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HOPE
Dear Sisters and Brothers, How is it that sometimes hope makes us so naive? I was diagnosed in 2008 with Stage 2b breast cancer. I am not going to go through all the gorey details of my fight with the disease my first time around but suffice it to say I thought I was pretty knowledgeable about the disease and all the…
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Hyperbaric Chamber
Hello Everyone, I have had four in the past year and half because of Bc. Has anyone had to go in the Hyperbaric Chamber to heal.
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PHYLLODES TUMOR
when i was just 18 years old I had a non cancer PHYLLODES TUMOR in my left breast. I didn't tell my parents for the longest time. i was terrified. I finally told my Mom and was taken to doctor after doctor. Finally I was told that I would have to have surgery to remove my tumor. it was April of 1973. The tumor took up most…
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O T-infant grand daughter-heart surgery UPDATE
I posted about granddaughter in the past weeks-we were NOT allowed to go to hopstials or see her etc-I have some contact with her now-(lives LOCAL with in 10 mins) more then likely she will need OPEN heart surgery soon as she gains 2-3 lbs. She has been in Westchester Medical Center 2 times in her short life..She'll be a…
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Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis May Be Coming Back
I know it is not cancer or related to cancer, but on July 31st I had 15% of my lung removed for HSP. Two weeks after the surgery I was put on high dosage Prednisone til about 1.5 weeks ago. Today when I woke up, I had that same wheeze/crackle and trouble breathing that I had when I had the HSP mass removed. It certainly…
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Need Some Answers Please
I had a historectumy a year ago for uterine cancer. And now over a year later I have been having problems with my brests. Meaning the discharge a lump and some pain. I have been to doctors about it but they are not sure yet. One main question I have is can you end up with breast cancer after you had uterine cancer? is it…
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"3" word story (each adds 3 words to keep story going)
My Favorite vacation
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oxygen
I am on 3 litters of oxygen. How much does this effect taking chemo, I am due to see my lung doctor, but I am always at the oncologist appointment or surgeons office. They say this is the last resort to hold it off till at least Christmas. If you don't see me on,is because I am feeling bad or talking to my family on FB, or…
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Well this is just great! NOT :(
Had a rotten day. Took 3 nurses and nearly an hour to get my monthly IV going, was in agony, floods of tears and a full blown panic attack! Then on to meet my oncologist, the cancer has spread now to my 9th rib, and he suggested joining wellspring (cancer support group) as I get way too stressed out at the hospital visits…
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My disease impedes my studies.
Hi guys, I read some of stories. It is hard to express my sorrow. I am sad for circumstances that bring us together. I hope we will be strong enough to fight back I would like to hear your advices on a certain problem that I faced. I am 4th year university student and all these years I have a brest tumor – fibroadenoma…
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Upcoming bilateral mastectomy....can I get a flu shot?
2013-10-21
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OT - Prayers needed for my daugther Jennifer
Two weeks ago tomorrow, Jennifer had another episoide and she is still in the hospital. During this episoide, her heart rate and blood pressure went low, she lost vision in her right eye and she could not move her right leg. Her blood pressure has slowly inched up but her heart rate still goes up and down and her vision is…
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OT, prayers needed for my mom
My mom, who is 67, fell yesterday on the stairs and suffered severe head injury. Her condition is critical. The next few days will be critical whether she survives and what will be her quality of life if she survives. I've spent half of night in ER and haven't been able to sleep the other half. Please, say some prayers for…
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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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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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Nutrition
Anyone have some good recepies that cover good nutrition during chemo? I sure would appreciate some guidance. Thanks
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Happy News!
I do not have my MRI results back yet, but my CEA and CA 27.29 (tumor markers) are normal for the first time in 5 years. My CEA went from 14 to 0.8. My CA 27.29 is now 22 (I think it was running close to normal - around 39, but is now even lower). Woo Hoo!!!!
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Platinum-Based Treatment of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
Larry Weisenthal, MD, PhD The last issue of The ASCO Post reports encouraging results with platinum-based treatment of triple-negative breast cancer (September 15, 2013). We predicted these findings 4 years ago in a presentation at the 2009 Breast Symposium.1 We compared the activity of a series of agents (platinum,…
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meds change
my daughter is 31yrs old, battling breast cancer on and off for 3 yrs. at this point she was on gemzar/carboplatin for a few months, because of recurrence. but at this point her onco recommends that she stays on gemzar only for awhile. (to use the combo in the future when needed :( ). did anyone have such experience, and…
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Cold Laser Therapy for radiation burns??
Hello My sister is in her final week of radiation therapy and has been receiving cold laser therapy to treat her burns. I did not know she had not told her dr she was doing this and her burns are so bad her skin is literally peeling off. I'm concerned that the cold laser therapy could be exacerbating this. Does anyone have…
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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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Ladies Educate Me please..
Not sure it is totally possible.. but Ladies educate me.. My new twice weekly routine is the get a 1/2 pint of blood removed. So far this is done in either the infusion area or hematology area. I see many women getting infusions... usually all alone. (sad). Do or should I acknowledge them at all..? Ignore them or give them…
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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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Tumor marker up after Radiation
Hi All, My Mother has sailed through Chemo and Radiation with little side effects. She went to see her Chemo doctor for first post check up since end of radiation in August. One blood marker was slightly elevated to 5.9. It should be 5. The doctor has ordered a PET scan. We were told sometimes after radiation the tumor…
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cancer date was changed need advice
My appointment was changed the doctors office set my appointment for ten minutes, he said he needed ninety minutes, so the appointment was changed till this Tuesday. He was saying the dose of chemo. he would have to give me my body may not be able to handle it. Maybe Tuesday he can figure out a different dose. I…
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Stage I Jaw Osteonecrosis
It's official. Oral surgeon said the ulcer is a small area of exposed bone=Stage 1 jaw osteonecrosis. He started me on a chlorhexidine rinse. He would like me to take a holiday from xgeva for a few months. I haven't talked to onc yet, but he will probably agree. If it gets worse or doesn't heal well, oral sugeon may…
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Infiltrating Ductal Carcinomia
Hi Everyone, I just can't seem to get it together. That is sharing with strangers . I now realize that support is a wonderful thing to have. Though you have family, friends, church family, co-workers, etc. that support you, you can also use that support of others that are going through what you are going through or have…
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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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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…