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Breast Cancer

Archives for May 2003

Alternative and Complementary Therapies for Stage IV Breast Cancer
Hi! This is my first time online. I was dx w/infiltrating poorly differentiated ductal carcinoma-left breast. Underwent mastectomy lft breast Feb 2000. March 2002 recurrent ca w/met to rt lung. Nov 2002 met to liver. Have spent 12 months of chemo...currently on last option of navalbine and taxotere. Some slight decrease in…
medical menopause
My 4th and/or 5th round of chemo started me into medical menopause. Just finished 6th and last round of CEF and the FSH test determined for sure that I am in menopause. When a woman is early in menopause like I am, the ovaries are not totally shutdown, right? Doesn't that happen after she's been in it a while--it's not…
Neupogen and bone pain
Hi! Has anyone found a good medication to relieve bone pain caused by Neupogen?
Treatment without port
Was wondering if any of you went through chemotherapy without a port and how treatment went for you. I will probably have a port put in next week and right now am just not looking forward to more surgery. Doctor says treatment usually goes better with a port. What do you think?
CT and chest xray on Monday
Hello everyone, I am asking for prayers for my Ct scan and chest x ray on Monday. I have calcifications on my lung from Rads and they want to check and make sure that is all they are. Also my adreanal gland had a spot, forever, and they are checking that to make sure still the same. Thanks hope you all are having a great…
Frog has left the building
WELL FAMILY I am leaving for my long awaited vacation tomorrow. I just wanted to say thanks to everyone for puttin up with me. I will miss all ya'll over the next 16 days will im climbing in, up , around, the grand canyon. I will be thinking about each one of you while IM gone--and sending Good vibes all ya'lls ways!! LOVE…
stomach pain/headaches for 3 days
Hello everyone, I just have a question for anyone who has experienced this same thing.. I have had severe stomach pain and migraine headaches for 3 days now. I have finished my chemo, rad, bilat mast., and now I am taking tamoxifen. I don't know if this pain is from the medicine or what? Also I've been going to the…
Chemo/radiation menu
Does anyone know the thought process behind the order in which you get chemo and radiation? Some people seem to get one first then move on to the other. I am on a course of 4 CMF treatments, then 6 weeks of radiation, the back to 4 more CMFs. Any ideas?
looking for a cause
I'm trying to find out the name of the drug that was used for pregnant women in the late 70's who chose not to breastfeed. It was an injection in the arm just after giving birth and it dried up your milk. Seems to me many women, including myself, who have been diagnosed with breast cancer recently had that shot. I'm just…
What is going on with the swelling!
OK I finished a 12 week round of tazotere 2 weeks ago. I had some swelling in my left (surgery/no nodes) that I figured was the start of lymphadema so I got my oncologist to set me up with a physical therapist. Cool - No, that all happened over the last 2 days. Now, today I come home from work and my ankles are HUGE! What…
Sawing Logs
Has anyone experienced the onset of snoring due to chemo. My husband tells me I have started snoring since staring chemo. I am on Taxotere and carboplatin
Rogaine??
My hair is growing back in pretty rapidly but I have a few places where there doesn't seem to be any hair at all! YIKES! Has anyone ever tried Rogaine after chemo to speed up hair regrowth? Or at least to fill in the empty spots? After all I've been through it feels pretty silly to be so vain but I really want to quit…
Radiation soon--more blood tests?
In a couple weeks I'll be doing the radiation portion of my breast cancer treatment. Since the beginning of November, I've had to have my blood drawn every single Monday...either for A/C or Taxotere chemo and before and after mastectomy surgery. For anyone who went through radiation therapy...do you have to get blood drawn…
How long does the fatigue last?
I finished my last round (4 in all) of AC Chemotherapy 3 weeks ago. I'll start Tamoxifen in July. I'm wondering how long it takes before I'll really have all my strength back? I'm still very fatigued. Still dealing with side effects of the chemo (dry eyes, especially). I get worn out so easily, and seem to have no…
breast cancer and pregnancy
I am conducting a small study in the affects of pregnancy and breast cancer. I would really appreciate if you would answer a couple questions. Even if you did not have children, i would still appreciate it. just indicate how many children you had, how long you breast feed for, how old you were when you first gave birth and…
