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Breast Cancer

Archives for April 2005

Muscle pain
It's me again to annoy everyone with another question. I still, 5 weeks after last chemo, have muscle pain in my thigs when I first get up out of chair or walk alot or stand still. It is getting better and I don't feel weak in the legs anymore but the pain is still there, also in the back of my knees. Does anyone have any…
Chemo in Guarded Arm
A friend, just finishing her 4th dose dense AC with 4 taxanes to follow. The team was unable to get a vein in her good arm and were "forced" to do yesterday's chemo in her at risk arm. I understood this was never done and ask her why a port wasn't suggested. She said her primary oncologist gave approval for the chemo and…
Article on MSN from Mayo Clinic
What do You folks think? Debunking cancer myths: An interview with a Mayo Clinic specialist -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By MayoClinic.com More on this in Health & Fitness Chemotherapy: Using chemicals to treat cancer Diagnosing cancer: Common tests, biopsies and…
I'm afraid of another lump
Hello everyone... I'm hoping someone can help me... or reassure me. I was diagnosed with breast cancer in Sept. of 2002. I had a lumpectomy and went through chemo and radiation. The cancer was estrogen positive and I took tamoxifen for two years. In March of this year I began taking Arimidex. Over the last three months I…
My sister and me
Hi All, We made our debut on the Sister Study website this week. Here's the link if you care to check it out: http://sisterstudy.org/English/sisterstories_linda_susan.htm BTW, I feel like I'm walking on air since the Herceptin news came out. Very good indeed for those of us HER2+ girls!!! Take care, Susan
Fluid retention after chemo?
Does it ever go away? My feet and ankles are still retaining fluid and it's been 8 weeks since I finished chemo. Oncologist gave me a diuretic to help, but it doesn't do a lot. Anyone else have this issue? How long did it last? thanks, jill
Radiation
I hear so many different things on radiation side effects and wonder what others have experienced. I know there can be fatigue and soreness but my oncologist told me that the fatigue associated with it makes chemo fatigue look good which scared me to death because I have a job. The radiologist said the opposite. Am I going…
Muscle Weakness STILL
I have put off posting for some time, but here goes. I completed my chemotherapy (AC, then T) about a year and a half ago. I became very anemic (which is normal) and had extreme side effects from Taxotere and was changed to Taxol for the last two sessions. I had peripheral neuropathy in hands and feet. Hands are about back…
Recovery from chemo
I had my last chemo - Taxotere - 5 weeks ago and am still fatigued and the muscles in the tops of my legs hurt when I walk or stand. How long does it take to get back to "normal"? My onc is sending me for pet scan to make sure cancer hasn't come back although he said he would be very surprised if it had. He asked me if I…
cancer and scarcot marie tooth disease
I was diagnosed with breast cancer last year. I also have a nerve disease called scarcot marie tooth. Several of my chemos were listed as toxic to me, but tried anyway. Had allergic reactions especially to taxol. Has anyone else had same problem.
Women's Health Medline Plus
There appears to be a new drug out for advanced breast cancer survivor patients. The title is: Bevacizumab Combined With Chemotherapy Improves Progression-Free Survival for Patients With Advanced Breast Cancer. The site is: http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/apr2005/nci-14.htm This may be of help to someone and any one of us now…
tamoxiphin
What type of withdrawal symtoms can my sister expect after taking tamoxiphin for 5 years?
zoladex question
I was briefly put on the zoladex (sp?) shot to supress my period. 2 months after I stopped taking it I got my period back - HORRIBLE cramps!!!! This month the same thing happened. Does anyone know if this is common after being on this shot? Thanks!
lost friend
I have been looking for a good friend, best friend, who used to come to this site all the time. She (Marie Lacava or maryinwind) lives in Italy I live in the US. Last we spoke she was going back to the hospital for a recheck on surgical site, as she just had a neck mass (bone mets from breast) removed. I have not heard…
ROLLERCOAST
Well my doctor called me on yesterday and informed me that they would like to do a ultrasound guided needle aspiration on the lump that shows on my mamogram and ultrasound. Earlier I had been told that it looked like a lymph node on the mamogram, after that they did a ultrasound and told me it was a cyst, now they are…
