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Find out more about the Affordable Care Act ( medical insurance)
If you would like to find out more about the Affordable Care Act, you can visit our new consumer website HealthCare.gov, which has detailed information about how the new law will help you. It also lets you see all of your personalized health insurance options in one place, with just a few clicks of the mouse. And starting…
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Results are in - clear, just a little fat.. by New Flower
Hello my dear sisters, Last week during routine check up my oncologist found a swollen lymph node under my armpit. Due to my medical history it was a very serious concern. The tests have been done today. I am happy to share that Mammogram is clear, no suspicious areas. Ultrasound: lymph node size 0.91 cm is a fat tissue,…
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metastatic Breast cancer article
Something to ask about and consider Are Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients Getting the Right Treatment? BY MELISSA WEBER As many as one in seven women with metastatic breast cancer could be receiving the wrong treatment because of a change in the cancer’s biology when it metastasizes, according to new research. When breast…
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2nd round and hair loss :( here we go!
i was in the shower this morning, and the dreaded is starting! a small clump of hair came out. i've always been a big fan of my hair!! (like many women, i'm sure) i know it's just hair, and i'm not a superficial person. but, i want it! i do have a wig, and it's nice. it's just not MY hair though! anyway, i'm actually,…
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Pink B.C. coupons
What do you all do when you are in a store and the salesgirl comes up to you and says if you donate $1 to breast cancer you get a 25% off coupon for a purse? (I was in a Coach handbag outlet.) I wanted to say "I have breast cancer, how about if you give me a coupon for a free Coach purse?" It just really throws me for a…
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Meena 1 .. How ya doing, our dear FRIEND ... ? Thinking and praying for you
Feeling better this week ... ? Please let us know. Fellow - TCH chemo hater, Vicki Sam
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70% of women likely to experience sexual problems after breast cancer
This article appeared in The Journal of Sexual Medicine today: http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/PressRelease/pressReleaseId-82477.html "A new study published in the Journal of Sexual Medicine looked at whether women were more likely to experience sexual problems after breast cancer. The results showed that 70% of women were…
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Still feeling out of sync
Hello. I am 14 most post-mastectomy and 10 months post-implants. I am taking Tamoxifen and have been for the 1 year. I still have feelings of indifference about most things. It is like nothing is really all that important. I don't think I've found my "new normal" yet but am definitely not happy about having to find this…
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My surgeon got clean margins!!!
Hi everybody, I just came back from seeing my surgeon and he was successful in the operating room, I got clean margins with my lumpectomy and 0/4 lymph nodes, they were all negative. He said I was a stage 1, but I didn't hear him mention anything about the "grade" and I didn't think to ask. I will still do the radiation in…
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got my brave waves on. . .
and took off the dressings on my surgical site. the doctors told me i could take it off on monday, but it took me until today to do it. when i was in the hospital, on friday they disconnected me from everything and i was free! i went to the bathroom by myself and decided to clean up a little. i had a fresh gown on the back…
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Cost of BC
How do we know what costs will be covered by Medicare/Medicare Plus Insurance programs for the radiation treatments. Does anyone know the procedure for getting financial assistance or finding out if you are eligible for Medicaid?
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To my Breast Cancer Friends
Many friends will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave a footprint in your heart.
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It's my turn....
It's finally here... after ten long months this Monday morning my turtle shells (expanders) will come out and the new twins will go in... I know you're all busy but if possible will you all please be there with me? I am a bit nervous about going under the knife again and just knowing you are there in spirit will be a great…
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One down 15 more to go
chemo one down the drugs left with a numb right shoulder. that i think will slowly leave. i see if i get sleep. feeling ok. started trouble they have wifi up there so i was bad brought my lap top . one old guy across the room was yelling i had porn on but the nurse knew better i had a dumb game on. meant more for…
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here is a good laugh Arthritis is so cruel
I'll tell you" he said, " I"ve learnd that arthitis is the crullest disease, cruller than Cancer his friend ask? " You bet the first codger replied. It makes everyone of your joints stiff, Except the Right ONE!!!!!
