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Breast Cancer

Archives for June 2009

I AM GOING AWOL
Hello Breast Buddies, hmmmm we kinda are you know. Anyway, I am going AWOL for ten days and don't want any of you fine folks to become concerned that I may have fallen off the face of the earth. I am going on vacation with the hub and can hardly wait. Take care each and everyone of you! PLEASE USE YOUR IMAGINATION AND…
might be the 1%
Hello everyone, I can't believe I am even here. I am NOT diagnosed yet, but my doctored a mamogram and biopsy(ies)Here is the reason for my my user name and title of the post. I am a 52 year-old MALE, former Marine. At least a year ago I started feeling some "weird" in my breasts. I am "obese" and had had gastric-bypass 5…
Butterfly12 (Sherry) June 11 surgery
shout out to Sherry. Good luck tomorrow! We will have you in our prayers, good vibes, etc for your surgery. Please keep us posted when you are able. Cat
I need your support
Hi my dear sisters, For the past couple of weeks I've felt some odd little bumps above my mastectomy scar. I called my cancer center yesterday and they said to go see my GP. I saw my GP today who immediately sent me for an ultrasound. The radiologist said the chance that it is a recurrence is 50-70%. I see the surgeon…
Arimidex
Has anyone else had MAJOR problems with this drug? My oncologist told me to hang in there for at least 6 months, but I couldn't make 2 months...felt horrible! I went through chemo, surgery, and radiation and handled all of that better than this medication! I recently went to a nutritionist who feels with the right foods,…
San Diego Cancer Center
Hello, Has anyone out there heard of or have experience with the San Diego Cancer Center and/or Dr. Derek Helton? I have rectal cancer & have posted this on the colorectal site, but thought I'd post here too for more exposure. Thanks in advance for any info- good or bad. Lisa
Diagnosed April 29, 2009
I was diagnosed April 29, 2009 Invasive Ductal Carcinoma 2.5 cm First surgery May 13 - Lumpectomy with sentinel lymphnodes, Lymphnodes clean but margins not. Second surgery June 1 June 5 - Clean margins - Yeah, Yippee!!!! I am 48 and having all the treatments - chemo, radiation, & hormone therapy Date with Onc today..…
nervous about radiation
I have had double mastectomy, AC chemo, Taxol(finished yesterday) and am still on Herceptin until April. All this and I have not been as stressed out about any of it the way I am stressed about radiation. I feel there are so many horror stories! My plastic surgeon says my skin is so thin he is afraid it may burn a hole, he…
Sleep suggestions...??? HELP
Hey there everyone.. help...I got home from the hospital yesterday.. and I was sleepy and in pain.. took a pain pill and then was wide awake. I didn't sleep at all last night...and I mean at all... haven't slept today. I'm in pain..but it's managable... but I can't get to sleep... I called the doctor and he changed my pain…
Check it out
All this stuff we read from are e-mail, may or may not be true. To find out if the information you getting has any truth to it go to www.snopes.com In the search you can type in Breast Cancer, the water issue,plastic bottles,just about anything you want to know.
Seriously now..
I went to the doctors yesterday to get another wheelbarrow load of happy pills (Zoloft)..He was emailing the prescription when I asked about the Tamoxifen/Zoloft problem. He said he was aware of an interaction between the two but had no worries about me being on both. This doc is very good and very forward thinking, I…
OK. Linked Groan...peer pressure!
John was sick of being skint, hated his job and was bored with his wife and homelife. So he hatched a plan to have is overinsured wife bumped off, claim the money and sod off to a new life, somewhere hot and steamy. Through a friend of a friend of a friend he met a hitman called Artie. He told Artie of his plans and Artie…
anti-anxiety meds with chemo
Does anybody know if you can take anti-anxiety meds before chemo? I just got an Rx for Ativan, which is really helping my anxieties. But, I am not sure how it would react with A/C treatment starting (tentatively,pending Oncotype results) next Wed. Thanks, Tricia :)
Soy products?
If your cancer is estrogren receptor positive, are you suppose to avoid soy and soy products? I would hate to give up my soy crisps for no reason at all. (But if I must, I must.) Is there a difference between the estrogen like substances produced by plants as opposed to those produced by animals or synthetically? Thank…
Information I ecieved in an email thought I would share
just wanted to share some information I recieved in an email today... sorry for the format, but I copied and pasted. Very important!!!! Bottled water in your car is very dangerous! On the Ellen show, Sheryl Crow said this is what caused her breast cancer. It has been identified as the most common cause of the high levels…
