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Hi @mimzy - sorry to hear about your BC diagnosis. The waiting game and slow process...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1004908/

Discussion: 7mm invasive ductal carcinoma

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jan 27, 2024

Hello maggiejinx, I was diagnosed with stage 1 grade 3 ER+Her2- invasive pleomorphic lobular 2 years...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1351327/

Discussion: Newly diagnosed with invasive pleomorphic lobular cancer

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jul 18 9:33pm

Hi, I've taken Tamoxofen, Letrozole & Anasrozole. Have ER positive cancer so have to take them....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1112886/

Discussion: Anastrazole and anxiety

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jul 27, 2024

I think that a "mature" (ok...old) woman will react differently to these toxic pills than younger...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1026405/

Discussion: When do side effects of anastrozole begin?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Mar 3, 2024

@lilacs777 It is very concerning, yet hypothyroidism can cause other issues. It’s like being between a...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1281941/

Discussion: Thyroid pill significantly worsening BC survival?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Apr 14 5:24pm

Hi Maryh, I’m sorry to hear that you experienced headaches and TMJ. Joint pain is a...

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Discussion: Letrozole and TMJ?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: May 10, 2024

Hi, I have read thru the comments on this post and the difference in treatments for...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/898701/

Discussion: DCIS breast cancer?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jul 19, 2023

Agree, and I would add that my uneducated guess is that the side affects of AI's,...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/857469/

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

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: May 10, 2023

My cancer journey started in January 2008 after I went to the doctor due to a...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/625829/

Discussion: Anyone else living with breast cancer and bone metastasis?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Aug 12, 2021

@lisman1408 So far, sort of so good! I take mine in the evening so if there's...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/271734/

Discussion: Aromasin (exemestane)

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Sep 24, 2019

Also interesting to note that, about a week after they had already done the 2018 stereotactic...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1040832/

Discussion: Breast Biopsy: Core Needle vs. Fine Needle Biopsy

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Mar 26, 2024

I started Anastrozole in October 2019 after chemo and radiation. By my January physical, my triglycerides...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1298789/

Discussion: Anastrozole...has anyone had an increase in glucose or cholesterol

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: May 7 7:53am

@susan7656 In May of 2023 I discovered a lump about the size of a walnut in...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1160745/

Discussion: Low Grade Adenosquamous Carcinoma. Anyone else diagnosed with this?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Oct 21, 2024

@meeshodge I just want to echo the concerns expressed by @drummergirl. Did you have a lumpectomy?...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1108669/

Discussion: Breast cancer prevention

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jul 20, 2024

Hi I have dcis it was stage 0 when they did the pathology there was a...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1042407/

Discussion: Tamoxifen and anastrozole

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Mar 29, 2024

I was diagnosed with estrogen positive invasive lobular cancer in 1998 and was also given the...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1028818/

Discussion: Invasive lobular cancer and treatment choices

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Mar 6, 2024

Radiation fibrosis in my lung popped up on a PET scan in November, a latent side...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/803462/

Discussion: Anyone experience Radiation Fibrosis? What helps?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jan 29, 2023

I have read that it especially prudent to take AI's for at least two years after...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/783332/

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

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Dec 10, 2022

Hi! @brinacarmen! I’m very interested in the intermittent fasting that your oncologist informed you about. Also,...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/674019/

Discussion: Did you gain weight on Tamoxifen? What helps?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jan 23, 2022

To be clear, I told my oncologist in the beginning when the Anastrozole was failing me...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/655589/

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

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Nov 19, 2021

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