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Breast Cancer

Archives for July 2009

thanks
i just wanted to thank all you gals for helping me get through one of the longest and toughest months of my life. I am starting chemo on Thursday and I am ready to kick some cancer butt. Your humor and great attitude is inspirational. Hugs to all!
swelling from lymph node removal
Hi, I had a radical mastectomy June 10,2009 and eleven lymph nodes removed? Can anyone tell me approx. how long does it take the swelling to go down under your arm?..Seems like it is taking forever..
Hormone Therapy and Ovarian Cancer Risk According to JAMA article
In the Wall Street Journal today, it had that the JAMA published an article stating this: Meanopausal women who took hormone therapy raised their risk of ovarian cancer by 38%, a study in JAMA said. I went to the JAMA site and the article is there stating the risk of ovarian cancer if taking hormone therapy. Scary, isn't…
I thought today was Friday
I thought today was Friday. Chemo brain. Always have chemo on Thursday and had it today but when I got to work and all this evening I've been thinking it was Friday--start of my vacation--now bummer have to go to work tomorrow. Thankfully I have Jake to keep me straight on what day of the week it is. Tomorrow he has his…
Some silly tee shirt captions
I didn't say it was your fault, I said I was going to Blame You If you don't talk to your cat about catnip, who will? I don't mind going to work but that 8 hour wait to go home is a b***h. I have kleptomania but when it get bad, I take something for it Sometimes too much to drink isn't enough In just two days from now,…
Boosters/Many Questions....
What are "Boosters"??. Is it a higher rad/rate/?? Gezzzz.... All these new words, and I am a nurse....(clueless with humility). You never stop learning, and you all have taught me soo much!! Can you tolerate a few more questions ???....Do you go to the oncologist before/after surgery? ( 7/28/09 for me) I know some of you…
Helping my friend
I want to have a fundraiser for my friend who is currently undergoing treatment for breast cancer. Does anyone have any ideas.
I feel like I am falling apart
Hi all Ive never posted before but I sure need you guys. Im crying while Im typing this. I was diagnosed at the end of april. Had bilateral mastectomy for invasive ductal ca with sentinel node involvement. No other lymph nodes. I guess its stage 3 since it spread to the nipple. It was only on the right side but the left…
My check-ups.......
I saw my rad onc last week for my 6 month check-up. He said that everything looks good and will see me again in 6 months. I had a mammo on my remaining "girl" today. Then saw my surgeon for a check-up. Mammo looked fine and my surgeon said I am doing great! I will see her again in 6 months. So I am relieved and happy! CR
i want to share this with all of you
I have gotten back into the habbit of writing poems to help release feelings and wanted to share the latest one with all of you. Oh how can this all be Is the disease still inside of me what kind of hell is there still to come where did it all come from am i being taught a lesson for all he mistakes i have made should i…
Noel-asked for Grilled Chicken Fruit Salad recipe
Grilled Chicken Fruit Salad 1 chicken breast half, skinned and boned 2 c. Seedless red grapes, halved 1/2 c. celery, chopped 1/4 c. onion, chopped 2 T walnuts, finely chopped 1/2 c. nonfat mayonnaise 1 T. Dijon mustard 1/2 t. salt 1/4 t black pepper 1 T lemon juice Grill the chicken--cool and cut into small cubes. In a…
This Evenings Entertainment:
Got some new food for Riva, it makes her fart like billy-o. The cat got stoned on the catnip (That should have been a tomato LOL) I don't think I'll need the telly tonight! ROFLMAO! Jxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
just when you think..
Just when I thought that things were getting a little better..I am recovering from Rad burns and slowly (very slowly) regaining energy, just started back work light-duty...... My hubbie Bob got tangled up in Tootsie's leash and fell down our back steps. He fell hard and has broken ribs and is in alot of pain. Now i am…
Tatooing after reconstruction
Has anyone had tatooing done after reconstruction? I'm always nervous facing the unknown and was wondering if someone has gone thru it. Tracy
Thought I would share this
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In April, Maya Angelou was interviewed by Oprah on her 70+ birthday. Oprah asked her what she thought of growing older. And, there on television, she said it was 'exciting.' Regarding body changes, she said there were many, occurring every…
