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All hair is gone!!!
This same subject was talked about last week. Now is my hair. It was falling since last Wednesday. Finally Saturday I had to go to clip it out, it was all over the table, the food, my shoulders.... I knew I had to do it, it was going to fall anyway. But now, I almost cannot look at me in the mirror. I think that is not…
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new post surgery
I just had bilateral surgery with temp tissue expanders on the 21st. Question is..... I have a feeling of super tight chest, tingle (not painful but close) in tricep area, I can only lift arms to shoulder level and still have two drains in. Sounds like a mess doesn't it :) I I have invasive dutcal carcinoma in left breast…
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follow-up after bilateral mastectomy
I had invasive intraductal bc diagnosed in January and elected to have a mastectomy to that breast. I am now going thru chemo and am about halfway done. Also, I just found out I am BRCA 1 and will have a preventive mastectomy on the other side on Sept. 18 (after I have healed from the chemo). I'm not even done with the…
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Taking Your Hormone Drugs
Hi Ladies, I was prescribed Evista because I was very progesterone receptive. I got the prescription about a month ago and was supposed to start taking it after the radiation. Since my finances are not good right now, and I don't seem to be getting any public assistance, I have not got it filled yet. Will this delay in…
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zometa & dental
dentist told me because of zometa use my jaw may never heal. penicillin the rest of my life. does he really know? i thought antibiotics lose their effectiveness after a period of time. i have so many questions and don't know how to find answers.
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5 years cancer free!!
A friend sent this along to me and it just happened to be on the day that I had my 5 year anniversary, April 10th. (That was the day I had the lumpectomy.) I wanted to pass it along to all of you. It really is a very good read!! Lots of prayers to all of you who await your 5 year anniversary and congrats to all who have…
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Tanning
Okay I'm going to "poke that bear" with this topic. Do you all avoid the sun since cancer? I am 6.5 yrs cancer-free and tend to get out in the sun more. We enjoy beach trips several times a year and I like having some "color." What do you all do?
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When is it ENOUGH; where is the line drawn?
I have a very dear friend who lost her friend, Sue, to Stage 4 Breast Cancer a year ago and she's still really angry about it. OK. That's normal right? But wait. She's not pissed that the cancer won but that she felt her friend didn't fight 'hard enough.' Let me back up a minute... Sue fought her cancer through 3 battles…
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Daughter's Problem with My BC
Although I haven't participated very much on this message board, I read comments almost every day and have found comfort in most, if not all of the comments. I would like to bring up a problem that I haven't seen mentioned before and it has really broken my heart. I have one daughter, 37, married with 2 boys and a baby due…
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A Song that Reminds Me of My Sister and Her Fight with Breast Cancer
I'm new to this site/group, but I've had several loved ones who have fought/are fighting breast cancer. I wrote a memory about my sister who is fighting breast cancer. It's about a song that reminds me of her life. The link to my post is below. It's on a website called JamsBio.com where people write memories they have…
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hair loss/scalp pain/questions about chemo
I had invasive intraductal bc with a 1.1. cm that did not spread to my lymph nodes. I'm supposed to have 4 chemos (Taxotere/Cytoxan) and the 2nd one will be on May 9. I have several questions: first of all, my hair just now started falling out. My scalp hurts a lot and is very painful. When, if ever, does this pain go…
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Tamoxifen
Can anyone tell me the effects of tamoxifen after breast cancer surgery?
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great wig resource for Chicago
For those who live in Chicago, I wanted to pass along a great wig store resource: Fantasy Costumes (they are a costume store but have a large selection of cosmetic wigs for chemo patients) at 4065 N. Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago, (773) 777-0222. The person who helped to fit my wig was Amie and she was simply wonderful! She…
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Birth Control During Treatment
I am 34 years old and recently diagnosed with BC. I have had surgery and, luckily, will not have to do chemotherapy. I do, however, have to do hormone therapy (Tamoxifen) for 5 years. I will also begin radiation next week. My onco tells me that I should not get pregnant while on this medication. This brings up several…
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When Cancer Gets Old
This is a vent..I realize I am the one with cancer and fighting cancer to be here for my family and my daughter. But what do you do when your family gets tired and cancer gets old..They don't want to talk about it hear about it or even know if you are still strugling with cancer. I am not going any where soon so if the…
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Thanks, Opps I did it again...
