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Newbie-Please help!! Wait on Surgery??
I'm an RN but know nothing about BC. Please help. Found lump in February. Was DX on March 15th in L breast. Then DX cancer in R breast as well. Since I'm 45 they did genetic testing. Waited over 6 weeks for results (nobody told me they waited to get approval from ins. first. - was supposed to be only 3 weeks). Anyway, I…
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Chemo- one down seven to go.
Made it through my first chemo. It was ok but I had three minor problems one of which is to be expected. I cannot drink much water at once (though I need to drink a lot). I am used to drinking a lot in one take. Bummer! I feel like wearing a camelback with water in it so that I don't have to hunt for my drink all the time.…
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Sunburns after Rads?
I was wondering since my rads will be completed July 1st, will my radiation site be sensitive to sunlight well into summer? Do I need to stock up on sunscreen? Thanks, Lorrie
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after hystrectomy still take some cancer meds?
I am sure I"LL still need some kind of meds after hysterctomy right? anyone know...having surgery due to side effects of tamox-so wondering what other meds and side effects if not female inside parts? Denise
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From My Heart
When my husband and I got married (11 years ago on June 10th) we shared a portion of a beloved Robert Browning poem, "Rabbi Ben Ezra", that reads "GROW old along with me! The best is yet to be, The last of life, for which the first was made: Our times are in his hand Who saith, ``A whole I planned, Youth shows but half;…
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Radiation & Exhaustion
Ok, so today was day 2 of radiation...and I almost couldn't drive home I was so exhausted. I'm probably doing too much...but so what's new...:) I didn't sleep well on Sunday & Monday was my first appt. Afterward, I went to my sister's place and played with my great nephew and great neice (both babies) and had a wonderful…
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SGK Race for the Cure
I am walking this Sunday for the first time as a survivor. Strangley this makes me super proud! Of course I would have prefered to not have cancer, but I am excited. Anyone agree or thinks I'm crazy? lol
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Feeling fluish related to breast cancer?
Hello new friends. I was diagnosed with invasive ductal carcinoma of the left breast on 4/25/11. I'm probably just being paranoid, but for the past two days, I have been feeling achy, slightly dizzy and extremely tired. I'm also experiencing weakness in my legs and arms. I have no other flu-like symptoms such as a stuffy…
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For all of my pink sisters
Friends Your Heart is your Love, Your love is your Family, Your family is your Future, Your future is your Destiny, Your destiny is your Ambition, Your ambition is your Aspiration, Your aspiration is your Motivation, Your motivation is your Belief Your belief is your Peace, Your peace is your Target, Your target is your…
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Relay for Life Tomorrow
I will be attending my second Relay for Life tomorrow. New pic of me with 14 months of hair and 20 lbs gone. I have made 40 hand crocheted caps to give to survivors at our relay. Wish me luck. Hugs to all Donna
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update, still home
Hello everyone, I have missed you all so much. I have still been home from the hospital with my loving family, I had a wonderful birthday party here, with of course, lots of food. I have been losing so much weight. I am still getting rads for the brain, my last treatment will be on Monday. Then on Tuesday, if I am strong…
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The Revlon/Entertainment Industry 5K for Women's Cancers was the day before Mother's Day~ You were a
Reggie, Siobhan and I did the Revlon/Entertainment Industry 5K for Women's cancer Saturday morning, May 7th. We had such a wonderful time! Over 45,000 participants~ so encouraging. Halle Berry was there; she has been participating 15 of the last 18 years. She was so beautiful and energetic. Alyson Hannigan ( Willow on…
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small lump beneath skin on expander
Has anyone ever experienced this, my wife found a small pea shaped lump beneath her skin on her expander, we did an ultra sound, they detecteced blood, so they did a biopsy, waiting for results, as you all know we are worried sick about a reoccurrance. She completed chemo April 20th of this year, no rads, was/is triple…
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Happy Dance
2 year MRI results clean! Yay! Don't have to go back for a mammogram for a year. Starting to feel normal again. Dee
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And it just gets better.....
Here we go again...headline reads "Carroll Woman Missing" (along with many other headlines), The first time it was my sister/cuz Stacy, now its my friend Dawn Allen! Dawn came up missing from Carroll, Ia and the man she recently started dating was wanted in her disappearrance but while running from the police he shot…
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Little Neulasta survey, how many hours or days.....
