Younger women

Discuss the challenges of raising a family and finding child care during treatment, how sexuality, fertility, pregnancy are affected, as well as treatment and clinical trial issues that younger women face.

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Period after chemo

• By Kasita · New reply May 5, 2013
• 7 replies
• Hello, I am 33 years old and I have finished my TNBC treatments in April. Before my diagnosis I wanted to get pregnant for the second time -bad timing. Instead, I have done 4 surgeries, than Chemo from ...

Zoladex vs. Ovaries removal

• By Wonderer7 · New reply January 23, 2013
• 24 replies
• I was diagnosed with stage IV breast cancer almost 3 month ago. I am ER+, PR+ and HER2+. My doctor started me on Zoladex every 4 weeks right away to shut down my ovaries. He tells me that he will never ...

Tamofixen and Ca 15 3

• By vanja · New reply November 3, 2012
• 6 replies
• I have breast cancer with mesastases on bones. I was on taxotera and Xeloda , and I take Zometa. My condision is now stable for 10 months. Ca 15 3 was normal in June but two manths ago they started to ...

breast spacer

• By janabell2006 · New reply October 26, 2012
• 11 replies
• I just had a double mastectomy 4 weeks ago, Im still in pain and tight does this feeling go away ...

Books to help parents discuss cancer with kids.

• By TamiLB · Posted September 11, 2012
• 0 replies
• Thought this might be helpful for those of you with young children. http://www.tamiboehmer.com/2012/09/books -resources-for-talking-to-your-kids-abou t-cancer ...

Genetic testing

• By RENP505 · New reply May 30, 2012
• 41 replies
• So after finding out that my mother has Stage 4 breast cancer and being triple negative, my sisters and I thought it would be a good idea to get tested. However, her oncologist said it is NOT necessary ...

are they any one with nevroendocrine breast canser

• By apapa · Posted May 27, 2012
• 0 replies
• breast ...

For Young Women and Men with MBC

• By CJ2006 · New reply May 4, 2012
• 7 replies
• FOR THOSE DIAGNOSED AT AGE 40 AND UNDER. METAvivor (www.metavivor.org) will soon be introducing a brand new website that we hope you will find much improved. In addition to The METAvivor BLOG, we will ...

chemo not working

• By chat2sue2003 · New reply January 13, 2012
• 2 replies
• hi all just looking for some advice on if anyone who been told they have cancer where the chemo did not work i first had a dose of taxotere had a reaction which they thought was the cold cap then had ...

Single and living w breast cancer

• By KellyBrooke20 · New reply January 12, 2012
• 16 replies
• I'm 31 and have stage IV BC. My past relationships haven't been great bc of my dx. I was dx at 27(in 2008) and my then bf couldn't deal w it and it broke up our relationship. Then I was in remission for ...

Young women w Stage IV BC w mets in a clinical trial

• By KellyBrooke20 · New reply January 1, 2012
• 5 replies
• I am 31 and have stage IV breast cancer w bone mets. I was first dx at 27 w stage II w no lymph node involvement. I was TN so I decided to do a double mastectomy since my paternal grandmother had BC twice ...

Sex and Cancer (read at own risk)

• By cancerkicker · New reply August 29, 2011
• 15 replies
• This is probably going to be a rant more than anything, so I apologize before I even start. I have been dealing with mets for 3 years now and have been on chemo for two. I am 38 years old and have been ...

Whole Brain Radiation ?

• By TokyoHusband · New reply August 6, 2011
• 9 replies
• I am a British man living in Tokyo, my wife passed away 2 weeks ago...she was only 40 ( brain mets ) after year long battle against Stage IV breast cancer ( liver, bones, lungs..then finally brain ) the ...

Young Survivors Conference/C4YW-Conf. for young women

• By momx4TNBC · New reply February 28, 2011
• 8 replies
• I know a few of us are going to this conference Feb. 25-27th in Orlando. It is incredible!!!! Just checking to see who else is attending. Feel free to PM me if you have any questions. Here is the link....Great ...

Lymphedema sleeve for long haul flight?

• By Kris_H · New reply January 20, 2011
• 2 replies
• I was wondering if any of you ladies would recommend getting a lymphedema sleeve as I'm going on a flight from London to Thailand in a couple of weeks. I don't have lymphedema, but I am worried about ...

CDC appoints committee on young women at high risk

• By jilliesgirl · Posted October 16, 2010
• 0 replies
• I applaud the CDC's recent creation of an advisory committee on young women at high risk for breast cancer. They say the committee will focus on education for young women. My organization, www.JILLIES.com ...

Sharing Your Story

• By Maimah · Posted September 25, 2010
• 0 replies
• If you're a young woman living with BC mets and reside in the DC Metropolitan area, and would like to share your story with others, I'd love to hear from you. Email me for more information. Thanks. Maimah ...

Longevity

• By emilyt · New reply September 7, 2010
• 29 replies
• I am 41 years old with advanced breast cancer. I have twin 9 year old boys and a desire to watch them grow up. I don't like the stats for longevity that I hear. Are any of you long term metastatic breast ...

Sad Situation...need advice

• By JupiterPeepers · New reply August 2, 2010
• 30 replies
• When I was born 38 years ago, my father had already left the picture and has never been in my life. Recently, I have been having some health issues and my mother decided to contact him. She and I have ...

life after WBRT: when does the tiredness start?

• By lamorna · New reply April 4, 2010
• 23 replies
• hi. this is the first posting we have made on here - and hoping to get advice from some of you who are a few steps ahead of my sister... she was diagnosed as stage iv in april this year after finding ...

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