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Y'all are awesome
I just want to let you all know that you are the BEST pink sisters and brothers a girl can have. I am so thankful for all of your prayers and well wishes. I am out of the hospital with no blood clots and the pet results showed no advancement. My onc did change my chemo regime to FEC every 3 weeks for 18 weeks. I will have…
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Pictures Of "New Grandson"
Just uploaded a couple of pics of the "new" grandson, Mom and "The Proud Pappa" on the Expressions Page. She went into the hospital because she was having presure on her pelvis around 7 p.m. Her water brooke just before 8p.m. and Lucas was born at 8:52p.m. They were going out to dinner that night and that's why she looks…
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MIL Passed Away
My mother-in-law passed away late Tuesday night. It was exactly 8 weeks to the day that my Mom passed away. It is a blessing that she isn't suffering anymore, but I just can't believe we are going through this again so soon. Unlike my Mom, my MIL was healthy up until last year. This time last year she was living…
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Not quite sure *UPDATE* sort of
what to think ... SOOOOOOOO I've been in limbo since I posted last. Here's the scoop ... I went to an endocrinologist because my primary care doc didn't seem too concerned about my A1C climbing from 6.2 to 7.2 in 6 months. I figure there should be SOME concern, right? While at the endo's he noticed I had some difficulty…
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*** ~ Dancing With The Stars Is On - Yippee! ~ ***
I haven't been on in so long and apologize for that pink sisters, but, I have just been so busy. However, when I saw the cast of Dancing with the Stars, I thought of all of you that love the show and follow it also. So, whatcha think of the new cast? ♠♣ Love, Susie ♠♣ p.s. I will catch up on the posts later..love you all!
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Decisions
I always found tough decisions take me forever to analyze. I got my results of my tumor and it was rated moderate. They said that radiation and hormone treatment was not an option but chemo was because I would be only gaining a small advantage. Right now I have a 15% chance of reoccurrence; if I do chemo then I would have…
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Hot flashes and night sweats
Hi, Ladies, It's me again. Tomorrow is my second round of Taxol. Since my last update, I have gotten more pain in my neck, back, and pelvis. I would still take this any day over the nausea that came with A/C. Anyway, I am having a terrible time with hot flashes and night sweats. I keep waking up covered in sweat; then I…
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Camp Kesem.... If you have kids 6-16, this is for YOU!
If you have young kids, you need to check out Campkesem.org. If there is one near you, check for openings. It is the most fabulous thing that cancer will do for your kids. It is funded, organized and run by college kids, who most likely have had parents with cancer. I was kind of worried about sending my 7 and 11 year old…
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Intraoperative Radiation Therapy with Lumpectomy
I am considering a lumpectomy procedure to remove my tumor. An issue I have with lumpectomy is that it requires radiation be applied to my breast after the procedure. I am extremely hesitant about the side-effects caused by radiation, particularly to my heart, lungs and blood vessels. I was considering mastectomy to avoid…
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New to board, Her 2 Neu pos
Hi, I am new to the board and enjoy seeing many peoples comments and stories. I am 40 and just had my first chemo treatment a week ago, all went really good, no nausea at all. Just got tired and achy. I'm on a mix of three different drugs, 2 will be given for four treatments and herceptin for an additional 13. I was lucky…
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(OT) chuckle from my daughter
Just wanted to share what made me LOL last night.... I was at the mall last night with my 9 year old daughter. After a grueling hour in the store "Justice", I was about to lose my mind. I was in the midst of an hour-long hot flash, my hair looked like Bozo, and she wanted to try on every little sparkle/blingy/trendy/ugly/…
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Need to make a decision on recconstruction
Hi - I was diagnosed with DCIS a few weeks ago and am scheduled for a double mastectomy next week. Although the diagnosis is DCIS, the area is too large relative to the size of my breast to do a lumpectomy so they have recommended a mastectomy. Because I am not looking to do a big enhancement, the plastic surgeon has given…
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Does Letrazole make you tired?
I feel like I can't make it thru the whole day. I am full of energy in the morning but by sun-down I am so tired. Any hints to how to beef up my energy?
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One of the BEST Retreats!
