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Breast Cancer

Archives for February 2004

Radiation Fears
Hi I am new to this board Can any one help me as I have heard lots of ladies say they really burn badly with radio i am due to start mine on the 23rd march are there any specific creams to use or supplements to use to help prevent . please help Thanks Michele
complementary Meds
As a relative new comer to this site, i can't thank all of you enough, it is so nice to have a place to share and learn with woman who "unfortunetly"understand this journey. I have read some of the posting on indole-3 and others recommendations, and thought i would share something i learned of right after my dx in Aug…
Radiation related?
I was diagnosed with DCIS / stage 0 in November '02. Lumpectomy and 33 radiation treatments and five years of Tamoxifen. I had very easy time with radiation. Skin only a little red and dry. Last treatment was just a year ago. Last summer I got a spider bite on the top of my foot. Was infected. Took antibiotics for a few…
onchologist's exams
What should we expect from an onchologist when treatment is over and we go for our 6 month check-ups? Just to talk and have the onchologist order tests or are they supposed to examine the chest area? Last time I went, he looked but didn't touch...just ordered bloodwork and x-rays because it's been a year , since my…
DCIS
In November of '02 I was diagnosed with DCIS. Emotionally it was a rough two or three months. Physically, no biggie. Lumpectomy with good enough margins. Thirty-three radiation treatments. (Last treatment was one year ago today.) Had very easy time with radiation. Very little side effects from it. Have been on Tamoxifen…
Would like to chat
Hello All, If there is anyone out there with mets to lungs and liver I sure could benefit hearing from you. If your interested in chatting please email me. I just want to learn more about your treatment options, etc. thanks ljamn95@gra.midco.net Hope to hear from you Judie
to beth/jake10
Hi Beth, I read one of your postings from a while back...it was the one about your friend Terry. Great news! Do you know what kind of chemo she was given and was it at MD Anderson? Thanks. Hope Terry is still doing well! Warm Regards, Judie
whats bevacizumab/avastin
I'm participating in a trial that includes bevacizumab twice a month...along with taxol. The other name for bev is avastin. Avastin is the drug that was FDA approved yesterday for advanced colon cancer. They are still researching this drug for lung and metastatic breast cancer. It is suppose to cut off the blood supply to…
Alt med's
Hi all, I noticed a post by Hummingbird that she is actively looking at alt. med's in addition to traditional medication. I want to say that I believe 100% in chemo and the other prescribed drugs. I know that they work but because I had a particulary aggressive HER2+ diagnosis in June 2003 I started researching other…
navelbine and hair
So what about the UNCOMMON side effect of a little hair loss - MAYBE more - this is after my 5th treatment - and hair is falling at the rate of AC. If you think I'm happy this a.m., think again. All my stoicism is gone this morning - the straw that broke the camel's back - sniff!sniff! Anyone else is this atypical category…
learning to use this site
I am a breast cancer survivor very fearful of re-occurrance and just wanted to talk
The wig is gone.....
Today is the first day I've gone out without my wig. I used to have long hair but that was a different me. I remind myself that my "new" hair is the beginning of a new me. And like you all told me, it did come back very different. It's wavy and really fine. I want to thank you all for your help and support. You helped pull…
Update on clinical trial
Hello All, I went for my first treatment on mon the 23rd for my mets. I did get arm A...bevacizumab and taxol. This trial closes in June and the head of the trial said they have had a lot of good results. I hope that this treatment knocks my cancer down and is it is spreading like wild fire. I'm terrified!! I keep telling…
Tamoxifen or Evista
Has anyone chosen to stop Tamoxifen and take Evista? I have decided after much research and talking to my GP to go this route. I need to rebuild my bones and am afraid of endometrial cancer. Evista has in studies proven very effective in preventing breast cancer. I have taken Tamoxifen for thirteen months following…
Herceptin and the heart
Last March I was diagnosed with stage 3, Her2 positive breast cancer. Since I couldn't be prescribed herceptin, I joined a clinical trial in order to get it. My MUGA scores slowly declined and when it got to 51%, I insisted on being referred to a cardiologist. If my score fell below 50, I would be kicked out of the trial.…
