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My surgeon got clean margins!!!
Hi everybody, I just came back from seeing my surgeon and he was successful in the operating room, I got clean margins with my lumpectomy and 0/4 lymph nodes, they were all negative. He said I was a stage 1, but I didn't hear him mention anything about the "grade" and I didn't think to ask. I will still do the radiation in…
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Fear of discrimination
It has been over a year now since my battle with cancer began and I'm doing great. I'm cancer free and moving on with my life. I started a new job a couple of weeks ago and no one at my new job knows about the cancer. I silently sit while they talk about others in the organization who have suffered through treatment. I…
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2nd round and hair loss :( here we go!
i was in the shower this morning, and the dreaded is starting! a small clump of hair came out. i've always been a big fan of my hair!! (like many women, i'm sure) i know it's just hair, and i'm not a superficial person. but, i want it! i do have a wig, and it's nice. it's just not MY hair though! anyway, i'm actually,…
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NED
Could some please remind me what NED stands for? I am forgetting too much lately!
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similar but different on fav T.V. shows
Stole the idea, I must admit but the other post asked what shows we were waiting for and I thought it would be fun to see what shows we all like. Here's a few: Deadliest Catch ( miss Capt. Phil) Ghost Hunters The Mentalist Psych The Closer Dexter House I'd love to hear from you.thanks Wanda
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need your opinions
It's been awhile since I've posted ... but I try to keep up when possible. Anyway ... short story ... over a year ago I had a lumpectomy, chemo and radiation. Currently NED! So ... there's this person I know who ... is a know-it-all ... and considers herself to be an expert on everything. Someone emailed her last week…
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Seeing the Light to the Implants
I have finally set a date to do my exchange surgery. On October 13th, although I dread the surgery (will be 4th one since March), I cannot wait to get these hard, softball expanders out. They did my overexpansion which was very painful. I have tried every way there is to sleep and I still feel like someone has dropped a…
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Losing My Mind
I am awaiting my Surgery date of October 8th. (bilateral mastectomy) I think I am losing my mind though. I described this the other day as feeling like I am being hurled at hurricane, only I look around at everyone else in my life and they all look just as calm and cool as a cucumber. Life as normal! I'm not scared about…
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Itching and Twitching????
This is getting so irritating... Since last Friday everytime i put on pants it doesnt matter what material they are i cant stop itching and its just from my bellybutton to my knees. Then for a couple days now my right eye wont stop twitching but it also feels somewhat like a dooping eyelid and i have to open my eye really…
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metastatic Breast cancer article
Something to ask about and consider Are Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients Getting the Right Treatment? BY MELISSA WEBER As many as one in seven women with metastatic breast cancer could be receiving the wrong treatment because of a change in the cancer’s biology when it metastasizes, according to new research. When breast…
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Survivor Guilt
Interesting article in Cure Today on "Getting Through Survivor Guilt": http://www.curetoday.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/article.show/id/2/article_id/1541 Many of the reactions described reminded me of some of the attitudes that I have dealt with from those who have never had cancer. Maybe there is also a Cancerless Guilt?
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70% of women likely to experience sexual problems after breast cancer
This article appeared in The Journal of Sexual Medicine today: http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/PressRelease/pressReleaseId-82477.html "A new study published in the Journal of Sexual Medicine looked at whether women were more likely to experience sexual problems after breast cancer. The results showed that 70% of women were…
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JOKE--What would you do
Q. Your riding a horse at full speed, a giraffe is beside you, an elephant in front of you and a lion behind you! What do you do??? A. You get your drunk **** off of the carousel !!!
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Cost of BC
How do we know what costs will be covered by Medicare/Medicare Plus Insurance programs for the radiation treatments. Does anyone know the procedure for getting financial assistance or finding out if you are eligible for Medicaid?
