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You are not the first spouse to come on this forum, sharing the burden. Sorry for...

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

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jun 14, 2024

I was having brain fog with tamoxifen. When we lowered the dose, it went away! So...

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Discussion: Memory loss causing marital problems

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Nov 20, 2023

Are you getting your care/treatment at Mayo? I am in Austin, TX, but flew to Mayo...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1210409/

Discussion: Ductal carcinoma. Can surgery cause cancer to spread?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jan 13 8:14am

Any of the A.I pills will inflame arthritic joints. I had to quit after my left...

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Discussion: When do side effects of anastrozole begin?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Sep 4, 2024

I was told to have 33 bouts of radiation. Three days before I was to start...

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Discussion: Deciding on radiation or not

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Aug 5, 2024

I took 5 years of tamoxifen, followed by 10 years of anastrozole and although there were...

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Discussion: Alternative to Tamoxifen other than AI

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jun 30 9:24am

Yes I have a Lumpectomy , I have a ductal breast cancer Luminal A in Stage...

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Discussion: Really Hard Days ...

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jul 8, 2024

I had my lumpectomy surgery on 10/26/22 all went smoothly and I had minimal pain. My...

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Discussion: Fear of radiation after lumpectomy

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Feb 6, 2023

I have been taking anastrozole for almost a year. I was doing radiation when I started...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/219835/

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

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Apr 29, 2019

I wrote a really long response, which won't post. Basically, as a 78 year old b.c....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1085225/

Discussion: Lumpectomy with radiation vs mastectomy for stage 1 invasive plus DCIS

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jun 12, 2024

If you want to (or your doctor recommends) to take an AI and you were diagnosed...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1192171/

Discussion: Anyone know if tamoxifen is more harmful than aromatase inhibitors?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Dec 17, 2024

I understand how scary and uncertain this situation must time can feel. I was diagnosed with...

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Discussion: Any testimonies where cancer didn't return?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jun 20, 2023

@vickee, I believe you're asking which hormone treatments that reduce the risk of breast cancer returning...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1191840/

Discussion: Anyone know if tamoxifen is more harmful than aromatase inhibitors?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Dec 16, 2024

The question of these tests comes up a lot. Which I always find fascinating because when...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/904624/

Discussion: Take anastrozole for the rest or your life?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jul 30, 2023

@mkb4435 I read an article cautioning surgeons not to say "we got it all." It is...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/903245/

Discussion: Newbie & scared

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jul 27, 2023

Hi, I am 70 and I had triple negative ILC in my L breast and estrogen...

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Discussion: Any testimonies where cancer didn't return?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jun 9, 2023

Hi @brighterdays, I had United Healthcare in 2013 and they covered the CYP2D6 test at that...

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Discussion: Distant recurrence risk

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Apr 25, 2023

@leighsmith10 this is a complicated question. Some people with ALH don't have surgery and some don't...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/753963/

Discussion: How do I make sense of my biopsy results?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Sep 26, 2022

On the 5th day of taking Letrozole, I felt an ice pick has pierced my ear....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1165943/

Discussion: Letrozole and Neuropathy

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Oct 31, 2024

Hi Katrina, Yes, I am so happy for you that they sent it out and got...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/914585/

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

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Aug 17, 2023

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