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friends and co-worker issues
I am really new to this site & so grateful for it! I have finished my treatments for stage 2 cancer ,chemo & rads. I am now in discussion about reconstruction. I work in the front office of an elementary school and am surrounded by caring parents and co-workers who ask all the time how I am. My problem is my office mate.…
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Don't Give Up!
Cancer is very serious i know that..i have since the day i was born so anyone thats a cancer survivor its great that you made it but anyone thats still fighting cancer...keep fighting and don't give up...someone i was close too gave up after it came back for the third time, Yes it might be tiring and i know i have NO idea…
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Relay For Life
i am walking in the relay for life on may 14-15 my goal is too get there..when it starts and then walk to about eleven o'clock or so and then go home..sleep...get up the next morning and walk again till it ends! i hope i can do that but since i'm only 12 i still have all of that little kid energy, if you know what i mean!…
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2 weeks until flying in an airplane
2 weeks until I fly in an airplane and I'm getting nervous. I have my compression sleeve and glove, but OMG they are so tight I don't know if I can stand them! I can wear the sleeve, but the glove is AWFUL! I had lymph nodes removed so my radiologist and Physical Therapist want me to wear the stuff on the plane. I have had…
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Radiation.....
I'm almost half way baked and starting to feel some of the effects already. 3 1/2 weeks to go, how bad is it going to get? I have a very red shoulder???!!! and am itching like a dog with fleas. What have you women used for the itching? They told me NOT TO scratch, that only makes it worse. Also my arm is getting the…
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what now?
I dont know whats going to happen to me. recently been operated .1 lymph and was told that no quimios for me got found on time. this week a quimio port was put in. they say because family history in cancer Prevention and sent to do test examp bone scan I dont like what I understand in reading of bone scan shows malig in…
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finally cracked and cried
I have been so good for so long, but knew I needed to cry. Wanted to but couldn't. Then I had to get a blouse in the bedroom and went in there without a bra on, my husband siad wow to me, and I told him to get a good look, because he would not see them again, because I would not let him see me, even tho I am only having…
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Loss friends bc & cancer
I have such a mess up couple of months. I loss two of my friends from my breast cancer group in two days apart. They was my rock they help me stay strong . I have loss another freind to lung cancer she help me when I was frist diagnosis by making me hats and having her friends donate money. And know I dealing with…
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Radiation and Arimidex
I was prescribed Arimidex and started radiation yesterday. I haven't started taking the medication because from what I've read, it seems like patients start it after radiation. I won't be able to speak to the medical oncologist until 4/21 about this. What I am most concerned about are the side effects of the medication. I…
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this is SO not what I was told...
I have read some of the posts and may have some misspellings/ etc due to the fact that I am once again starting to cry (good thing back at the pysch tomorrow). I would NEVER have done this if they hadn't lied to me. I didn't HAVE to have the double mastectomy, I could have just had another lumpectomy and bought a "cutlet",…
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job lost
Well, ladies I just got laid off today. I am a pathologist and there are about three job openings in the entire New England area (where I currently live). I have three months to find a job before no pay check. I am spiralling downwards and having trouble staying positive. This has been the worse ten months of my life. I…
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Tommorow
tommorow is my sentance for starting quimios so scared will be told how many and how strong.
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I am having a very bad day today
I am so sad today and I really don't know why. Maybe it is because I am alone and some days are worse than others and today is a really hard day. I can't see the screen as I am typing--tears are blurring my vision and rolling down my face. Alone--friends call and say they will come and visit and then don't show up or call…
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Allergies
I am supposed to have surgery on Thursday, April 15th. Our pollen count is horrible here and my sinuses are acting up. Has anyone has this happen and will they go ahead with the surgery. I so want to get this over. I think I will absolutely breakdown if they call it off. I have been stressing for a month. I want it over.
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well - what a day
Its me the woman that posted I Cant Do This....and boy oh boy. I went to my appointment this morning...waited a hour while they did an emergency patient...was getting myself more and more worked up....went in - changed got on the table...was slid in for one picture...and that was it for me....freaked…
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Hi....I'm new to you gals!
