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Metastatic breast cancer podcast?
@Riki_BCNA. Quite a while ago, you were gathering ideas for podcasts relevant to those of us with metastatic breast cancer. Has anything come of this?
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6 months on Ribociclib
Well it’s been 6 months and the Ribociclib combo seems to be working. I started this Mets journey in Dec 2018 with tumour markers at 114. My latest blood tests were in early June with tumour markers at 42. It’s a nervous week this week with scans, blood tests and Onc visit, so fingers crossed that my results stay positive…
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Newbie
I have just been diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer in my spine, it seems to be just in one spot L1 however I'm still waiting on PET scan results. It all feels a bit weird not sure how too feel about it all. I'm on regular pain relief but the pain at the moment is a bit dodgy so any ideas on managing without using too…
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Liver and Brain mets
In Sept 2018 I was diagonse with liver mets from breast cancer I had in Sep 2015. Six months of chemo saw good results until Wednesday when a routine CT scan revealed liver cancer returning and also mets in the brain. I was devastated as I had no other symptoms. I start full brain radiation Tuesday week, for 5 days and…
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Devastated
This is the first time I've posted anything but I don't know who else to turn to. I initially had early breast cancer June 2010, treated with lumpectomy, lymph node clearance left arm,chemo and radiation. Took tamoxifan for 6 years. Got to my 5 years and me and everyone else went "woohoo!!". Planned the rest of my life…
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Surgery Option or Not?
Hi Everyone, I was diagnosed de novo Stage 4 with breast, lymph node and bone/spine mets in Oct 2018. I've had really good response to treatment with Letrazole/Ribociclib/Denosumab whereby the breast lesion and lymph nodes are barely visible on my last CT/Bones scans in May, they've shrunken significantly. My bone/spine…
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How long should you keep working.
Hi everyone, I was diagnosed with Mets in December 2018 and am having pleasing results to date, however I’ve been told that Ribociclib is only effective for a year, I’m hoping my Oncologist is wrong. I am working full time in a senior management position and feeling the effects of fatigue from the treatment. My work is my…
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A man living with mets.
@Chester80$$ gives an honest rundown about his late stage breast cancer https://www.facebook.com/BreastCancerNetworkAustralia/videos/1047726642083943/
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Faslodex
mmh43 I am about to start a series of Faslodex injections for my metastatic breast cancer in the liver, lungs and now bone spots. The liver and lung mets were discovered in 2006 and I have had several hormone treatments - Femara, Aromasin, Afinitor and chemotherapies - Xeloda, Caelyx and Eribulin since then. While I know…
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Mets in brain & liver after 5 yrs feeling good.
Just before Xmas I was diagnosed with Stage 4 breast cancer. To see my GP & later my oncologist so upset I knew it wasn't good. I have 40 tumours in my brain...after only having very slight headaches & 5 or so tumours in my liver...again only slight pain in my right side. My whole world was turned totally inside out. I…