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Breast Cancer

Archives for December 2011

Thank you Jennytwist!
I just received the most beautiful angel ornament from Jennytwist. She also included little treats for my daughter Erin! AND chocolates from the Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory!! Woo hoo! You really brightened up my day! Thank you SO much!! <3 <3
My ornament came today!!!
I got my beautiful angel ornament today. Thank you so much Linda, mollyz. She is just beautiful and I love angels, the perfect little ornament. She is sitting on my desk and will remain there all ways for me to look at. She is white with a pink skirt and is holding a pink breast cancer ribbon,perfect,beautiful.I have…
3 word game-ref: Christmas
I have searched for it to read how it is coming along...I do not see it even in older posts..if someone can bump it would be great..I had fun checking on progress Denise
Today is brenda247's Birthday!
Best wishes for a great Birthday and a year full of health, happiness and love all around you! -Jenny
peanut butter and estrogen positive
I want to know if peanut butter is bad for estrogen positive I've tried to search but i really don't believe everything i see on the web i went to the acs website and it really read mixed reviews so what have some of you estrogen positive survivors been told? ~~MollyZ~~
OncoDX too
I had 2 tumors in one breast. They were different types of cancer. The onco sent one off for further testing. The percent of recurrance was 7%. I had lumpectomy and reduction and reconstruction. I will be doing radiation and then tamoxifen. People looked at me like I was crazy when I said I didn't want to do radiation,…
Ornament
Thank you KitKitKat so much for the beautiful Christmas wreath ornament. It glimmers and shimmers in the light. So lovely. I just mailed my ornament yesterday, so if someone has not received their ornament yet, don't give up. Some of us just can't get our acts together! Suzanne
OT- Hubby just asked how to make mashed potatoes
And I'm silently chuckling to myself - how can you not be able to tell when the potato is done? Now, I'm sure we'll be having mashed potatoes on a regular basis - he's retired, you know! Tee hee, Sue
Got My Ornaments from Lighthouse 7
Dear Wanda, (known as Lighthouse 7) Thank you. Thank you. Thank you for the adorable ornaments. I am impressed that you did your homework on me. The frosted red cupcake ornament and the frosted pink cupcake ornament are delightful. They are bright and cheery and will look fantastic on my tree. I am touched that you also…
Weight Gain
Hi everyone. I have completed my 4 A/C treatments (which were every 2 weeks) and just had my 3rd weekly Taxol treatment. I have gained at least 15 lbs since starting chemo and have tremendous amount of belly bloat. I am uncomfortable, my clothes no longer fit, my shoes are tight, my self-esteem has plummeted, and the list…
chemo choices
I was dx. last month with ER+, HER2+ breast cancer. Just coming out of a clinical trial for ovarian cancer, where I had Taxol and Cisplatin IV/IP and Avastin. Been on Avastin all year. BRAC (-), will be getting the BART and meeting with a genetic counselor. Went to St. Louis - Barnes/Wash U for a consultation and they…
Thank you to Someone
At least I think I'm posting about it on the right forum (I do a Secret Santa at another site ) as the name was on it (J. K.) but not screen name. It wwas here yesterday but I didn't go to box ( our mail goes to those big boxes that have small locked boxes in them and it's 1/2 mile away so some days I don't go there.) It…
Herceptin: Did anyone ever have to discontinue this treatment?
I was on Herceptin for six months. I was supposed to continue it for one year. After my muga scan last Tuesday, it showed my heart function has decreased considerably and I have to stop this treatment for the time being. I see my oncologist on Tuesday for further details. Has anyone ever had to stop their Herceptin…
Feeling off today ~~
I know I always tell other kindreds that it's perfectly normal to have a bad day but I'm 2 years this month finished with chemo and rads. I was just wondering if anyone else with this length of time still has these days. I'm sad, on the verge of tears and today it is upsetting me that I'm not stronger emotionally. I think,…
Today is spoonchek's Birthday!
Happy Birthday! Hope you have a great day filled with many wonderful surprises! -Jenny
can we have a survey.......how many of us work (after chemo, etc) but may be on arimidex, etc.?
I am just wishing that I could go ahead and retire, but $$$ it is not feasible. Loving my job isn't enough for me anymore. I long to have less stress, and more flexibility with doctor's appts.-- and some plain, old, "me" time. Repeated UTIs, fevers, antibiotics, that they are still trying new approaches, a kidney stone…
