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secondary cancer after hodgkin's lymphoma 1992
HI my name is Carrie and Ive just recently been diagnoised with Invasive Ductal Carsinoma in my left breast. I had a modified radical masectomy a week ago and am recovering nicely with the exception of the massive head and chest cold. Prior to my results post masectomy I was told I am stage 1 grade 3. I am stressing about…
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Hodgkins Disease, Mantle Radiation and Breast Cancer
Has anyone on the site had hodgkins disease in the 80s and mantle radiation, then diagnosed with breast cancer?
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Breast cancer after hodgekins
I had Hodgkins at age 19 and had 5 weeks of radiation. At 48 got breast cancer from the radiation. Had a single masectomy and flap reconstruction. Does anyone know what the chances are that I will get breast cancer in the second breast. Thanks Jude
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Breast Cancer after Hodgkin's Disease
I would be very interested to hear from anyone who has been diagnosed with breast cancer having been exposed to mantle field radiation treatment for Hodgkin's Disease. Back in 1992 at the age of 24 I received Mantle Field Radiation for Hodgkin's disease. Two weeks ago I found a lump and swelling in my right breast and…
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Has anyone choosen prothesis vs. reconstruction
I am newly diagnosesd and am 74, active and feel 40. I will have a tight mastectomy on Jan. 24. I cannot find anyone to to talk to me about prothesis vs reconstruction. I beginning to think that reconstruction is the way to go but I really don't relish additional surgeries. I have not been able to find anyone in my age…
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2nd round of treatment after tonsil cancer
Hi All--Welcome me as a newcomer to breast cancer but an old-timer with tonsil cancer (T1 metastasized to both sides, treatment ended in June 2012). Thought I was done with radiation & chemo and all but no such luck. Today they found and biopsied a 5mm spiculated mass. Might or might not be related to the original cancer…
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4 word winter story
Tempature dropped quick and
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healing of a broken bone
I broke my shoulder skiing on new years eve, on my left side the same side of the breast cancer. I wasn't doing anything extreme, I just toppled over. It was a very minimal fracture, ( I think it was more of a crack). When I saw the orthopedic surgeon in the beginning of January he said that I would be in a shoulder…
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Pleomorphic ILBC out there?
Does anyone have the Pleomorphic variant of Invasive Lobular Breast Cancer? I have this subtype which is more aggressive, with the BC cells dividing and spreading more rapidly than in regular ILBC. From what I've learned, regular ILBC responds very well to Estrogen inhibitors like Tamoxifen, Arimidex, Faslodex etc. For me,…
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New here
Hello everyone! I am feeling rather lost and overwhelmed with all the "cancer" stuff from my doctor. My first breast cancer was 5 years ago in the left breast and the dr said it was stage 0 DCIS and I had the SAVI treatment. Last year stage 0 DCIS in right breast and before I could start radiation, I got the flu and by the…
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Pink Bus again-week from Friday (2/24/17)
IF anyone wants to ride along-I have a 9 am appt with my oncologist for my annual check up. I had blood and mammo last week (those who rode along -great fun on the ride) IF ANYONE can tag along-i would love the company! I"ll bring Choc. chip mufins! We will have to keep the chatter to a minimum. Hopefull-no more snow (LIVE…
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Leg Pain and Numb tingling in feet any suggestion on how to reduce
Okay so I am new here.. I am healing from Stage 2BC .. as I call it .. I am a few weeks into my chemo treatments ..and I get leg pains about 3 days after the infusion .. The pains come and go .. My Doctor gave me pain pills but I hate taking more drugs .. So can anyone list things that they did to help the side effects of…
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Stage 4 update
I havn't been on here in a long time, a lot to deal with. I caught pheumonia over Christmas and had a relapse in the new year, doc's gave me a very poor prognosis (won't make it til Christmas/New year etc.) I am still here tho, but things have changed a lot, I am having some very strange thoughts and hallucinations about…
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Itchy Itchy Itchy
Hi there: I am hoping someone can help me out or send me in the right direction? The underside (palms) of my hands are so itchy! I also seem to develop a sort of itchy rash around 11-12 days after my chemo treatments (T/C) around my neck. Cortizone is not working - help!!! Margz
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Scans after treatment
I'm 42 and just started Tamoxifin a month ago, i'm terrified of the side affects considering it could lead to other cancers. My oncologist told me that for breast cancer there are no "scans" done anymore. He would just see me 2x a year and thats it. I'm a bit concerned about this and want to know what you all think? I have…
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Private Message Spam
Hello everyone, Thank you to all of you who have alerted us to the PM spamming from earlier today. I apologize for the inconvenience. While we do have securities in place, we are not always able to catch all spam, and we are trying to figure out how this one got around our system. If you received a message from jegac1…
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The Truth About Cancer... a Global Quest
Starting tonight.... an amazing series... "The Truth About Cancer... a Global Quest" Episode 1... "The True History of Chemotherapy and the Pharmaceutical Monopoly" https://go2.thetruthaboutcancer.com/agq-encore/episode-1/?utm_campaign=agq-2017-01&utm_medium=email&utm_source=maropost&utm_content=2017-01-17-2356# Anyone…
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Weight loss caused by tamoxifen???
