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Breast pain years after lumpectomy, nipple inverting.
Breast cancer 1996 (left breast & lymph node involvement). Chemotherapy/Radiation and Tamoxifen for 5 yrs. Now having pain and my nipple is sinking in. Mammogram...
Anyone experience mood swings and nervousness with Anastrozole?
I have been taking anastrozole for only 5 months now. I had a lumpectomy and 20 radiation treatments. Just recently I have been experiencing nervousness...
Anyone have experience with APBI (Partial Breast Irradiation)?
Anyone familiar with external partial radiation for early stage BC? I am 8 weeks post lumpectomy and deciding on radiation for my left breast...which has...
Pain and tightness axila to bottom of rib cage
4 months after a week of hypo - fractionated radiation RX and lumpectomy I have developed tenderness under affected axila and tightness on same side...
Anyone had 33 sessions of radiation for DCIS with lymph node?
I was diagnosed woth DCIS with Lymp Node involvement.My Omcology Radiologist told.me that I will have to do 33 treatments of radiation.I have already had...
Sudden pain along lumpectomy scar 4 months after surgery
I was awakened from my sleep with pain by my lumpectomy scar 4 months after surgery and 2 months after radiation. Was swollen and lumpy...
Atypical lobular hyperplasia: Did you have surgery?
August 2021, I was diagnosed with invasive DCIS in my left breast. I underwent a lumpectomy, chemo, and radiation. I am currently on Anastrozole. August...
Chronic Pain after Stage 4 Breast Cancer Surgery, Chemo and Radiation
Is this normal? Mine is underarm and continuous from lumpectomy. Surgeon says nothing can be done to relieve it and to get "used to it"....
Radiated breast remains smaller and harder post reconstruction
11/22 i had a lumpectomy of the left breast. Radiation followed and am presently on Letrozole. The radiated breast remains harder than the right breast...
How To Decide Next Steps After Lumpectomy.
I am 66 years old and I had a lumpectomy and oncoplastic breast reduction on June 23 after being diagnosed with IDC IA, pT1a, pN0(sn),...
Issues with ribs and cartilage after radiation: What can I do?
I finished radiation last August after a lumpectomy. Everything was fine for a couple months. In late December I fractured a rib coughing. A month...
Radiation therapy after chemo for bc
Hi everyone. I have just completed 16 weeks of chemo after having a lumpectomy for bc. I have suffered extreme fatigue where I can barely...
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...
Right breast cancer DCIS: Is 4-5 weeks of radiation normal protocol?
I recently was diagnosed with (DCIS) stage 1, her2 negative, both hormones positive, 4mm size tumor. I chose to have a lumpectomy and do hormone...
Breast Reduction/Lift Post Radiation
Hello all, I had Stage 1 ER/PR HER2- breast cancer in 2020. I had a lumpectomy, radiation and am currently on Anastrozole. I am considering...
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...
Stage 1 lobular breast cancer, anyone no treatment after surgery?
I am one week out on my lumpectomy and according to recent statistics, have a 5 to 7% chance of recurrence in the next five...
Skin changes on breast
Long story short. I had a left breast lumpectomy and 35 sessions of radiation for TNBC ductal carcinoma in situ in 2012. 2021 I had...
What are signs of breast cancer coming back? What do I do?
Had bc 21 yrs ago it was before stage 2 in the milk duct was confined had lumpectomy and radiation.Now have a rash under breast...
Can anyone speak to the pros/cons of arimidex vs. tamoxifen?
Can anyone speak to the pros/cons of arimidex vs. tomoxifen.....I've been on tomoxifen for 4 months post lumpectomy, chemo and radiation. Hormone levels now test...