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Relay For Life!
Reading about your Relay's this weekend brought back a lot of good memories for me. This May, was my first Relay for Life! I didn't know if I could really go or not, as, I knew it would be emotional, or, so I had been told. But, because my friends had made this team in my honor "Jeanne's Dream Team", I kind of HAD to go.…
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another newly diagnosed
Recently diagnosed with breast cancer. I had my right breast removed. The next step is probably chemo first because of expander and then radiation. What an emotional rollercoaster to this point in my life. One thing I would like to say is I am one of the rare cases where a mri of the breast discovered more cancer. Cancer…
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Another Good Book!
How to Fight Cancer & Win by William L. Fischer is a good book too! It is for the successful treatment and prevention of cancer and other related health problems. Some of the ideas are great. The main one I can't use is the Linseed oil. That isn't for ER PR +! Hugs, Lex
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A Good Book
I know a book was mentioned several posts back, but I couldn't find it. Maybe I had the author or title wrong (Something about "hope" written, in think, by Gerard??) Pls re-submit when you get the title/author. Thx. In the meantinme, I found another book, "The Middle Place," (I would underline if I knew how), by Kelly…
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To: Fauxma, Eli4186, Christmasgirl, dmc_emmy, J916, Cindy54, AKiss4me, & Tommaseena
I just wanted to say thankyou for what you've said, and thankyou for taking the time to give me a better feeling about what's been going on lately. Sometimes life just sucks, but living it is great! You guys better get well soon, and stay that way! ---------------------------------------------ALWAYS,…
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skin grafts?
Has anyone had skin grafts to cover the area after a mastecomy or removal of a reconstructed area? How long does it take to heal? Any problems when it came to radiation treatments?
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My First Experience of Relay for Life
good morning everyone, I wanted to share my first experience of Relay for Life.. I arrived at 4pm and we immediatley started setting things up. My responsibility was to sell Luminaria, and to pass out Shirts to survivors and give them their goodie bags. At 6pm we had a wonderful chicken dinner. 7pm opening Ceromonies…
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Morning Chuckle...
The children are in line for lunch in a catholic school caffiteria... at the front of the line is a large bowl of apples, a Sister had placed a note that said..."Take only one God is watching"... at the end of the food line was a bowl of chocolate chip cookies, a child had placed a note that said..."Take all you want, God…
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Radiation Burn - What To Use?
I am starting to get burnt with rads, and, I am using what my radiation oncologist told me to use. What has anyone else used for the burn? Thanks!
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Strange question.. (probably save it for the oncologist)
When they decide what size the mass is, do they base it off of the MRI or Ultra Sound report, or the pathology report from the biopsy (if it's removed) or the lumpectomy? Does anyone know... Thanks ~T
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The Pets of Daft Sods Club (P.O.D.S.)
Our Esteemed Leader of The Daft Sod Club, J (a/k/a Tasha) has formally decreed the instantaneous formation of a new club: THE PETS OF DAFT SODS (or, PODS) And as the newly promoted from Unofficial to Official Secretary of The Daft Sod Club (am quite proud of that - thank you, dear J!), I'm starting this thread so that all…
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Update on doctors appt
What the heck was I thinking !! that I was going to see the onc and rads man and they were going to tell me the cancer went away. I knew this was coming, I new it. I started talking so fast my husband asked me if I was on some kind of drug like speed. This was when the doctor left the room for a minute. My girlfriend was…
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Good news....
I just wanted to share some very good news with everyone. As everyone knows I have been waiting on results of OncotypeDX test to come in to know if I will need chemo. Well, I was sitting here this evening (sorta feeling down) and the phone rings. When I looked at the caller ID I thought "Oh no, don't answer that, it's a…
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Roll Call: Weekend plans?!
Another week has gone by and I want to hear what everyone is up to this weekend! I will perhaps be getting a surprise dinner from my husband to mark the end of radiation. He's not really the surprise type, but he told me not to make theater reservations for Saturday, so I have a funny feeling he's planning something. I…
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Ports
Just wondering who all has or had a port for chemo. A nurse was worried mine had flipped over. I nearly died of fear it had, then she used a longer needle and all was fine. Has anyone heard of ports flipping over? I would think it would be awfully painful if it did. :) Libby
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Newly diagnosed
I went in for my yearly mamm and after it was over I thought well I've done my duty for another year only to get a letter a few days later stating that I had an abnormal mamm and it would require more testing. Had a biopsy and was diagnosed with DCIS on May 15, my daughter's birthday. Since then my life has been a blur.…
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Sentinel Node Injection- Is it painful?