Hello Ladies, My husband finished his chemo in late August and radation in mid October in 2016. He has been on tamoxifen since the comlpetion of radiation. He has been doing well and feeling good except occasional sleep trouble. He has been exercising ever since he started his chemo. He started working recently. He lost…
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I now have a name for why I got breast cancer: PALB2
I've mentioned here before that breast cancer is pretty prevalent on my father's side of the family: Both of my father's sisters are breast cancer survivors, as well as 2 cousins and even a great-grandfather. We've all tested negative for the BRCA1 and 2 mutations. Last year, my family was asked to participate in a…
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Divorce after breast cancer
Way back in 1990, I married my love. I was 22, he was 27. We had a comfortable life and have 2 beautiful children (now 16 and 19). In 2010, I had stage 2 breast cancer, lumpectomy, reexcision 2 wks later, 6 rounds of chemo, 33 radiation treatments, followed by surgery to have ovaries removed (I'm BRCA positive). This…
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Immunity boosting?
I finished radiation in October. Ever since then, I feel like I fall to every single cold, stomach bug, etc. that goes around. And I have a much longer recovery time than others. Is this normal post radiation? How long does it last? Has anyone found anything to boost immunity? Thanks!!
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Mets to hip bone and new drugs j
Jan 30, 2017 - 6:39 am I have anal, colorectal sigmoid/rectum, breast and non Hodgkins Lymphoma. I have done chemo/ radiation and am still doing it but I was in the hospital last week and my left hips was popping and hurt did a PET and bone scan. My hip has bone cancer . I had surgery. I still have a temporary ileostomy…
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My cancer has spread!
I had scans September 6th and my CT showed no cancer in lungs or liver, body can showdown Osteo Blastic Tumors, that were growing. I had a brain scan on September 27th, along with chest x-rays. I had radiation for the spread of the cancer to my brain, and this was telling follow up. There was no change 10 rounds of…
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Newly diagnosed and scared
Good afternoon. I was diagnosed with breast cancer in my left breast on April 1st of this year. I have had a double mastectomy with no reconstruction and some lympth node removal on May 4th. I just had chemo port put in on May 16. I am 45 years old and very scared. I see my Oncologist on the 31st to determine my treatment.…
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Bone Metastasis from breast cancer
I am desperate for answers, confort and peach of mine. In 2009 I had breast cancer which was caught early and I had a lumpectomy and radiation and all seem to be well. Well for a few months anyway. I was having pain my back and doctor decided to have a pet can done. The cancer had metastisize to my bones and I also had…
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Explaining cancer to young kids.
I have a recurrence of breast cancer diagnosed in August of last year. I was fortunately able to avoid chemo but am about to have surger, not sure how extensive yet. I may lose my entire reconstructed breast. My grandkids range in age from 1-6 and I see them regularly, some daily. How did y'all explain your cancer to the…
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Treecy1106 Love your new haircut
OK. I know it's off topic, but I had to tell you how wonderful you look. This road we travel is rough at best. But you've come out looking like a star. God bless you. Sandy
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To Chemo or Not to Chemo
For anyone out there who's trying to decide, I had an experience that made me glad I did. My MO has had me have a CT scan every 3 mos since last March. There were some nodules in my lungs and she was watching them to see how they would react to the chemo. She said, "if they disappear or get smaller, we can assume it's…
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Recurrence After Mastecomy/Recon DIEP even Possible?
Double Mastectomy couple of years ago. Finished Chemo 1 1/2 years ago. Have lump at top of "cancer breast". But if I don't have any breast tissue, which was replaced with abdomen tissue, could a recurrence even be possible?
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Recurrence with implants ?
i had my exchange surgery in March of this Year. Afterwards it was pretty good. But the last couple months I have had swelling which is thought to be lymphedema but not sure. I hurt in my sternum and around whole outside area around right implant and along under arm area and chest wall. There is a lumpy area also. I have…