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Breast Cancer

Archives for June 2013

Problem with Perjeta
Had chemo and, just like last time, I sailed through taxotere and herceptin. We slowed my perjeta infusion time because last round I had sudden nausea and vomiting. Slowing infusion time did not help at all. Five minutes in, I turned beet, beet red, felt burning up and started vomiting. My nurse gave me ativan stat and I…
☺ Some Sillly HA HA's To Make You Smile ☻
A magician was driving down the road..then he turned into a drive way. What do you call a psychic midget who has escaped from prison? A SMALL MEDIUM AT LARGE! Why did the cowboy adopt a weiner dog? He wanted to get a long little doggy! Who does a pharaoh talk to when he's sad? His mummy. What do you get when you cross a…
anyone else triple + and triple -
my oncologist called me yesterday to let me know that my left breast was triple negative and that my right breast was triple positive. what the heck. he said that triple negative was indiciative of the brca1 gene (which i tested positive for), and the triple positive was hormonel. he said doing the docetazxel and…
Dense breast tissue
I already knew that but I just got formal letter from Imagining Dept stating it makes it harder to detect issues and HIGHER RISK of cancer. OTHER THEN that all good..! Denise
Opinions welcome, please---- OT kind of....
I want to move to the northeast. My children have moved away, my parents are deceased, and I no longer have family here. Moving is scary, but it can also be my new adventure and a renewed "lease on life". I grew up in the northeast and have family and friends there, even though I have been gone many years. So, to move or…
I'm still here:)
Sorry to have been away for so long. I had complications from the VATS and have been in and out of the hospital. Just want you all to know I'm doing better, and have been thinking about and praying for you all. Hugs Patti
Help Please
Hello, my mother is a survivor of estrogen positive cancer. She went through chemo and radiation and a lumpectomy 2 years ago. She is currently cancer free. What we are struggling with now is the aftermath of treatment. The drugs they have put her on are causing more problems then the original cancer or the chemo. She was…
4 sessions into chemo....2 more to go.
Already becoming very anemic....talking transfusion. Anyone else experience this? Hoping to continue working full time.
Medicare Pre-Authorization Question
I am having a rather expensive procedure in two weeks. I called Medicare to see if they pre-authorized it. They could not give me any information about it. All the Medicare representative said was that I would have to call the clinic. Well, I already have problems with the billing department. They mailed me a bill for…
Help badly needed
Hi everyone! I'm a newbie here. I need help so badly. Maybe I'm just being paranoid about the result of my last breast ultrasound. I was diagnosed with Colon ca with liver mets on July 2010. I completed my chemo sessions on April 2011. Then my PET SCAN revealed an uptake on my thyroid. I had thyroidectomy then RAI. Thank…
Preparing For Rads
Hi All, Follow-up appointment with my surgeon yesterday. Got the drain removed. Hoorah!!!!! He said all looks good and the final pathology report showed clear margins at cancer site and nodes!!! Waiting to hear from oncologist to start rads. Surgeon said that should begin in 4 to 6 weeks. Can anyone share what to…
Invasive Lobular Carcinoma
I am fairly new to this site, I was Dx with ILC 2 weeks ago my surgeon said he was not sure on size because the mammo showed 3 1/2 centimeters and the U/S showed 2 centimeters so he figured about stage 1 or 2. We are waiting on the final path from the Bx but it did say low grade and slow growing. My surgeon also said that…
We Leaving NJ
On the 28th we leaving to go down to TN. I am looking forward to this . So far I doing good im what is called stable the blood test are good . With all I have gone through I am left with a body that is very senitivy to many thing which is no fun. The oncc is loking into if a compounding drug store can make a med for me…
Stage IV - How can i do this?
I have diagnosed with mets to the liver, bones and lung, a recurrence after 3 years NED. The liver is the focus with the treatment now, the lung and bone spots will most likely dissappear with treatment since they are so small, per my onco. I've been on chemo for 2 months now. Did this back in 2010 too. My whole quality of…
UPDATE: "Insist on biopsy?"
Hi ladies! After much contemplation and discussions with my husband, I decided to call my doctor back and ask him to send my chart to another local (West Lafayette, IN) doctor for a second opinion. He apparently reviewed my chart again before sending and decided to call me back (Monday 6/11/13) and ask me if I would be ok…
