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Re: Happy Birthday - 9 Oct - angg66
Thank you very much.
6 years ago Place Birthday board
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Re: Advice for painful keloid scar
My scar is visible but it is not "angry" & red like it was before I saw the plastic surgeon. It has not increased at all. Visiting a plastic surgeon is the way to go. Good luck.
7 years ago Place Surgery
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Re: Exemestane
Thanks everyone for the advice.
7 years ago Place Side effects
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Exemestane
Hi. My oncologist has recommended I take an aromatose inhibitor called Exemestane, but he didn't tell me whether to take it in the morning or at night. For the women who are on these drugs, what time of the day is best to take it?
7 years ago Place Side effects
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Re: Liver biopsy
Thank you @kmakm & @Kat09 for the advice. I feel more comfortable knowing it is a local.
7 years ago Place Surgery
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Liver biopsy
I have to do a liver biopsy next Monday as my mets are increasing in my liver and my oncologist wants to see whether the mets are still ER+ve & HER2 +ve. Has anyone here had a liver biopsy? Do they put you under or are you awake? They haven't given me much information. Any advice would be appreciated.
7 years ago Place Surgery
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Re: Xeloda working or not? The end?
Hi @Mellyb. I would get a second opinion & ask for scans. Tumour markers are notoriously unreliable. I have liver & lung mets & my oncologist will do a CT scan to see if a treatment is working.
7 years ago Place Living with metastatic breast cancer
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Re: How do you know if its progressing?
I just started getting back pain that didn't go away. At first I thought it was muscular, but after months of physio, I asked my oncologist for an MRI. It was mets in my lower spine. But some women experience no pain. It really depends.
7 years ago Place Living with metastatic breast cancer
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Re: Advice for painful keloid scar
I saw a plastic surgeon for my keloid after I had my port removed. The keloid was raised, ugly & sore. He "shaved" the keloid off. I was awake when he did the procedure. Then I had to put a silicone bandage on it for some months. There is still a scar there but it is not ugly or raised anymore.
7 years ago Place Surgery
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Re: Trying to Stay Positive my journey
Hi @Suzi14. Sorry to hear about your mets diagnosis. I have mets in the liver, spine, nodes etc.. It is hard to stay positive all the time. I have my good days & bad. But I live life to the fullest now & create memories with my kids. I also feel like I cant tell my family everything so I see a professional counsellor to get things off my chest. This forum also helps because there are lots of wonderful women here who get what you are going through. All the best for your appointment in a few weeks.
7 years ago Place Living with metastatic breast cancer
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Living with metastatic breast cancer
This is group for people living with metastatic breast cancer (also called stage 4, secondary or advanced breast cancer). This is a safe, understanding space to connect with others who truly get what it’s like to hear the words that you are living with metastatic breast cancer. Together, we offer each other strength, compassion, hope encouragement and a place to talk openly—whatever you're facing.
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