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@kathyomaha55 is correct! It more likely comes back in the bones, brain, lung & liver. In...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/219975/

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

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Aug 18, 2020

@val97 you are describing me 8 months ago. After months of constant, intense fight or flight...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1098140/

Discussion: Emotional aftermath following breast cancer treatment

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jul 2 5:09pm

Almost immediately. After washing my hair, if I ran my fingers through, enough would release that...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/729353/

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

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jul 22, 2022

I had double mastectomy, no radiation, and did 5 years letrozole (Femara, brand name). My risk...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/717701/

Discussion: Genetic testing for breast cancer Revised guidelines

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jun 15, 2022

First, I’m mightily impressed by your fierce self-advocacy and persistence. Second, your series of tests with...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/717695/

Discussion: Genetic testing for breast cancer Revised guidelines

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jun 15, 2022

Hello everyone . Thank you so much for all the support . I was seen by...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/755797/

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

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Sep 30, 2022

I will tell my story. I was 60 years old. I had Stage 1 breast cancer...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/867505/

Discussion: Early 40s trying to decide if hormone therapy is worth it

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: May 27, 2023

I am sorry you have going through all of this. I have night sweats and hot...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/811089/

Discussion: Tamoxifen and mental health

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Feb 13, 2023

That’s quite a load on your shoulders, standing beside your wife through this all, and being...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1086802/

Discussion: Oncotype DX Test: What does it all mean?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jun 14 11:03am

Thank you for your response. I do remember having those injections before my surgery. They took...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1131830/

Discussion: How do I know the surgeon took enough lymph nodes during my surgery?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Aug 27 3:06pm

@beautybldr did you have lumpectomy or mastectomy? If lumpectomy then radiation will be discussed. If mastectomy,...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/733949/

Discussion: HER2- and ER/PR+

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Aug 4, 2022

Good morning! I appreciate this forum! I'm starting Femara (letrozole) after dozens of hours of researching...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/219865/

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

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Aug 30, 2019

Wondering if anyone taking Tamoxifen has experienced heartburn and gastric reflux with stomach pain at tines...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1075993/

Discussion: Tamoxifen side effects are very worrying. Read these studies

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: May 27 9:59pm

I opted out of site-specific radiation (5 sessions over 10 days). I had an OncotypeDX 'risk...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/764014/

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

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Oct 22, 2022

Full disclosure, the decisions I made were based on invasive ductal carcinoma, not DCIS. I agree...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/860752/

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

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: May 16, 2023

Actually, my Texas oncologist (the one I like) RAISED the dosage. I only agreed to "try"...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1044814/

Discussion: Tamoxifen and anastrozole

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Apr 3 1:11pm

In 2008 I was diagnosed with invasive dutcal carcinoma. I had a lumpectomy with 17 lymph...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/117431/

Discussion: Metastatic breast cancer: Anyone else?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Aug 3, 2018

Because side effects differ so greatly for every person and for every drug, I hesitate to...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/272154/

Discussion: SERMs and AIs - Choosing not to take them

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Aug 20, 2019

I had bilateral breast cancer, Stage 1a ILC and IDC. I had a bilateral mastectomy, no...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1113859/

Discussion: Anastrazole and anxiety

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jul 29 9:04am

I have been on Prolia for the past 4 years- no side effects. I was diagnosed...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1024178/

Discussion: Breast cancer treatment and osteoporosis

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Feb 28 8:28am

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