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My surgeon is leaving to go to another hospital
Last evening I got a call from my surgeeon's office.They called to notify me that my Doc is leaving to go to another hospital (downtown). Since I have my six month check-up scheduled for the end of Sept with her, they called to let me know she will not be available. They asked if I wanted to follow her to the new hospital…
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reoccurance question
Did all of you that had a reoccurance of your cancer take the 5 year pill? Femara, Tamoxifen, Arimidex or Aromisin. I am just curious and I hope you don't mind the question. I was wondering why they tell us to take it for 5 years and I hear so many people getting it back in 7-10 years. It must make the odds better? Thanks.…
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Job interviews
I have been off work for 1 year due to complications from my Breast ca surgery.I have started a job search, I would like to get back in the hospital, I'm an RN. My question is what do I say when the interviewer asks me why I was off so long? Should I tell them I had Cancer or will that hinder my chances for getting the…
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In search of Lympedema pump
I'm trying to find a lymphedema pump for my left arm. Insurance is denying the pump and my physical therapist says I need one. You have to love the insurance companies. I need at least 6 hoses if not more to pump the fluid up my arm. If anyone has information for me on this please let me know. I tried craig's list and…
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Oh NO, NOT THE BILL!!!
it's 6 PM and I am safely tucked in. This dancing queen is feeling achy, shaky and not in a good way. But I don't regret anything, I tell ya! It was like coming up for a breath of air. And I am already looking forward to the next time! Night, night! Ayse
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So, I just watched "The Big C"
It's bold and even empowering, and yeah...I cried. There's a certain rawness and honesty to the story. The protagonist's cancer is melanoma, yet it still resounded for me with some moments with which I could easily identify. I don't want to give too much away, it could be a tough thing to watch for some, but I will watch…
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Had 5th fill and looking at final expansion
Well, on Monday I had my 5th expansion - the first and second day were really bad for me on the 3rd, 4th and 5th visit. After the second day it was more just like soreness as if you had exercised too much. I think my next one will be the last expansion to overexpand before the real implants. I am about at the size I want…
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Sugar and spice and all things nice
I'm two months out of chemotherapy, about a third of the way through radiation, and there is a light dusting of snow on the roof. About halfway through chemo I developed swelling on the surgical side. Long story short, I have donned a compression sleeve and am getting physical therapy. I recall vividly the evening before I…
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How many Doc's?
Got the PCP, GYN, Rheumotologist. Now the surgeon, med onc and rad onc. Gotta whittle down, besides follow up labs & mammo there's the dentist. I finished rads in early March and keep all other appt's - can I ditch the rad onc? He told me, as long as I follow up with someone.... What is everyone else doing? I do not have…
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Port Placement this week and starting chemo
This week is my treatment "kick off party"...I will be getting port placement tomorrow and then my first chemo on on Wednesday. I am a little nervous about getting the port and don't know what that is going to entail. On the other hand, with all the meds that I received to combat side affects, I feel pretty good about the…
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Saw Oncologist about lump in armpit
Hi everyone, Sorry I haven't been on in a while, things have been crazy. Just wanted to update you on my lump under my armpit. He says it's just my anatomy and now that I've had surgery, it's more pronounced. Good news but when I told him that I've been dizzy and had some nausea, he said, Oh that's not the Arimidex,…
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PET scan results
Hi Ladies, Got my PET scan results on Friday just before 5th round of chemo. I probably already mentioned that I have stage IV IDC with mets to bone, so i wasn't looking for the cure. However the news was way better than i expected! All of the spots on my femurs vertebrae, pelvis and right axilla were no longer visible.…
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Whats the deal with moms lately?
Ok...i need some advise here, Im also having mom troubles as ive seen other post about this. Me and my mom havent had a relationship forever but we arent mean to each we just dont really talk to one another good or bad. We see eachother all the time cuz she lives with my sister and this is the same sister im really close…
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Walked my first Making Strides 5K today
So I participated in my first breast cancer event this morning, the ACS' Making Strides Against Breast Cancer 5K walk, and I'm proud to say I finished it! 1 hour and 20 minutes -- for someone only 7 months out of treatment, I'm very proud of myself. It was difficult, though, because everyone else was there with family or…
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what are those things next to your name
I know someone said what it was but Ihave been here a year and I cant remember. I think I was too sick at the time. I dont wear my glasses on the computer and I know they arent but they look like rubber duckies to me, and I love rubber duckies.
