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Calling Laurissa and Chemo Chicks
Hi Laurissa and Chemo Chicks. There are several of you that are about a week aheqd of me with your third chemo. I might have missed it (been away from boards a couple of days) bur I am wondering how you all made out with the side effects. My second was a disaster and I was in the hopsital for 4 days with uncontrolable…
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what to expect??, surgery Nov. 30th, bi-lat. w/reconstruction (spacers)
I have been on this site reading for the last 2 hours. This is my first post, a little nervous. I was diagnosed (Nov. 5th) with CDIS, early stages. I have chosen a bilateral masectomy with reconstruction (spacers). I think I'm in the "scared" stage right now. Been making decisions left and right and now I'm sit here…
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1st chemo coming up and scared
1st chemo in 5 days and I am really scared I read the good stories but I always seem to remember the scary stories (the allergic reactions) etc please help??? my anxiety is thru the roof , heart rate elevated ....... thanks Lisaxo
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watch this video to raise your spirits and support breast cancer awareness - bilateral mastectomies
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEdVfyt-mLw It made me want to get up dance even with the pain and sadness of my mastectomies! Hope it gives you a chance to sing a song and dance and a dance wherever you are! cut and paste to view the video and help keep mammograms affordable for those who need it.
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I did it
I did it, I had my hair cut down to day start chemo on monday nov23,09. I did it and didnt cry, not yet...lol..hope everyone had a good day.
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Newbie
Good Morning, I am in need of information. I was just diagnoised with Breast Cancer November 19, 2009. My first step once to talk with family and friends. But now I don't know what I need to do next. I am feeling overwhelmed. Should I get a second opinion? I will be having a test done first (can't remember the name) to…
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THANKSGIVING MEMORIES: LET'S SHARE!
Okay here's the deal, lets all share a Thanksgiving memory that we hold dear. I posted this last year, however since there are many new folks here I shall repeat it...here goes. A couple of years back we all decided to gather in the desert for Thanksgiving at my sister in-laws house in honor of her (she had passed several…
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Birthday Alert!
Today is Shortscake birthday! Happy Birthday! Hope you have a wonderful day! Sorry the post is so late! Hugz, Cathy
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rubber legs?
Does anybody seem to have rubber legs after chemo? I seem to be sooooo unsteady on my feet. Sometimes even stumbling.
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Prayers
Please keep me in your prayers as I have my surgery on Monday. I will be having a mastectomy and lymph nodes removed. "Thank You" to all of you who share their stories and encouragement. You are all a blessing!! Hugs, Diane
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Thank you everyone
I was tickled to see such a large response, and advise. My husband and mom went up to see my doctor while I was getting the PET scan done and told him about the fluid build up I was having.I will go up and see him on Friday when I'm back in town to see my oncologist. Save a trip. And he will remove the fluid. Said that my…
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Wishing an Early Happy Thanksgiving to all my Sisters in Pink-Who is or is not cooking?
This year will be a no cook year. If I can eat, hubby and I will go out to dinner. Our sons will be with their in laws, and John and I will have a quiet day together.
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New advice from GOVT...what a bunch of idiots!
The government has lost their mind. They say women at low risk for breast cancer dont need mammograms before age 50?? I am outraged....I am 33, no BC history in my family. Just saw on the news..it makes me sick.
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hello
Hi new to this I joined back in June but this is the first I have really wrote I had a bl mastectomy in July no chemo or radiation just Tamoxefin but thought it might be nice to talk to some people who know what I'm going through my family has been super supportive but sometimes I think they really dont know what to say to…
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my husbands mother
Hi, my name is DeeDee. My husband's mother has just been diagnosed with breast cancer. We were just told today. WOW!!!! I just need advice how to be supportive for him.Fisrt Oncology appt is on Wed. this week he is going with her. I have to work. Since he was told today he has not said two words. It is very frustrating for…
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1st time here , can use all the help I can get
Well out of all the forums I have ever had to post in this was most certainly one I never thought I would have to frequent .As I am sure everyone else has felt as well , but since I am here I guess I will settle in , try to make myself comfortable and share and learn with all of you also in the same position. I am 40…
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LAST CALL for Ornament Secret Sisters!!!!
