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Today is ShirleyCurls Birthday!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR SHIRLEY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!! AND MANY MORE...!!! Best wishes on your special day & throughout the year! ♥ Cat
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im all done with rads
Any help out in how to deal with the burns from it? I went thru a mastecomy with no pain chemo with no side effects but the rads have made up for that. Swallowing is hard to much pain and the wonderful red color for the treatment and no burn cream from the doc been running a temp thru out of of it also but they keep…
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shout out to Gabe N Abby Mom
Hi: How are you doing? Haven;t seen you on the board in awhile. I know you are back at work, so hopefully keeping busy and well. Laura
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ovary removal
hello can you share your experiences with this. How did you decide, why was it advised. and how do you feel after. I have gone into chemopause and was wondering if the ovary removal makes all those symptoms worse? I have talked to my physicians about htis and they advised me to get a little stronger physically then decide.…
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Need Advice on Breast Form
I have a silicone breast form and two bras supplied by my insurer. I also have a foam breast form the ACS social worker at my hospital gave me right after surgery. They work great for work and going out, but I would like something more comfortable for casual wear. I have large breast(s) ("breast" now) and the bras have a…
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Aromasin after Chemo and Radiation
I have stage 2 breast cancer with 3 lymph nodes effected. I made it through chemo and radation....now my oncologist wants to put me on Aromasin. Anyone going through this too? I hear the side effects of Aromasin are bad. Is it worth it? I am thinking about not taking it. Help!
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Renee616, did you Start Tamoxifen yet?
Hi Renee -- I am scheduled to see a GYN to check my uterus (and ovaries) - not fun! Just wondering if you started taking yours yet and to know how you're feeling. :) Hope you're doing well.
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Pinkkari09 - Kari, how are you? Started chemo yet?
The last I saw you post was to say that your count was low and you couldn't start chemo yet. I am hoping that your counts went up and you are started on your treatment now. Post to update us when you get a chance. Praying for you Kari, Jan
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OT Glacier Park
Yesterday was a dream come true. First we drove about an hour to the Prince of Wales hotel in Canada. Spectacular! The hotel looks like a giant chalet and is located very high on a ridge overlooking a glacial lake. Beautiful mountains all around. On the way back, we saw a mama bear and cub munching berries and we got a…
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How is TexasGirl? Anyone knows?
Hi TexasGirl -- Just checking on you making sure you're doing OK.
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Radiation Burn
Finished rads on Friday, and cannot begin to tell you how fried I am! Underneath my arm, I have developed a thin skin. However, underneath my breast and to the side, I have a 7 inch by 5 inch patch of raw meat. I have been using mepolix during the day, but any ideas at night? I am finding it VERY uncomfortable to sleep.…
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Today is BjMom1's Birthday!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR BARBARA HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!! AND MANY MORE...!!! Wishing you Health, Happiness, and Love on your special day and always! ♥ Cat
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dealing with fear, staying in the moment and is it ever really over?
Hi all: Have been thinking a lot after I hit a really hard bottom last month. (Again so many thanks to all who responded to my "think I am going insane" post!) I no longer feel like I am going insane (at least right now, at this moment!) but am still dealing with lower level fear and anxiety. I tell myself every morning "I…
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did your doctor give you a "risk of reoccurence" specific number?
Hi all: I meet with my oncologist next month after finishing treatment and am wondering whether to ask him for a specific number regarding my risk of reoccurence. My pathology report just says my risk of reoccurence is "high" but I don;t know what is considered "high". 80%?50%? 30%? On the one hand I would like to hear a…
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How to strenghten leg.....I fell again!
