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severe burning/itching with radiation
Ladies, At the center I go to for radiation, there is a lady who is at the 4 week mark who is having severe burning/itching with tiny blisters which have begun to open. She has tried Benedril, Aveeno, Oatmeal, Aloe vera, and other OTC lotions. It helps for a short time, but Doc. told her not to put anything on the radeated…
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Should I be worried??
My mom went for a mammogram last November and the radiologist asked her to come back in six months for a follow-up on one of her breasts (cannot remember which one). Any way, he saw something (very small) but wrote in his report that he did not think it was anything important (not very concerned) but he would like to look…
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When is it ENOUGH; where is the line drawn?
I have a very dear friend who lost her friend, Sue, to Stage 4 Breast Cancer a year ago and she's still really angry about it. OK. That's normal right? But wait. She's not pissed that the cancer won but that she felt her friend didn't fight 'hard enough.' Let me back up a minute... Sue fought her cancer through 3 battles…
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Body aches and joint pain
I am 3wks post-op from my bilateral masctomy with the beganing of reconstruction. I went to day to get inflated but was in to much pain and to nerve sensitive my dr. is going to wait a week. But I have been having terrable bone & joint pain with muscle aches. Any one every get that after surgey or am I over reacting to…
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I MUST be ok-I'm going to Turkey!
I just booked a 13-day trip to Turkey. I am soooo excited! It's in November, and we will return in time to eat turkey (the bird, not the country...lol!). I think this means I'm planning to stick around awhile! Hugs, Kathi