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why is there a smell
i'm just a few hours out of my 2nd surgery,2nd margins done and port put in. but my question is .....whenever i get cut open..there is a smell...like sickness that comes out of those areas cut open until they heal....why is that......i'm typing with one hand and holding ice-packs with other.....so i couldn't put a question…
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Issels Hospital in Tihuana Mexico
Have anybody used the Issels Hospital in Tihuana Mexico? Please advise if you have used their vaccines and how long ago, because there are so many different messages about them - I would like to hear from somebody who was there a few years ago. Are Issels specialists "real" doctors or just nutritionists? How many hours a…
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pray for me
plz pray for me i started 6 months ago i make myself sick because i ve prayed and prayed. but dont quit i dont want to die. im fighting with gods help. without him im nothing. does anyone else know this feeling
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theycalled
praise the lord they just told me to come in the machine was fixed. i hate this
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nervous
i was suppose to finish my last treatment 2 days ago but the machine broke. i hope this doesnt compromise my plan. i should have went to the big hosp, but it was 30 miles away. this one is small. 3minutes from my house. i have to start arimidex in 2 weeks and scared of side efects like i said before. should i ask them to…
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Started Chemo
Well, I went in today for first round of abraxane thinking it wouldn't take very long (suposed to be a 30 min infusion with no need for the benedryl) and found out the doctor also orderd avastin with it. And they did the benedryl treatment also. Doctor is out of town the rest of the week so all I could do is ask nurses…
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Hair after Chemo
Hi Everyone, I am new to this discussion board and cancer for me. Had experience with mother's breast cancer in 1991, she is a survivor and my father died with Lung Cancer that metastosized to the bones in 1983. I have just been diagnosed with Stage 3 Invasive ductal carcinoma in one breast. Have decided to do mastectomy,…
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Severe dehydration
Well, after my last upbeat post about the chemo effects getting better, I ended up at the cancer center yesterday with severe dehydration. They gave me two hours of fluids and more anti nausea meds. I was so weak I had a hard time standing up. I am going back in today to get my labs done and get more fluids. This will be…
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SO CONCERNED
HELLO SISTERS, MAYBE SOMEONE CAN ADVISE ME WHAT TO DO......... I HAD THIS AWFUL DISEASE IN MY RIGHT BREAST AND STILL IN TREATMENT FOR IT. ABOUT A MONTH AGO, I MENTIONED TO MY SURGEON, ONCOLOGIST AND RADIATION ONCOLOGIST ABOUT MY LEFT BREAST REALLY HURTING. THEY ALL DID THE SAMETHING, GAVE ME JUST A REGULAR TOUCHY FEELY…
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rad burns
i was wondering if anyone had radiation burns. i have 2 the one under my arm in the pit is rwaw. i knew this is gross but the med they gave me doesnt seem to work. any one have any suggestions. i have one more treatment tommaro, it was sopppose to be today but theyre varian broke.
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I refuse...
I refuse to feel sorry for myself...that has been my mantra. And I have worked very, very hard at keeping an upbeat attitude, no matter what. But as I sit here, with one breast and ten strands of hair left, I can't help but cry. Oh, I am very well aware that I am not unique. But I can't seem to help it...the crying I mean.…
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A good way of putting it
Man, I am sorry I missed the Christina Applegate Oprah! So I went searching on Oprah's website...and I found this great story that had been in O mag by a woman who was trying to write about her acceptance of breast cancer. The part I want to share with you is: The author (double mas) ran into her surgeon some time after TX…
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Pink Ribbon yuk
Well here it is...Breast Cancer awareness month. If one more person comes up to me and asks if they can put my name on something as "a survivor" or ask me to contribute because "well we just thought YOU would want to" I will scream. They just don't get it that for us it is not just a "month", it is breast cancer awareness…
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amiridex
hi they want me to start amiridex in 2 weeks. i have sugar and heart blockage. they told me also its a must. im really nervous about all the side efects i just found out i have ostioperosi(spelling might be off). i just dont dont know what to do im going for a nother opinion. at a bigger hosp.