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To: Fauxma, Eli4186, Christmasgirl, dmc_emmy, J916, Cindy54, AKiss4me, & Tommaseena
I just wanted to say thankyou for what you've said, and thankyou for taking the time to give me a better feeling about what's been going on lately. Sometimes life just sucks, but living it is great! You guys better get well soon, and stay that way! ---------------------------------------------ALWAYS,…
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to post or not to post-just skip this...
Haven't much felt like participating here yesterday... I read the posts.. I see new members joining (and find myself crying for them).. see the jokes being thrown back and forth... Last night my Dennis, my husband, told me, "get on your computer and talk to them".. I told him I really didn't feel like it. I don't do pitty…
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Relay For Life!
Reading about your Relay's this weekend brought back a lot of good memories for me. This May, was my first Relay for Life! I didn't know if I could really go or not, as, I knew it would be emotional, or, so I had been told. But, because my friends had made this team in my honor "Jeanne's Dream Team", I kind of HAD to go.…
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BIG NEWS FROM SWITZERLAND
On May 17, 2009, the people of Switzerland voted in favor of a constitutional amendment that supports the use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). A total of 67 percent of the population voted in favor. Thus Switzerland becomes the first country in Europe to set out in its constitution authority for the…
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Ports
Just wondering who all has or had a port for chemo. A nurse was worried mine had flipped over. I nearly died of fear it had, then she used a longer needle and all was fine. Has anyone heard of ports flipping over? I would think it would be awfully painful if it did. :) Libby
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question about chest pain
I am almost a year out from having a bilat mastectomy and 7 months out of chemo. I have developed a concerning pain on my right chest area, feels muscular, but also hurts when I take a deep breathe or use my right arm? Kind of freaking out? Anyone else experience anything like this?
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DONE with cancer treatments!
Well, it happened today. I had my last radiation booster, a talk with my rad. onc., a hug, and that was that. I walked out of the hospital done with active cancer treatment. I will be doing a few more things like zometa and maybe a vaccine clinical trial, but nothing that will be as continuous or intense as chemo or…
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My First Experience of Relay for Life
good morning everyone, I wanted to share my first experience of Relay for Life.. I arrived at 4pm and we immediatley started setting things up. My responsibility was to sell Luminaria, and to pass out Shirts to survivors and give them their goodie bags. At 6pm we had a wonderful chicken dinner. 7pm opening Ceromonies…
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What does flagged mean ?
How come I have seen on one of the posts it says reply and flagged. What does flagged mean?
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Good news....
I just wanted to share some very good news with everyone. As everyone knows I have been waiting on results of OncotypeDX test to come in to know if I will need chemo. Well, I was sitting here this evening (sorta feeling down) and the phone rings. When I looked at the caller ID I thought "Oh no, don't answer that, it's a…
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Morning Chuckle...
The children are in line for lunch in a catholic school caffiteria... at the front of the line is a large bowl of apples, a Sister had placed a note that said..."Take only one God is watching"... at the end of the food line was a bowl of chocolate chip cookies, a child had placed a note that said..."Take all you want, God…
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IF IT Came back?
How many would go through it all again? Just asking........ Hugs Jxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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How do you know if reoccurance?
I am HR/Pr positive, had chemo and reconstruction. For those that have a reoccurance, how do you know? Do you go and do the blood test and something shows up there? I have had a pain in my hip for about 2 months but that could be from the meds. How do you know and what process do the doctors do to determine if the cancer…
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newly diagnosed
well I am new here and just found out that I have cancer! I am going for consultation mon. The radiologist said that he was surprised that the pathlogist found it . He said it is .5 mm. The procedure is going fast with an appointment Mon with oncologist. I don't know if I should stay here or get a second opinion if both…
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We are here....everything is fine...tired...
We arrived in Holland yesterday afternoon. Before we left, we set up Skype (internet conference calling with video) on all the kid's computers. We 'talked' with both Hans' son and my daughter after we arrived home in Zwolle. The flight was quite interesting. We reached LAX, and asked for any upgrades. The gal at the desk…
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Relay Tonite
Hey Everyone: Today is our Relay here in Woodbridge, NJ it will be held at my kids' school (Colonia High School). As I walk the Survivor's Lap, I will be saying all your names and offering a prayer that God keeps us in his grace. When I light my luminaire it will be dedicated to all my sisters and brothers in pink who have…
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Just Finished Treatment
Hello. My name is Pat and I had cancer. I was diagnosed late September and within 2 weeks had all the tests, pet scan, and on October 13th a partial mastectomy (lumpectomy). Tests came back that the cancer was Stage 1, but they sent part of the tumor to some lab in California where they do DNA/genetic testing on it. The…
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Did It Really Work?
