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Breast Cancer

Archives for November 2011

Today is Ladyg's Birthday!
Hope you have a great day and your year ahead is filled with health, happiness and love all around you! -Jenny
1st chemo today
Hi all, Well I did it! I started chemo. Swore I never would and still wish I hadn't, but necessary evil I guess. As expected on day one, I feel pretty good. I "arm wrestled" my doc about the steroids. She only gave me 10 mgs the day of! YAY! That's an answer to prayer by the way from across the country. I know what those…
No results yet
Hi everyone, I just wanted to let you know that we still have not gotten the results from my moms MRI. It took them a week to call her about the chest X-ray. I really don't like the hospital that she goes to. I promise as soon as we hear something I will post the results. Thank you all do much for praying . Hugs & God…
I'm home surgery done
Thanks for all the prayers and being with me through this. I am home and not really all that sore,just mainly where the drains are. I think the port hurts more than the actual mastectomy.I still have the onq pain pump in until tomorrow. I had the mastectomy with the exspander put in. Had quite a few lymph nodes taken as…
Please need some good thoughts
for family member-not for BC but I thought maybe with all the kindness here you can send some in this direction. short& NO detials...I KNOW... thanks... Denise
please keep in thoughts TUES NOV 8
A life long friend (who's mom died of BC 14 mths ago) is going in for surgery on Tues for BC-she didn't share exactly what (nor did I ask) but she needs long term chemo and radiation afterwards! She is going to same Drs and treatment center as her mom..so extra hard to walk in there.. Thanks.. Denise
Hershey Sisters - YOU Rock!!
Just a quick "thank you" for the beautiful card and more importantly thinking of "me". I truly appreciate it and it would be wonderful to be able to meet you all next year. I think I'll put this on my bucket list. Thanks, again, for your thoughtfullness!! P.S. Thanks for posting your pictures. It is always great to put a…
Surgery is behind me now too!
Thanks for bringing that pink bus to Bend ladies! The hospital was thrilled & shocked to see so much support!! I know a couple of you got a little loud with the cheers, but they seemed to appreciate it! All is well. Not too sore. At home. Bandages come off tomorrow. Might be a bit of a shock...but feeling pretty good.…
Today is roseann4's Birthday!
Happy Birthday! Hope you have a wonderful day - surrounded by everyone you love! -Jenny
New to the club
Hello! I have been ease dropping on alot of your posts and I just had to join the club. I have been a mammographer for 26 years and I can tell you, I never wanted to be on this side of breast cancer. I found out August 2nd that I have DCIS. I had a double mastectomy with reconstruction. I found out Oct 13, that after three…
DIEP flap vs implants
I spoke with a PS today regarding reconstruction. He seems to like the flap recon but said I am only a fair candidate because I don't have much tissue for reconstruction. I am also only a fair candidate for the implants because I had radiation only on the right so it may be hard to get them to match. The skin may not do…
Hershey girls...Thank You!!
I am so touched...it is so heart warming...Thank you for the lovely card, and thank you for thinking of me. Hugs, Linda
Large Harvard Study: One drink a day is too much
I decided years ago to leave alcohol behind and have been pretty good about it. I currently drink about 4 drinks per year and feel guilty about that. Why? Because there is no good news out there about alcohol and breast cancer. The link has been studied ad nauseum since the 1980's and it is real. I now treat my loss of…
Pain free, finally!
Hello Pink Sisters... I'll make a long story as short as possible...I had radiation for the second time due to a recurrence in my lymph nodes..the rads had to overlap an area that was previously radiated for the first 10 treatments...I had some nerve damage in the breast from the first go round...well this second one…
"Light your candle NOW!"
"Fire has always been regarded as something holy, magical and mysterious. In most societies, fire first belonged to the gods. the legend of Prometheus and the creation of humanity are but one example. Prometheus is credited with having stolen the fire from the gods and given it to mortal mankind. Fire originates in all…
Bone scan question??????
I had a dexa scan about 2 months ago and learned that my osteopenia had gotten worst since chemo, I took the shot"prolia" at that time no.last month i was getting out of bed and thought i pulled a muscle in my upper right side well it's been giving me a fit off and on well the other day i noticed under my rib cage that…