To any of you who still want to be in the Ornament Exchange...SUNDAY is the last day to let me know! The response has been incredible~ therein is both the Blessing and the Curse! LOL I knew, as did you, how amazing we all are! Last year when I initiated the exchange on the boards, I had a manageable 6 responses. This week…
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I Got My Ornament Today!!!!
OMG~ A Fed-Ex delivery came to my house today!!!! As I had ordered nothing online recently, I hoped, hoped, hoped, someone sent me something!! And someone had sent me something!!! A sweet ornament honoring the senders State Of Origin, PLUS a funny, clever handmade note, AND, a "happiness kit" again filled with clever and…
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Prayer Warriors -- Update on Vicki Sam .. I am alive, not well, but alive
I found the posting a few minutes ago while map questing directions to a Holistic doctor. I am so sick, fatigued and weak. My oncologist and staff have never seen side efforts like the ones that I am experiencing. Have any suggestions been made to give me a week or 2 break .. NO .. believe me!!! I collapse yesterday in the…
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anyone have advice on port++++please
I had my port put in yesterday at 12 noon they couldn't find the "big wein" so they had to call another dr in to put it in my jugular vein, I know alot of people on here had no trouble with their port but I am sooooo sore, I am bruised +++++no fever , I have swelling+++ because they had to do it 2 times,i have a scar in my…
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Fortune Cookie Say...
-- Passionate kiss like spider's web. Soon lead to undoing of fly. -- Virginity like bubble. One prick, all gone. -- Man who run in front of car get tired. -- Man who run behind car get exhausted. -- Foolish man give wife grand piano. Wise man give wife upright organ. -- Man who walk thru airport turnstile sideways going…
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I am new on here...........
Hello I have been reading posts on here for little over a week and I signed up a few days ago. I have read a lot of things that has made me have a "sigh of releif" and some that have had me say "Oh My Goodness!!!". I am very thankful there is a place to go to where others know what it is you are trying to say, because you…
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Fortune Cookie Also Say...
- Man who fight with wife all day get no piece at night. -- It take many nails to build crib, but one screw to fill it. -- Man who drive like hell bound to get there. -- Man who stand on toilet is high on pot. -- Man who lives in glass house should change clothes in basement. -- Man who fishes in other man's well often…
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I miss my oncologist!
I know this is probably odd, but I miss my oncologist! He always makes me feel better and I won't see him again till at least January. Anyway, just need to get that off my chest :-)
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ROLL CALL: Weekend before Thanksgiving plans?!
Well, ladies, I'm feeling a bit subdued today. Some of it has to do with that gov. taskforce guidelines on mammography. There are some good discussions about it over on youngsurvival.org if anyone wants to check it out. I started a (kind of depressing) thread over there about some issues with these guidelines and having…
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hello from black sea coasts of the
hello from trabzon province of the TURKEY. my name is AHMET SİNAN YURDADOGAN . im Turkish. my home town is TRABZON province (north-east of the Turkey). My mother is a breast cancer survivor . she has no chest because nearly 7 years ago after the operation she lost two chest(in same operation). my mom was so lucky because…
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Surgeon vs. Oncologist
This is my latest dilemma. My last treatment of Chemo was on October 26th. My Oncolgist said it was time to see the surgeon to determine is I was ready for surgery.(did this the 12th) My tumor started at 3cm. After the 1st round, no change, 2nd it got down to 2cm. My gut feeling said I would probably do at least 1 more…
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Brachytherapy with catheters or regular rads
First time on this site. I had a lumpectomy tumor size <1 cm, clear margins, no lymph node involvement stage 1. Have been given the choise of either regular 7 weeks of rads or the brachytherapy treatment with insertion of catheters. I have only found one other person that has had this treatment to talk to and need more…
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Triple negative and radiation treatment
I have Triple negative with invasive poorly differentiated ductal carcenoma. Have the chemo schedule set but have a question. Will be following up Tuesday before my first chemo with asking the Doc but don't have the patience to wait till then. : ) Did you have radiation treatment? I am trying to figure out a timeline.…
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personal question, please help
I have tried to avoid asking this because it is so personal and embarassing but it is very annoying also. I feel the BC has taken enough(not taking my life aside) I must draw the line at taking my sex life! I was on A/C and then Taxol, now just Herceptin. I am experiencing painful intercourse to the point I can't have…