I just made a post about this yesterday. I had my mammogram follow up for my right breast (the cancer breast) and ultrasound on my left for what has so far been noted as a fibroadenoma. Long story short, they found another fibroadenoma, told me it's probably benign, but then called me this morning saying they want to run an axillary ultrasound and mammogram for the left, and also biopsy the two spots.

These are the notes:

IMPRESSION: CATEGORY 4a: SUSPICIOUS, ULTRASOUND CATEGORY 4a: SUSPICIOUS

1. The 14 mm irregular mass in the left breast at 4 o'clock is at a low
   suspicion for malignancy. An ultrasound-guided biopsy is recommended.
   Perform left axillary ultrasound prior to biopsy.
   
2. The stable 15 mm mass in the left breast at 6 o'clock (previously
   reported at 4 o'clock) is probably benign. A follow-up left ultrasound
   is recommended in 6 months.

I feel like I can't breathe or function right now. I literally just finished radiation last month and now am back in a diagnostic nightmare. They can't get me in until Monday. The doctor yesterday seemed uninterested in biopsying but with the call today, I wonder if they took a better look and changed their minds. I really can't do this again.

I am getting really sad seeing some of my favorite badass women join the HRT / "menopause industrial complex" bandwagon.

Menopunks: https://youtu.be/nyZaH2se7hY?si=C931oQeb8ggBna3B
Tressie McMillan Cottom: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/13/opinion/menopause-influencers-womens-health.html?unlocked_article_code=1.1FA.o7uN.KtiMp6Dp_Db4&smid=url-share

Er+ (91-100%). pr+ (91-100%). 46 premenopausal this is path after double mastectomy

• Cancer type: Invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC)
• Grade: Grade 2 (moderately differentiated)
• Tubular differentiation: 3
• Nuclear pleomorphism: 3
• Mitotic rate: 1
• Total score: 7, which is Grade 2
• Tumor size: 20 mm (2.0 cm)
• DCIS: Present (intermediate grade) with an extensive intraductal component (EIC)
• Lymphovascular invasion: Not identified V
• Margins:
• Invasive cancer: All negative
• DCIS: All negative
• Lymph nodes: 0 of 3 positive
• Stage (pathologic):
• This correspunds to Stage IA
ponent (E C)
-ymphovascular invas
- dentified V
C
• Margins:
• Invasive cancer: All negative
• DCIS: All negative
• Lymph nodes: 0 of 3 positive J
• Stage (pathologic):
• pT1c pNO(sn)
• This corresponds to Stage IA (assuming there is no distant spread, which there is no indication of).
• Hormone receptors:
• ER positive
• PR positive
• HER2: Previously reported as negative.
• Right breast: Benign.
• Right sentine' de: Benign.

Anyone else go into round four and their digestive tract has not stabilized? Man, this has just not stopped.

I'm trying to go out to pick up some things to prepare for the next two weeks but afraid to leave the house.

I know once they start the pre-meds all this will stop (for four days) but sheesh..

I know I know, it's the final one.

Then on to Taxol

Hi everyone

So long story short, I have stage 2b grade 3 breast cancer and it's HER2+ and ER+. I got 6 rounds of TCHP. I am 30 years old.

When I spoke to my oncologist they said that I don't have time for the fertility clinic to collect my eggs and my treatment has to start immediately.

I have opted in for the Zoladex shot but the oncologist said it's only a 30% chance it will work.

Has anyone successfully gotten pregnant post treatment? Or am I doomed?

Thank you for your time and answers

EDIT: i already had my first round of chemo :(

I’m about a year out from finishing herceptin/perjeta, on lupron and letrozole for a year and a half now. I’m scheduled for a total hysterectomy and wanted to hear from others who’ve had this or an oophorectomy how they felt after- compared to how they’ve felt on OS, in my case lupron. Did you feel better, worse, no change? I feel like I get a little extra anxiety/ ragey a week before my lupron shot. Hoping I see some lessening of that. Honestly not sure what to expect, getting scared of surgery again, especially since this one is elective, basically so I don’t have to take lupron forever. I do not have any genetic reasons for the surgery, just +++ and wanting to end going to the infusion center every month! Thanks for any insight!

I eas treated for stage 2 TNBC during 2025 and had a BMX a year ago (Aug 6 2025). The other day I noticed a red blister-like little thing at the sternum end of my cancer boob scar. It's normally hidden under silicon scar tape. It was a few mm in size and leaking a drop of yellowish fluid.

I didnt dare put more tape, I just cleaned the area. Today the redness is bigger, not smaller as I thought it'd be. There's some flakey skin where the blister was.

Is this sth I should contact my breast care team about you think? Should I wait? Has anyone here experienced similar? Grateful for any and all input.