Aced both exams!
Thanks for the bus rides and company and goodies. Had breast exam Monday and pelvic this morning. Both ends good to go for another 6 months. Now on to mammogram on the 27th and medical oncology visit July 18 with lab work prior. Then I will relax again until December. It IS getting easier, altho I found it interesting that…
Beginning chemo on Monday.
Monday morning at 8 I go into surgery to have the port put in. At 1 PM I will recieve my first round of chemo. i will be getting Cytoxan and Taxotere. Any one have any experience with these drugs? I will be getting 4 tx, 1 every 3 weeks. Sandy
Happy News!
My liver function tests, which have been very elevated and going higher since February, are suddenly normal or nearing normal. Chemo has to be working, right? Yay!!! I have been noticing an energy surge and hoping that was a good sign. Chemo is Thursday and I know I will feel yuck after, but it is so worth it if it is…
I did this for us, Pink Sisters..
I walked the survivor lap at the mini relay for life at my grandson's school today. He was able to walk it with me and he was so proud.
No chemo for me
I had an appointment yesterday and medical board decided for Tamoxifen and no chemo. I asked my doctor for an explanation since I had one positive node and two tumors and he said that the most important factors for decisions are properties of the tumors. I have to believe that this was the right decision after all. I do…
Cysts on Liver anybody???
Ok so I go for my regular OB/GYN check up and I had an ovarian ultrasound. Nothing Thank God but my Doctor sent me for a CT scan anyway. Now I was told I have liver cysts so I sent the CT scan to my oncologist. See my Doc tmro.... Anyone else have these??? I heard it natural and more common in women....... Your thoughts..…
SIROD, How are you doing?
Thinking of you tonight and praying you are doing ok? I am feeling better, more energetic. Thrush returned for the third time and I am back on nystatin for the rest of my life...Lol. I am seeing onc in morning and will talk to him about it. Otherwise though, I am starting to have less nausea. Praying that your chemo isn't…
The Radiation Room
It seems there are several others that are going through radiation treatments now, besides me, and I thought we might like to post how we are doing, tips or hints or just anything. I hope everyone will post on here if they have advice or tips for radiation. So many of you gave me such useful information. I am hating…
Dr called. I need chemo and rads
Just heard from onco. Oncotype came back. Will need both chemo and radiation. I will find out chemo details tomorrow in his office. Glad to be finally be doing something besides waiting, but not the news I wanted to hear. Then again I didn't want to hear I had cancer. Sandy
Half way done!
Hey everyone, I just reached the half way mark for my radiation treatments! Doing pretty well, only had three days of fatigue so far, and some redness, but not bad. Aquaphor is my friend at this point. Three more weeks and I will be finished with this phase of my treatment. Tamoxifen is my next course. Am a little uneasy,…
Jean 0609 -- Happy Birthday, June 09th
A HUGE shout out to you Miss Jean!!! Wishing you many Birthday surprises, love and happiness. Vicki Sam
skin cancer? after breast?
I know that some forms of skin cancer can be common, but has anyone developed skin cancer on the face and then had to start treatment? We are waiting for the biopsy results.....but my cheek started hurting a week or so prior to the biopsy, and I worry about that. And the fact that I waited five months............and I…
Absolutely furious!
Have just been researching my latest drama, went to the johns hopkins site to learn that chemo is NOT needed for DCIS as it is Non-invasive... So why the hell did I have to go through that **** when I had dcis? I am spitting feathers here!!!
Doctors answer and still itching.
I went to see my fanily doctor today, I see him once a month. I had to go ealyt because I was itching so bad and my body was covered in the rash. I just wanted to dig my skin because of the itch, He gave me a perscription, and said it should help and let him know. He has talked to my cancer doctors . They told him my other…
recurrence at mastectomy site??
Hi everyone, I am 5 yrs out now but just found two pea size nodules on mastectomy side. Went to onc today, she is sending me for us next week. Has anyone else had a recurrence of ca at mastectomy site after having chemo and rad? I originally had invasive ductal ca, er/pr neg, her2 positive. I am feeling extremely anxious.…

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