Ladies in their 30s

I had an mri and a CT scan befor chemo to make sure cancer hadn't spread. No PET though.

maxdog- I'm not a big poster.. More of a lurker! Haha but I wanted to tell you that I have never had ANY scans.... Just Mamos and ultrasounds. I am 30 and just finished treatment for TNBC. I am in Boston at Dana-Farber and I also got a second opinion at MGH with the head of breast oncology. I've always had a really hard time with no scans but they all have explained it to me like this... We are all different and our tumor size, location, node status Ect... All play into a scan descison. My doc said that scans can bring up B9 things that delay treatment or cause more harm to your body if they biopsy. She told me that people get clear scans and still comes back OR no scans and they are fine... It's all a crap shoot! She told me to listen to my body and should anything come up they will of course scan. So for me I'm hoping to never get one! Good luck 💛

I had a PET scan after my bilateral when they found cancer in the sentinel nodes. They wouldn't do it before that. Praise God it was negative.

I got a PET scan as my cancer is rather advanced. My ovaries lit up so I had to go for some gynae checkups to clear my ovaries. Ovaries were cleared and that was a great peace of mind.

hi 27hearts. Your signature line made me giggle.

I am not, but will be starting one in the summer after my ooph. Is that a common side effect? How is early menopause? I have no idea what to expect.

Ddsmomma - I have read a lot that says the pain from Neulasta can often be the worst in areas where you've had problems before. For me, mine settled in to my lower back and right hip, both places I've had previous trouble. I also had a few hours of left knee pain; again, an area I've had problems with in the past.

Hi all,

I have a PET today. My oncologist told me this is standard for anyone starting chemo, regardless of staging (which I do Wednesday), but I'm sure every facility is different. I can't wait to eat all the carbs after.

Neoadjuvant chemo starts Wednesday. Going for my port tomorrow. I'm glad it's all moving quickly!

had a pet scan pre and post chemo very thankful I did gives me a piece of mind although I had a spot on my liver slightly light up that drs were convinced wasnothing and I had another pet to prove this so it can cause anxiety!

Well there seems to be too little of us in the 20s thread, so I thought I would chime in on the 30s since I'm in my late 20s. We shouldn't lose our humour, even without our health, right?

This is random, but my neuropathy is making me think I'm going to faint anytime because numb extremes were always what I experienced before blacking out.

and my dr won't do tumor markers but easily gave me scans so you might be right littleblue

we are young, but we are strong! I am feeling great, hoping my young age helps me to manage the chemo SE better. I am also channeling my inner Sade today!

PET scans are really only helpful to detect things like bone mets. MRIs are used for soft tissue (organs). Pet scans are also limited in that they only pick up uptake/ tumors greater than 1cm. Not to mention that they're harmful. Unless you are concerned about bone mets, MRIs are the test to seek for follow up scans.

anytime

I recently got diagnosed with stage 3, grade 3 BC at 34 yrs old. Mine is 90% ER positive, so i guess thats something with good treatment responses. Had surgery and currently undergoing dose dense (every 2 weeks for 4 months) TAC chemo. Side effects not too bad, just horrible metal taste in mouth and a bit of fatigue. Scheduled for rads in march, once chemo has finished.

I have no children, but underwent IVF and ended up with two frozen embryos Just wondering if anyone else has gone down the IVF route prior to chemo.. I know its miles off for me, but has anyone on here had children after BC which is estrogen receptive and how long did they wait?

Cajun I'm interested in evervolimos trial how did you get into it