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one year since my 2nd lumpectomy
It's been one year since my 2nd lumpectomy-Happy to say (as told last year) ONLY scar tissue but a SCARE! SO just over 5 yrs cancer free-heading back in a few weeks for Mammo and blood work. Denise
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My mom stopped her Arimidex
Hi to all. My mom has Stage 4 mets to bone, liver. She had the cancer 25 years ago in 1987 As I posted earlier. Just diagnosed with recurrence A few months ago That is now her 2 positive as well as ER positive. Its been very hard. Shes had a terrible time with side effects that we are in the process of trying to sort…
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Woo Hoo!
Well I had another PET scan on Friday because my new onc wasn't happy with the MRI and wanted to make sure I was really in remission. MRI showed old stuff in liver that my "old" onc thought was nothing. He said some residual scarring would always be there. However, I was glad to get the PET to make sure. Guess what? I am…
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25yrs Still waiting on test so scared mother of two. need help.
Hi everyone. I have read so much on here and you all are the strongest women I know. I pray I can be too!. I'm 25 and a mother of two AMAZING boys. I was just in the Dr office yesterday I had found a lump in my left breast. Their telling me their just fibrous and not to worry, but they order a ultrasound and mammogram I go…
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Happy Birthday - Brat3826 - Thursday, November 14th
Enjoy, Celebrate and eat lots of Birthday cake. Vicki Sam
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new symptom
Hi everyone! It's been a long time since of written here but I've been keeping track of what's happening. I'm a little more than 1 1/2 yr. out of treatment for tnbc. I had surgery, chemo and radiation. My mammos have been ok so far. About two months ago, I started having pain in my ribs on the rt. side which is where my bc…
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Nervous
First off, anyone on here is a hero to be a survivor, caregiver, etc.. Just needed a little comfort tonight or to see if this has happened to anyone else. I am 34 years old and have to go in this Friday for a MRI biopsy. The first MRI I had last week came back with a suspicios 8mm area so I went for a mammogram and…
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OT: What Do You Think Of Lance Armstrong's cheating and lieing?
Aside from what he has done for cancer, I think it is awful how he lied and cheated to get the titles, fame and money. I am just glad he finally told the truth. I assumed he was guilty last year when he dropped the lawsuit, as, he gave no good reason for not going forward with it. Besides being banned from cycling and…
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Neurothopy
Good afternoon everyone I am finally at a point where I can get into this site and ask some questions. I have neurothopy - ends of fingers and feet. Try to exercise them but doesn't seem to help much. The feet seem to stiffen up more at night just about time to get in bed. My last chemo was in August 2013 and the onc. says…
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Debbie - MyTurnNow needs our support and love
MyTurnNow Our Debbie (MyTurnNow), who has been a very active and supportive member of our family since 2009 is going through a very difficult time. She has been on Chemo for almost 2 years and it stopped working. She is on a timed release morphine to control her pain. Debbie always has been very upbeat and positive…
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Watch out - scam
I got a private message asking for money. Be careful! Report it to CSN if you get one. Click on Contact CSN at the very top right of this page.
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MATRIX PRODUCING CARCINOMA VERY RARE
Hi PINK ladies I attended a BREAST CANCER SURVIVOR LUNCHEON today and it was totally awesome. My BC surgeon was there and told me there was someone from Tennessee that had been diagnosed with the same type of BC and was trying to locate me. My BC is very rare - less than 5% has this type and chemo and radiation has no…
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Pink Bus needed!! Today
So sorry for posting at the last minute but i need the pink bus today, im going for a bone scan, been having a lot of pain especially in the neck and back area, all my dr's are on it, I've had chest x-ray due to shoulder and arm pain it was ok,this is the next step, on my way to get the dye injected and then actuall scan…
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Did you lose your nails?
My nails look really bad and I was wondering how to know if they are going to fall off. first they gat these dark (blood) fings across them and now they are turning white like they are no longer attached underneath. Should I start taping them down?
