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Breast Cancer

Archives for May 2003

First Chemo Treatment Toady
Hi, my name is Sharon and Well, I had my first chemo treatment today. I was so scared, but I have been on this message board and read that the fear was going to be worse that the actual treatment - and that proved right. Now I just wait for the side effects. I will be doing 3 courses of Adriamycin/Cytoxan every two week…
ovary removal
I've had a bilateral mastectomy and have 1 more chemo treatment to go. I will have radiation and hormonal treatment afterwards. Tumor ER and PR+. Even though chemo has started me into menopause and the hormonal therapy will, for the most part, finish what chemo started because of lowering the amount of estrogen or how the…
Laughter Best Medicine: Update
There's a second online book sample of cartoons by Steve Gould. Go to www.oncolink.com, then click on "Coping" followed by "Reading Room" and then "Online Books." Besides "Thank God It's Only Cancer", there's "A Lighter Look at the C word!" Both online book samples made me laugh out loud (LOL)! (And no, I am not related to…
Laughter Best Medicine
If you want a good chuckle, go to oncolink.com and then to "support" and on to Thank God It's Only Cancer by Steve Gould (sample cartoons)! What a great comic book for cancer patients! I thoroughly enjoyed it. LOL!
saline implant
Hi! I had a saline implant put in about 6 weeks ago. It seemed to have healed but yesterday I woke up in pain. I think I may have pulled the muscle or something. I also had a fever last night of 101.6. When I called my plastic surgeon he said I should call my family doctor because it may not be the implant. I intend to do…
Need survivors finishing chemo within the last year
If you didn't see my message on 5/14, please scroll back and take a peak at the breast cancer study I am doing for my thesis. Perhaps it applies to you. Thanks for the interest! Hope to hear from you.
Looking for College Scholarship
I'm a breast cancer survivor who wants to go back to school. (I'm 40) Does anyone know of any I can apply for?
All through!!!
I made it! Today was my last radiation treatment and I am now 3 hours out of cancer treatment. As soon as that radiation machine turned off the tears just ran down my face into my ears. I had arranged for the wonderful people who stood by me, held me up and let me cry for the last 9 months to come by my office and have a…
Aloe
Hi Ladies, I did some research and found out the plant is called Aloe arborescens. On the American web I found very few info but on the Italian web I found alot. It grows in Brazil but also in Africa. There are alot of testimonals saying it works and they were cured of cancer. This is were I'm not too convinced. I don't…
Cathy is showing good signs & recovering well!
Dear Members, For those of you who know Cathy, she went into the hospital last Tuesday am to have surgery. She had a ton of scar tissue removed and the tumer is incased to cut off all bloodflow. This is going to kill her tumer, and then it can be attacked orthoscopically. We are all surprized to see how wonderfully she is…
research on plant
hi ladies, I found out the name of the plant that my friend was telling me about that helps (she says cures?) with cancer. It's aloe arborescens. Has anyone ever heard of it? It's from Brazil. I'm going to do some research on it to see what I can find out. Just wanted to let anyone know if they were interested but I'm not…
reply to questions
Help, I'm new to the chat section, and I can't seem to find the "reply" button.
waiting for reconstruction??
Help! I'm having a bilateral masectomy in a few weeks for lobular carcinoma in situ. I lost my younger sister 1.5yr ago at age 40 to infiltrating ductal so have opted for surgery with tamoxifen. My surgeon is upset that I don't want reconstruction at the time of first surgery. My plastics say wait and there will be less…
chat room
Hi All, I have been participating in the CSN Chat room, usually in the late evening hours. Is there a chat room specifically for people who want to focus on breast cancer issues?
Thank you for all of you responses
I want to thank every one for their advice. I have to admit I had a little emotional breakdown today. I laid down for a nap and I just broke out in tears. I am so scared that this s**t will come back! I have be living in denile for a long time and I think my feelings are starting to surface. I hear alot of great survivor…
Coulda, woulda, shoulda
Hello all, I have been recently diagnosed with dcis non-invasive breast cancer in my left breast. My pathology on my last re-excision has come back with too many sections with unclear margins. My breast surgeon has pretty much summed up that the dcis is too widespread and recommends a simple mastectomy and will need no…
