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Breast Cancer

 

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• *Abbreviations* for all our Newbies

   AC - one of the five most common types of chemo given to women with BC. Iit's probably the MOST common drug combination given to women with node-negative (hasn't spread to your lymph nodes) cancer. A…

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  Started by VickiSam

  Most recent by JoelWilliams

  Oct 14, 2023

  Breast Cancer
• Some tips from CSN

  Welcome to the CSN! Below are some tips to help you get started following and posting on the boards. You can follow your preferred discussion board to get notifications of new topics and comments. To …

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  Started by CSNSupportTeam

  Dec 1, 2021

  Breast Cancer
• Acupuncture for breast cancer stage 4 patient

  hello, did anyone try acupuncture? And did it help?

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  Started by AmnaAlBoom

  Most recent by gaithyuu

  Apr 10, 2025

  Breast Cancer
• DCIS

  I was diagnosed with DCIS January 2. From my first mammogram in November to surgery in March, I have struggled. I hear that DCIS is not cancer because it’s non invasive. I read that it’s pre cancer. A…

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  5 comments

  2 points

  Started by KaraS

  Most recent by hopeforthebest

  Apr 7, 2025

  Breast Cancer
• Heavy feeling of legs

  Hi, my mother has stage 4 breast cancer and the cancer has metastasized to the bones and liver. She is currently on enhertu, but she has been feeling heaviness and numbness in her legs. Is that a norm…

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  3 comments

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  Started by AmnaAlBoom

  Most recent by AmnaAlBoom

  Apr 3, 2025

  Breast Cancer
• Rib pain

  hi, anyone has any home remedies for rib pain? My mom has breast cancer with bone and liver mets, and she has been feeling pain in her right rib. If you guys could give me some home remedies or treatm…

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  4 comments

  1 points

  Started by AmnaAlBoom

  Most recent by AmnaAlBoom

  Apr 3, 2025

  Breast Cancer
• Breast Conserving Surgery vs full Mastectomy

  I was diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer that was caught early. 2 tumors less than 5cm in my right breast and 1 lymph node that is cancerous. I have completed 3 of 8 cycles of chemotherapy a…

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  Started by Imasurvior2025

  Most recent by suesuestl

  Apr 3, 2025

  Breast Cancer
• Wife breast cancer

  I have been taking care of my wife with stage 4 breast cancer the last 4 years. Is there such a thing as chemo brain. She can be nice to everyone but me. Been married 41 years. anything I do is wrong …

  234 views

  5 comments

  1 points

  Started by Mozub89

  Most recent by dawnjuan821

  Apr 2, 2025

  Breast Cancer
• OFSET Study

  New here. Anyone decided to do the OFSET Study? Diagnosed 1/14/2025. Had DMX. Found lymph involvement, I of 2. Oncotype 16. Her2-. I'm simply terrified of chemo, Ac-T. My gut is to run far away from i…

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  1 points

  Started by runnindc

  Mar 27, 2025

  Breast Cancer
• Suggestions for sleep positions after lumpectomy

  I'll be having a lumpectomy in 2 weeks, left side. I usually sleep on my stomach or left side. That's not going to work! Will I need to sleep on my back? Maybe sleep on a recliner? Any suggestions?

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  13 comments

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  Started by KarenKordisch

  Most recent by KaraS

  Mar 27, 2025

  Breast Cancer
• anyone decline hormone therapy after surgery and radiation?

  I had a lumpectomy in November for stage 1 (.8cm) ILC with sentinel node biopsy (no spread). That was followed by 21 sessions of whole breast and targeted radiation. My Onc score was a 6 so no chemo n…

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  1 points

  Started by cissyewert

  Mar 21, 2025

  Breast Cancer
• Hormone therapy for ILC

  stage 1, Grade 1 ILC discovered during a preventative mastectomy. Did not spread. It is estrogen receptive, so hormone therapy is recommended. I started anastrozole 5 days ago. I developed hives. Is t…

  162 views

  1 comments

  1 points

  Started by AngelaE626

  Most recent by cindyln

  Mar 20, 2025

  Breast Cancer
• Confused

  I was diagnosed with bc 4 months after 2 brain surgeries to correct essential tremors. My feelings are all over the map. One minute I'm still in shock, the next I'm convinced I'm superwoman and can ha…

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  1 points

  Started by grandmac

  Mar 19, 2025

  Breast Cancer
• I'm so lost and confused

  September 2024 I was diagnosed with melanoma and squamous cell carsanoma. I have mohs surgeries and excisions to remove them. Once the biopsies started taking place and the removal started taking plac…

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  Started by Mimi1971

  Mar 17, 2025

  Breast Cancer
• HR+ Her2-/Menopause Treatment Options

  Hello, I have HR+/Her2- beast cancer, and the treatments have thrown me into instant menopause. Are there any non-estrogen-based over the counter meds/foods/natural things I can use to help? I'm in a …

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  1 comments

  1 points

  Started by Josh100

  Most recent by manja

  Mar 15, 2025

  Breast Cancer
• New-IDC with Triple Negative

  I recently got diagnosed with IDC with triple negative. Trying to wrap my head around all this. Waiting for genetics results too. I have less than 2 cm lump in my right breast. I am doing a lumpectomy…

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  32 comments

  1 points

  Started by Jh8833

  Most recent by Jeannie3122

  Mar 12, 2025

  Breast Cancer
• How to manage

  I am in treatment for breast cancer, and it has been almost 4 months since my initial diagnosis. I feel sometimes like I don’t have any control over anything and that I am at the mercy of the care pro…

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  2 comments

  1 points

  Started by anicegirl33

  Most recent by LindaJ56

  Mar 12, 2025

  Breast Cancer
• Taxol and Neuropathy

  Hey All! I am getting ready to finish up my AC/Cytoxan cycles and move into my 12 weeks of Taxol. During AC, I have been doing the ice packs on my hands and feet to help prevent neuropathy. Will I nee…

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  2 comments

  1 points

  Started by closetrunner

  Most recent by RocDocVic

  Mar 12, 2025

  Breast Cancer
• Am I supposed to have learned something?

