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Breast Cancer

Archives for April 2010

Yippee!!! 20 chemo sessions done!!!!
I finished chemo yesterday and am sooooo happy to be done with that nonsense!!! I had so many side effects and was miserable most of the time, but that part of it is finally over! I had my MRI this morning and will meet with my surgeon for the first time on Thursday. Looking at 2nd week of May for surgery. I don't post…
So scatterbrained
I finished my chemo at the beginning of February and am still so utterly scatterbrained. I have notes everywhere - otherwise I completely forget - everything!! At work, I don't trust myself to remember things that are a vital part of what I do. For those who are veterans and experienced chemo brain, please tell me that my…
well - what a day
Its me the woman that posted I Cant Do This....and boy oh boy. I went to my appointment this morning...waited a hour while they did an emergency patient...was getting myself more and more worked up....went in - changed got on the table...was slid in for one picture...and that was it for me....freaked…
Radiation or not after mastectomy
Help! I am getting conflicting information from doctors on whether I need radiation after a mastectomy or not. I was diagnosed in November 09 of stage 2 breast cancer w/ 3cm tumor and 2 positive lymph nodes. I did a/c chemo to try and shrink the tumor, which it did not. But I had a lumpectomy and 13 lymph nodes removed.…
Tommorow
tommorow is my sentance for starting quimios so scared will be told how many and how strong.
Allergies
I am supposed to have surgery on Thursday, April 15th. Our pollen count is horrible here and my sinuses are acting up. Has anyone has this happen and will they go ahead with the surgery. I so want to get this over. I think I will absolutely breakdown if they call it off. I have been stressing for a month. I want it over.
I feel so scared and alone!!!!!!!!!!!!
I found a lump on My breast and went for a breast examine. Witnin 1 week I went through a mamogram, an ultrasound and a biopsy and was diagnosed with breast cancer. I never expected that. I turned 44 on March 9th, the same week I was diagnosed. I felt my world crashing in. I still feel it. Iv'e been through 2 surgeries so…
I have missed you, my Kindred Spirits!!!!
Hello, my brave, stronger than you ever thought you would have to be Kindred Spirits! I have missed you all so much! I have been out of town for a week, and honestly, although I took my laptop with me, by the literal ( as opposed to the proverbial) end of the day~ I was tooo exhausted to log on! I had some pretty good…
final surgery tomorrow
Tomorrow I am having my ovaries and tubes removed laparoscopically. That is the final step in my battle with bc! I feel like I can get on with my life after this is done. It's like I've been living in some sort of strange limbo. I was diagnosed just after moving (hubby took another job) so I didn't have a job yet. I didn't…
Scared to Death
I went for my routine mammogram on Friday. I got a call yesterday from my oncologist saying they had booked me for another one this coming Friday as the doctor wants a few more pictues. The hospital called me back and they had a cancellation on Wednesday so I'm going then instead. let me give you a little history. I had bc…
Something no one wants to talk about
Constipation. But if it happens, I have a recipe that is a real block buster! it's called POWER PUDDING for a reason! 2 cups pitted prunes 1 cup applesauce 1 cup Bran Cereal enough prune juice to make pudding consistency Blend it in a blender and eat 1 cup in the morning and 1 in the evening for a couple of days, or until…
What's the story on port removal?
So, I was reading the post that Arkansasgirl (which I was born there....ARgirl if you read this I was born in Harrison but grew up in Springdale..wondering where you live)...ok...onto the port issue....I have one and for some reason it seems all wrong for that thing to be in there. I feel it tugging when I lay on my left…
to chemo or not to chemo, A second opinion for me.
Just checking in. Went to my 1st Oncologist visit, and wasnt pleased with his manner, Felt like he was trying to sell me a car!! His suggestion of treatment was nothing like what I had discussed with my surgeon when we discussed the path report. He basically feels that anyone who has cancer, of any type should have chemo.…
So many symptoms, could it be?
Ok, to keep from telling my life story, I'll start with the last three weeks. Began having extreme pain in collarbone and shoulder, numbness in two middle fingers. That lasted 3 days so I looked up symptoms and saw lymphoma( because I have swollen lymph nodes under my collarbone and under my arm). Then noticed several new…
what now?
I dont know whats going to happen to me. recently been operated .1 lymph and was told that no quimios for me got found on time. this week a quimio port was put in. they say because family history in cancer Prevention and sent to do test examp bone scan I dont like what I understand in reading of bone scan shows malig in…
