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aromasin (exemestane) and aches
Hi, after being taken off tamoxifen I've been on aromasin for about 2 months. Every morning my wrist, hands and fingers ache. Has anyone else having aches and pains while on aromasin? Thanks Linny
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Thank you to Someone
At least I think I'm posting about it on the right forum (I do a Secret Santa at another site ) as the name was on it (J. K.) but not screen name. It wwas here yesterday but I didn't go to box ( our mail goes to those big boxes that have small locked boxes in them and it's 1/2 mile away so some days I don't go there.) It…
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3 word game-ref: Christmas
I have searched for it to read how it is coming along...I do not see it even in older posts..if someone can bump it would be great..I had fun checking on progress Denise
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My ornament came today!!!
I got my beautiful angel ornament today. Thank you so much Linda, mollyz. She is just beautiful and I love angels, the perfect little ornament. She is sitting on my desk and will remain there all ways for me to look at. She is white with a pink skirt and is holding a pink breast cancer ribbon,perfect,beautiful.I have…
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Depression a year and a half after surgury
Hi has any body had depression a year and a half after surgery i don't know whats going on but i cry all the time i didn't think i was having trouble with my masectomy but maybe i am any thoughts on this Frankie
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Ornament
Thank you KitKitKat so much for the beautiful Christmas wreath ornament. It glimmers and shimmers in the light. So lovely. I just mailed my ornament yesterday, so if someone has not received their ornament yet, don't give up. Some of us just can't get our acts together! Suzanne
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update on Pam 5
Hi everybody, Happy Holidays! I just finished my second round of 3 treatments and begin my third December 20th. That will finish January 3rd. I will make an appointment tomorrow to see my surgeon the third week of December. Hopefully we can do the mastectomy the end of January. The tumor is now under 2 cm from 4.5 x 4 cm.…
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Symptoms of uterine cancer
Since Tamoxifen is often prescribed for women who have breast cancer and there is a link between its use and a rarer more aggressive form of uterine cancer, it's important to be familiar with the symptoms of uterine cancer, some of which are: Symptoms Abnormal uterine bleeding, abnormal menstrual periods Bleeding between…
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Friend-3rd time in month surgery today
I know many of you can relate...I feel so bad for her besides the pain and med just the metal part of keep going back to GET MORE-since not quite enough...she is in OR NOW.. Denise
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UPDATE-->Question: Swollen Breast and Pink Skin with Pains, Normal?
Hi lovely ladies! I feel like I'm going crazy! I finished radiation towards the end of Aug. and did my mammo last month - ouch! My question is, is it normal to have pulling pains on the side of surgery (I had a lumpectomy)? My breast is swollen and the skin is pink/red with signs of rash? The pains come and go. As a…
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Thank you, roseann4, for my beautiful angel!
Today’s mail brought me a quietly beautiful “Angel of Friendship” ornament from roseann4. It’s a hand-carved angel cradling a puppy, from artist Susan Lordi –- hope you can see it clearly, to the left, or check out my expressions page for a larger image. I was so excited and touched to receive it -- it was just what I…
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OT (laser surgery for varicose veins)
Has anyone had laser surgery on varicose veins. My doctor mentioned it to me but with bc I don't like my body being invaded with things I know nothing about.There is also another treatment to inject saline and the vein disappears.That is something I prefer but I don't know about this laser thing. Any help from others.Maybe…
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Generating Ideas for bad memory
Ok here is the issue. Whodathunkit. After getting breast cancer I managed to miss a breast exam and went two months without a self exam. I blame it partially on bad memory and partially on menopause. Before menopause I would remember about 10 times out of 12 to do my monthly self exam. It was easy to remember to do it a…
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Please fill in your profiles
We have so many newbies and so few are filling in anything about themselves. It does help when making replies to know something about who is being replied to. Such as type (IBC/ IDC/ILC/DCIS/LCIS/etc) stage, and TX. It helps with replies that deal with you. The diffe4rent types have diffeent issues.
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Bad Weather delaying Ornaments Arriving?
