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Today is Marilyndbk's Birthday!
Hope your day is filled with wonderful surprises! Happy Birthday! -Jenny
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Today is Lovelylola's Birthday!
Happy Birthday! Hope this is your best one yet! -Jenny
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Today is BlazyTracy's Birthday!
Happy Birthday! Hope your day is filled with everything you love most! -Jenny
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Cancerversary
My journey began 2 years ago tomorrow with a routine mammo. I didn't have the good fortune of meeting you until after my surgery in December. Now, I get to meet several of you in person in Hershey this weekend. Good friends and chocolate, too! Thank you all so very much. Sue
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Lobular Breast Cancer.. Chemo before surgery...Support please...
I was diagnosed with Lobular Carcinoma of my (L) Breast in August 2011. Started A & C Chemo treatment for (4) cycles every 2 weeks the end of August. To start Taxol next week for (4) cycles every two weeks. Last chemo really knocked me out. Just trying to deal with the awful side effects as best as I can. Had Mamo in Jan…
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Bones not healed
The 2 bones in my foot tht broke 8 weeks ago (Hubby's fault - he put an APP on my phone to turn the screen into a flashlight and insisted I had to go outside and see how it worked - well I tripped/slipped in a rut and broke the bones) still aren't healed and the podiatrist is not sure how well they will ever heal. He is…
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Very touching please read.
.. Married or not… you should read this. Marriage. “When I got home that night as ...my wife served dinner, I held her hand and said, I’ve got something to tell you. She sat down and ate quietly. Again I observed the hurt in her eyes. Suddenly I didn’t know how to open my mouth. But I had to let her know what I was…
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For Chickadee
The stuffed peppers were delicious!! Even my daughter (she's picky about green food, and doesn't usually eat peppers) enjoyed them. We had them on a day that both my hubby and I were too tired to cook...thank you so much!!! I'm already looking forward to our next lunch. Hugs, Linda P.S. Somehow your CSN email is set up so…
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mammo post Lumpectomy
I go for mammos and alternate LEFT side (cancer side) and then next time both sides etc.. I assume this is common practice? Denise
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Heels
I asked at oncologist appt today...said nothing to do with Tamoxifen...could be heel issue and to see foot dr...(odd name..I can hear it in my head but not type it out..fiskel something) hehe Denise I think I'll try gel inserts first ! Denise
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Heel Pain - Anyone else?
I have been having heel pain for over a year now and curious if anyone else has had a similar issue. I started Femara last year and experienced joint pain, so I was switched to Arimidex. Shortly after starting Arimidex, I started experiencing severe foot pain mostly in my arch and heel. I tried various heel, cushions,…
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Best time of day to take Arimedix/Anastrozole tablets---morning or night????
I have been having trouble sleeping so I am wondering if it would help to take the Arimedix/Anastrozole tablets at night to help with the sleeping problems???//?
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Vit-D for pain.
Hello Everyone. I was at the Dr, yesterday and I asked about Vit-D for pain. I have been having allot of pain that started with chemo. And has gotten worse in the last few months. Knee, wrist, hips, muscle, joint. And yes I have had test done it is not Mets. Anyway, I read about Vit-D here on this forum. ( can't remember…
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What one SHOULD say to a cancer patient
Ok, we've got a great thread going on what not to say to a cancer patient, but what would you all like people to say to you? Suzanne
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Any way to lift the fog?
Is is chemo fog or from the Compazine or maybe the Nuelasta? Does it get any better or just a continual thing?
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? on those who wear foobs
My chest is concave where the boobs used to be. I find all of the foobs to curve away (convex) from the chest. To me this is dumb. It makes a big gap that I find uncomfortable. Does anyone else feel the same way?
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Good things Happening
Just wondering what GOOD news is happening with everyone & their families! Just a cheery thought... As of this month my duaghter and her grandsons can get health coverage from her job. IT's been years since they have had any! Other daughter doing well in college! Denise
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blood work done, mammo done tomorrow
Oncologist appt...used to go every 3 mths now spread out to every 4mths...so that's a perk...(almost 4 yrs since this all started) OT-Tues will be 5 years since my mom died..(not from cancer) but -----glad she was not around for any of this...BC and then hystectomy
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Genetically predisposed to cancer
I saw my oncologist recently and she told me she thinks I'm genetically predisposed to cancer as I've just recently been diagnosed with my third different cancer. The silver lining is that they've all been caught early enough. Wondering if any one else has heard this from their onco or any other Dr's? I have consult for…
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sorry--I wasn't thinking
If you want to give me your e-mail address, just click on the CSN Email to the left of the screen. I can also mail you a copy if you'd me to do that. I put my e-mail in with my first post and someone thought that going through this CSN Email was better. Hugs \Judy
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NEW what not to say ....
I have a well meaning friend who said in an email "How devastating it would be to lose you" and then sent a new email asking if I "have a bucket list". Doesn't send a message of hope at all. But I just giggled because I believe he is not educated enough on the subject. I thanked him for his concerns and said I will kick…
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Bone pain and neulasta
Sorry if I already posted this - not sure where it went - I'm new to this forum stuff - Anyway - Just trying to be helpful to those who have significant bone pain from neulasta - my chemo nurses told me to take claritin once a day, and naproxen twice a day, for several days before and after the injection. I just kept…
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BAD news
My very close LIKE sister to me...has been sick for quite some years with breathing and lung issues...HER MOM died 14 months ago..(I considered her mom my 2nd mom) to breast cancer! Today I FOUND OUT her daughter (MY like sis friend) found out she had breast cancer on FRIDAY................and with all this her dad has…
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Sharing something I hope will help
HI everyone. I go into the hospital November 22 to have my other breast removed. I'm glad about it totally. But one thing I've wrestled with is what difference do I make that warrants my living through all of this. I'm totally focused on my family and I do things for them, but it doesn't seem enough. So, after being in…
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Did you all get a second opinion?
I am hoping for a second opinion just to make sure I am on the right path to recovery. I just feel so robotic in this war. I mean, someone TELLS me to see so and so, and to go this facility for diagnostic test or this hospital for surgery. That makes me feel like I am not part of the team. Does that make sense? I have…
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Sharing something I hope will help
HI everyone. I go into the hospital November 22 to have my other breast removed. I'm glad about it totally. But one thing I've wrestled with is what difference do I make that warrants my living through all of this. I'm totally focused on my family and I do things for them, but it doesn't seem enough. So, after being in…
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Taxotere & Cytoxan side efffects
Did anyone have bad trouble sleeping with taxoter & cytoxan? I'm on round 3 and cannot sleep. Also have terrible anxiety & depressoin - will i ever be normal again?
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do not want to take anastrozole?
Saw oncoligiist today. IDC stage1clear nodes, Oncotype results was 6 if i take estrogen progestrone drugs. Soon will be doing radiation. Has anyone had similiar diagnosis and not do the drugs. They want me to start taking Arimidex
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Dense Breast Bill Veto in Calif - Lets get on Jerry Brown's case!
Hey ladies! I'm so upset about this veto. OUr legislature passed the bill which would require that women be informed of dense breast and that mammogram may not show malignant growths. I never thought this would happen or I would have put pressure on Jerry Brown. From what I understand he bowed to the Calif. Medical Assoc.…
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CT scan, no changes, but 10th infection since April and this time in the kidneys
I feel like it is time for another doctor to try and figure this all out. So, even though I really like my oncologist, I do have a Cancer Center near enough and think I will start to go there. I started there 3 years ago, but it was so big, etc. But now I seem to be more complicated than when I had my DX and surgery. This…