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fighting alone
Hello everyone, this is my first time on here and i look forward to any support and suggestions that you may have. For starters let me let you no that it is my wife who has cancer not I. I come on here trying to figure out were to go from everything that we have tryed. If you have noticed the title it says fighting alone,…
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New Flower...How was (is?) your move?
Дорогая Олга, How are you doing after your move? Moving is one of THE most stressful and exhausting things in life, even if you're in the peak of health. Thinking of you, and hoping that you're getting some well-deserved rest! Traci
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Chemo and a cold
I am having Chemo Treatment now! I think I have caught a cold? it is the 3 day weekend and my doctor office is closed as well as the cancer centre? what should I do?
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Questions on DIM, I3C and Calcium-D-Glucarate
After my recent mastectomy. I am thinking to just take some alternative naturopathic products (such as DIM, I3C and Calcium-D-Glucarate), rather than Tamoxifen or chemo, for prevention from recurrence of breast cancer in the future. But I am unsure and also concerned about if these products (DIM, I3C and…
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Recurrence after 25 years,different tumor receptors
Im new to the board. I found the CSN by searching about Arimidex side effects and indolent Breast Cancer. Ironically, in doing so I read some posts by Cindy and Doris that sounded like my mom. Hearing what they wrote has given me some hope. My mom was diagnosed in 1988. She had a large tumor and 7/17 nodes were positive.…
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Good News on my Birthday!!
I had a PET scan yesterday and found out this morning that they didn't find any cancer except in one node. I had a lumpectomy the end of September and they removed 4 or 5 nodes and only one was positive. I guess they missed one. My Oncologist is pretty sure the Chemo will take care of it. I start it this Monday and really…
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Pink Bus Please
I have having abdominal MRI tomorrow to check the liver mets. Keep fingers crossed!
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I don’t have cancer…today. And that’s good enough for me!
It’s been a stressful past couple of months. Out of the blue, a big patch of redness appeared on my left breast. Absolutely no other symptoms – no pain, no warmth, no change in the skin or nipple. Just red. My oncologist thought it might be a Tamoxifen rash, so had me go off Tamoxifen for a few weeks – no change. No worse,…
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Heatherbelle -- Happy Birthday, Dear Sister in Pink - October 10th
Enjoy your special day -- dear Sister. Celebrate! Vicki Sam
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Prayers for Texasgirl10 please
Dawne is going through a very rough time right now. She has been in the hospital since Monday. I have been able to go see her a couple of times. She is in a lot of pain and having difficulty breathing. She had a lot of fluid drained from around her heart yesterday, still having some breathing issues they are working on.…
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Need a hug here
Spent all day in the hospital today having another bone scan. It didn't look good at all. In my previous life I was a veterinary assistant and do know how to read scans.... Last June I had my first and immediately spotted the 'light bulb' tumor sign, sure enough, It had spread to the spine. Today there were 3 more light…
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Phase 1 Clinical trial for a vaccine...
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Susan G. Komen for the Cure is supporting the breast cancer vaccine research of a University Hospitals oncologist with nearly $1 million in grant money. Dr. Joseph Baar said he hopes to begin enrolling patients in a Phase 1 clinical trial for a vaccine to prevent breast cancer recurrence by early…
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bad news about my cancer
I haven't been on for a while I just haven't felt well, and no good news. This is what the surgeon told us. This is my home health aid typying this for me. Jerry went to see the plastic surgeon yesterday. He said that to do the surgery he would have to make a large hole and deep and take a large section of muscle from her…
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New here, HI! Very Strange side effects with Chemo.
