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routine eye appointment today and sending me for more test to rule out cancer in the eye!!!!!!!!!!!
I have never heard of what he called it but it boiled down to sending me for farther testing on friday,the eye Dr. wants to make sure the breast cancer didn't metastasis to the eye (wow),remember i just had a full body pet scan the end of May2012,has anyone ever heard of this,I did goggle and find out that it's common to…
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CAROL (Camul), our beloved Sister in PINK ... How are you doing? /// Any updates from your SCAN on
I've been thinking about you, your circumstances -- and what the $#@$@# comments from your last post that have continued to keep me in stitches .. How are you? Did you travel to Sacramento ? Sleeping ? Praying, HOPING, and worried about you dear one. Gentle hugs, Vicki Sam
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Having a bad day.
Just having a rough day. I'm so restricted to doing just daily duties around the house. So frustrating. Can't even fold laundry well and I never thought that would be something I wanted to do. I have a lot of,pressure in my chest due to,the mastectomy and reconstruction and I know I'm only three weeks out but I am just so…
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Taking my turn on the pity pot
I am scheduled to have my exchange surgery done in two week! Yesterday I woke up feeling a tenderness next to my right underarm at the side of the expander and hubby said it looked to be a pocket of fluid starting. Si I said well we can wait an hour and see if that changes. It did, it got worse. The entire right side was…
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It Is Vacation Time - Would You Like To Share Where You Are Going
I know I want to know. LOL We ♥ Our Vacations
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First app. w/new onco..Good and not so good
Stressful afternoon, I always get soooo anxious and nervous...luckily my husband was there.I was having some doubts about my oncologist so I went back to the cancer center where I was originally treated, but saw a different onco... He was very direct and almost short and curt, basically admonishing me for leaving the…
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Be safe all of you pinkies that are in the way of Hurricane Isaac!
I know we have several pinkies that have and will be suffering thru the effects of Hurricane Isaac, so, be safe, and, keep us updated on how you are doing when you can. Sue :)
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Sorry girls...one week out from last chemo and
in a stinkin' bad mood. My mouth is better but still hurts and can't taste food. I am SICK SICK SICK of chemo! I am tired of being sick and fatigued and boring. I don't go anywhere because I CAN"T. I can't plan any vacation to get relief because it is impossible to plan even an hour ahead. I am broke from the hospital…
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OT Just back from Idaho; home in time for a hurricane
OK, first few days in Idaho, we couldn't go outdoors because of smoke from the southern fires. Finally, a nice rain, a cooling and beautiful clear weather. I really relaxed and enjoyed myself and the mountains were so lovely. I felt my spirit renewed. But now I'm heading home and to work just in time for Isaac. My relief…
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tram flap reconstruction
ok i had a tram flap march 1st 2012. i had a few complications but am working thru it. my questions for anyone with this surgery is when to the bulges under your breast go down and why on occasion do they feel like they are having spasms. i have a relatively small bugle over my stomach incision that hurts unless i wear a…
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Pink Bus
I would love your company on Wednesday for my 6 month onc checkup. xoxoxo Lynn
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Tram Flap surgery
I am considering trans flap surgery in the summer when I have recovered from radiation. I can't have implants due to radiation issues. I had a left breast mastectomy and I want to have the other breast removed. Anyone had trans flap surgery? I am really scared about t.
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Sister's Appt
My sister saw the surgeon Monday.After some discussion she is having reconstruction.So the surgeon is sending her to a plastic surgeon and he will go over things and see what can or should be done. The general surgeon does the masctomies and the platic surgeon does the reconstruction????? She said both would be done the…
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Weight gain causes breast cancer?
I was diagnosed with stage one breast cancer. I had a lumpectomy and am finishing up 33 days of radiation and will then go on an estrogen blocker drug. Not sure which one yet. I quit smoking three years ago and went from a size 8 to a size 14 in no time. I asked my radiation oncologist if this is why I got breast cancer.…
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Invasive Lobular Carcinoma
I am new to cancer - I am 43 years old. I have yet to meet with a surgeon and it is inconclusive whether or not the cancer is in my lymphnodes. What sort of experiences have people had with this type of cancer? Is it treatable? Will I live? They are guessing stage 2 but will know for sure until they are able to verify the…
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Today is ShirleyCurl's Birthday!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR ELLEN HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!! AND MANY MORE...!!! May all the candles on your cake become wishes that come true! Have a great day! ♥ Cat
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We lost a beloved pink sister today...
