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Just wanted to say HI!
I have not been on for a while and just wanted to say hi to everyone, and welcome all the new ladies I have not met yet. I stopped reading the posts here and on Facebook for a while, just couldn't bear to read. I was going through alot of things in my personal life but things are getting better. I am doing well, no…
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Got the anti nausea meds this time
What a difference. I didn't get sick at all, they said it was unusual to get so sick from this chemo, but I did. This time though the constipation is going to get me. I am not a coffee drinker but am trying it all. Coffee, prune juice, oatmeal, laxative, even suppository. If this doesn't work then I don't know what will.…
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I received a beautiful engraved angel from Ayse!
It came on a day when I was not feeling too good and it just made my heart smile. Thank you Ayse! Hopefully, my secret sister will receive hers today! I love this! Each year, my 4 sisters and I do the same, but it isn't secret, we rotate each year. How Ironic that I am doing this now with my 'Pink Sisters" as well. We…
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Ornament Exchange in full swing!
Looks like the ornaments are being received every day. Make sure to let us know when you receive yours. Either post a picture or tell us about it. This is part of the fun! xoxo, Jean
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Today is Miss Renee's Birthday!
Sending Happy Birthday wishes your way - hope you have a wonderful day! much love, Jenny
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Today is Sbmly53's Birthday!
Hope your day is filled with everything and everyone you love most! Celebrate! much love, Jenny
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Scared beyond words...
I posted about having an off/bad day which followed by me getting super dizzy. Well lying in hospital at 1am with 8 am surgery scheduled to take some cancer out of my brain. I am terrified. I just felt I had to purge that so I can sleep. I know I am lucky they caught it!! Not out of woods yet. Pray please!
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OT (laser surgery for varicose veins)
Has anyone had laser surgery on varicose veins. My doctor mentioned it to me but with bc I don't like my body being invaded with things I know nothing about.There is also another treatment to inject saline and the vein disappears.That is something I prefer but I don't know about this laser thing. Any help from others.Maybe…
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2 new drugs for bc
I saw this on the news and also read it. Two new drug combos fight advanced breast cancer. Afinitor boosted survival in women with hormone receptor postive breast cancer but not approved by the FDA. The other drug pertuzumab improved survival with HER-2 Postive tumor but also hasn't received approval by the FDA Cost could…
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gerson diet
what do people say or know about the gerson diet and its coffee enemas and curative powers?
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IP -6 herbal medicine
I was wondering if anyone has any experience or info on this herbal drug - it has been highly recommended by some friends - it comes from Japan and is processed rice husks
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Cysts
Asking for thoughts/experiences I can pass on to Son's Lady. I have no experience with cysts - my IBC just appeared one day. About 5 - 6 weeks ago she had pain and found a lump. She saw a Dr and was given antibiotics. 2 weeks later it had shrunk some but still there and still painful. Dr refused a mammo as said she's to…
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OT bra strap slippage :-)
I don't want this to sound like an advertisement ... but ... since my lumpectomy my bra strap on one side was always sliding down and I'd have to do the reach inside my top to keep pulling it up. A friend I know said she used tape to keep her straps up ... but then another friend showed me what she uses. It's the greatest…
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O.T. Cookie night tomorrow (Fri)
I have GNO (girls night out monthly with 3 friends) each month...this week we are doing our annual Christmas cookies...fun times and good treats! We have all known each other since Kindergarten-graduated together. We got back in contact after 30 yrs and now never miss a month of GNO Anyone else have cookie bake with…
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***My BEAUTIFUL Ornament ARRIVED!! :)***
My LOVELY Ornament arrived yesterday and I was so happy to see it's BABY JESUS on it!!!! And even the card has baby Jesus! I love it. You're so sweet Renee, thank you. God bless you, always. This is a fun and delightful experience because now I feel like we are really a family (not that I didn't before, but it's even more…
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Some hopeful news about new drug combos for those of us with advanced disease
"Treatment for advanced breast cancer could improve significantly if doctors give women combinations of medications that attack tumors in different ways, two large clinical trials suggest. In one study, researchers found (ER+) patients fared better when a breast cancer drug called an aromatase inhibitor was combined with…
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OT: Made Traci's Chocolate-Pumpkin Swirl Brownies
Made Traci' brownies today for my Bible study group and served with (Publix) pumkin pie ice cream and they were a big hit with all the ladies! I kinda cheated as Trader Joe's is about an hour away, so I used Dunkin Hines Decadent Brownie mix and a Kroger brand Pumpkin Bread mix and they turned out great. Thanks Traci for a…
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OT - 'Col. Potter' died today.
