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Chemo Tablets?
Hi all. I was diagnosed Triple Negative in late Nov 2023. Went straight on to Chemotherapy with lots of negative reactions, including anaphylaxis. Then had Surgery to remove lump and one lymph node which was all clear. Just finished 4 weeks of Radiation. Now my Medical Oncologist wants to put me on Capecitabine tablets for…
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Low Hb - chemo ended 3 months ago
Hello! Hope you are all well! I am trying to stay positive but having a bit of a mental struggle at the moment. I was diagnosed with TNBC in Nov 23 (two tumours 1 was 2cm and 1 was very small), I finished 4 x AC, 12 carbo and 11 Taxol - low HB throughout but normal before. I have also had quite a few immunotherapy, but its…
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Lymph Node removal and lack of arm movement
Hi everyone - first post on here:) Quick question re lymph node removal, I had surgery 4 weeks ago, lumpectomy and lymph node surgery (8 nodes removed, 3 cancerous), I went back for breast re entry surgery 3 weeks ago to ensure the margins were right. I healed well and have been doing my exercises twice a day for my left…
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chemo or no chemo
Hi everyone, I am new to this list. I am 60 and was diagnosed with breast cancer (ER+, PR-, HER2-, Grade 3, Stage 2) and had a mastectomy a couple of months ago. My oncologist recommends chemotherapy followed by hormone therapy. However, I have been reluctant to undergo chemotherapy due to concerns about the side effects,…
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Lymph nodes marking
Hi All, First time to post here. I just finished my cycle 2 of AC. Surgery to follow after 6 months chemo. 3 lymph nodes were marked on Monday. I believe this is to ensure that the surgeon can find them to remove after the chemo shrank them. I am concerned that the marking was not accurate, because i remembered that one of…
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Update after many months.....
Hope everyone is doing well. I'm into my 7th month of fortnightly chemo....dropped the oxaliplatin 2 sessions ago as I have neuropathy in feet and fingers......my tumour markers showed a big rise before I started treatment so quite nasty..from 226 my first test last day of Nov and my first bloods just before treatment was…
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Letrozole and GERD
Was taking Letrozole for 13 months when I started getting severe pains around my breast bone (like an alien trying to burst out). I thought it was my heart. Medical oncologist felt it was the Letrozole interacting with my diagnosed GERD and told me to stop for a month then try Anastrozole. Over that month the pain slowly…
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Treatment
Is anyone on Tamoxifen and how are you finding it? Why was it suggested that you go on it?
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Anastrazole
Has anyone else had issues with anxiety taking Anastrazole? I am only 12 days into taking it but felt very unwell, tired, rapid...and slightly out-of-kilter heartbeat, tight and sore muscles and am completely exhausted tonight. I was wondering if there is any way around this at all?
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Verzenio blues
I am in early stage B/C and have a high risk of recurrence (7 cm tumour in breast, 3 affected lymph nodes, 27 removed from armpit, hormone positive, Stage 3, Grade 2). My oncologist was going to put me on Ribociclib/Kisquali (3 years) along with Anastrazole (10 years) but then Ribo was recalled:…
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What happens when you finish zolodex?
Hi, Have been having zolodex injection for 4 years. 1 year to go. Also on exemestane. What happens when you reach the 5 year mark? Im 52 now. Hope Ive gone into menopause but who knows. You cant take exemestane unless you are in menopause. So anyone know how they work out if you are now menopausal? Do you take a break and…
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Aromatase Inhibitors
Just need some help in deciding on the next step, in Feb I was diagnosed with IDC ER, PR + HER2-, & DCIS in my right breast, no lymph nodes involved. I had surgery & have just completed 15 days radiotherapy & got quite a bad burn area under my arm around the outer breast. I am using Flamigel, salt water flannels to cool &…
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ErSo - Trials on Mice have eradicated Metastatic Breast Cancer Cells - we need HUMAN trials now ...
Beating breast cancer Estrogen receptor–positive breast cancer is the most common type of breast cancer and, in its metastatic form, is currently incurable. In a new study, Boudreau et al. describe a compound, ErSO, that can activate the unfolded protein response, resulting in necrosis of human breast cancer cell lines in…
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radiotherapy for DCIS after surgery
i am very nervous about getting radiotherapy after removal of a DCIS in my left breast. I am told that I will have to use a technique (DIBH) Deep breath hold technique. Some hospitals use a manual method of stopping the radiation if your breath hold doesn't meet a threshold. Other places use an automagtic cut of system.…
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Help, I'm in pain thanks to fluid build up after radiation treatment finished.
Hello lovelies, I have just completed my 6 weeks worth of radiation, on Friday 5th July, hip hip horary. However I have just developed yesterday and today its worse, a pocket of fluid at the back of my arm pit area, where the radiation beams went through, during my treatment. The fact I don't have any lymph nodes to drain…