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Barium nightcap
Tomorrow morning I am scheduled for a CT SCAN. I had to force myself to stay awake until 10pm, in order to drink 15 oz of barium sulfate. Tomorrow morning, I'll have another equal portion for breakfast. For my sisters in pink, who may have to use this liquid, the description says "pleasantly flavored", and actually, it's…
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surgery & treatment indecision
Hi there, I am new to this stuff, so please bear with me. I was diagnosed with BC at the end of July 2009. I have invasive cancer and the tumor is very close to the chest wall, though it is only 1 centimeter. I had appointments with a surgeon, plastic surgeon and oncologist. I was told that if I had a lumpectomy that I…
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Sorry I took so long to get back
I'm sorry I didn't get back here. I had my surgery on July30. They did a mastectomy and true, a lot of the pain I had before is gone. I was soooooo down these past few weeks, I just kind of shut myself off from everyone. I know I shouldn't do that. My tests came back clear, no cancer. When I was first diagnosed with…
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femara, arimedex, tamoxifen - now what?
Hello! I'm 5 years out from mastectomy(chemo & rads too!) I've taken Femara and Arimidex but had to quit both because of pain. Currently on tamoxifen, but will be talking to onc about quitting it too - can't tolerate the fatigue - I had more energy on chemo! What's left on the menu for follow up meds? thanks! j.d.
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start DD AC chemo friday,a couple of questions
first i want to thank you all for all your support , god bless all..i like to know how it feels when the chemo is first going thru your veins, i live alone i have a girlfriend that will stay with me at my place the first night of chemo, she has a husband and child at home or should i go to my 75 year old ma ( you wouldnt…
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young vs old
ready to start treatment, have to pick a surgeon, young vs old, leaning on the experience one, chemo first, then surgery, gives us time to decide on keeping original equipment [might not have a choice], or installing the rebuilt stuff, just want to be healthy again love you all
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RE's Tribute to her Mom
RE, I have tried three times to reply to your tribute to your Mom thread, and the system just isn't allowing me to do so. I didn't want this beautiful story to go unnoticed, so am doing so by separate thread. (The last time I tried to reply, my reply appeared on the thread, but under the name of ALEXIS!....along with her…
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new here but not to breast cancer
I just was wandering the internet one night and found this board. I am somewhat leery of too many sites as I tend to get anxious. I have already posted on some questions here and learned some interesting things. For EX" will need to discuss my lexapro as I will eventually be on tamoxifen. I was dx 15 years ago, age 34 stg…
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How soon after a lumpectomy/radiation did you have a mammogram?
My oncologist and my rads onco didn't seem to want to push me, which is good. I am still sore, and, do NOT want to even think about a mammogram yet. How soon did everyone get one done? Thanks! Hugs Lex♥
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Time to vent again
Hi all! After 4 cycles of A/C, I get to start taxol/herceptin on friday. I go in for another mugga scan tomorrow cuz my heart rate is still racy. I have heard from several of you guys that taxol/herceptin is easier so I am trying not to get too nervous...but at least I knew what to expect from that combination and of…
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Got my scarf from Laurie.....
it is so beautiful. It also was such a nice package to open with an added surprise inside (don't want to spoil it for anyone else). http://www.franceluxe.com/c/headwraps/It's+A+Wrap.html Here is the link but if you prefer to just go to www.franceluxe.com and hit good wishes up in the corner and it will explain how to get…
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Marcia, Stef, Melanie, Jackie, Jan, Edna, Laura, Taleena, Julia, & 4slurpee........Greastest Losers!
Looks like we all missed posting for last week!! We are now in the home stretch!! This is our last week and we will have a winner!! My son has been walking my butt off!! Ok, not really, my butt is still there......but I have made some progress. Yippee!! Amazing what a difference a little exercise can make! I still hate it,…
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Surgery tomorrow
Well, tomorrow is the big day. I have the best plastic surgeon in the world doing my DIEP flap surgery in the morning. I was quite nervous this morning, until I saw him in the office. He is such an amazing person as well as an excellent doctor so he was able to put me at ease in a matter of minutes. Surgery will take about…
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Day 25 of Pammy's Rads
Well, quite an informative visit today! My regular tech was off, so to make conversation with the other one, I mentioned that I will be starting my boosters Friday. Now, what ever made me think that all they did was shrink the light beam down to a smaller area, is beyond me. That of course would be way to simple! That is…
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Call out to IamHope
Have not seen you in quite a while. Hope you are OK. Please chime in and let us know. You are so missed. Please let us know, it has been weeks!!! tj
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Rads
