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tamoxifen - hot flashes!!
does anyone have any suggestions on relief for hot flashes from the tamoxifen? i read one posting that said to put apple cider vinager in your tea. i tried it - i think the only reason i wasn't so aware of the hot flashes/night sweats is because i had the WORST indigestion ever!! also, does anyone else get crampy from the…
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Shed some light on this please
I have been on arimidex a little over a year. Each month I have different affects from this pill. I use to take the pill in the morning and the affects was so severe until I switched to taking the pill at night. Weeks ago my left leg was so stiff and swollen, I felt like I was 95 years old physically. I feel tingling…
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10 Year Cancerversary
Today is my 10 year Cancerversary. I was diagnosed on July 14, 2009 with Invasive Ductal Carcinoma, Her2+, ER+/PR+ Breast Cancer. I had a Lumpectomy, 6 rounds of Chemo, 33 Radiation Treatments, a year of Herceptin and 5 years of Femara.. So glad I am still here. So many are still struggling and so many do not survive. I…
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Tamoxifen/Hysterectomy
My question is I am terrified of having another surgery since Ive had my masectomy. All the forums I have been on everyone gets a hysterectomy after they have a masectomy. I am on Tamoxifen. My Onco report says I have a 3 % chance of this spreading anywhere as long as I stay on the Tamoxifen. Is there anyone out there who…
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The Waiting Game
Hi guys. New to the site and first time forum post. Back on August 31, 2017, I had a lumpectomy to remove a stage 2 IDC from my left breast, and according to my surgeon, my oncologist, my test results, and everything else under the sun, I was cancer free and looked good to go. My oncatype test results showed no need for…
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DIEP Flap Reconstruction
Had DIEP Flap breast reconstruction surgery 2 weeks ago. Is it normal for the circle/nipple area to enlarge/stretch? Want to make sure it's not something I should be concerned about.
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working through coronavirus?
Hi. I'm new here. I'm a survivor of Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma, and my wife has survived two bouts of breast cancer, nine years apart. Her most recent cancer was Stage III-C, which engendered a dual mastectomy and removal of 22 lymph nodes (15 positive), followed by 10 cycles of AC-T chemotherapy and 32 sessions of radiology.…
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Does brachytherapy cause scar tissue?
I need some advice ... I was diagnosed on February 27, 2020. I had two biopsies and a bilateral MRI. One node was moderately invasive melanoma. I saw 3 different surgeons and they all gave me different advice. The first one wanted to take out the cancer and non cancer plus external beam radiation, second just the cancer…
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Chiroprator - just wanted to share
I went to see a Chiropractor today. I had not been in years. My neck and between my shoulder blades were stiff, nothing serious but thought it would be good to enhance my overall sense of well-being and perhaps it might help my allergies (pollen). It was amazing!! There was physical relief and it has helped my allergies…
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What does Her-2/neu negative mean?
I know it was explained to me, but, I forget what it actually means inre to treatment. Does anyone know here? Thanks!
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Radiation with reconstructed implant
Hi, I’m new on the breast cancer board and I have some questionS. I have been diagnosed stage 1A with 45 isolated tumor cells in one lymph node. My margins were close and the small tumors were fairly close to the skin. I am multicentric and muti focal, which means there were 2 sets of tumors on opposite sides of the breast…
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Purple and white fingers
I am using capecitabine 3500 Mg's a day. 2 weeks on 1 week off. I am 2 days short of ending my second round. My question is has anyone else developed red then purple then white fingers. They hurt and alternate between purple and white. There is pain and also some numbness. But it's mostly my left hand. I have some redness…
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HER2 Pos Mom in mid 80s
Looking for anyone who has had experience personally or with relative/friend with breast cancer HER2 pos. Mom is 84. Recently had removal of tumor and left breast. Told it was stage 2B, HER2 Pos. She's healthy otherwise and lives on her own. But she is hesitant to go the chemo route. Various options presented including the…
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Vulnerable and weak
I have always been a strong, independent women. I was just diagnosed. I now feel vulnerable and weak. I can't talk about my cancer without crying. I'm scared! How do i stay positive and strong knowing my life is never going to be the same? Knowing the many challenges i still have to face? I hope one day i can look back at…
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Rash
I developed a rash (on my arms and upper torso - shoulders chest and back) near the end of my AC chemo treatments, which did go away. However, shortly after I started taxol treatements the rash came back with a vengence. I saw a dermatologist and she suggested oatmeal baths and psorisis creams and cortizone creams. All of…