frustrated
hi everyone..i have recently been taken off of tamoxifen(for the third time) to detox since the medication is "to toxic for my body" and i am scared. I reported to my new oncology doc that i have been having headaches for the last three wks and that my arm and foot are swelling...the new doctor who quotes stats at me about…
local paper article
http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/article/20111103/LIFE14/311030005/Sitting-linked-breast-colon-cancers?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|PoughkeepsieJournal.com
Today is Laurissa's Birthday!
Sending wishes your way for a happy day - hope you have an extra peaceful day today - feel gentle arms around you - take good care much love, -Jenny
Today is Cats_toy's Birthday!
Happy Birthday! Hope you have a great day! -Jenny
Thank you pink sisters
Just a few weeks ago, I posted a question regarding depression after treatments and surgeries ended. I mentioned the doctor put me on zoloft. Well a few days after I posted, I went to the doctor and she switched me to lexpro. I feel the difference already. I've only cried once. Sometimes, I feel overly chippery. One of the…
New Here....
I am 38 years old and was dx with breast cancer on 10/14. My lymph node biopsy came back CLEAR!!! (praise GOD!) BUT...I am HER2 positive. I am scheduled for a double mastectomy on 11/10. This is what I know so far....most of it is still in the duct, but 2 small places it went outside of the duct. The total measures 10cm. I…
UPDATE-->Question: Swollen Breast and Pink Skin with Pains, Normal?
Hi lovely ladies! I feel like I'm going crazy! I finished radiation towards the end of Aug. and did my mammo last month - ouch! My question is, is it normal to have pulling pains on the side of surgery (I had a lumpectomy)? My breast is swollen and the skin is pink/red with signs of rash? The pains come and go. As a…
i would love to her some thoughts about stopping bone strenthening shot.
ok I tend to over think things, I have stage 4 with bone mets and have been told I will be taking the shot every month for the rest of my life. to help protect my bones from the cancer. Heres were the over thinking comes in ... I want to keep the beast at bay and will keep fighting, however i cant help but think why keep…
Aches and pains while taking Herceptin and Aromasin
Hello fellow BC survivors, I had bilateral mastectomy on April 5, 2011 with tissue expanders, started chemo in May, had implants just 4 weeks ago. My chemo consisted of Taxotere, Cytoxan and Herceptin, 4 rounds, every 3 weeks for 12 weeks. I am continuing to take Herceptin until May 2012. I was started on Femara for 5…
~A note of THANKS the the Hershey Pinks~
I have not posted all my recent challenges on the board but some of the Pinks were aware of them. In the past few months I have had my gall bladder removed and it was feared there was cancer (there was none) I have had a mass in my eye removed they feared was cancer (wrong again) and most recently I had to have a bone scan…
BLOOD DISCHARGE
Hello Everyone, I am new to this discussion board, but a was a regular at the Head & Neck. I had tonsil cancer with 1 lymp node both removed, and 32 radiation treatments that ended Nov of 2010. Things been good so far except for when I went to get my mamogram. The doc did the breast exam and noticed blood discharge from…
Need to add some artwork to the girls
By next summer i can get my bare naked girls some artwork (tattooing) and im tryin to do some research on it and what better place to start than with you all. My plastic surgeon says they dont look that great when they do it and says to get it professionally done...but where do i go cuz im not just going to walk into a…
Radition for Bone Mets/Pain? Other treatments?
I am having intense pain in my legs, like difficult to walk some days. I have been on Femara for 18 months. Before I would have a few aches, bothersome but I was able to manage. Had a bone scan last week, and it showed no progression of the bone mets. But I was shocked when my doctor said none of my multiple mets showed…
Daughter teased at school because a girl showed everyone a picture of me bald from last year :(
Hi everyone. Sharing something that happened to my 10 year old daughter yesterday. For some of you who may not know me, I was diagnosed with IDC stage 2 last year at age 34, and 2 months after my diagnosis my mother was also diagnosed with breast cancer. I have a 10 year old and a 3 year old daughter. My oldest daughter…

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