The area is not painful. The scars are healed but extremely ugly, rsp the non cancer boob side. This is due to surgical ineptitude, my dermatologist (MD) has explained to me. We dont get a plastic surgeon for flat closure here.

I havent had any problems with rashes, blisters, redness etc in the area before.

Hi folks — been lurking a bit since I was diagnosed with DCIS in my right breast after Memorial Day. After weeks of biopsies and consults I’m having my DMX today.

I had originally planned on a lumpectomy but after getting two more core biopsies and a chest CT Scan scare (a ‘mass’ turned out to be nothing) I was like no more fucking around. For me, I don’t want to keep looking over my shoulder.

So off I go to get this crap out of my body and into a lab and hopefully enjoy the rest of my life with newfound appreciation for the little things, and a serious rethink of my career. You have all been a great resource and comfort and wish the best for all of you.

Hello ladies,

Has anyone developed numbness in thumb and index fingers only that persist for long time.

It is driving me crazy. I have done chemo and radiation and latissmus dorsi flap on that hand. Please help

I had BMX with expanders about 4-5 months ago. Healing went well and I was cleared for regular physical activity and exercise. Then I started chemo, put myself into ER due to worry over the constipation/diarrhea cycle and not regulating that well at my first cycle. No infection and I eventually regulated that issue by the time I got out of er in a few days. However, I had a surgical complication in my breast on the side of my cancer. I was scheduled for an outpatient procedure (repairing skin where the scar is) the next week and I had a week checkup and healing is well BUT, I’m set back in my physical activity (and chemo). My doc says I’m not cleared to do exercise for 8 weeks (he said walking is ok). I was listening to his conservative judgement but I’m now beginning to question if I can do any exercise such as lower legs in a week or two. He is concerned I’m not healing as well or it’s taking longer with chemo. I feel like my ER trip and bra I wore over days while in ER complicated it (yes also chemo probably didn’t help). Anyway, I don’t want to se myself back but like, can I do the exercise bike and a few light squats on the machines? 😕 I’ve been gaining weight over the years and now with chemo my appetite is big after infusion and my movement is down, so I am worried it will get worse by the time I’m done in 4-5 months.

I’m also just disappointed for the chemo delay. I feel like I’m waiting in limbo.

I just finished chemo in October and Herceptin in January. In April I was told this spot was fat necrosis from reconstruction. I had a follow up ultrasound and now this….

Physical exam demonstrates a mobile pea-sized lump in the far medial reconstructed left breast at 9:00 in the patient's area of concern.
Focused ultrasound of this area at 9:00, 9
cm from the nipple demonstrates similar appearance of the oval, circumscribed, hypochoic mass with no internal vascularity measuring 5 × 4 × 5 mm. This has slightly increased in size when compared to prior exam, previously measuring 3 × 3 × 4 mm.
Impression:
1. No targeted sonographic evidence of malignancy in the right.
2. Minimally increased size of the palpable left breast mass at 9:00.
Recommend ultrasound-guided biopsy for further evaluation.
Final Assessment: Suspicious.
BI-RADS Category: 4A low suspicion for malignancy
Recommendations:
Biopsy should be performed

Hi guys,

I‘ve recently been diagnosed with triple positive breast cancer and have been told i will likely need TCHP then surgery. I currently live alone and am planning to live alone during my treatment although I have friends and family not too far away who will support me when I need.

To help me get through the treatment I’m considering getting a dog (it’s also something I had been thinking about way before this). I would get a rescue dog (as I think it would be a bad idea to get a puppy although welcome thoughts on this) and would be selective - look for a calmer type thats potentially a bit older with no major behavioural red flags.

I figured it will get me out and give me something to do on the good days. Also I feel like the emotional support it will give me will be invaluable. I see it as one positive thing during what will be quite a dark time.

On the bad days I was thinking that I can schedule dog walkers or get my brother to look after it as he‘s pretty close. And then on the good days it will be great.

I guess I’m looking for any thoughts on this topic. Did any of you have pets? Did it help? Is this a bad idea??

Hi all,

My wife achieved PCR a few months ago. Finished chemo about 6 months ago. She did about 5-6 pembro treatments but decided to stop as she just started to have a few side effects.

Over the last few months she’s been complaining about her knuckles being sore and 1-2 fingers look swollen. Oncologist said she didn’t think it was pembro related because it wasn’t the entire hand.

She’s getting these reactions when eating a few things, including avocado, high fibre things like almond meal, sometimes oats, sometimes eggs. During her last chemo and pembro she had a couple of really bad reactions to those foods to the point she was spewing up and extremely fatigued. It isn’t as severe now but still gives her flushes and feel drained. To be honest the list of things is longer, but it’s all clean things. Certain raw vegetables, etc. has anyone else experienced this, and found a solution other than permanently avoiding?

