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Vitamins during Radiation Treatments?
From what I have read, it seems you are NOT suppose to take vitamins during radiation treatments. Has anyone else heard or read this? My radiation oncologist never said anything, but, I don't take any vitamins anyway. Maybe that is why he never said anything about it. hmmmm
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HELP ME
HELLO MY NAME IS ALLEY AND I HAVE A GIRLFRIED SHE IS 34 AS OF 4/13/09 IM HERE BECOUSE I LOST MY MOM TO BRAIN CANCER ON 9/2/08 IM STILL DEALING WITH THE PAIN OF HER LOSS. IVE BEEN WITH MY GIRLFRIEND FOR 11 MONTHS NOW I LOVE HER VERY MUCH AND CARE ALOT ABOUT HER.SHE TOLD ME THAT THE DOCTOR SAID THAT SHE HAS A LUMP INSIDE OF…
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Another loss.
Over the weekend I lost another friend from my high school class to the "beast". That makes 2 in the last 4 months. All I can do is cry cause it hit so close to home with me. All I can think is "what if"............Sisters give me some strength! JoMama
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breast cancer chemo or radiation? need to make a choice by monday
My sister has stage 2 estrogen positive breast cancer. They did a lump removal and took three lymphnodes. She has to decide if she wants radiation/chemo and in what order to do them. We have done a lot of research but nothing makes sense. Please if anyone has any reccomendations we would be greatfull.
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HELP ME
HELLO MY NAME IS ALLEY AND I HAVE A GIRLFRIED SHE IS 34 AS OF 4/13/09 IM HERE BECOUSE I LOST MY MOM TO BRAIN CANCER ON 9/2/08 IM STILL DEALING WITH THE PAIN OF HER LOSS. IVE BEEN WITH MY GIRLFRIEND FOR 11 MONTHS NOW I LOVE HER VERY MUCH AND CARE ALOT ABOUT HER.SHE TOLD ME THAT THE DOCTOR SAID THAT SHE HAS A LUMP INSIDE OF…
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Thank you
Thank you to everyone for making me feel so welcome! I didn't want to leave you with the thought that I only wanted to talk with or hear from stageIV b/c sisters and brothers. We are all fighting the same battle and the stage does not make it any more or less a battle. I can feel the genuine warmth and caring that is here…
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Had my last Chemo Yesterday
I had my last chemo yesterday. I am so glad to put this behind me. I still have radiation ahead but i am hoping after chemo that will be a lot easier. I hope you all have a Nice Easter. Love, Nancy
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I'll try again/side effects of AIs
No one responded to my post about the side effects of AIs, so I'll try again: I wonder if other people are concerned about the fact that these drugs (Arimidex, Femara, and Aromasin) are so new that no one seems to know what the long term side effects are. For me, it's hair thinning and severe insomnia, but there could be…
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Enough Sleep?
Hy so called "Better Half" is getting well cheesed off with me for constantly sleeping. I finished chemo and rads Aug 08, Now I can sleep for England!........anywhere between 15 to 20 hours straight through without ativan. I am bloody knackered all day and just need to sleep so much.......he is being his usual caring…
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Hans update #3
WHEW!!! Hans is about 80% recovered. He has been sleeping often, and taking things very, very slow, but he says he definately feels improvement in the brain function...I am smiling for the first time since this nightmare began!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you all for your thoughts and prayers...I feel so blessed to know…
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Anyone else have itchy, red bumps during Radiation?
I am a little red, not bad burnt yet from Radiation treatments. Today will be #20 with 17 more to go, the last being 12 boosters. But now, I have these red itchy bumps that drive me nuts. The radiation oncologist gave me hydrocortisone to use for that, but, it isn't taking away all of the itching. Anyone else have any…
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Radiation Treatment
Does anyone know if all states provide the same type of radiation treatment for the breast? Are some places better than others or about the same nationwide? I appreciate any information you can provide. Thank you so much.
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How do you survive being a survivor?
