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    Breast Cancer

     

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    • User: "LRM216"

      Blood clot in leg - anyone have one?

      I work as a legal asst. and sit for most of the day. On Weds. a.m. I noticed that my ankles adn feet were puffy. I often have this during hot summer days, when I had my period years ago, after standin…
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      13 comments
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      Started by LRM216
      Most recent by DianeBC
      Breast Cancer
    • User: "jgpaulson"

      slow healing, blood thinners, blood clots and a lumpectomy

      How many days did they take you off your blood thinner before a lumpectomy? Did you have inject yourself before surgery with blood thinners? For how long? And how many days after the surgery did they …
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      1 comments
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      Started by jgpaulson
      Most recent by jnl
      Breast Cancer
    • User: "CatintheHat"

      Time to Celebrate

      I'm new to this site and I wish I knew about it when I started going thru treatment. I found my lump in the left breast and was diagnosed in Sept 08. I had chemo first then a bilateral mastectomy with…
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      13 comments
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      Started by CatintheHat
      Most recent by cats_toy
      Breast Cancer
    • User: "Christmas Girl"

      To perhaps relieve some ambivalence...

      Last Wednesday, July 29th, marked SIX YEARS since my original diagnosis. I will always remember this past year as the one during which I found this site, joined this amazing group, and gained so many …
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      21 comments
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      Started by Christmas Girl
      Most recent by outdoorgirl
      Breast Cancer
    • User: "Akiss4me"

      Day 10 of Pammy's Rads

      Yikes! Almost forgot to post about Rads today. Sorry, had unexpected company stop in from out of town and they just left. Well, seems like they just get quicker & quicker. The reason I may be thinking…
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      6 comments
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      Started by Akiss4me
      Most recent by outdoorgirl
      Breast Cancer
    • User: "Daledj85"

      So scared, alone and need to RELAX....HELP

      Hello everyone. I need help as I am feeling scared and alone. I have supportive family and friends but why do I feel so isolated? Why can everyone else move about their day with smiles and I am sittin…
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      20 comments
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      Started by Daledj85
      Most recent by lynn1950
      Breast Cancer
    • User: "Akiss4me"

      Punker Doo results

      Well, decided I needed cleaned up a bit. Asked for a Punker look. Yikes!! Not too sure this is me!! At least the gray is gone. Rock on RAD B's, rock on!! (:-) Pammy
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      12 comments
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      Started by Akiss4me
      Most recent by tommaseena
      Breast Cancer
    • User: "mimivac"

      It's that time again: Roll call, weekend update!! Feeling a bit ambivilent about it....

      Well, ladies, I couldn't leave work without asking about everyone's weekend. I wasn't sure if I should post this today since there seems to be so much anxiety, new members who are scared, new diagnosi…
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      68 comments
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      Started by mimivac
      Most recent by fauxma
      Breast Cancer
    • User: "RE"

      FRUSTRATED AND VENTIING

      Grrrrrr, if you recall last week I went to my onco appt. and as it turned out it was the wrong date (they had written the wrong date on my appt. card). Okay no problem, I came back a week later which …
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      37 comments
      0 point
      Started by RE
      Most recent by RE
      Breast Cancer
    • User: "outdoorgirl"

      Annual Mammogram...

      It's my second(after being dx)mammogram on Monday,and once again-I'm a little nervous.Last time they found cysts in my right(unaffected breast)breast and called me back for more x-rays while I was wai…
      32 views
      32 comments
      0 point
      Started by outdoorgirl
      Most recent by Akiss4me
      Breast Cancer
    • User: "tgf"

      Rad relief

      For those of you going through radiation ... I've run across a couple of things that might help out with the burning/itching discomfort. The BEST thing I've found that works for the burning and itchin…
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      2 comments
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      Started by tgf
      Most recent by Akiss4me
      Breast Cancer
    • User: "tjhay"

      Siting in chat

      Boooohooooo i am sitting in chat all by myself kind of reminds me of a song
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      9 comments
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      Started by tjhay
      Most recent by outdoorgirl
      Breast Cancer
    • User: "GranMaNana"

      First Post: What! Why? Now Chemo?? QUESTIONS

      Hi Everyone, This is the first discussion board I've been on since being diagnosed with breast cancer the last part of May. Since then I've had a radical mastecomy (my choice on second breast...very a…
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      25 comments
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      Started by GranMaNana
      Most recent by survivorbc09
      Breast Cancer
    • User: "chenheart"

      Date, Time, Phone Numbers for TOMORROW'S Conference Call!!!

      Here are the numbers needed to call in for the conference call with Greta tomorrow! It is open to any of us here who wish to participate, so call in if you can! Tomorrow, AUGUST 4, 2009 @ 9 AM, EASTER…
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      13 comments
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      Started by chenheart
      Most recent by survivorbc09
      Breast Cancer
    • User: "Calleen"

      I woke up!!!

