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need for physical therapy
Hello, group! It's ohilly. I am feeling much, much better...I gave in and took my pain medication, but I haven't taken it for 24 hours and still feel better. I am not sure why I don't have as much pain, but am definitely happy for this. My question to those of you who have had mastectomies is: did you have to have physical…
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Wig Hint
I ordered my first wig so that it matched my color almost exactly (salt & pepper) and matched my style. When it arrived and I put it on, I found that it was "close" but no cigar. The style was just "off" enough to make me terribly unhappy. You know the feeling - when you walk out of the hair salon and go straight home and…
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and lastly....
A friend of mine came over, out of the blue, and gave me a gorgeous Revlon wig that looks like (but better) than my natural hair (used to). She knew I was unhappy with my wig and so she shopped secretly all over till she found a better one. Now, when I wear this wig I will think of love. Wasn't that a nice pick me up!…
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follow through
Well, Ladies, I read all of your posts and thank you so much! They really helped, sometimes directly, sometimes in subtle ways, and definitely in seeing an outpouring of love. I wrote the following poem after reading and responding to your posts. Now, being of the hippie generation I don't worry too much about rhyming and…
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lifeline
I want to write my feelings, but I don't want to be negative. Let me just say that I feel beset on all sides. Not just (!) the C, but family problems have pretty well torn up my happiness. I wish I was religious. It seems that is something to hang on to when all else is crumbling. But I have tried, and I am not religious.…
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curcumin and quercetin antagonistic?
I've found just one study in which quercetin and curcumin were administered together. The results were positive. However, another study may suggest that they are antagonistic. I am almost completely ignorant about the mechanisms of signalling pathways. Hopefully, one of you readers knows these pathways and can interpret…
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crying from pain and worried
I already wrote about this, but am hoping more people will respond as only a few did to my prior posts. I had a mastectomy with immediate LD flap reconstruction using an implant (it's a new procedure where the reconstruction and implant is done in only one step as opposed to the tissue expander thing). I am in such pain…
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BRCA test
Hi, it's ohilly. I had my mastectomy on Feb. 21 and am on the road to recovery! I just wanted to ask the group what they thought about the benefits/disadvantages of getting tested for the breast cancer gene? I did make an appt. with a genetic counselor, but now am having doubts about the benefits of finding this out. What…
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Radiation Questions
Okay ladies, have a couple questions regarding radiation. I would rather hear it from you than try and believe all the stuff on the net. It seems the most side effects are fatigue. Did all of youexperience this and when sis it come on...early in treatment or later? For those of you who have job, were you able to work while…