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Breast Cancer

Archives for August 2009

Day 16 of Pammy's Rads
It's official!! Mark your calenders! This is the day that my boobie was deemed the perfect hue, the perfect color, the perfect shade of "Pink" to warrent the use of (ta da...)Aquaphor! Now I really feel like a warrior...excuse me while I go put on my "armor" of Aguaphor so I can kick some but against this beast! Awwww, and…
PLEASE HELP ME TO UNDERSTAND
I THOUGHT I WOULD KNOW WHEN MY TREATMENTS WOULD START.BUT THE DR. NEEDS TO DO ANOTHER TEST ON THE LUMP THAT THEY REMOVED TO SEE IF IT IS THE KIND OF CANCER TO SPREAD.IF SO I WILL HAVE TO HAVE CHEMO AND RADS.IF NOT I WILL HAVE 6WKS. OF RADS. AND TAKE A PILL INSTEAD OF CHEMO .ANOTHER TEST IS I THINK IT IS CALLED A PETT…
Tomorrow is the BIG day...
Well, at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon I will be meeting with Dr. Khan at KU Medical Center... I spoke to his nurse clinican today...she called to check on me, she told me that Dr. Khan was expecting to have the results by my appointment time tomorrow and that if he didn't have them when I came in he would call down the…
Chat Woes
I need help getting on the Chat Room. I haven't been on since before Christmas. I finally scraped up the money ($150) and had the whole thing into the shop to be stripped and re-loaded. I have the latest Java now, all the updates for Windows, and I saw the Chat room (once) working last week when the computer was still at…
~~LQQK AT THE SKY TONIGHT~~
There is suppose to be a very strong Meteor shower tonight between midnight and 5 a.m. It is the annual Perseid shower and you could see up to 200 Meteors per hour streaking across the sky! Doesn't that sound amazing? I am keeping hubby up tonight or trying to wake him up and we are watching this together and I am going to…
♥ ☻ CONGRATULATIONS MOOPY ON FINISHING RADS! ☻ ♥
So, how are you Moopy? Ready to be done with rads? YES or NO? And, how are you feeling? Getting any rest? Ready to head home? ♥Love, Jeanne♥
A romantic get-away
Dear Friends, My husband and I are going on a week-end trip to the suburbs of Chicago. We got a great deal, flight and hotel, and decided that we needed time away. I will get my blood test results in a couple of days, but at this point I am so excited about my weekend get-away, that I am not giving dr, cancer, blood…
Moop's last day of rads
Moopster's last day of rads is tomorrow-yeeehawww!! Go Moopy,Go Moopy,Go Moopy!
Good news ladies!
The CT doc said it was either scar tissue or swolen cartilidge. Nothing to worry about. Will talk to my regular doc Thursday about it. Very relieved.
So far so good!!
Hi friends, So far I am doing fine. I had a terrific headache last night, but wasn't sure from chemo or the humidity. Popped tylenol and went to sleep. Slept into the late morning. Getting OCD about my hair already, checked my pillow lol!! Will see how the rest of the day goes. At least it is cooler out. I waited until…
What DO you say to a cancer patient???
I read the thread on "What not to say to a cancer patient" ... and in understand totally ... in face I've had several of them said to me. But ...I've been thinking (as much as possible with chemo brain) ... and I wondered ... what DO you say to a cancer patient? I know the way we all talk to each other ... and we are…
Best shampoo after hair loss
I finally shaved my head yesterday (oddly liberating) and was wondering what to use on my head? It is pretty sensitive and dry right now, but I still have a little hair so I am going to need to wash it with something!! Is baby shampoo good? Any ideas? Thanks guys! I am so glad I found this group!!!!
This is turning out to be harder then I thought it would be. DUH!
I am cancer free. Post bilateral mastectomy on 7/23 and I am presently undergoing reconstruction (I joked with my husband that I should wear a Tee shirt with a traffic cone on it). I go back to work in two weeks. Home with the kids now. No structure although I am trying to get back some routines (exercise in the morning,…
Thanks
Thanks for the comments about wound vacs. I feel better educated now. seof
Teeing it up for Ta Ta's Golf Tournament
I was in a golf tournament yesterday which raised money for local breast cancer organizations==one of the organizations is PIPS(Pretty In Pink Survivors). I golfed with a bunch of wonderful ladies and had a fantastic time. The prize for a Hole in One was a set of dentures--no one got a hole in one--if I had I don't know…
thinking about hair
