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Nightgowns
Well sisters....I have read much about what surgery is like and tubes and whatall you have when you wake up so was wondering if there were any special fitted type gowns for this...? I'm not sure what to look for but I'm sure it has to be easy for the nurses taking care of you and to get in and out of when you are home....…
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How long do sides hurt
I had a double masectomy on Feb 15 this year. I had the 4 tubes from my side out this past Tuesday . and wow my sides still are sore but I don't think it's from the tube removal ,its like I now have breast on my sides and they are sore.Did any of you have this?
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Case Management Program
Friday received a call from my insurance company. A Nurse who said she was with their new program "Case Management" and acted as a facilitator/advocate for patients with Breast Cancer. She asked what I felt were some "invasive" questions concerning my treatment, the drugs, etc. Told her had no questions didn't need…
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memories
I wish Heaven had a phone, so I could hear your voice again. I thought of you today, but that was nothing new. I thought about you yesterday & days before that too. I think of you in silence & often speak your name. All I have are memories & your pictures in [frames].
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Would you do it again?
I don't know my diagnosis yet but I am considering at age 58 and what my life is like that maybe I may not want to play God and just live out what time I have left. Are there any of you that have thought, just maybe after all you have had to go through that you may not have done it had you known? Would it be so wrong to…
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Like morning sickness?
First chemo was Thursday and haven't really had any issues other than off and on nausea. Nothing bad but some food smells don't go over so great. Never had morning sickness but this is how I'd imagine it...I know this is only the first one but I hope it's all that happens!
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Received my ornament
from the wonderful person who said don't open it until the holidays!!! So yes, I am waiting. When we get our tree up I will put it under it until Christmas and then post again. Many many thanks to my Secret Santa!
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Ideopathic Uticaria?
August 25 is my 1 year anniversary of my last chemo! Woo Hoo!!! I finished Herceptin in August. Since then I have fought itchy skin off and on. I never know when it will hit or what part of my body (mainly arms, legs, neck, sometimes tummy). It gets unbearable. The docs have prescribed Vistaril (an antihistamine) but I am…
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Pain at port site after several months
Hello, I was looking around out here to see if I could find anyone else who experienced this because, of course, it is a Saturday night at 11:20 - not a convenient time to call a doc or nurse. I had my port removed several months ago. It was not a horrible experience; local and a great nurse who kept me occupied while I…
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Im having itchy face
I just start Taxol. Yesterday was my first. Now my face and arms are itchy,I had a reaction my port was red yesterday that calm down so far. Now I am left itchy I dont like this . I just want to itch my skin. Has any one also had this reaction.
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Chemo "foggy" brain
Treatments make my thinking "foggy". Hate that. Can't seem to focus or make any important decisions when feeling like this. Make a list of things that need to get done before the next treatment, do everything necessary on "good days" before. Really don't like the "spacy" feeling. Anyone else have this problem? Is this what…
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Today's HAHA
I couldn't help sharing this. LITTLE GIRL ON A PLANE A Congressman was seated next to a little girl on an airplane so he turned to her and said, "Do you want to talk? Flights go quicker if you strike up a conversation with your fellow passenger." The little girl, who had just started to read her book, replied to the total…
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Nipple Tatooing
I live in Northeast Alabama and am trying to find someone to do 3-D nipple/areola tatooing on my "baldies" before the end of the year. Does anyone know someone who is good?
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TSA: "Let me see the prosthesis."
I want as much as anybody to be safe from crazy bombers but this has to change! They get NO training on dealing with breast prostheses? ? ! ~~Connie~~ By Suzanne Choney msnbc.com msnbc.com 2010-11-19T22:31:32 A longtime Charlotte, N.C., flight attendant and cancer survivor told a local television station that she was…
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It's just hair, right?
