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Pamidronate (Aredia) infusion experiences?
I'm a year and a half into taking an aromatase inhibitor (after chemo, radiation and surgery). My first dexa scan shows osteopenia, and Zometa was...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Feb 10 9:13am
My Mom recently diagnosed with DCIS
Good Afternoon, My Mother is 73 years of age and was recently diagnosed with DCIS. She first had a needle biopsy, and the results showed...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: May 23, 2023
Anyone had DCIS high-grade diagnosis?
Hello has anyone here had dcis high grade 3. What was your experience? Did you have surgery? What was recovery like? I am multifocal With...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Nov 11, 2023
Has anyone had abnormally high CA 15-3 level and negative scans?
A friend has had breast cancer 3 times with surgeries, chemo and radiation. Last episode about 3 years ago. Ca-15-3 started going up 4 -5...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Feb 15, 2024
Withdrawals from Stopping Bioidentical Hormone
I was diagnosed with breast cancer in July of 2021 and told to immediately stop using bioidentical hormones which I had been on for about...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Apr 30, 2022
Lumpectomy vs Unilateral mastectomy no reconstruction
I am 46 and three weeks into my stage 1, IDC, HR+, HERS- diagnosis. I have two small tumors in one breast. My genetic testing...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: May 4, 2023
Neuroendocrine breast cancer
I have just learned that in addition to invasive ductal breast cancer that I also have neuroendocrine cancer which I am told is aggressive. I...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Nov 12, 2023
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....
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Feb 14, 2020
Should Tamoxifen be used past 10 years?
I was diagnosed with cancer in 2007. I had a mastectomy, chemo, radiation and then began Tamoxifen. I remember my oncologist saying after a couple...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Apr 25, 2021
Wife will have biopsy next week. Which doctor to see first?
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...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Oct 10, 2024
TNBC: Pain in armpit, how do I ensure it's not cancer coming back?
I am 6 month survivor of TNBC. I had chemo, lumpectomy and radiation. All my biopsies were negative. I’ve been having pain in my armpit...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: May 21 10:19am
Any drs treat Breast Implant-Associated Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma
I was diagnosed a yr ago with this cancer & have not been treated. None of these drs know enough about it to treat it,...
Support Group: Cancer
Last active: Sep 25, 2023
Has the contrast used in an MRI caused anyone to have kidney damage?
Because I have a CHEK2 mutation that puts me at a higher risk of breast cancer, my physician is strongly urging me to have an...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Feb 15, 2024
Need a breast cancer buddy who has been through it (triple negative)
I was just recently diagnosed with triple positive stage 1 Breast Cancer. I start chemo next week. 6 rounds of chemo once every 3 weeks...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Aug 2, 2023
Wait time from diagnosis to surgery
I was diagnosed on 9-25 and will meet with a surgeon on 11-9. She is scheduling surgeries for December and January, depending upon priority. Dx...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Nov 4, 2023
Oil Cyst in Breast
Hi. I had stage 1 ER+, PR+, HER2- breast cancer treated in 2016 with radiation and lumpectomy, currently on exemestane. Margins were clear but have...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: May 23, 2022
Verzenio: How are you paying for this ridiculously expensive drug?
Hi. I’ve finished both chemo and radiation treatments and now my oncologist wants me on Verzenio but at a starting price of $2850 a month...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Aug 26, 2023
What Are Your Best Tips for Before and After a Mastectomy?
Hello and Happy New Year. I am scheduled for a mastectomy of the left breast on January 23. I have a 9cm tumor. They will...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Jan 3, 2019
Tamoxifen input
Hi All, it seems I'm getting Tamoxifen thrown at me from every direction. I'm still reluctant due what I read as side effects, short history...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Jul 29, 2024
How did you decide on breast cancer treatment based on Oncotype?
Hello, I was diagnosed with Invasive lobular carcinoma in February 2021. I had the lumpectomy in April, please see the final results attached. I was...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Oct 4, 2022