I have to wonder??? I mailed my ornament out to my pink sister on Nov. 30th and have not seen a post that she has received it yet. I really wonder if it is due to the bad weather we are having in "some areas" of our country? Since I mailed it at the UPS store using the postal service, there was no tracking available to…
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NUTS! Sister is now pink, too!
NUTS! My sister just called....she has joined the league of Sisters in Pink...sigh...pathology not back yet, but it looks early stage. So, not to be outdone by her little sister (me), my sister joins the ranks of a survivor of 2 cancers...anal and now breast...(mine was rectal and breast)... Hugs, Kathi
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Some hopeful news about new drug combos for those of us with advanced disease
"Treatment for advanced breast cancer could improve significantly if doctors give women combinations of medications that attack tumors in different ways, two large clinical trials suggest. In one study, researchers found (ER+) patients fared better when a breast cancer drug called an aromatase inhibitor was combined with…
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Today is Sbmly53's Birthday!
Hope your day is filled with everything and everyone you love most! Celebrate! much love, Jenny
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Today is Miss Renee's Birthday!
Sending Happy Birthday wishes your way - hope you have a wonderful day! much love, Jenny
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My Ornament has Arrived!
I received a beautiful glass snowflake ornament from linpsu. I can really appreciate that it is a Pennsylvania snowflake since I was born in Philadelphia & lived in Benton until I was ll yrs. old. Thank you so much. I will post a picture when I put up my tree and hang it. Hugs, Georgia
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Received my beautiful angel from Ayse
Thank you Ayse, It changed my whole day... thank you I had a smile on my face all day and the hug was felt too! Hugs right back to you! Carol
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** A Christmas Ha Ha **
Did Santa Give You That Present? On Christmas morning a cop on horseback is sitting at a traffic light, and next to him is a kid on his shiny new bike. The cop says to the kid, "Nice bike you got there. Did Santa bring that to you?" The kid says, "Yeah." The cop says, "Well, next year tell Santa to put a tail-light on that…
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lots to consider...
First, the update...as you may remember, my onc recently changed my chemo since the xeloda wasn't working. The onc was recommending taxol. After a tip from our dear friend Phoenix Rising, I did some research and asked my onc about abraxane instead. Both taxol and abraxane are really paclitaxel, but the binding agent is…
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Thank you so much Cindy for the beautiful ornament!
I received my ornament the Day after Thanksgiving! It is a beautiful purple angle make locally! I love, it is even more special to know that you collected the same angles for you daughter! So happy to have found yo all, wish I had sooner! Lots of love Nana
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Ornament arrived!
Ornament arrived! Thank you Melanie! It's a pretty snow woman "bell" with different colored tiny bells around the hem of her dress. I'll post a picture when I get one taken. This has been a lot of fun. My ornament arrived from the west coast and one was put in the mail to CA yesterday. Thanks Jean, for heading up this…
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Results
I went to my biopsy followup yesterday - alone - and got the news that the microcalcification did not contain any cancer. This morning as my girls got ready for school and work, I showed them the biopsy site and told them everything that had happened since Nov. 8th - when the first mammogram showed "something". We cried…
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Areola graft vs. tattoo
Anybody have an areola skin graft done with their nipple reconstruction? My PS had always talked about getting an areola tattoo, but when I was there for my pre-op we decided to do the skin graft....more because I would be done sooner and not have to go back in 2 months for the tattoo (I've moved 4 hours away). I'm…
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Today is Cruf's Birthday!
Sending Happy Birthday wishes your way - hope you have a fantastic day! much love, -Jenny
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UPDATE - please help --- Triple Negative bc Questions for a Friend
Hi ladies! Another friend of ours was dx, 34. Her type is triple neg. I would like some feedback about what kind of chemo you got for this type and what the side effects were, and if you have any suggestions as to how to deal with them. I was estrogen + so they gave me AC/T, not sure if they do the same for all bc, or if…
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Having a off/bad day
I can not stop crying today, I have been sitting up the Christmas stuff and I just don't have the energy for it. I have to stop and just cry and it's bumming me out. I don't know why I am having such a bad day. The only thing I can figure is I am in need of a blood transfusion and haven't had one in a month. My last three…