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Breast Cancer

Archives for November 2000

Only one more!!!!
Hello ladies, Tiger here, well I had my fifth dose of Taxol yesterday, I only have one more to go!!!!!!ya hoo!! I will continue with the Herceptin for the next year,once a week, but because it is an angionesis drug and not chemo,it does not effect my bloodcells, therefore i will get my hair back, loose the weight I put on…
Re; I am new here
Hello I have recently joined and would like to correspond with anyone with breast cancer. I had my cancer back to front ie secondary found in right femor first and a year later 1999 found a lump in right breast. I have had radiotherapy and chemotherapy which finished in February this year. I believe in being very positive,…
Breast lymphoma?
Hello: I posted here a couple of weeks ago having been diagnosed with bc. I just went in for a second opinion before approving my treatment plan. We have this great clinic at our teaching hospital where you get to see a team -- surgeon, radiologist/oncologist, chemotherapy/oncologist. Anyway, the chemo oncologist looked at…
Susan, could not get into chat
Susan, i tried to respond to you and get into the chat room but it would not work. Lets try again for another night. Nancy
Have a good week
Well ladies, I hope this finds you all in good health, I will be incommunicado for the next week, I am going for my fifth dose of Taxol tomorrow and I am finding that it is getting harder to get over,I find it is starting to go more to my head and make me tired and stupid. For the first day after I lay on the couch and…
Hair regrowth
I am wondering how long it takes for your hair to grow back in after chemo treatments. I had my last treatment on August 29th and my hair has started to grow back, but very slowly. It is getting thicker on top, but still hardly a half inch long. When will it get long enough for me not to have to wear my wig. Also I used to…
Another Canadian Eh?
hey there, this is Tiger in North Bay,Ont. Do any of you have any snow yet? We are getting dumped on right now. My husband is out gearing up the snowblower for the season. Where abouts are you Trudy? We lived in St.Jean for a year when my husband first joined the military, he was at the language school for a year,we loved…
looking for a answer?
Hey ladies! hope this fines you all doing ok. I have finished chemo and radition in March. I started having real bad pain in my left wrist in May. I went to the dr. and they took x-rays and thought it was just coprul tunnel(spelled wrong). I continue to hurt so I went to a orpt. dr. and he sent me to therepy 3 times a…
Neuropathy from Taxotere
I still have neuropathy in my fingers and feet, I finished chemo April 25th, how long does it take to go away?
Taxotere
This is for all the ladies who have taken Taxotere. My oncologist (who is no longer my oncologist, but that is another story)told me at the beginning of chemo that I would "like" Taxotere, that it would not make me as sick as CAF. CAF was very hard for me, lots of nausea, no vomiting, and fatigue, malaise and just…
Immunical/HMS-90
I started to take a product called HMS-90 in Canada and Immunical in the US. It is an immune booster in a powder whey form that I mix with orange juice. I only found out after I had finished chemo but the lady I got it from said she took it all throughout her chemo and had no side effects. I can only tell you first hand…
Regarding new hair growth after chemo:
I hope I'm not repeating myself but I am starting to feel a little human after chemo and radiation except that my once very full head of hair is now very thin and my fingers and feet are still tingling 7 months after taxotere what gives? The one thing I was promised by my doctor was that my hair would come back, maybe…
Hair regrowth
Has anyone out there who used to have very thick hair now have very thin hair, as a result of chemo ?
child care
I work with women undergoing cancer treatment. I have noticed that lack of child care resources are a real problem. I'm wondering if anyone else has had this problem and what was helpful? What would have been ideal to lessen the stress of caring for young children and going through chemo? Thanks for your input
I got chills!!
I got chills,they're electrifying!!! Sorry, Grease is my favorite movie. Anyone taking Herceptin? If so, about the second day after I get chills,and the runs, and really,really, run and hide,smelly gas!!! My onco nurse says this is normal, and I am starting to find that my emotions are running hot and cold in a matter of…
A sense of humour