SAFE BIOLOGICAL PROTOCOL
HAS ANYBODY SEEN THE INFO ON THE SAFE BIOLOGICAL PROTOCOL FOR TREATING CANCER CALLED "CONTROLLED AMINO ACID THERAPY" OR "CAAT"? I AM A VOLUNTEER THERE AND HAVE SEEN SOME PROMISING RESULTS! FOR MORE INFO OR JUST TO BROWSE, GO TO http://www.apjohncancerinstitute.org/
rib pain
Hi I am scared and know that these boards are supportive so here I am. I was dx with bc aug 2002. 2.5 cm tumor, 5 of 18 nodes positive. i had a mastectomy and recontstruction. i had chemo, finished dec 30, and radiation finished mar 12. i am now on tamoxifen. i am 38 years old. so, my question? I'm having some pain and…
Arimedex
Hi all! I'm on Arimedex instead of Tamoxifen(spelling). I don't hear much from you all about this. Anyone else out there on it? My oncologist chose it because I have a family history of Uterine cancer and the tomoxifen increases this risk. The Arimedex is new but so far does not seem to increas the risk of overian or…
New to Taxol
I just started Taxol on May 9th of this year. I had had surgery 1 month and 6 days before i started Taxol. I am almost bald already. I feel like i am getting crushed for the 2 or 3 days after I get the Taxol. I am just wondering if this is common.
Will this ever end
I was diagnosed on Dec. 16th, had two mastectomies over the next few weeks and began a/c chemo in February. I began taxotere on May 15th and have had a terrible time of it over the past week. From extreme fatigue to intense body pain which has been followed by a very tender mouth, extremely sore feet and now tender fingers…
my mom is gone......
My mother passed away from bc mets. I sat vigil with her for 18 hours until she left us. I was begging the lord to take her- it was so hard to see her suffering. After she died my aunt told me that she was ready to go a couple of weeks ago, but she didn't want to die before or on my birthday- May 18th. She died the next…
Fatigue after chemo
I had my first chemo last week. Had it on Friday so I could go back to work on Monday. I have a couple of co-workers that did just that and it worked out just fine. The nausea was nothing worse than being pregnant, but I was not prepared for the extreme fatigue. I didn't make it in at all on Monday, only lasted 1 1/2 hrs…
Chemo thru but still feeling yucky?
How long after you finish Chemo do you begin to see changes for the better? Nails not so sore and bruised, food not tasting like cardboard, tiredness not a constant, eyes stop flooding and nauseau not a problem? I finished 1 week ago and don't expect immediately to "poof" be back to normal but, a general estimate - month,…
Scared to Death
I just found out today that I have breast cancer. I had a surgical biopsy on Monday and got the results today. The mass that was removed was about 2.5 cm, but there is a bit more left. The doctor has asked me to think about what I'd like to have done. I'm leaning toward mastectomy with reconstruction surgery along with it.…
Looking to start a support group - need HELP!!!!!
I live in Canada and would like to start a support group. Can anyone give me advice, organizations, resources, etc. to get going... thanks
First Chemo/Summer Vacation
I will be starting chemotherapy in June(either 4 cycles of AC or 6 of CMF). I was very nervous about chemo a month ago when I first posted to this board! Now thanks to all the support I've gotten here I feel like it will be quite manageable. Today I even got to thinking about planning a vacation trip or two. Did you feel…
I am back Ladies!
Hello everyone and thankyou oh so much for your prayers. I talked my way out of the hospital early today!!! Just could'nt handle being constantly awakened out of a dead narcotic induced sleep. I am in a great deal of pain, but at this moment everything is looking good as far as the the surgery goes. The DR is happy & I am…
New to all of this
I had my masctectomy last week and just met with my oncologist yesterday. Although I had heard the side effects of nausea and hair loss, I hadn't considered the possibility of chemo shutting my ovaries down for life. While my life is of course most important now, up until about four weeks ago my biggest nightmare was not…
To momof4
Hi Mariat, my parents are from Calabria and I live near Torino. I have lots to tell you so please write me so I can talk to you personally. Here's my e-mail address: mariateresa.lacava@inwind.it
Newjersey25 deserves congratulations!!!
Hi! I am Fawn's sister-in-law - I actually told her about this site, so every now and then I read the posts. (I do this not to be nosy, but mostly to learn!) Anyway, I don't think Fawn told you all - she recently participated in a Breast Cancer walk. With the help of her Aunt Donna and many others, she raised over $2,000…

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