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Happy Easter or Passover
Wishing my pinkies a wonderful holiday! Sue :)
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You girls are too wonderful
A BEAUTIFUL bouquet of flowers arrived on my door step Wednesday along with a wonderful note from the kindreds. Seriously, y'all are too sweet! It is displayed on my dining room table and continues to bring a smile to my face. I had a long day of appointments/procedures yesterday, but I got some good news as well! I had a…
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Confused...
Hi, About a year ago I finished treatment for Stage3 Anal Cancer. (chemo/rad) It was a hard time for me and I ended up in a nursing home for 2 months. In Feb. I was NED but also diagnosed with a rare breast cancer. Its called Secretory Carcinoma. This cancer accounts for less than 1percent of all breast cancers, so many…
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Also have this on my mind
I was in and out of the hospital thru march and i am still confused on what to do with my diagnosis. The told me that i have inflamation in my stomach, intestines and thikening in the wall of my colon. Does anyone have any idea what these could mean? Should i have a colonoscopy? Should i worry about it right now. All i was…
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My zachary
is still gone. Tomorrow the community and my church are getting with police on bikes and horseback to look in fields. I keep telling myself that he isnt going to be in a field. Thank you to all my sisters here. I can feel the power of your prayers when i read the posts. I miss him so much. When i was going through chemo…
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Just diagnosed
Hi~ I'm newly diagnosed - not quite a month ago. I've been in the whirlwind of appointments, procedures, test and more information than one (well, two since my husband and I are in this together)brain should ever have to hold. I'd like to talk with people who are "new" like me but also others who are farther in their…
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A Must read
I was thinking of our beautiful sister, Kat/HootieGirl, when I started looking on the internet for something to help her. I thought "what about stem cell therapy" ... SO .... this is what I found. It looks like there is something very wonderful happening for advanced stages of breast cancer. I pray that Kat sees this URL…
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Pink bus
Tomorrow is Dawned chemo. Let's roll the bus for her! Donald
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I Am Wishing Everyone A Very Happy Easter!
I hope that each and everyone one of you have beautiful weather this holiday weekend and have a wonderful Easter! I can't wait to go to my parent's house for Easter dinner and see what they put in my Easter basket. Yes, they still give me one. lol Happy Easter, Megan
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Bi-Lateral Mastectomy with immediate recon?
Has anyone out there had a bi-lateral mastectomy with immediate reconstruction? This is my next step after my chemo is complete and I would love to know what I am facing. I have seen where some choose no reconstruction and I am wondering why? Are there concerns or questions I have overlooked? I have grade 3 stage 2 triple…
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Is there a list of "Safe" products you can use during rad treatment?
I was given 2 samples of lotion, but I have questions. Can I use other lotions on the rest of my body during radiation treatments? Can I still wear perfume? Is vitamin E oil allowed to be used? So many questions. I have my dry run appointment today. Is there anyone who has collected a list of safe products?
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Been a while....
Sorry I haven't been on in a while, my teenage daughter fractured her pelvis and tore her Sartoris muscle away from the bone playing soccer =(. I have been doing well since the Phyllodes was removed. I do notice I have a smaller right breast than left now but I am not worried about it at all (could be way worse). I do…
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MIL Passed Away
My mother-in-law passed away late Tuesday night. It was exactly 8 weeks to the day that my Mom passed away. It is a blessing that she isn't suffering anymore, but I just can't believe we are going through this again so soon. Unlike my Mom, my MIL was healthy up until last year. This time last year she was living…
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Thinking of switching doctors
Hi Pinks! I have an appointment to see my MO on the 17th. I saw her 3 months ago. SO I've had time to think about what I want and where I feel I should be. I did a little research into her background and found that her expertise is with renal disease/cancer. It kind of lit the bulb above my head. I've been feeling talked…
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Tamoxifin and Diabetes
Hello, I am new to CSN. My reasons for being here are not for myself but for a friend with breast cancer and neighbor with stomach or esophagus cancer. My mother died of Ovarian Cancer in 2006. Very unusual because she had a hysterectomy and ovaries removed per her surgeon some 30 years before. When mom became sick dad…
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Please not again!!
