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Double mastectomy help prevent reoccurrence?
I have triple negative breast cancer in the left breast. The doctor said that I could have a double mastectomy, but she did not recommend...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Aug 24 8:24am
Breast cancer treatment and osteoporosis
I was diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer in February 2023. I received the Keynote 522 protocol that includes chemo, surgery and immunotherapy. I just...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Oct 23 2:09pm
Declining Chemotherapy
Hello. I was diagnosed with invasive ductal carcinoma of the right breast. I chose to have a double mastectomy with reconstruction. The oncologist has recommended...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Sep 5 3:02pm
Capecitabine (Xeloda) side effects: how do you manage them?
Has anyone taken Xeloda following chemo, surgery and radiation? I have/had Invasive ductal carcinoma triple negative. My oncologist wants me to take 6 months on...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: May 19, 2023
Folic acid supplement
I had stage one triple negative breast cancer last year. My treatment was lumpectomy followed by radiation. At my survivorship appointment I was told to...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Feb 16, 2020
Virtual support for Breast Cancer: Starting radiation soon
I am a breast cancer patient looking for a virtual group. I was diagnosed on 7/14/20 with Triple Negative Breast Cancer. I’ve finished 6 months...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Apr 30, 2021
Anyone have elevated liver enzymes months after treatment?
I was diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer in February 2023. Completed chemo and surgery in September 2023. Continued with stand alone Keytruda every 3...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Nov 19 3:54pm
Estrogen Level Change
Happy Monday everyone. I am truly grateful for groups like this. The more I read (which I know sometimes is a bad thing), the more...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Apr 2 10:34am
TNBC Survivors with adrenal insufficiency
I have adrenal insufficiency (AI) as a result of treatment with Keytruda/pembrolizumab during the neoadjuvant phase of chemo/immunotherapy for triple negative breast cancer (TNBC). The...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Oct 6 10:22am
Stage 4 TNBC and Necrotic cells
My daughter was recently diagnosed with Stage 4 Triple Negative Breast Cancer - it has spread to her liver, lungs, and bones. We were told...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Aug 9, 2023
Can anyone help with post mastectomy pain syndrome?
I had a double mastectomy two years ago, after a lumpectomy 7 years before that, I needed chemo and radiation both times. My first was...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Nov 18 5:18pm
Recurring cellulitis in arm with lymphedema following mastectomy
I am a 21 year survivor of triple negative breast cancer...so I am blessed. I have always had lymphedema in the affected arm. Over the...
Last active: Aug 8 6:01pm
What caused my cancer?
When I was diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) in 2019 at age 66, I didn’t ask “why me” but I did ask “what...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Jun 10, 2023
Capivasertib Side Effects Anyone?
Hello everyone, New to Connect. Going to begin Capivasertib with Fulvestrant. I have been on Fulvestrant after Ibrance caused severe pneumonitis twice. I have bc...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: May 4 4:21pm
Double lumpectomies in same breast
On December 13 of 2022, I had two lumpectomies in one breast. One was Ductal carcinoma in situ and one was a very rare one...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Oct 10, 2023
RAD50 c.1245+2C>G mutation
Hello, this is my first post on here. I am undergoing treatment at Mayo in Rochester for Stage 2, Grade 3 Invasive Ductal Carcinoma, triple...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Dec 8, 2023
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 9:20am
Anyone have low estrogen (ER) breast cancer (PR-, HER2-)?
Anyone else have low ER, PR negative and HER2 negative cancer? It’s a rare subgroup, and can behave more like triple negative. I’m about it...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: May 27, 2022
Scared and needing support
Hi! I was just diagnosed with stage one breast cancer. It is a triple negative and I am going to be starting six months of...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Dec 5, 2023
Visible Breast Lumps
I completed treatment for triple negative breast cancer December 2019-chemo, lumpectomy and radiation. Was 66 at time of diagnosis and am 70 now. I’m scheduled...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Jun 18, 2023