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so sorry to hear of your recurrance. Keep a positive attitde. you beat this once you can do it again. About the estrogen, when you had your hysterectomy were both overies removed. They are not always. Also, estrogen is produce in fat cells. Even men can have high levels of estrogen if they are overweight. I am at risk becouse I a very overweight. That
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I have often asked how some women are able to work through it all. I did my chemo before surgery when I was the strongest and it knocked me out for four months. I cried all the time from the side effects of the steroids you take to prevent side effect of the chemo. ( I took dexomethedone) I did the same A/c 4 cycles and then Taxol 4 cycles. When you
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Looking for thoughts on coping. I have IDC of the right breast. I did chemo first and then on September 29 I had a modified radical mastectomy of the right breast with axillary disection. The surgery went really well with good clean margins. Then of 27 nodes only 4 were cancer. I'm thankful for that. I will have radiation so I did not have reconstruction
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Dian, I know it must be scarry and frustrating for you. I do not have metastatic BC but I do have BC. I found the American Breast Cancer's web site fantastic. I have provided a like. All the girls on this site have various stages of Breast Cancer. I'm sure you'll find the support you need there. Hope it helps. http://community.nationalbreastcancer
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Hi all. I am newly diagnosed with invasive ductal carcinoma. We are going with Neoadjuvant chemo (before surgery) Has anyone had any experience with this or know anything about it? I'm having my port surgery early thursday and will have chemo that same day.
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First I want you to know, you are not alone! i had my mamogram March 31 as I do every year. The did discover a mass so I had a second Mamogram and ultrasound. In my case I do have Invasive ductal carcinoma, however many times it is just a scare. But I understand the stress of waiting. I think not knowing for sure bothered me more than knowing. I'm