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Breast Cancer

Archives for July 2012

Rendez vous saturday evening at 6:30pm in LA - Hope some of you can make it.
This might be a little late notice for some of you however if you do have some free time, Traci(TraciInLA) and her dear partner, New Flower (Olga) and I are going to at 6:30pm rendez vous at Misto Caffe & Bakery 24558 Hawthorne Boulevard, Torrance, CA Hillside Village Shopping Center (310) 375-3608 . cafemisto.com and we…
Rendez vous saturday evening at 6:30pm in LA - Hope some of you can make it.
This might be a little late notice for some of you however if you do have some free time, Traci(TraciInLA) and her dear partner, New Flower (Olga) and I are going to at 6:30pm rendez vous at Misto Caffe & Bakery 24558 Hawthorne Boulevard, Torrance, CA Hillside Village Shopping Center (310) 375-3608 . cafemisto.com and we…
Rendez vous saturday evening at 6:30pm in LA - Hope some of you can make it.
This might be a little late notice for some of you however if you do have some free time, Traci(TraciInLA) and her dear partner, New Flower (Olga) and I are going to at 6:30pm rendez vous at Misto Caffe & Bakery 24558 Hawthorne Boulevard, Torrance, CA Hillside Village Shopping Center (310) 375-3608 . cafemisto.com and we…
New Flower? How are you doing?
When you posted last, you had been to the ER for some pain. What happened? Are you ok? Your sis in pink, Rebecca
Thank you for the pink bus!!!
So brain rads are under way...they're much like chest rads, except I don't even have to change into the gown. I go in, lay down, they clamp my face mask on, zap me right and then left, stop to apply cream, then I'm on my way... The techs remember me from chest rads, sorry about the extra lap around the parking lot while we…
Brand new to this site
Hi! This is my first time ever on a cancer discussion board! I was diagnosed last year a few days before my 45th birthday. Stage 2A (Not in lymph nodes but a 3cm tumor). I had the carboplatin/Taxatere/Herceptin cocktail. Hard chemo ended in Jan, radiation ended in March and Herceptin ends in October. Had a treatment on…
Scheduled for Wed., 8/1
I am scheduled at 10 a.m. for a "second look ultrasound", with possible ultrasound-guided biopsy or MRI guided biopsy. I choose Door #1. I told my husband--plan on going back to work after you take me to lunch. They are going to do their "second look ultrasound" and see that nothing requires a biopsy. Then we will go to a…
Nightmare of a day!
Well, the good news is I got my port today but I feel like I had to really work for it. I was told to be there at 11:00 AM for a 1:00 PM precedure. If you recall, I insisted on getting it placed by an Interventional Radiologist. The trouble started when the nurse had to put in the IV. She was "lazy" and decided to start…
Yeah!!! Curran is officially Home!
Curran is HOME SWEET HOME from the hospital! Thank you all for keeping the family in prayer. They are all ecstatic and are doing cartwheels! God is Good and so are the Pink Sisters! Hugs, Ines
Breast pink and warm on FIRST day of Rads??!!??
I had my first radiation treatment yesterday and had been told by the RO that it would be several weeks before I would have any reactions, if I ever did. Well, yesterday afternoon when I went to put on more pure aloe vera gel as directed, the lower part of my treated breast was pink. (I used the gel for several days before…
tram flap
Any advice, recommendations for before or after surgery? I go in Aug 20th. Cindy
Hi All I'm scared and need my pink sisters again please help.
My History Dx June 2010. Chemo every three weeks 6 rounds from June to Oct. Mastectomy right side Nov 1 2010. Rads for 6 weeks ending the end of Jan 2011. I was burned very very bad. Had trouble breathing during rads about middle ways through to end. That cleared up after rads. Went on Aromasin for 9 months couldn't take…
Breast expanders feel like bricks
I had double mastectomy and reconstruction expanders two weeks ago. I hate the tightness and it feels like they are sticking into my ribs. Can't breath deep when my muscles tighten. They feel like bricks inside my chest. I just want them ripped out. Off the pain meds from surgery. Why are they so uncomfortable and how do I…
Today is MamoLady's Birthday!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR CINDY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!! AND MANY MORE...!!! Wishing you a day filled with love, laughter, and all the things you love most! Love, Cat
Now I Finally got dx with LE
I saw an occupational therapist who supposedly knew how to treat LE last summer for severe scar adhesions on my chest and severe PMPS from my BMX w/ node dissection. I had to that were wonderful for that. I kept complaining about feeling swollen,achey,a feeling like I had wide rubber bands on the back of my upper arms and…
Yippee - now at 6 month checks!