Parade Article
http://www.parade.com/features/inspiration/6-ways-help-cancer-patient I thought you might like to read this.
Stage 4 Breast Cancer in Bone marrow
I think i am still in shock as this always happens to everyone else not me. I was getting short of breath from easy activities. Went to hospital and was told my blood counts were very low. Had 3 units of blood and after seeing the doctor I was told I have Breast cancer that has spread to my bone marrow. I am not making…
What can I do to help her?
A good friend of mine is having a double mastectomy next week and I want to help, but I don't know what to do? Are there things I can make for her to make her life easier? Do certain shaped pillows help rest your arms? She is very independent and doesn't want to ask for things so I always call her and say if you need me to…
Okay... Pammy's imaginary story...hehehe
So, she checked into the hospital and the volunteer that took her to the pre-op area was a young hottie.. Her nurse was male about 35 years old dark hair, blue eyes, full chest, big warm hands, and had her giggling like a school girl.. he was flirting with her openly and had her husband showing off his guns. Then came time…
Moopy's in St. Louis for Rads!
Today, our dear Moopy (with Aortus in tow, of course) is in St. Louis for her rads simulation. We know it's been an awfully long haul for her to finally get to this important point, with a few unfortunate curveballs along the way. So, heartfelt best wishes for Moopy! While also hoping for NO MORE curveballs! :-) Kind…
relay for life on horseback
I would like to have a relay for life on horseback but I am not sure how to start it or get funding to start it up.I own a horse and she is what kept me going through this.I would go outside to see her even on my worst days and she would put her head on my shoulder and rub it with her nose,She was telling me I would make…
Just an FYI as of January 1, 2009
I posted this as a reply on another thread, but with all the new members wasn't sure if everyone had the chance to see it, and I believe it's important enough to post again.. sorry to those of you who are seeing a re-play.. Just as an FYI, January 1, 2009 congress passed a new section on the disabilities act. Cancer has…
To All My Friends
If I could catch a rainbow I would do it just for you and share with you its beauty On the days you're feeling blue. If I could build a mountain You could call your very own; A place to find serenity, A place to be alone. If I could take your troubles I would toss them in the sea, But all these things I'm finding are…
Yikes....Drains??
Did everyone get a drain put in after lumpectomy/lymph node removal? I was under the impression no drain was needed! Yikes....here I am asking this question this late at night expecting everyone to be awake still!! Well, if anyone is out there....appreciate your thoughts on it. :) Pammy
For Pammy
For Pammy Just wanted you to know that I will be thinging of you.. I wanted this thread started tonight, as when I woke up this morning, it was so nice to see a post for me... it really brought me some comfort, so I wanted you to have the same thing... Now.. imagine if you will a bus load of us.... you know the story.. you…
my turn to brag!! hehehe
Ladies & Gents, meet my grandson James... James meet some of the strongest, caring, beautiful people I have ever met...he was only about 16 hours old here.. now he is almost 4 months old... I can't get over how from day one he was so alert!! just wanted to share some of the GOOD stuff. ~T
Why is it...
Why is it that I become moody, teary eyed (cried on & off all day today) and go back to the "why me" when it get close to my chemo treatment. I have two more treatments of Taxol and have tolerated it much better than the AC. Two days after Taxol I have the worst body aches (ALL over from my neck to my knees), which I take…
Last post for a couple of days
I just wanted to say that this will be my last post until I get home from the hospital. Surgery is Thursday morning and I plan on having some quality family time, and relaxing time between now and then. I just wanted to thank each and everyone of you for the support you have given me through this rough time in my life. It…
Everyone needs to read please this was sent to me
Mastectomy Law Change-very important !! : Proposed Mastectomy Law Change (written by a surgeon); I'll never forget the look in my patients eyes when I had to tell them they had to go home with the drains, new exercises and no breast. I remember begging the doctors to keep these women in the hospital longer, only to hear…
Yea for Sausageroll starting Rads Tomorrow!
Hi, Sausage, I will be thinking of you tomorrow as you complete your first rad treatment. I am so excited for you. You are at the last phase of treatment--yea!

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