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Breast Cancer

Archives for October 2010

How many Canadians
Interested to know how many others from Canada have been coming here for their support. At the time of my cancer a Lesbian support group was undergroud so didn't go to any and this was the only site that had a chat back then that you could actually chat with others up all night like myself. It was really user friendly and…
good report, but now have a concern
April 23, 2010 had mastectomy, Stage 1, 1.8 cm. Low grade, node negative, Her2 negative ER positive, Oncotype DX score is 6. Thought I had had a good prognosis. Had a routine CT scan on my chest and stomach last week and my oncologist told me that there was some tiny spots on my liver, but he did not think it was cancer…
Today is sparklewings' birthday!
Happy Birthday! Hope your day is filled with everything you love most! love, Jenny
Today is rrogers34's birthday!
Wishing you a great day and your best year yet! Celebrate BIG! love, Jenny
Today is linpsu's birthday!
Best wishes for a wonderful day - filled with everything you love most! ...and to many, many more! love, Jenny
Great Truths Learned During Childhood...
Great Truths Learned During Childhood... * No matter how hard you try, you can't baptize cats. * When your Mom is mad at your dad, don't let her brush your hair. * If your sister hits you, don't hit her back. They always catch the second person. * Never ask your 3-year-old brother to hold a tomato. * You can't trust dogs…
new mom
I just found this site doing a google search as I was desperate to just blurt out my feelings to anyone who would listen... my mom died of breast cancer (which had metastacised into her brain and bones) in march of this year. She had cancer for just 13 months. She was my everything. Four days before she died my perfect son…
Femara nausea & indigestion
good morning, need a few suggestions on how to cope with this nausea and indigestion. i've been taking femara for one year now and a new side effect has popped up. i say new 'cos i am also going thru the aches and pains (yes i feel like 900 years old)! anyway, now i'm having trouble with my digestion followed by nausea. my…
Rene9 how's the hair? And you?
Rene how is your hair doing these days and how are you doing. Just checking. KAH
Well ladies, looks like this is our month!!!!
How do you all feel about being reminded every commercial that we have Breast Cancer!!?? I'm so glad that they do this, but it's a double edged sword. If the $$$ made can help find a cure then GO FOR IT~ Are we getting closer? sometimes it seems like it and then I go on here and read how one of our pink sisters is back on…
Pics from Susan Komen Race for the Cure 2010
just posted a few pics from the race. walked with my family and friends the day after my first treatment. felt so good to be surrounded by so many supporters. (might not have been the best choice though, wiped me out!)
*~*~* Let's ShareRecipes *~*~*
The original "Let's Share Recipes" was such a huge success with lots of great recipes that I thought it was time to start a new one with my sisters in pink. It is Fall now, the weather is turning cooler, and, it is time to turn those ovens on! So, let's share recipes! ♥ Noel
Call Back
Got a letter today for a call back on my mammogram. I know the statistics (10% are called back and often there is no problem) but that doesn't make me feel any better. I'm numb -- any encouraging words? marilyn
Bone Cancer Mets from Breast Cancer
I was diagnosed with breast cancer 7 years ago and it has come back, mets to my bones. I have numerous spots on my ribs and a large tumor close to my spine at the back of my neck but they have slowed it down with radiation. I am taking a monthly hormone shot. My doctor said that people can live many years with bone…
Lymphedema Pain in Arm Pit....
The pain goes down my arm and into my hand. It is on the same side I had 12 lymph nodes removed. Finished with all my treatments, chemo and rads. I am thinking it is lymphedema, but the dr did a scan and ultra-sound to check it out. I didn't have this much pain after my bilateral mastectomy! I can't raise my arm above my…
Another good song that touches me
Temporary Home Lyrics Little boy, 6 years old A little too used to bein' alone. Another new mom and dad,another school, Another house that'll never be home. When people ask him how he likes this place... He looks up and says, with a smile upon his face, "This is my temporary home It's not where I belong. Windows and rooms…
Waiting & Praying