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Lump under lumpectomy scar
I was diagnosed in Feb 2018 with estrogen receptor positive (CMS-HCC) Breast Cancer Grade 1 Stage 1. No lymph node invasion. Lumpectomy was successful and all was removed. With Radiation. I burned badly. I have been on Tamoxifen for a year now. I have been Cancer free for over a year now. I have always noticed a hard lump…
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Switching chemo types
Hi Everyone, I had ER/PR+ HR2- stage 1A lobular cancer. It got into both sentinenal nodes so my surgeon took out 20 additional lymph nodes. None of those nodes had cancer in them. I have gone through 1 cycle of Taxotere and Cytoxan. The posibility of permanent hair loss and the neuropathy from the Taxotere has me a bit…
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Taxotere and wanting to stop chemo
Hi, I have had 1 of 4 cycles of chemo with Taxotere folllowed by Cytoxan. Since I have done the treatment I have read several studies on various cancer websites about Taxotere and that it can give a person permanent hair loss (there is a current lawsuit against the manufacturer of this drug by approximately 2,000 people…
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Mom may have breast cancer
My Mom is 67 years old and not online. I am trying to get informed on her behalf. Mom had her routine mammogram on 2/4. The next morning they called her and said that her left breast showed significant changes since her last Mammogram (which was 2 1/2 years prior!) so they scheduled her for an ultrasound of her breast this…
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Diverticulosis and after first chemo
My BC had returned in my DIEP flap reconstructed breast after a 13 year remission. There was no spread or lymph node involvment, but because of it's return and an oncotype number of 28, it was suggested that I undergo chemo and radiation. Something I had not had to do in the past. I thought that I was fairly healthy…
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Cytoxan & Taxol
Has anyone used Cytoxan & Taxol as their chemo drugs? I am Stage 1 Invasive Ductal Carcinoma, had a lumpectomy and will begin chemo soon. I was told that this combination of drugs is not a traditional breast cancer treatment and I am concerned.
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Question
Can someone please share your input as to how you are coping before/after radiation and taking Arimidex or any other 5 year pill? effects? any resources I should know about?
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Low WBCs
is there anyway to boost wbc, platelet count? My dad has low wbc (2.5) and they have delayed the chemo for a week. Just wondering if anyone has experienced this. He is doing ac.
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Herceptin + Taxol
Currently about to finish my course of taxol with herceptin for secondary breast cancer in lungs, liver and bones. Feeling quite scared about this - anybody in a similar situation. I am from the UK and am taking part in a trial with both taxol and herceptin together
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Chest Spasms
I am a Breast Cancer survivor for 12 years. I have had a mastectomy and was treated with Chemotherapy, 5 years of Tamoxifen abd 5 years of Letrozole. I started experiencing chest pains after about 7 years into my treatment. After years of testing my pain continued to escalate and I started experiencing sharp spasms which…
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Is anyone familiar with Noscapine as a breast cancer treatment?
Hi Everyone, Is anyone on this forum familiar with using Noscapine as a breast cancer treatment? I have been reading a lot about it lately. It is a non-addictive extract from the opium plant that studies are showing is very effective at treating breast cancer. Please let me know if you have heard of it or tried it and…
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Valley Cancer Institute
Hello,, I'm new here, just got biopsied, and am trying to figure out what next. I've been looking at the Valley Cancer Inst. in Los Angeles, I've felt hopeless for so long, in comparison this looks too good to be true, and I'm very skeptical. Does anyone here have any experience with either hyperthermia with low radiation,…
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Can’t find tumor
Sunshine10a Posts: 1 Joined: Dec 2019 Dec 19, 2019 - 2:45 am Hi all, my dads biopsy came back positive for cancer cells (under arm lymph nodes) and originally it was thought to be breast cancer but even after a pet scan mri and ct scan , they can’t find a tumor. He has had past medical issues and was told he has a chance…
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How to tell your child
Hi. When I was first diagnosed with breast cancer it was 2007 Dec and my daughter was just 11 months old. I had all my treatments etc n was done by June 2008. So I never realily told her anything. She's seen my implant and I just told her that I was ill but all better now and that was when she was about 5/6 years old. Then…
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Merry Christmas
Wishing each and everyone of us a very Merry Blessed Christmas. When I was first diagnosed with Metastatic Breast Cancer I thought I wouldn't see 2020!! God has been good and I'm so blessed to be with wonderful family and friends that are so supportive. It's so important to be thankful for every single day we have and…