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How to find the "old" normal/ "new" normal?
I posted earlier because I was really down and the sisterhood surrounded me. It seems that many of us have the exact feeling and miss the old normal and how to find the new normal. The more I have prayed these past few days and spent time reflecting, I came up with this. I hope who ever reads this, take away what you…
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Do Chemo treatments get worse each time?
Just wondering........i have been told by people that with each treatment you will have more side effects and try to take one day at a time but can't help but worry, can anyone help?
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We celebrate with you
Thought I would share this article with you. I know all of our national newspapers have it on there front page. Damn!!! I'm getting misty eyed again. It's the meds I'm sure. We are celebrating across the country!!! Canadians down tools for Obama Canadians across the country paused at home, work and school on Tuesday to…
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Where are you all from?
It's a while since anyone asked that question, and I would sure be interested to hear where everyone is from and maybe what they do in terms of work or home. To start it off I'm 57, have my own stationery store in Merritt, British Columbia Canada, and am formerly from Yorkton, Saskatchewan, and before that England. I have…
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Total Confusion
I have been given a 2 week break from Arimidex because of bone and joint pain and am going to be switched to Femara. However, I've been researching side effects of Arimidex, Femara and Aromasin (exemestane). From what I've read, the Aromasin may be the better of the three for not disturbing one's lipid profile. I have high…
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Sending Private Chat
As I am one of the "computer challenged", someone please tell me how to send a private email to someone on this board. Guess my generation lost out on the computer age, and I depend on my kids to keep me going down the right path when it comes to these things. Thanks. Judy
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how do get a dr to listen
boy! i went yet again to the dr this morning after having been at the small er hospital saturday. broncitis they said or copd. told me to go see my dr today and he said broncitis. all the tests and seeing drs can get madding. tomarro i see the pacemaker dr to see if theyre going to put my pacer back in. but i can barely…
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Just diagnosed, with tons of questions
I just got the news on Weds., that I have "invasive ductal with some pre-invasive cells". My tumor is 1 cm. That's it. That's all I know. I am reading everything I can find. I am beyond scared, because of course, a little knowledge CAN be a dangerous thing, especially if you don't have the full story. I am sitting here,…
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Taxotere
Hi I just had my first Taxotere treatment last Wednesday, and yesterday and today I have barely been able to stand up. Is that typical? I had 6 months of CMF 7 years ago and never missed a day of work. My doctor said it would "kick me in my butt", but I never thought it would bring me this far down!
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Dating Post Cancer
I am an older female - 58 who has had a mastectomy - left, five years ago, lost my teeth, most of my hair has grown back sparsley, and I still wear a wig, and have had a hysterectomy 2 years ago, and uterine cancer survivor from tamixofen over 2 years now. I am looking to start over again, now that I am post treatment, and…
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Mouth and Teeth Problems
Hey everyone. Just needed to ask all a quick question regarding post-chemo/radiation theraphy. I have experienced teeth sensitivity (primarily on the same side of my mouth as my breast cancer). Has anyone else experienced this? The sensation is that the teeth are sensitive to hot and especially cold, and has a dull ache…
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Microcalcifications?
I recently had my first mammogram since treatment - I had a mastectomy on my right breast with 2 small tumors (1 cm), one lymph node involved and numerous DCIS and then chemo. I jokingly asked the technician if I'd be charged half price - she said "Of course!" LOL Anyway, when she came back to tell me that the radiologist…
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Cell grade and implication for prognosis if spread to lymph nodes
Does anyone have information about cell grade (I'm a 3) and implications for metastases?
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Psychosocial Issues of Breast Cancer Survivorship
I thought this article was quite informative and would help others who are wondering what is normal. From Medscape Hematology-Oncology Talking With Your Patients About Cancer Psychosocial Issues of Breast Cancer Survivorship Posted 01/16/2009 James L. Khatcheressian, MD; Susan E. Brown, MS, RN Author Information Editor's…
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Periosteum Burn on Rib Cage After Radiation
I asked the following on the Long-Term Side Effects discussion board and haven't heard back from anyone. Thought I'd see if any of my fellow sisters/brothers have an answer: Just wondering if anyone has had this experience. I finished radiation treatments the first week of August '08 after a mastectomy. I still have a few…
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good morning all
good brr morning ladies. lol i hope you're staying warm. so far i know kathi is, i read her post. home to l.a. my brother in law lives in cal. i also have a 16yr old grand daughter in san diago. ive never been but it looks beautiful in pics. my hubbys been there of course. anyway i hope all of yous are having a very good…
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Am I going to die?
