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Breast Cancer

Archives for April 2010

I cant do this......
March 3rd - went in for a normal annual physical. Doctor felt a lump. March 22 went in for my very first mammogram. Was called back for a ultrasound. I received another two mammogram photos...then the ultrasound. Mammogram shows a mass....ultrasound didnt show much of anything but a cyst. Because of the mammogram I am…
still in shock
19 days since I received the diagnosis. 2 days later I got an MRI. 7 days later I had surgery. DCIS was diagnosed with multiple LCIS markers. I am now WAITING for appointments with Oncologist and radiation treatment. The pathology was good. It had not spread. I am still in shock. I happened to find this website by accident…
hair frustrated
I am 37 and have been done with chemo for 8 months. I totally hate this hair that is growing in! i am thinking about shaving it all off again.. to see if that helps. I find it so f''ing insulting that we have to go through this lose our hair.. than to get **** hair in return.. My hair is like thin baby hair... UGH!!!!! Not…
Team Pink
As everyone knows Pink is the color for breast cancer...I knew that when i was like 5 thats a reason its my favorite color i love the color pink and i think its a great way to show BC so i was just wondering does anybody think BC should be shown with a different color like blue or green? The only reason i ask is because i…
Thank you ... from Teena
I just had to thank all of you for your comments to my post about how down I was feeling. Your posts really helped and I can honestly say I felt the love and the hugs. love you all ... teena
Don't Give Up!
Cancer is very serious i know that..i have since the day i was born so anyone thats a cancer survivor its great that you made it but anyone thats still fighting cancer...keep fighting and don't give up...someone i was close too gave up after it came back for the third time, Yes it might be tiring and i know i have NO idea…
Doing it makes me proud!
I lost my godmother to breast cancer last June, i still miss her and what hurts the worst is that i never got to say goodbye, one day we had a message on our answer macheine and that was it...she was gone! in may i'm doing the relay for life in memory of her and i have raised about 100$ so far and i'm very proud i feel…
Greatest Video in a long time...
This is a re-post of a video I posted in March, 2010. Someone in the discussion titled "Grrrrrrrrrr" requested it a couple of weeks ago. By the way, that is a discussion that has been going on since the beginning of March and is still going on...lots of great stuff in there if you haven't seen it. It's still open. This…
Before surgery ???
Friday April 16th I'm having a bilateral mastectomy. I want to make sure I have everything I need before surgery. I'm making a Wal-mart run next week. Do I need bandages, wraps etc.. Also what kind of shirts do I need to wear after surgery? I have large breasts so am I gonna feel off balance when I start walking? Thanks…
Venting
I had my first treatment - TAC - on March 25 and this past Thursday my hair started coming out. Friday I had it cut to 1/8 inch. Saturday it kept coming out and its very patchy in places. I remembered a previous post from a pink sister and she used a lint roller. Let me tell you, tape really works. And once my hair was…
crying
Okay, so when I was diagnosed with inflammatory breast cancer, I was very calm and said, what do we do now. Chemo started and I was okay with it. Then we needed another biopsy of one of the inflamed lymph nodes. As soon as I walked into the breast surgeon's office I began to cry. Then I would cry in the oncologist's…
Has anybody ever heard of the sancuso patch????
im having my first chemo treatment on wensday i got a call today from a pharmacy saying they had a perscription to be delivered to me from my oncologist. im thinking it is a anti nausea patch (Sancuso) i hope it is a good one??? anybody heard of this one? jan
Need your opinion....
At our local breast center, there is some controversy about whether a surgeon should be involved in a woman's case prior to any biopsy. In view of the fact that over 80% of biopsies have a negative result, what is your opinion on the following question: After having a workup which indicates a need for biopsy, would you…
Countdown to Surgery.......
I will be having bilateral mastectomy with reconstruction on Thursday, April 15th. As the day gets closer my nerves and emotions are completely out of whack. Any suggestions to help make the upcoming surgery day any easier to get through.
I am having a very bad day today
I am so sad today and I really don't know why. Maybe it is because I am alone and some days are worse than others and today is a really hard day. I can't see the screen as I am typing--tears are blurring my vision and rolling down my face. Alone--friends call and say they will come and visit and then don't show up or call…
Femera Update for Aztec
