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Breast Cancer

Archives for July 2004

Nipple update
what a crazy topic heading. If anyone would have told me a year ago that I would have this topic, I would not have believed them. I did have the nipples and they did seem too low to me, and still do, but, I think that they may be ok. Now, it is the healing. I can't wear anything tight that compresses them and since they…
news from Jean at Hospice
Can you imagine. They just got a computer a few days before I got here (Arrived Sunday) but it wasn't set up for any real use. Today I now have access to the internet - Hoorah!!!- and as usual the other seven patients are long asleep - but not me! Still have not started the xeloda - was to be last Monday - Rx was correct.…
My story
Hello, my name is Billy Boylan I am in my softmore year in college and I wanted to let people know what can come out of losing both my Mother and Father to cancer. I was 10 when my mother died and that was hard on the family. My dad began to drink quite offten. My sisters moved away and i was left alone. Coming up in a…
working and cancer
I recently was diagnosed with breast cancer. I am preparing for the chemo treatments to come beginning next week. I am also an elementary school teacher. Is there anyone out there who also works with children? How did you handle the parents and students? Just want to know what to expect because the new school year is…
Hi new here~
I am a 21/2 year survivor invasive ductal. I had lumpectomy, CMF, rads, and am ER/PR- so no tamox. I just had a "scare" and I realized I need to be around people who understand. I had a mammo that showed a 2cm tumor and all my doctors thought that IT was back but I just got the path report and it was CLEAR. I am so…
worried and puzzled
Hi All, I had my lumpectomy and chemo last summer I was exhausted during chemo then felt like I built back up to normal or at least I saw a vast improvement in the tiredness. I saw my oncologist last week and he ordered blood work. Everything came back great except my liver (bilirubin count) was a little high so they are…
Need help in your support, Lets fight Breast Cancer
Until last year, I was not familiar with the Breast Cancer 3-day. Its a 60 mile walk over a three day period to raise awareness and research funds for breast cancer. As I prepare for this challenge, walking mile after mile, I think of those who have traveled the path before me, those who are traveling the path with me, and…
2b invasive ductal bc+ wondering ???
It will be 2 years in a few weeks since my dx.So far ao good , but I would like to know if anyone has gotten thicken areas in other parts of affected breast? This has started about 5-6 months ago and I think it is increasing.(check-up this week). Sometimes I can touch different areas of my breast and I jump when I get a…
Reconstruction & Lymphedema
Has anyone had reconstruction surgery after being diagnosed with lymphedema? I have not been to see a plastic surgeon yet, thought I would start off with the experts around here first. Thanks, Sue
yahoo
my pet scan came back NEGATIVE!!!!!!!!2 years in oct. i will keep on praying. good luck to everyone
Hey There My Sisters!
I have been gravely ill due to some emotional issues & the return of the beast. The ugly C has come back after only a few months of remission. I will post what is happening before I go to the hospital on the 28th. I have been such a stranger to the one place that I belonged to first. Lets just say I am back & I will…
Becker implants
I have a Becker and am very thin. The thing is lumpy and has a pleat at the bottom where my PS removed some fluid so I would get a little "droop" before removing the port. I hate this thing - it feels like I have an orange on my chest 24/7. Does anyone else have Beckers and are they lumpy? How about swapping it for a…
natural healing plant?
A friend asked me to check out a fruit called graviola. Turns out to be anitcancerous, antitumorus etc. Don't know what to make of it. Is it a scheme to make money on us or does it reallly work? Like to know what others think about this. Here's the website: www.rain-tree.com/graviola.htm Hugs, Marie
The great nipple dilemna
Ok, so I had the nipple surgery done this past Friday, along with lower abdomenal scar revision. (bilater mast, tram flap immed on 2-4-04). I could not make up my mind, but, finally decided to do it. When my doctor drew where they would be placed, I told him that I thought that he was putting them too low. And, that causes…
It's hot and I stink!
Hi! I'm new. I was diagnosed 7/5 and had a mastectomy with node removal on left side, 7/16. I'm doing ok after surgery, but I'm not supposed to use deoderant or powders on my left arm pit. It's been hot - in the upper 90s here, and I'm wondering what I can do? I can't wash as well as I used to (because the incision goes…