RADIATION CAUSING SURGICAL SCARE TO OPEN
Hi, I am really down tonight. I have 9 radiation session left. the last 5 are suppose to be phase 2. Where they zero in on the surgery site and give heavy doses from what I understand. My concern is that the incision is so sore and almost looking like it could open anytime. I am scared what the phase 2 will do. My breast…
Calcification
my last mam showed calcification on my remaining right breast. Dr. said quite normal. However, I was talking to other women who have had bc and they said I should be having MRI not just mamograms. How dangerous is calcification and what are your views on this subject?
Femara
Hi everyone....I have some questions about the new drug after tamoxifen which is Femara. I went for my 6 month checkup today with my oncologist and we discussed that when I have my next 6 month checkup, the tamoxifen will be stopped as I have been on it for five years. He told me about the new drug on the market called…
neulasta
i have a question for you ladies who have had surgery and chemo. i had a TRAM flap reconstruction which was recovering well until my 3rd chemo; then i experienced EXTREME pain in the surgery site (scar tissue?) in my abdomen which would not stop until i stopped taking the neulasta shots. it has now been a month since i…
WendyHarris?
Has anyone heard from Wendy? Hoping all is well in your world! ~marty
MAMOGRAM
Last week I went for my mamogram every six months and the doctor called and informed me that she wants me to take a ultrasound, she said she and the radiologist seem to think that what they are seeing is a lymph node. Well I went for the ultrasound and the radiologist came in to check me out and I asked her if there was a…
mammograms after mastectomy
DCIS, high grade - bilaterial mastectomy 4 yras ago - no reconstruction, no spread, no drugs, no radiation, no chemo! Extremely fortunate to have had a top-notch radiologist and to have been in Houston, TX. An educational series I attented in TX said researchers were advising follow-up mammograms occasionally for DCIS…
I think I'm cracking up.
I can't hold it together anymore. Last year I was Dx with DCIS in the right breast. After 4 lumpectomies I had a mastectomy and reconstruction. Made the exchange to the permanent implant in February. Just started to breathe a little bit. Went for a sonogram on left breast, sent for biopsies of 3 cysts. Had the biopsies, 2…
Bunnie is gone...
From Dean & Amy's website: April 17, 2005 12:40 p.m. Amy went to heaven. She was surrounded by her family. She will be missed. Funeral service will be Saturday, April 23 10 o'clock Prineville funeral home followed by a graveside service. Then we will all meet at the Elks Lodge at 12 o'clock.
Prayers for Bunnie please
Received message from Dean, her husband, that Bunnie has taken turn for the worse. She is in my thoughts and prayers all the time now. Thank you and God Bless all. Roxanne
glyconutrients?
Please help. I know 3 women who are terminally ill with cancer (not all breast)and countless breast cancer survivors. I would love to help them, but I do not know if someone is trying to sell me a bill of goods because they are self-serving and greedy. A relative is selling a product (I don't think I should print the…
Underarm skin flaps, surgery and lymphadema?
I am coming back here after a long time away- Yes, it will get much better for those of you who are new to this site! My situation is that I am 2 1/2 years cancer free but I was left with those dog ear flaps after my bi lateral masectomy. I did develope lymphadema in my left upper arm and dog ear. I am contemplating having…
I'm OK!!!!!!
Hello Everyone!!!! I went to the surgeon yesterday to get the results of the biopsy. He said that the tumor was benign!!!! The Dr. said that I didn't react to the news as he thought I would. I told him that I am numb. I was preparing myself for the worse as I hadn't been given any good news for almost 2 years. I told him I…
Taxol Side Effects
Taxol is given into a vein, but in order for the body to absorb the drug, it must first be dissolved in a solution. Taxol's history began fourty-three years ago. It was found to be virtually insoluble in water. It had the solubility of a brick. The compound wouldn't dissolve very much in any solution. Without a way to get…
MAMOGRAM
I am asking for all your prayers, I took a mamogram this week and the doctor called and informed me that they would like to me to come in for a ultrasound. They seem to think that it is a lymph node but they want to make sure. I am praying that is all it is. I completed treatment for breast cancer in May 2003. Any help and…

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