Hey, Gang, I had chemo yesterday and saw my Onc. She is so great when it comes to Women's Health. Anyway...we talked about Femera and how it made me feel. It made my bones ache so bad and it made me feel uncontrolable aggression. The onc says this is because Femera stops the production of estrogen completely and you need…
Has anyone else had this same problem????
I am really beginning to be deeply concerned! I had a lumpectomy and removal of 12 lymph glands, with only 1 malignant, in Nov. 2009. Have been seen regularly by my surgeon, Oncologist, Radiologist. In fact, just finished chemo the 10th of March. Was supposed to start radiation soon after, but Onc. and Radiolgist…
Femara
My oncology nurse practitioner changed my medication from Tamoxifen to Femara. She said I am close enough to my 5 years on Tamoxifen to change it. However, I just read on the Femara website that one should be within 3 months of the 5 year mark and I am 7 months away still and have had NO adverse reactions to this…
just found this network so I'm new to this
I found this network because I was searching the web to help me with all these feelings of what to do next. My younger sister at 35 dx and was cancer free for 10 years; just got dxed again in other breast, in chemo now. She had the BRACA1 and it's +; so my youngest sister (39) and me (52) just got tested a little less than…
MLB and the Komen Foundation
Hello ladies, I love baseball. A friend of mine sent me a link about being an honorary bat girl for Mother's Day. All you have to do is write your story and select the team for which you'd like to be a batgirl. I entered my story. You can vote for me, if you'd like. Or enter your own and let your friends know and we'd be…
Wow, it's been a while since I posted
A lot going on, I finally moved out (away from my husband) got my own apartment with my son, we are SO HAPPY, no more chaos :) My beautiful daughter got engaged and we get to do the wedding stuff together, so exciting!! I'm about 3/4 of the way done with rads and cant wait to get the next scans to see if we killed this…
Radiation and Arimidex
I was prescribed Arimidex and started radiation yesterday. I haven't started taking the medication because from what I've read, it seems like patients start it after radiation. I won't be able to speak to the medical oncologist until 4/21 about this. What I am most concerned about are the side effects of the medication. I…
I was just thinking...
I was just thinking...I think I know where my cancer came from. It seems that it has a lot to do with increased estrogen release, so I'm thinking back to 2001 when I had a tubaligation. Then, I took 2-3 different kinds of birth control pills to alleviate other problems like acne and regulation. In 2006 I began to have…
Emotional too!
Seems like several of us are going through some tough times emotionally. I know I shouldn't complain ... but ... I really need to vent. No one really needs to read this ... I just need to get it "out." I'm 66. I had a lumpectomy 1/21/09... and did GREAT! Had chemo (taxol/herceptin) infusions ... all the side-effects were…
Yaaaa Hooooo!!!!
I had my first post cancer mammogram today. The girl told me if I wanted to wait, the radiologist would read it and I could know the results before I left. I was in the holding room and she came in and said "ok, you can go". I just looked at her and she said it again. Finally I said "so it's OK?" and she said "Yep! It's…
Is there any way to correct a typo in the Discussiion Heading?
I hate to misspell. Is there a way to correct a misspelling in the Discussion Heading? Janelle
When doing radiation in 2009, which then carried into 2010, how did your insurace work?
I started radiation on December 1, 2009. I ended radiation on January 18, 2010. My BS/BC started 2010 as a fresh year and so everything that I paid beginning with the recurrence in October 2009 ended in 2009. That is normal. I was hoping, however, that the radiation would carry to the full term. For 2010 I have to start…
I am starting chemotherapy april 14th
Hi im new to this site but have read alot of your posts and really need some one to talk to. Im having the port put in this monday the 12th and then i start chemo paril 14th all i know is im getting AC not sure if anyone is on this, just need to talk , im really scared
2nd expansion......OUCH!
Yesterday i went and got my 2nd expansion. They put another 60ml in each side-totalling 110 ml eack side now (i was only very small before surgery). Last night i was in so much pain.I never slept one bit and had to go and get painkillers at 4.15am! I went back to not being able to sleep on my side again but laying on my…
Basting a Turkey.......Me!
I am currently undergoing radiation therapy and was given 2 lotions to use twice a day. The first is a moisturizing lotion and the second one acts as a barrier to keep moisture in. My husband puts the lotion on for me which I appreciate, but the second cream is really thick and he has to apply pressure to spread it. I am…

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