OK, i just want to know all of my felow survivors, who are growing out your hair... mine is really getting crazy, growing all over the place!! there are short ones, long ones, curly ones, gray ones and no method at all to this madness!! people keep telling me to get it trimmed but i am so proud of JUST haviing hair that i…
6 month mammo for Greeneyedgirl~
It's that time again~and I feel slightly anxious. 6 mo ago they found a large calcification in the healthy breast that I had a reduction on (to match the "other" effected breast)~it was found in the scar, which is common, according to the breast cancer surgeon and the cosmetic surgeon. We are monitoring "it"~ and I am…
Can you go for chemo if you have a cold?
I started feeling sick yesterday and woke up misserable this morning. The whole toot, sore throut, blocked nose, coughing, headache and pain in the ears. My first chemo session is booked for Friday. Will I be able to go?
Day 15 of Pammy's Rads
Don't know what happened today, but I was teary eyed all day. Just going through an emotional rough spot that just didn't want to leave me. My tech pretty much realized I was not myself and I don't think she was buying my act. It actually was somewhat awkward because she has never seen me like that. I know she was…
celebrate good news!
Hi, I just had my 3 month testing results today and everything is the same!!!!!!!!!!!! That means that after 4 years,I now only have to do the testing every 6 months!! I am doing my happy chair dance with my new feather boa, still hot pink. I went out and celebrated with a glass of wine and dinner. Unfortunately, I am…
port
my port came out today . i am so happy
Needing Your Voices of Experience Please
Okay...looking for some voices of experience...I've been trying to look up information from every available source that I can think of, and really can't find anything... So I'm turning to you... my warrior sisters... I had the biopsy today...the radiologist took four samples, I guess it was multiple..., I asked him if he…
Life After Breast Cancer Treatment: The "New Normal"
This came to me and I thought some of you might be interested. cheers jan Life After Breast Cancer Treatment: The "New Normal" CME Eric P. Winer, MD; Funda Meric-Bernstam, MD; Diana D. Rowden, MA, BA; Ann H. Partridge, MD, MPH Related Downloads: Patient Handout Eric P. Winer, MD: Hello, and welcome to this Medscape…
Call out to steff
Hey STeff Just curious how the taxol was for you? YOur right about the a/c. I force feed myself for the first week and even after that nothing appeals to me. I certainly am eating to live, not living to eat. Please tell me taxol is easier Hugs Linda T
I made it through round 1!!!!
Hi, Oh, you all are so wonderful writing to me and I DID feel so empowered today. No tears, tho, I watched every bit of this toxin go in me. I am urinating pink. I was at the hospital for 5 hours, lots of info day and iron infusions too! The nurses and my breast advocate, Kelly, were all so super and caring. Kelly just…
Terrified
I recently found out I have breast cancer. I am only 36 and never every expected this. I am waiting to hear on a surgery date. I am getting reconstructive at the same time. I dont know if I have to go through chemo or not yet? I don't even know if there is an option?? My gp gave me ativan which I didn't think was working.…
skin problems after reconstruction
Like many others on this board, I had DCIS in my right breast. I had a lumpectomy in April, but three of the margins were positive, so I had a second lumpectomy in early May. This time ALL the margins were positive, and some showed a lot of DCIS. So I had a skin saving mastectomy and reconstruction on June 23rd. They also…
~~LYMPHEDEMA~~
For those of you that have Lymphedema and want more information on it, there is a good website with lots of information. They will also send you a free Lymphedema bracelet and informational pamphlets in the mail. The website is lymphedema.com. I think RE posted this before, and, I thought it might need a new posting for…
Check up
Well girls the fun never ends. Went for my checkup with my surgeon and I have developed a big lump just above my mastectomy site and have to have a CT scan today. The doctor doesn't think it's fluid or blood build up, he says it feels like bone. Said it was very unusual and he didn't know what it was. Hopefully I find out…
I'm computer challenged! How do you change fonts, etc??? I'm jealous!
Ok, I need The Tutorial~ how does one change the font, color and add hearts and flowers??? Hugs, Claudia

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