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Cost of ibrance

I’m new here. I have had mbc for 8 years now, and was prescribed Ibrance this January. I just paid $2500 for my first copay of 21 pills. My oncology team tried...

I’m new here. I have had mbc for 8 years now, and was prescribed Ibrance this Ja...

Jhshl512

•3 years ago

37 Replies

New lesions and change of treatment.

Hello ladies, I am a very quiet member of this community, although I read your posts and root for you almost every day. Today I have a question. I was...

Hello ladies, I am a very quiet member of this community, although I read your p...

Here_now

•3 years ago

36 Replies

Covid

Hi all My son and daughter in law have been diagnosed with Covid today. The disease Control contacted me and my partner to get a test today. We have all...

Hi all My son and daughter in law have been diagnosed with Covid today. The di...

Shelby4now

•3 years ago

21 Replies

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Anyone on Ibrance have lowering haemoglobin and rising liver enzyme AST? Concerned it may be cancer in marrow....

Hi all I've been on Ibrance and Letrozole since MBC diagnosis in August 2019 to bones and marrow (after primary bilateral mastectomy, immediate lat dorsi...

Hi all I've been on Ibrance and Letrozole since MBC diagnosis in August 2019 to ...

Olha

•3 years ago

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New to Zometa

Breast tumor removed in 2016 followed by radiology & drugs (Arimidex). Fractured wrist Thanksgiving. 2019, then foot last month. Bone scan diagnosed...

Breast tumor removed in 2016 followed by radiology & drugs (Arimidex). Fracture...

GentleBreeze

•3 years ago

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Opps ! Did I shave my head un necessarily? Paclitaxel , pertuzumab & Trastuzumab chemo cocktail .

Hi Ladies I am looking for some time lines to hair loss after treatment has started , after my second dose of Paclitaxel my hair started to thin and my scalp...

Hi Ladies I am looking for some time lines to hair loss after treatment has star...

Thatflowerlady

•3 years ago

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Blonde foil highlights still possible w Ibrance and Faslodex?

Hair highlights w bleach? I was about to go brown all over for fear of keeping my hair blonde. Has anyone got advice about how to keep up the every six...

Hair highlights w bleach? I was about to go brown all over for fear of keeping ...

Sugarbaker60

•3 years ago

8 Replies

Nails

Does anyone have curling finger nails from chemo I'm on Doxil once a month i have metastatic to the peritoneum around stomach this is my 5th different...

Does anyone have curling finger nails from chemo I'm on Doxil once a month i...

library2019

•3 years ago

1 Reply

Ibrance stopped working, lots of pain in back

Hi ladies, I am wriring this on behalf of my mom, she had breast cancer on left side back in 2007 (chemo, radiaton and tamoxifen for 5 years). everything...

Hi ladies, I am wriring this on behalf of my mom, she had breast cancer on left ...

vincekit

•3 years ago

21 Replies

Xeloda

Has anyone experienced dizzy light headed like vertigo on xeloda? It happened to me last week now again last night and today also a bit of blurry vision. Hope...

Has anyone experienced dizzy light headed like vertigo on xeloda? It happened to...

Barb5

•3 years ago

13 Replies

Need your opinion

I always try to be upbeat about my posts. Don't post often, but enjoy reading about the strength of all of you warriors. I was diagnosed in 2016 with a very...

I always try to be upbeat about my posts. Don't post often, but enjoy reading a...

AuntMildred

•3 years ago

42 Replies

Joining the Xeloda team next week

Scan show progression to liver - although my lungs are now clear. So with sky high and doubling CA15, we are switching to Xeloda this week. Nervous but...

Scan show progression to liver - although my lungs are now clear. So with sky hi...

Iwasborntodothis

•3 years ago

46 Replies

Capacitabine and insomnia

Hi everyone and happy almost weekend, I was switched to Capacitabine last week after progression on Verzenio. I'm happy that the side effects so far (light...

Hi everyone and happy almost weekend, I was switched to Capacitabine last week...

Lnlc

•3 years ago

21 Replies

My sister has stomach cancer

I am stage 4 breast to bone , pelvic , right arm, through spine and skull and liver. So I am doing well by being positive and managing pain through meds and...

I am stage 4 breast to bone , pelvic , right arm, through spine and skull and li...

Kdst777

•3 years ago

11 Replies

Effect of chemo on blood work

Forgive me for having so many questions. I've had 3 cycles of chemo/H&P. Anyone had negative affect from these treatments on their blood work? Thank you...

Forgive me for having so many questions. I've had 3 cycles of chemo/H&P. Anyo...

EZSZ

•3 years ago

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My history of diagnosis

I am 63, husband and 3 kids, the youngest is 17. I ad cancer and full mastectomy of my left breast on December 2005. Chemo, radiation, the whole process....

