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MRI Tomorrow
So I have posted about this, that this test was coming. It's here, tomorrow. I hate this machine. I tried to talk the doctor out of it but she said we need to be safe that sorry. They are looking at my lower back. I have been having lot's of problems with leg pains and this could be coming from the back. Because breast…
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Thanks for the birthday greetings!
Just a note of thanks to everyone for the special birthday greetings. They really helped me have a great day. I've always liked my birthdays, just not what they mean. After this battle with the beast, my birthday is even more special and I hope to see many more in my future. Thanks to all of you for all you have done for…
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Question about bone mets and chemo
I did the whole thing: 4 rounds of A/C, 4 rounds of Taxotere, double mastectomy (stage IIIa and triple negative), and 38 rads, finishing on Oct. 20. In dDecember, bone mets were found on my lower spine, so chemo started again Dec. 15, a massive dose of Taxol that put me to my knees. At the suggestion of many of you, I then…
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Have a surgery date - emotional breakdown
Hi All, The surgeons office called with my surgery date today. I will be having double mastectomy with immediate reconstruction with saline implants on Feb 16. I posted on here before about my lack of emotions other than being numb and dazed. That all changed today when I got the date. Guess it didn't seem real until now.…
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Questions About Taxol
I have one more treatment of AC to go and then I start Taxol. I am a little worried about the side effects of this. If anyone has had Taxol and can give me any insight on what to expect, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks much.
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OK - Now ....what is ROFLMAO?
You young girls are certainly expanding my education. What does ROFLMAO stand for? I am going to have to maintain a personal file on vocabulary used on this site. Janelle - The Woman Who Wants to be Smarter
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Forgotten Emend
Had my first chemo on Tues., Feb.2. As we were finishing I heard oops we forot her Emend. The next day while in for my shot of Neulasta, I talked to the onc PA and she was very apologetic, but didn't ell me I should not take the dexamethosone for days 3 and 4 since I'd had no Emend. Yesterday, day 3 I was so wired.…
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Monmouth County Radiation Facility
Hi my lumpectomy surgery is scheduled in NYC followed by radiation. Anybody out there use a facility in Monmouth COunty, NJ to do radiation treatments?
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location
I live in fresno, ca and its hard to find locals to chat with, im done with chemo but about to strt reconstruction, decision= silicone or not
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Weekend Plans Anyone?
Anybody got any special weekend plans? We here in Maryland are having the usual Saturday snow, only this time its another 2 FEET!!!! So tonight is the mad dash at the supermarket and when that first flake falls tomorrow home I go to spend the weekend watching On Demand and cuddling with little Ms. Sadiecat, my furry buddy.…
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A SUPER BOWL HA HA :)
Super Bowl Husband A man goes to the Super Bowl but his tickets are for the upper tier. He spots an open seat on the 50-yard line and grabs it. The guy sitting next to him says, “Actually, this seat belongs to me. I was supposed to come with my wife, but she passed away. This is the first Super Bowl we haven’t been to…
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Rough Week
Hey Girls, Well, it got me, and last week had been rough. Like I said the first 2 days weren't bad. Oh, but the 3rd was killer. It was like an out of body experience. That was some heavy duty drugs. Besides being nauseas things just didn't seem right. At first thought it was just the nausea pills but it was everything. You…
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I Laughed So Much That My Ribs Hurt
I believe in laughter and I believe that laughter heals. I laughed so much that my sides hurt and I had to stop reading many times before I could resume again. I hope that this has same effect on you that it did with me. The story begins as follows: After I retired, my wife insisted that I accompany her on her trips.…
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OFF TOPIC: Superbowl/Oscars/TV party recipes?
Hi, everyone - Some of us talked a little about this on shortscake's thread earlier in the week, and I thought it might be a fun weekend thread to share some recipes. With the Superbowl this weekend and the Oscars coming up in just a few weeks: Do you have any favorite tv/viewing-party recipes? I'm not into football, but…
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Not sure why I'm depressed...
I had a bilateral mastectomy with reconstruction using a TRAM flap on Jan. 19th. The surgery went well, but discovered that the DCIS was actually invasive cancer, grade 2, in a .5cm area. Margins and nodes are clear. So I'm luckier than most. But for some reason, I am focusing on the side effects of the Tamoxifen that I'll…
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Has anyone had this Problem with Arimidex?