I have breast cancer that moved to bone mets in my hip/leg. This happened Jan. 2010, had rads and then this summer had lots of pain and had rads again. Now my knee is completely numb and just randomly gives out and I feel (or sometimes do) like I will fall. Today I was picking up lunch at Subway and went out to the car…
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BRCA testing results
Hi everyone, It's not often that I post but this has been bothering me so much that I thought I'd throw it out there and see if some of you can help me. In Mar 2010, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. There were 2 tumors (3 cm and 2.2 cm) in the same quadrant of one breast. My mother had bc 43 yrs ago (double mast and…
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OT - 2 Seconds at Fair
Our Fair is going on and I took 3 'things to it for the Horticulture Section. I got a 2nd for my Pineapple plant - started in late March/early April from the top of a fresh Pineapple that Hubby got for himself. It was probably a good placeing - it was the only Pineapple and they put it in "House Plant" section - could not…
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I feel like a whimp...
So i started my chemo treatment on Aug 15 and had my WBC shot the next day...this pass week has been awful with headaches,fatigue and bone pain makes me want to say screw it i dont want to do this..i really thought i was stronger than that but i guess not....how in the HECK DO YOU LADIES DO IT...i see where it doesnt even…
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This site is too important
to so many people to let disagreements get in the way of it. We all have our own life experiences which make each of us UNIQUE. Let's EACH of us be the "bigger person" and put the recent squabbles behind us and try to understand that none of us agree 100% of time on 100% of all things. Susan
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unhappy update/once again asking for your prayers
I was recently asked to post how I was doing and promised to do so when I had some answers. Several things have been happening so I'll start with the chest(lung) scan that was ordered because I was having this feeling of not being able to use the oxygen I was breathing in (hard to describe). They feared a possible blood…
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Today is Denbralou's Birthday!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR DENBRALOU HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!! AND MANY MORE...!!! Wishing you a day filled with love, laughter, and all the things you love most! ♥ Cat
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From AARP mag
http://www.aarp.org/health/conditions-treatments/info-08-2011/medical-innovations.4.html Hopefully the link above will work and hopefully I'm not repeating some news another poster may have started. At any rate---while the studies on the new breast cancer drugs are still somewhat new, it is very encouraging.If we could…
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Feeling a Mixture of Emotions and Thoughts...
It has been five days now since my last radiation treatment. I'm not in the best frame of mind the last couple of days. I'm feeling a mixture of emotions and thoughts all at once and to be quite honest, I'm feeling overwhelmed by it all. My radiated skin is still going through its process of breaking down and healing. It's…
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Okay pink sisters, here's my update
I have hesitated to post because we have some sisters that, in my opinion, are currently struggling more than me. I am speaking of Laurissa, Kari, Nancy and Claudia. These are just the few that come to mind and I know there are others that I am missing, I apologize. I started this journey in July 2009 with a lumpectomy,…
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OT POLL: Where do you give your time, talent or treasure?
I know we have several here who are coping with a new diagnosis, or fighting through treatment yet again, or waiting and praying for tests and test results...so I thought we could use something positive, to lift our spirits a little. And what better way than to share the good we give back to others? So...what causes do you…
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Anastrozole
Is there anyone that has decided not to continue with Anastrozole or any drug like it? I am seriously thinking of doing so after reading all the women with side effects. I went off while on vacation this past week (approval from doctor). I still have swelling in my right foot and ankle. It was much more swelling (huge)…
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Good news
Went for another of my 3 month check-ups with my surgeon. I was a little concerned as I felt a little bump where my lumpectomy scar is. He said all is fine and I had nothing to worry about. It was pretty normal for this to happen. He also had a medical student with him and asked if it was OK with me if he showed her how to…
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One step forward and two steps back?
Hi everyone, overall it's been a good week here in the warm midwest, some unsettled weather here at the end of the week to match the rest of my life. So I went to work this morning thinking how proud I was of myself....only Xanax I have taken this week, was right before the pelvic ultrasound my gyno ordered as a baseline…
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officially on leave....why am I so sad?
I am officially on short term disability. I am at my desk crying. I feel like I am being pushed out of my job when I want to work 1/2 days. I am so frustrated and scared. I am going to miss my students so much and I "promised" one today that I would be back and then I just froze. I can't make those kind of promises, no one…
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Is there anyway to block someone's posts on this site?
Is there anyway to block someone on the discussion boards at this site? Thanks.