I'm 41 years old. I just had a lumpectomy last Friday. They removed the tumor and 17 lymph nodes. 3 were affected. My mother and grandmother had breast cancer. I have been getting mamograms every 2 years since 30. Just had one in Oct/2002. Had a nodule removed in left breast Nov/2002. Then felt lump in June. Didn't think…
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anyone know puritan's pride vits
hi. i got a vit. mag. from puritan's pride. they're pretty cheap. i was wondering if anyone has heard of this company. they have a ton of stuff and i seen the other day that some were talking about herbs and vits. just wondering. deedee
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Trouble sleeping - advice?
My wife is 8 days out from her first TAC chemo infusion; first three days were okay, next four bad, and today (so far) is an improvement. Right now, Moopy's nausea is under control, and her main thing now is that she wants to sleep. She can't get comfortable - which is especially bad for someone who has never had any…
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Is there anyone that had a wide excision for DCIS stage 0 & had clear margins?
Ok, surgery set up for next month. I think I remember my surgeon saying if the margins are clear we are done & if there was more dcis then radiation will be needed. I heard that radiation trmts can only be done once so my question is if you have radiation & god forbid it the Dcis cells return wouldn't your only possible…
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need to talk
i went yesterday to onco and rad drs, both said as far as breast cancer everything looks good. but my body aches. where they took the pacemaker out on left side,(same side as cancer) they left the wires in , i told them that side really hurts. i just had a digital mamm last week but only on the right side. why didnt they…
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We're back......
Arrived in Los Angeles last night (or was it afternoon...or was it next Thursday???). The flight was uneventful, ended up getting good seats where there were just the two of us in the row...so the only one I disturbed was Hans....ROFL! MAN! What a shock the temperature was...In Amsterdam, it was 2 degrees celcius above…
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Martin Luther King, Obama and the USA service day
Hi! my name is Jackie and i had a masectomy Dec.2nd 09. Six lymph nodes were positive out of 21 taken. I have been feeling ok 7 days after my first chemo treatment. Before all of this i was a CNA at the Prairie Community Hospital in a little town or village?? of Terry Mt. I loved my job but could no longer lift or be…
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Do I need arm sleeves for lymphodemia?
I had a massectomy on Dec. 2nd 09 6pos. of 21 lymph nodes guess that's stage 3? I have had my first round of chemo and so far so good..but it's only been 7 days. I have been doing my excersises faithfully, it helps to do them in the shower, i find. They have measured me and ordered arm sleaves twice now and both times they…
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Help! What is needed?
Hi Everyone, I need some advice and guidance. My sister will soon be undergoing a double mastectomy. She is in another country, and I would like to send her some things that she will need, but I have no idea what that would consist of. She has no plans for reconstruction at this time, but I understand there is a high risk…
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post simple mastectomy on 5/13/09
Hi this is my first visit to your site. Diagnosed on 11/29/08 with .infiltrating ductal ca of the rt breast. Large >5cm tumor. Had no positive infiltrating nodes. Did adjunt chemo for 6 months then 30 rounds of radiation. During the radiation my Rt. shoulder kept getting more painful by the day/ I had to take Vicodin…
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Seriously depressed and anxious
I was diagnosed last February and am stage 3a. Had a bilateral mastectomy in April; had dose dense chemo; had radiation that ended last October. I was doing OK until near the end of radiation and now I feel I have fallen down the rabbit hole. I started Effexor about 6 weeks ago, coupled with Klonopin two times a day, but I…
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Hopeful they are working on "The Cure"
I have been following this for a while now and we discuss it every few months on another board. I have waivered back and forth between hope for a cure and dispair when I lose someone to the beast. But right now I am on the hope side, so I thought I would share. It's very interesting in the least and might offer some hope…
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Breast cancer chat
Is there a chat room I can join?
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Lobular insitu cells found in remaining breast-should I have a mastectomy?
I have had a mastectomy in my right breast and at the time of surgery(11/07) there were lobular in situ cells found in my left breast. I have since had chemotherapy and I am now on arimidex. I have chosen to carefully monitor my right breast with mammograms and MRIs but somehow I feel at times like my left breast is a…