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I have breast cancer.
Wow.. I got the results of biopsy yesterday and it was confirmed. I have appointment this morning at the Virginia Breast Center. I am well I don't no what I am right now. Anything I need to make sure I ask? I didn't sleep well last night. Janet
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Before mastectomy
Did any of you have the curiosity to look at youtube for an actual mastectomy video or any video before you had your own mastectomy? I'm thinking about doing it but I'm also afraid. Would you recommend it or not?
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New to this
Hi Everyone, I've been reading your posts and feel like I've come to know some of you personally. Most of what I've noticed is the strength and compassion you have. I am trying to be the best I can be at a time like this and have found some great role models. I'm a StageIII with some lymph node involvement and a little…
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im all done with rads
Any help out in how to deal with the burns from it? I went thru a mastecomy with no pain chemo with no side effects but the rads have made up for that. Swallowing is hard to much pain and the wonderful red color for the treatment and no burn cream from the doc been running a temp thru out of of it also but they keep…
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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...!!! Wishing you Health, Happiness, & Love on your special day & always! ♥ Cat
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I've got my pink rhinestone cowboy boots on & I'm 2 stepping with NED
I just saw my onc for my PET results & I'm 2 stepping across Texas with NED!!! I'm super excited & I'm telling anyone that will listen even complete strangers on the street :) Hugs, Dawne
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Look good, feel better
This morning I go to this meeting it should be very helpful. I still have some of my hair but its really shedding. I have my lashes yet too, brows never did come back. After that I see doctor and hope to find out about my feet swelling. Has anyone been to the look good meeting? I wish they had a brow tattoo artist!
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Its been a trip
Hello everyone and thank you for all the kind words and prayers. My wbc and platelets took a nosedive after my 2nd chemo on the 8th. Mouthsores made life even more miserable. Was put in Hospital for transfusions and was kept for 4 days. Outcome could have been bad. How did I gain 12 lbs when I didn't eat? I feel so…
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My sister needs a ride to chemo
Hi to all in cyberspace... My sister just had a double mastectomy and went to her first chemo treatment two days ago. She lives in Crown Point, Indiana and needs help getting to/from her chemo sessions which are about 1-1/2 hours from her home. I live in Wyoming and so am not able to be there. Does anyone know where I…
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today's update
Today was the 2nd infusion of my new chemo combo of Abraxane and Herceptin, it went well. Last week went very well too after switching to this regimen, I (of course) am in hopes that this week will be a repeat of that. I posted a week ago that there were no pre-meds given with this but today they decided to start with…
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Terminal
Have any of you been told by your Dr. that you are terminal and only have X amount of time left? I have and it is very hard to cope with.........tell me how you are dealing with your own situation please.
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port still not right
ok on 8/24 I posted a problem I had with my port and all said never heard of it... well today I went and seen the surgeon and he too said never heard of it but he turned my port around in my chest and told me( and yes this is a quote) if it does it again then just turn it around yourself and it will be fine. Please let me…
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First day of Chemo!
Hello friends, I will be receiving my first of 4 chemo treatments tomorrow in Greenville, NC. I am anxious, I guess, because of the unknown. I had hodgkins disease in 1979 and received 10 weeks of radiation after surgery. Along came May 25 and I was diagnosed with invasive ductile carcinoma (stage 1). I opted for a…
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Anybody know a good disability lawyer in the Baltimore area?
I have not been able to work for a long time, and I have private disability insurance (MetLife--dont ever buy ins from them, they suck) but they dont want to pay. Does anybody know a good lawyer who will work on contingency? (NOT social sec. dis.) I have a solid case, I just need help fast. Baltimore, MD area. Thanks,…
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Need a Laugh?
While conducting some business at the Court House, I overheard a lady, who had a mammogram today then was arrested for assaulting a Mammogram Technician, "Your Honor, I'm guilty but.....there were extenuating circumstances." The female Judge said, sarcastically,"I'd certainly like to hear those extenuating circumstances.I…
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"You look Great!"