My Ornament has Arrived!
I received a beautiful glass snowflake ornament from linpsu. I can really appreciate that it is a Pennsylvania snowflake since I was born in Philadelphia & lived in Benton until I was ll yrs. old. Thank you so much. I will post a picture when I put up my tree and hang it. Hugs, Georgia
Received my beautiful angel from Ayse
Thank you Ayse, It changed my whole day... thank you I had a smile on my face all day and the hug was felt too! Hugs right back to you! Carol
Need prayers...NOW
I just had a phone call from my granddaughter, Brittany, and she has found a lump in her breast the size of a marble. She sees her doctor for an Ultra Sound next week, but she is scared to death. (She is the daughter of my daughter, Kelly, who passed in 2004, and is also the Mother of Casey Alexander, my great-grandson who…
Thank you, roseann4, for my beautiful angel!
Today’s mail brought me a quietly beautiful “Angel of Friendship” ornament from roseann4. It’s a hand-carved angel cradling a puppy, from artist Susan Lordi –- hope you can see it clearly, to the left, or check out my expressions page for a larger image. I was so excited and touched to receive it -- it was just what I…
Thank you so much Cindy for the beautiful ornament!
I received my ornament the Day after Thanksgiving! It is a beautiful purple angle make locally! I love, it is even more special to know that you collected the same angles for you daughter! So happy to have found yo all, wish I had sooner! Lots of love Nana
NUTS! Sister is now pink, too!
NUTS! My sister just called....she has joined the league of Sisters in Pink...sigh...pathology not back yet, but it looks early stage. So, not to be outdone by her little sister (me), my sister joins the ranks of a survivor of 2 cancers...anal and now breast...(mine was rectal and breast)... Hugs, Kathi
Ornament arrived!
Ornament arrived! Thank you Melanie! It's a pretty snow woman "bell" with different colored tiny bells around the hem of her dress. I'll post a picture when I get one taken. This has been a lot of fun. My ornament arrived from the west coast and one was put in the mail to CA yesterday. Thanks Jean, for heading up this…
Generating Ideas for bad memory
Ok here is the issue. Whodathunkit. After getting breast cancer I managed to miss a breast exam and went two months without a self exam. I blame it partially on bad memory and partially on menopause. Before menopause I would remember about 10 times out of 12 to do my monthly self exam. It was easy to remember to do it a…
Chen...
I just read your response to the geirson or what ever it's called, diet thing....I laughed so hard at parts of your response! My last words on that subject, to parrot part of what you said...I would be pissed if I had gone through all of this and now for a second ride at the rodeo, only to find out, if only I had done…
Bad Weather delaying Ornaments Arriving?
I have to wonder??? I mailed my ornament out to my pink sister on Nov. 30th and have not seen a post that she has received it yet. I really wonder if it is due to the bad weather we are having in "some areas" of our country? Since I mailed it at the UPS store using the postal service, there was no tracking available to…
Chemo port not flushed for three years
In 2006 I was diagnosed with breast cancer, Stage II, treated with a rather large lumpectomy, CMF chemotherapy via a Bard port, and attempted radiation that was not completed since the catheter placement was not good, and it had to be removed. It almost fell out. My veins were extremely bad for several years, so because I…
Herceptin: Did your Ejection Fraction level ever drop so low you had to stop? Please Help.
I have been getting Herceptin treatments since May 2011. I am half way through. I was being monitored with muga scans every 3-4 months. My ejection fraction started at 63 and continued to go down. I had a muga scan yesterday and it has dropped to 51. My oncologist has scheduled for me to see him on Tuesday to discuss what…
UPDATE/RESULTS --- ****Can I have the pink bus please? Monday, Dec. 12 @ 10:30AM*****
Hi lovely sisters – Ok, here we go. Monday I have a sonogram of my entire abdominal area (including liver). I’ve had pains under my breast for a while now and it’s coming from inside, behind the ribs so I am a little nervous. My primary Dr. (because my oncology team says it’s normal) has decided to send me for a complete…
back pain
Good Afternoon beautiful ladies and of course our wonderful men... I like to start off by saying that I have a disc bulge in my lower back and I also have endometriosis...with that said its been 7 weeks since my last chemo and for the past couple of weeks I been getting these lower back pain that at times radiates to my…

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