Does any one find out when they have an anniversary comming up of the cancer date that they have f
Hello my anniversary date is comming up of a new breastcancer in February of last year and in the back of my mind I still have fears is that normal or what. I'm Glad that I'm still alive because I have alot to live for . It still seems like I snap at people and I don't mean to . Also does any one find out that they are…
What can nurses do to better help you?
I am an RN student and I would like to know what the nurses who care for you could do to better help you? I'm anxious to get your feedback! Please reply!
What can nurses do to better help you?
I am an RN student and I would like to know what the nurses who care for you could do to better help you? I'm anxious to get your feedback! Please reply!
What can nurses do to better help you?
I am an RN student and I would like to know what the nurses who care for you could do to better help you? I'm anxious to get your feedback! Please reply!
dandelion root
Have any of you heard anything about dandelion root or dandelion tea being good for cleansing the liver after chemo? I was in Barnes and Noble and picked up a book on cancer and another one on the fat flush plan and they both said something about it being good to cleanse the liver of the toxic effects of chemo. Hey at this…
Moving on
I hope my story will help others to understand how to cope with a lost one with children. My wife was diagnose with breast cancer in 95, met to the bones in 99, then to the liver in late of 03. My wife JoAn lost the battle with cancer after 9 years of fighting, but my wife won the war against cancer because she is in a…
i went back
I woke up very early this morning so i spent a couple of hours on this site and read some of the personal web pages like i have done many times before it's strange how so many ""old timers"" dont post anymore it makes one wonder to whatever happened to them after all their treatments have they gone on with their life??…
Joint Pain after Chemo is finished
Had a bilateral mastectomy in sept, 03., with reconstruction.(still have expanders :( I had my last round on chemo in Jan. I was given A/C plus taxol, together. Not fun but thank the Lord i'm now finished. However; i am still having pain in my joints, especially in my hip. i did have some joint pain during my treatment but…
Mets to Liver and Lungs
Hello all and thanks for letting me share. I was diagnosed in Oct. of 2002 with stage two-B infiltrating ductal carcinoma/grade 3 very aggressive. I had a lumpectomy along with chemo (FEC) than followed with 33 treatments of radiation. I completed treatment May 2, 2003. I have been having 3 month check ups. In between…
xeloda
Well -- it has been 3 years since I accessed this board. Last week I found I have a local met in my chest wall. Fortunately, it was a blessing in that they found it at an extremely early stage -- it won't even show up on a scan yet. They plan on more radiation and combining it with an oral chemo call xeloda. Any one with…
bcrt1 for positive gene and cancer
I am only 30 and was diagnose in the first stage of cancer. I was also diagnosed with the bcrt1 mutaion gene. I have a history in my family of breast cancer, so I am going to have both breasts removed and immediate reconstruction just to be on the safe side. I am really frightened since the surgery keeps getting closer. It…
Herceptin and beta glucan
Hi all! I am one of those faithfull readers of these wonderful posts but have never actually responded or posted this site. But now I have a question...has anyone done research on taking beta glucan with Herceptin? I take other vitamins & such that I have researched but was wondering if anyone has taken BG? Thanks!
Help for spouse
I am 31 years old and was just diagnosed on 2-17-04. I'm engaged to be married on 10-23-04 and my fiance is taking this very hard. Are there and support groups for the husbands of womens who have breast cancer?
By 2015...
I bought my Breast Cancer book of stamps! They are predicting that in ten years, we will no longer suffer and die from cancer! I guess the molecular-target-therapies are advancing at a rapid rate! It seems so hopeful! Praise God!
cancer back
Hi all well the just conformed it yesterday that my cancer is back in the lungs.they are alos seeing spots on both rib cages and up in the lympnoied of the neck.hopefully starting treatments this friday 2-20-04 bunnie

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