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Anyone heard of the Sancuso patch for side effects of chemo?
I just happened upon it while searching the web. I wonder if it works as well as their ad seems to say. Has anyone tried it? Too late for me, but maybe it could help someone else out there. http://www.sancuso.com/pat/sancuso/comfort.html
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Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas friends. I don't post much but read everyday. Happy holidays. Kit
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Oncotype DX Test
I was supposed to start radiation on 12/21. I'd had my body mapped and was prepared to start treatment. That morning, I had an appt. with my oncologist who asked if I had the results of the Oncotype DX test? I'd never heard of it. She called my surgeon oncologist (who happens to be her husband). He hadn't requested the…
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anyone have stage 2 w/positive lymph node w/"extrusion"?
I can't seem to find out what it means for possible recurrance, to have a lymph node with extrusion, where cells are on the outside of the node. I had 2 involved nodes, one with this extrusion issue. Just had a bilateral with tissue expanders (that's another story altogether!) but of course am wondering about the future.…
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stomach pain
I finished 4 dense dose A/C and 12 weekly taxol treatments on 12/8. At about week 9 of taxol I had stomach pain and was placed on prilosec once a day. The pain did not go away so week 12 my onc dr. told me to go see a gastro dr. I have been on prilosec twice a day now with pepcid complete twice a day. We ruled out…
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PART TWO: Thinking Like a Rose
Whether you believe in a higher power or not, there is substance to the "message" that is sent in the parable: The Gardner and the Rose THINKING LIKE A ROSE Every good parable has a message, and this one is no exception. There are actually three valuable lessons to be learned. First, the rose had to learn to trust the…
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Too much snow
Too much snow here. I can't open my doors to get outside so I'll have to go out a window in order to shovel off the porches so I can come back in through the door. Looks like the majority of the 2+ feet of snow that we got this weekend fell during the night. Heck only knows when I will be plowed out. My snowplow guy works…
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RADS side effects
I have my last chemo tomorrow (YAHOO!!). I will be starting radiation the end of January. What are the general side effects of radiation? I heard breast shrinkage. My breast is already mis-shaped, I don't want to lose any more. HELP
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Hight and Tight, Please...
A guy stuck his head into a barber shop and asked, "How long before I can get a haircut?" The barber looked around the shop full of customers and said, "About two hours." The guy left. A few days later the same guy stuck his head in the door and asked, "How long before I can get a haircut?" The barber looked around at the…
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What does the + sign mean next to all of your names?
Everyone has a plus sign next to their name except me. There is nothing next to mine. Is that because I am new? Thanks! Megan
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I lost it
Hello and how is everyone ? To day i lost it i mean lost it i had a person tell me I know how you feel, I was like no you don't know how i feel i have stage 3bc i am going though chemo i have no hair i cant taste anything i try to eat, when i leave home i have to take oxygen with me, i am coughing up stuff all the time so…
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If it isn't one thing, it's another......
Theft Problem - IMPORTANT MESSAGE: You've heard about people who have been abducted and had their kidneys removed by black-market organ thieves. My thighs were stolen from me during the night a few years ago. I went to sleep and woke up with someone else's thighs. It was just that quick. The replacements had the texture of…
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joint pain
Hello how is everyone on this cold night? i would like to know is anyone having problem with join pain? my knees are hurting all the time.
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Wishing everyone a Happy New Year!
I hope that we all have a very healthy 2010! Thank you for making me feel so welcomed here. I feel so much better having someplace where everyone understands how I feel. Love, Megan
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The Gardner and the Rose-a Parable
Dear Friends, This story was shared with me today and I thought of all of you. I think, in some small way, we could all apply this story to our own lives. I don't know what we are expecteed to "gain" by being "amongst the chosen" to have cancer, but I know that I have personally learned far more in the past four years…
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Carboplatin, Taxotere, Herceptin
I start my chemo Friday, any words of wisdom on what to do to help me prepare to minimze w se's. The Dr gave me emmend, and a Decodron to take before chemo. He said I would retain fluid? I already have low blood pressure. Any reaction with my heart (arythmia scares me) I already have palpations. He said I cant change…
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Any celebrity connections to your treatment?
