Ladies in their 30s?

Brandall- hope your scan went okay. I will be thinking of you....sending positive energy and prayers your way. Hugs.



Sar843- so sorry you are dealing with this right now. We are here for you.



Cjrt- so sorry you have to have surgery. Keep us posted...thinking of you...hugs.



msvirgo828- welcome..here for you if you want to vent. Like the fight!



Have a great night/ weekend ladies... hugs to you all.

Brandall, all the best to you! Keep us posted. I have a scan on the 20th and am praying I am still Ned.

Woohoo!  Good scan results!  Still NED!!!  Not all good news, my EKG was still abnormal, I'll have a stress test done this Thursday.  My PCP doesn't think it's anything to worry about though, just a "better safe than sorry" type thing...I hope!!

aic- I'll be thinking about you and your upcoming scans!  I know how early the anxiety sets in!!

kmusial - I really didn't think there would be so many ladies under 40 with stage IV until I came on this site.  I think a lot of the reason is that breast cancer in young people is almost always the most aggressive type there is. It does suck!  I was always the youngest person in the infusion room by far!  Hugs!

Brandall- Great news on NED! So happy for you. Hopefully you can put the heart issue to rest soon, too.

Jena- Trust me, my venting sounds a lot worse than yours. No need to apologize to this group....I'm sure we can all relate! Hugs!

Hi Priscilla, good luck with your upcoming scan! I see that you are a fellow Floridian.

Welcome Debeachgirl- I am currently on TAC. I also get lupron every 4 weeks. I wad also on Arimidex until a few weeks ago when mo took me off.



I have not had too many SE's yet that effect intimacy except being so damn tired.



I don't know if dismiss is the word I would use... My mo definitely leaves stuff out. Sometimes i feel like they take advantage of the fact that we are so dependent on them. I still don't know when i will get my scans and am about to have 4th infusion...little tired of him being so vague. I have not taken the medicine uou are on so can not give too much advice on anxiety. The steroids they had me on caused insomnia and edima. Hope you get everything worked out with onc.

Thanks so much for sending me to the "scream cream" thread.  I can't wait to tell that to my new, older male onc!!!  lol 

The reason I asked about whether others had problems with their oncologists leaving things out is bc I've had to change oncologists twice bc of important ommisions that I later learned from other doctors.  My original female onc told me that chemo wouldn't effect my fertility at all after asking several questions, my husband and I, even about freezing eggs.  I was thrown into menopause, another surprise believe it or not, when I started having hot flashes that she didn't tell me about.  Those are a side effect that you don't imagine on your own.  That oncologist took off right after my treatment w/o telling some of her patients and I was then past off to her partner.  Neither of them ordered a PET scan so when I started having pain in my hip in the fall of 2010 my primary care dr ordered xrays that showed arthritis.  In July I finally had an MRI of my pelvis and they found metastasis.  My current oncologist left out the fact that the cancer was also in my spine and a left rib.  I received that info from my radiation oncologist who always told me the whole story.  Sooo, I left that practice and when to a cancer center where I thought the oncologist was more attentive.  Every time I needed a scan to check on progression she would stall and 3 times either my cancer progressed or the drug had stopped working.  Sooo, I went to the cancer center I'm at now, and they questioned the why there were such big lulls in changing treatment, so that wasn't just me, which honestly I had begun to think it was.  I ask questions, I take a list in so I don't forget bc I have horrible short term memory now.  I have a handy notebook with me all the time.  So far I love this practice.  They offer alternative treatments such as acupuncture and everyone knows me already and my case.  I'm on Aromasin and Afinitor, just started it 2 weeks ago.  I feel like crap but I felt like crap when the Arimidex was working so hopefully this is working.  I'm really glad I found this discussion board.  People seem to be a little more open then other boards I've participated in.  Thanks for the good advice so far and I'm more then willing to talk to anyone about treatments or surgery I've been through. 

Hi Selena! Sorry about the recent diagnosis.. As you can see there are a lot of younger women dealing with the same thing. I hope you'll find lots of help and support here!!

Hi Selena, sorry you have to join us, but I've learned lots here

DEbeachgirl - WOW, those aren't just little side effects they are leaving out!  I'm so sorry!  At least it sounds like you've landed in a good place now!  Hugs!!

Tammylynn -- So sorry about your recent mets.  Unfortunately, the doctors really can't tell us what treatable means because it depends on how our bodies respond to the various treatments.  There are a number of people on here who have mets who get to the point of No Evidence of Disease for years or who may still have to take treatments to keep things stable, but they do that for years as well. What treatments have you done or are you going to do?

I'm still relatively new with my stage iv diagnosis, and I was initially dx as stage 1 at my mastectomy.  A ptscan before chemo showed my liver mets; so, I can definitely relate to the whirlwind and confusion that you have right now.  No one can see the future, but this is a great group of people to ask questions to, get support from, and vent.  They will help in any way that they can!

It sucks to see new members being added to this group. I go to chemo and I get that sad face look on the older ladies faces. It does bother me that I am stage lV but i have been dealing with this since 09 and have accepted the fact that I am stage lV. Has anyone experienced this? Or they say to me you are to young tell that to my cancer.

Same here. When I go to chemo, I am normally in there with a group of men in their 70's. We watch gun smoke and talk about the weather.

I know, it's justo hard reality to grasp. I am trying to be strong for myself and my family, it's just so hard! I' m thankful to have found you ladies!

Cheers to your good news Nancy!!!

Jena - good luck with your infusion!  How many treatments total are you expecting to do?