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Aromasin for 10 years?
Hi Everyone, I just went for my 6 month check-up and was told I will be stopping Aromasin in December. That will be my five year mark. My oncologist said it was only determined that tamoxifen will be used for 10 years. Has anyone heard anything different from their doctors? I thought maybe I would be done because I had a…
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Estrogen + question?
Ok this is m y question, I take exemestane and you all know it kills the estrogen well my skin is starting to sag around my neck and i know without estrogen your skin loses elasticity i don't eat food with soy in it, if im a ware of it and i dont use creams and stuff i only use fragrance free lotions. H E L P P L E A S E ,…
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Today !
Hello all ! Today is here and it is gorgeous here in the catskill mountains. Temps near 77 today with lots of sun. Thinking about making a bird house to add to my tree. Im trying like heck to keep my head up but these ups and downs all day are wrecking havic on me. I hate it, why is it this way ? What do you all do to help…
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Any recent updates
on our kindred Chen?? Sure so miss her posts.
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Headache,depression,felling like you can hear every clock in the house ,sleepless nights,while on an
If so what did you oncologist have you do . I called mind today but havn't got to talk to her yet .The nurse I talk to me and wanted to know if I wanted to stop taking it . Right now I do if this keeps up I have been taking it for 3 months this past month I got the headaches behind my eyes and the top of my head . Hoping…
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Stage IV
Its justme again ! Its official, I am diagnosed with stage IV. Do any of you here have stage IV breast cancer ? I am looking for everyone here with information that could be useful or mind soothing at this point. I just sat at the kitchen table having dinner with Raul and we were discussing it, Im angry right…
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red burning hands
The sister of a friend of mine is currently on taxol, once every other week. She is having a really hard time with red burning hands and feet. I didn't have this problem so I don't know what has helped. Her docs are advising tylenol and ibuprofin. Have any of you with this nasty side effect had success with other things?…
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hello again
I have returned to the board after being gone for quite a while. I was lolad back then too. I was 36 when i was diagnosed with breast cancer. I had a double mastecomy with reconstruction and chemotherapy. I wanted to return and help those sisters who are going through there battles now. With me, finding this site helped me…
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Muscle Weakness STILL
I have put off posting for some time, but here goes. I completed my chemotherapy (AC, then T) about a year and a half ago. I became very anemic (which is normal) and had extreme side effects from Taxotere and was changed to Taxol for the last two sessions. I had peripheral neuropathy in hands and feet. Hands are about back…
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hello again
I have returned to the board after being gone for quite a while. I was lolad back then too. I was 36 when i was diagnosed with breast cancer. I had a double mastecomy with reconstruction and chemotherapy. I wanted to return and help those sisters who are going through there battles now. With me, finding this site helped me…
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Update first IDC now SCC
I saw my new doc at UIC today, I go for a CT scan on Tuesday then I see her again and a rad onco on March 16. She's hoping to be able to try just radiation treatment due to the fact that surgery can be disfiguring....I will find out on the 16th if it will just be radiation or surgery and radiation. I really like my new…
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Tubes are out
The tubes came out today and now it's SHOWER TIME!!!!! WOOOOOO HOOOOOO!!!!!
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Pink Bus!
Can I commission the PINK BUS for Friday the 26th, so I can bring all my new Pink Sisters & Brothers with me to the Hospital for my Surgery? I would feel so blessed if you all could come. I am starting to feel a little, OK!!! a lot, more nervous now that I only have just 2 days before the surgery.... God Bless! Everyone,…
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how many here have to NO BC in family?
I know this subject has been posted in past. Just curious of how many of us had little/ very little chance of BC and had it? EAch time I go for mamo ask many questions (prior to my cancer) and give a so called rating of your chances. MINE was like 1% yet I had it. Denise
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hello again
I have returned to the board after being gone for quite a while. I was lolad back then too. I was 36 when i was diagnosed with breast cancer. I had a double mastecomy with reconstruction and chemotherapy. I wanted to return and help those sisters who are going through there battles now. With me, finding this site helped me…
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Maybe 3rd Round Taxo & Cytox!!! Been delayed twice!
