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Expander exchange
I had my expanders exchanged to silicone implants on 4/9. The discomfort is no where near the pain I felt with the expanders, but I'm still feeling soreness & pulling. I'm small, was a B cup before surgery, had only 150cc injected during expansion and that was painful for me - the implants are 175cc. How long does it take…
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☻ Your HAHA For Today! Hope You Get A Laugh Out Of It! ☻
UNUSUAL FUNERAL A woman was leaving a convenience store with her morning coffee when she noticed a most unusual funeral procession approaching the nearby cemetery. A long black hearse was followed by a second long black hearse about 50 feet behind the first one. Behind the second hearse was a solitary woman walking a pit…
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Ready or not chemo
Hi I am looking for some advice on cytoxin and taxotere which I will be starting on Thursday...It took me almost 2 months to get to this point and I am very anxious to get started....I joined the TaylorX study last Monday and on Friday they called to say the coin flip called for chemo....If I can help just one BC…
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Hey Chen that's not me
Chen, LOL thats not me in the picture with my posts. Thats my 4 year old granddaughter who was in the beauty salon because she just had a strip of her hair dyed pink and a strip dyed purple in honor of BC and the purple for pancreatic cancer, that her other grandmother is suffering with. She loves pictures and she always…
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Joke for ChenHeart
Well not much on telling jokes but I will try. This is an old one but always makes me chuckle. A man walked into a bar and told the bartender he had the best attraction ever for his bar. The bartender was skeptical but wanted to know what the heck the guy had. So he said let me see what you have. The guy reached in his…
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breast reduction question
This may be a stupid question ... and I do not want to appear that I am not sensitive to what many have had to go through...because i truly am but I am lucky with an early diagnosis of DCIS. Radiation to begin this week. I have large breasts that I had previously considered getting reduced because of back and neck…
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It seems so long since I have seen all of you!!!!!!!
Hello, my Kindred Spirits!!! I am baaaaack! :-) It seems forever since I have had the time to post~ is there a 12 step for this feeling? I am experiencing BC Boards withdrawal symptoms! I had such a grand titmne visiting my family in Sacramento~ my brother and his wife are so welcoming and fun to be around, and as I also…
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My first session next week with Radiation Oncologist
I have that 1.5 hour appt with the Rad-Onc on Thurs. I was cleared by the Med-Onc last Thurs to begin Radiation with return to her just before finishing my radiation treatments for Rx for hormone receptor blockers. It was suggested that I increase my Vitamin D supplements by 1000mg/day. I plan to discuss this with my…
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My daughter wrote a poem-relay for life
Some of you may recall my first post last August asking for advice on how to help my young children cope with my breast cancer diagnosis? I received such incredible advice from all of you and I can tell you that it really did help my girls get through my chemo, radiation, hysterectomy, and their Gran's death. So here's the…
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living in the moment when the moment sucks
mastectomy almost 22 mths ago, chemo done 16 mths ago, radiation, 12 mths ago. now they are saying that chemo wore away the lining of my stomach, so the lining has been replaced by the wall of the intestine. say what? so i am always nauseous. i don't care about food anymore as nothing tastes good or feels good in my…
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Anyone have ovaries removed as a precaution?
Hi All, I was diagnosed with Invasive Lobular Cancer, Stage 1 in Feb. 09. My surgeon recommended I have my ovaries removed to as a precaution because there is a correlation between breast and ovarian cancer. My oncologist referred me to a gynocologist (I had my pap tests done by my primary doc). My onc thought it would be…
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My Moms Hairloss
My Mom was diagnosed with Breast Cancer on january 14, 2010 her first surgery was february 4th, there was still cancer so her second surgery (right breast masectomy) was done Feb 22, 2010,now she started Chemotherapy 2 weeks ago on monday, my moms hair started fallin off on thursday..it hurts me soo much seeing my mom go…
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done with rads..yippee
I finished rads yesterday! I am so ready to start my new normal life. I came through it pretty well so far with only some minor fatigue and skin redness and peeling. I am fair skinned and large breasted so my rad dr thought i would experience more skin irritation than I did. I put lotions and cremes on like 5 times a day.…
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Allergic Reaction?
