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New to the group with spinal mets
@FYONA1 posted hi everyone i really would like to hear from someone who is going through mets to the spine I was diagnosed a few weeks ago and did radiation and am currently doing letrozole and ribociclib am feeling very scared and worry about some of the frightening side effects that I may experience if someone can plz…
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Indian head massage seriously beautiful..
Today I had an Indian head massage ....wow. I thoroughly recommend it to all my sisters on here. It was so beautiful I nearly fell asleep . An Indian head massage is not only extremely relaxing but really good for lots of reasons including helping to stimulate hair growth after chemo .It's good for circulation and to…
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Hi
Hi all, I'm not meaning to exclude anyone as having metastatic disease is not great, but I'm just wanting to know if there are other young women out there with metastatic breast cancer? I was diagnosed with EBC at 25 and then ABC at 28. I'm looking to see if there are any other young women out there that are in the same…
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So Confused!!!
My tumor markers has risen after only 3 months on new treatment. Started @ 219 went down to 151 the 6 weeks later back @ 235. Recent bone scans show some bone lesions undetectable, some unchanged, some more obvious, not bigger as i understand it just more obvious, no new lesions. CT scan was fine. Onc said its not disease…
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PIKNIC clinical trial
I was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer in 2016. I've tried a few different chemos in that time. The latest was Eribulin. All the scans show the cancer is stable but my tumour markers have been rising. I've tolerated the chemo well up until the last 6 weeks where I have been getting almost daily headaches & numerous…
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I climbed Mt Kosciuszko
Thanks to the OTIS Foundation, I have been staying in Thredbo with my beautiful family for a much needed break together. I have been in so much discomfort in all of my joints, including hips and especially knees and lower back. I was diagnosed 9 mths ago & have stage 4 bc, it has spread across my entire liver. I thought…
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Strategies for those rough days
Hi everyone -Many of you have traveled this path longer than me -I am 10 mths in with no surgery but liver and bone mets and had several chemo rounds and now on Xeloda and coping better side effect wise apart from neuropathy and hot flushes made worse since I now take Exemestane. I am having a ratty couple of days -losing…
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Im new here
Hi everybody I was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer in April 2016. I am on three weekly Herceptin and Perjeta plus Letrozole. I have tumours in both breasts, in lymph and lungs Its good to be here. My main problem is fear.