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I Need a Pink Diva Bus
I am asking for a Pink Bus. I have a breast MRI scheduled for Mon, 2/18. I've had MRI's before, but, as you all know, these tests can be so nerve wracking. I am going to the imaging center where I heard those awful words, " You have cancer." I am going to hold my head up high and take care of business. I wouldn't mind a…
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pain after tram flap
I had tram flap surgery in October. Everything seems to have healed fine, but in the past couple weeks, I have a severe pain to the right and just above my belly button. It hurts to raise my arms to wash my hair, hang clothes up, put dishes away, etc. I can't lay flat on my back anymore. There are some mornings I wake up…
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NED!! (Doris, you rock, thanks for the advice)
Finally, got my email from the imaging center. They never say NED, just no suspicious findings. But yay, however they want to say it, I'll take it. And thank you, thank you, Doris, for the advice. I know this because I got my very own email from the imaging center just like Doris said, and I'm reading my own report. My…
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Good Article To Read if Your Stage IV
Let's hope that "the best laid plans of mice and men often go astray" in this case don't. It is an old article about 5 months old but someone reminded me of it lately and I thought I would post it. It came from the New York Times in September. Seeking Cures, Patients Enlist Mice Stand-Ins By Andrew Pollack BALTIMORE —…
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Did everyone get a flu shot?
My husband got one, but, I didn't as the last time I got one, I got the flu, literally, within a few hours. I know they say you can't get it from the flu shot, but, I did or else it was the strangest coincidence ever. The news makes it sounds so bad so I am struggling if I should chance getting the shot. Thanks, Angie
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Now I have an onco I can talk to
New onco can talk to yea. I got switched to amerdix forgive spelling. Understanding of what I have been through . He beleives a doc should listen to the patient thanks for coming with me. Now today I go for a fittingof my new dentures i hope to get next week then I can eat more normal. I go back in one month to see him.
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finally done!
it seems like just yesterday when i joined this site....and today is my 3rd day after my 4th and LAST chemo.it has been a long and hard journey but at least now i could see the light at tthe end of the tunnel. A chapter is ending and another to start when i start my rads in March. There are still a lot to do, a lot to…
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Flor Essence?
Have any of you heard of Flor Essence? It's a dietary supplement (a detox) I read about it in a magazine i get. I've read a few reveiws on it,but just wondered if any of you heard of it.~~MollyZ~~
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Update
It has taken over 4 month to get my medical records I finnally got them to email them I only got parts of it . It helps alittle . I hope mon to get the start of denture done. This last trip to the oral surgeon was no fun I am still in pain no fun. I have a new onco that is closer to me . On the 11th . Then the part they…
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BC took my confidence
I try to be postive, but have been having a hardtime lately. All my Dr's say the the bc is gone (with extensvie surgeries), and everyone around me stresses the importance of a good attitude. I can feel my strength coming back. I took a PT sales job and am having a hard time being 'myself" because I have changed. I am…
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Texasgirl10 update
I just wanted to update y'all on Dawne. She is hanging in there. She has chemo every other Monday. It is rough on her but she is fighting hard. Her faith holds her strong. She will be having a PET scan on the 30th so please keep her in your prayers. Her younger sister (early 30's) was dx about 6 wks ago with stage 3…
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cysts on my liver
I have had a few scans over the past 3 years since my dx. A couple of scans ago they mention that there are cysts on my liver. The last scan I had it says that there are now 3 cysts on my liver but the others were unchanged. I have been researching this, of course! It sounds like it is normal and no big deal. The…
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Faslodex, 2nd Time Around - Failed Again
Yesterday, I had a ct scan due to more coughing, more SOB and this awful wheezing. Today, I picked up the results. Progression, a lot in the left lung, stable in other areas, and etc. Faslodex, I began last March, 2nd time around. Lasted longer than the first time around which was all of 7 months. I was a lot more nervous…
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Last treatment
Today is my last chemo treatment before surgery and I am SO happy. I am tired of my swollen hurting feet and lack of taste etc.. This beast will be gone soon and with God's help will stay gone! Hallelujah!!
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I need the pink bus for Monday afternoon...
I have a mammogram (I cant believe its been a year) and then an appointment with my surgeon to go over the results. I am trying to think positive thoughts but its hard. I am so afraid that the cancer is going to come back. Thanks for being there with me Ellen
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Monday's pink bus -- could I trouble you to make one more stop?
