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Recurrance
I had BC in 2001 - Stage 2 - had lumpectomy, 6 Chemo's - & radiation. Just found out today that I have mets to breast bone & rib... Very scared. Anyone else have this?? I always heard that once it gets in the bone its over?
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Some Friday Ha Ha's! Laughter Required!
Good Housekeeping Rules! ( especially for men hehe ) It is time to clean out the refrigerator when something closes the door from the inside. Keep it clean enough for healthy, dirty enough for happy. Never make fried chicken in the nude. Do not engage in unarmed combat with a dust bunny big enough to choke the vacuum…
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Another book recommendation for post-treatment
Wanted to share that I've been reading another really helpful book for recovery and the post-treatment period: After Cancer Treatment: Heal Faster, Better, Stronger, by Julie K. Silver, MD. The author is a breast cancer survivor and physician specializing in rehabilitation medicine, and she approaches recovery from a very…
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So far so good!
This afternoon was the last (12th) Taxol - YEAH it's done. There was good news before that too when I saw the Rad Dr. He had ordered a CT scan last week in prep for rads and he had the report back. Told me when I saw him before Chemo that there was no signs of anything 'off/strange' on it - in other words no signs of…
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1st day after
Hi everyone! Well today was my first day after chemo. Most of the day was good, had a couple of apptmnts to go to. Came home early afternoon alittle tired. Took a nap, but later this afternoon started to feel a little queasy. Slept off and on the rest of the afternoon, but also diabetic and sugar was outragesly high, took…
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lat flap, possible removal of rib/chest bone
Had lumpectomy in 2002 and now I have stage 4 with bone mets to chest area...Dr. wants to do lat flap and then have thorasic surgeon remove mets on bone area. Very Very scared.....anyone else have this?????
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Tuesday is the big day. scared/nervous
Hi all , I am officially scheduled for a prophylatic bilateral masectomy with latissmus dorsal flap reconstruction with a expanders. I wanted to do the tummy flap but the doc said that wouldnt work for me. I am nervous and scared and its weird because this is a decision that my hubby, doctors, family and I agree needs to…
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still waiting for chemo
A newbie to the site here. I had a lymp with 14 nodes and 7 pos.Had my surgery Dec 1st.then got broncitis and asthma. I have had to cancel getting port and starting chemo twice now. Hoping to get port Jan.19. Just want to get started and over with
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My first treatment
Hi Everybody, Thanks for all your support. Everything went very well today, I had the back room all to myself today. Had tv and the remote in hand, had all the judge shows going lol. I know that I snoozed alot off and on. They gave me the big boost of benadryl. So that knocked me out. Had the herceptin trmnt,along with the…
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So Slow Driving Me Crazy
Anyone have problems with site. I wind up logging off because it takes so long to answer a post.
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new port
Today is the first day after having had a port installed. It hurts and is very uncomfortable...does that ease, or is this what I have to look forward to for the next few months? Thank-you, Darlene_Mays
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Recurrence Very Rare for Initial Cancer 0 Stage DCIS
At 65 years old breast mammogram revealed a calcification. Calcification ended up being 0 Stage, DCIS. Two surgical biopsies yield margins that were not clear. An infection developed 4 days after the second surgical biopsy. That was the best thing that happened to me because then I researched for the next 2-1/2 months and…
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Recipe Exchange
I have been invited to participate in a recipe exchange and was wondering if anyone on the board here would be interested in participating. I think it would be fun to receive recipes from all over the country. I need about 12 more names of those interested. Please pm me your email address and I'll get it out this…
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Do I have a case?
Hi, I would like some opinions on my case. Yes, I was diagnosed last Nov. (2009)with IDC and had a mastectomy in Dec. (2009)to remove the breast which is stage 2 and 2 lymph nodes involved out of 16. The history: I made an appt to inform my Gyn I felt a lump about 2 years ago and he felt it and said it was fibroidous…
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Anyone with knowledge of TNBC?Scared of chemo
Making new topic for Darlene?Mays who posted to the end of a thread that is over a year old. Hello Hi, I am responding to your email yesterday or recently (Jan 16, 2010). I am recently diagnosed with TNBC, and this is my second go round w/breast cancer; my first with TNBC however. This seems much more serious than the…
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vitamin B supplements
For those who took extra vitamin B was it the normal "RDA or extra on top of that? and what kind? B6 B12 ? or something else> thanks Penny
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How many of you gals do this when you're in a crowd?
