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Today is Natly 15's Birthday!
Happy Birthday! Best wishes for a fabulous day & your best year yet! Happiness & Health to you!!!! much love, Jenny
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Today is differentballgame's Birthday!
Sending BIG BIRTHDAY WISHES your way! Hope you have a fantastic day and a HAPPY * HEALTHY year! much love, Jenny
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Pathology starting to come in
hello again.....Maggie here from the colorectal board ....just diagnosed in Dec with breast cancer. Decided on mastectomy ....completed just before Christmas. Today I saw my oncologist and the cancer has been staged at 1 so that's great....not related they thought to my stageIV colon cancer. Forgive me.....I am just…
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Today is VickiSam's Birthday!!!!!
Happy*Happy*Happy Birthday! Wishes for your BEST BIRTHDAY ever and a Happy, Healthy year! ...and Thank you for keeping all our Birthdays organized! much love today & always, Jenny
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Follow up scans
I was wondering how many of you have oncologist do follow scans and who doesn't. My cancer was diagnosed nov 2014. I had bilateral mastctomy with reconstruction and lymph node removal if 15 nodes. I had 32 radiation treatments and just finished treatment New Year's Eve day. I also had a hysterectomy nov 30 due to tumors…
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Latissimus Dorsi flap reconstruction
Hi, I'm new to the group and I'm looking for information on Latissimus dorsi flap reconstruction. I searched the topic, and any information I found was many years old. Does anyone have experience with this particular type of reconstruction and could share your experience?
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Frustrated in limbo
I finished Neoadjuvant chemo the first week in November. I saw the breast surgeon and plastic surgeon the first week in December (extended lumpectomy and reduction to non-affected breast to be scheduled). At that time I asked the Office to fill out my long term disability papers since I would not be returning to my job in…
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last year taxes with dr. bills???? help
HI, everyone. this question isn't really towards anything medical. But seeing how tax season is quickly approaching, i was wondering how does it work when i was on Disability for 6 months out of the year, and recieving disability checks. These checks, i did have taxes taken out. But what about all the dr. Bills i paid out.…
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First Radiotherapy appointment today
Hi everyone. First radiotherapy appointment today and ashamed to admit that I feel really nervous. Up until this morning, I was anxious to start radiation so that I could have it over and done with as soon as possible but now that it has arrived, I am beside myself with nerves!
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Possibly reoccurance
2016-01-09 Hi everyone.I am 6 yrs. and 6 months breast Cancer survivor .I had scan three months ago to watch a spot on my liver.It had not changed but they seen a spot on my colon.Three months later they took another scan.That was this last Tues.My Cancer Dr. Wanted me to come in to go over it with me.Its a tumer and has…
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Miss Carol - Thank You so much for my wonderful Christmas gifts!
i received my most beautiful Christmas ornament- and See's candy gift card.. I am overwhelmed by your generosity
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Start chemo
Tuesday my 80 year old mum starts her first chemo treatment....she has been fighting breast cancer for the last 10 years .... She was doing a Hormone chemo therapy but that no longer is showing any changes...we are ready for this next journey ( well at least we think we are) any suggests to make the treatments doable...
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Any one had it spread to mouth?
I am seroiusly worried, I have a suspicious mass on the back of my soft palate, my dentist sent me to a specialist yesterday and I went to see him today, he sent me back to my oncologist I have an appointment on Monday morning, it came up 2 weeks ago and is growing fast. Any imput appreciated. Hugs J xxxxxxxxx
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Need some encouragement
I was diagnosed with TNBC in October. Just completed 4 rounds of AC and had 2nd round of Taxol yesterday. It looks like the possibility of achieveing a PCR prior to surgery is out of reach - tumor has only shrunk from 3.8 to around 3.0. Also, my case is a little unusual in that I'm TN, but my PR receptors are weakly…
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excessive bone growth in top palate of mouth
Anyone else got this going on??? It is getting hard to swallow, just started 2 weeks ago, it felt like I had something stuck to the top of the back of my tongue,, Then I slowly sussed out it is actually bony growth on the roof of my mouth, right at the back.... I have made an appointment with my dentist (before rushing to…
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Not Much Chemo maybe?
Hi everyone, I hope you are all doing wonderfully. I just have a question about chemo. I do have an appointment with the oncologist on Thursday but I'm curious. I've only had two treatments so far. I am only in treatment for under 2 hours each time and I have a very small bag of fluid they give me and then they give me…
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Jan-2008 when I GOT THE call...contact a surgeon
I have to go in to the dr office to get results from Blood tests-but i was told over the phone Jan 2008 "it's not bad, but it's not good" call a surgeon-you have DCIS. I was clueless, until I searched on line and the first word to come up was "CANCER". fast forward-Lumpectcomy 2008- radiation-tamoxifin-hysterectomy , then…
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Herceptin and heart tissue????
I am still getting herceptin treatments. I have been getting my echos every three months. This time my doctor called and said she noticed a slight change in the results, and has now referred me to an cardiologist.. Should i be concerned? And has anyone experienced the same thing?
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O.T. most stay in for NYE?
It seems like most people now a days , stay home on NYE! We stayed home-but at 12:15 my husband got called to work. HAPPY New Years to everyone. Denise
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BREAST CANCER AND MEDIASTINAL LYMPH NODE
My mother has got breast cancer and the size of the tumor is 1.8 cm but one major problem is that there is one lymph node near the breast bone . Are there any risks will she get recovered completely? please help. And the doctors say that by surgery we cannot remove the lymph node as tis location is mediastinal so in what…
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White blood cell count
Does anyone have any idea how long it takes for your white blood cell count to not be below range like during chemo. My last chemo was September 1st I haven't been sick at all. The doctors have me on all these vitamins and still my white blood cell outs are below where I they should be. Any suggestions ? Kelly
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Today is deeb111's Birthday!
Happy Birthday! Best wishes for a lovely day and a healthy year ahead filled with everyone and everything you love most! much love, Jenny
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How are you doing, Camul?
I was going to PM you, but there are so many of us who want to stay in touch with you that I thought this would be better. I read your posts, but you have not posted about your current status (or if you have I missed it). Please let all of us know how you're doing and what course of action you've started. Lots of hugs and…
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Happy New Year!
Just wanted to wish you all a very Happy New Year! Am hoping for better Health and us all Kill this Cancer!!!