I thought this would be a fun holiday thread -- anybody else have any celebrity connections to your treatment? There are 2 radiation oncologists at the radiation center I go to -- I had heard that the other doctor is Monica Lewinsky's father, but I just heard yesterday that my doctor is Lisa Ling's husband! I just had to…
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couldn't miss the chance
To wish you all the best of all God's Blessings this New Year. I hold you all close to my heart and in my prayers for peace, love, health and joy....also a New Year could bring us a cure or at least closer to a cure. Thanks to all my sweet sisters for helping me this past year get through many trials and tribulations. As I…
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Boy or Girl?
Male or Female? You might not have known this, but a lot of non-living objects are actually either male or female. Here are some examples: FREEZER BAGS They are male, because they hold everything in, but you can see right through them. PHOTOCOPIERS These are female, because once turned off; it takes a while to warm them up…
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video messages or letter writing
I'm wondering if any Moms with young children are leaving video messages or letters for their kids. Any other ideas to share? I'm not terminal yet but I'd like to leave video while I look decent. I will be restarting chemo for my first reoccurence for stage 4 ovarian. I'm uncertain what the future will bring!
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A Few New Year's Resolutions LOL
Just for today, I will not sit in my living room all day in my nightdress. Instead, I will move my computer into the bedroom. I will no longer waste my time relieving the past, instead I will spend it worrying about the future. I will not bore my boss by with the same excuse for taking leaves. I will think of some more…
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Joint pain
I was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2004. I have taken Arimidex for very close to 5 years just recently stopped taking the drug. I have been off the drug about 5 months. I have as much joint pain as I did the first two years I was taking it. Anyone else have that experience?? My knees and feet and hips hurt so bad…
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If I didn't have kids . . .
Since I got the bad news on Friday that hormonals aren't working on my liver mets, I've been thinking . . . why not get the inevitable over with? Chemo for the rest of my "life"? What kind of life is that? It's only my three beautiful, wonderful daughters that are giving me a will to live, and they felt the need to fight…
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Taxotere....
Hi, Tell me about Taxotere? I just finished up my 4 rounds of Cytoxan and Adriamycin, next I have 4 rounds every 3 weeks of Taxotere... and my nurse practitioner scared the crap out of me saying that maybe I should get it every week to lessen the side effects and wondered why the doctor has me going every 3 weeks for 3…
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Breast Cancer after Hodgkin's?
Hi everyone, My name is Alicia. I was treated for HD in 1991 with a combination of radiation and chemo (ABVD). I was recently diagnosed with Breast Cancer. IS there anyone else out there that's gone through the same thing? I'm trying to make some treatment decisions and am looking to correspond with others in my situation.…
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sent home 4 hours after the start of surgery!!!
Just wanted to share a story with you. I have a friend, a public school Montessori teacher, who had a hysterectomy before Christmas. When I was visiting her two days ago, I learned that a woman who shares my friend's house (along with the woman's husband) went in for a sngle, simple mastectomy yesterday at 7 AM and was…
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Numbness in hands and arms.....
Hello pink ladies, I have a question for you....I was supposed to have my tenth round of taxol today (already finished 4 a/c and 9 of 12 taxol) and my doctor called it off because the numbness in my hands is starting to run up my arms. I've been told this damage is irreversible, has anyone else had this happen? I struggle…
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Saturday is Julia's Birthday!
I have been having internet problems lately so I wanted to make sure this post made it in time. It is JmG86's B-day. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR JULIA HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!! AND MANY MORE!!! HOPE YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY AND A BLESSED NEW YEAR! ♥ Cathy
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ALH with "no surprises" on MRI
I was diagnosed with atypical lobular hyperplasia in Dec. Had an MRI which showed "no surprises"..so I guess no new areas of concern. I am scheduled for an excisional biopsy of the 2 areas of microcalcifications on January 23rd. My question is if my MRI came back negative is there still a decent chance they can find…
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Picture
Trying to post picture. hope it worked. Happy New years!