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Drug free reversal of osteoporosis while on Femara
18 months ago I was diagnosed with osteoporosis in my spine. I was osteopenic after treatment (mastectomy, chemo, radio and 2 years of Tamoxifen) but ovary removal and a few months on Femara resulted in 11% loss of bone density in my spine in just 12 months. I was very fit and hiked kilometres every week but still a very…
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Starting Chemo in two weeks
Hi Everyone, I go into hospital tomorrow to remove a triple negative tumor and lymph nodes in my right breast. Very devastated as I thought I had this. In Feb 2015 I had a double Mastectomy due to large amount of DCIS on right side. At that time I thought I was being a bit drastic but I just wanted it gone. After 2 weeks…
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Weight gain
Did anyone else put on weight during chemo?
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Leg pain whilst on Tamoxifen
I have been on Tamoxifen for six years now, and have gone through menopause. In the past year I have started getting very bad leg pain/cramps (as well as the usual pelvic cramps/pain) - could my experience be a side effect of Tamoxifen? Does anyone else experience this issue?
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Arimidex (generic)
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Alcohol did you give up?
Hi everyone, Tomorrow I meet my specialists and get my formal diagnosis. At this stage all I know is I have BC with lymph node involvement. Anyway I'm a every night red wine drinker and I am getting a lot of messages from certain people to say I must give it up now. At the moment my stress levels are too high to…
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Femara/ Letrozole and smelly urine .
Is it possible that this drug can cause one’s urine to become malodorous? Mine is noticeably rank and will be discussing with my onc at next appointment in 3 weeks.I have no pain passing urine or kidney pain - it is asparagus season and now it can cause smelly urine ( seriously) or maybe I have a urinary tract infection…
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Bad day
Another bad day. Seem to be having a lot of them lately. I had imagined getting to the end of treatment, getting back to some kind of normal, work, a little happiness etc but just not the case. I've been in fatigue denial, telling myself that delayed post treatment tiredness wasn't going to get me, but I'm soooo flat.…
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Good news from oncologist
i saw my oncologist on Wednesday and expected to hear bad news, so had a huge list of questions to ask. I felt so nervous for a few weeks before I phoned I moved my blood tests and appointment forward by a week after speaking with my GP. My hubbie came with me as I wanted to be prepared for the news unlike the two major…
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ACT Lymphoedema Support Group
Hi all. It's a long time since I've logged in to the forum, though I often lurknand read without logging in. This time 2 years ago, I had just had my last chemo, and was preparing for surgery at the end of the month. Time flies! I just want to alert anyone in the ACT region to this information session. The group itself is…
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An ad on TV saved my life
On 12 October 2015 I found a thickening in my right breast after being prompted to do a self exam by a TV ad promoting October as Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Prior to seeing that ad I didn't regularly check my breasts because I was younger than 50, had zero family history of any type of cancer and therefore I didn't…
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After effects of Surgery
I had my Mastectomy and aux clearance just over 2 weeks ago and after 6 months of chemo and 5 weeks of rads my pathology came back with the great news that they have nuked, poisoned and removed any trace of the aggressive tumour I had. To say that I am grateful to the amazing team of specialists and all who helped in my…
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Goopie Me!!!!!
Hi there folks, whinge alert here, but if I can't do that here, where else can I? The latest joy to add to this monumental crapfest, is now two stuffed shoulders. The pectoral muscle on the left side had shortened and turned rigid. And by rigid, I mean iron hard. Much debate amongst all my various ologists about wtf was…
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Metal staples.
I had a bilateral mastectomy in April this year. I've recently had mega problems with both my shoulders, but more severely, the right one. I was sent off for xrays and an ultrasound as an outpatient. When I saw the report and the x rays, I was shocked (to put it mildly), that I have dozens of metal staples on both sides,…
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Struggling today
I have only posted a few discussions since joining the network however I just wanted to let you all know that I have spent many hours being comforted and reassured by you all offering your experience, advise and sometimes candid hatred for this sh.. disease! Today however I am really struggling. Over the last two years I…