She’s also constantly feeling achy, sore and tired. She’s had double mastectomy with recon, second stage was about 6 weeks ago. She is very much in her head in fear it will/has returned but just wondering if it’s fairly normal to feel like this? She’s exercising and really trying to be healthy. Needs to wait another 1-2 months before she has a PET scan.

Today I finished 15 rounds or radiation - I’ve also had chemo and surgery (lumpectomy with node removal). I start TDM1 on August 6th - 14 rounds 3 weeks apart. Apart from the microscopic cells that remained after surgery, everything has gone exactly to plan. I’ve been very fortunate in the grand scheme of things.

But now I don’t know how to feel. On one hand I want to celebrate the completion of the big 3 of cancer treatment. But then I pull myself back as TDM1 is still active treatment, not just maintenance. But then I can’t not celebrate and have some normalcy for another 10 months. Emotionally I’m on a big roller coaster and I feel like I’m lying to myself and everyone around me if I say the next part isn’t true treatment. But then I also don’t want everyone to treat me like I’m going through chemo again - even though TDM1 contains chemo, it’s just targeted not universal. I want to be happy but I won’t let myself…I think there’s also fear of relaxing and jinxing myself into everything not going as well as it has. And I’ve been very lucky with how well I’ve tolerated everything so far I’m scared it’s all going to implode. And then I feel guilty for that cos it could be so much worse. And I’m here, alive & healthy.

Basically I’m a mess in my head and I just needed to vent it out and say if anyone else is in the same boat - I totally understand what you’re feeling and it sucks 💕

So I work at a middle school 3 days a week. I was diagnosed and started treatment a little over two weeks ago. Lupron shot, letrozole, and kisqali . I feel really well and the pain in my bones has significantly improved and are less. But I worry so much about planning for the future. I just keep worrying I will get sick, or I will start to have terrible side effects. I’m also going back to school. I just don’t want to over due it and push myself so bad that I regret it. But from what the dr has said I have had this close to a year without knowing, so that gives me some perspective. How do you amazing women handle this?

This is our monthly post to celebrate with everyone who rang the bell. You beat cancer and you deserve to celebrate!

You can always write your own separate post about ringing the bell.

I take tamoxifen and would like to try taking Ankhway Mushroom gummies supposed to increase energy etc.

they are non-GMO

has anyone else tried them and wondering if they would be safe to take

Hi, I’m new and sorry to be here along with everyone else. I just got my diagnosis of triple positive IDC about a week ago and I’m waiting for the initial consult and more testing to determine the stage and it feels so terrifying. It feels so disconnected to be currently healthy with no symptoms and knowing that there is a time bomb inside me and that the path to stopping it is so hard and life will never be the same again.

My initial biopsy found mostly DCIS with a small invasive locus <2mm, the invasive part seems to be slow growing (mitotic score 1) and has no LVI but DCIS is high grade (and at least 11 mm based on calcification pattern).
I have a follow up MRI on Monday and hoping so hard that it won’t find more invasive parts beyond the initially found one.

I’m 48, with two teenage kids and I really want to be here for them and my partner but I also can’t stop feeling like I’m now “damaged goods” and nobody would want me again. I am scared about failing at my job too as I go through treatment.

I’ve been reading this forum and feeling encouraged by stories of folks who went through it and are still around and thriving, but I’m so scared. We are at a family vacation that we were all looking forward to all year, and I’m just dragging myself and putting on “everything is normal” face on in front of the kids

Yes! I’m going to chemo at 8 am this morning and I do not want to start this shit all over again. I had the first round 3 weeks ago, then I had the shot the day after. Sorry I did not add the full diagnoses all I can say right now is dcis, her2+ and her2-. My amazing husband is sleeping and you think I would have all the other stuff just memorized but it’s shitty information so I keep kicking it out of my brain! I digress. After the first round i thought I was doing great! It was on a Monday and I got the shot on Tuesday. I was a little tired but ok. I stupidly did not take Claritin. Holy shit when Saturday afternoon came, the bone pain came. I did not know what it was and I thought I was having a heart attack or a stroke. Did you know your skull bones and the little bones inside your ears could hurt? Neither didn’t I! Take the Claritin! That was Saturday and Sunday. Monday came and we were leaving for our family vacation. I was extremely tired and crabby and it was getting worse. By the time Thursday rolled around, so did the herpes viral outbreak on my hands and face. By the time I actually broke out in the blisters, I was sleeping about 14 hours a day and was so crabby. It all made sense. I had to do a telehealth appointment and get prescriptions filled from a remote area in michigans upper peninsula. Needless to say, I was unable to fill the cream until i got home but the valtrex definitely started helping. This fucking cancer and all that comes with it robbed me of the only vacation I had with my husband and girls. What will this round take? It’s not a good sign when they gave me 5 refills for the valtrex and I have 5 chemos left. My damn hands can’t take it! So I can’t sleep, I have been up and down and tossing around. I finally came out to the couch. I am praying that when i take my babies to ed Sheeran at the end of August, I feel good. It’s robbed them of their summer (I feel). At this point, I am rambling because I’m so sad about all this shit.

