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TASHA ?
Hi Tasha, Did you find out anything at wednesday's appointment regarding stopping the tamoxifen last week? Hope you got some good answers and can share them with us. I for one have been sitting on the fence still reading and reading up on the pros and cons of taking any hormome type pill while I am taking an anxiety…
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ELIZAROSE...thanks so much for the lovely ornament!
Beth, Receiving the ornament yesterday was such a thrill! YES, I do love snowmen and I did notice the pink scarf on the penguin :) ) I will treasure this always and forever more, I will remember you, my pink sister, whenever I see a snowman. Thank you! Oh, and the candy that you sent I will, of course, share with my kids.…
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Time to vent about health insurance
We get calls from health insurance salesman and when we tell them I had cancer and now Parkinson's, they can't get off the phone soon enough. So now when they call we tell them they won't cover us and why and they say thank you and hang up. The only reason I've got health insurance at all is a high risk pool through the…
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Chen~You Cheated!!
Hi Chen! I received a beautiful holiday card today!! WOW! I sure wasn't expecting it! It was so nice of you but, you cheated!! lol It really cheered up my day! Tomorrow is my first chemo, and I'm a bit nervous about it. So this was just what I needed. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! Sending big warm fuzzy(((((Hugz)))))
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I got my ornament today
Hey all!!! My ornament came today...I was going to wait to open it, but I thought, why wait til xmas when its an ornament, right??? Anyway, its a beautiful glass angel which came all the way from Canada and it lights up with a really beautiful note included in the box. So Im excited to get it on the tree...and it came on a…
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Does head soreness go away after hair comes out?? (hopefully??)
I have finished my 2nd chemo yesterday and for the last 3 days - MON, TUES, and TODAY my hair has really thinned out, handfuls in the shower each morning...head REALLY sore today..does this soreness go away after hair falls completely out? And thoughts would be helpful. Thanks, Tracy
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Hello...Call me GG
Hello...Call me GG. Just learned via biopsy I have breast cancer. Don't know much more. Wearing out my computer trying to learn since I got the report. Glad there's a place that has many shoulders to lean on (and maybe cry). Have many questions...in time. Right now I am trying to find what to do, where to go, what's next.…
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arimidex
Anyone else here taking arimidex and what are the side effects you've experienced?
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a question for cr1954
did your lump from cancer hurt? and to anbody that is reading this did your lump hurt when you found it.
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pray
i pray in the name of my lord jesus christ for every soul on this site, i bind up cancer in jesus name and say go dry up at the very root. amen gal3:13 for all believers and all who dont too. i love and feel for all of you. fear not i am with you. even to the end. i also had stage 3 breast cancer. 7 node pos. her-2 pos. on…
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Sending my Ornament out tomorrow!!
To my Secret Sister... I'm sure you check your mail everyday wondering if your special ornament is ever going to arrive.. It will be on it's way tomorrow!! I hope you enjoy it as much as I did picking it out for you!!! Calleen
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Mammosite insertion
Lady Parvati, how did it go? How are you feeling? Wishing you the best! Did they answer all your questions? Do you have your first treatment Friday or Monday? Connie
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spot on lung
CXR showed pulmonary nodule. Followed by CT scan but it was also abnormal. Told me today need to have a PET scan. Never had one. Not sure what this will tell that the other tests didnot. No one has said this bad yet. But nodule in the lung doesnt sound very good. Could it really be nothing?
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BunnyJane
Hi Jane ... just wondered how you were doing ... resting and taking those drugs? hugs. teena
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vent
hello and how is everyone? today was my 2nd chemo and i just have a little vent, the day of my chemo i feel very good but then a few days after i am so tried and i dont understand why, i try to drink a lot of water and rest. I know this is going to sound crazy but i dont know if i can rest anymore everytime i look around i…
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Been a while
I know it has been a week or two since my last post here, and well I dont really have an excuse other then all the new dx is so overwhelming, I am afraid to look some days. To all the new people I am so sorry you ever had to find us. Please know that you can do this. Its hard and there will be day where you will wonder if…
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First round of chemo done!
