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Breast Cancer

Archives for December 2002

Appointment with surgeon tommorow
Dearest Sisters, The results I was waiting for finally came back. My sonogram shows benign changes on my scar, or what it appears to be bening changes and a 1.2cm lymph node structutre on the axila on the other side. The radiologist asks the attending physician to evaluate both and to order more tests if he is in…
USER UNFRIENDLY!
Hi: Just posting to say that this new format seems to be one big glitch. I'm finding it very user unfriendly and confusing. My mail box shows, as NEW messages, e-mails, which were already read and replied to, over two weeks ago. I seldom ever go to chat, but WHERE is it, for those ladies who frequently use it? Postings…
I'm new and need some support/information.
Hello. My name is Jeremy. I have a very unique situation and am in need of information and support. My girlfriend was diagnosed with breast cancer at around age 18. We are now 20 and after the cancer went into remission it has now returned as stage 3A. Let's start with the story. I talked to this girl on the phone and we…
What's up with this?
Sorry to complain, but I feel like I just landed on another planet. I can't find the chat, our last week of messages seems to be lost, and the resource I listed on my web page goes to MY web page here, it's supposed to go too the one I have on the internet. OK, OK so I don't like change guess I'll get used to it. Sevey and…
Beating the odds
I'm a 'stage 4' myself, I'd be 6 feet under by now if my MDs had it there way. No joke, not that they wish me any harm, but one surgeon said "IF you make it through chemo you need to have a bilat mastectomy." Encouraging statement 1 week after diagnosis. Happy to say that was June 2000. Sad to say he was right about the IF…
sevey it's not a private chat
I saw your name but nothing entered if still here post a note
Hummingbyrd Please Help me?
For the first time I saw there were 2 people in the chatroom while I was actually on the computer and I could not join in. Is it because it was a private chat? I felt so excited and then nothing. Maybe I am not doing this right or like I said earlier on this post it was a private or even its the computer. Anyway, I am…
Ouch! Let's not say terminal re:staging
OK Tara you ready, tell hubby he doesn't know what he's talking about! LOL 1=1 11=2 111=3 1V=4 Stage 1: tumor < 2 cm (about 1 inch) has not spread outside of the breast Stage 11A: < 2cm and in lymph nodes OR 2-5cm but not in lymph nodes 11B: 2-5 and in lymph nodes OR >5 cm but not in lymph nodes In 1 and 11 lymph nodes…
Could someone help me
I seem to not understand something I know someone can help me. Someone in post mentioned the fact that they had very invasive stage three breast cancer with no lymphnode involvement. But correct me if I am wrong I am always wrong according to my mate and if not in lympnodes wonder why so high of stage. Lymph node…
Latest amazing moments of Marty
Hello all! Yesterday (Sunday) was started with the sheer terror of my right thigh turning black/purple whilst I was showering. A visit to the emergency room, ultrasound and the Doctor's "Hmmm, odd."... Not terribly reassuring but we were eventually released and told to rest until the Oncologist saw me for my last chemo…
Hummingbyrd ??
How did you get herceptin? Are you in a clinical trial. I am curious, as the only way I can get it is to go in to a trial where there is a 1 in 3 chance of getting it. Also, any suggestions as to ease nausea during chemo? How sick can I expect to be. I know everyone is different, but is it as bad as I think it will be?…
Questions about Taxol effects.
Hi all, I was just wondering how long the side effect of hurting joints last? It has been about a month now and my joints are still hurting..and my hair is falling out now??? It started to fall out again after about my first month of Taxol..then kinda slowed down..now..a month later..it is falling out more and more. Has…
Herceptin
I would love to hear from any HER+ breast cancer patients who have used Herceptin. Would it be advisable for everyone? I know that is a broad question but any info you have on HER+ recovery stories with or without Herceptin would be appreciated. Also, has anyone taken chemo with the drug Taxotere? I need to make a…
hummingbyrd
Thanks for sending me your message re: herceptin. Was your original cancer in the lymph nodes. Mine isn't however, I had invasive breast cancer at stage 3. This would be a blind study so I may not actually receive herceptin. This takes an additional year of treatment. I'm still confused. What do you mean by bone mets?…
anxiety after surgery
Hi I made it through my second but with breast cancer on Nov. 5 with a lumpectomy and no node involvement (1 cm invasive)..after surgery that night in the hospital, developed panic/anxiety attacks despite the good news...insomnia since and being treated by counselors and GP for anxiety with zoloft and sleeping pills...any…
pregnancy after breast cancer?
Has anyone here had a baby after breast cancer? My hormone receptors were all positive and so i know there are some risks, but need some more info. would be grateful for any help out there...I had a mastectomy with 1 lymph node positive and am now on tamoxifen but they are saying that they will let me off it to have a kid.…
So NOW what???
I received a note from a dear friend Thanksgiving morning about his wife. In part he worte "...she is starting to hurt pretty bad now. She has 5 tumors in her spine and ribs and she grown immune to all the chemo treatments. Her hormone treatment doesn't seem to be working either." She was first diagnosed with BC in 1996,…
Question
Dear Friends. Especially to those of you that are post menopausal: Have any of you ever had polyps in the uterus that caused some bleeding? My oncologist sent me to my GYN when I told him of some unusual bleeding (haven't had a period in 7 years). The GYN did a biopsy and said everything was okay, but that I had a polyp in…

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