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A rock and a hard place
New to this type of thingy but here goes... Metastatic BC 12 years ago. Liver, lungs and bones. Given 12 months. Following chemo liver and lungs.. all good. Bones, different story! Been on herceptin and letrozole from day one. Also receiving bisphosphonates. Diagnosed with ONJ (Osteonecrosis of the jaw) just over 2 years…
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Anyone had Faslodex?
Post from @Hoping
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New city, New diagnosis, Looking for support
Hi everyone, this is my first post. I was diagnosed with MBC (to bone) about 4 weeks ago. I was initially diagnosed at 36 with IDC. It was a difficult time as my daughter was only 5yrs and my son was only 5 months. But after a very difficult period during and following treatment (the whole shebang), it took around 5 years…
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Fulvestrant Injections
Hi to the ladies that have recently started on Fulvestrant Injections. How are you going ? I have been having the injections since October and my tumour markers have more than halved. My oncologist is very happy with the results and she feels that my liver mets may have shrunk. I'm due for scans early January, so all will…
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How do you know if its progressing?
Hi Everyone, just a bit of a dumb question... I'm Stage 4 De Novo with bone/spine mets. I've been on Letrozole/Ribociclib/Denosumab for about 7 months now. I'm having restaging scans every 3 months... The first set of restaging scans showed "significant improvement" in my breast tumour and no further commentary re lymph…
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Recent MBC - sternum
I was diagnosed with MBC on 5 November, (first diagnosed with BC in August 2016). I have been told that it's detained in the sternum and no other areas of the body and it is thought that it was there when the breast tumour was removed in Sept 16. The suggestion is that I stay on Tamoxifen or as I am premenopausal that I…
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how to accept the diagnosis?
I was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer in May. I had radiation treatment on my spine and wasstarted on Kisquali and Letrozole (was previously on Arimidex). My original diagnosis was in 2017, when I had a mastectomy, chemo and radiation and went on Arimidex. The Kisquali is now not working and I am being assessed for…
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thank you for my birthday wishes
Hi ladies, to all of you who sent me birthday wishes for October 25th,I say a very big thank you, you know who you are!. I havent been very active on the bcna online forum, in fact I havent been very active at all!Life has been very quiet, chemo three weeks out of 4, and as its a 4 hour round trip and then factor in the…
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Game Changers Living with Advanced Breast Cancer
Hi everyone, here is a story I wrote a couple of years ago. m I feel it is still very relevant and seeing its Advanced Breast Cancer day on Sunday I felt it appropriate to post it again. I am sure many of you can relate to parts if not all of the content. I am grateful that I am able to post this again because I still have…
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Cancer is a Part of Me
I have been living with cancer now for 13 years. It would be stupid of me to say that cancer has not changed me over the years. My illness is terminal but treatable and I still have a very good quality of life. I now accept cancer as part of my being. It has certainly affected me physically and mentally. During my journey…