Hi averyone.I started taking armidex three weeks ago.A few days afterwards I can not sleep good.I toss and turn all night.After a while of that and you are not rested.I have also had some headachs,I know that can be a side effects.Thanks for your reply. Pat.Ps . I take it in the morning.
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Today is Contrail's Birthday!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR CONNIE HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!! AND MANY MORE!!! HOPE YOUR DAY IS FILLED WITH LAUGHTER, LOVE, & ALL THE THINGS YOU WISH FOR! ♥ Cathy
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How to celebrate my LAST chemo!!!
Yep, it's finally here! Wed at 2:30pm! I had posted on another thread asking for ideas, but for the life of me I can't remember which thread it was... (chemo brain?) Anyhoo, Does anyone have any ideas how to celebrate with the nurses and docs who have been so kind and positive with me throughout this ordeal? flowers?…
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Tossed from Surgeon to Surgeon????
Ok - I have a recurrance of BC in right breast again that the CT scan shows some mets to bone....Oncologist sent me to Plastic Surgeon that originally said she could do a Lat Flap, But needed a thorasic surgeon to remove the bone if indeed it reached there. Saw a great guy, said he could do it, and now the Plastic Surgeon…
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Friday funnies
I have a very good friend that is a court reporter and passed along these funnies. I was actually laughing out loud at work! Enjoy. These are from a book called Disorder in the American Courts, and are things people actually said in court, word for word, taken down and now published by court reporters that had the torment…
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My Son's Definition for Survivor
My son clarified/defined survivor for me. He told me before I even had my surgery that I was a survivor because I was still alive. Wow, that really impressed me. He feels that anyone who is alive and fighting this beast at whatever place of treatment is a survivor. When I had the surgery, he said mom you are now cancer…
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Top 50 Text Abbreviations
Janelle: Here's the top 50. There any many, many more but these are the most common. 2moro - Tomorrow 2nite - Tonight BRB - Be Right Back BTW - By The Way B4N - Bye For Now BCNU - Be Seeing You BFF - Best Friends Forever CYA - Cover Your **** -or- See Ya DBEYR - Don't Believe Everything You Read DILLIGAS - Do I Look Like I…
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Always ask~ assume NOTHING!
>> ALWAYS ASK, NEVER ASSUME !! >> >> His request approved, the CNN News photographer >> quickly used a cell phone to call the local airport to charter a flight. >> >> He was told a twin-engine plane would be waiting >> for him at the airport. >> >> Arriving at the airfield, he spotted a plane >> warming up outside a…
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lumpectomy recovery time?
My lumpectomy and lymph node removal will be coming up soon. Whats the usual recovery time before returning to work? I drive a bus.
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Special shampoo?
I just had a coworker tell me about something called Ovation Cell Therapy. She hasn't tried it herself, but had heard it advertised on the local radio station down here. It supposedly helps regrow hair faster, and they were advertising it as something that might be useful to people who'd had hair loss due to chemo, which…
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I too lost a best friend yesterday, my sister Diane Sanders
Such an amazing woman! Such a fighter! She also lost her battle with B/c after being detected 3 1/2 years ago, going through the treatments, into remission, only to have it come back with a vengeance. But she fought each tumor as it arrived, first the lungs, then the brain, both were diminished with radiation because they…
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What to do when a "pain" needs to be checked out
For those of us who have battled cancer for a while, and have completed treatment, I wonder just which of your doctors do you contact when you have something that needs to be checked out? If you have pain in your back that persists, do you call your PCP or do you call your onconogist? For those who have developed other…
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Off the Subject-who dat and Mardi Gras
Just wanted to say that I am riding in the Krewe of Eve tomorrow on the Taj Mahal float. Please say a little prayer for nice weather. I didn't get to ride last year and I am so excited! Our krewe throws large decorated plastic chickens. We spray painted the chickens gold and decorated them in Saints girlie costumes. Our…
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Nothing Important! But good for a few laughs!
1. Is it good if a vacuum really sucks? 2. Why is the third hand on the watch called the second hand? 3. If a word is misspelled in the dictionary, how would we ever know? 4. If Webster wrote the first dictionary, where did he find the words? 5. Why do we say something is out of whack? What is a whack? 6. Why does "slow…
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Ah, the Dutch...my latest adventure:Baking!!!
I am attempting to bake bananna bread here in The Netherlands...now, the first hurdle was to find measuring spoons I could understand...Theelepel and Eetlepel just don't cut it, and most recipes here measure spices and leavening stuff (baking powder, etc) by weight in grams. But, each spice can weight different amounts, so…