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newly diagnosed
Hi, my name is Kit and am newly diagnosed with breast cancer. I had my breast MRI today and met with two oncologist. I am awaiting the results of the MRI to determine surgery options. I am scared and don't know what to do. Help?
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taxotere side effects
I had my first taxotere treatment May 21. I am just now starting to recover from it. I had every side effect listed plus some that were not. The worst is the stomach cramping, pain in fingers and toes, and lack of appetite. Has anyone had these and how do you cope with them? I have to have 3 more treatments 3 weeks apart.…
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Thank You
Hi All, Someone posted a while ago letting us know that she was dxed with hypothyroid and listed her symptoms -- fatigue, etc. I just wanted to thank you because I've been exhausted for over four years and brought this up to my dr and asked her to test me. I've been complaining to her for six months. I get so much blood…
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Going Back To Work
Hello Everyone, Well, tomorrow is my lucky day... I am going back to work. My doctors have released me, though reluctantly, to go back. I said I was tired of fighting with the insurance folks, so for now I am going back. I feel a lot beter than I did when all of my battle with the beast started. The only concern now is not…
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Survivors Day
Hi Everyone. Today was my first survivor's day event. Our local cancer center put this event on at a local environmental center here...lots of information, a free lunch and gift, and live music. It was very nicely done, but a bit overwhelming. I looked around and you know, there are so many families and different types of…
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Getting ready for Chemo
Hello everyone, I'm trying to get everything ready. Finding alot of tips and concerns by reading the boards. I'm getting my prosthesis on the 3rd and leaving to get married on the 4th. wedding june 6th, I come home 13th and start my chemo mon am the 16th. A-C-T. I have the MUGA scan tomorrow, and I set up to have the…
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Vitamin C and other vitamins during chemo ???
Hi All, WEll here I am with another question for discussion. I told my onc on the questionnaire exactly what vitamins I take and the dosage. He did not say stop, and after hearing some comments I called, and the answer is still, that I can take them. Need to know if anyone out there took vitamins during chemo/ adriamycin…
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follow-up screening after bilateral mastectomy/desperately need answers
I had a mastectomy in January for invasive intraductal cancer (1.1 cm, did not spread to the nodes, and have found out I am BRCA 1). Because of the BRCA, I am also going to have a preventive mastectomy on the other side in Sept., after I finish my chemo that I am currently going thru. I already had a complete hysterectomy…
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tips on eating during chemo?
Does anyone have any tips of what the best things are to try to eat afew days after chemo, when nausea still there but hunger kicks in, and does everything have to taste like cardboard! is it true that drinking more fluids helps?, i'm on FEC 4th round coming up soon. thanx, Tan x
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neoadjuvent herceptin & chemo
Is there anyone out there who had neoadjuvent (before surgery) therapy for Her-2 positive breast cancer. I am about 2 1/2 years post surgery, invasive ductal carcinoma 6.5 cm, possible positve early lymph node involvement on PET scan but negative at time of surgery 6 months later. Chemo of taxotere and carboplatin and…
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Body Image
I am almost 6 years out from diagnosis, and am doing great. But somedays it's weird to look in the mirror. I had implant reconstruction and am very happy with it, but I'm very self- conscious with all the new low V neck tops that are in fashion. I work with a guy who is always looking at my chest when I'm talking to him…
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Anyone Out There have Angiosarcoma from Radiation?
I was diagnosed with Stage III breast cancer five years ago next month. I had a mastectomy, chemo and radiation. Earlier this year, during my six month check up, my Oncologist found 12-15 tiny tumors in the radiated tissue. A biopsy of two of them revealed they were benign angiosarcomas. This is apparently an uncommon…
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Inflammatory Breast Cancer
Well here I am again asking for your support and prayers. I used to be active on this site 5 years ago when I had my mastectomy on left side. Well have recently been told I have inflammatory breast cancer on right side and it is also in my hips and pelvic area. Have just finished with radiation on pelvis and hip. Not sure…
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Im a Nut, Im a Nut
Well, going for my 4th round of Taxol in the morning after a refill in my boob's to be at 8am see onco at 8:40am then chemo by 11am I hope. I hate the SHAKES SHAKES SHAKES sorry but my hands are shaking more and more and im worried about this treatment, plus im having terriable back pain, like fire not a pulled muscle. I…
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Feeling down... it can be a side effect?