Sudden depression
I had my lump removed on March 30, 2004, I felt fine and I went back to work two days after the surgery and never looked back. Had radiation treatment for 6 1/2 weeks. At the end of June I had my first Lupon shot I figured well no period and some hot flashes not too bad a deal. The last few weeks I've been less focused and…
HELP!!! Dr wants to postpone treatment of DCIS
My cousin has been diagnosed with DCIS but that Dr said he isnt going to do anything for 3-6months. Is this normal accepted treatment of DCIS? He says that nothing has formed yet so he want to wait (she had a mamagram, microcalcification were present and a biopsy was performed. Thus the DCIS was discovered) I can…
'had blood in bowel movement only one time
Hello I went through cancer and a total of four chemotreatments last year and in June of this year I had blood in my bowel movment and urine and it only happend once .I did not think any thing of it should I have thought something was wrong .Why it only happend once does not make sence and I'm going to have a colonoscopy…
New, 45, BC Mets to Lung plus Divorce!
I'm new this forum. I am in my third month of weekly taxol/carbo/herceptin treatments. The 6 cm lump in my breast has shrunk so much it has all but disappeared. The BC must have metastasized before I even discovered the lump as it was already in both lungs and the lymph nodes in my chest. This is a very aggressive and…
update on xeloda and suggestion of website
Hi Friends, Thanks for your kind messages concerning my situation. As of today, I am going to the Hospice assisted living section - 8 bed section - entering this afternoon to room I paid for last Wednesday or would have lost it by delaying entry. Had a look just now at www.plwc.org People Living with Cancer - website…
sick & homeless
My 3 children and I will be heading to a homeless shelter next week. Our landlord has evicted us. The past year has been so hard on my children and me. I cry everyday thinking about how being in a homeless shelter might make my children even more sad and angry. Breast cancer has turned our lives upside down. I pray…
thanks everyone
Just wanted to say thanks for everyones words of encourgemt.
TRAM reconstruction
Hi, my name is Sharon and this is my first time visiting the website. In the summer of 1997, at the age of 30yrs, I was diagnosed with Invasive Ductal Carcinoma in my right breast. I had a mastectomy followed by 6 treatments of chemotherapy. I'm writing because I'm thinking of having reconstruction, specifically the TRAM.…
Weekend Workshops for Women with Breast Cancer
When I was diagnosed with a third bout of breast cancer and knew I'd have to go through surgery, reconstruction and chemo (I already did radiation the first time around), I decided I had to turn this challenge into something useful for others. Since I am, by trade, a writer and motivational speaker/teacher, I am designing…
kinda good news
Well yesterday i went in and had chest xray the tumors in my chest are just about completly in remission there are a few tiny ones left but not like before so that is good the bad news is he said taht if i dont stay on some kind of treatment with the kind of cancer i have and as aggrasive as it is he can almost 100%…
Tour De Pink
Hi everyone, I'm not sure if this is politically correct, but this cause means so much to me. Especially since I am young and had Breast Cancer. I am copying a note I left for my family, friends, etc.. Ever since I was diagnosed two years ago, I have found support by leaving e-mails. I hope that many of you have heard of…
silicone implants.
In Feb 2002 I was diagnoised with breast cancer and had silicone implants put in after treatment. About a year ago, I noticed that my own breast was not the same size it was a few months after surgery with the implants. My doctor feels that it might have a small leak and will be replacing in September. My problem is: about…
for all of you who have been "talking" with me...
Please see page 3 under subject "if lumps hurt..." for my latest post. thanks! Julie
My boys picture..
Hey all.. I replied to all your messages in my other post. Please read them. I am so thrilled to have heard from you all. Anyway...I forgot to tell you that I posted a new updated pic of the boys on my "story page" ...not sure what it is called. But..I just put the new one up the other day. Take a look if you can. Bye for…
The Weekend to End Breast Cancer
On August 20-22, 2004, I will be participating in a very special event called "The Weekend to End Breast Cancer". I will walk 60 kilometers over the course of one weekend with thousands of other women and men. The net proceeds will support breast cancer research, education, and services at the B.C. Cancer Agency. I want to…

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