I had a 2 cm tumor in my right breast with 2/8 lymph node envovlement. Scheduled right away for chemo Taxatere and cytoxane. On my first infusion I had terrigle paid throughout my body and ended up with a raging ITU which I blamed the pain on that. Never went away but went to my second infusion, and man was the paid…
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Rec'd Mail in ref: to reconstruction from employer yesterday
I have our health coverage through my job but oddly we got info in the mail yesterday from my husband's job-obviously just mailed to everyone. Anyhow it stated that "ALL" reconstruction or surgery to make semmetrical (not sure of exact wording) is coverage by health coverage! I would assume in past it has not been? MY…
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Found Company with Whole Life w/ no med questions
I don't know if any of you are looking for life insurance, but United of Omaha just sold me a policy wih no medical questions. The first two years of the policy only pay out premiums paid + 10%. After that they pay out the full policy amount. I did not mention my bc. I played "Don't as, don't tell." They said on the letter…
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BREAST MASS DISCOVERED WITH CT SCAN - UPDATE 10-16-13
The breast cancer specialist and her PA both agree it's probably cancer, about 90% sure. Will get scheduled for a mammogram and biopsy, ASAP. Not smooth, like my gyn/onc told me, but irregular, vertical, 1/2", but movable. No indications in lymph nodes, but will check those as well. I'm still holding good thoughts that the…
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It was hard to end treatment
This is the first time I have been to this site, and I'm sorry I didn't know about it earlier. From what I've read today, the people on here think just like me! I was diagnosed in May 2012 and had radical mastectomy on right breast and complete lymph node removal underarm (9 nodes were cancerous). Chemo before and after…
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Swollen & painful lymph nodes in armpit
Hello All, I am new here. I am throwing out this question to see if anyone has had a similar experience. I am a 7 year breast cancer survivor. For the last 5 weeks I have had tenderness to the touch with not much swelling to my left armpit. (The opposite side of where I had breast cancer 7 years ago). I went and saw my…
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MRI
I've never has a MRI.Not that I can remember.Just X rays and since dx with BC i've had my final X ray.Tired of the doctors telling me over and over "You get more radiation with the sun". Sorta put back by what they say and would they do it to their family member with cancer or to themselves. I need a hip X ray after a…
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Monday morning musings....
Reflecting today on how much I have to be thankful for: a wonderful husband, dear friends and family, my garden, my faith, my breast cancer support group.... I am also thankful for being what is called an outlier. A cancer outlier is someone who lives longer with the disease than is expected. I was diagnosed almost 27…
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Happy Birthday - Hope67
October 7th .. Carmen, Enjoy your very special day. Hap Hap Happy Birthday Vicki Sam
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Happy Birthday -- Manwithamission - Robert, October 7th
ahhhhh, our Brother in PINK - Robert, enjoy your very special day ! Celebrate, and enjoy . Vicki Sam
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breast tenderness
I had my right breast masectomy in March 2012, but now for about amonth, I have been have been experiencing tenderness pain in my breast area. Naturally I am nervous about this, however, with that surgery, I also had a complete hysrectomy also, so that threw me into menapause. I was hoping that somebody would be able to…
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Two year . . . all clear mammogram!
Haven't been on this site for awhile but two items of good news! Got my two year follow up mammogram and all is clear! The other news is that our city in Alaska now has its own new radiation center so patients no longer have to fly or drive 4 hrs. one way to Anchorage every day! Everyone in our area is really excited about…
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One week post op and finally coming up for air
After a week of pain, discomfort and pain meds it's nice the fog is lifting. I'm just taking Tylenol in the daytime and heavier drugs at bedtime. The incision isn't bad but the drains hurt whenever I move my arms. Anyone have any suggestions to help? Praise God the path reports all came back clear. You can't see me, but…
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Atlas hit with a vengence
Atlas definately smacked us with a vengence. We have been without power since about 2 pm MT Fri afternoon and they do not an estimation of when we will get it back - could be several days. Out of State line crews are on the way here but most of the roads are still closed/impassible. At 9 the state is dispatching their…
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the unsure feeling
I'm a 36 yr old mom of 4 with a family history of breast cancer.. So Back on the 12th of september i woke up with a red rash on my right breast, two days later it seemed to have gotten worse and started itching a lot. I went to my doctors on the 17th of sept and she gave me a script for some cream for a week, well after…
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Just had mastectomy, do I really need to take Tamoxifen from now on?
I just had a unilateral mastectomy due to recent diagnosis for breast cancer (DCIS grade 3 with less than 1mm micro-invasion, 5 lymph nodes removed and tested negative, 0/5, BRAC 1 and 2 gene tested negative). The oncologist said I do not need chemo or radiation, but want me to take Tamoxifen for at least 5 years. Now I…
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So, yesterday was good!
Hi all, Pleased to announce that the cyberknife clinical trial seems to have done the trick, no pain here!!!!! Have been weaning of the dexemethasone (nasty business that one), Withdrawals were bad, shaking so much I was flicking half my meals around the room, the dog loved it lol. Got my finances sorted out in the…