That's what Dr T. said when he walked in today! Today was my 6 mth appt. with him (2 yrs post DX for IBC) snce I last saw him 6 mths ago. He does not want to see me for 6 mths. Susan
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We're home!
We had such a wonderful time! The last full day, we spent on Mt Rainier with my sister and niece, and it couldn't have been better. Because of heavy snows last winter, the snow is still melting and the wildflowers were glorious: white and yellow avalanche lilies, bear grass, aster, lupine, paintbrush, etc. I was in heaven!…
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I need help
Hi My best friend is having her last day of ac chemo tomorrow. Her husband and I want to do something special for her. We bought balloons (to decorate the inside and outside), flowers, her husband and kids made a poster and I want to make one. She is my best friend, a survivor and my hero. Does anyone know of something…
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Monday's Biopsy Results
Not benign. :-( Med onc is currently lining up a surgeon for the first step. My original surgeon switched his specialty from breast to pancreatic cancer a few years ago. (sigh...) Hoping for the initial consultation appointment some time this week. Susan
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Before mastectomy
Did anybody had the curiosity to look at an actual mastectomy in youtube before you had your own? I am curios to look but I am afraid also. If you did, how did you feel afterwards? Do you think its better if I don't?
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Putting The Pieces Back Together...
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall. Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the king's horses and all the king's men Couldn't put Humpty together again! I subscribe to a weekly newsletter called Writing Through Cancer by Sharon Bray. Sharon encourages others who are and have gone through cancer to share their experiences throughout…
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shout out to Gabe N Abby Mom
Hi: How are you doing? Haven;t seen you on the board in awhile. I know you are back at work, so hopefully keeping busy and well. Laura
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dealing with fear, staying in the moment and is it ever really over?
Hi all: Have been thinking a lot after I hit a really hard bottom last month. (Again so many thanks to all who responded to my "think I am going insane" post!) I no longer feel like I am going insane (at least right now, at this moment!) but am still dealing with lower level fear and anxiety. I tell myself every morning "I…
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Anyone want a bus ride Sunday evening?
I had the CT scan and already have the results. Of course the lump at the mastectomy scar showed up, but so did a small spot on my liver. None of the docs would say if that small spot was or was not something or nothing. (I hope that made sense.) So I'm now scheduled for a PET scan... So if anyone wants to go for a bus…
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Today is Marlene_K's Birthday!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR MARLENE HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!! AND MANY MORE...!!! Wishing you a day/year filled with dreams & wishes coming true! ♥ Cat
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Goodnight Irene! How is everyone?
Hope everyone is okay! We were actually a little west of the worst hit in PA. (We got the Memorial Day storm pretty bad - tress and wires down and loss of power so we haven't gotten a pass this summer.) Just east of us is a lot of damage and schools that were scheduled to open today couldn't because they don't have power.…
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Sometimes we don't always say it but...............
Heatherbelle just wrote something beautiful on the Terminal post and she inspired me to post this. I just want to thank you all so much and also say that I Love You All. I'm sorry if I sound a little mushy but this board and you ladies have helped me beyond all my expectations. I thought we might list just a few things…
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1st day of Tamoxifen....what to expect...5 yrs!!!
I have finished 6 rounds of chemo and rads..now ready to start this one a day pill called Tamoxifen....oncologist tells me me the benefits outway the risks!
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A big Thank You to All......
It was so nice of all of you being so concerned and caring when I ask about my cough. Doctor thinks it is only allergies. So again I worried for nothing. I am quite the worrier. Just ask my husband. That is one of things I need to work on (for the past 40 years anyway). Again Thank You. Hugs and Prayer to All, Diana
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How do you REALLY--- I MEAN REALLY ---FEEL---I MEAN REALLY FEEL two (2) years POST-DIAGNOSIS?
Hi All, I have not been on this site for quite some time now. I just have to say that I am STILL wondering, STILL thinking about the possibilities of "what if", STILL feeling lonely, STILL medium depressed, STILL wondering what my future might hold, STILL wondering about how I should be caring for myself now, and STILL…