Breast Cancer Support Group

Public Support Group

Follow for updates

Search discussions

Start a new discussion

1,372 total results

Comments (1,285)

I've been taking Tamoxifen for 3 months (I am pre-menopausal). I found that some of the...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1092181/

Discussion: Tamoxifen and mental health

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jun 23, 2024

Estrogen produces collagen, not the other way around. Suppressing estrogen leads to reduced collagen which probably...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1088380/

Discussion: Completed 5 years of anastrozole. Withdrawal symptoms? Side effects?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jun 17, 2024

@bjohnson511 I hear you, and wish I had power to provide a different solution, but like...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1086682/

Discussion: Completed 5 years of anastrozole. Withdrawal symptoms? Side effects?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jun 14, 2024

@sandyjr Couldn't agree more. One oncologist with whom I conferred for a second opinion said, and...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/289492/

Discussion: Breast cancer: Normal? It's taking so long to start treatment

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jan 10, 2020

I had my 1year mammogram today, all clear! Yea! Now my oncologist is recommending that I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/87457/

Discussion: Concerned about the side effects of anastrozole

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Nov 14, 2019

@trese5524 that is certainly a tough situation to swallow, that the drug that was suppose to...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/181863/

Discussion: Going my way: Decided to stop cancer treatments

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Nov 9, 2019

Hi @trixie1313, Yes! Here are some articles/information from Mayo Clinic: – Hormone therapy for breast cancer...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/271727/

Discussion: Aromasin (exemestane)

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Aug 14, 2019

Tumeric did not do anything for me. Changing to Tomoxifen did reduce the joint pain.

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/87272/

Discussion: Concerned about the side effects of anastrozole

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jul 18, 2019

I'm a big fan of meta-analyses versus single trials. Along those lines, I found the following...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/87048/

Discussion: Concerned about the side effects of anastrozole

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Apr 26, 2019

My hands hurt too - but it started after about 4 months on it. I bought...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/86814/

Discussion: Concerned about the side effects of anastrozole

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Mar 16, 2019

Not yet, Francine. I've been reluctant to try any other choices because it seems to me,...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/254084/

Discussion: Letrozole: When will I start feeling/seeing side effects?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Mar 10, 2019

This is how my oncologist explained it. I had a lumpectomy and 21 radiation treatments. She...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/86782/

Discussion: Concerned about the side effects of anastrozole

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Mar 6, 2019

Hi. I don't know what I've been reading, but everything I've read says AI reduces the...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/86768/

Discussion: Concerned about the side effects of anastrozole

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Mar 5, 2019

Also, I was never able to take the AI type drugs or Tamoxifen due to side...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/248670/

Discussion: High risk, NOT from BRCA but from typia, such as ALH, ADH, LCIS

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Feb 22, 2019

Hi, Mat71. To my knowledge, AIs are not what caused your neuropathy. If you had chemo...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/114674/

Discussion: Breast Cancer and Neuropathy

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Sep 24, 2018

I was unable to take aromatase inhibitors such as Letrozole,etc or tamoxifen.. The drugs caused serious...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/211228/

Discussion: Anyone dealing with Atypical Ductal Hyperplasia (ADH)?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Aug 11, 2018

Here is the list of things I felt I needed to do, buy and schedule before...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/206947/

Discussion: Breast Surgery; any advice to prepare for surgery?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Aug 4, 2018

Great discussion topic, Maureen. I cross-posted the thread in the other cancer groups too. I'd like...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/196542/

Discussion: Overmedication with cancer and other conditions

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Apr 17, 2018

I began taking Anastrozole in January 2017. It was 6 weeks before I began to be...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/86418/

Discussion: Concerned about the side effects of anastrozole

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jun 5, 2017

Hi! @1cs: Thanks for your response and sharing your experience! The bra that they "put" on...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1082761/

Discussion: Anybody had the experiences of wearing compression bras post surgery?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jun 7, 2024

Neuropathy

20516

2 hours ago

Osteoporosis & Bone Health

14669

3 hours ago

Neuroendocrine Tumors (NETs)

3130

3 hours ago

Cancer: Managing Symptoms

5678

6 hours ago

Women's Health

13786

7 hours ago