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Exercies
How long after surgery can you start your usual exercise routine? Will the feeling of "tiredness" go away after a week?
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my boobs just keep giving me problems!!
Oh my word - this morning I woke up to the WORST pain I have had throughout my whole cancer ordeal - I had a fill on my expanders yesterday, another 100cc. Now I'm at 750 cc's total. I started feelin pain in my back & chest almost immediately after getting my fill yesterday. Last night I soaked in the hot tub (twice!), and…
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Oh .. my I have the 'Oh .. Hums' ... Whine .. Whine .. or venting ?
I feel as though I'm suffering from the Oh hum's ... Perhaps it's time for an attitude adjustments .. Coming here to my family of Warrior's .. Oh I have breast cancer - endured chemo for 6 months - poor me, I feel so sorry for myself . . whine, whine, whine Humm At least I didn't have to go thru radiation -- ======== Oh…
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Breast Cancer Board So Much Better, and User Friendly
I have posted three or four times on the Brain Cancer site on CSN, and have yet to have anyone anser my question. I wonder if they are just too sick to take time to be on this Board, or if they are just not as friendly as our b/c Board Members. Nonetheless, I have questions, and will have to find another outlet. Anyone…
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Asparagus
I think to myself if only it could be that easy. Has anyone read or heard about? THE ARTICLE: Several years ago, I had a man seeking asparagus for a friend who had cancer. He gave me a photocopied copy of an article, entitled, Asparagus for cancer 'printed in Cancer News Journal, December 1979. I will share it here, just…
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Another Milestone Reached-Yeah!!!
I have good news to share! I had my port removed yesterday after enduring a year of Herceptin-Hooray for Me!!! I am so glad to be done with infusions. I know this is another phase in my recovery, and follow appointments are ongoing, but at least I can say that I am done with chemo and radiation. I am closing doors and…
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Pathology
Good News...Pathology results..Stage 1 BC...clean, will need some radiation treatments; Chemo may not be necessary! Now...what is radiation like?
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Survivor Guilt
Interesting article in Cure Today on "Getting Through Survivor Guilt": http://www.curetoday.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/article.show/id/2/article_id/1541 Many of the reactions described reminded me of some of the attitudes that I have dealt with from those who have never had cancer. Maybe there is also a Cancerless Guilt?
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Everyone welcome to see update pics of my Hair growth
Added pics from start to current pics of my hair growth by dates on expressions in my profile Lupe
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JOKE--What would you do
Q. Your riding a horse at full speed, a giraffe is beside you, an elephant in front of you and a lion behind you! What do you do??? A. You get your drunk **** off of the carousel !!!
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Muscle spasms due to Neulasta?
Hey all. I've had my second chemo & will get #3 on Monday. This time around the overall fatigue & the aches & pains from the Neulasta were quite a bit worse. But the real problem is these very intense muscle spasms that I'm having in my back. I had them the 2nd week after treatment #1, but this time they're much worse. So…
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Itching and Twitching????
This is getting so irritating... Since last Friday everytime i put on pants it doesnt matter what material they are i cant stop itching and its just from my bellybutton to my knees. Then for a couple days now my right eye wont stop twitching but it also feels somewhat like a dooping eyelid and i have to open my eye really…
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Fear of discrimination
It has been over a year now since my battle with cancer began and I'm doing great. I'm cancer free and moving on with my life. I started a new job a couple of weeks ago and no one at my new job knows about the cancer. I silently sit while they talk about others in the organization who have suffered through treatment. I…
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UPDATE: (I FOUND HER) cancer markers
I have posted previously about my wife, but I have a question this time about my mother, who was also diagnosed with breast cancer last year (stage IV). She was on tamoxifen until it seemed to stop working, and then she was put on arimidex, and her cancer markers have been going steadily down--but now they are on the rise…
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NEED WASHING?
This is so sweet and reminds me of a time my daughter, granddaughter and I ran to the car in the pouring rain, it was so fun we were soaked and were all laughing so hard and they said to me that was so much funnnn!!!!!! NEED WASHING? A little girl had been shopping with her Mom in WalMart. She must have been 6 years old,…