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bone mets from breast cancer HELP!!!
Hello to anyone and evryone...I'm new to this forum. Iwas Dx with breast CA 2007. Had lumpectomy, chemo, XRT, tamoxifen. Doing great until last spring when I was Dx with bone mets to various regions of Cspine to sacrum, 4 ribs, both hips. Had XRT and steroids. Now on faslodex and xgeva after ovaries removed. Just had MRI…
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Hi Vicki Sam and all my Sweet Pinks
Love your photo Vicki Sam!! wow it's been ages since I've been able to get on this site. I had a portion of my colon removed on Jan 29 of this year, and just getting back on my feet. It was not cancer thank goodness. I miss you girls. Hugs to you and all our sweet pinks. Vicki Sam you were so instrumental in helping me…
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OT - Crazy Horse Memorial Volks March - June 1 & 2
Will anyone be doing the Crazy Horse Memorial Volks March (Black Hills, SD) this week end? My/Our plans were to do it on Sat. morn and then fish and spend the night at Deadwood but weather seems that it makes more sense to go and maybe fish tomorrow afternoon and spend the night in Deadwood and do the Volks March on Sunday…
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Posted Pics of My Afghans/Blankets on my Expressions Page
I made two afghans that I placed in the Silent Auction of our Relay for Life. I think one of them sold but not sure which one. Gotta keep them fingers busy. Hugs Donna
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Tamoxifen side effect
Does anyone have vaginal discharge from Tamoxifen? It feels like you are peeing? I went to a Urologist and it is not pee. My gyno says it is discharge and that it is a normal side effect. I'm wondering if a lot of you have this or if I am a strange few. Thank you, pc
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First Chemo (!!!)
Hi all, So, I did end up having my first treatment yesterday, despite a major freak out on my part beforehand (I have an anxiety disorder that makes it very difficult for me in new/unknown situations). Took me about an hour to let the nurse have my arm so she could put in the IV, but I eventually did, so yay me! I am not…
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Annual MRI
Going for my first annual MRI today. A little over a year after finishing chemo. I am more nervous than I anticipated. I have been trying not to think about it, but not that it is here I am terrified. I love that I am monitored so closely now and if anything was found it would be found early, but these tests.....! They…
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My back behind my mastectomy side hurts????
My upper back where i had the mastectomy seems swollen im not sure if its been like that but i just noticed it, it does hurt its just a puffy area has any one had this ,my mastectomy was in 2010.~~MOllyZ~~
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What Now?
Hi All, I just received the news yesterday that my microcalcification is cancer. Im scheduled for a lumpectomy on Wednesday and I am scared to death! I have a mammogram every year and this year they saw a very small cluster. Last Wednesday, my the surgeon removed the entire cluster and yesterday the results came back. Can…
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Camul Update
Thanks Doris for asking. I came home yesterday afternoon. Still do not feel like a million bucks. Have no idea how long it will take to feel 'good', Am now on Coumadin, which has its own set of issues. Still trying to get theraputic. Was high yesterday so last night and tonight I will just take half a pill. Was released as…
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How to Determine the Five-Year Point
Question: How does one determine that he/she has reached that five-year point all cancer survivors aspire to? Is it when treatment begins or is it when it ends (aside from the hormonal therapy)? I am somewhere around reaching Year 1, I know. e BTW: The nasty accident of a tractor-trailer and mini-van that killed seven…
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Blood Pressure/Blood Draws
I'm sitting at a specialty hospital where my mom is currently a patient. I have had to stop the PCTs multiple times from taking my mom's blood pressure from her arm. She has a bright pink band on her wrist and a note on her bed. Last Saturday, the PCT left the blood pressure cuff on her arm and just flippantly said she was…
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CAMUL aka Carol - Please Give Us An Update!
Carol, How about an update? Are you still in the hospital. Thinking of you. Doris
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I found another onco
I got lucky when I saw the onco he had a lady from the memphis area and she was able to give me a name of an onco. A little bad news it seems like chemo changed my body to longer I can have gluten. Everything else is normal. Going gluten is not going to be fun but i will do my best at it.I can now also write off dairy.
