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preventing neuropathies

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Hi Everyone, I am recently diagnosed TNBC, have had a lumpectomy and will have my first chemo infusion on Oct 3. As neuropathy is one of the common and lingering side effects of chemo, do any of you have any suggestions on things some of you ...

Niche Category Breast 3h

Sholder pain after radiation

I had 20 rounds of radiation on the left breast, radiation ended August 2nd, on Friday Sept. 23rd I got an intense pain in my right sholder, had done nothing to induce it and it did not hit until about 4 pm, pain was so intense made me vomit, ...

t3t Category Breast 3h

Avastin side-effects

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I get Avastin every 2 weeks added to my weekly Taxol. I've had a few rounds with different side-effects most rounds. My most annoying side-effect seems to be mild chest pain, some shortness of breath, fatigue and now some black tarry ...

DonnaL1959 Category Treatments and side effects 4h

mris

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hi there, I am waiting for my Oct 12 surgical consult after finishing chemo. I had an mri after my cycles of the red devil and since then I had 12 pacitaxol treatments. I figured that I would have an mri to check on progress of the chemo before ...

sun46 Category Breast 5h

Cancer meds may cause urinary incontinence

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Besides other causes physiologically of the parts of the bladder ! It’s awful having , suffereing this lack of control . And like a cycle over a week sometimes : I get a UTI test .Others may not think this important but it is very troubling . ...

elle29 Category Treatments and side effects 14h

Prostate Cancer Support Toronto Awareness Night 28th ...

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kcbpcst Category Prostate 17h

Breast Reconstruction -yes or no?

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My daughter is on treatment 6 of 8 chemo treatments. Next week, she will be seeing the surgical oncologist for the first time. What should she be aware of or need to know about when discussing breast reconstruction after her mastectomy? ...

Ekmsmom Category Breast 19h

Immunotherapy Drug costs

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Are these drugs covered in BC?

Sassy53 Category Treatments and side effects 1d

Immunotherapy.

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Below is a link to a very complex technical article on the mechanisms affecting immunotherapy associated with breast cancer. If you have plenty of spare time it may be worth reading. (You'll have to Google the source - sorry I can't get ...

DSJ Category Breast 1d

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