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Wife will have biopsy next week. Which doctor to see first?
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My wife, 63, found a lump last month. After ultrasound, and diagnostic mammogram, they identified a palpable lump in right breast (13 x 11 x...
Treatment plan questions following my wife's recent diagnosis?
Wife (age72 in good health) was diagnosed with breast cancer (DCIS, Hormone Receptor Positive, IDC)? a few weeks ago after an imaging test and a...
Newly diagnosed
My wife was recently diagnosed and I am scared
Help Paying for Chemo: Financial assistance programs
Can anyone share a success with finding help paying for chemo drugs? FYI my wife will start Kadcyla shortly? Thanks.
What is the prognosis for a triple negative apocrine breast cancer?
What is the prognosis for triple negative apocrine breast cancer T2N0M0 with clear blood vessels, after full mastectomy and chemo? My wife have had this...
Advice on Taking Care of a Spouse after a Mastectomy
My wife is considering double Mastectomy and I need to know what I need to prepare/learn/read/understand before and after the surgery? We live in the...
MBC and Going on Medicare soon, any advice.
My wife has been on disability for 21 months due to her cancer, she is only 61, but has to go on Medicare in three...
Bilateral mastectomy: how to decide on hormone therapy or not?
My wife, 39 yo, was diagnosed with DCIS non invasive. We did a bilateral mastectomy for both breasts (dcis in 1 breast). Should she take...
Time you took to process
So a little history. My wife sister died of Breast cancer 25 years ago. It was a second occurrence for her. Now my wife was...
Stage 4 Breast cancer: what helps with nausea from chemo?
My wife got her 2nd infusion of her2 on Monday and she started getting nauseous on Wednesday and it was so bad I took her...
Atypical Hyperplasia hormone concern
Hello, We have been told that after a lumpectomy we have removed the abnormal cells and with close monitoring we could continue on using hormones...
What to expect with chemo for breast cancer & Parkinson’s?
My wife was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease 8 years ago. She was doing great with very little symptoms. Recently, she was diagnosed with HER2 breast...
Chemo or not
My wife was recently diagnosed with Lobular Carcinoma. She had a partial lumpectomy and had one node removed which came back positive. She is 43...
Post lumpectomy, mastectomy pain and zingers
I thought I would pass along some information that I tried on my wife with good results. She`s had constant pain, and "electric shock zingers...
First biopsy shows Lobular Neoplasia, waiting on 2nd biopsy results
Hello! My Wife felt a lump and had nipple discharge (bloody at first but now turned brown).Went to the GP and referred to the breast...
Post Chemo CT-Scan: What tests are usually done after chemo?
My wife has almost completed her chemo and the doctor has ordered a CT-Scan. Originally he wanted a PET scan but insurance wouldn't pay. Is...
Cancer Related Cognitive Impairment (CRCI) after chemotherapy?
We are interested in learning from others who have or know about CRCI during and after Breast Cancer treatment. I'm writing for my wife who...
Many problems with Breast Reconstruction after Mastectomy
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/many-problems-with-breast-reconstruction-after-mastectomy/
Hello everyone. I’m here to ask a few things about breast reconstruction after a bilateral mastectomy. I hope you don’t mind that I’m not the...
Going my way: Decided to stop cancer treatments
To make a 18 yr long story short, I was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer in Nov. of 2000 at the age of 48....
Returning Member -- But New To This the Breast Cancer Group -- DCIS
@colleenyoung and others - I am back; I had a lot going on for the past several months, including the discovery I had Breast Cancer....
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