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Old 07-09-2015, 05:17 AM   #15
AlaskaAngel
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Re: Teeth

Thanks, Suzan, for asking. Mine are a very spendy mess at 13 years out w/o bc recurrence and with some dental insurance.

My DDS recommended Biotene also, and even though my mouth doesn't feel dry to me, he says it is. (Shoot, why wouldn't my mouth be dry? My hair is dry, my skin is so dry that I have chronic itching and have to use Cetaphil for that, my ears don't produce much earwax....)

In my case, one can't blame any of it on trastuzumab or on using an AI, either. And I was only on tamoxifen for 1 1/2 years. But I did have CAF x 6.

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Dx 2002 age 51
bc for granny, aunt, cousin, sister, mother.
ER+/PR+/HER2+++, grade 3
IDC 1.9 cm, some DCIS, Stage 1, Grade 3
Lumpectomy, CAFx6 (no blood boosters), IMRT rads, 1 3/4 yr tamoxifen
Rads necrosis
BRCA 1 & 2 negative
Trials: Early detection OVCA; 2004 low-dose testosterone for bc survivors
Diet: Primarily vegetarian organic; metformin (no diabetes), vitamin D3
Exercise: 7 days a week, 1 hr/day
No trastuzumab, no taxane, no AI
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