434 Cancer Blogs

Bio: Breast Cancer Speaker, Survivor, Activist

Cancer Type: Breast Cancer

Medical Term for the Type of Cancer: Stage one, Grade three, Invasive Breast Cancer

Breast Cancer Symptoms: Standard

Bio: Was diagnosed with cancer at 28. Younger than the norm. I just want all woman to be aware of this awful cancer but also know that there are wonderful people in the world. While having a successful surgery I am now going through a Breast Reconstruction that has not been easy. I have been blogging the progress of my necrosis and…more

Cancer Type: Breast Cancer

Breast Cancer Symptoms: A lump in my left breast the size of a ping pong ball.

Surgery Description, Dates & Side Effects: Radical Mastectomy October 28th 2011. The surgery was a successful one. Was very happy with the clean cut. No side effects.

Chemotherapy Description, Dates & Side Effects: 2 types of chemo started November 21st 2011. Nausea, migraines, fatigue, mouth sores, dizziness, bad taste in mouth.

Bio: I found this blog while my son was diagnosed with stage 4 Colon Cancer. He passed in 2016.. Now I'm back because I was just diagnosed with DCIS in my left breast.. I have already been biopsied and had surgery..

Cancer Type: Breast Cancer

Medical Term for the Type of Cancer: DCIS

Breast Cancer Symptoms: Found on mammagram

Surgery Description, Dates & Side Effects: 11-20-2020 Removed tissue and some surrounding tissue.. 11-30-20 I find out DCIS was found in the extra tissue. I go see Radiation Doctor 12-7-2020 to find out if radiation will kill it.

Bio: I've been fighting Stage IV breast cancer for 7 years. Been through several meds and oncologists a cancer mutation, but thankfully things are going pretty well. I lost my husband of 20 years this past November so I have to fight even harder to make sure I am here for my 2 amazing teenage daughters.

Cancer Type: Breast Cancer

Medical Term for the Type of Cancer: Post-menopausal advanced stage ER+ breast cancer with FGFR-amplification

Breast Cancer Symptoms: Initially felt painful lump in my armpit. Cancer was missed on 2 diagnostic mammograms 6 months apart. Finally caught by MRI.

Chemotherapy Description, Dates & Side Effects: Started Xeloda in 11/2019, took 3 pills morning and evening 2 weeks on 1 week off, for 5 months. Only side effect was hand and foot syndrome. It started slowly but peeling and sensitivity on my feet got so bad I had to take a break for a month to let things heal. They did heal and was…more

Bio: Diagnosed with breast cancer on 3/5/2019.Two surviving sisters and one surviving cousin with breast cancer.

Cancer Type: Breast Cancer

Medical Term for the Type of Cancer: Invasive Lobular Carcinoma

Breast Cancer Symptoms: Breast distortion and inverted nipple.

Surgery Description, Dates & Side Effects: Surgery date to be Sept 18th, 2019. Single left mastectomy. (Reconstruction not until the fall of 2020.) 2nd surgery 5 days later to remove all lymph nodes on left side. Add'l surgery to remove expander that was leaking. Had implant put in instead.

Cancer Type: Breast Cancer

Cancer Type: Breast Cancer

Medical Term for the Type of Cancer: stage 3b local metastasize

Breast Cancer Symptoms: turmor growth, 4 of them

Surgery Description, Dates & Side Effects: no date yet as chemo is first and best chance of survival

Chemotherapy Description, Dates & Side Effects: october 29th and every 2 weeks for 2 months then new chemo every week for 12 weeks

Cancer Type: Breast Cancer

Medical Term for the Type of Cancer: Triple Negative

Surgery Description, Dates & Side Effects: Not scheduled until 2016. Double mastectomy and hysterectomy

Cancer Type: Breast Cancer

Breast Cancer Symptoms: I found a lump in my left breast, had mastitis for years & had no insurance, so let it go. But it got too big. Went to doctor.

Surgery Description, Dates & Side Effects: Went to surg.first & in 1 week I came out of surgery. Quickest thing I have ever heard of. Fla. Drs. don't waste time.

Chemotherapy Description, Dates & Side Effects: 6 months.... 3 at first.... then 3 more after radiation..most side effects there are!!!couldn't eat,sick,cried,tired, you name it....lost my hair, then lost it the 2nd time too,3 months later

Bio: I'm almost 51 years old. After being cancer free for 8 years, the beast is back. I originally fought breast cancer in 2010. I found a lump in mid August, 2010 and started the doctor visits a week later. Ultimately, there were two separate masses, .7 cm and .8 cm, in…more

Cancer Type: Breast Cancer

Medical Term for the Type of Cancer: IDC

Breast Cancer Symptoms: 2019 - new mass in left breast. 2010- None - I found a lump, which turned out to by a cyst. That cyst was hiding one of the cancer tumors. The other tumor was closer to my chest wall.

Surgery Description, Dates & Side Effects: 11/22/2010 - bilateral mastectomy with tissue expanders. 4/21/2011 - swap out surgery for implants 9/29/2011 - revision surgery to left side