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Depression, Loss of Appetite and Tamoxifan? Is there a link?
Hi, Ladies, It has been a while since I have been on the site. I started working this past week,which is tiring in itself, but I have had questions about Tamoxifan for a while. I asked my oncologist about the body pain, fatique, and weight loss. I feel horrible because she basically ignored what I was saying by singing the…
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What Next??
I signed up on this site. I don't get it.. How do you navigate this site. Why does it have to be complicated like that. They should use the Kiss, method ( Keep it simple stupid )
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radiation side effects
I am due to start radiation in a few weeks and currently have an expander in place following a single mastectomy. I was wondering how other women with expanders faired in regards to skin thickening, encapsulation, etc. Also, have others experienced fatigue from radiation? I have heard various reports on this. Thank you!
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post chemo effects
I am six weeks post chemo. I had 4 rounds of A/C and 12 rounds of Taxol and finished mid-July. My bone and joint pain is fading, my energy is coming back, and I have a full head of hair again, but in the past couple of days, my eyelashes and eyebrows have fallen out, and my nails are numb and turning black. Does anyone…
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I rang the bell today!!!
Since Jan 10 2012: 20 weeks chemo--CHECK Lumpectomy---CHECK 30 Radiation treatments--CHECK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (At my center, you get to ring a bell when finished plus I got a ball cap and certificate) I'm tired, well cooked, still in the process of losing a big toenail, and have some neuropathy in my feet. HOWEVER, my…
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Onco office visit is done
Couldn`t understand why I was seeing him since I saw another onco in practice I told him insurance will pay for you not her now.lol I am now back on the brand name femara do to the side effects. Now they want to give me denosumab. It seems to be the same like Zometa.Now come the mammo on thursday. Plus the new onco wants a…
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2nd dose of Doxil today
Good morning dear pink warriors, I'm back from CO and refreshed from the wonderful mountain air. I spent over 20 hours at the top of pikes peak on Sunday for the international hill climb, I was 13,000 feet or higher:) Now today back to reality with my feet on the ground and heading to my second dose of Doxil:( I hate going…
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~~ What's Everyone Doing For Labor Day Weekend? ~~
This is our last long weekend for Summer and wondered what everyone was doing over the Labor Day Holiday. Boating, going to a party, having a bbq, just laying around home and relaxing..what are your plans?Happy Labor Day Weekend
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Never heard of this one!!!!
This is something I've never heard of....my sister in law had a bilateral mastectomy with tram flap reconstruction on Monday.....(she lives in NJ..I'm in NC) she called me yesterday...I couldn't believe what she told me.....they used leeches yes, I said leeches, on her "new" breasts to keep the blood flowing in all the…
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expander fills - what to expect?
I had a tissue expander put in my left side on Friday. Beginning Tuesday, I will go in twice a week to have it filled until mid-October when I will have my right side removed and both sides reconstructed My left side is still very tender and twice the side of my right side. It's like the PS stuck a grapefruit in there. I…
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Just checking in. Also survivors guilt.
It's probably been a while. No I have not been sick. The garden has an abundance of food at present and I have been home canning. It is an old art but does not rely on electricity as a freezer does. Since cancer I am no longer the workaholic (at least away from home anyway) so home canning is a way to make up for the lost…
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Check out this side effect....
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504763_162-57495341-10391704/experimental-cancer-drug-makes-mice-infertile-without-side-effects-scientists-claim-male-birth-control-discovery/ Researchers testing a possible treatment for cancer, think it might eventually lead to a male birth control pill...hmm. It worked for the mice...
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OT Hurricane Isaac
Isaac was the "little" storm that packed a terrible punch! Many in my area flooded and are still without power. We finally got power back last night and I am here to tell you that a hot shower is soooo wonderful! Say a little prayer for the folks affected. My older sister and her husband and two dogs are here napping. They…
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Appointment with the onco left us all frustrated.
Hi Everyone, Still no more chemo as my immune system is wiped out. I have to agree on this, the last few months I was nauseated and exhausted for 5 of 7 days, and the other 2 were not good, but tolerable, with one infection after another. Results of the scans were frustrating for everyone to say the least. Pet showed no…
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Wait for it .. Joke for Thursday .. I laughed until, I cried ..
