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Personal Celebrations
Today is my 50th Anniversary - My husband has alzheimer's and prostate cancer. He fell 2 months ago and is a nursing facility and will never be home. I'm taking arimidex for recurrent breast cancer - it just sucks!
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Femara
I am new to this board so the subject may not be new. Just wondering....I was on tamox. for 5 years. I am now taking Femara. Does anyone out there experience joint/muscle pain with this drug. If you do, how do you treat this side effect?
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Implant rejection
Well, after 7 months of having the permanent implant, not to mention the 11 months of having the tissue expander along with all the fills, etc., I developed an infection seemingly overnight, and had to have the implant removed. (I am 1 year and 8 months from dx - stage 3 - er pos - chemo + rads). They don't know where the…
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Port removal
Hello everyone. Bad day today. I thought I was going to get my port taken out but the surgen talked me into keeping awhile longer. It's been 6 months sense diagnosis. I'm presently doing radiation and a hysterectomy in Aug. I said because I had 16 positive nodes and stage 3 I might need it again. I hate this thing. It's…
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Hey guys...
Well, I have been so busy starting two jobs in a year, that I have not been able to post. Just to read. However, I wanted to tell you guys something. My mom had a lumpectomy last week for breast cancer. She had papillary bc and it was encased in a cyst. There was no spread or lymph node involvement, but, she now is facing…
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Interesting
Well I have gotten some results back and still not feeling very good about things. After some procrastination, I could only get a quick review since doctor away on holidays. I have only got one result over the phone ever, cancer was the word. It has been 8 years 4 months since those words were spoken and yes, got a normal…
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Question / Poll for BC survivors
Hi guys, my name is Kath and I am a BC survivor. I have some questions I wanted to ask you. Please cut and paste this email into a new one and answer my questions it would help me so much. Thanks 1. When you were diagnosed with cancer were you: A. Meat Eater B. Vegetarian- diary and fish C. Vegan 2. Have you changed your…
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Tamoxifen and Weight Gain
I've been on Tamoxifen for three years now. I've gained 30 pounds. I'm not sure if it's the Tamoxifen, but have heard other women state the same fact. Anyway, I've been working out religously and eating well and still can't lose a pound. Has anyone had success with losing weight on Tamoxifen?
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Femara . . . hair thinning?
I have been on Femara now for about 8 months. I was diagnosed 3 years ago ER+/PR+. I took tamoxifen for 1 1/2 yrs and then oncologist switched me to Femara citing lower recurrence rates for postmenopausal women. I noticed over the past several months what seemed like an increased loss of hair, eyebrows and eyelashes too.…
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Fertility After Breast Cancer
Anyone have any pregnancy success stories after breast cancer with IVF? I was diagnosed at age 28; I had the tram, chemo, and radiation done. I am now 33 years old and am told am in "perimenopause" because my fsh levels are high. Any new up and coming treatments? Thanks
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Chemo
After my first course, around Day Four, I had the metallic taste that I got rid of with gumdrops, and a sore throat that lasted a few days, and mouth rinses helped with that, and also went through the normal tiredness, but now it is Day 14 and I feel just great. So, with 4 courses scheduled every 3 weeks, I know I'll lose…