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stage 2a grade 9/9 her2 positive
i recvd my pathology report back from my mastectomy may 17th. left breast is stage 2a, grade 9/9, her2 positive. the right breast was stage 1, grade 9/9, her2 positive. i also tested positive on the brca 1 test. i will be getting my ovaries removed in the next six months. im 44 years old. anyone else with those diagnoses?…
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Soy Lecithin
I am having Tamoxofin daily after right breast masectomy. i was told that Soy and Soy Supplements should be avoided as they encourage growth of estrogen. i am an avid chocolate lover but find that ALL Chocolates have Soy Lecithin in them...what do I do? does anyone knw of any brand of chocolate without this? thanks...have…
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OK for those of us that are new here What is the Pink Bus
I've seen this come up on a few different discussions. What does it mean?
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xeloda
I am in my third fight against my breast cancer since 1999. This time it is mets and I have a cancer nodule in my lung. I have taken Xeloda every other week for two months. I look for information regarding how well this drug works and I only find information from 2010 and before. Does anyone take this medicine anymore? Is…
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chemo treatments
I am new to this site and have a question. I am 50 yr old and was diagnosed with invasive lobular carcinoma on 4-12-13. I had a bilateral mastectomy on 5-15-13. I was stage IIa, ER+, PR+ and HER-. All lymph nodes were clear. I had silicone implants put in during surgery. The surgeon said I will have to have chemo due to…
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I need info about Cysts on the Liver information
I am 21/2 years cancer free with great blood work and the Ovarian ultrasound was good. I usually have cysts but not this time...although they saw them on my liver. My liver enzymes are great...my WBC's are at the very low normal range. Why the heck am I so scared??? I am taking milk thistle and detox tes. ALso Dortor OZ's…
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Picnic
On sunday I am going to a Cancer survivor picnic at the medical center where I get treatment and where my doctor is. Im excited, I need to physically make some pink sister friends, I am in such need of a friend so bad...does that sound silly.
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Help, Im confused about something
I have read many here that have talked about nodes. I have cancerous nodes under my arm, what does that mean. Help ? Please talk to me in pink sisters language so I can understand, I understand very little. Thank you soo soo much .
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Just sayin !
Im so emotional today. Just wanted to say hello to all the pink ladies and gents............Im tired more than ever today, gas pains everywhere, takin a deep breath hurts the left side of my lungs. Any suggestions? Its not real bad but it hurts. Took my medicine, just not helping. burping, passing gas, etc.........Oh yea.…
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New look
New short red wig. What do you think? Kind of fun for summer :-)
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First Chemo Treatment Done
Well I have one treatment down and 3 more to go... I had an allergic reaction to the Taxotere... worst back pain I had ever felt... And that was with Benedryl, Decadron, and zantac on board... They changed Taxotere to Abraxane and I sailed through without any more problems... Next treatment 6/19. Now I set and wait for my…
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I am done with my radiation treatments!
I graduated today and rang the bell! It is so good to finally be done. They even had a little party for me with a big cake and everything. Thank you for all of your support. Now what do I do with my time? June
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~~ A Very, Very Funny HA HA Blonde Joke - Hoping It Makes You Smile ~~
There was a blonde who found herself sitting next to a lawyer on an airplane. The lawyer just kept bugging the blonde wanting her to play a game of intelligence. Finally, the lawyer offered her 10 to 1 odds, and said every time the blonde could not answer one of his questions, she owed him $5, but every time he could not…
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Anyone ever feel like this ?
Hello all ! I just spent a couple days with my 3 children and my grandaughter. loved every minute of it, saw a parade, had a cookout and a fire in the yard. Back home now.... I was wondering, has anyone every felt weak and achy going into their 3rd week after chemo? I am due for my second treatment a week from this…
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Tamoxifen
I would apprieciate it if all that read this and have taken or still taking the drug called Tamoxifen tell me what their experience is/was like. I have been prescribed the drug for my cancer treatment and want to know what I may expect. Thanks so much.
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Burning during radiation treatments?
Hi. I had a lumpectomy and am now in radiation treatments. This is my third week and I am already getting pink and am very sore. Is this normal? I have weeks to go yet and am worried. Thanks, Candi