenyoung Thank you. I had a septal myectomy in 2021 at the Mayo in Rochester. Then...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1439371/

Discussion: Radiation or not for breast cancer with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Nov 15, 2025

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