Wish me luck today! Hopefully I will be able to continue my Chemo treatments today! Had to cancel 3/25 and 4/1 treatment dates due to Radiation Recall. I had Mammosite (internal radiation) first and then started Chemo. The Chemo always finds the weakest link in your body! It's like a bad sunburn that peels and leaves skin…
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Update on my friend
He got the call with his biopsy results yesterday morning. The news was not so good. He heard the words no one wants to hear "You have cancer". The good side of it (if there can be one) is that of the nine polyps they removed only one was positive. He will be going to see his urologist on the 29th so they can discuss the…
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Estring Usage
I am post-menopausal and at 65 was diagnosed with stage 1C invasive ductal carcinoma. I've had a lumpectomy, chemo and radiation. My margins were clear and I had no node involvement and my tumor was ER+/PR+. I'm now on Arimidex. Today, my new gynecologist prescribed Estring, a vaginal estrogen ring, to aid in combating…
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NEW Game - Tilly Williams
Hope this game works - I'm fairly sure that I'm not the only ex-Girl Scout or GS Leader and this is shortened version of a game we always played on roaad trips with new members. There are 'right' answers but they are varried. We are on a trip and need to take something and not take something. So I will take rope but not an…
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How many of you used Birth control pills or hormone replacemnt therapy?
I always wondered how much birth control pills contributed to my cancer?
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50 Just Diagnosed Upstate NY looking for emotional support
2013-04-29 Hello ! My name is Lisa. March 22,2013 I was diagnosed with breast cancer. Left breast mass almost measuring 5 cm. I have been through all tests and procedures to determine treatment. My last test was a liver biopsy. Results came in on this past Thursday. Positive metastatic liver cancer. I am expecting a call…
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papilloma??
I am a 5yr survivor, had right mastectomy chemo and rads. Now other breast shows micro papillomas, which were biopsied but no CA. I was told these could develope into larger papillomas which must be removed and they ususally find CA cells outside the papilloma. Has anyone else had these? I am now thinking about getting a…
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need help to tell the doctor if finishing up rad treatments
I haven't taken my radiation treatments for over about seven days. I had to keep putting them off. I go back tomorrow to see if I will continue or not I have six left, my problem is. My skin is really burnt and very sore and seems more skin is coming off and it has broken open in places and very raw, and bleeding. It seems…
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Crazy Horse Volks Marche
ANyone else doing the Crazy Horse Memorial (SD) Volks Marche the first weekend in June? It is a 7K walk from the parlking lot to the arm of the carving. Winyan - The Power Within Susan
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word with friends
Anyone play words with friends on this site? I am addicted... Denise
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**Some Dumb Blonde HA HA's - No Offense If You're Blonde**
Question: If a blonde and a brunette fell off a building, who would hit the ground first? Answer: The brunette - the blonde would have to stop for directions! The assistant asked the blonde if she would like her pizza cut into six pieces or twelve. "Six please" she said, "I could never eat twelve!" A person went into the…
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The dexamethasone crash
I don't know about anyone else but this was my first round of Taxotere/Cytoxin and the dexamethasone kicked my ****. I already have ADD and take Ritalin. So the premed started Tuesday and I finally fell asleep at 2AM. Then comes chemo day and slept by 1:30, the day after was back to 2AM. I was stupid at work Friday and…
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Back Home From The Hospital!
Hi All, I've been in the hospital. I finally called my cancer nurse who told me to go to the ER immediately when things were no better late Tuesday afternoon. Miserable as I was, I went and they kept me. We always think the worse! In 2008 I had malignant celiac nodes (nodes near stomach). Since I was also having pain in…
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Can You Come With Me On The Pink Bus Monday Please?
It's that time again. EEK! Going in Monday for my mammo and ultrasound and praying that everything will be ok. I want NED to continue dancing with me! I am sure everything will be fine, as it has been so far, but, I would really love to have all of you come along with me. I need to hear you singing, laughing and keeping my…
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Sleeping after your mastectomy?
I know I will have to sleep on my back, which will be hard for me. I was wondering how others made themselves comfortable while recovering. I was told I would have possibly four drains and the Solace pain pump hanging from my chest area. I plan to sleep in my recliner at first.... Any input would be appreciated.... God…