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Do you or anyone you care about suffer from heartburn or acid reflux?
Teri posted about a friend who had BC and now has Esophageal Cancer. My husband has EC and I belong to a couple of EC boards. I have never heard of EC metastasizing from someplace else altho' it is notorious for metastasizing to other locations. April is coming up and is Esophageal Cancer Awareness Month. It is the fastest…
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Are other cancers in family members a sign of predilection towards cancer
Like most everyone, I've been doing a lot of research while waiting for my biopsy results. One of the things I've been doing (that honestly I should have done a long time ago), is getting some family history. There's no history of breast cancer in my family. However, both my mother and aunt had colon cancer and my brother…
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Laurissa update
So sorry i haven't been posting,I guess I'm in my own world of depression...my sister Laurissa is in her own as well !!! She has been getting chemo every two weeks are so when blood levels allow. Dr. say her liver is doing better and will have another scan in march to confurm how things are doing.She is so sick from…
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What to expect?
So, I'm a 10 year bc survivor. Stage IIA, negative nodes, er/pr+, her2-, received lumpectomy, node dissection, 4 rounds AC, and radiation in 2001/2002. I was 29 years old. Now I'm 39 and have been diagnosed a second time with what appears to be a stage I tumor in the same breast. I decided to have a double mas. with…
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Inspiring Irish Poem for St. Pat's Day
This was posted on a blog I read from Marie in Ireland - blog is called "Journeying Beyond Breast Cancer." It really spoke to me and I thought you might like it as well. Hugs, Linda In honor of St Patrick’s Day today, I offer all my friends a blessing from the book Anam Cara – Spiritual Wisdom from a Celtic World by the…
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Thank you Sue!
The card is lovely. And even more, it came at just the right time to lift my spirits. Hugs, Linda
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Today is Gagee's Birthday!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR DIANA HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!! AND MANY MORE...!!! Hope this birthday is just the beginning of a year filled with happiness! ♥ Cat
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10 YEAR SURVIVOR - MORE RESULTS, DOESNT SOUND GOOD!
Hello Everyone, I am the newbie, Nina, who has been posting about her latest breast cancer diagnosis. If you remember I mentioned, I had breast cancer 9 yrs ago, i would have been a 10 year survivor next mth, but now i got a reoccurance, or yet another breast cancer, they are not sure yet, not all pathology has come…
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anyone have wire directed lumpectomy? update
Thank you all for the support and prayers. Not to scare anyone, but mine was very painful, probably bz they said I had so much scar tissue from the biopsy(s). I had two tumors. The good news is that margins came back clear, so I will start radiation next week. We won this battle, but there is still a war to fight and win.…
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Failed breast implant
Hi All, It's been a while since I've been on here. I had my tissue expanders replaced with silicone implants in Oct. '11. I had high hopes of continuing on with life with new soft breasts. That was not to be. Because I had radiation on my right side in 2010, my skin did not tolerate the stress of the new surgery. About 2…
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How long for White and Red Blood Cell Counts to come up?
I finished my 4th round of A/C 2 weeks ago. On the lab before that one, my WBC was 45.6, so my onco said I should skip the Neulasta shot that time. I was supposed to start Taxol today, but my WBC was 1.2 and my RBC was 8.8. :-( I guess that explains why I get to feeling tired and winded. So, chemo was postponed til next…
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Off Topic but need good thoughts
I haven't been posting much lately. Have had some personal issues to deal with. My cobra is done and I have no health coverage. I will be 65 in a year so am hoping that I can hang tough until medicare begins. I have used all the past suggestions that you all have posted before but so far I am batting zero. I have faith…
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do hot flashes get any better as tamoxifin is taken?
Am on third month of tamoxifin and wondering how much worse these hot flaashes can get? I din't want to take any more pills ... do they ease up any?? Any suggestions in managing them would be appreciated .....I had dcis and lumpectomy then radiation with hrdly any symptoms or problems, but these hot flashes are really…
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PINK SISTERS, The Pink Bus Is Rolling Friday, March 16th For Dawne-Texasgirl10
Dawne is having a biopsy on Friday, so, can we all jump on the pink bus to support her? Hugs, Angie
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Breast Tomosynthesis (3D Mammogram)
Had a 3D mammogram yesterday, a new technology that help doctors detect smaller tumors sooner, especially useful for those of us with dense breasts. This machine is available at the breast center of my hospital. My Medicare HMO will be charged for regular 2D mammogram, co-pay was $50 and the remaining costs are covered by…
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Ran into first RN with a 'tude about not using lympho arm Update!
