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Happy Birthday - CreamPuff91344 - Judy!
Enjoy your very special DAY! I so adore you .... Vicki Sam
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Happy Birthday - Iluvmykids - Eieen - September 12th
Happy Belated Birthday wishes, Eileen. Hoping you had a most wonderful day. Vicki Sam
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Good visit to the oncologists
Had another 6 month visit to the oncologist. No blood tests, no PET scan, just a thorough exam. He is very pleased, with me and with himself for having gotten me through it. Next appointment in March, after my annual mammogram. I asked him about from what date does one start counting, but apparently even oncologists can't…
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My husband and I are adopting
we hope to hear in the morning if we can take a very beatiful 1 1/2 yr baby girl home.
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Pink Month Feelings
I posted the below feelings on a personal FB site that my sister set up for me. Danny thought that I should share it here. Let me know how YOU feel! As October, Breast Cancer Awareness Month, approaches, I have some feelings I would like to share as a breast cancer warrior. Some of them may be controversial or sound…
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Tissue/skin shrinkage from radiation?
Ready for the breast reconstruction - So, I met with my plastic surgeon yesterday - apparantly the radiation therapy shrunk tissue/skin around the tissue expander - causing it to move...This means I have to have an extra surgery (before my final implant) to move the expander back into place...Has anyone ever heard of such…
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Dawne, Texasgirl10 update
Let me first say I am sorry I have not updated sooner. I wish I had better news but, I still believe better news will be coming. Dawne continues to be in a lot of pain. She had a scan last week and the cancer has grown. She had a more extensive scan yesterday to see if it has spread anywhere else. She is still having…
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Newbie - sort of!
Hi all i have been on this board before (about 3 yrs ago) I'm normally over on the OVCA board. Anyway a bit of history: Dx with invasive DCIS in left breast march 2000 age 35 - lumpectomy & chemoradiotherapy NED till dx with DCIS (PRE cancer) via a regular yearly MRI last week - new site in L breast. Need mastectomy (have…
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Surprise Pathology Report
Today I had my first post-op appointment with the cancer surgeon. I had small but agressive cancer in right breast only but decided on double mastectomy to eliminate constant worry that cancer would come back or spread to other side. Pathology showed right breast cancer free, lymph nodes clear, so no radiation or chemo…
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I'm back :)
Hi, I'm back I missed you all. Actually I am home for awhile now, but I had to catch up first on this board. I am deeply sorry for losses this board suffered. I am relatively new here, but it still made me so sad when I read that Chen and Linda passed away. Dear Linda and Chen, rest in peace! The vacation was great, 5…
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Chemo side effect: extra, I mean extra sensitive tongue
Strange side effect to chemo, wonder if any of you have had this experience. Since about the 5th out of 8 chemo's, my tongue feels extra, uncomfortably sensitive. You know that feeling when you taste soup, tea or coffee that is way to hot? Well, that is how my tongue has felt for almost 2 1/2 years. Food that is the least…
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Pyllodes tumor question
I am 44 and have been getting regular ultrasound follow-ups for a fibroadenoma left breast on the diagnonal from the armpit to the nipple. I went to a high risk breast facility and they said it is a classic fibroadenoma meaning the ultrasound features were classic and revealed no clues that it might not be a fibroadenoma.…
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To all the Pink Sisters Out There....
Wanted to let you know, that we are only as strong as the wine we drink, the hairspray we use and the friends we have. To the cool women that have touched each of our lives... here's to you! Life is too short to wake up with regrets...love the people who treat us right and love the ones who don't - just because we can. So,…
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In Healthcare for 17 years and would like to talk about a cure or what's out there for treatment
HI everyone I am new to this group. I am 34 years and I just lost my mom to cervical cancer last year. Her story is that she waited 8 years to get a pap and she was diagnosed in 1995. At that point she had to have a Hysterectomy and a lymph node removed. She was rediagnosed in oct 2010 w 4th stage after she biopsied a…
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SIROD 'Doris' - How ya doing ? Please update us when possible ..