I had my 3rd AC chemo a week ago and have been experiencing some allergic-type reactions the past few days. My first 2 treatments resulted in the normal side effects that everyone is warned about, but these new ones are puzzling. I have very watery eyes, even stuck together in the mornings, like conjunctivitis. Then I had…
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I Thought It Was Time For Something Funny
I was online checking my cell phone plan, thinking I might upgrade our plan. My husband had been telling me that he thought he had unlimited text messages and I informed him that he did not. He was only allowed 250 per billing cycle and I was paying $5 extra for that. Well while I was checking out the plans, I decided to…
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Scars from surgery
Hi all, I am about two months post-op from a bilateral mastectomy, going through rads right now and my main problem seems to be my scars. The worst and most painful one is where they removed my port on my chest. The docs said it healed as a keloid scar, which normally happens in darker skins tones (and of course I'm pretty…
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captain's log 042410
Captains log 042410..... Eight days previous, I arose from bed, looked in the mirror pointedly at each and every hair follicle, and proclaimed with a deep and demanding voice much like that of Zeus, "Let the follicular recharge....BEGIN!" However, during the course of the following week, daily inspections have found my…
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get some rest Gracie for walk tomorrow
Gracie--sending a prayer your way for a peaceful and restful night as you prepare for the walk tomorrow. May God bless every step you and the others take towards finding a cure/treatment so no one we love has to face this monster. I am so proud to be part of this sisterhood. THINK PINK!!! Marilyn
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What is an Angio ?
They scheduled me for an Angio and Ct scan right before my surgery. What type of test are these how are they done - I am unfamiliar??
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Fatigue
I really hate the word fatigue..I am wondering if anyone besides me just feels really tired alot? I have had two treatments of taxotere/cytoxan. After the second treatment (which I had an allergic reaction to) I was down for two days on the third and fourth days after my treatment. I just had no energy at all. Now, it is…
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Headaches during Radiation
I am on my 13th day of radiation therapy for breast cancer. I have been having severe headaches during the last two weeks, and this morning woke up with one. I was not stressed-out and slept well. I hardly ever have had headaches in my entire life, so I believe this must be associated. It seems that whenever I ask the…
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Newbie, stage III diagnosis
Hello all I am new here. I was diagnosed with stage 3 cancer. It was in the lymph nodes as well. According to the doctors the out look is grim. I never missed a mammogram in 14 yrs. and suddenly I have stageIII breast cancer. My question is has anyone lived beyond the 5 year point at stage 3 cancer. If you can give me any…
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I have no control
I wss diagnosed on 3/25 and had a lumpectomy and setinel node biopsy on 4/12. I know I am going to have 33 radiation treatments and no chemo (thank heavens). I feel like I have lost all control of my life and what is happening to me. The only thing that is helping me keep it together is that I have my husband by my side.
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Has anyone taken FAC Chemo i would like to know the effects of it!
I start FAC next wed and i am nervous! I have just finished 12 weeks of Taxol and was not to bad but i heard FAC is worse>
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Friday Funny
With time, women gain weight because we accumulate so much information and wisdom in our heads that when there is no more room, it distributes out to the rest of our bodies. So we aren't heavy, we are enormously cultured, educated and happy. Beginning today, when I look at my butt in the mirror I will think, Good grief,…
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Chemo is getting harder--Radiation Do's and Don'ts? Please help.
Hi everyone: I just entered this site yesterday. I was diagnosed with Stage 3, Grade 3 invasive ductal carcinoma, with 10 out of 23 lymph nodes involved on Nov. 17, 2009. I had a lumpectomy, axial node dissection and another surgery to get clean margins in December. I started aggressive chemo in January (TAC) and just had…
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depression and cancer
i know all about being positive, praying, and looking for joy in my life post mast., radiation and chemo. yes i take antidepressants and try to eat healthy. i put all these in to play whenever possible BUT i can NOT seem to shake this depression. ideas?
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Done with Chemo and Finally Feel Well Enough to Post!
The title says it all: the last several weeks have been really rough, and I just didn't expect it! Everything went so easily for me through the first half of chemo (the A/C half), and even after I had a reaction to a blood transfusion at the beginning of the second half (the taxol half), I just expected things to continue…
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Single or Double Mastectomy? Advice needed asap!
Hi everyone, I am looking for advice from those of you who have already had a mastectomy. I have breast cancer in my left breast, I have just completed chemo and will need a mastectomy then radiation. I am not a candidate for immediate reconstruction due to the radation. I KNOW that I want both breast removed, but since I…
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Personal ?, hopefully not TMI
Hi all, haven't posted for awhile...sometimes too hard to post, but always read :) My ?, May 29 it will be a year since i've finished chemo, yeah! Go Me!!! This February i had my ovaries and tubes removed. I had been on tomox since chemo ended, and am now on arimidex. I felt WONDERFUL as soon as the med change, but now…