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Expanders before radiation ????
I saw my onc. last Thursday and my case was discussed at the hospitals breast cancer conference, they decided it would be ok for my ex panders to be put in before radiation. I'm scheduled to have a double mastectomy, both ovaries and all lymph nodes the first week of February (after I finish all my chemo). They are going…
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Someone for my sister to talk to....
How do I find someone that my sister can talk to? She has been diagnosed with breast cancer and will undergo a right side mastectomy on Dec. 2nd. She is isolated at home and really has no one to talk to that has experienced what she is going through. It would help her so much if someone could make contact with her while…
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Repeat- -I know someone exactly like you!
I apoligize for this repeat , but I'm just plain frustrated. do people feel that they understand this better if they speak to someone who supposedly has been thru the same thing I'm going thru, when in fact, after questioning, I come to find out that they are not exactly like me nor is anyone. Is this a one upmanship? Are…
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I just opened Mine!!
I got my ornament just now!!! Thanks to dyadeb123. It's perfect!! a cute Bear from the hills of Tennessee! My tree has built in pine cones so he's going to feel right at home!! Thanks so much!! and for the cute Turkey card!!! LOL.. P.S. I haven't sent mine out yet.. but I do have it!!! Calleen
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Does Anyone with Cancer Ever Date Again?
Among all my other fears in the one marked "You've got cancer and no man will want to date you now so love is probably out of the question for you"........The dating websites for those with serious illness are very poorly attended and then there are the "Match.Com" situations. I know its arkward, but has anyone out there…
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Latecomer finally got the ornament in the mail
Better late than never, I always say, but my hubby did get the ornament in the mail today so hopefully it will get there in one piece. This has been so much fun. Have a good day everyone Linda t
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1st chemo tomorrow
I think I am all ready for my first Chemo. Took my pills this morning. Bought supplies for side effects. Went to the grocery store and got things to eat that are more on the light side. Have my clothes laid out with a big shirt that buttons down the front. Packed a bag with things to do and my prayer shawl. Can't think of…
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Take a deep breath....
Wow, there are so many new women to this board, it is overwhelming! I have been here for awhile, and i wanted to write this post to let all the new sisters know that there is Hope. Here is my story, i was diagnosed July 7, 2008 with Inflammatory Breast Cancer, stage 4. I had 12 chemo treatments of Taxol, along with…
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Still Recovering
I am still recovering from my first Chemo. I have been fighting with diarreah since the day after I got my first treatment. I tried the imodium and then a perscription the onc gave me, the "BRAT" diet (bananas, rice, applesauce, toast) but nothing has worked. The onc has come to the conclusion that something other than the…
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Anybody having trouble with their balance?
I can't seem to walk in a straight line! I've noticed it before the last few weeks, but it's really pronounced today. I'm not dizzy, I just weave all over. Just one more weird thing I suppose.
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Radiation
I joined this site to help my mother fight her current battle...Her breast cancer was in remission about 10years, and this summer they find some spots on her back. They treated that with radiation/chemo..this was in about June....and last week she went for a routine bone scan and they found another spot that is close to…
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Pitt How Are You?
Thinking about you and hoping your daughter is recovered from H1N1, that your energy is up, and that the family is regrouping after the loss of your mom. Please post when you can. We all miss you.
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New member of the "club" no one wants to belong to....
WEll, I finally found the place I've been searching for. Where women in our "boat" can go online and learn from each other's experiences with this dreadful disease, moan and groan, and rejoice with each other when good things happen. My story... I'm 59, diagnosed with stage 2 bc on July 1, 2009, mastectomy, 4 evil a/c…
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first chemo
Hello and how is everyone? I had my first chemo to day and it was nice..lol..to be chemo that is they used my port for the first time and i didnt feel a thing.the ladys at the office were so nice.it was a full 3hours looked at a little tv,did a little reading and yes went to sleep.the doctor told me that i am her+ not sure…
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If you only knew how you have affected me....thank you, thank you, thank you.....
