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Basic recovery time for typical patients is at least eight weeks. That said, keep in mind...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1545714/

Discussion: Extreme exhaustion 7 weeks after double mastectomy

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Apr 8 11:56am

In 2004, I had rt breast cancer with lumpectomy and radiation. then put on Arimidex for...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1536886/

Discussion: If you had radiation, when did you start hormone therapy?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Mar 27 8:21pm

I don’t understand why they don’t test estrogen levels and avoid over dosing people unnecessarily. Someone...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1543051/

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

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Apr 5 6:29am

I have wondered that myself. A woman weighing 130# gets the same dose as woman weighing...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1545025/

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

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Apr 7 2:01pm

@pktaylor59 Find another oncologist. It’s absolutely inappropriate for the nurse to tell you that your cancer...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1549822/

Discussion: Timing of HRT, anastrozole - taking day or night?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Apr 13 3:35pm

On letrozole for one year now after invasive lobular cancer diagnosis and bilateral mastectomy. Stage 1A...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1546907/

Discussion: Side effects of Letrozole after taking 2yrs

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Apr 10 6:11am

I too am curious on the drugs given after surgery and radiation. I am post menopausal...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/880500/

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

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jun 18, 2023

I'm not the same as your case but I wanted to commend you for asking these...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1429260/

Discussion: Radiation after single mastectomy (SMX): What were your after effects?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Nov 2, 2025

At least your oncol thought it might work 12-18 mths .The oncol I had , who...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/707925/

Discussion: Ibrance and Letrozole: Newly Diagnosed Treatment

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: May 13, 2022

@chamisa I am so sorry you have gone through all of that without the doctors or...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/259455/

Discussion: Abdominal swelling/bloating after a double mastectomy

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jun 28, 2020

Having cancer really tests the muster of a person, doesn’t it? Your husband has gone through...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/869139/

Discussion: Mouth Sores from chemo: When do they go away?

Support Group: Cancer: Managing Symptoms

Posted: May 30, 2023

@cerwin Although I do not have fibromyalgia (I do have extensive chemo-induced peripheral neuropathy, however), I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/609705/

Discussion: Do aromatase inhibitors (like anastrozole) cause weight gain?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jun 17, 2021

It has been 6 months for me. I take my 1mg Anastrozole at breakfast. I usually...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/962719/

Discussion: When do side effects of anastrozole begin?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Nov 11, 2023

I totally understand your thoughts. I am 73 and have had a good prognosis with surgery,...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/889400/

Discussion: Radiation and Invasive Lobular Cancer

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jul 3, 2023

Hi, my dad just completed 6weeks of chemo and radiation (daily for 35 treatments) for an...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/851547/

Discussion: Esophageal Radiation Burn after breast cancer radiation

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Apr 29, 2023

I think many of us that join Mayo Clinic Connect is to find similarities of our...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/841721/

Discussion: Is being mentally numb at all normal?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Apr 11, 2023

@ccc1965 Hi Cory, I was diagnosed with ILC June 2024 and did mastectomy, chemo, corrective surgery...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1414470/

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

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Oct 13, 2025

So many here have mentioned that the AIs reduce the recurrence rate by 50%. I have...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1205790/

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

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jan 7, 2025

Hormone therapy is proven to be an effective treatment for breast cancers that are found to...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1186907/

Discussion: Post treatment support

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Dec 8, 2024

I find no matter what your status of dealing with breast Cancer is, there is always...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/850777/

Discussion: Letrozole and Neuropathy

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Apr 28, 2023

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