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Breast Cancer
Archives for December 2020
Discussion List
Chemo after negative lymph nodes and negative genetic test?
Hello everyone! Im new in this community and I hope you can help me. i am total shock that after Bilateral Mastectomy (last Oct 14, 2020) of a stage 1 cancer (only on the left), and a negative lymph nodes, and negative BRCA1 and BRCA2 genetic test, my Oncologist called this December 18, suggesting Chemo! my Oncology…
Dental financial assistance NEEDED
Hello, I'm Christine and am trying to help my 56 y/o sister get her teeth fixed. Cancer free 5 years now but my Lord her teeth! Black, crumbling, she literally talks with her hand over her mouth and won't smile. Recently divorced, unemployed due to Covid, the same story many of us are experiencing in our world today. Can…
Mets to cecum and ileo cecal valve
Hi First time poster so hope I am doing this right Long story short, my sister has bc with mets throughout her body for the past 5 years. Now she was dx with "hard friable ileo-cecal valve" and a cecum "carpeted" in malignant nodules. On top of this, they could not advance the scope from the ileoecal valve into the…
Mastesis to the right lung
Has anyone had their breast cancer spread to the lung what were your symptoms I have to go for a lung biopsy on miglnant mass in my right lung i have pain both shoulder blades and upper spine and have shortness of breath have hard time taking a deep breath they had found the mass on my right lung on a pet scan I've never…
2 years after treatment and surgery-Triple pos, tamoxifen, how do you feel
Hey There I am 2 years since Chemo, radiation and Herceptin and 1 year since the second reconstruction (only 1 side). I have been on tamoxifen for almost 2 years. Just recently started to get hot flashes again (they did go away, my torso aches, I can't find a comfortable bra, my pain in my joints moves around from hips to…
Triple Negative Breast Cancer / Carboplatin, Taxol, Keytruda
Hello, My mother was diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer in August this year. She has had 7 sessions of chemo (Carboplatin and Taxol) with 2 of those sessions including Keytruda. After session 6 (without Keytruda) she got a fever with chills but did not seek medical attention for it. It went away on its own by the…