  My mom had breast cancer and resisted testing, or even admitting that she was struggling for years. When she initially told me and my sister that she had found lumps in her breast I immediately asked …

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  3 comments

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  Started by pinkattitude81

  Most recent by SusanAnneSanto

  Mar 12, 2025

  Breast Cancer
• NewPost New Member

  Hi, I’m new here but I needed to post. I have stage 4 breast cancer that metastasize to my bones, brain and spine. I have 4 kids I’m a single mom and my kids father passed from a massive heart attack …

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  3 comments

  2 points

  Started by Nikkie14311

  Most recent by SusanAnneSanto

  Mar 12, 2025

  Breast Cancer
• Metaplastic breast carcinoma

  Hello! I was diagnosed this week with metaplastic breast carcinoma. It is HER2 positive, weakly estrogen positive, and progesterone negative. I’m feeling overwhelmed and looking for others with simila…

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  1 comments

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  Started by kimberlyann

  Most recent by Diannec23

  Mar 11, 2025

  Breast Cancer
• TNBC identified .Any suggestions?

  Hello Everyone, I am writing on behalf of my mom (Age 61)who has just been diagnosed with breast cancer . Right breast .BCS Surgery has been performed and today I received final biopsy report which st…

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  2 comments

  1 points

  Started by TANAND1

  Most recent by TANAND1

  Mar 10, 2025

  Breast Cancer
• Proton Therapy for Breast Cancer

  Anyone know of any proton therapy for early stage breast cancer?

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  10 comments

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  Started by candu

  Most recent by LiveMyLife25

  Mar 6, 2025

  Breast Cancer
• Can a ultrasound sometimes not show a mass

  hello, This last week I went in to have my mammogram done and I had been feeling a lump in my left breast. So they marked where they could feel it and sure enough on the mammogram there it was a mass …

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  1 points

  Started by dee1975

  Mar 2, 2025

  Breast Cancer
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  Is Breast Cancer Overdiagnosed?

  My husband wondered if breast cancer is overdiagnosed so I googled it and found these articles. The Norway study is very recent. Has anyone else ever thought about this? I'm going to ask my oncologist…

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  13 comments

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  Started by mimikitty

  Most recent by lumberjack81

  Mar 1, 2025

  Breast Cancer
• 

  Worst fear come true

  hello, My mom has just been diagnosed with IDC this week. She is my best friend and my only parent I have left. This has been one of my worst fears and I can’t believe it’s happening. Just looking for…

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  4 comments

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  Started by jeanette7023

  Most recent by pinkattitude81

  Feb 26, 2025

  Breast Cancer
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  Just wanting to be happy after cancer

  Did You have a full life before you found out? How did you react to the news? Are you feeling defeated now that chemotherapy and radiation treatments are done? Are you struggling with what you used to…

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  10 comments

  3 points

  Started by AmazingMe

  Most recent by dtetzlaff710

  Feb 10, 2025

  Breast Cancer
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  Hair loss ten years after chemo

  Hi - I am posting this a bit greedy and needy as in I've just found this place and now I'd really like to gather some info I had breast cancer when I was 36. It has been a horrible 10 years but you ge…

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  43 comments

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  Started by mazc

  Most recent by cdsmall

  Feb 10, 2025

  Breast Cancer
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  KEYNOTE 522

  Is there anyone on the KEYNOTE 522 Regimen, or has been on it? I am searching everywhere to find someone to communicate with on this. I am recently diagnosed with TNBC and the KEYNOTE is now apparentl…

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  13 comments

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  Started by Lobster37

  Most recent by Lobster37

  Feb 9, 2025

  Breast Cancer
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  Tram Flap and Complications

  TRAM FLAP RECONSTRUCTION AND ABDOMINAL BULGE/PAIN I had the Bilateral Pedicle Tram Flap in 2012. Less than 3 months later, my abdomen began to grow larger and, very painful. After chemotherapy finishe…

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  9 comments

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  Started by MsTori

  Most recent by TRAMflapFail

  Feb 8, 2025

  Breast Cancer
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  ER+ HER2+ breast cancee

  hello all, I was diagnosed with ER+, HER2+ breast cancer this past September. 1A, grade 2. No lymph node involvement. Lumpectomy. I qualified for a trial that my oncologist recommended. No chemo, 20 r…

  95 views

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  Started by ldp

  Feb 8, 2025

  Breast Cancer
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  Mental Health for Breast Cancer

  What types of mental health therapy(ies) have helped you?

  132 views

  2 comments

  1 points

  Started by Nelumbolutea

  Most recent by HoldUrHorses

  Feb 7, 2025

  Breast Cancer