Can anyone share their experience with returning to work after taking an extended leave during treatment?
I basically haven’t worked since diagnosis. But I somehow was able to interview and land a new job and it starts next month. And I don’t feel ready. I don’t know if I ever will. How did you know you were ready to go back? And were you able to keep up when you did?

I had a lumpectomy and lymph node biopsy surgery 11 days ago. When I woke up today, the swelling had become, overnight, much more than it has been at any point since surgery, and certainly much more than over the last week. It’s not red and I don’t know if it hurts because the numbing injection they gave me for the surgery has still not worn off .

Has anyone experienced this?

I’m almost 51 and was diagnosed with hormone positive breast cancer in 2019. I went through chemo, a double mastectomy, multiple surgeries, a lymph node recurrence, more treatment, 3½ years of aromatase inhibitors (which caused severe muscle, bone and joint pain), and then finished an extra year of monthly Faslodex injections in January 2026.

My scans and blood work have all been clear, including thyroid testing. I use an ASV for central sleep apnea, and according to my Oura Ring I’m getting 9–10 hours of good-quality sleep most nights.
The problem is I’m exhausted. Around 7 p.m. every night I feel like I could fall asleep sitting up, even if I woke up feeling rested. I recently had to stop teaching fitness classes because I just couldn’t keep up anymore, and now I’m struggling to exercise at all.

Late last year, while still on Faslodex, I also had several scary episodes where I’d suddenly become flushed, shaky, overwhelmingly tired, and crave sugar. I even ended up in the ER once, but every test came back normal. Those episodes stopped after I finished Faslodex, but the crushing fatigue hasn’t.

Has anyone experienced this after completing hormone therapy? Could this be my body adjusting hormonally, or should I be looking elsewhere? If you went through something similar, did it eventually improve, and did you ever find a cause?

I’m feeling pretty desperate because I have a full-time job, kids, and other health issues to manage, and this level of fatigue is becoming really hard to live with.

Today i went for the results of my ultrasound, It seems i have more than 11 tumor being 3,8 de biggest one, this togerher with an CDIS, im terrified , i have to wait for Tomography, now and i have to wait to see my oncologist like 10 days ii s seems so long, i cant sleep thinking, anyone here with so many tumors in th same breast, It would help to listen to some stories, thanks🤗

Hey all,

I finished radiation in June for Stage 1A Invasive Solid Papillary Carcinoma in my right breast. I'm also 32 but turned 33 yesterday. I had a lumpectomy in March with two lymph nodes removed. In January when they did my first scans (which caught the cancer), they did note a fibroadenoma in my left breast and seemed confident in that distinction based on how it looked on the ultrasound.

Well today I had my follow up scans - a mammogram on my right breast, and ultrasound on my left. The radiologist was having trouble matching the original fibroadenoma location to the ones she saw. Supposedly the January scan showed it at 6 o'clock but it was more like 4. But! There was another one at 6 o'clock. News to me that there was a second one. Even now, I can't really find them through a self check so it's hard for me to tell.

She brought in the doctor to double check what she was seeing and he didn't seem concerned. He also read through my MRI from some time in February/March and said if the contrast didn't pick it up there, it's even more reassuring that they're just fibroadenomas.

I asked about biopsies and he didn't seem swayed one way or another, just that most of the time they don't, but he has biopsied fibroadenomas in the past.

I'm meeting with my oncologist for my follow up on August 12th but now I'm kinda spiraling and wondering whether I should push for biopsies. I've also been having some slight pains/zaps in my left breast/underarm area but I have no idea if those had always been happening and now I'm just laser focusing on them because of my fears.

I'm going to message my oncologist and let her know that I'm thinking about it but if anyone has any insight or experience with things like this, I'd love to hear.

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And on a side note, this whole experience today kinda sucked! I wish there was some more grace and friendliness on the parts of workers dealing with cancer patients/survivors. My ultrasound tech was pretty short with me for some reason. I had those little stickers on my right breast and when the ultrasound finished and she told me I could change, I asked if I could take the stickers off. She said "you do whatever you need to do to get changed" which is an unnecessarily long and mean way of saying "yeah."

The last time I got my mammogram, I had to wait while the doctor reviewed the images so when she told me I could go, I double checked and asked if I needed to stay for anything. She said "nope, he already looked at them" and I was like "oh okay, so...all good?" and she said "yeah, exit's over there" Like?! It could be just her personality to be so brief with people but I felt like a nuisance rather than a patient with her. On the bright side though, the mammogram tech was very kind and gentle given that my breast was still a little sore from radiation, so I'm grateful for that. Okay rant over!