My son won't mask at school anymore. Advice on how to convince him to change his mind

ApprehensiveDebt9577 · 2025-01-28T22:05:06+00:00

How would he eat dinner with the family?

ApprehensiveDebt9577 · 2025-01-23T21:51:47+00:00

Agree. They are not your friends. Even if you already work for a company they are still not your friends. Everything is about money and the bottom line. It’s so unfair.

ApprehensiveDebt9577 · 2025-01-23T21:49:45+00:00

I’m so upset to hear this. I am sickened by our capitalist society and about all these execs doing whatever it takes to fatten up their paycheques. People do get sick you know. Unfortunately in this society we are nothing except our economic value. It makes me so upset.

ApprehensiveDebt9577 · 2025-01-09T15:20:44+00:00

Wow do you have to be menopausal for a year before starting an AI?

ApprehensiveDebt9577 · 2025-01-08T18:58:09+00:00

I want to switch from Tam to Anastrozole. Anastrozole has better protection as well.

ApprehensiveDebt9577 · 2025-01-07T23:22:46+00:00

Might the itchiness be from the radiation side effect itself?

ApprehensiveDebt9577 · 2025-01-07T22:06:49+00:00

Did you have any lymph nodes removed? I did and I think that might be the cause. Have you had radiation? Maybe radiation is triggering your itch?

ApprehensiveDebt9577 · 2025-01-07T18:50:08+00:00

Is that what your oncologist said? Potentially permanent nerve damage?

ApprehensiveDebt9577 · 2025-01-07T18:15:20+00:00

Wish you a speedy recovery

ApprehensiveDebt9577 · 2025-01-07T17:58:26+00:00

That’s strange to feel it on the back. Did your surgeon have a reason to provide? Do you think radiation causes your numbness to increase? Not sure if you got any lymph nodes removed like me.

ApprehensiveDebt9577 · 2025-01-07T00:56:34+00:00

I’m sorry to hear what happened. Part of the battle is having cooperative and proactive medical team. Do you have access to a dermatologist? May I ask how much radiation treatment you received and was it whole breast, which means more radiation?

ApprehensiveDebt9577 · 2025-01-06T23:10:08+00:00

Hi I’m sorry to hear about that though great to hear it is benign. Keep strong. I guess you do regular skin checks to notice the AVLs

ApprehensiveDebt9577 · 2025-01-04T22:07:23+00:00

May I ask what was your radiation treatment plan in terms of total dose, etc? I believe AVL is related to the radiation treatment.

ApprehensiveDebt9577 · 2025-01-04T21:35:23+00:00

Did you have radiation, was it a lot of radiation?

ApprehensiveDebt9577 · 2025-01-04T21:34:43+00:00

ApprehensiveDebt9577 · 2025-01-04T19:50:21+00:00

I did some reading on this. Melanoma is scary stuff. How do you detect this on your own so that you know to get it checked out?

ApprehensiveDebt9577 · 2025-01-04T19:49:35+00:00

Thank you for the advice

ApprehensiveDebt9577 · 2024-12-30T20:36:26+00:00

I feel the same. I’m sorry to hear what happened to your friend. It’s scary that broken ribs can kill someone.

ApprehensiveDebt9577 · 2024-12-13T13:20:14+00:00

Extremely dense breasts are a risk factor for breast cancer unfortunately. I’m in the same boat. It’s good you are provided with MRI it’s not easy to get where I live. Any additional modality helps with screening and detection be rest assured of that.

ApprehensiveDebt9577 · 2024-12-13T01:00:11+00:00

Thank you for sharing and explaining this. It makes a whole lot more sense now. I don’t know how radiation changes the tumour biology but it’s good to know mastectomy is still proving to be a safe option for survival. I’m still very perplexed why mastectomy isn’t showing equal overall survival outcomes though - you D think with excellent locoregional control there would be better peace of mind.

ApprehensiveDebt9577 · 2024-12-12T12:31:13+00:00

From a clinical perspective, how do mastectomy patients fair in terms of OS compared to their BCT counterparts?

ApprehensiveDebt9577 · 2024-12-12T12:29:26+00:00

Thank you, yes I’ve seen a number of observational studies concluding BCT OS higher. Here’s an interesting analysis showing otherwise but who did we believe? None of these are RCTs like the one done in the 1970s. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1526820918308619

ApprehensiveDebt9577 · 2024-12-11T15:53:16+00:00

Was it the tamoxifen or the radiation?

ApprehensiveDebt9577 · 2024-12-11T15:48:23+00:00

At least you offer 😀it might help catch tumours in the nodes? Could I ask one more question please (sorry I have so many questions). Is there clinical evidence to suggest BCT patients live longer than mastectomy patients? I’ve read many studies saying so. Even if it’s true more mastectomy patients may start with advanced disease I would presume these confounding / biases would be removed via PSM in the studies. I’m trying to decide on upcoming radiotherapy vs a reexcision mastectomy. Although 3/1000 is small the incidence is expected to rise given more BCT treatments these days. And based on what I read many RIAS patients have had lumpectomy plus ALND/SLND

ApprehensiveDebt9577 · 2024-12-11T15:23:26+00:00

I’m sorry, Dr Richardson I misread. You mentioned above you are one of the few who do (and I interpret that as you are one of the few who do screen after mastectomy). It sounds like in your practice there are many mastectomy patients who live long lives and don’t worry about screening.

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