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Chemo after being sick
Just wanted to see. Scheduled for first chemo on Thursday. Had port in place on Friday. Had low grade fever before surgery. Have been battling temps up to 101 since Saturday night. We do not think it is port related because some symptoms were present before the surgery. On z-pack starting to day for possible sinusitis and…
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What about your cancer journey has made you laugh?
The new Showtime series premiering this month, The Big C, is getting a lot of press, and most every article I read focuses on the improbability of mixing cancer with comedy. Every time I see that, I shake my head and think -- clearly, YOU've never been through cancer treatment! So much about treatment and recovery and…
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Today is not a good day
Today is not a good day. I feel so sad. The feeling of why am I going through this has returned. I wish I did not have to deal with this. I want my life back before cancer.
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When does "new normal" start?
I finished rads on 5/28 and am still exhausted. I never had the time to enjoy being a rad grad because I worked through the whole thing. I am off this summer because I am a teacher and am getting ready to go back to work. I get up around 9a and take a nap in the afternoon, sometimes up to 2 hours, then go back to bed…
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SCAR ITCHES
Does anyone else have the problem of your scar itching, and what do you do for it? I'm using a anti-itch cream that helps some but I have to reapply it after a couple of hours.
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Zometa UGH
ok I just need my dose of sympathy. I had zometa on friday, I will receive it twice a year, and for others who I have talked to about it, the stat is 36 percent. anyway, I was actually warned I could feel flu like. so I have been taking tylenol, but I still feel feverish, body aches, headache. I had similar more intense…
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This is me with 5 months of new hair.
This is me with 5 months of new hair.
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this is what i told my oncology nurse Better To Give
I brought her a present one day, my little way of thanking her. She said patients bring us gift's all the time, I wish they wouldn't. It is us who should be giving them gifts, You Are I said, Everyday.
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Chenhart!!!! Call on you Reggie
Tell him to get all the bears out and dance and put a spell on all the mean moms that will make them say kind things. They will go crazy!!! Im just kidding and im not making fun of anything. Just trying to lighten the sadness of sisters going through the mean mom things. Please dont get mad. laura
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sisters
A young wife sat on a sofa on a hot humid day, Drinking iced tea and visiting with her Mother. As They talked about life, about marriage, about the Responsibilities of life and the obligations of Adulthood, the mother clinked the ice cubes in her Glass thoughtfully and turned a clear, sober glance Upon her daughter. "…
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I get out of breath easy these days does this happen to any one ells?
I have been getting winded easily lately. This never happened to me before. I had my third Chemo last Tues. ( Herceptin, carboplatin, taxotere.) Is this a side affect of chemo? My Dr is going to do a Muga test for my heart a week before chemo next time. Going into this She told me I was in excellent shape. everything was…
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Can you have 2 cancers in same breast?
When i was at my doc's they just happened to state something about my CANCERS...i said you mean cancer not cancers...she said no you had two different types of cancer...I was floored cuz nobody told me this and im just finding out now. What the heck! Anyway she said i had DCIS and IDC both in the same breast. Has anyone…
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Had my 1st chemo yesterday
and thankfully I'm still doing well. It was however a very long day. When DH & I got to the brand new cancer center (it moved across the street from the hospital) it was a buzz! I had to have blood work first then checked in with copay. I met with my oncologist and asked several questions. He agreed that to be cautious I…
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Firing doctor?
Has anyone fired their oncologist? If so how do you do that? Do you tell the dr. you will be seeing another dr., or do you get another dr. and let that dr. handle everything? How do I get my files or will the new dr. get my file? What is the proper way of firing old doctor and moving forward with another? Jennifer
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Bringing sexy back!!!
Ladies, ladies - I know you would be proud of me!!! This weekend the real me came back out. Took loong walk early in the morning and at dusk (mind you this AZ gotta work around the heat). THEN..... yep there's a then, I dutifully took my ibuprofen, these expanders are still a tad uncomfortable. I WENT DANCING!!! And would…