Hi Everyone: I have decided to not reconstruct (see reconstruct or not post). I got a lot of great input (thank you) and have decided that I just don't want to have all the surgeries. I can always change my mind later. What I am really scared about right now is... the sentinel node dye injections. I am having a mastectomy…
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Did It Really Work?
While going through chemo...i was blessed to not have the nausea that so many are plagued with..i had the horrible bone/joint pain, but think that was more from the nulasta shot, and the fatigue...omg, the fatigue that i'm still fighting three weeks after my last treatment. But i'm wondering...if i didn't have the side…
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Relay Tonite
Hey Everyone: Today is our Relay here in Woodbridge, NJ it will be held at my kids' school (Colonia High School). As I walk the Survivor's Lap, I will be saying all your names and offering a prayer that God keeps us in his grace. When I light my luminaire it will be dedicated to all my sisters and brothers in pink who have…
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diagnoses secondary lymphedema
Good afternoon my warrior sisters aand brothers... just returned from Occ therpahy and it was confirmed diagnoses of secondary lymphedema. The theraphist was real nice and said we will do excercises and see if swelling goes down. Not sure if I want to give you a pressure stocking or not. So had therphy for an hour and she…
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DONE with cancer treatments!
Well, it happened today. I had my last radiation booster, a talk with my rad. onc., a hug, and that was that. I walked out of the hospital done with active cancer treatment. I will be doing a few more things like zometa and maybe a vaccine clinical trial, but nothing that will be as continuous or intense as chemo or…
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*****Bill**** This is for you*****B12
I know sometimes I don't go back to old posts and wanted to make sure you saw this. Bill, please don't look at it as "charity" in the negative sense. I know how that can play on your psychy... Look at in the sense of the words true meaning... love.. people care enough to donate to causes that help others who come into a…
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to post or not to post-just skip this...
Haven't much felt like participating here yesterday... I read the posts.. I see new members joining (and find myself crying for them).. see the jokes being thrown back and forth... Last night my Dennis, my husband, told me, "get on your computer and talk to them".. I told him I really didn't feel like it. I don't do pitty…
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Another new member...
Hi All, I've enjoyed reading the posts and is reassuring to know there are people out there going through the same thing. I asked my Dr. to look at a lump on May 29th and since that moment my life has been crazy. I have dense breast tissue so nothing showed up on my regular mammogram last November nor at my annual exam in…
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Goodluck Kat
Kat, just wanted to wish you luck on your appointments today. Do you have all your questions ready? Let us know how it went when you can. :) Pammy
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"lessons life taught me" by 90 year old Regina Brett
Written By Regina Brett, 90 years old, of The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio "To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 45 lessons life taught me. It is the most-requested column I've ever written. My odometer rolled over to 90 in August, so here is the column once more: 1. Life isn't fair, but it's still good. 2. When…
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AIs/depression/what would YOU do
I know this has to be my decision, but what would you do this in this situation: I have been severely depressed, and wake up with this terrible feeling. Granted, a lot of bad things have happened to me over the past year, but my depression does not seem to be about SOMETHING. I just wake up depressed. I asked my onc, and…
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Terrified
On friday I am having my port put in and on the following tuesday I have my first chemo treatment. My children do not understand why I am so scared. Is it normal to be as scared as I am. I read on aarp.org website of a womens experience with her first treatment and she went into all the details of what was happening to her…
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Aurora2009
Check out the post about HER2 - or + I think it might help to explain some of it to you. But, you need to have your oncologist explain it Monday! Good luck Aurora!
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Saw the surgeon yesterday and got new path informatiom, Can some one help me out I'm still confused
Hi everyone. Okay I went to the surgeon yesterday and she spent 3 hours with me, it was great over all. She made me feel like she was there only for me. We talked alot and thanks to all the advice I got here, I had alot of answers from her. Apparently finding the lump myself was a big plus, she said that it was small…