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Snow ! In Louisiana WOW
I have been depressed until today. My phone started ringing at 6:30AM my brother was calling to tell me to look outside. There was snow every where. Later, all of the kids in the neighborhood was out throwing snowballs at any one that came out and each other. Yes, there were also some grown-ups too. I was front and center…
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new member
Just joined, this site has made my day, all the positiveness, I was having a hard time with anxiety, have gone thru chemo, lumpectomy, and half way thru radiation. I am on Tamoxifen for 5 years.....it's overwhelming but doable! Everyday gets easier.
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Prayers for my sister
Hi friends, I'm rather new to these boards and needed some prayers today. I'm finishing up my year of treatment. My last Herceptin will be right before Christmas!! That's the good news. The bad news is that one of my sisters has recently had a suspicious mammogram. She had a second mammogram and ultrasound this week.…
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WORK
I started back to work on December 1st (topless... or should I say wigless) and it feels "pretty damn good." I work at DSS as a hearing rep and very stressful. My co-workers were so supportive I felt very welcomed and glad to be back. Just thought I'd share my delight in getting back to semi-normalcy......Wish I could…
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Reconstruction reconsiderations
I have expander surgery set up for the 12th of Dec (one side mas.) But I am feeling sad about it. Instead of being happy to get it done, I dread the pain, the impact on my life. I also resent a little that I should need to do something so violent to my body. Yet I feel like if I don't go ahead with it (and great time to…
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New here--questions
Hello Everyone, I am new to the breast cancer board, but not to the colon cancer board. However, my sister was recently diagnosed with Stage 3 breast cancer, nodes involved and tested positive for HER2neu. Her tumor went from 1.6 cm to 7 cm in one month. This is very aggressive and very scary. Another really scary thing is…
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Starting Abraxane and Herceptin...
Hello all! I have finished with A/C and am starting Abraxane and Herceptin today. Abraxane for the next four infusions and Herceptin for the next year. Not sure what to expect. Can anyone give me any info? Thanks, CR
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Some Good News and...
Hi Ladies.. Haven't posted in awhile because so much has been happening. I will recap for you... Had my breast cancer surgery..a lumpectomy and 37 radiation treatments this past year. Surgery was in January, radiation ended in April. Had my followup mammo and all looked well. Was on Evista for awhile, but leg cramps were a…
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happy about colonoscopy
Hey, all. I had my colonoscopy today - I was absolutely terrified that they would find something (cancer again!) but I am happy to say there was nary a polyp. I am so relieved. And the procedure wasn't even that bad. Ohilly
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pos nodes
Any survivors out there that tested positive for lymph nodes? I had 4 yet was told to be optimistic. I am optimistic yet very concerned about the nodes.
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The OTHER "C"-word....
Just got back my results on my CT's and chest X-ray.... Nothing notable except my 3 'friends' on my liver... I asked if we need to do anything with them..."Cysts are cysts...nothing needs to be done"!!! I told my G.P. that my oncologist was dumping me back on him...he laughed, and said "Well, I guess she feels that you are…
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cancer of unknown primary
2 months ago I discovered an enlarged lymph node that was found to be adenocarcinoma..estrogen and progesterone receptor positive. I underwent a mastectomy and had a bunch of lymph nodes to level 3 removed. everything except that one lymph node has tested negative. so the docs don't know where my cancer is or was. perhaps…
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THE TIES THAT BIND
My sister passed away on Dec 15, 2007 sometime between 2:00 a.m. and 4 a.m. She was fascinated with things that lit up, lite toys, eye glasses that had lights in them to read (she called these her magic eyes and she made sure we all had a pair :-)) figurines that lit up and candles, on how she loved candles. In her home…
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CHAT ROOM SMILEY FACES
Hello Everyone, hope you are all having a wonderful day. I was in chat today and someone requested I post here how to make the fun little smiley faces....so here goes. Enjoy! :-P = SMILEY STICKING TONGUE OUT (CAPITAL P) :-* = SMILEY WITH A KISS :-) = HAPPY FACE :-( = SAD FACE :-$ = SMILEY WITH DOLLAR SIGN EYES :-D = SMILEY…
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re; Did a short change last Friday
Hello my name is Marilyn stade and I work for Wal_Mart and I did a short change last friday night I worked till 11:00 P.m. and went back to work at 7:00 am the next morning and I get tired very easy . I have been through cancer 5 yrs ago and I still get tired very easy . What kind of vitamins are good .And does any one get…
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A small problem - Arimidex?