We are thinking about you .. Hoping things are better for you - Vicki Sam
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Happy Birthday to Aysemari -- Monday, September 9th
Ayse -Hoping all is well, and you enjoy your very special Day .... Vicki Sam
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Happy belated Birthday wishes to Andi44 - September 8th
Happy Belated Birthday wishes - Andi! Hoping you had a most wonderful day. Vicki Sam
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"October Pink" (An original song of Hope and Awareness) by 12 year old Caroline Dare
Hi My name is Caroline Dare and I am a 12 year old singer/songwriter. I wrote a song called "October Pink" that I want to share. It is about how I felt when my aunt was diagnosed with breast cancer a couple of years ago. She is a survivor. I want this song to bring hope to others affected by this horrible disease. I also…
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Newbie here
Hello, I am new to this site but not to breast cancer. I was diagnosed 6/12 w- st 3 lobular ducal carcinoma. Had lumpectomy, 4 rounds of a/c and 12 weeks of taxol. Then 6 weeks of rads. Now on arimidex and have gained 10 lbs over nite Prius mood swings. Yeesh. Just NOgetting back on my feet. I am just totally amazed this…
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Losing Hair
Hello Ladies, How did you deal with losing your hair? Its been a couple of weeks since I had chemo and barely feeling semi normal. I was wondering while going through Chemo and losing your hair did you scalp feel funny? Mine has been feeling like its being pulled. Like when you put a pony tail and its too tight, and having…
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1 yr survivor, new to boards, wanted to say thank you
Hi, I am coming up on my one year anniversary. I was diagnosed on 9/26/12 with dcis. I then had a lumpectomy followed by radiation. I am now taking Tamoxifen. I am active with my local Relay for Life event. I have been on the committee and a team captain for about 8 years and am now co-chairing the event. I am also very…
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transitition from cancer patient to survivor, and living with side effects
So many reasons to be thankful, which I am but yet... I am a Stage 1, invasive breast cancer survivor, two years out from surgery, chemo and radiation. Some side effects aren't going to disappear, sore, sensitve tongue, neuropathy in both feet, and small amount in right hand, two years into taking the oral anti estrogen…
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Gabe N Abby Mom Memorial was this afternoon
I attended Linda's memorial service this afternoon. Re also attended and it was really nice to have her there. The service itself was lovely and well attended. Many stories were shared by her friends and family and they simply reinforced what I already knew - Linda was a phenomenal woman. It was especially nice to hear…
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nipple reconstruction
Hi I had a double mastectomy in 2009 and had implants put in. The side I had radiation on looks horrible, its tighter and there is a large scar because I got an infection where the incision was. There are also tiny red dots on the top of the breast. Anyway I haven't done the nipples yet and am wondering if I should bother.…
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dexamethasone
Hello every body this is my first post and im not sure where to go or how to go about it. Im having a terrible time coming of dexamethazone and Im wondering if any one has had this or can give me some sort of information about how to go about it Thanks in advance
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"Just stay positive!"......and other annoying crap!
I get so bloody hosed off with platitudes! How many times over this past couple of months have I Heard "Just stay Positive" ...or..."I will pray for you"....or other rubbish . maybe I am being bitchy, hell, I don't care BUT people ARE capable of original thought. Maybe they cannot be bothered for something as EVERYDAY as…
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Pain is back because of neighbor's dog
Hi, I need to vent. I am sooooooooooo mad. I was out in the back yard with my LEASHED DOG (our city has a leash law). My dog is not big dog friendly and will attack if one approaches her (luckily there aren't any near enough to our yard... my poor dog has been attacked by three different dogs in two different cities...she…
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pain like a bruise, on my side 1 year after lumpectomy...normal?
I am coming up on my one year from surgery mark next month. I had a lumpectomy followed by radiation. For the past few weeks I feel like there is a bruise on my side, below where my bra strap goes on the side where I had my lumpectomy. It feels like a black and blue but there is no visible bruise. When I stretch my arm up…
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neuroendocrine breast cancer
Hi everyone Have just joined and wanted to share my story and encourage fellow sufferers. I am 71, married and birth country is England, but hubby and I retired to live in the South of France November 2004. May 2005 one wonderful weekend - I discovered a rather large lump in my right breast. Hot footed it to my new GP in…
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Sorry I need to vent
Saw the new PCP in person she was good up to the point of the ultrasound coming back for my thyriod. The pass week has been hell leaving messages for her to call me and all I get is her med assitant to talk to losing battle. They wanted thyriod uptake and scan radioactive cant do that or my poor hubby cant fly for work he…