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Ornament exchange
I received the most beautiful ornament exchange present yesterday.Thanks so much Melanie.Green eyed girl.the candy and tea was so nice.the ornament is so precios.God bless you.
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Breast surgery today!!!
Been waiting for a long time for this. Having double masectomy with reconstruction. Expanders put in. I am so nervous I feel like I am going to throw up. Anything I can due to help me calm down. I do yoga, i tried breathing. Still so nervous. I think I am afraid of the pain afterwards and also hoping I don't die! I know…
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Herceptin?
HI,,, I am wanting to know of anyone who is kind of the same treatment i am having.. I have had 6 rounds of chemo,, now i will be having only Herceptin every 21 days, i think for 6 more rounds, to complete the year... But my main concern is just what are, if any, side effects for just the Herceptin.... please tell me my…
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Traveling a New Road-
I am 47 years old, a mother of 2 teens and wife to a great guy. I am a middle school teacher. I have the love and support of many around me. I am blessed! I was diagnoised with breast cancer on September 24th and have been focused on my recovery every since. I have been diagnoised with moderately invasive, stage 3a, grade…
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Christmas tree & ornaments
I haven't been around for quite a while. I had a pretty rough time with blood clots the with the radiation. Now I just had knee replacement, other than that? i putting up a cancer Christmas tree up in our yard. I am asking for preferably homemade ornaments that will withstand our weather, I am in the upper peninsula of…
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What is she really feeling?
My wife is an 8 year survivor of her original "in situ" diagnosis and a 3 year survivor of stage IV metastatic breast cancer. Up until now I have always believed that I have been a great caregiver, and I've probably have done a decent job. I support her, I am there for what she needs. But I recently realized that I am…
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side effects of chemo
I just started almost 2 weeks ago with my first round of chemotherapy. I've had the usual side effects I guess. Bloody stools, diarrhea, my face is numb and I've broken out in a rash on my face and upper body with low grade fevers most days. I'm tired all the time and generally feel like crap and I've got sores in my nose.…
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Biopsy needed 5 weeks post radiation treatment
I read many post from this board when I was first diagnosised in May 2015. I had a lumpectomy at the end of July and needed a re-excision to get clean margins a week or so later. I went through 7 weeks of radiation with the last week being a "booster" since I still had close margins. That ended in mid October. On Tuesday I…
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fatigue
I completed 5 months of chemotherapy on 10/9 and on 11/9 I had surgery. I had a lumpectomy and bilateral breast reduction. So I have been out of surgery for a little over two weeks. I am a little surprised at the amount of fatigue I have. Some days I just dont want to do anything. I force myseld to. I do whatever I need to…
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I am having a breast MRI Tommorrow..alittle nervous
Well I am having a breast MRI tommorrow and feeling alittle nervous because I dont like enclosed spaces, and I dont like needles either and they told me I have to have contrast. All this still seems so unreal right now, I keep thinking this is just a bad dream I will wake up from..unfortunately its not..
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Good news
I went to my oncologist Friday, Nov. 20. All my blood work was very good. Thank God. Just wanted all my sisters in pink to know.
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3 word Thanksgiving Story
Next month will
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radiation after lumpectomy
Met with radiation oncologist and he said radiation can cause the breast to shrink even to half its size. Has anyone experienced this?
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This is all very new new...
Hello everyone! Hey, this is all a very new experience for me and unlike most of you, I'm at the very begining of my jouney. I went for my yearly mammo and luckily enough they found a small enough stage 1 dc form of bc. The biopsy came back double positive and there is a very good chance that I won't need chemo just…
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***2015 Ornament Exchange***
Dear Pink Sisters, November 1st, it's that time of year, our annual ornament exchange. I hope people will come out and play—that means you, you, and, oh yes, you:) If you'd like to participate, please PM me with your real name and address (or you can remain anonymous if you wish, but I'll need the address) and I'll send…
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The Foob Report
Many of you know that I had a bilateral prophylactic mastectomy with no reconstruction back in January. Since my surgery, I’ve been just “going flat” and loving the comfort and ease of not wearing a bra. Every morning, I just throw on a shirt and go. But…I am very fortunate to have excellent health insurance, and I happen…
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Squamous cell carcinoma of the breast
I have just completed chemotherapy for squamous cell carcinoma of the breast. I'm interested in knowing if anyone else has had this type of rare breast cancer. I'm anxious to read responses to this message.
