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Taxotere & Cytoxin Chemotherapy/ Symptom management
Hello, I am in treatment for an ILC BC recurrence, Stage 1b or 1c. I had the same 23 years ago, and was treated with...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Feb 4, 2025
New to this forum: Who else made it through chemo (in their 70s)?
I'm pretty new here - learning and lurking until now. It's heartening to hear the stories of so many women dealing with the same or...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Sep 8, 2025
Likely metastatic lobular cancer: How do you deal with fear, PTSD?
Hi there. First time posting. I had ILC in 2011 and every kind of tx there was-chemo, lumpectomy, radiation, BMX, Tamox and Aromasin (currently 12...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Dec 2, 2023
New here with DCIS and gene mutation
Hi! After a lengthy diagnostic workup, I was diagnosed with DCIS. I had a lumpectomy several weeks ago and had planned to follow this with...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Oct 29, 2023
Signatera test at 2 years remission, worth doing?
A little history: Aug 2022- Diagnosis of bilateral IDC breast cancer, HR+, HER2-, ki67 @ 19%, Grade 2 on left, Grade 1 on right. Aug...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Jun 5, 2025
Anyone else diagnosed with IDC & ILC, at the same time?
Hello All,In November of 2021 I had a "normal" mammogram (always noted heterogeneously dense breasts) On Oct 7th I had a very long-awaited breast reduction...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Mar 25, 2024
Breast Cancer/Osteoporosis/Heart issues? How to decide on which meds??
I’m 62, And the hits keep on coming…..My Oncologist ordered a DEXA scan prior to giving me hormone suppression treatment for my ER/PR+ DCIS to...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Jan 22, 2025
Metastatic Breast Cancer (MBC): Help for Lymphedema and Cellulitis
After a lumpectomy, lymph nodes removal, chemo and three months following radiation, my dearest friend of over 40 yrs began experiencing increasing arm pain. From...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Feb 17, 2020
Invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC): Time till surgery?
My diagnosis was on 11/4/22 of IDC Grade 1 ER+ HR-negative. Very slow growing according to my surgeon and mammo says this... Within the LEFT...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Dec 14, 2022
Fibromyalgia and AI Treatment
I am wondering if there are others out there going through cancer treatment who previously had been diagnosed with fibromyalgia, and feel like the fibromyalgia...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Nov 21, 2025
Mastectomies are not an option for those over 65???!!!
A friend of mine has had breast cancer twice...DCIS and IDC....both breasts....as I have. She told me that she had suggested mastectomy to her surgeon...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Mar 28, 2023
How many of you have changed oncologists because you did not like the?
I found out I had stage 1 breast cancer last April. My former oncologist (this was my second time around...first BC in 2007) had retired....
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: May 28, 2019
Anastrozole and period returned
Earlier this year I was diagnosed with DCIS. I have had two lumpectomies and 19 rounds of radiation.I started taking Anastrozole a week ago and...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Dec 1, 2023
Low Risk IDC w/ Baseline Multiple Painful Conditions
I'm wondering what others might do in my situation and would appreciate your thoughts. I'm 65 and have Gr 1, St 1c IDC, 2 tumors:...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Apr 14, 2024
Why don’t we all get full body scans? Why do they try to ration scans?
I’m 52 w right breast stage 1A er/pr+ her2- Oncotype is 0 ki67 was ~5% no positive lymph nodes in the 2 that were taken....
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Sep 24, 2023
Dose-dense (dd) AC chemo + paclitaxel: How to prepare?
Hello,I was DX with ILC last June. Had a lumpectomy with 6 nodes diseased and removed. Because of the number of nodes found I will...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: May 15, 2025
After lumpectomy? What's next?
I had a lumpectomy on 9/14 for DCIS that was upgraded from grade 0 to grade 1-2 malignant micro aggressive via biopsys (2) (calcifications) report....
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Sep 24, 2023
Oncotype DX test result
Hi I am 43 years old and was diagnosed with breast cancer stage 1 in Oct'22. No lymph nodes involved.I had skin sparing mastectomy on...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Mar 1, 2023
Palpable Lump not visible on scans..what now?
Hello. I have a lump that was felt in 2022, right before my regular mammogram. I felt it, the tech felt it. It didn’t show...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Feb 25 1:28pm
ER PR positive Her2 negative and Ovary removal
Hi all,In 2019 I was diagnosed ER/PR positive and Her2 negative and mastectomy done on right side. No chemo, no radiationI am 45 and this...
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Last active: Nov 12, 2023