Hello. My name is Tawny and I am new to the discussion board thing. I was diagnosed with IDC and DCIS 8.13.2009. It has been a whirlwind ever since. I know you all know what I'm talking about. I have wanted to join in on the discussions sooner, but chemo kicked my bottom hard and I just never had the energy. When I had the…
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Wound infection -- I have scared myself by imagining what this is
I had the second part of my reconstruction surgery done 13 days ago. A day or so ago, I noticed that the right nipple wasn't attached as well as the left one. Now I've noticed that it seems to be "hanging off," and there is a green, malodorous drainage coming from it. I had already planned to call my PS tomorrow, but now…
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Breast tumor removed
I am 40, had breast cancer removed on Feb 1st 2010. No lymphnodes involved, tumor was less than 2cm ;margin was clear and yet I have to do chemo? I had my first round of chemo and had every terrible symptom. I dont get the reason why chemo is necessary if tumor was removed and you had all great prognosis. There are no…
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Seroma and Edema
I had a masectomy in December 09. Both of my drains fell out within 2 days of surgery. One was put back in before i was discharged. I have had a seroma from day one and continue to have the breast aspirated on a regular basis. Additionaly, I have developed edema in the reconstructed breast. I often fell like I am carrying…
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TAC question
Did TAC affect your periods. I have been told by others that my period would stop. I am having my second treatment this Thursday and its only been about three weeks since my last period and it seems I'm about to start again. Thanks for any info.
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Update from Sunrae
Sorry I haven't been on too much lately but it seems like I ran out of energy since I had the heart procedure to open up one of my blocked arteries. Its probably more from the bronchitis or asthma than the heart. Today I went to another cardiologist that will be at the same hospital where I'll be having my masectomy and he…
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hair frustrated
I am 37 and have been done with chemo for 8 months. I totally hate this hair that is growing in! i am thinking about shaving it all off again.. to see if that helps. I find it so f''ing insulting that we have to go through this lose our hair.. than to get **** hair in return.. My hair is like thin baby hair... UGH!!!!! Not…
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Cream better than spray!
The CCI I went to for chemo used a numbing spray for the port and it was good - less than a usual arm blood draw prick. I had a CT scan at the hospital that they used my port for and they had no numbing - it hurt. Well now that I'm done with chemo VA wants to do the flushes at their clinic (my PA's RN is the one that's…
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Before surgery ???
Friday April 16th I'm having a bilateral mastectomy. I want to make sure I have everything I need before surgery. I'm making a Wal-mart run next week. Do I need bandages, wraps etc.. Also what kind of shirts do I need to wear after surgery? I have large breasts so am I gonna feel off balance when I start walking? Thanks…
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I cant do this......
March 3rd - went in for a normal annual physical. Doctor felt a lump. March 22 went in for my very first mammogram. Was called back for a ultrasound. I received another two mammogram photos...then the ultrasound. Mammogram shows a mass....ultrasound didnt show much of anything but a cyst. Because of the mammogram I am…
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CT RESULTS
Well gal's I am still dealing with tummy issues sometimes worse than others but I am oh so happy to say it is apparently IBS (irritable bowel syndrome) because....drum roll please... my CT scan was clean! YEAH!!! Let me tell you I was thrilled to hear that one. Life is good and I can deal with the IBS cause it won't kill…
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Something no one wants to talk about
Constipation. But if it happens, I have a recipe that is a real block buster! it's called POWER PUDDING for a reason! 2 cups pitted prunes 1 cup applesauce 1 cup Bran Cereal enough prune juice to make pudding consistency Blend it in a blender and eat 1 cup in the morning and 1 in the evening for a couple of days, or until…
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2nd expansion......OUCH!
Yesterday i went and got my 2nd expansion. They put another 60ml in each side-totalling 110 ml eack side now (i was only very small before surgery). Last night i was in so much pain.I never slept one bit and had to go and get painkillers at 4.15am! I went back to not being able to sleep on my side again but laying on my…
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still in shock
19 days since I received the diagnosis. 2 days later I got an MRI. 7 days later I had surgery. DCIS was diagnosed with multiple LCIS markers. I am now WAITING for appointments with Oncologist and radiation treatment. The pathology was good. It had not spread. I am still in shock. I happened to find this website by accident…
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Venting
I had my first treatment - TAC - on March 25 and this past Thursday my hair started coming out. Friday I had it cut to 1/8 inch. Saturday it kept coming out and its very patchy in places. I remembered a previous post from a pink sister and she used a lint roller. Let me tell you, tape really works. And once my hair was…