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Second local recurrence with no metastasis (yet?)
I am looking for anyone who has been diagnosed with a second local recurrence of breast cancer and the treatment/outcome you experienced. Did it metastasisze? To date have not found a woman with a case similar to mine. I would love to hear your story! In 2000 (at 36) I was diagnosed with invasive ductal carcinoma, grade 2,…
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Mastectomy tomorrow
Tomorrow morning is my surgery. I am having a RT mastectomy with expander inserted & reduction on the LT. I've had so much trouble deciding on what size I want to be. I'm a DDD now that's why I'm having the reduction. First I told Dr a large C. Then at my preop exam yesterday I told him a D. He seemed annoyed at me. Then…
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Taxotere and eye issues
I just finished 6 rounds of Taxotere. After round 4 I bEgan to experience very dry eyes. Now after round 6 my eyes are weeping, and I notice a significant change in my vision. I saw an opthalmologist after 4, and I have drops and an eyelid wash. I am wondering if anyone else experienced a vision change. I especially notice…
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hot flashes---triple positive
HI. Two questions. I am triple positive and had neoadjuvant chemotherapy cocktail of perjeta, herceptin and taxotere. Tumor shrunk to 1.7 x 7mm. Initially it was 3.1 x 3.2 cm. I decided on bilateral mastectomy with no reconstruction. Sentinel lymph node was clean. The last menstrual cycle was in July. I get many hot…
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Hemp Oil
I am in a support group for all cancers. 3 months ago, we got a newbie. He was dx with Leukemia what is now 5 months ago. He started chemo. Did one treatment and quit. His white cell count was back to normal. He had 3 more to go. They did another bone marrow biopsy, the readings were down to .4. I don't know that much…
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Emotional support
I am an emotional wreck, I moved to a new city to be with my daughter and she has acted like I am a huge intrusion ever since. I was sick with Heart problems and fybermioliga when I came here and also needed surgery on my neck. Heart problem solved. Before surgery was scheduled for my neck I was diagnosed with breast…
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Colon and Breast Cancer at the same time
Dear All, My mother was recently diagnosed with colon (Stage: IIIB) and breast cancer (Stage: II, HER2+). She is 53 years old. She will start her chemo as soon as she heals from her colon resection. Her medical oncologist will put her to Herceptin for the breast and CapeOx (Capecitabine+Oxaliplatin) for the colon. What is…
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Prayers please!!!
Hello everyone! I've been cancer free for about 2 years now and am doing fine. However, I would like to request a prayers for my best friend who was just diagnosed with breast cancer and is positive in at least one Gland. She has her first Oncology visit today and will have to have a PET scan to see if it has spread. She…
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numbness
hello i just had a lumpectomy with bilateral reduction. this occured about 6 days ago. my questions is has anyone who has had a similiar experience had numbness in the axilla where the lymph node was removed? also sharp stabbing pain in that area too. i am attributing this to nerve pain.
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New here
My mom found a lump last month and was diagnosed with breast cancer this month. She is her2 positive and estrogen/progesterone negative. She is doing 6 rounds of chemo and then her doctor will determine what to do next regarding surgery and radiation. Her lump is over 5cm (if I remember correctly, but that just sounds…
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Implants
I had my expander exchange surgery on Oct. 22. It was much easier than the mastectomy. I did have drains again, Yuck, but for only a week. It has been almost 3 weeks and I am still sore in some places. Is that normal? Sometimes it feels like I still have the expanders in. Anyone else have that feeling before? I still thank…
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Some side effects I was not aware of
Just wanted to let you know a couple of things that snuck up on me out of the blue that i was not aware of. One morning I woke and did not even recognize myself because my face was so swollen, eyes were slits. It was more like puffy, than swollen. Well anyway, i found out that I had a reaction to the steroid Decadron that…
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AROMASIN SIDE AFFECTS
Hello, Everyone: It's been a while since I've posted here. Quick recap: OVCA in 2000, 2006, breast cancer in 2013. Just wondering if anyone has experienced side affects with Aromasin (examestane)? My CA125 (OVCA marker) has been up and down, but higher than my usual counts. I also have lower leg edema, which I used to only…