Thank's everyone, I get a little crazy pre-chemo week and then just crazy from Chemo,nulast,expansion of my breast and the drugs they give me to counter act the other drugs. I did do my 4 rounds of A/C before my bilateral masctomy with reconstruction. Last week they couldn't expand my chest because of nerve sensitivity and…
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prosthesis??
Hi all, I have been listening in but post mostly on the colorectal site since that is what I had. My Mom was dx with breast cancer 8 weeks ago, masectomy and femara is what she has done. She was fitted with a bra and prosthesis last week, hates it because it hurts, the prosthesis is very heavy and weighs on her shoulders…
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Radiant (radiation)
I want to write to all those anticipating or undergoing radiation. I am halfway through my six week sentence. I have some burning, nothing much YET. But what I want to say is that somehow it feels great! It is a positive experience for me. I feel like that big ole piece of machinery is zapping me but good. Killing cancer…
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Body aches and joint pain
I am 3wks post-op from my bilateral masctomy with the beganing of reconstruction. I went to day to get inflated but was in to much pain and to nerve sensitive my dr. is going to wait a week. But I have been having terrable bone & joint pain with muscle aches. Any one every get that after surgey or am I over reacting to…
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severe burning/itching with radiation
Ladies, At the center I go to for radiation, there is a lady who is at the 4 week mark who is having severe burning/itching with tiny blisters which have begun to open. She has tried Benedril, Aveeno, Oatmeal, Aloe vera, and other OTC lotions. It helps for a short time, but Doc. told her not to put anything on the radeated…
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Should I be worried??
My mom went for a mammogram last November and the radiologist asked her to come back in six months for a follow-up on one of her breasts (cannot remember which one). Any way, he saw something (very small) but wrote in his report that he did not think it was anything important (not very concerned) but he would like to look…
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Last Day Of Radiation
Hello Everyone..Today was my last treatment of radiation.Thirty-six treatments of a lop-sided sunburn.Next I see my doctor in 5 weeks, do a blood work-up in 6 weeks, and then the oncologist in 7 weeks. They told me that it takes at least one month for the radiation to leave my body. At least a couple months to heal and…
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I MUST be ok-I'm going to Turkey!
I just booked a 13-day trip to Turkey. I am soooo excited! It's in November, and we will return in time to eat turkey (the bird, not the country...lol!). I think this means I'm planning to stick around awhile! Hugs, Kathi
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post bilateral mastectomy swelling and pain
I had a bilateral mastectomy, April 11th,'07. and had the drains removed 9 days after surgery and now have hard swelling below my incisions and over under my armpits, which are painful. I had fluid aspirated from my left side and the Dr. said the swelling is normal. I have huge folds of skin below my incisions which are…
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BRCA gene
I just went thru a mastectomy in February (I have invasive intraductal, did not spread to the lymph nodes with a 1.1.cm tumor). I am currently going thru chemo, but just today found out that I have the BRCA 1 gene. I am so depressed that I have this gene: I listened to what my doctors said - which was that it does not…
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lymphedema
I am a three year breast cancer survivor and have only recently started experiencing lymphedema. I thought I was not going to have to endure this but three years post surgery, I am doing PT and now wearing a "sleeve" to keep down the swelling. It is a gentle reminder of my battle that is always there, never completely in…
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Mad at the gynecologist
I had a mastectomy, 18 lymph nodes removed (all neg) and now on my first chemo treatment, and I'm still battling with the new things coming up every day, and I'm also battling in my mind what to do with the gyne I've been going for almost 15 years. I put all my confidence in this guy, with almost 30 years of experience. I…
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Breast Cancer treatment guidelines
I just checked into Medscape to see what's on the oncology horizon. They had a new set of guidelines for breast cancer treatment decisions: 115 pages worth of great stuff aimed at helping doctors anywhere and everywhere make state of the art decisions to improve our situations. I know reading stats and medical treatment…
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Brand New in all this!
Hello everyone, this is all new for me. It's been a month and a half since the biopsies, diagnosis, mastectomy, and now after the first chemo treatment... I know that the only way to take it is one day at a time, sometimes moment by moment. I know that I have to set my mind to win this. I know that I have to accept this at…
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Young woman with breast cancer
Hi everyone, I am new here. I am 29 and diagnosed with BC two months ago. I am now in chemo. I feel all alone even though I have great friends and a loving husband. Noone knows what I am going through and how to help me. I know it may sound like I am feeling a little down but I am. It is hard trying to be mommy to toddlers…