Could it be back so soon?
In Janurary of 2002 i was DX with breast cancer.I had a mastestomy followed by six months of chemo then put on tamoxifen.In Feb of this year I had to have a hysterectomy because of a tumor they found.This tumor came back clear but also at this time I fell one morning on some ice on my porch and they didnt do xrays because…
Cancer vaccine
Has anyone heard of the cancer vaccine Resan? I have done some research online about this, and I know there have been trials done for several years. I was diagnosed with stage 3 invasive ductal carcinoma in February of this year, had a mastectomy and am undergoing chemotherapy (just had 3rd treatment of AC). Would love to…
er/pr receptor neg, Her 2+
I was diagnosed june 2002, had mastect/reconstr followed by FAC, taxotere, herceptin and then radiation. Told aggressive tumor, 4.5cm and poor prognostic factors. Now seems to be the scary part. Its a wait and see game hoping it wont come back. I feel I got everything they could give me but what if its not enough. I had 12…
Help! Exchanging tiss. exp. w/implants
I'm about to have my final surgery to remove the bilateral tissue expanders and replacing them with silicone implants. I do NOT want to end up being smaller than what I currently am--full C. I explained this to the nurse asst. who pumped me up weekly since my surgery. I've heard from others who have gone through this that…
Hello, it's my first time on this board...
My name is Sharon and I'm a three year survivor. I was dx at 38 with invasive ductal bc. I had 6 months of chemo and then a bilateral mastectomy with tram-flap reconstruction. I volunteer at my local ACS as a Reach to Recovery volunteer coordinator and heard about this Network. I know first hand how comforting a group like…
Study of woman who have completed chemo
Dear Survivors, LOOKING FOR WOMAN WHO HAVE COMPLETED CHEMOTHERAPY FOR BREAST CANCER!!!!!!!!!!!! I am a oncology nurse practitioner masters student at the Univ. of South Florida. My thesis is on women who have undergone adjuvant chemotherapy for a diagnosis of breast cancer. The study is evaluating muscle and joint pain…
PET/CT scan after Breast ca. dx.?
I was diagnosed with Stage Ic BC in 1995 status post mastectomy without RT or chemo. I have been having increasing complaints of pain in my lower right abdomen and low blood sugar symptoms. A friend of mine who is a cancer survivor himself suggested I ask my Onc to do a PET/CT scan of the upper abdomen at least. Has anyone…
side effects of Tamoxifen???
My mother had breast cancer 2 years ago and underwent a double mastectomy with tram flap reconstruction. After her surgeries she had 4 rounds of chemo and was put on tamoxifen for 5 years. She's been on it now for almost 2 years. She has been having major bloating and pain in her upper abdominal area immediately after…
Finished all of my treatments!!!
I wanted to write everyone and tell them that I am finally done all of the chemo and radiation!! I still have a few more minor surgeries to complete the double mastectomy I had (reconstruction) but I'm almost done everything!! I can't wait to put this all behind me. I am concerned about the size of my breasts... They are…
first chemo
I have my first chemo appointment on Thursday morning and am imagining all sorts of things. I will be treated with CMF. Can anyone out there tell me what to expect for the first few days? I feel like once I get one treatment under my belt, I'll be able to cope better but until then can anyone help? Thanks-
radiation help
Thanks for all the wonderful responses. I AM feeling much better now. Today I could even wear my camisole but it feels so strange since it's been weeks since I've been able to wear much else but soft shirts. One thing I found through the stages of cancer treatment was the stages of underwear I have had to buy -- sports bra…
Poetry for Survivors
If you would like to read some wonderful poems and look at beautiful pictures of Spring, check out www.oncolink.com and select "poetry" from the menu--really beautiful poems and pictures by women like us!
More infor for Her2+ breast cancer
I found some more information on Her2+ breast cancer I thought I would share with everyone. http://webphysics.iupui.edu/webscience/bio_archive/goodfor9.html
Radiation help
Hello everyone. I am in the last phase of Cancer Treatment. Today I had boost #4 of 9, making that #29 of 34 total. After treatment #23 a week ago Thursday, my tissue broke down around the surgery site of my axilla, under my treated breast, and across my neck and collarbone. I was using the biafine as the doctor advised,…

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