SICK DAYS: We will no longer accept a doctor statement as proof of sickness. If you are able to go to the doctor, you are able to come to work. SURGERY: Operations are now banned. As long as you are an employee here, you need all your organs. You should not consider removing anything. We hired you intact. To have something…
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Lyrics - I'm gonna love you through it
I'm Gonna Love You Through It lyrics She dropped the phone and burst into tears The doctor just confirmed her fears Her husband held it in and held her tight Cancer don't discriminate or care if you're just 38 With three kids who need you in their lives He said, "I know that you're afraid and I am, too But you'll never be…
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Guess I jumped the gun a bit
Last week my pain level after my mastectomy on 8/10 was pretty minimal. Then, the pain/numbing medicine ball with catheter finished and I was told to pull out the catheter--I'm expected a couple of inches. Silly me--I'm pulling, pulling, pulling--12 inches came out of my chest! Luckily, it didn't hurt, but they could have…
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What does it cost......$$$$$$$
I'd like to have a rough realistic idea of what it costs you to have your surgeries....ie. Mastectomy... Chemo..... Radiation.... Breast reconstruction.... Physio...... Stay in hospital for mastectomy.... Return visits to your oncologist or specialist.... I imagine it would cost..... $$$$$$$$$$$$ MEGA BUCKS !!!! As some of…
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Things I did not expect!
Hi Ladies, I am now out 5 months from my second surgery and seem to be cancer-free. That makes me really happy. The only down sides I'm feeling are: I still do not have all of my stamina back. Since I work physically, that is a bummer. My left shoulder got pretty damaged during the second surgery - I guess because they had…
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Just saying
Here I am world, may 5th 2010 had a double mas, chemo and all the crap that happened in between I don't have to tell u guys.Recouperating from surgery Aug 21 to fix implants.I am a boney gal, so they took fat from my knees and plumped up my chest with bigger implants , I was so flat.Tell me how am survoring is beyond me.I…
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Scans at another facility?
I live in a small town and have recently moved some of my care to a large medical center several hours away. Its time for new scans to see if the current drug is working. Are scans pretty equal everywhere? Is it ever advisiable to have scans done/read in a different medicial facility? The new drug I am on was prescribed by…
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wanted to vent - sorry
Hello everybody, I am new here. Was diagnosed with stage 2B grade3 triple Neg. in july of this yr. Had a lumpectomy, 10 nodes out and just finished 2nd cycle of AC. Plodding along, have 14 more cycles to go and then the radaiton. My mom is in remission for the past 6 yrs for excatly the same type. yesterday my sister had…
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New to this site...MIL just dx with stage 1 BC
Hello Everyone Thank you for all being here for me. I am new to the BC site, but not the CSN site. I was a caregiver for my dad who lost his battle with EC in March 2010. My MIL was just dx with stage 1. She is told it is a small mass. This week she is having a scan done to see if the cancer has spread to any other organs.…
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Can we post/upload a video?
I recorded my radiation therapy and thought maybe it might be helpful to those just starting out to see what actually happens during a session. I know it sure would've been far less stressful for me if I could've seen a session beforehand. I guess I'm just one of those people that you could tell me all day long but until I…
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Palliative care, kill or cure?
I have a sad story to share with you from my family in England, but my concern is if the same practice may exist here in the US. My sister in law had both breast removed some 10 years ago and was give the "all clear" until about 9 months ago, when her symptoms returned. Despite trips to Germany for supposed "wonder…
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Blood Transfusion in the arm where lymph nodes were removed for masectomy
Hi, My mom is 9 1/2 years removed from a masectomy and last year was diagnosed with APL leukemia, she requires frequent transufions and she just recently got a transfusion for the first time in the arm where she had lymph nodes removed for her masectomy, which is her laeft arm; they could not find a usable vein in her…
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OT New school year
Daughter started new college (graduated last June community college)now con't her education grandson starting Kindergarten & his brother moving up to NEXT school ... exciting week! Denise
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Lumpectomy vs. Mastectomy
Hi. I was diagnosed with Invasive Ductal breast cancer at the end of June. I had a lumpectomy about 4 weeks ago. My tumor was only .7 cm and the nodes that were removed were clean. I am Estrogen and Prog. positive, and HER-2 negative. BRCA test was negative. Oncotype was a 14. My onco said that I will not need chemo, but…
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rare breast cancer
im 29 I was told im the 28th person in the nation with my type of cancer I have a sarcoma with a little bit of breast cancer to be so young just making 29 and to have my breast removed going thru chemo and radiation is hard and scary im the first in my family to have cancer my parents are no longer here and I have no one…
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I'm new not to sure what to say?
I was diagnosed with stage 2 invasive lobular carcanoma may 2012 have had surgery in june double mastectomy and total hysterectomy I have been through 2 rounds of chemo starting to lose my hair so I really don't like gettig out anymore and could use a few friends that are going through the same thing.I am 52 years old.