Most of us know who 'Col. Potter' ( Harry Mor4gan - MASH) was. He passed today - the 70th Anniversary of the. "Day that will live in infamity" - Decmber 7 1941 , Pearl Harbor.
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My ornament "s"....Arrived
Oh my gosh!!!!! What a delight to open my mailbox today! Our pink sister, CalvertCrafters, is indeed quite the " crafter" Inside the box was a felt mitt..which held all sorts of goodies...each individually wrapped....one by one I opened one beautiful cross-stitched ornament after the other..3 in all..I did cross-stitch,…
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Happy Neck News
I saw my trusted neurosurgeon yesterday. He is the one who worked a miracle on my lower back when my facet joints disintegrated and caused my vertebrae to slip out. This caused severe nerve pain. I went from being able to walk only short bursts without severe pain to walking as much as I want. That is a true medical…
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dcis
Hi I am new and I was diag.with DCIS in June 2011 Had surgery/radiation. I startted on tamoxifen in july 2011. Lately I have been having headaches and leg pain. I walk but my legs and calf hurts a lot especially at night.
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Results
I went to my biopsy followup yesterday - alone - and got the news that the microcalcification did not contain any cancer. This morning as my girls got ready for school and work, I showed them the biopsy site and told them everything that had happened since Nov. 8th - when the first mammogram showed "something". We cried…
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Friend-3rd time in month surgery today
I know many of you can relate...I feel so bad for her besides the pain and med just the metal part of keep going back to GET MORE-since not quite enough...she is in OR NOW.. Denise
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update on Pam 5
Hi everybody, Happy Holidays! I just finished my second round of 3 treatments and begin my third December 20th. That will finish January 3rd. I will make an appointment tomorrow to see my surgeon the third week of December. Hopefully we can do the mastectomy the end of January. The tumor is now under 2 cm from 4.5 x 4 cm.…
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GETTING MY MASTECTOMY ON THURSDAY
So I'm done with my chemo treatments now the mastectomy. I'm scheduled for surgery on the 8th, any advice, suggestions?? Is there something I should do before or after?
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For the Record
I am not a victim, or suffering from, or a walking breast cancer and am not disfigured. I am a human being who has been diagnosed with breast cancer (three times) and I am flippin awesome!!!!! and so are all of YOU!
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ohmygosh - missed out on ornament exchange!
--didn't realize I'd been away for that long...! The pain in my upper arm still hasn't gone away but the oncologist's np did finally order an x-ray. They say it's perfectly fine and that there's nothing wrong with it whatsoever. Since they see nothing wrong with it they refuse to do anything for the pain. Some days (lots)…
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update blood work
Hello, all pink sisters, Well went for my blood work on Monday and it is not good. The nurse said it should be in the 2000 range and mine was only 300. So I was advised to stay away from crowds people and any one sick. So I guess that means that I pretty much stay at home.Thank GOD I am a computer junkie!!!! LOL I go back…
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Having a off/bad day
I can not stop crying today, I have been sitting up the Christmas stuff and I just don't have the energy for it. I have to stop and just cry and it's bumming me out. I don't know why I am having such a bad day. The only thing I can figure is I am in need of a blood transfusion and haven't had one in a month. My last three…
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Great Pink Bus ride!
This was a great ride today for me. Jan thinks that the small lump I feel along arm is a small tear in the muscle where it attaches to to bone. Don't remember the exact term but the 'pink areas' are superficial blood vessels reacting to the rads and showing up. She did go ahead and freeze 2 skin tags, a mole that I've had…