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I started this little thread at a time when I felt that I was drowning in...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/855163/

Discussion: Breast cancer-free anniversaries

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: May 5, 2023

I have been on Anastrozle for 6 months and was congratulating myself on lack of significant...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/692010/

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

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Mar 22, 2022

Whether true or not, I read that some of the B vitamins can be an estrogen...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1272656/

Discussion: Estrogen blockers: Is there anything that helps with brain fog?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Apr 2, 2025

Sharing in general on the side effects of Aromatase drugs. I tried tamoxifen, letrozole and arimidex....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/86452/

Discussion: Concerned about the side effects of anastrozole

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Sep 29, 2017

I was put on Anastrazole first, starting about 3 months after finishing chemo/2 weeks after radiation....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1336428/

Discussion: Side effects of exemestane (Aromasin)

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jun 27, 2025

There is current research to create an artificial lymph node. John Hopkins is working on one,...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1167121/

Discussion: Has anyone had surgery for lymphedema? Successful?

Support Group: Lymphedema

Posted: Nov 3, 2024

I'm fortunate - dx 11/21 I have TNBC BRCA2+, I had neoadjunct chemo - my cancer...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/872891/

Discussion: Any testimonies where cancer didn't return?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jun 5, 2023

Thank you @auntieoakley for this information. Yes, would consider myself active, always have been my whole...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/629019/

Discussion: Concerned about the side effects of anastrozole

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Aug 22, 2021

I have been in Letrozole since April 2025. Just eight months. I have had some hot...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1439217/

Discussion: Does anyone have advice on Letrozole?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Nov 15, 2025

I’ve been following a lot of activity of this topic in recent days and weeks and...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/86933/

Discussion: Concerned about the side effects of anastrozole

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Mar 29, 2019

I am praying your mammogram is a negative result. As for the pain and swelling, I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1106432/

Discussion: Pain, tenderness return 10 months after lumpectomy: What does it mean?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jul 16, 2024

I haven’t written since April when I was one month into taking Anastrozole following 25 radiation...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/720795/

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

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jun 25, 2022

I'd had a hysterectomy years before my double mastectomy and had drains then, so I knew...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/689883/

Discussion: Advice on Taking Care of a Spouse after a Mastectomy

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Mar 15, 2022

I have had phrenic nerve palsy on my left side since 1995 when I was 22....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1273630/

Discussion: Phrenic Nerve damage and paralyzed diaphragm: Anyone else have this?

Support Group: Lung Health

Posted: Apr 3, 2025

@mimzy My situation is similar to yours: ER+ PR+ HER2- I had a lumpectomy with 20...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1012329/

Discussion: 7mm invasive ductal carcinoma

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Feb 9, 2024

My experience- postmenopausal, 2 years on tamoxifen, ER/PR+ DCIS, taking 5 mg now. Tamoxifen has some...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1171041/

Discussion: Tamoxifen side effects in postmenopausal women

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Nov 10, 2024

Callaloo, I just found this site and am thrilled! Your 1st paragraph almost made me fall...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/746329/

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

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Sep 6, 2022

hi , yes had some neuropathy at end , tingling in toes and under feet ....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1303048/

Discussion: Dose-dense (dd) AC chemo + paclitaxel: How to prepare?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: May 13, 2025

Yes, I am furious about those lymph nodes being removed. Soon after the surgery I refused...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1253554/

Discussion: Fatigue worse after radiation: And still have fatigue, what helps?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Mar 8, 2025

I don't know that we get breast cancer because of any hormone 'imbalance'. I'm not saying...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/747008/

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

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Sep 8, 2022

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