I've been on Arimidex for about 6 months. In the past week, I've begun to notice pain in all of those joints where I have had surgery or injury- i.e. shoulders, cervical spine, lumbar spine, wrists. The discomfort is worse at night and prevents me from falling asleep and staying asleep. I know I've read about bone and…
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Cancer? Again?
I just received the call that my lymph node biopsy was positive...again. It has been 5 years-almost to the day-since I was diagnosed Stage IV breast cancer with bone mets. They told me I was looking at 11 months. My question is how do they know it is new cancer....couldn't it be "old" cancer cells? All my tests are like…
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About Hair`
I have to share this story with you - it will bring a smile. My son, who is developmentally disabled, came down from Minnesota for the Thanksgiving holiday. I was very worried because my hair is very short still and did not know how he would feel about me going wigless while he was here. Well my wig was laying on the table…
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Feeling Down And Out
I really don't know why I'm feeling so down. This is the season to be jolly,but I'm not. Maybe it's the medicine.
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bio marker
I have finished chemo and almost radiation, I have stage 3a, my Dr. said he still considered it early stage. I am on Tamoxifen and herceptin. Is there any reason my Dr never told me about what my marker is. Too nervous to ask at this point.
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i am scared
I am 45 years old and i just found tonight that i have breast cancer i don't what is going to happen to me and i am scared to death. I keep asking myself why me i am healthy i have been s,ender all my life i don't drink i am the first woman in my family that has breast cancer.
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I may have already posted this but 125ca #'s up!!!
I went to see my ob-onco, I was nervious but after revewing my histor and curret CA125 numbers the only option she could offer was a complete Hestorectomy, with removeral of overies and falopion tubes. Iam very nervous not sure what to expect after surgery, I cant take hormones, I just finished AC-T with a bilateral…
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New to the group seeing help with fatigue
I have just finished my first round of chemo. Next week I start taxol. The last two A/C chemos have thrown me through a loop, fatigue and nausea (what else is new!). Actully the fatigue is pretty bad. I feel best laying in bed. Yesterday I just didn't have the strength to move ... honestly. I'm wondering if depression is…
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Mastectomy only--no chemo--no radiation--anyone else like me?
Hi, I'm 1 year from my double mastectomy--DCIS and invasive lobular carcinoma. Negative node. Had immediate reconstruction. I know I'm lucky not to need any other treatment--not even tamoxifen but I also feel very alone. Everything I read--books--websites--discussion boards--focuses on the recovery/support for folks having…
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Tis the season....
This was posted on my 'other' cancer (colorectal) board....too funny!!! Three bar buddies, Jim, Joe and James die and go to heaven. All three meet St. Peter at the pearly gates and he says to them, "Well, being that this is the holiday season, before I let you in, you must show me something that reminds you of the holiday…
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DEC 15TH
Hello all my bc buddies. Well Dec 15th is looming, some may not know it is the one year anniversary of my sister's passing to pancreatic cancer. When she knew she would be leaving us she started boxing stuff for goodwill and setting stuff aside for us. Over the weekend i put up Christmas decorations and pulled out a heart…
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Taxol
I have just finished 4 rounds of A/C and now my doctor wants me to do 4 more rounds with Taxol. I have read horrible side effects of this drug and am scared. I had a lumpectomy in August and am a triple negative. My lymph nodes were negative. The PET scan showed no other cancer in my body. She said the decision is mine,…
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Any one give up 0n tamixifen?????????????
I am having to sleep on a bath towel, can't drive can't function.............HELP!
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Side Effects Of Breast Cancer Treatment Reduced By Acupuncture
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/122612.php Supposedly better than Effexor for hot flashes. Claudia, I know you mentioned this before.....and you were right :)
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Would appreciate your thoughts
I have some huge decisions to make and I'm hoping to hear your thoughts. As of Sept I had been on Tamoxifen for about 1 1/2 yrs. The side effects were growing and the worse one was a problem with my eyes. Very dry and sore with lots of fatigue. Drops were very limited in their usefulness and so I wouldn't use them half the…