I know I know, I'm late as usual!! Had my 1st round of chemo today (Taxotere & Cytoxan) 3 more rounds to go!! I get to the infusion place, and they proceed to tell me that I'm not on the schedule!! WTH??? They did make room for me!! I had my port placed at surgery 5 weeks ago, and of course it was kinda clogged. The nurse…
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TGF - Has the Ornament Made It?
TGF - Did the ornament get there? I'm so nervous - hope you like it! Lori
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Lola - How did #2 Go?
Lola - Just checking in to see how it went - I think you were scheduled for #2 today???? I hope you are doing great! Lori
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Heard back from ACS in re: Latest Mammogram Guidelines
I got a 2 page email back from ACS regarding the latest guidelines. They have assured me that they will continue to support the guidelines in place. "Please be assured that, despite the Task Forces findings, the American Cancer Society is not changing its screening recommendations. The Society continues to recommend annual…
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LANIE, LANIE...WHERE ARE YOU
Lanie, i haven't seen you around for a while...just wondering how you are.
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bruising and gummy mouth
I seem to bruise easiy, and my mouth is so dry and sticky on taxol. I am drinking tons of fluid and am not dehydrated, do I need something from the Pharmacy or just to do mouth care more often?
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Finding someone with similar dx
Hello A friend and breast cancer survivor told me about this discussion board and I thought I'd give it a try. I was dx with stage 1b bc (grade 2, estrogen/progest + and HER@ neg., lymph node a microscopic amount in one node) and now I need to make an important decision. Should I have chemo or not? Got three opinions and…
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oncotype test which is right?
Hi my wife was first diagnosed estrogen positive, had a microscopic show of cancer on a lymph node through an axilla mri [needle biopsy], had a mestectomy, lymph nodes 15 of 15 clear, do not know what happened to the one that showed the small amount of cancer, dr. reduced the amount of chemo to taxotere and gytaxan 4…
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User Error...
Actual dialoge of a former WordPerfect Customer Support employee with a caller: "Ridge Hall computer assistant; may I help you?" "Yes, well, I'm having trouble with WordPerfect." "What sort of trouble?" "Well, I was just typing along, and all of a sudden the words went away." "Went away?" "They disappeared." "Hmm. So what…
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Our Great State Senator
Barbara Maculsky (sp?) made a statement yesterday that I thought was too good not to pass on. She said that she and all the other females in the Senate felt that with all the cutbacks on mammograms, SBEs, and testing for cervical cancer - just being a woman in the United States is a "pre-existing condition". Just thought…
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Reducing Radiation Treatments
I just want to throw this out there. I was to have 12 weeks of radiation, (every day except weekends) After surgery my doctor said, ask your radiologist if they can double the dose and be finished with radiation in 6 weeks instead of 12. The chemo worked very effectively on me, they took out 20 lymphnodes, and removed the…
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1st visit with oncologist tomorrow -- questions I should ask?
I had surgery on 11/18/09 (lumpectomy, sentinel node biopsy); lymph nodes were negative, but did not get clear margins around the tumor, so surgeon wants to do re-excision/lumpectomy; I have tentatively scheduled this for 12/16. Path report shows Stage 1B, intermediate grade. My mom has had BC and my maternal grandmother…
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Friend recently diagnosed
Hi, I originally checked out ACS for myself, having been diagnosed with colon cancer in June. My reason for writing is about a friend of mine. She just started chemo and I was wondering if there was anything that I could do to help make a difference in her day. My treatment is so different. I live 3000 miles away but we…
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newbie needs pratical advice
I have just been diagnosed with DCIS. Because of a terrible family history I will be having bilateral mastectomies with bilateral sentinal node sampling and placement of tissue expanders. I am waiting for a surgery date. Anyway, I need pratical information. What is most comfortable/pratical to wear post-op?...over-sized…