I have been crying. A lot. I have been trying to read your ornament posts outloud to my sweet Reggie, but I keep crying. I can't get through the loving expressions you all make without dissolving in tears. I am not even sure why~ but I do have some ideas. You all touch me in ways you cannot begin to understand. Of course…
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ornaments
ornament was mailed out last sat. I sure hope it made it to its new home.I let my hubby mail it for me
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new diagnosis - need info for Myrtle Beach area
Hello. My mom just found out she has infiltrating ductal carcinoma, Nottinghmam score 5 (grade 1). The treatment suggested is lumpectomy, removal of lymph node(s), possibly radiation. I have a zillion questions. First, does anyone know about doctors in the Myrtle Beach, SC area? Surgical oncologists? Or who NOT to use? I…
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Nervous Taxi Driver
A passenger in a taxi leaned over to ask the driver a question and tapped him on the shoulder. The driver screamed, lost control of the cab, nearly hit a bus, drove up over the curb, and stopped just inches from a large plate glass window. For a few moments everything was silent in the cab, and then the still shaking…
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I got my ornament!!!!!
Thank you, Lynn, for the beautiful wildflower heart!!! It goes on my 'Christmas bush' (we can't have a tree, we leave on Christmas day...) as soon as I get it. Space on this bush is always limited, so yours goes on FIRST!!! Hugs, Kathi
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I got my angel!
I'm so touched. I got a beautiful glass angel in a beautiful glass teardrop with snow flakes on it. I sat it on the bookcase to look at all holiday long. Thank you secret sister! Angels are all around us. It's not Thanksgiving yet but my holiday has begun! Thank you! ♥
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Sunday Funny
A lady has a near fatal heart attack on the eve of her 50th birthday, she lands up in hospital and thinks she is dead... then she hears the voice of her Maker "Now is Not your time to die, you will live for 40 more years" The lady is elated and decides that now is the time to change her workaholic lifestyle and start…
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Surprise Plans for my upcoming cancerversary
Feb. 22 will be my 3rd year cancerversary as Mimi so aptly put it. Tonight as I sat on one couch with my laptop and my husband was on the other with his laptop he asked me to come sit next to him he wanted my opinion. He was ordering tickets for us to attend the Farewell Tour of Topol in Fiddler on the Roof in San…
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new member that im scared to be a part of
i guess the question really is ... how did this happen to me??? im 37.. im scared...
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I think I'm going a little crazy....emotional roller coaster following bi-lateral mastectomies with
Just wondering if any others have gone through bi-lateral mastectomies with reconstruction and did they experience waves of emotions? I guess I didn't really expect to feel so sad about losing both my breasts in my late 40's since doing so would be saving me from those crazy cancer cells! I had to have a hysterectomy 5…
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Happy Birthday Skeezie
Judy, Hope you had a great birthday. Just looking over the birthday list and there you were, November 22nd. It's a little late but still a heartfelt wish for this year and many, many more. Stef
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Is this a possible reason for so many with breast cancer?
I just saw on the news that in Norway there is a study that says there is an increase in people who take folic acid with vitamins B's. I'm wondering since I remember hearing in the past that women who have had children are more likely to get cancer. It might have been those who breast feed, but I can't remember for sure. I…
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I went and seen by ex husband yesterday,he has stomach Cancer,Probley a mistake.Please read.
Hi,I hope you don,t mind me talking about this.I was married 10 plus years to this man.I had my 2 children by him.He was tall verry good looking but was very mean to me.I lived in domestic violence all those years.He beat me up the first time the night we got married.I was only 15 when I married him.Pregnant with my son…
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Any Lymphedema Probs Yet?
I had a Modified Radical Masectomy on Sept. 24th with 24 lymph nodes removed (11 malignant) on my right side. Since then my right upr arm has seemed quite swollen and quite uncomfortable but I am pretty sure this is a normal feeling, right? I have been doing my post-surgery exercises but they do not help too much it seems…
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Makin Woopie
My Name is Debra. I had a mastectomy with SNB on September 9/02. Although my husband has had a "glance" at my chest; I don't know how I will go about making love with him. I would be horrified to be without anything covering my incision....I also had a AND on October 28th and my armpit is a jig-saw mess, would anyone be…
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Another New Person
Hello ladies! I just found this site tonight and read through some of your posts. Sounds like a very caring group here so I hope you will allow me to join in. Last week I was diagnosed with DCIS which you may or may not know is a very early stage of BC. I will be 49 next month and have no other breast cancer in my family.…