I was feeling so optimistic and expecting the best. All of a sudden, my mood changed, and today I stayed almost all day in bed... Yesterday also I was confronted to so many things I cannot do that I used to do before, being outside without getting burned, having to put the wig, not being able to ride the motorcycle, the…
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Anyone taking Fluconazole
I had a double mastectomy on Dec. 5 2007, my plastic surgery put in expanders, the right expander flipped so he had to stop filling the expanders. On May 8, 2008 I had the expanders taken out and implants put in, during the operation the doctor found cloudy fluid and set it to be cultured and found it to be a fungus. My…
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plastic beads
I have around my neck some plastic beads. I got them today from my radiation clinic because I finished treatment this morning. When I was first diagnosed I thought I was going to die. I looked around at all the things in my life that were precious, furniture, jewelry, my hair even, that had been so important to me and they…
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Stopping Chemo
I've been thru 2 rounds of chemo (taxotere and cytoxin) and have 2 left but have really been sick to the point I was unable to hold my own head up..I'm really thinking about not doing the other 2..just not sure it's worth it...I was told that it's only going to improve my odds by 5%...has anyone stopped chemo?...I will…
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Side effects from taxotere!!!! UPDATE
I did my 1st round of taxotere on the 20th and last night is when my frigging back hurt me so bad i wanted to take my life. The pain was so severe i couldnt move. It pounded for hours and hours. I couldnt walk, crawl, stand or do anything. Is this what this side effect is for this med? I feel better today just tired from…
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Low&Stable
Onc. appt. on Thursday said that my tumor markers are now low and stable at this time. No Onc. Dr.appt for 2 months. It's been a year since i was told that and I'm so happy. About the "Jaw Rot" I will take the penicillin for an undetermined amount of time and no more zometa for at least 2 months. He wants to see if it…
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Very tired after the 3rd chemo
Hello everyone, I had my 3rd round of chemo last Friday (May 16) and now had some side effect that I luckily didn't experienced last time. I have the urged of throwing out in the middle of the my sleep every night starting the third day after the chemo. Yesterday, I had a temperature of 100.6 and called nurse right away. I…
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Taxol & Taxotere
Are these two drugs the same? I'm currently getting taxotere for 4 rounds. I had my 1st round on the 20th and the next is schedualed for the 10th of June. I'm going on a cruise on the 16th of june and wanted to ask if i would be cutting it kind of close to my departure date. I wanna have a good time on my cruise and dont…
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After effects of breast cancer surgery
It will be three years next month since I had a Lumpectomy on my right breast. For the last year I have been suffering with a severe pain in the rib cage area, that is like an extreme muscle cramp. I need to know if anyone else has experience this? Reaching, bending, coughing etc. can bring it on, I even went to Urgent…
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chemo pause !
So I went through chemo back in 2004-2005. Had all the usual side effects, and went through chemopause (about 15 years early in my family!) Never had hot flashes, but recently I've been sooo tired, had trouble sleeping, can't remember anything, and I figured out that hot flashes are waking me up at night and I'm getting…
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newly diagnosed
Do not know what to expcect. Scheduled for double mastectomy 050807. Chemo after followed by radiation. The chemo scares me more than the surgery. I will get A/C for sure. Still waiting for Her2/neu status to come back. so taxol or taxotere adn maybe herceptin depnding upon Her2/neu status. How bad is the chemo going to…
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Please help!
Hi everybody, I am a 33 year old mom and I found a lump in my breast two months ago (the first time I gave myself a self exam). I went to the GYN for another issue and I told her what I felt because I didn't really know what it was. She felt it and sent me to get an ultrasound, the tech asked where it was so she could feel…
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Sarcoma of Breast Rare Anyone else?
Hello everyone, new to the sisterhood, I had a surreal 9 days, 4-20 found a mass in rt. breast, 4-22 grew by 50%, I was able to get mammo and US same day, 4-23 had core bx in office, 4-24 had dx that mass was malignant and of the sarcoma family, still increasing in size 4-29 had total mastectomy with sentinel node…
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Pimples or rash all over the head
They cut my hair very very short, less than a 1/4 of an inch two weeks ago. It's still falling, but because it's so short it's falling very slow now. What I'm getting is so many red pimples on the head, it looks like a rash. I don't know if this is normal, or if I have to be alert. I'm going for the blood count next…
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Trials
Hi! My Dr. suggested a chemo trial since I'm doing all this at a university and one that is an NCI. The meds are all the same as I'd get otherwise, but the frequency is different. Has anyone done a trial? Would love to hear how you made the decision and what you've experienced. Jan
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Taxotere!!!
Hello ladies, is anyone out there only getting taxotere infusions? If so how does it make you feel.