It's my annual mammogram, three years since diagnosis and treatment and I'm nervous. And even more frustrating is the fact it often takes a week to get the results. The imaging center always tells me the doctors will have the results the next day, but though I call (and beg and plead) and leave messages offering to bring…
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PET scan today - results
So far, I had a ultrasound with mammo of lymph nodes last Wednesday. Nodes are normal, thank God. Had port put in Friday, PET scan today, MUGA Wednesday and start chemo Thursday. I have learned that I am triple negative. My last cancer in 2010 was ++- The one today, I am terrified of. While I'm not normally hypocondriac,…
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Arimidex
Hi ladies I hope everyone is doing ok. Just wanted to check in. I had to stop taking arimidex for two weeks because of severe tingling and pain in my hand. Saw the Onco Dr on Thursday and he gave me neuron ton and had me start taking the arimidex again. I have an app with him next month so I will se. How it goes. In the…
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Surgery tomorrow
Tomorrow I'll be seeing a surgeon - to straighten out a somewhat mangled wrist. On Jan 26 I succeeded in tripping/slipping on one of the dog bones aand down I went on butt and a wrist. Hubby got home shortly and off we went to UC - both bones broken slightly above joint but fairly well aligned so sent home in a splint and…
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Does the side affects go away after treatment with anastrozole or Tamoxifen
Does the side affects go away after treatment with anastrozole or tamoxifen for 5years .Does the body start making estrogen again or does it stop it forever ,just woundering Hope
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Sores on tongue
Hello, I am a triple negative breast cancer survivor. I finished my chemo treatments in September 2011. for the past year or so I have been having a problem with what I think are inflamed taste buds. I have tried stopping different foods, stopping medications, but nothing helps. I thought it was an anti-depressant…
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Arimidex vs. tamoxifen
Hi all. I posted about a week ago the concerns about quality of life on Arimidex. I went to my oncologist today and he took me off of it stating that he's had 'a lot of complaints about the side effects being worse than the disease itself'. He's put me on Tamoxifen starting today. Can anyone tell me their experiences with…
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Would you have your rad tattoo's removed?
Mine are really faded and you can barely see them. I have a girlfriend that is thinking of having hers removed by laser. I thought I had read somewhere that you might want to keep them, so, if you go to the hospital, they will see them and realize you had rads? But, mine are so faded that I don't think they'd see them.…
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Tamoxifen
I am a breast cancer survivor two years down the road. I had a lumpectomy (Her2 Positive) and left armpit lymph node clearance back in September 2010. I had Chemo (Carboplatin and taxatere), Herceptin and Radiotherapy. I am currently on Tamoxifen (since April 2011) and have experienced tiredness since day one. However it…
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So far, so good :-)
Radiologist herself came out to let me know bone scan is unchanged! Yippee!!! I am still waiting to hear about the chest Xray, but I am beginning to wonder if this is the freakin shingles again? I took a valtrex per my pcp's instructions and he is calling in more. I hate shingles, if that is what this is, but it sure beats…
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*\O/* Are You Ready For The SUPER BOWL? *\O/*
I cannot wait for Sunday for the Super Bowl! Are you going to be watching the game? Who are you rooting for? And, what are you fixing to eat? You know I want to know!
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scared
I posted this a day or so ago but it seems to have disappeared so I am posting again. If you you replied please do so again since I didn't see any replies. Today is not a good day. Feeling very scared and uncertain of my future. Had One Abraxane treatment so far for mets to nodes and one small spot on my hip. Trying to…
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Anyone have reconstruction after having severe radiation burns from treatment?
I am having reconstruction done soon. My radiation burns were so bad that I had to postpone a week of the treatments out of my 7 weeks of treatment. I even had the expanders put in during my bilateral mascetomy, yet got infectons so I had to get them taking out. My radiated skin is so tough and no amount of exercise seems…
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Chemical Stress test.
Hi ladies, I need your help. My Dr wants me to have a chemical stress test. I am afraid to have it. My breathing is not good enough to do a regular one. He don't think I can get my heart rate up high enough. So he want the chemical test. I am afraid of the chemicals. My Mother had a bad heart. They gave her a chemical…
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Update
I went to the plastic surgeon today for a post op visit and I am doing great. I have to go back to him in 6 months. Between now and then, I have to decide if I want nipple reconstruction. I am so tired of making decisions. LOL! Ellen