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Tamoxifen and anastrozole
Hi all, I have a question about these AI. I'm pretty much at the beginning of this journey, just had a lumpectomy and now waiting...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Apr 10, 2024
May be time to leave group
I have only been a member of the Connection group since this fall. However, I have completed my surgery and post operative radiation treatment. This...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Dec 14, 2022
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....
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Sep 5, 2023
Hormone vaginal meds?
So, I am very strong staining ER/PR + HER2 negative breast cancer. Stage 1 Grade 1 chose to not use hormones and radiation and had...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Jun 26, 2023
What to expect after starting treatment
Hello all. I don't know if this will be helpful to anyone but me, but I thought I'd throw it out there. After being diagnosed...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Apr 12, 2023
Anyone had a change of diagnosis after surgery?
hi in 2022 i was diagnosed with Triple negative breast cancer, 5cm tumour and lymph nodes . surgeon said "rare highly aggressive" . which i...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Feb 26, 2025
Letrozole joints, bone loss, low platelets, high cholesterol
Hi DCIS stage 0 grade 3 ER+ low % lumpectomy/radiation, clean margins no lymph involved. Was on Anastrozole, could hardly walk, hair loss, increased chin...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Nov 1, 2024
Moving Soon What do I need to do in regards to my cancer treatments
Hi everyone, I'm so grateful for this forum. I have another discussion. My husband and I have decided to leave Boulder County because of the...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Jan 4, 2022
MBC and first brain mets: Lines of treatment
Hello, I am diagnosed with MBC in January 2022. Er/PR+, HER2 low, lobular, mets to bones. I was on Verzenio + Anastrozole and had progression...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Nov 16, 2024
Smelling cancer!
Did anyone smell their cancer before diagnosis? For months I kept smelling a strong ammonia-type smell and would have prickly heat waking me in the...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Sep 23, 2025
Tamoxifen and Fibromyalgia
I had stage 1 estrogen driven breast cancer - surgery in summer 2022, radiation in fall 2022. Cancer free now. I've had severe fibromyalgia for...
Last active: Jan 8, 2025
Just diagnosed with DCIS 5.5 weeks postpartum
Hi all, I am 42 years old and just found out I have DCIS. I know nothing yet, and I meet with a breast surgeon...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Aug 2, 2025
Who Else Has Decided NOT To Have Implants or Reconstructive Surgery?
I had a left breast mastectomy and will be having the right done after chemo and radiation. So I have time to decide. My surgeon...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: May 19, 2024
DCIS do I really need an AI?
Non-invasive DCIS grade 2 lumpectomy clear margins 3 mm in size. Decision RT says no- radiation side effects outweigh the benefits. Do I really need...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: May 4, 2024
Repeat lumpectomy? And treatment decisions. Need advice
Just had lumpectomy Dec 1. Pathology report was: positive margin on the posterior edge DCIS Micropapillary Grade 2. My surgeon called me yesterday for re-excision...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Jan 28, 2024
Any problems tolerating certain foods/drinks months post surgery?
I had a bilateral mastectomy and 4 lymph nodes removed in October 2024. I have tissue expanders until my implant surgery next month. No chemo...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Jan 11, 2025
Invasive carcinoma of no special type (ductal)
In 2002 I had a RB lumpectomy for triple negative breast cancer, 6 rounds of chemo plus 30 rounds of radiation. In 2020 I had...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Jun 21, 2024
Adenocarcinoma Bone Cancer
Very worried about my sister as she has been diagnosed with Adenocarcinoma bone cancer. I feel her oncologist is not giving her the proper treatment...
Support Group: Cancer
Last active: Mar 19, 2023
Anyone experienced delayed lymphedema after lumpectomy?
Stage 1 invasive lobular. Had lumpectomy at end of April. Two lymph nodes also removed. Everything was going fine. I had 4 weeks of daily...
Support Group: Lymphedema
Last active: Nov 21, 2022
CA 27.29 elevated, could it be from RA?
2017 I was diagnosed with breast cancer. Had a lumpectomy, 4 months of chemotherapy and 7 weeks of radiation. July 2023 I passed my 5...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Jul 10, 2024