With a heavy heart I am passing along a message posted on my Facebook wall. Our beloved sister Jennifer (grams2jc) passed away earlier today. Her daughter posted yesterday that her brain tumors spread to the brain lining. They thought they had a few weeks and were just trying to keep her comfortable. God took her today...…
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OT --- how do I change my avatar
I did try and try and try ... but I can't change the picture I am using at the moment. When I delete the current photo .. I save that option then I upload a new photo...SAVE... and it comes back with the old avatar. I did make sure to keep the size limits (as noted on the page)..any suggestions?
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newly diagnosed and recovering from double mastectomy 36 years old
So I am 36 and felt a bump. IDC they tell me. I had a breast augmentation in nov 2011 and now this. They said it may have pushed my tissue forward and made it easier to feel. so I just filled out my profile and it felt good to actually write for awhile about all this. It has been very scary and I'm so very angry,…
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BRCA2
I have not been diagnosed with cancer but the rep at the ACS number encouraged me to post here. My mother died of breast cancer (diagnosed at 32, died at 45) and several women in her family had it. I am 33 and got myself tested for the gene this summer. On Tuesday I found out that I am positive for BRCA2. I was expecting…
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Long Time No Post
Hello Pink Warriors. Its been a while since I last posted. I have not had such good luck. I don't even remember if I posted that I had an aortic valve replacement and spent a month in Johns Hopkins, then 3 weeks in a nursing home rehab facility, only to have kidney failure. I am now on dialysis three times a week and am…
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I am asking for the pink bus ladies
I have a new onco appt. on the 28th early at 7am I hope he listens to me and helps with the side effects that I have been having, Saw my new pcp yesterday he found two lumps on my thyroid going for an unltrasound and mammogram on the 30th of august. The unltrasound scares me abit. Forgive the spelling I think its off. I…
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tram flap reconstruction
ok i had a tram flap march 1st 2012. i had a few complications but am working thru it. my questions for anyone with this surgery is when to the bulges under your breast go down and why on occasion do they feel like they are having spasms. i have a relatively small bugle over my stomach incision that hurts unless i wear a…
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found a possible source of financial assistance...
It's called the pink fund... http://www.thepinkfund.org/the_pink_fund_application.php
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that's when I just (long funny-ish story!)
Since my oncologist refuses to prescribe ANY meds for my getting-worse-everyday hip pain I went to my primary care. She did give me a script for the pain but it doesn't even begin to take the edge off the pain. She suggested some therapy and how using a tens(sp?) unit might help. Sounded promising enough...my bad! So,…
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I'm Bad, I'm Sorry!!! Much Love!
Hello dearly loved pinks. I'm not totally bad and I do check in ever so often and try to keep up with all of you. Natly and I keep in touch and she also has kept me up on everyone. I have had so many health issues and dealing with them and the after effects of bc has kept me out of it a lot. As for bc, the docs say I'm in…
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Today is Pokrydi's Birthday!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR POKRYDI HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!! AND MANY MORE...!!! Best wishes on your special day & throughout the year! ♥ Cat
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Today is Debi.18's Birthday!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR DEBI HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!! AND MANY MORE...!!! May all the candles on your cake become wishes that come true! Have a great day! ♥ Cat
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To all of our new "members" and maybe some of our veterans
With all the new members, and so many of us struggling right now on this board, may I offer a recommendation that has certainly changed my life and helped me so much through this struggle. As some of you know, I attend a 2-hour group therapy session every week at a wonderful place called "The Wellness Community" here in…
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Expander question
I am having expanders put in in July. I had a double mastectomy in December, but (obviously) no reconstruction. I'm wondering what does it feel like to have expanders in your chest. Are they soft, hard? Can you sleep on your stomach? My husband says my prosthetic breast forms feel like "memory foam pillows"...I'm thinking…