I find myself looking for other bald heads - and never seeing any (women, of course). Then I start thinking, shoot, I'm the only woman facing this in the WHOLE WORLD!!! or at least my church, beach, WalMart, ect. and then I come on here and feel so much better. I am NOT along and LOOK how brave these wonderful women are! I…
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How long will I feel tired
Hi, Im just trying to find some people that feel like I do, or felt like I do. I had my 1st chemo on 12/1/08, TAC for 6 sessions, last chemo was 3/09. My cancer was IDC, stage 3B, right breast only. My bilateral was on 4/8/09 with reconstruction starting right away. I also had 11 lymphnodes removed on the right side. The…
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Old hand to cancer but new to this discussion board
Hi, all. I was diagnosed in May 2002, had bilateral mastectomies, then Tamoxifen. Local chest wall recurrence in 2007, had surgery, chemo, radiation, then arimidex. Just this week diagnosed with mets to bones (PET scan) and today I have a bone scan to see the extent of damage. I'm really scared but I've seen stories of…
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Treatment plan question
Hi ladies...I was awaiting my oncotype dx score to find out if I need chemo or not. Well, my tumor was to small to do all the testing on it so it was inconclusive. So to be safe we are going ahead with it. I will be having the Taxotere/Cytoxan cocktail 4 treatments every 3 weeks. My onco doc told me that I wouldn't be…
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reconstruction concerns
I had a double Mastectomy 11/14/08 and finished all treatment. I've have decided to start my reconstruction. I'm a good candidate for the DIEP flap but due to cost and travel I'm unable to have this operation. My question is, has anyone had just the Trans Flap for a double reconstruction? I'm really concerned because of…
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Met with the plastic surgeon today
Hi All, Thanks so much to all of you who helped answer my "newbie" questions. Today I had a consult with the plastic surgeon. I have decided to go with immediate reconstruction with saline implants. By going a bit smaller with my breast size she will be able to place the implants at the time of my mastectomies without…
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Facing forward - exercising again!
Hi everyone! I haven't been posting much lately because I've been so wiped out after finishing chemo and then starting rads. I'm in the middle of my radiation treatments 5th out of 8 weeks! I have read so many posts about fatigue, depression, anxiety, etc. and wanted to share some thoughts with you. I've been going through…
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How Do You Keep Track of Who You Responded To on This Site
I am new to this site. I am an extremely detailed person but I am having difficulty in remembering whose discussion board I read and responded to and I have been a member for only one week. So....how do you keep track of where you have been on the discussion boards and who you have responded to?
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low white blood cell count 3mos after chemo finished
I'm a little concern I finished my chemo November 2 I'm half way through my RAD therapy and instead of my wbc coming back up it keeps dropping my red blood cells have recovered and are in a normal range now. Should I be concern that my bone marrow won't recover? Should I really be concern about infection.
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anyone know about cervical cancer?My neice found out today she has it.
I didn,t find a thread on here on this subject.being I am familar on this sight I thought I would try here.The Dr. called today and said her pap showed 2 cancer cells with Cancer.She is only 29yrs. old and of course very scared.I thought maybe some of you know someone that has gone through this.I imagine they will want to…
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Got treatment plan----arm feels like an open wound
Surgeon removed stitches and drain yesterday. My arm feels raw after node removal and dissection 1/21/10. Oncologist recommends 6 doses of chemo every 21 days. I was hoping that I could by pass chemo since 10 out of 12 nodes were cancer free. Oh well...I know that it has only been a week since surgery, but the 1st surgery…
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Shouldn't I be able to do this my way?
Okay, I am still having trouble committing to chemo. I'm not usually this indecisive but then these aren't normal circumstances. Knowing that getting a port would most likely cost me my $1,000 deductible immediately and knowing that I'm afraid I won't be able to tolerate chemo, I asked my oncologist if I could get the…
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How do you work?
Okay, just came from the surgeon and that makes two that said if it isn't cancer it would be a miracle. I go for my biopsy tomorrow and will find out on Tuesday the news. (Also I'll be praying hard for that miracle for me and all you on this forum.) (Let me interject here that I don't want to call this cancer anymore…
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I'm new
I'm not even sure what to post, but I know I need some support from people who know what I'm going through. I am 42, and was diagnosed Dec 3rd, 2009. Stage 1, and had a double mastectomy (prophylactic on the right) on Dec 11. Chemo starts Feb 3rd. I am a high anxiety person, and have been doing ok, but this week I have a…