      I did wake up and it seemed like a few minutes had gone by..I was in ICU from Wed-Fri. then moved to a regular room Friday evening.. I got home yesterday but went straight to bed... I didn't sleep at …
      78 views
      26 comments
      0 point
      Started by Calleen
      Most recent by Kat11
      Breast Cancer
    • User: "ladygardner"

      Twenty-three months +

      I am new to this board and have never attended local groups. I am 63, my mother died of breast cancer at age 42 - I was 17 at the time. So, I always had my mammograms - In Sept, 2004 I was diagnosed w…
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      43 comments
      0 point
      Started by ladygardner
      Most recent by survivorbc09
      Breast Cancer
    • User: "faithandprayer"

      Inspiration Photo w/Message

      Hi Sisters, I have added a photo to my expressions page. It is a photo I took of my daughter the day after my first chemo. I wanted to share the story with you. It was a local children's marathon. My …
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      11 comments
      0 point
      Started by faithandprayer
      Most recent by aurora2009
      Breast Cancer
    • User: "Ladybug-Chunk"

      Surgery on July 28

      I just had surgery on Tuesday July 28th. I had a bilateral left side simple, right side modified radical. Came home on Thursday. I did not have reconstruction as I am going with what I have left. Only…
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      12 comments
      0 point
      Started by Ladybug-Chunk
      Most recent by aurora2009
      Breast Cancer
    • User: "dfernand"

      A MOM IN NEED

      Hi, My dad's ex-lover (Nena) has been battling breat cancer for over 4 years. She now lives in the Bronx, NY and she is in bad shape. She now has tumors in her lungs and they say there is nothing they…
      23 views
      11 comments
      0 point
      Started by dfernand
      Most recent by faithandprayer
      Breast Cancer
    • User: "mlmjt1"

      Struggling today

      Hi all 3rd treatment of a/c was Friday and today is my down day. Every bite, every popsicle, every spoon of jello is a struggle. I am managing to get some food down and some fluids and I have napped s…
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      22 comments
      0 point
      Started by mlmjt1
      Most recent by jnl
      Breast Cancer
    • User: "aztec45"

      Chemo Brain Sets In

      All, I think I experienced my first Chemo Brain episode. The other day I could not remember how to insert a photo in a file. It was my 10th hour at work and I was tired but I do this every day. But to…
      3 views
      7 comments
      0 point
      Started by aztec45
      Most recent by Kylez
      Breast Cancer
    • User: "Aortus"

      Hey Spinnr - best wishes to your GF and you!

      Hey, Spinnr! Just wanted to let you know that I'm thinking of you both and praying for you both. I just thought I would start up a new thread because the other one is getting a bit long... kind of a l…
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      18 comments
      0 point
      Started by Aortus
      Most recent by Kylez
      Breast Cancer
    • User: "ohilly"

      recurrence fear/does anyone else do this

      No that I'm a little more than a year out from chemo, I noticed I am becoming obsessed with recurrence. I had mastectomies and reconstruction, and I find myself becoming obsessed with any little bump …
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      16 comments
      0 point
      Started by ohilly
      Most recent by outdoorgirl
      Breast Cancer
    • User: "Crystlesmom"

      TAC Reaction Question

      I had my first TAC chemo treatment yesterday. All went pretty well. This morning my chest and left breast are a bright red, warm to the touch, almost like a sunburn. Can anyone tell me if this is a no…
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      4 comments
      0 point
      Started by Crystlesmom
      Most recent by chenheart
      Breast Cancer
    • User: "tasha_111"

      Soooooooo Exciting!

      Today I hit every Garage/Yard sale I could manage and sure lucked out! For new life and apartment: Beautiful computer desk that closes to a hutch. (Matches my corner unit for the telly!) 10$can Autumn…
      208 views
      29 comments
      0 point
      Started by tasha_111
      Most recent by Kylez
      Breast Cancer
    • User: "gerrico1216"

      Swollen feet and body aches

      Good Mornin to all, Has been awhile. I finally finished chemo on July 1st Hooray!!! I have been having trouble with swollen feet and legs. Never had this problem til I started chemo. It always went aw…
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      9 comments
      0 point
      Started by gerrico1216
      Most recent by Kylez
      Breast Cancer
    • User: "Paula1001"

      Taxol/Herceptin Question

      Has Taxol and/or Herceptin made anyone's skin thin (for lack of a better term)? It takes virtually nothing to cause bleeding; mild scratches bleed, nose bleeds. Is this the Taxol? I've only got one mo…
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      4 comments
      0 point
      Started by Paula1001
      Most recent by tgf
      Breast Cancer
    • User: "IamHope"

      Making Love (well, almost)

      Errr...It's been months you see. Not since the diagnosis. Being two woman in this relationship, we are far more concerned with emotions etc than the physical. Also we've been togeter forever, so the n…
      27 views
      6 comments
      0 point
      Started by IamHope
      Most recent by chenheart
      Breast Cancer
    • User: "mgray"

      Breast Pain in left, 10 year survivor so a little nervous headed for a MRI

      Hello I had pain that stings and shoots from the side of the left breast not all the time; I went for an mammogram that led me to an ultra sound. they saw a cluster of cysts and I said I have discomfo…
      32 views
      15 comments
      0 point
      Started by mgray
      Most recent by DianeBC
      Breast Cancer
    • User: "maryannrogers"

      Hair Loss Anyway?

      I've been told I do not have to take chemo (of which I am very grateful); however, I have been given Arimidex. I noticed one of the side effects is hair loss. Has anyone experienced this and is it as …
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      6 comments
      0 point
      Started by maryannrogers
      Most recent by DianeBC
      Breast Cancer
     

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