Yesterday, I had an appt with ortho because I'm still having some pain and decreased ROM in non mast. arm. The pain startee during last CAT about 2 months ago. I saw my PA. and she thought I might have gotten a little tear from holding position for the CAT. So when I saw her a month after that appt (for the rest of my…
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continued tenderness after surgery
Hi all, Hope you're all doing well and hanging in there. I have a question for ya. I had a lumpectomy in Sept '11. I am still having tenderness at the incision site. It isn't anything I can't live with, but my mammogram is coming up and there's no way I could stand the pain of being squeezed that hard. Is this normal to…
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Support from family and friends
This is actually my first post. About a month ago I was diagnosed and from there I was on fast track with appt.’s and surgery. My follow up to my surgery is tomorrow and mid April I will begin my radiation. Since I am new to all of this, I have to admit what I find very disturbing is who you think is going to be there for…
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Another cancer, scared,freaking out!
Hi, I lost my way to "here" ,and couldn't read or post. Anyway.... I was just in FL visiting my daughter,because she had twins. I unexpectedly had a huge GI bleed out. Ended up in the ER! Transferred to my hometown hospital in NJ. Had a blood transfusion, found out I have a cecum colon mass, my colon cancer has returned!…
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What cancer take from us
Greetings ladies! I have been finished with all treatments for about 6 months now. My hair is growing back. I have my energy back and am able to work out daily. I look normal again. Although I am good physically, emotionally I am not as good as I would like to be. Cancer has taken my sense of "security" from me, I guess.…
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Anybody near Tucson?
Hi Pinks, I'm going to Tucson Thursday and coming back home to lame, cold, South Dakota on Monday. Was wondering if anybody was in Tucson and may want to meet up, I've never met anybody on this site, and when I see all those reunions it makes me wish I didn't live in desolate South Dakota.
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Future trip to San Francisco
Hello Ladies, I am planning to come for busness conference and will stay in San Francisco for several days in June ( June 16-19, @ Mascone center). Ladies if you are interested in in-person coffe, lunch, dinner or just a meeting, please PM me. Hugs
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Tamoxifen
Anybody NOT do hormone therapy? You know...just say no. If so, how are you doing and what do you know about the stats on others who have declined it? I'm studying up on every stage of treatment. I start radiation next week then on to hormone therapy...maybe. I'm also wondering if the side effects from Tamoxifen are some…
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Thank you for all the cards.. and again for the flowers.
I can't tell you how much it meant. It was a hard few weeks there and the support is overwhelming. I am back on chemo again and feeling like my new self (rather nauseated), but at least I feel like I am back fighting the beast! The boys and wife/girlfriend are on their trip and I assume having a great time. I heard from…
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24 lymph nodes removed, 11 had cancer
I just got back from the Dr. (surgeon) Modified radical masectomy last Thursday (1 week ago today) so got the pathology results...I just found it very strange that the Pet-scan showed 3 lymph nodes only when in fact there were 11 that were with cancer? Is this common? He said clear margins so I guess I am thankful for that…
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Today is TGF's Birthday!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR TEENA HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!! AND MANY MORE...!!! Hope you have a Blessed day/year filled with all the things you ♥ most! ♥ Cat
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Today is Lynda53's Birthday!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR LYNDA HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!! AND MANY MORE...!!! Wishing you Health, Happiness, & Love on your special day & throughout the year. ♥ Cat
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Today is Sal314's Birthday!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR SALLY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!! AND MANY MORE...!!! May all the candles on your cake become wishes that come true! ♥ Cat
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Lump
My cousin felt a lump, she went to her OB and they felt it too...but told her to hold off on getting it checked out until after her period at the end of the month. She is not overly concerned, but I am nervous. She is from my mothers side, and my mom, our grandfather have both had cancer and her grandmother, dads mom, had…
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Ice packs on finger and toe nails with Taxol? When and how?
I've seen a mention of using ice packs on finger and toe nails to prevent nail damage when on Taxol. When and how often do you do that? I am supposed to start Taxol next Tuesday. Angie