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My sister had a small stage 1 IDC tumore 13 years ago. Surgery + extensive lymph...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/980724/

Discussion: Is there anyone that had estrogen positive cancer, without use of AI?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Dec 14, 2023

From a Marnie Clark recent email regarding Professor Jane Plant, a British geochemist who struggled with...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/694968/

Discussion: What problems have you had with Tamoxifen?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Mar 31, 2022

Thanks !! I understand that !! I’m also estrogen and progesterone pos. Since I was having...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/86777/

Discussion: Concerned about the side effects of anastrozole

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Mar 6, 2019

I was diagnosed with dogs in August2022. I had a lumpectomy +radiation(4 weeks). After this took...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/816383/

Discussion: Diagnosed with DCIS: How do I decide on treatment?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Feb 24, 2023

Colleen, Can you find articles or studies on any of the following topics: --reoccurence percentages for...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/87102/

Discussion: Concerned about the side effects of anastrozole

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Apr 29, 2019

I’ve been on Tamoxifen for 3 months, I get hot flashes and my hair is drying...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/196654/

Discussion: What problems have you had with Tamoxifen?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Apr 20, 2018

Sorry to hear that your cancer came back in just a year. Is it the 2nd...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/980100/

Discussion: Has anyone had breast lymphedema which then spread to the arm?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Dec 13, 2023

They told me tamoxifen is only for premenopausal women, which I was when I was diagnosed...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1338295/

Discussion: Alternative to Tamoxifen other than AI

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jun 30 7:48am

@bd2024 Welcome to Mayo Connect, I stopped taking AIs and Tamoxifen due to the crying. Once...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1112657/

Discussion: Tamoxifen input

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jul 27, 2024

Your treatment so far sounds like this was a good conclusion and the wait and see...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1101720/

Discussion: Really Hard Days ...

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jul 8, 2024

@celestebradham Thanks for the details. I wasn't sure weather to go with teh lift 2 weeks...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/939052/

Discussion: Worried about upcoming reduction (had lumpectomy 3 weeks ago)

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Sep 29, 2023

I had a terrible time on tamoxifen. The symptoms just kept compounding and ran the spectrum...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1058701/

Discussion: Anyone taking 5 mg Tamoxifen: Do you have side effects with 5 mg?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Apr 28, 2024

Hi, this is a recurrence of a tumor I was treated for in 2011. I had...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/712382/

Discussion: Abemaciclib (Verzenio) and fulvestrant (Falsodex) Treatment

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: May 29, 2022

Thank you ! I do need to be gentle with myself ! Thanks for the reminder...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/651792/

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

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Nov 6, 2021

I wander if anybody on Tamoxifen have /had serious side effects such as endometrial problem, shortness...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/647716/

Discussion: What helped you make treatment decisions following DCIS lumpectomy?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Oct 23, 2021

I went for my annual checkup this past Monday, April 22 My lab work showed BUN...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1057384/

Discussion: Anyone taking 5 mg Tamoxifen: Do you have side effects with 5 mg?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Apr 25, 2024

That was impressive. Personally for me just based on how the diagnosis has changed back and...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/257078/

Discussion: The math of invasive breast cancer risk for LCIS

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Mar 30, 2019

I am 70. HadDCIS in 2003 with L mastectomy Neg nodes. In April had a fluke...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1325543/

Discussion: Has anyone stopped anatrozole because of carpal tunnel symptoms??

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jun 12 9:31am

My advice is to try all AIs (including Fulvestrant) and Tamoxifen before you give up. I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1287985/

Discussion: Is there anyone that had estrogen positive cancer, without use of AI?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Apr 23 8:21am

Ask for an ONCOTYPE before taking anti estrogen therapy ( tamoxifen or aromatase inhibitors. But you...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1165193/

Discussion: HER2 positive & HER2 negative: I have both at the same time

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Oct 30, 2024

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