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Nausea!!!! Help
My first chemo treatment was Monday. Both Monday and Tuesday I was fine. I also have to take a small amount of. predostone. ( steroid) in morning for liver. come Wednesday morn. My nausea kicked in hard ! All day with just slight diarrhea. i am on three different nausea meds. I just want to know does the nausea go away…
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to have reconstruction or not!!
Hi everyone, I was a 5 year survivor May 6,2015 and just now thinking about reconstuction,my surgeon is gonna give me some recommendations on a plastic surgeon actually two so i can compare and make a decision, I've read a lot of stories about reconstruction and it seems as if with most you have to have multiple…
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Happy Birthday Shout out to Jean0609 - June 9th
Happy Birthday my Friend - Love, Laughter and Health .. I wish for you. Enjoy this very special day. Vicki Sam
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Pain after bilateral mastectomy with reconstruction when wearing sports bra
Hi - I am new to this forum and had a bilateral mastectomy with reconstruction 4 weeks ago. My plastic surgeon told me two weeks ago that I could begin wearing soft sports bras but she also said many people just wear a camisole under shirts during reconstruction. I am self conscious about the irregular shape of my breasts…
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LIdocaine Infusions for Pain Are Back For Me!
I have been battling PMPS since I woke up for surgery on 1/11/11. I had been receiving Lidocain IV infusions since the summer of 2011. The pain doctor that does them left the practice in December 2014 and I have not had a lidocain infusions since because I was told that the new dr. didn't do them, they told my pcp's office…
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A LATER OT - Crazy Horse Memorial Volksmarch
I forgot to ask - is anyone doing the Crazy Horse Memorial Volksmarch tomorrow or Sunday? I'll be there tomorrow and hopefully we do get to actually do the 10k from the parking lot up onto the arm and then back down to the parking lot. We have a lot of weather/flooding Watches/Warning so the actual 'walk' may not be…
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Anyone have advice?
I made it through uterine cancer. Diagnosed and had hysterectomy and radiation. Am 9 months past surgery now, but found lump in my breast and having shoulder pain. Is this a sign, or am I looking for problems were there aren't any? I know a lump isn't a good thing, but I have never heard anything about shoulder pain. I'm…
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Need Info on Lung Mets
I am in south central Alabama, and in this part of the country, it is quite common for folks to develop small nodules in their lungs, and they are normally caused by something in the soil. When those nodules showed up on my PET scan when I was first diagnosed with Stage 3C Triple Negative Breast Cancer, my oncologist…
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OT >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Liver
Dr saw sometihing up wth liver from blood tests-all new blood work good-tomorrow i find out about abdominal ultrasounds- FINGERs, eyes, toes all crossed? I"ll know tomorrow at 9 am Denise
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Elevated CA-125
Hi all! I just found out today that I have elevated CA-125 levels. CA-125 is a tumour marker for ovaries. My level is 86, normal values are under 35. I am on Tamoxifen and had my regular gyn US two days ago and my doctor found 2 cysts, so that's the reason she reffered me to make CA-125. I will see my onco on Monday and I…
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It's official! My 10-year cancer-free record STANDS!!!!
MRI done! The final word on my shoulder is that at some point I must have done some damage. My oncologist has referred me to a PT person that comes highly recommended for 'old injuries'.....she said that unless the pain became unbearable, she would not recommend surgery to remove the fluid lump. Thank you all, my dear…
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June 3rd, Happy Birthday Greetings to Lintx - Linda
Happy Birthday Miss Linda - Hoping you have a very special day, filled with love, laughter and HOPE. Vicki Sam
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Happy Birthday, New Flower
Hoping you have a wonderfully peaceful beautiful day, dear Olga. xoxo Victoria
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Long term side effects from C/T chemo?
Hi everyone. I don't really post much here, but have some questions. Have any of you experienced any long term side effects from cytoxan/taxotere? I completed four rounds of chemo just over two years ago followed by radiation. I recently had a follow up with my medical onc and she says that I now have an irregular…