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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...
Non-mass enhancement 16 months post-lumpectomy?
In May 2024, I was diagnosed with bilateral breast cancer - DCIS in the left breast and IDC in the right. I had a bilateral...
Alpha Lipoic Acid, physician recommended?
Is anyone taking Alpha Lipoic Acid with a doctor’s recommendation? My PCP suggested I might want to take it for brain health as I’ve had...
Anyone with Pseudoangiomatous stromal hyperplasia (PASH)?
On December 2022 after a Diagnostic Mammogram followed by biopsy and then a Excisional biopsy I was diagnosed with ALH and microcalcifications. I’m a high...
Post-Surgery follow-up: How frequently did you have follow-up?
Ten months ago I had a lumpectomy, that according to the pathology report removed a 2mm dcis tumor, with 8mm clean margins. At my 6...
Letrozole joints, bone loss, low platelets, high cholesterol
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/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...
Lumpectomy + radiation VS Mastectomy -- pros cons?
Hi, I was diagnosed with DICS ER- Multifocal in the fall. It has taken four months to get to this point in the process. Right...
More afraid of vomiting from chemo than from cancer (IDC) itself
Hello everyone, I’m hoping you all can help calm my nerves. Very newly diagnosed with IDC-DCIS combined. Ki 67 score of 80%. At least 7...
Oncotype Test
Hello, I just had my first appointment with the medical oncologist this week. I have IDC stage 1a, and had lumpectomy (that’s how they found...
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...
Diagnosed with invasive ductal Carcinoma 2.2mm. Er/HER2 +3 positive
I was originally diagnosed with DCIS in two ducts. After lumpechtomy, the pathology report showed a 2.2mm tumor attached in one duct. It was diagnosed...
Pain: Has anyone else experienced this?
I finished my month of radiation after DCIS breast cancer in my right breast. All went very well. I'm an 81 year old extremely active...
Decision about Letrozole
I met with my oncologist today and he suggested I start Letrozole. Over a 20 year period I have had 3 surgeries and a total...
A 2nd Lymph Node Biopsy after Lumpectomy?
Hello, I was recently diagnosed with DCIS Stage 0 ER+ in May 2024.I just had my lumpectomy on July 11, still bruised but otherwise ok...
Should I take AI considering all the side effects?
I have invasive ductal CA, stage 2, with DCIS in situ. Prognosis was very favorable since caught early and was small. Lumpectomy was done in...
Best doc to follow up on lymphedema?
I’m 10 months out from lumpectomy for DCIS, no lymph nodes involved, and bi-lateral breast reduction and lift. Recovery is good. However, at about 5...
To Radiate or Not to Radiate
I had both invasive (stage 2) and DCIS with 1 node involvement. I have been on Temoxifen for awhile and plan to continue. Had SMX...
Wondering if I'm taking the right path...
Hey everybody. I'll try to keep it short. Just had a 2nd lumpectomy last week. Diagnosed with DCIS last December. Had a rough time deciding...
Bone density worsening on AI & post chemo
I am soon to be 85. I don't think of myself that age. I am very active and involved in my community. I have had...
10 years since my 3rd cancer
Hi. I am almost to my 10 year cancer free anniversary. I have my first breast cancer 18 years ago and thyroid cancer 16 years...
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