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Breast Cancer

Archives for October 2017

Christmas ornament
Hi everyone.I haven’t been on here for awhile.Are we doing the ornament exchange again.I hope so.I hope all is well.
skin itching after herceptin
is there someone who experienced or have skin itching after herceptin? my itching started around 10 months of receiving herceptin. i never thought about it because it was tolerable, but it has gotten worse that i have to take benadryl everyday,and because of that, my eyes are so dry that the over the counter eye drops…
Living in Fear … Here is my Plan when My Cancer Recurs
Background: 6 years ago, at age 40, I went for my first ever mammogram to learn that I have Breast Cancer . I quickly had a lumpectomy followed by 7 weeks of radiation (did not have time to think or feel really, was all rushed!). I’ve had a lot of reactions from the radiation as the years have gone by. Too many to list.…
Autumn 3 word story
Fall has fell (The object is to add 3 words to previous post to create a 'story' that often/usually turns into a very 'silly' story that developes as a 'story'. Not just thoughts about the season.)
Camul! Cancer costumes!
We are all in various stages of appropriate dress for halloween! Some of us are DIY walking zombie! No adjustments required. Perhaps a new category for the look of "Homeless Queen" would be easy too in order to avoid the baglady look. Well Sensei, as the song says "we are all together" la la la la la lovin' ya
Taxotere - WARNING
The risk of permanent hair loss is real! Some will experience total hair loss and others only partial hair loss. Here is my story…. I was treated with Taxotere in 2013 and 2014. After treatment my hair initially grew back. I noticed it was thinner than normal but I believed it would eventually fill in. In fact, the exact…
Breat biopsy using stereotactic technique
I had a biopsy in 2010, which was painful...but not all that bad. I could tolerate it. That time it was positive for cancer. Then.....this past Tuesday Oct. 17, 2017...I had a stereotactic breast biopsy ( or attempted biopsy) and it was very very very painful. The Dr. was very kind, and the two ladies in there helping were…
Pain years after mastectomy
I had a mastectomy, which included a sentinel node biopsy, 11 years ago. I never experienced pain, after the initial period right after surgery. In the last week I've been having awful pain at the site of the mastectomy and under my arm. I have a hard time putting clothes on. It hurts to open a door, or make any motion…
PET Scan Shows Something in Liver
Hello. 4 months ago, my first PET scan showed my breast tumor, one lymph node in my armpit and one lymph node in my chest. After 13 rounds of chemo, my 2nd PET scan yesterday showed nothing in my breast or lymph nodes. Obviously the chemo is working! However, the doctor was perplexed to see a spot on my liver. Apparently…
Look Good Feel Better
At the urging of my daughter, I attended a “Look Good Feel Better” class. I appreciate that there was a lovely young hairdresser volunteering to teach us about how to apply make-up. However, I was shocked by what was in the free cosmetic bag! The products were filled with carcinogens! I have to say that I am so…
pain and lump in nipple 2yrs after nipplesparing mast
Has anyone had a nipplesparing mastectomy? In 2014 I was dx with dcis/lcis and chose to have a mast. Since no cancer cells showed up in the nipple during surgery, the surgeon left my nipple during reconstruction. 7 mos. Ago I began having acne like bumps and discoloration under my nipple so I started using cortisone 10.…
Camul! CVS messed up again!
I won't go into the details but I wind up having to contact them every month not because they mess up my scrips, but because the process of accomplishing that is a mess. The website is horrible and really incomplete and on the phone they say will do something and the next month it wasn't done sometimes reesulting in an…
Aromatase Inhibitors
I have been prescribed Femara, and I had to stop taking it after a few weeks due to excruciating pain in my lower spine and an inability to walk, sit, drive or get in and out of a chair. I was totally incapacitated. I have not had the chance to speak woth the MO yet, as she was not in last week. I want to take an AI as am…
How have others dealt with tightness in the chest following double mastectomy?
I'm 3 months out from surgery and currently in chemo. I just graduated from the camisole to a bra with prosthesis. I've found a few exercises on youtube, but I still seem quite "tight". The surgeron and oncologist say I am recovering beautifully on my chest, but I would like to know if others have had success with certain…
Deciding between lumpectomy and mastectomy
I was diagnosed with grade 3 invasive ductal carcinoma, stage 3b with at least one lymph node involved. Due to the size of the tumor and the lymph node involvement, I am having chemotherapy before surgery. I've had 13 rounds and have 3 more to go. My oncologist says if the tumor is small enough after the last chemo, I may…
Employment rights
I’m a Cancer Survivor and live in NJ, I diagnosed with breast cancer about 3 years ago, I finished Mastectomy, chemotherapy, radiation and reconstruction as well. All of my lymph nodes were removed during surgery. After surgeries, I experience numbness, swelling, weakness, or tingling in the arm and shoulder area on the…
Camul! Let's play post office!
Our mail delivery stopped 3 weeks ago. There is some kind of road mess way up the road and they aren't going to come up our road if they have to use someone's driveway to turn around. Soooo they are not deliuverying to anyone on our road though there are many before the road problem I wrote our local postmaster cause if I…
Last letter - First letter Game
Thankful (The object of this game is to take the last letter of the previous word and use that letter for a new word starting with the last letter and the next new word starting the last word of the previous word - not the original word. IE 'thankful' could become 'larch' than 'larch' become 'homestead' with the next word…
Anybody use/used vaginal estrogen post menopause?
I was one of the 20% women who had severe post menopausal vaginal pain. As a matter of fact it also affected my bladder/ urethra causing burning pain and incontinence. I was allergic to something in pharmaceuticals, so a compounding pharmacist made me a special blend with a base I wouldn't be allergic to. Here is my…
New, Unsure, and Scared to make the Wrong Choice in Treatment
Hi Everyone! I've spent the day lurking around here and reading numerous posts. I've never joined a discussion board before but from what I've seen, you are all so supporting of one another, despite differences in opinions, choices, and cancer expereinces. I'm hoping you can give some advice as I'm terrified of making the…
Hepatic cyst or liver cyst
Hi guys, I'm new here. My mom is a breast cancer survivor(Stage2a triple neg), 3 years and coun5ing. She just had her 6month routine checkup and as per ultrasound she have 3 hepatic cyst in her liver all less than 1cm. The doctor was concerned because it was 3. Is it something to be concerned about? I'm afraid its a liver…
Radiation Options
I amd 53 and just diagnosed with ILC, which they believe is stage 1 but won't know for sure until I have Lumpectomy. My head is spinning. Believe it or not, I had a different cancer in past treated successfully twice. This was last thing I expected and whole new ballgame. They said I will need radiation after and I've…
Stage 3b now, fear of future metastasis
I was diagnozed in May 2017 with stage 3b invasive ductal carcinoma. My tumor was large and so I far I know that I have one positive lymph node in my armpit and another possible positive lymph node in my chest wall where they can't biopsy. Chemo seems to be working. The tumor is no longer detectable by breast exam, which…
Support From Family falters
Yes, I said it, The support I should have gotten from my family faltered from the time I found my breast lump to the bitter end of chemo treatment. The first words I heard from someone who should have casred and cared deeply, said Jesus Christ, yes, it happened and to this day, it still bothers the heck outta me. I'm still…

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