While going through chemo...i was blessed to not have the nausea that so many are plagued with..i had the horrible bone/joint pain, but think that was more from the nulasta shot, and the fatigue...omg, the fatigue that i'm still fighting three weeks after my last treatment. But i'm wondering...if i didn't have the side…
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I am Hoping against Hope you will get to read this!!!!
Today it seems I am able to post!! In case ( Chenheart says with insecurites showing!) you have missed me, ONLY on the CSN site to I get the dreaded " Page Cannot Be Displayed." This is happening after trying repeatedly to answer your emails, and/or reply to your threads. It is very disheartening, and makes me feel as if I…
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Am I weird or something?
I get strange looks from the onc and surgeons when I ask about removing my "good" boob at the same time I have my reconstructed breast removed. Am I too vain or weird for not wanting to go through life as a "cyclops?" Background: First diagnosed 1998 at age 47 with invasive ductal, one positive node. Mastectomy on involved…
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"lessons life taught me" by 90 year old Regina Brett
Written By Regina Brett, 90 years old, of The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio "To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 45 lessons life taught me. It is the most-requested column I've ever written. My odometer rolled over to 90 in August, so here is the column once more: 1. Life isn't fair, but it's still good. 2. When…
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Ok...enough of this!!!
ok....maybe no one else is "attached" to their eyelashes as i am....was...but every morning when i get ready for work, i spend about 20 minutes trying to make my stubs, my broken off, or non existent eye lashes look halfway decent. I've been to the class, i consider myself very good at makeup...have always loved it as far…
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Appt with Onc & Rads Man Friday
Is there anything that I should ask at appt that I may not think of right now. I think I have a pretty good list of Questions, but then again What do I know. So if you all have any thoughts on this, I would like to hear from you. My surgeon said I will have to have chemo 1st then Rads. Thanks
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Normal for changes in reconstructed breast?
I had DCIS early 2001. I had a mastectomy w/Tram Flam reconstruction and Tamoxifen for 5 years. In October 2007, I found a lump in the reconstructed side. I had an aggressive form of IDC but it did not spread to lymph nodes or the chest wall. I had a lumpectomy, chemo and rads, finishing 13 months ago. I have been on…
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Understanding Path report
A newbie here and still sorta in shock. Had breast lumpectomy 6/10 and got my report today and needed some help if possible. What does "THe lesion is AJCC stage pTis (DCIS)mean? My surgeon has told me that it is non invasive but receptive to estrogen. I have been reading about the hormone therapy and really have doubts…
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Annie's coming home
Most of you don't know that my now 16 year old daughter (she was 15 when she left in August) has spent the past year studying at a Gymnasium in Germany. She is due home next week (Wednesday, the 24th, around midnight at the airport in Boise). I spent all day yesterday cleaning her room while waiting for the pathology…
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adrianmycincytoxin or A/C
IF Anyone has been on this chemo, could you tell me the side affects? i know everyone is different but i have been having lower back pain and sharp stabbing pain, seems to be in my kidneys. i am seeing my doc today i have 3 more of this to go and am thinking of stopping it. my tumors have shrunk 80% and they still need to…
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Goodluck Kat
Kat, just wanted to wish you luck on your appointments today. Do you have all your questions ready? Let us know how it went when you can. :) Pammy
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Vitamin B 12 --- Anemia
Good Morning Ladies, 3 weeks ago when I went for my Herceptin infusion, they ran another routine CBC and as usual, my RBC HGB HCT were low. My Onc thought that by now it should have recovered back to normal. He sent some blood out to another lab for further testing and discovered that my B 12 level is about 1/2 of what it…
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Saw the surgeon yesterday and got new path informatiom, Can some one help me out I'm still confused
Hi everyone. Okay I went to the surgeon yesterday and she spent 3 hours with me, it was great over all. She made me feel like she was there only for me. We talked alot and thanks to all the advice I got here, I had alot of answers from her. Apparently finding the lump myself was a big plus, she said that it was small…