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Breast Cancer

Archives for December 2009

Transition from Tamoxifen to Arimidex/ Femara
Hello Ladies, I need your input and help making transition from Tamoxifen to Arimidex/Femara. I had my 6 months check-up yesterday. I did ask my oncologist for CYP2D6 test because I was taking tamoxifen and was never tested. He believed that due to severe side effects, which I have had is good proof for metabolizing…
vent
hello and how is everyone? today was my 2nd chemo and i just have a little vent, the day of my chemo i feel very good but then a few days after i am so tried and i dont understand why, i try to drink a lot of water and rest. I know this is going to sound crazy but i dont know if i can rest anymore everytime i look around i…
Lumps on and near collar bone
Mom, stage 4 breast cancer with mets to chest wall since 2006, has discovered two new lumps. One on her collar bone, and a larger, sometimes painful one just underneath it. She is quite worried about them. A CT scan is scheduled for Dec. 14th. Has anyone else had these lumps on or near their collar bone??? She had a…
Chen~You Cheated!!
Hi Chen! I received a beautiful holiday card today!! WOW! I sure wasn't expecting it! It was so nice of you but, you cheated!! lol It really cheered up my day! Tomorrow is my first chemo, and I'm a bit nervous about it. So this was just what I needed. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! Sending big warm fuzzy(((((Hugz)))))
Pregnancy after breast cancer
Don't everyone yell at me all at once but I am seriously considering trying to conceive. I am now 5 years post chemo. Periods came back irregularly about a year after my last treatment. They're still sporadic but my ovaries are still functioning. My daughter is 8 and was 3 when I was diagnosed. We were blessed to have her…
Y tube video
I think I spelled it wrong but check out the new BC video Pink gloves on Y tube.
Am I making the right decision
I am a 38 year old female and in August I was diagnosed with infiltrating ductal carsonoma. To make a long story short, I have had a lumpectomy and one round of chemo. I went to a followup appointment with my oncologist today following my 1st treatment. She told me that my PET Scan, CAT Scan, and cardiogram were all clear.…
loss of taste buds
Had 1st round of chemo last Monday. By Thursday, I could not taste anything. I could be eating the tenderest steak and I might as well be eating an old shoe. I can taste hot, cold and spicy Has this happened to anyone else?
Ornament,I got it today,I am so excited.
I couldn,t wait to get it opened.It happened to be a not feel so good day like we have somedays.I just got back from my 80 miles to get my radiation.What a wonderful uplift this was.I never seen one like it.it is a box of choclate glass ornaments.Its gorgous.I couldn,t wait to put it on my tree.And a cute card.Thank…
Thank you Tommaseena!
Oh my my my thank you so much from the bottom to the tippy top of my heart my friend tommaseena! You hit the mark with those cute little critters, I am an outdoor nut and the dreidel is lovely. And what you could not have realized is how much that lobster would touch my heart, you see lobster was my mom's favorite food. We…
??Christmas spirit???
I can't begin to think about Christmas. I was diagnosed with bc 1 week ago and my surgery is the 15th (bilateral mastectomies with lymth node sampling and expanders placed). That means I have 2 weeks to do everything (I plan to scale back considerably). I can't even think about it--no thoughts about what gifts to give or…

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