Saw my MO today and all's well (wonky labs no problem and I didn't even ask about them). It's been over 2 years now and she said I only have to see her every 6 months now. So, we'll do a yearly mammogram and a yearly MRI (6 months apart), labs and appointment every 6 months, exam (with surgeon) every 6 months. For some…
MO appt yesterday, was physically checked out - big decision
Yesterday, had my bi-weekly appointment with my onco. After checking tenderness in abdomen and bones, as well as another UTI, was told it may be time to consider stopping chemo all together. He said it is my decision, my physical condition shows that the chemo does not appear to be working on my bones and getting another…
What can be done after ixempra and zeloda?
Hi! My sister in law is in the last part of her journey with stage IV breast cancer. She was just on a treatment that consisted of Zeloda and Ixempra. It halted the progression in the lungs and bones but it still grew in her liver. She was on this treatment cuz the Gemzar stopped working. Her onc is trying to figure out…
I'm shaking, and numb
After getting that great PET scan report a couple of weeks ago, and the new grandson, I've been on cloud nine. Last week I had a 6-month breast MRI. I didn't even post about it here--I felt confident that it would be okay. Surgeon's office just called--a mass is seen on the inner lower quadrant of the same breast. My…
I'm a childhood cancer survivor and now trying to deal with mom w/ breast cancer
Hello all - Twenty years ago I was diagnosed with Leukemia. Even though I'm in my late twenties now, I'm still dealing with the emotional process as I never dealt with it when I was young. My mother was diagnosed with breast cancer last Fall. I can clearly see she has some emotional issues that she needs to heal as well.…
Still feeling body pain
Hi, Ladies, I have been finished with chemo since June 28th, but I am still feeling body pain...mostly in the morning and evening. I try to walk as much as possible to exercise, and I just started yoga, but the pain is still there. I am on Tamoxifan for 5 years; just started that. Is this normal or should I be concerned?…
Recap - Luncheon - Park Ridge, IL (Chicago)
I did have the luncheon at my house on Saturday, July 21 but the girls who came were from my breast support group from Northwest Community Hospital. Also had one neighbor who is a survivor of breast cancer. All I can say is that a bond forms when you get together socially. We laughed, ate, drank, and talked. Hopefully, in…
Wonky labs
I see my MO Tuesday morning. Had my labs last week and got the results online. Nothing that says OMG, rather WTH? I'm not really worried about anything cancer related, just wondering how to react if she says let's just watch these or they're nothing to worry about or if I'll freak if she wants to investigate more. These…
Linda..GabeNAbbysMom
Linda....you'll always have me and the pinks in your corner....ALWAYS! I'll share what I can about my brain rads.in March.....I had hair when I had rads...so of course it started falling out in clumps so I had my head basically shaved afterwards...so I had zero burning of my head....just use Johnson's Baby Head to toe…
Save the Date - Florida Get Together
Just a reminder....We have planned a get together for the Florida girls (and any others who can join us) in Orlando the weekend of October 27th. Looking forward to meeting my pink sisters! If you can make it - send me a PM for details. Hugs, Debi
OT: Prayer Warriors being Requested for Curran( 3 1/2)
Please pray for my nephew, Curran( 3 1/2). He is at the hospital battling high fevers and a bacterial infection since this past Tuesday. The doctors are switching to a new drug as the one being administered isn't working. New tests are underway to figure out what is going on with his little body. Mike and Tiff, parents,…
Pink Bus for Gane N Abby Mom
Linda is starting her rads for brain mets on Wednesday. I will be driving the Pink Bus (just don't ask me to park it...lol). All aboard Kindreds!
Back in the hospital
Synopsis: DCIS Jan 2009, lumpectomy and rads. Reoccurance April 2012, bilateral mastectomy July 9th 2012. The surgery went fine, no reconstruction, no new cancer found after specimens (my boobs) removed. They could not find the sentinel node so no lump nodes removed. Drains removed at 7 days and the radiated side was…
I am home from vacation.
We, (Me, my friend, both our daughters) had a mother daughter week at Flathead Lake Montana. We stayed at my friends Mother's house, the deck is literally 50 feet from the beach. I spent hours on the deck swing watching sunsets and storms, listening to the joyful laughter of my daughter and her friend as they swam (the…
Any advice on Taxotere?
I finished A/C and start Taxotere next Friday. I am afraid of this drug more than the other for some reason. Maybe because chemo has knocked me around so badly and I don't have the courage I once did to thumb my nose at it. I know the drill about hydration. They gave me a prescription for 2 Decadron the AM and PM of the…

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