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I lost my mom to breast cancer
My mom had been diagnosed in August of 2012 and I lost her on October 19th, 2013. Ductal carcinoma. I left my job when she had been diagnosed to be by her side through everything, the doctor appointments, the treatments, surgery and radiation. I felt absolutely horrible telling her, of course but she had been on a cruise…
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Oct 1, 2013 diagnosed with Triple Negative Breast Cancer
October 1, 2013 was one of the worst days of my life, I was diagnosed with TRIPLE NEGATIVE BREAST CANCER. It seemed like my whole world was spinning out of control, I heard most of what she said but I'm quite sure not everything UNTIL she said that my hair would fall out. Ok, so I am going in for my second treatment on Oct…
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Happy Birthday - Jobi (Doreen) ... 11/11/13
Birthday greetings - Enjoy your very special day. Hope it is filled with laughter, love and Excitement. Vicki Sam
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Lumpectomies
Greetings to all First thing - I feel very comfortable coming in here to get info from all of you "angels." I have gone through chemo and approximately 5 weeks ago I had a lumpectomy. Any info any of you might have as to healing time and appearance of the breast. I do have an indent but also some reddish coloring of the…
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Best pain management med?
Hello out there. I've been doing as much research as possible for my mom. Does anyone know of a strong pain medication that will not screw up her liver? I heard something recently got passed but it's not available yet. Any and all comments/info is appreciated. Thanks.
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Femara... Five More Year
Last week was the day I have been waiting for. The 5 years of Femara was supposed to come to an end. I stuck it out when so many I knew gave up due to the pain from this pill and then I had my visit with my Oncologist last week and he gave me the bad news. Due to more studies etc., he suggests that I stay on Femara for 5…
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Belated Birthday Wishes to Katz77 - Saturday, November 9th
Belated Birthday greetings Katz77 - Hope you had a wonderful day! Vicki Sam
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3rd Annual Hershey Reunion
We had our 3rd annual Hershey Reunion this past weekend at The Hotel Hershey. It was a great time with great friends, old and new. We had 13 girls attend. Four of them for the first time. Debi actually flew in from Florida! Most of us arrived on Friday. Saturday morning was spent at the Chocolate Spa with Chocolate…
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A little humor for Saturday --
The following was developed as a mental age assessment by the School of Psychiatry at Harvard University. Take your time and see if you can read each line aloud without a mistake. The average person over 40 years of age cannot do it! 1. This is this cat. 2. This is is cat. 3. This is how cat. 4. This is to cat. 5. This is…
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Disney World!
I don't know how much I can do, but we are taking Katherine, Aaron and little Bella (Aaron's daughter and now our new granddaughter, age 5) to Disney World. :-) I am planning frequent rests and will take it easy, but really want to see Bella enjoy her first visit.
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Wednesday, Nov. 6th - Birthday wishes to Lucy 07
Happy Birthday Lucy07 .. enjoy your very special day. Vicki Sam
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Has anyone had stage 3 Breast cancer, I am stage 3, I need advice....
Hi, I have just finished my chemo, except herceptin, and my next step is Bilateral mastectomy, I will have the reconstruction at the same time of surgery. 6 weeks after surgery I have to start radition and have radiation for 6 weeks. I did fine with the chemo, thank-god!! Personally the biggest part of my nightmare is the…
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Hoax message
I received an email from Marybetts1 wanting me to wire her money, her husband died in Iraq blah, blah....beware. There should be a place to report her! How shameful to post on a cancer network wanting money
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Pain meds?
What do you use for pain management? I have tried numerous things but they all make me sick to my stomach. I've even gone down to the lowest pain patch and threw up! I just wondered if anyone else has such a sensitive stomach.
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Got phishing message seeking money, beware
Hello Ladies. I got an email message saying I had a personal message here on the CSN. When I opened it, it was a letter begging for money and clearly a deliberate attempt at fraud. It was signed from a Helen Bones. Where can I report this. Wanted to let all know about this. Who does this kind of stuff on a site like this?
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STAGE 1 INVASIVE LOBULAR CANCER
Going for a second opinion this week, but would appreciate some feedback. Clinical Stage 1. HER2 negative. Estrogen Receptive. Choosing lumpectomy. Depending on the lymph node involvement determination, they are suggestion possible chemo, but definite radiation. Anyone just get the lumpectomy and lymph node removal but…