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Re: Stroke after tamoxifen
europa;
I had a lacuna stroke at some point during my treatments for bc. It was picked up later during an mri looking for brain mets. I was put on aspirin and following a TIA while walking through IKEA of all places, my drivers license was pulled for 6 months, tests were done and I was put on aggrenox, sandoz candesartan and ratio-atorvastatin (all of which have more common names I'm sure but one's a blood thinner, ones for the heart and ones a statin I believe). I was retested and got my drivers license back. All this was about 10 years ago and I have had no problems since. However, I also had radiation for a left side tumour and so that combined with the chemo's (Doxorubicin aka the red devil), herceptin and arimidex, it's not hard to figure that we could have longer lasting heart/stroke issues in my mind.
Having said all of this, I have had no issues with my heart or stroke since that time.
God bless,
Cathy
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Cathy
Diagnosed Oct. 2004 3 cm ductal, lumpectomy Nov. 2004
Diagnosed Jan. 2005 tumor in supraclavicular node
Stage 3c, Grade 3, ER/PR+, Her2++
4 AC, 4 Taxol, Radiation, Arimidex, Actonel
Herceptin for 9 months until Muga dropped and heart enlarged
Restarting herceptin weekly after 4 months off
Stopped herceptin after four weekly treatments....score dropped to 41
Finished 6 years Arimidex
May 2015 diagnosed with ovarian cancer
Stage 1C
started 6 treatments of carboplatin/taxol
Genetic testing show BRCA1 VUS
Nice! My hair came back really curly. Hope it lasts lol. Well it didn't but I liked it so I'm now a perm lady
29 March 2018 Lung biopsy following chest CT showing tumours in pleura of left lung, waiting for results to the question bc or ovarian
April 20, 2018 BC mets confirmed, ER/PR+ now Her2-
Questions about the possibility of ovarian spread and mets to bones so will be tested and monitored for these.
To begin new drug Palbociclib (Ibrance) along with Letrozole May, 2018.
Genetic testing of ovarian tumour and this new lung met will take months.
To see geneticist to be retested for BRCA this week....still BRCA VUS
CA125 has declined from 359 to 12 as of Aug.23/18
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