Breast tumor removed
I am 40, had breast cancer removed on Feb 1st 2010. No lymphnodes involved, tumor was less than 2cm ;margin was clear and yet I have to do chemo? I had my first round of chemo and had every terrible symptom. I dont get the reason why chemo is necessary if tumor was removed and you had all great prognosis. There are no…
1st Chemo day tomorrow(TAC)! I'm really nervous!
Hi everyone. I am so glad I found this site! I think I've learned more here than from my doctors. A bit nervous about tomorrow. Please keep me in your thoughts and prayers. Carol
Eating right
I've been reading with interest the posts about soy products (including multi-vitamins) and their affect on tamoxifen. Now I've just seen on an internet site that flaxseed has the same stuff as soy. Does anybody have a really good source of information on this whole topic of diet and tamoxifen? I think I'll be talking with…
Radiation therapy fatigue
I got my bi-lateral MRI results back and I consider myself very lucky that they were negative except for the original Stage 0 DCIS. My surgeon says it is High Grade so I will probably need the radiation treatments but nothing else. Can anybody tell me how bad the fatigue was with this? I am a single working person with no…
Cream better than spray!
The CCI I went to for chemo used a numbing spray for the port and it was good - less than a usual arm blood draw prick. I had a CT scan at the hospital that they used my port for and they had no numbing - it hurt. Well now that I'm done with chemo VA wants to do the flushes at their clinic (my PA's RN is the one that's…
Relay For Life
i am walking in the relay for life on may 14-15 my goal is too get there..when it starts and then walk to about eleven o'clock or so and then go home..sleep...get up the next morning and walk again till it ends! i hope i can do that but since i'm only 12 i still have all of that little kid energy, if you know what i mean!…
Loss friends bc & cancer
I have such a mess up couple of months. I loss two of my friends from my breast cancer group in two days apart. They was my rock they help me stay strong . I have loss another freind to lung cancer she help me when I was frist diagnosis by making me hats and having her friends donate money. And know I dealing with…
Seroma and Edema
I had a masectomy in December 09. Both of my drains fell out within 2 days of surgery. One was put back in before i was discharged. I have had a seroma from day one and continue to have the breast aspirated on a regular basis. Additionaly, I have developed edema in the reconstructed breast. I often fell like I am carrying…
Radiation.....
I'm almost half way baked and starting to feel some of the effects already. 3 1/2 weeks to go, how bad is it going to get? I have a very red shoulder???!!! and am itching like a dog with fleas. What have you women used for the itching? They told me NOT TO scratch, that only makes it worse. Also my arm is getting the…
vain or getting back to normal
Don't know if this is being vain or getting back to normal, before i was dx nov09 i had very nice skin, now i have black spots and white bumps that hurt that are in my face i love wearing make-up and getting my nails done, wanted to know if anyone knew of a skincare treatment for cancer pts?
Wound infection -- I have scared myself by imagining what this is
I had the second part of my reconstruction surgery done 13 days ago. A day or so ago, I noticed that the right nipple wasn't attached as well as the left one. Now I've noticed that it seems to be "hanging off," and there is a green, malodorous drainage coming from it. I had already planned to call my PS tomorrow, but now…
2 weeks until flying in an airplane
2 weeks until I fly in an airplane and I'm getting nervous. I have my compression sleeve and glove, but OMG they are so tight I don't know if I can stand them! I can wear the sleeve, but the glove is AWFUL! I had lymph nodes removed so my radiologist and Physical Therapist want me to wear the stuff on the plane. I have had…
Pain in my joints after Chemo & Radiation!!!
Hello my name is Karie other known as Weazer, I am a tripple negative Breast cancer Survivor, I had my last treatment of Chemo in July and my last Radiation treatment in September, and have joint pain in my hands wrists and elbows and now really bad in my hip. I'm going for another bone scan tomorrow and are hoping they…
Can't stop eating!
I am on Taxol now, I will have my 3rd round out of 12 tomorrow. I felt horrible on AC and didn't hardly eat. Now on Taxol I can't stop eating! Anyone else experience this? I feel like I have gained 10 pounds in the last week!
Hi....I'm new to you gals!
Hello. My name is Tawny and I am new to the discussion board thing. I was diagnosed with IDC and DCIS 8.13.2009. It has been a whirlwind ever since. I know you all know what I'm talking about. I have wanted to join in on the discussions sooner, but chemo kicked my bottom hard and I just never had the energy. When I had the…

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