I mean, from everything I've read on here, I've been expecting to lose it, but now that it's coming out in handfuls, I'm not sure I'm ready! I have decided not to get a wig, mainly because I wear my own hair up in a ponytail most of the time, so thought it was kinda silly to get one, just to pull it up... besides, don't…
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weight gain
I know this topic comes up every now and then, so I thought I would vent a little. I am 1 year past all surgeries, chemo, radiation and diep flap reconstruction. I have never had a weight problem but have gained almost 30 lbs in the last year. I am on tamoxifen . I had to get off femara due to side effects. I am really…
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Survivor "Guilt"
Not sure what else to call it, so for the time being, there it is. I'm only 6.5 months post-surg (8.5 post-diagnosis), and I was lucky. I know that. Due to family history, I was sure I was BRCA+ and decided immediately I would have a bilateral mastectomy. Agonizing wait for test results, and I'm BRCA-. Total game changer.…
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Arimidex
Has anyone taken Arimidex? My Onc just prescribed it for me today. I looked it up on the web and one sight had all these very scary patient testimonies about horrible side effects that are permanent. I trust my Onc but am frightened.
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Tamoxefin Cost
I get my tamoxefin through CVS Pharmacy Health Savings Pass. It's a drug program where you get generic drugs as low as $9.99. A 90 day supply cost me $24.99. It cost $10.00 per year to join but well worth it. I also get my bladder drugs through them again 90 day supply for $9.99. Go to CVS.com for more info. Sher p.s.…
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Blood from nipples
I just got news from a young friend who had a lab test done on the bloody fluid coming from her nipple. They can tell from the fluid that it is cancer. We are panic stricken waiting for more info. Can anyone tell me anything about this sort of breast cancer?
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Cost of drugs
How are all of you handling the cost of these cancer drugs? I rememer the cost whenmy son was sick and I took a second mortgage to help with things. My insulin co-pay alone is $30. each time I get it filled. I never dreamed there would e so many couragious and wonderful women here to offer prayers and help. Thank you…
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I know I've seen it just can't remember what post
For scarfs hats etc...hopefully inexpensive! What are some of the sites you all used? I had my first of 8 chemo rounds yesterday so the hunt is really on now for head coverage!!
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An article on AI's
.AIs= Super Menopause 11/16/2010 (7:39:31am)Tags: AIs aromatase inhibitors hot flashes arthritis menopauseComments: (0) It's happened again. Now there is a study that validates what so many of us have known: that taking AIs can produce a "super menopause"--meaning that the symptoms of a natural process may be highly…
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Anyone on Arimidex and Zoloft?
Anyone on Arimidex and the anti-depressant Zoloft? I'm on both and hoping the Zoloft is not one of the anti-depressants you shouldn't take with Arimidex. I think it's okay and I think I went over this with my onc. Hugs, Renee
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ONcologist appt today
For some reason in my head I thought once I hit this point (almost 2 yrs post surgery) I thought instead of every 3mths I could go to see her ONCE a year. When I said I won't see you for a year I got an ODD look. I was told No now you can come every 4mths instead of 3... WAS it a dream? I was all excited knowing I was…
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Wondering about MRIs
Of all our sisters and brothers with recurrences, how many had MRI's as a regular scan? My oncol. and surgeon tell me that having the MRI could open me up to more biopsies as it shows everything. I have very dense tissue and my lump (2+cm)was felt first but not seen on the mamogram. It did show up on the ultrasound. I am…
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Pre-Tied Scarves
www.4women.com Gorgeous pre-tied scarves calle Beaubeau's....on sale now for $25.00
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good news and a little sad.
I saw my Radiation Oncologist on Wednesday for a follow up visit 3 weeks post rads. I really like him so when he said 'I don't have a reason to see you again', I felt 'aaaagh, but I want to see you again and discuss photography and shaminism and have a good laugh'. Anyway he did say that I was doing better than most people…
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Walgreens-Scarves
I was just at my local walgreens and I was admiring the Pashmina scarves that are on sale at 2 $10.00.....well the saleswoman came over and when I told her I would be bald soon she shared with me that these scarves will be buy one get one free the week of Thanksgiving. Save where we can and they are so soft and many…
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anyone lose weight on tamoxifen?
I have probably lost 10 lbs. I have not changed anything of my eating habits. My Doc. said to expect weight gain. I am waiting.