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Anyone have digestive issues after treatment?
Hello all - I am really needing advice on something that is just eating me up inside. Sometimes I feel trapped in my brain with all this anxiety from breast cancer!
I am now 3 years out from my triple positive diagnosis and it will be two years in March since I finished all my treatments. I started to have constipation in September of 2012 and have lived on laxatives until last week when my whole digestive system went awry. In that time, I had a biopsy of my uterus for thickening and polyps removed that developed. I also now have a nice cyst on my right ovary. All tests came back benign and every doctor I talk to about my digestive issues seem to just push me off.
I have been having extreme pain in my lower abdomen and my right side. I am now having diarrhea everyday (sorry to be so graphic) and I am in panic mode! I'm seeing the GI doctor yet again today but not confident he is going to help me.
Anyone have similar issues? I am on Tamoxifen so could that be the reason I am having problems? My body is in pain everyday and I have to take Motrin to get by. I still exercise and try to be as positive as I can but it's been so hard when no one seems to care or listen.
Thank you for listening to my issues - I have to say I am so angry right now losing Denise and all the others. I don't want another doctor to tell me how it's good to be Her2+ with all the drugs we have available. They still have no clue how evil this disease really is!!!
Love to all - Jessica
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11/17/10 - Diagnosed with 4.5cm tumor in right breast, IDC, Stage 2, Nuclear grade 2, ER+ PR+ HER2+
12/13/10 - Lymph node biopsy - negative
12/28/10 - Started neo-adjuvant treatment along with clinical trial with 4 rounds of AC chemo every 3 weeks
3/15/11 - Began weekly Taxol/Herceptin infusions along with 750mg of Tykerb taken by mouth daily
6/28/11 - Finished last cycle of Taxol
7/27/11 - Breast MRI shows tumor has dissolved, remarkable reaction to chemo
8/31/11 - Lumpectomy, Sentinel Node biopsy. Node negative, clear margins, 7mm of cancer left over from chemo.
10/05/11 - Started radiation, 5 days a week for 7 weeks.
11/8/11 - Finished radiation
3/21/12 - Last Herceptin!
3/26/12 - Port removed!
Tamoxifen for 5 years
8/4/15 - Hysterectomy & bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy. Due to large fibroids. No cancer!
8/8/15 - Started Arimidex
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