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The Patrick Dempsey Challenge
The Patrick Dempsey Challenge is Oct. 2nd & 3rd and I am participating in the 5K walk on Oct. 2nd. McDreamy, Patrick Dempsey, will be there as well. The Dempsey Challenge is a run/walk and cycling fundraiser for the Patrick Dempsey Center for Cancer Hope & Healing at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston, ME. This…
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triple neg recurrance
Hi Any ladies with triple neg experience a recurrance. I know it's tough, From what I understand we're lucky all tests were negative and the cancer is in the same skin area of the mestectomy, small and not invasive. I am scared because my wife finished chemo April 20th this year and to show up so soon. Rad was not advised,…
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Muscle spasms due to Neulasta?
Hey all. I've had my second chemo & will get #3 on Monday. This time around the overall fatigue & the aches & pains from the Neulasta were quite a bit worse. But the real problem is these very intense muscle spasms that I'm having in my back. I had them the 2nd week after treatment #1, but this time they're much worse. So…
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NEED WASHING?
This is so sweet and reminds me of a time my daughter, granddaughter and I ran to the car in the pouring rain, it was so fun we were soaked and were all laughing so hard and they said to me that was so much funnnn!!!!!! NEED WASHING? A little girl had been shopping with her Mom in WalMart. She must have been 6 years old,…
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Mammosite or EBRT
Hello all you wonderfull women! I was diagnosed with DCIS after a biopsy, just had a lumpectomy (with a clean margin) and a sentinel node biopsy (also clean). I am now facing a decision about radiation. Anyone tried the mammosite option? Any bad side effects? regrets? recurrence? Also, is there anyone who decided against…
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Oh .. my I have the 'Oh .. Hums' ... Whine .. Whine .. or venting ?
I feel as though I'm suffering from the Oh hum's ... Perhaps it's time for an attitude adjustments .. Coming here to my family of Warrior's .. Oh I have breast cancer - endured chemo for 6 months - poor me, I feel so sorry for myself . . whine, whine, whine Humm At least I didn't have to go thru radiation -- ======== Oh…
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Exercies
How long after surgery can you start your usual exercise routine? Will the feeling of "tiredness" go away after a week?
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Asparagus
I think to myself if only it could be that easy. Has anyone read or heard about? THE ARTICLE: Several years ago, I had a man seeking asparagus for a friend who had cancer. He gave me a photocopied copy of an article, entitled, Asparagus for cancer 'printed in Cancer News Journal, December 1979. I will share it here, just…
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Another Milestone Reached-Yeah!!!
I have good news to share! I had my port removed yesterday after enduring a year of Herceptin-Hooray for Me!!! I am so glad to be done with infusions. I know this is another phase in my recovery, and follow appointments are ongoing, but at least I can say that I am done with chemo and radiation. I am closing doors and…
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Im getting my butt kicked...so im finishing my fight!
Im starting to get my butt kicked by my aunt...a little tough love to get me out of my stage i was in...well what ever she did its working. Im still grieving but at least im getting functional now. Plus i found something Stacy wrote me just a couple weeks before she passed away if you dont mind id like to share just part…
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here is a good laugh Arthritis is so cruel
I'll tell you" he said, " I"ve learnd that arthitis is the crullest disease, cruller than Cancer his friend ask? " You bet the first codger replied. It makes everyone of your joints stiff, Except the Right ONE!!!!!
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To my Breast Cancer Friends
Many friends will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave a footprint in your heart.
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One down 15 more to go
chemo one down the drugs left with a numb right shoulder. that i think will slowly leave. i see if i get sleep. feeling ok. started trouble they have wifi up there so i was bad brought my lap top . one old guy across the room was yelling i had porn on but the nurse knew better i had a dumb game on. meant more for…
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Lumpectomy on Thursday...what to expect?
I finished chemo on August 12th and am scheduled to have my lumpectomy this coming Thursday. I am a little nervous since it is my first surgery. What should I expect pain wise? Is there anything that I should bring along with me or is there something that I should get to make the recovery a little easier for me?
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Pathology
Good News...Pathology results..Stage 1 BC...clean, will need some radiation treatments; Chemo may not be necessary! Now...what is radiation like?
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One Day Up - Next Day Down
I went to my Oncologist yesterday. I've been pretty much out of breath the past month or so, and she didn't like the way I was breathing. The nurse took a blood oxygen reading and it was 87, enough to put me on oxygen said the doctor. She said as soon as insurance approves and they got a company to deliver I would have the…