hi everyone. i gonna start this thread, in the hope we can all find a litle humour to tell each other. i need to keep my sense of humour, and it is bit of a struggle at the moment. however, i think yu can all picture me with my big white plastic bowl on the sofa beside me! havent had to use it yet, but i am taking no…
A/C chemotherapy
i have just had first chemo, A/C. no sickness at all and this is third day. but very shaky, trembly. has anyone else suffered that? i am really interested to meet someone else on this right now, to help me through the stages of feelings. and to know what helped. so plese could someone reply. thanks susan in canada
Some Good News
Hi every one. Last night I got some good news & I want to share it with everyone. My recurrent cancer is responding rapidly to treatment. I have grade 3-4 mets (estrogen positive) after 19 years symptom free but my protein marker levels are now dropping rapidly on a treatment of Tamoxifen and radiation. I feel better than…
How can I help my Mom?
My mom was just diagnosed with Stage I breast cancer. I am at a loss as how to help her. She does not want to look at any information. It is almost as if she avoids the info, she can avoid dealing with the cancer itself. I do not know what to say or do to help allay some of the obvious fears and feeling she must be going…
Newly Diagnosed & Everything at Once
Hi Group! Unfortunately, I am now a member, having been diagnosed with breast cancer in early October. It has taken this long to get second opinions and get genetic testing done. I am negative for the BRAC-1 and BRAC-2 mutations, thank g-d! Still have lumpectomy and node dissection coming up on the 7th. To top this off, I…
Wishing everyone a Happy Thanksgiving!
Hello! I wanted to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving. We have so much to be thankful for. Take care, Maggie
anti nausea medication question
Hi everybody, It's Nancy here again. I want to ask all of you if you try to taper off your anti nausea meds after treatments or do you remain on them until your next infusion. I try to cut them back from every 4-6 hours as the days go by and I try to stop them all together as I start feeling a little better, This 2nd round…
another newcover needs help
Wanted: breast cancer survivors and their loved ones! My Aunt Jeanette recently began her fight with breast cancer. Although she has family and friends who love, support, and pray for her, I need your special support. Please write an inspirational/motivational story, thought, message to my Aunt Jeanette via me. Anything…
DCIS Experience
Looking for someone to discuss their experience. I was diagnosed in Sept. Had mastectomy in Oct.
Newly diagnosed
Hello, My name is Judy and I was diagnosed with breast cancer on Nov. 10th. I did not know you could go through so many different feelings in such a short time. First the shock, then for a few days I was just great. The last few days I have just totally lost it. I just can't seem to get a grip on it all. I have been trying…
RE:Met. Breast Cancer on Lung
Hello, I am currently being treated for Met. Breast cancer on the lung. I am taking taxol and it is really working well for me. I am 32 and going to live a long life with kids. I would like to hear for those of you that might have had cancer and treatments and later went of to have children. May God bless you and your…
Re: Met. Breast Cancer on the Lung
Hello, I am new to this site. I was diagnosed w/ breast cancer in'97 now it has moved to my lung. I am on Taxol and it working well for me. I am 32 and want to live a long life and have children. I have found it hard to communicate with anyone who has gone through cancer and later had children. If you have been through…
Newly diagnosed
Two weeks ago I was diagnosed with breast cancer. The tumor is 2-3cm, not attached to anything. The biopsy says invasive ductal carcinoma, tests negative for all receptors. Margins are involved. I've met with surgeon, and am currently considering lumpectomy vs. mastectomy (a relative also recently diagnosed has decided to…
Breast Cancer
Hello My name is Lynne and I am 49 years old and live in Wales, UK. I have had secondary breast cancer for over two years now and would like to chat with others who have secondaries. Trust me, my cancer was back to front ie secondary in femor bone first then in breast. I would like to talk with anyone who has secondaries,.…
Alone
I have just recently been admitted to this "club" w/Breast cancer. i start chemo next week. I'm not quite certain if I'm scared or not. I really don't know what to expect or how I feel. I have a number of friends and family that all say they are here if I need them, the thing is, they aren't. My husband takes me to…

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