How many hours or days did it take for you to experience the bone and joint pain? I have heard everything from 8 hours to 3 days, so I am just wondering what the norm is. I am getting the shot on Sunday morning and plan to go to church with my family if I am up to it. Second, how severe was your pain? I realize everyone…
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Just checking in
Hi everyone, I just wanted to check in and say thank you to all of you that wrote such beautiful words to me about my pathology report. I have had a few days to let it all sink in and now I'm in fighting mode again. My cousin told me when I was first diagnosed that I have cancer but it doesn't have me. She is so very…
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OT (Tylenol)
I read today that long term use of tylenol can cause blood cancers.There is more research to be done etc but this is what they are saying.I read it on my Yahoo homepage(news). It does say chronic use of it. I never take it. Lynn Smith
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Life is caotic!!!!
Hi peeps...finaly just checkin in to update everyone on my all my caos! Well after 2 months or better, ive been to a few different specailist and im still at square one...ive stumped them all...no one has a glue whats wrong with me. I keep telling them im an odd one...maybe now they believe me...hehe! Thankfully its all…
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Help for a young girl's wig
Did you ever try to 'condition' your synthetic wig and it 'smell like bacon'? I'm askig incase someone has some ideas. A young woman (younger than 18) at the horse site I go to a lot is going hrough chemo. She said that her synthetic wig was 'dry' so she used some kind of spray on conditioner on it. It now smells like…
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OT - hiku posts
Does anybody remember when we did that great hiku writing? I've tried to go backa nd find it but can't seem to get there. I know it wasn't that long ago. Searches haven't turned up anything either. I just wanted to share some with a friend.
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Ladies - I challenge your chemo brains
In the Japanese original a haiku consists of three lines, which together contain a maximum of 17 syllables - approximately the dimension of a breath. The syllable distribution is 5-7-5. Rhymes dont play any role. It's easier than it sounds and I hope you will humor me. So here's what I came up with. Let's have fun with…
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Cancer as a wake up call
First off please don't take this as negative in any way, I'm not saying that anyone of us needed one. Plenty of people manage without a wake up call. I am rather thinking of the positive changes you have made in your life if any. They may be radical or just small changes. I for one can honestly say, I am so much more aware…
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The Oak Tree
I'm not sure if anyone has seen this before but it's beautiful. “The Oak Tree” A mighty wind blew night and day. It stole the oak tree’s leaves away, Then snapped its boughs and pulled its bark Until the oak was tired and stark. But still the oak tree held its ground While other trees fell all around. The weary wind gave…
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Newbie-Please help!! Wait on Surgery??
I'm an RN but know nothing about BC. Please help. Found lump in February. Was DX on March 15th in L breast. Then DX cancer in R breast as well. Since I'm 45 they did genetic testing. Waited over 6 weeks for results (nobody told me they waited to get approval from ins. first. - was supposed to be only 3 weeks). Anyway, I…
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Husband Stressed and Suppressing Feelings
My husband is a loving, caring and supportive man and father. We've been married 11 years on June 10th this year. Since my diagnosis he has come to all my appointments, medical consults, etc. I was diagnosed with Triple Negative, Invasive Ductal Carcinoma Breast Cancer, Stage 2, Grade 3 with DCIS and Lymphovascular…
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Chemo Brain?
My wife underwent chemo therapy for Her2 positive breast cancer, including tamoxifen, concluding about two years ago. Just when we thought we'd seen just about everything, along comes "Chemo Brain", or so the doctors tell me. I've heard the nurses talk and joke about it; the forgetfulness, blond moments and…
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Deodorant vs. No Deodorant - Relationship to BC?
Hi sisters- I was wondering what you thought about deodorant in relationship to BC. I know there is no proof of it causing, but there are articles suggesting such possibilities. How toxic can this be for your body? I know it sounds antigenic not to use a form of fragrance. But how safe is it to use it? Has anyone here…
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Port scars - how do they look down the line?
Hi there, After advice from this forum and elsewhere I decided on a port after all. My MO and the chemo nurses said I had good veins, but when I told them I decided on a port after all they said they were glad. I had the port put in Friday, and I am recovering well. First chemo on Wednesday. One thing I did not realize was…
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A good cry
Today has been a rough one for me. I posted earlier that the drains were driving me crazy. I woke up this morning not feeling good and just totally out of sorts. I have felt this way all day long. I finally just started crying and I cried for 40 minutes. I cried for everything that has happened to me over the past 5…