I am 63, husband and 3 kids, the youngest is 17. I ad cancer and full mastectom...

EZSZ

•3 years ago

78 Replies

Triple positive stage 4

I have a very specific question: is any of you ladies triple positive and over 50, and been diagnosed 5 years ago or more? Would highly appreciate your...

I have a very specific question: is any of you ladies triple positive and over ...

EZSZ

•3 years ago

31 Replies

Ibrance, anastrozole, zometa side effects

This past week, week two off Ibrance because of low WBC, I felt a heaviness in upper chest, breathless, and consequently, sky rocketing high blood pressure. I...

This past week, week two off Ibrance because of low WBC, I felt a heaviness in u...

Dragonfly2

•3 years ago

17 Replies

Gabapentin works!

After weeks of awful hot flashes, changing sheets in the middle of the night and mostly not getting any sleep, I had decided to give up and let nature take...

After weeks of awful hot flashes, changing sheets in the middle of the night a...

Sugarbaker60

•3 years ago

7 Replies

Zoom doc appt?

Has anybody here done an appt with their doctor via Zoom? I have an appt later today with a cardiologist who specializes in treating cancer patients and I...

Has anybody here done an appt with their doctor via Zoom? I have an appt later ...

PJBinMI

•3 years ago

2 Replies

Results ct and bone scan

Good morning pretty ladies 🌷🌸 Yesterday I received the results of Ct and Bone scan, everything continues stable without evidence of anything new. What is...

Good morning pretty ladies 🌷🌸 Yesterday I received the results of Ct and Bone ...

Maludagui

•3 years ago

23 Replies

Verzenio Side Effects---Take a Break?

Hi All, I have an update to my situation that I want to share with all of you. I am on Faslodex, Verzenio, Zometa, and (now intermittently) Retacrit...

Hi All, I have an update to my situation that I want to share with all of you. ...

CincinnatiExperience

•3 years ago

8 Replies

Cancer tumor marking rising but PET shows no progression of disease

Hello. I am taking letrozole and iBrance for 3 years. My cancer tumor marker has been rising constantly (over 300 now) for last 6 months. However, PETscan...

Hello. I am taking letrozole and iBrance for 3 years. My cancer tumor marker has...

Sjjohnson52

•3 years ago

15 Replies

Ibrance following SBRT radiation to two bone mets?

Hi everyone, my mom recently had SBRT radiation to two tumors (thoracic and lumbar spine) followed by a kyphoplast procedure last week as precautionary against...

Hi everyone, my mom recently had SBRT radiation to two tumors (thoracic and lumb...

Jac-genova

•3 years ago

8 Replies

Greetings

Hello all. I am new to the site. I have been searching for a MBC-specific group to join since our situation is vastly different than many others. I went...

Hello all. I am new to the site. I have been searching for a MBC-specific grou...

Andibo

•3 years ago

55 Replies

Alternative medicines

I have been prescribed Everolimus and Exemestane. I am leery of Everolimus and would like to find another oral drug to take along with Everolimus or another...

I have been prescribed Everolimus and Exemestane. I am leery of Everolimus and ...

8576

•3 years ago

9 Replies

I loved Julie2233

Julie and I became so close over the past two months. I adored her without ever meeting face to face. She died in her sleep during the night this past night. I...

Julie and I became so close over the past two months. I adored her without ever ...

Jpl5036608

•3 years ago

70 Replies

Dana Farber, what is going on???

If you go to Dana Farber, have you noticed anything out of the ordinary lately? I was supposed to have a virtual appt with the NP last Tuesday. She was a...

If you go to Dana Farber, have you noticed anything out of the ordinary lately? ...

SMPG

•3 years ago

13 Replies

Posts - SHARE Metastatic Breast Cancer | HealthUnlocked

SHARE Metastatic Breast Cancer

All posts for February 2021

Cost of ibrance

New lesions and change of treatment.

Covid

Anyone on Ibrance have lowering haemoglobin and rising liver enzyme AST? Concerned it may be cancer in marrow....

New to Zometa

Opps ! Did I shave my head un necessarily? Paclitaxel , pertuzumab & Trastuzumab chemo cocktail .

Blonde foil highlights still possible w Ibrance and Faslodex?

Nails

Ibrance stopped working, lots of pain in back

Xeloda

Need your opinion

Joining the Xeloda team next week

Capacitabine and insomnia

My sister has stomach cancer

Effect of chemo on blood work

My history of diagnosis

Triple positive stage 4

Ibrance, anastrozole, zometa side effects

Gabapentin works!

Zoom doc appt?

Results ct and bone scan

Verzenio Side Effects---Take a Break?

Cancer tumor marking rising but PET shows no progression of disease

Ibrance following SBRT radiation to two bone mets?

Greetings

Alternative medicines

I loved Julie2233

Dana Farber, what is going on???

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