So I have been floating on cloud nine after my dr. referred to me as NED (no evidence of disease), but now I have something new to worry about. I was at a relatives house this weekend and I was coming upstairs and missed the top step and caught myself by grabbing the baby gate. Didn't hurt when I did it, so I didn't give…
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anxiety
I have alot of anxiety ive tried yoga. Mediation. The Dr did put me on medsfor it but it still comes. How do some of u cope? Its my 2 nd reacurrance since 2003 and I seem to be having a harder time dealing with it then I before. And last time I was stage 3 inflamotry breast cancer with the her2 positive gene. Pregnant with…
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Thank you sweet sisters for the flowers! Update, too
Imagine my great surprise and delight when I got home today from getting my Neulasta injection today to find a beautiful bouquet of tulips awaiting me from FTD...Then to open them to find they were from you, my kindred sisters....I cried when I read the card.... I can't thank you all enough! Even my husband was a bit…
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Horrible leg fatigue
I am on chemo treatment #5 of 6. I receive, taxotere, cytoxin and adriamyacin every 3 weeks. My legs have become increasingly more fatigued. I can hardly walk through the house to the bathroom! Thank goodness I get to sit down when I get there. It feels as if I have been bike riding up mountains. My nausea is slightly…
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PINK Bus
Exactly what can it be used for? Any appt? I have never booked it or asked for ride alongs...MAYBE I will sometime I have to see my rad. oncologist Friday am..does that count..just routine checkups? LOL HEHE.. Denise
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Cruciferous Vegatables improving BC results--new Chinese Study
http://news.yahoo.com/veggies-improve-breast-cancer-survival-study-180537250.html Check it out and see what you think-- Angie
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Herceptin Treatment Halted
My herceptin treatments will not be started up again. My muga scan showed my heart infraction ratio went from 63 to 51 (in eight months) so I went off Herceptin for four months and my last muga showed it had gone back up to 56....I wanted to start back up on Herceptin but my oncologist advised I see a cardiologist first to…
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Denied disability
Had my hearing and just got the final ruling. According to them I tolerated chemo well and could have been working the whole time. Found out my oncologist didn't document the side effects. I am escpecially pissed that the law office never informed me as they gathered paperwork from the Oncologist at different intervals…
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Need pink bus Friday!
Need the pink bus for Friday--going in for biopsy - this will be round 2 for me. I was first dxed in 2009, but some wonky cells are showing up. Hoping it is just cells damaged by rads, but I have to be sure. Thanks, everyone, for being so great on this board! Kay
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FOUR years today!!!!
$ yrs ago today I was in surgery at this time! Been on Tamoxifen since Sept 08-almost year ago total hysterctomy due to meds-since then all has been good. Denise
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Have any had recurrence with DCIS....
Went for my first 6 month mammogram and got the all clear, which was great but I still will always be concerned with recurrence rates ... am ona 5 yr tamoxifin plan and the follow ups just seem to have high anxiety lately Do any of you have peercentages or experience with Dcis recurring? In the same breast or the opposite?…
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Another 5-day visit to hospital!
Last weekend I woke up with a fever and my chest had turned red and purple around a burn I received during the first surgery. Nobody knew how I got the burn in the middle of my A week ago yesterday, I woke up with a fever and saw that my chest was becoming red and purple - particularly around a burn I had received during…
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Den will be home on Friday
My header really says it all. Barring any set backs, Den will be coming home Friday. On Saturday, home health will take over the PT, OT, and ST here at home. I feel like the Easter bunny came early. Stef
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Research in Arizona
from the University of Arizona alumni report: Grant to Fuel Baking Soda Cancer Therapy Research Baking Soda Research UA associate professor Mark "Marty" Pagel, far right, with chemical engineering student Michelle Benson, left, and University of Arizona Cancer Center student Tony Ward. Pagel's MRI method produces an image…
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~ A Poem For Laurissa ~
God looked around his Garden and found an empty place. He then looked down upon his earth and saw your loving face. He put his arms around you and lifted you to rest. His Garden must be beautiful, he always takes the best. He knew that you were suffering, he knew you were in pain. And knew that you would never get well on…