I'm still pretty new to this dx july 2nd. I started chemo the 15th how long after chemo do I have surgery? is it up to the dr? then i really know nothing about radiation except my onco told my i will have it. how does it work? can you go to work while having radiation? how tires sick etc am i going to be. I work in a…
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ONCO TEST AND RADIATION
MY DR FROM HERSHEY CALLED ME AT 8 AM WITH ONCO TEST IT WAS 1 IWAS SO HAPPY NO CHEMO JUST RADIATION BUT DR SAID 6 WEEKS NO 1 WEEK 2 TIMES A DAY HE DIDNT WANT ME TO BE GINNY PIG FOR THIS STUDY NOT ENOUGH IN FO YET BUT IM OKAY WITH THAT NO TAMOXIFIN AS OF YET HE HASNT DECIDED WANTED TO SHARE GOOD NEWS AS ALWAYS THANK YOU…
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Day 26 of Pammy's Rads
Owwwww.....Yikes!! (I'm practicing! It's not quite THAT bad yet!). Today I did find out that my simulation will be on Thursday, which means Boosters start on Friday. Yeah....woohoo, getting close. I also was asked to go without a bra from here on out (this will feel really weird!) and I was given instructions for a "soak"…
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Can anyone share about Breast Reconstruction
My breast surgeon recommended a mastectomy after he found that the are pre cancerous areas left after the lumpectomy or seek a radiation oncology for an advice. I have made already a decision to have mastectomy. But my breast surgeon recommended to also consult with a plastic surgeon. I have consulted the plastic surgeon…
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WAITING FOR TEST RESULTS
hi everyone.I AM WAITING FOR TEST RESULTS TO TELL WHAT TREATMENTS I WILL BE GETTING.IF I DON,T HAVE TO HAVE CHEMO THEN I WILL HAVE RADIATION WITH A PILL I TAKE FOR 5YRS.CAN ANYONE TELL ME ABOUT THIS PILL.IS THEIR MORE THEN ONE KIND?IS IT EXSPENSIVE?THE PET SCAN WAS CLEAR,THE LYNPH NODS WERE CLEAR.THE LUNSETOMY WAS…
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ME TIME
I needed a mental pick me up so I am having a "ME" day, dyed my hair, plucked the eye brows,got rid of that unsightly extra facial hair (YUCK!), painted my toe nails now I am off to relax in a bath with lavender salts.....I needed this....sometimes don't we all, just hope husband recongnizes me when he gets home LOL!!!…
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Internal Bleeding
I had a bilateral mastectomy last week (7 July) with lymph nodes removed from the left side. I had the drains in for only one week. The right side was draining well, with less than 50ml the day they took it out. Problem was/is the left side. The drain still had more than 200ml in. They still took out both drains. I have…
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found out what kind of chemo i will be doing
its DD AC - T chemothererapy. has anbody did this one.how was it. and then i have to do radation..will still leave 75% of it coming back.
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Here's Whats Been Up With Me
Well my bc buddies let me tell you about my past 5 weeks, I have been down and out due to abdominal pain that has been zapping me of my energy and disposition. I tell you this because I now have answers so I do not have to worry you all unduly. I was quite frustrated as I dealt with this pain and could not get my GP to do…
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I got approved.....
for the Health Well Foundation and they are paying for the whole thing except a couple of dollars that I have to pay for one of the drugs!! Isn't that great? So chemo is next Thursday now as long as the medicine gets here in time. They are ordering it Monday so.... Thanks to all of you who got so outraged along with me…
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everything hit me today
LAST NIGHT I WOKE UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT CRYING AND I WAS SLEEPING I JUST LOST IT .I WENT FROM BEING HEALTHY TO HAVING CANCER ,SURGERY AND NOW RADIATION,AND ALL THESE DRS VISITS RESEARCH ETC I HAVE REALLY TRIED TO BE STRONG MY SON WAS DIAGNOSED WIT AUTISIM WHEN HE WAS 2 HE IS 21 AND GOING TO COLLEGE I…
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Board question: CAPS?
This may be an ignorant question, so my apologies in advance: I'm wondering why some of you write your posts in ALL CAPS? I myself find it very difficult to read long stretches of text in all caps, but I'm new to message boards, so there may be a reason I'm not aware of? Would just be curious to know. Traci
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MY MOTHER'S BREAST CANCER STORY (Ahmet Yurdadoğan calling from the TURKEY's trabzon pro
Hİ FROM TURKEY. MY NAME İS AHMET YURDADOĞAN . İM TURKİSH AND İM LİVİNG BLACK SEA COAST(İN TRABZON) CİTY). MY MOTHER İS A BREAST CANCER SURVİVOR AND HER NAME İS: MENŞURE MY FELLOW FRİENDS TODAY İ WANNA TALK ABOUT MY MOTHER'S STORY. MY MOTHER NEARLY 7 YEARS AGO LOST TWO CHEST (İN SAME OPERATİON). BECAUSE BREAST CANCER WAS İN…
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Help - bilateral mastectomy or ?
Hi, I'm 51 year old single female diagnosed with stage IIb, grade 3 invasive BC involving the lymph nodes on right side. opted for bilateral mastectomy with reconstruction of tissue expanders on left and right. However, I'm also Triple Negative and oncologist wants to start chemo as soon after surgery as possible and with…
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AWESOME WEEKEND!
So, the world still sucks cuz I have cancer. BUT I have great friends who took me on a trip to Destin, FL and it was so great! We didn't do much but I spent about 5 hours bobbing around in the ocean and tanning and in the ocean and well you get it. We went out to eat @ a place that had live gators, held a baby one, took…