Carmin’s Corner

A spot for me to put reclaim my place on the Internet.
  • Paying it forward

    Paying it forward

    I wanted to take a minute to list the organizations that have been very helpful to me and why. I will offer the caveat that I have not done the full deep dive on the financial structure of each of these. I know there are ways that people try to track effectiveness and costs on…

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  • Anastrozole/Lupron 

    Anastrozole/Lupron 

    I’ve been on Kisqali for one cycle and it has gone well, which brings me to the other drugs that I’m on. I’ve been on Anastrozole, an aromatase inhibitor (sometimes called an AI), since February 1st and overall it has been ok. So, what is it? Because my breast cancer was hormone receptor-positive, I need…

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  • What’s Next: Kisqali

    What’s Next: Kisqali

    As I mentioned in my last post, I will start Kisqali in April. But because I will take it, it changed the type of hormone therapy drug that I have already started taking, so I thought I would first explain why I’m taking Kisqali. As a reminder, the main goal now is to stop the…

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