Been doing this for a week now..Wanted to share my story with someone who will not think I am crazy or just being "paranoid"....I accidently found a new lump in my "good breast"...Was lounging around typing on CSN and got a pain so when I went to rub the spot I said oh what is this? Will see the doc. on Tuesday....My…
north carolina
Anyone here from NC?
9mm low grade ductal carcinoma
Having surgery next week, lumpectomy, breast reduction and 4 weeks of radiation. My physician feels this was caught early without lymph node pathology. how can he be so confident? I had an MRI and it revealed a cyst on the same breast. I will have an ultrasound on Monday and I was told not to lose sleep over the new cyst…
Because some things aren't suitable for Facebook...
I have a facebook account and that is usually where I post how I feel or what's going on inside me. Most times facebook is a very unsatisfactory place to vent so here goes... Tonight I am tired of this whole mess. I'm tired of fighting. I'm tired of hoping and waiting and I'm really tired of being disappointed. I'm tired…
"Somewhere" is A Place We Call Our Second Home, Thank you so much
I wanted to share this with everyone here in CSN community. This is for everyone who dedicated their time, wisdom, feelings, fears, compassion and support for one another, either as survivors or caregivers. The post below is for breast cancer but also applies equally to each human being diagnosed with cancer and their…
Scar tissue?
I posted a similar post but am going to define my query a little better. I have tram-flap scars, they run in an oval circle above and under each of my breast mounds that were created last Dec. I am having some discomfort, they feel tight and have not broken down much. I wonder if anyone has any suggestions for this? Thank…
CT bc survivors - Roseann, Cindy (Grandma X3), Sher43009 and Wendybia
Hi, I'm Charlene (61) and live in Coventry, CT (near UCONN). A couple of us have just started talking about meeting, maybe in November. I'm still in treatment so I would have to arrange around that. I don't work (retired/disabled). Let me know what you think........... Char
Moopy and NED... still sittin' in that tree!!!
We just heard back from Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis; the CT scans Moopy had done up there yesterday afternoon came back with No Evidence of Disease! Twenty-two months and eight days after surgery, and NED is still boarding at stately Moopy Manor! Thank you all so much for all the support! Moopy would thank you…
My sister's lumpectomy
is scheduled for Oct. 14. She has the same surgeon as I do. She met with radiologist/oncologist yesterday and the surgeon will remove the cancerous tissue and insert a temporary rads device. A couple days later she'll get the pathology report and then the surgeon will insert the actual rads device. Then she will get rads…
zometa and kidneys
I have been on zometa for 18 months now--receiving it once a month IV. My BUN is creeping up slowly (now 24) and my GFR is going down slowly (now 59-60). Has anyone else had this problem? I see my onc in a couple of weeks and will ask him when I should worry about it?? And what, besides hydrating, I can do (if anything).
October Is Here Again
Here we are in October which of course is Breast Cancer Awareness month, this morning I opened my facebook page to find this notation on my daughters wall: "October is breast cancer awareness month!! Take a minute to honor those who battled this disease, thinking of my grandma♥ Aunt Sue♥ & Mom♥ miss you yamyam & aunt sue!!…
Cancer crisis?
We all heard of a midlife crisis, but I am wondering if I am going through a cancer crisis. Le me explain.I have now lived in AZ for over 3 years and have really tried hard to like it here. But since my diagnosis, this has really changed. I am an outdoors loving person, and look for stress relief in any kind of outdoors…
Breast cancer myths, debunked
Breast cancer myths, debunked So many rumors and controversies surround breast cancer—what really causes it, what really prevents it—that it can be hard to know whom to believe. If you think that you're not at risk because there's no breast cancer in your family, you might be mistaken. The truth is that scientists still…
Anastrozole instead of Tamoxifen ??????
I just assumed my Onc would prescribe Tamoxifen for the 5 yrs....but the other day he said he preferred me to take Anastrozole for 5 yrs. since I am considered high risk! So, after pricing it (3 month supply w/o insurance is $977).....and this is a generic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Fortunately, it is covered under my policy so I only…

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