Recurrence

Discuss your recurrence - local, regional, distant - and how that diagnosis affects your life.

Discussions

flu like feelings on afinitor & aromasin

• By merijoy3 · New reply yesterday at 5:01 pm
• 14 replies
• Has anyone on Afiniitor & Aromisin had flu like symptoms and not felt well after being on the drugs 6-7 days. I have had this fever since Moday afternoon-this is Wednesday and blood pressure and heart ...

Fluid in a Mastectomy

• By josie27 · Posted yesterday at 2:05 pm
• 0 replies
• My surgery was Sept. 2012 and I have had fluid drained from the mastectomy three times and it is coming back again. The doctor told me it should be absorbed by the body and mine is being stubborn. Does ...

Stage 4, triple-negative

• By Prettiest_Star · New reply May 22, 2013
• 19 replies
• Hello Everyone, I was originally diagnosed in February 2012, stage IIIA, triple-negative. First onc put me on Taxol/Cytoxane. I questioned why no Adriamycin, but he said the TC would work the same. Well ...

Um hi, I don't know if this all makes sense but...

• By CarlyTenaglia · New reply May 19, 2013
• 23 replies
• Well hi, my name is Carly. My mom was diagnosed with Stage III breast cancer in September 2011. Her treatment went well and everything seemed to be fine until several months ago. In February she found ...

What do we have in common? Anyone else curious?

• By MAKJ · New reply May 19, 2013
• 30 replies
• I'm a 40 year old with two kids. I have TNBC and am BRCA 1 positive. How did I get here? I had my two kids after the age of thirty, drank coffee everyday, was a pop drinker, and eat meat. In past I used ...

Here we go again

• By Digithill · New reply May 15, 2013
• 11 replies
• I'm new to this site, but not to cancer. Was diagnosed with HER2 + lump in 2008. Subsequent lumpectomy,chemo, A/C Taxol and a year of Herceptin. My Sentinal Node Biopsy was negative. 4.5 years later ...

2weeks on xeloda

• By mcrp · New reply May 13, 2013
• 21 replies
• Hi everyone, As you are aware the navelbine / herceptin combo stopped working on me. I am now on Xeloda/herceptin. I feel pretty good ; I hope that is a good sign. 2 weeks on xeloda, every 3 weeks herceptin ...

chemo with less side effects than Abraxane?

• By manolia · New reply May 12, 2013
• 3 replies
• My mom have BC stage IV with mets in bones, liver, orbits, and peritoneum. She started Abraxane on November 2012, but had sever numbness in hands and feet that she cannot walk without a walker due to ...

Post-radiation Fibrosis (Lymphangitis spreading(Lung nodule),

• By BeatC · New reply May 8, 2013
• 1 reply
• Hello, My sister had a lung nodule with two PET CT studies implied post radiation fibrosis. She recently had X-ray and it says" There are patchy and nodular infiltration at LUL zone probably post radiation ...

low wbc+xgeva

• By lansing · New reply May 8, 2013
• 8 replies
• I have bone mets and been sailing along with treatment (july 2012). I am not on chemo. I take aromasin and monthly Xgeva injections. Today, when I went for my injection they told me my WBC was very low ...

Xeloda & herceptin

• By mcrp · New reply May 8, 2013
• 7 replies
• Anyone currently on xeloda & herceptin? Just started when should I see any side effects? Has it worked for you ...

Herceptin for Her2 negative?

• By lansing · New reply May 1, 2013
• 19 replies
• I just read an article on breast cancer .org that said they are studying the use of Herceptin for Her2 neg. cancer, in particular bone mets. My Dr. also had mentioned this. It sounds like it is most effective ...

Anyone Changed their diet drastically??

• By MAKJ · New reply April 28, 2013
• 53 replies
• Hello out there- Anyone change their diet drastically after being diagnosed? I have been reading Crazy Sexy Diet and it talks about becoming vegetarian or vegan to heal the body. I have been eating more ...

Did Kadcyla fail me so soon?

• By swimmom3 · New reply April 23, 2013
• 24 replies
• So I was diagnosed with bone mets in my spine through scans in early November 2012 (L1 and T6) and my doctor was fortunate enough to get me into expanded access for TDM-1 in January 2013. I jumped through ...

Can't believe I'm REALLY considered stage IV?

• By snmoo9 · New reply April 22, 2013
• 10 replies
• Being TNBC with 3rd recurrence, my onc was monitoring tumor markers every 3 mos and in Dec 2012 they were normal...jumped in March 2013 to 181 so he wanted to do a pet scan but insurance wouldn't approve ...

Hope? Any good survivor stories? Breast, liver, lung cancer

• By Ohiomark · New reply April 21, 2013
• 32 replies
• Hello, my wife was diagnosed with non hormonal ductal carcinoma. After 5 chemo treatments her breast inflamed and had to switch to a different chemo along with an oral chemo. After her first mastectomy ...

Post basic information with your posts?

• By Musicalmedicine · New reply April 16, 2013
• 17 replies
• It would be useful if all of my peeps (Inspire friends) would sign off or start your comments or posts with your basic information: 61 y/o now, 2010 Stage I, ILC, mastectomy, tamoxifen x 2 years, then ...

RFA question

• By Josiegirl · New reply April 13, 2013
• 5 replies
• Hi all. I should have addressed my previous discussion called ROUND 2 as RFA. My questions about it may be hidden so I am re-posting. Has anyone had RFA done? What is it like and what is the recovery ...

SKWRLY

• By SKWRLY · New reply April 11, 2013
• 18 replies
• Hi everyone! I am from a small town (Pop.500) in central Saskatchewan,Canada. I was first diagnosed in 1991 with breast cancer with 17 affected lymph nodes. I then had a bout of squamous cell cancer on ...

Terminology??

• By SKWRLY · New reply April 11, 2013
• 4 replies
• Hi everyone! I'm new here so forgive me if I don't follow protocol very well? I am 61 yrs old and have been diagnosed with bone metastases after what I was led to believe was 20 Plus years of living cancer ...

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