This Retreat was one of (If not) the best Retreats I've been to as far as what I got out of it. It didn't start all that great though. Somehow I didn't get notified that the inipi (sweat lodge) had to be canceled so I was there at 8:30 for it - Retreat starts at 12. So I drove to Bear Butte (Lakota Spiritual area) to be by…
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Just checking on everyone
Don't know if anyone remembers me or not but I have kept up with you guys. I don't get on here much, every couple of weeks to just see how everyone is doing. I guess you would call me a stalker. So far I am doing really good. It will be three years on May 14 that I found out that I had breast cancer. In October it will be…
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Need help remembering
I need some help remembering all our Sisters In Pink who are no longer here with us physically but are in Spirit. Once again it's time for me to go to my Retreat and I like to be sure that I remember each during some of the private times while there and during the Inipi (Lakota Sweat Lodge) that is an option that I choose…
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Please not again!!
So I have been floating on cloud nine after my dr. referred to me as NED (no evidence of disease), but now I have something new to worry about. I was at a relatives house this weekend and I was coming upstairs and missed the top step and caught myself by grabbing the baby gate. Didn't hurt when I did it, so I didn't give…
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Non-stress related incontinence
It's a bit embarassing but I've had an occational drip of incontinence since back to early chemo times. Has anyone else had this? I don't know if this is related to the treatment or just my wonderful luck? It's not happening when I sneeze or laugh etc. It's kind of weird for me. I didn't say anything to the doc 'cause…
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Herceptin Treatment Halted
My herceptin treatments will not be started up again. My muga scan showed my heart infraction ratio went from 63 to 51 (in eight months) so I went off Herceptin for four months and my last muga showed it had gone back up to 56....I wanted to start back up on Herceptin but my oncologist advised I see a cardiologist first to…
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Some positive News for Texasgirl10
I just heard from Dawne, there are NO blood clots!! God is good!! She still feels really bad but will get to go home after PET this afternoon, she will see ONC in the morning for results from it. She was very excited that there were no clots and is being positive about the scan. She got one miracle so lets pray for two!!…
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BIG meeting at work today at noon... rumors of layoffs...
Please cross your fingers for me, Pinks. I carry the health insurance for the family. I'm scared about being able to pay for my meds, and my daughter's meds. She has asthma and allergies, including peanut. Tamoxifen is cheap, so that will be okay either way. The LOGICAL side of my brain is "Don't worry... everything will…
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For Stress-Free Travel Follow These Simple Tips
Whether you are experienced with traveling or you are a new traveler, there are many decisions that must be made. Luckily, travel planning is simple if you know how to approach it and have the right information. If you are planning on traveling soon, or simply have an interest in travel, this article provides excellent…
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Should have learned to love limbo
Scan results were not what we wanted. Abdomen and pelvis we did as a follow-up were fine, chest I requested due to nagging cough not good. Right lung full of fluid, basically working with one lung. disease in lining of lung and some "tiny" lymph nodes. Started Xeloda on Saturday will scan again in 8 weeks to see what is…
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5yr question??
Sometimes I feel so ignorant. Someone asked me to explain what is meant when after many treatments it the term 5yr survivor is used. Obviosly it speaks for itself, but what happens after that. Does it mean that (said drug) has a certain survival percentage of people who live 5yrs and than usually die shortly after or do…
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Hi have my test results on Inflammatory breast cancer
Hi everyone Friday I got my results. I am in stage 3b and HER2 Pos. I am going to have 12 rounds weekly of chemo. After that 4 rounds every other week. Taxol, herceptin, cytoxan and adriamycin. GOOD NEWS ITS NOT IN MY BONES OR ANY ORGANS. I will tell you we all feel better knowing what we have to face. I am going to think…
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Just scared...
I'm so tired of reading everthing I can find about Arimidex until wee hours of the morning when I should be asleep only to find I found nothing I don't already know. 3wks ago I had what my surgeon calls a successful double mastectomy for a very rare secretory carcinoma. The margins are clear and pathology on 2 nodes also…
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My hat is off to you all.
One of the things I really like about this discussion board is that we are all in different places at different times in our struggle with this nasty beast. Some days we have chemo brain and others we are functioning fairly well. The beauty of it is that on any given day there is bound to be enough people here with enough…
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Anybody else having problems getting here?
For the last 2 days it's been hard to get in here for me - maybe 1 out of 6 or 7 tries does it go through. Anybody else having problems?
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I am so scared
I am a 49 years old woman with history of cystic breast. Last week I went for my annual Mammogram and Sonogram and the Radiologist told me that she saw one area on my right breast that required a needed aspiration to determine what it is. When I asked if that are can be cancer she said yet. I am going out of my mined with…
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Texasgirl 10 Update!
The cancer is NOT spreading!! Dr is changing chemo to FEC. Dawne said she would have cardiac test weekly. I am sure some of you know more about this than I do. She was really tired and still not feeling well. She was going home to rest some before chemo at 1. I will let you know more when I do. Thank you, thank you, for…