It will be five years out of treatment May 6, 2009 and I still can't move on. I was diagnosed two weeks before my 35th birthday. Life was good, great job, owned my own home, great friends, dating and having fun :) then it all hit like a ton of bricks! Lost my breast, my job, my house, my friends, my reproductive system and…
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New to board
Hi everyone, My name is Donna and I have stage IV b/c with mets. in my vertebra and lung. I was diagnosed in Sept. 2005. Right now I'm on Tamoxefin and am doing fair. I have a question. Do you get many stage IV people posting on this board? I'm having trouble finding us. That doesn't mean I don't want to hear from anyone…
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Question for sisters with mastectomies
I don't know if this is normal or not - I go to back to my surgeon in a couple days... I have a long lump below half my incision and it runs to the end of my incision and up toward my armpit. It is the biggest at the end of my incision. I had a R mast with 16 lymph nodes taken. I thought It would just be flat there, like…
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liver mets
last monday i was diagnosed with liver mets starting chemo tomorrow. have three scares 1 my hair willgo.. scarf or wigs? we swim here soon we start and i am a swimmer!!! and have lovely long curly hair 2 we have to tell mum this week 3. will ibe able to work i love my work and it gives me great satisfaction!!! now we see…
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elevated bilirubin
Hello sisters, Had my 6 month check up last week and almost everything looked fine ...except that I have an elevated bilirubin. This is very scary to me. Any one else experience this? Lynn
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Happy Easter To Everyone!
I wish all of you a wonderful Easter day!
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just wondering
Hello friends, i will be having my last chemo treatment in a couple of weeks and i know i am overly anxious..but just wondering...about how long does it take for 1. your hair to grow back? 2.Your taste buds to return to semi-normal? 3. Your energy level to return somewhat? I realize this is different for everyone..but am…
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tomorrow jelly eggs
Well tomorrow is finally the day that I move into the next phase and shed my expanders for the nice soft implants. I'm excited yet also a mixed bag of feelings. While I'm thrilled to move ahead it is also a reminder of this whole cancer thing still being so real. Sometimes I feel like I'm on a track where last June when I…
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Metabolize test for Tamoxifen? What is that?
I have read on here somewhere where some of you talked about a test to take to see if tamoxifen would work on you or something? What is the test? I haven't heard of this, nor, have I been told about it from my oncologist. thanks!
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New microsurgical technique offers hope to those with lymphedema
I came across this info on another board and immediately thought of the sisters here who suffer from lymphedema. Please click here for the full text. ScienceDaily (Mar. 29, 2009) — Breast cancer patients with lymphedema in their upper arm experienced reduced fluid in the swollen arm by up to 39 percent after undergoing a…
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Met with surgeon...am I weird, or what?
Thanks to all of you who wrote me about "can't sleep." The surgeon's visit was great...she's wonderful. At this point, I am definitely having a mastectomy on the left side, with immediate reconstruction (the affected area is over 5 cm, but still appears to be DCIS -- although she questions that somewhat since DCIS rarely…
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DE-Construction
This may sound a little weird, but I don't want my old shape back...Do "THEY" do de-construction?...match the one facing south to the operated on one facing north-north east? I would like a reduction in the so called healthy one..Is that possible? I don't want any more surgery, but I may have to do it to be evened up.... I…
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Dreaded armpit burn
OK, I've got it. I'm using aquaphor and aloe vera with methol (for sunburns). And not wearing clothes much. Any other suggestions? as burns go, it's not that bad but it'd really annoying and hurts at times so I'm trying to get it healing. I have 5 more rad tx but they are concentrated on the incision so the armpit should…
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why do I know more than my doctors about AI side effects
I find it disturbing that I seem to know more than my doctors about the side effects of aromatase inhibitors. Most of you know my story: that my hair was growing back thin for months and months after chemo. Finally I went to a dermatologist who told me I had underlying female pattern baldness that was 'unmasked' or…
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Hoppy Bunny Day!
I do hope that Hoppy Bunny Day is politically correct enough for as diverse a group of women and men as we are! For whatever reason we are celebrating ( or not!) I simply want to take the time to say how much I am awed by each one of you. Whether newly diagnosed, depressed, scared, halfway through treatment, finishing up~…
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to all my sisters fighting the fight, PLEASE READ
Cancer is so limited. It cannot cripple love. It cannot shatter hope. It cannot discourage faith. It cannot destroy peace. It cannot kill friendship. It cannot suppress memories. It cannot silence courage. It cannot invade the soul. It cannot steal eternal life. It cannot conquer the spirit. Being a victim is a state of…
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grapefruit juice and aromatase inhibitors
I never thought much about the role of diet in breast cancer, but I have recently learned that grapefruit juice is known to interfere with many medications. I'm thinking of cutting out my daily morning drink of the stuff just to be safe, but does anyone know if grapefruit juice is safe to drink when you're on AIs? Ohilly
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question about my mom
Hello, I just wanted to ask anyone on this discussion board if anyone has had a white dot in the very center of the nipple? My mom at 85 had a total abdominal hysterectomy with a rare and aggressive type of uterine cancer uterine papillary serous carcinoma. The staging showed the lowest possible stage 1a. no chemo as the…