EARLY roll call: weekend plans!! (Taleena are you still in town??)
So, it seems that SOME people are going on vacation today, so I'm doing an early roll call. I, of course, will be at my desk all day tomorrow, but the weekend is near, so I'm still excited. So, the hubby and I will be seeing the new Harry Potter sometime this weekend. Very excited about this latest installment. I'll be…
saw rad onc today, booster question cleared up
I saw my radiation oncologist today and asked if I was going to have the boosters. She said she did not think I need to do them. She said there is no data on effectiveness of having them done with mastectomies and some hospitals don't do them for women with mastectomies at all and some do. All women who had lumpectomies…
New to this
I was diagnosed with DCIS invasive, her2/neu+++, ER+. I have had lumpectomy x2 with no clear margins I'm up to 7cm. Go for double radical modified mastectomy with lymph node check on both sides on the 23rd then Herceptin treatment and maybe chemo. BOY AM I OVERWHELMED, HER2/neu+++ from what I've seen isn't good
Water Water Everywhere...
I know there is much debate with divided opinions about drinking bottled water and it's effect on breast cancer. I used to drink it all the time...since my diagnosis i have stopped completely. Weird thing, the entire year prior to my diagnosis, for the VERY FIRST TIME, i started carrying a case of it in my trunk so i would…
RE
Thinking of you today, Re, and sending positive thoughts and prayers as you have testing for the muscle spasms. I am so sorry you are having this pain on top of everything else.
First Haircut...Woohooooooooo!!!!!!!
I just went to the hairdresser for my first post-chemo cut!!!! It felt like a dream come true. You may now call me Shawn! LOL Hugs Jxxxxxxxxxx
After the mastectomy
I am having a mastectomy next Tuesday. What do I do to fill my bra until I have reconstruction surgery?
why not surgery first???
hi, it's labtech again. i am going for my last chemo next wk but i met a woman who had stage 2 breast and they did her surgery first? i have stage 1 and they did my chemo first, this will be 19 or 20 treatments for me. I am worried they have overdone it with the chemo my tumors were between 1 and 2" in size. i will have…
Sunday sex
I will never hear church bells ringing again without smiling.. Upon hearing that her elderly grandfather had just passed away, Katie went straight to her grandparent's house to visit her 95 year-old grandmother and comfort her. When she asked how her grandfather had died, her grandmother replied, "He had a heart attack…
Good Times on CSN...Thanks (long post)
I just want to say thanks you to the many hearts that has touched mine. You have given me the opportunity to laugh with, cry with you and most of all you all have made me feel like I belong. Just a recap...I was diagnosed with stage IIB breast cancer 6/2/2009. Lumpectomy performed 6/17/09. 7 nodes removed, the cancer had…
This is a non cancer question! So read it or not!
I am still using IE 6 for my browser. Should I download IE 7 or does anyone still have IE 6 like me? Some have told me that when they downloaded the IE 7 that it messed up some of their programs and stuff. Ok, you puter techs..HELP ME! lol Thanks so much! Love, Jeanne
Awkward question...
I felt pretty awkward about asking this question.. but seeing as we can talk about much more personal issues, with understanding and with laughter... I thought... "Well.. geezzz... I should be able to ask my family about this then.." I mentioned back in May I think that I had some knots on my "good/right" breast... just as…
Need a smile?
What did one saggy boob say to the other saggy boob? "If we don't get some support soon, people will think we're nuts."
oh how im mad, please answer this one
I have been reading through responses and questions and want to know what the heck this brca test is and why wasnt it offered to me? Im 36, should i still have this done and if im possitive, does it mean my daughter should be tested when shes older or what? Man im so upset that my drs never even mentioned this test to me.…
Dr Charisma-Bypass....
I visited my onco today for 6 month check up. Everything fine. Except he started banging on about a Mammo again, he said it was time, So we agreed that I'd do it before my next appointment in January. I even had the miserable Sod laughing, Blood pressure was slightly up, I told him it was because I had to see him...He…

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