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Breast Cancer

Some People Are Never Satisfied....
I am truly glad that this is a venting place~ I am positive I need my attitude adjusted, and you are The Women to do that for me! So I thank you in advance.... Saturday I went to a birthday party for my brother -in-law. My b/f and I drove 400 miles to surprise him and the family where they were having dinner. ( My sister…
timing/starting chemotherapy
I had a mastectomy on Feb. 21. I have had some problems with draining that now appear to be on the road to resolving, but I am getting concerned that delaying starting my chemo may be dangerous to me (my doctors have said that first I have to stop draining before they can start the chemo). I read on the internet that chemo…
Us and them
This is really in reply to Claudia's post about less than enthusiastic cheering for her five year mark. These thoughts may be off base so please let me know, ladies. Anyway, I think the worse thing about that silence on the part of the untouched by C folk is that it exposes the gulf that lies between them and me. It is a…
Please Give Updates
Hey All My Sisterhood, Since the chat room has been down for several weeks, I find that I am in a total withdrawal. I miss hearing how everyone is doing and what is going on their lives. I feel disconnected with each of you because I found that I chatted daily and was really feeling connected with a "team of…
Help
How does one pay their bills. I'm a single mom and my son is 19 and helps when he can. I'm not working at this time my disibility has ended. My doctor still has not released me yet, cuz I'm still doing the chemo. Waiting for my hair to fall out. But having trouble gettin my rent money. How does one do it? Any ideas...
Weakened Immune System
Hello, I am almost four years out of treatment (lumpetomy, chemo, rads, now on Tamoxifin) and I find that I am sick all the time. I have a two year old in daycare, so I am on the frontline for some major germs. Every week for the last six months, I've either had a stomach bug, bronchial infections, bad cold, etc. I get…
Chat
If the chat room ever opens is it open all the time or just certain times or days? When I found the site a week or two ago the site was down. I wish it would hurry up and be fixed. I emailed this site to find out when it would be fixed but never got a response. Thanks
In a tailspin
I thought I was dealing with my cancer real well until two weeks ago. At that time I received word that my brother passed away. He died from lung cancer that had spread to his bones, liver, and brain. What has me in a tailspin is he wasn't dx until two weeks before his death. He only had a pain in his hip. He was also the…
Cherish this Day
Our trees are beginning to bloom here in the South. A few days ago I saw a bluebird sitting on my deck rail, singing to his heart's content. I just stood there with tears flowing, thankful that I get the privilege to see another spring. What is everyone doing to enjoy each day this springtime?
discouraged about Oncotype test
I have invasive intraductal cancer and had a mastectomy on Feb. 21. I am hoping someone can say something encouraging or at least help me to put into perspective the results of my Oncotype test. Until I got the results this past Monday, I was actually pretty hopeful: my cancer is estrogen positive, the tumor was only 1.1…
THE DRAIN IS A PAIN
I had a mastectomy on 3.4.08. Three weeks later, I am still draining at the rate of 60 to 70 ml....The surgeon says it has to drop to 30 before I get it out. Has anyone else had the problem? Is there anything I can do to reduce the drainage (surgeon said nope, just time). I will be doing chemo and Herceptin. I would be…
Greatly Humbled
Hi Everyone.. Tonight a most remarkable thing happened to me. I go to school two nights a week besides working a full-time job. Usually the last two weeks of the month I work 10-12 hours starting at 3 or 5 am. So on the Tuesdays and Thursday nights that I go I usually get very little sleep and don't eat dinner. Well,…
Your response to my stage IV post
Thanks to all of you for your words of encouragement and I will definitely look for the chat room to reopen and get to "meet" you.
Awaiting Hair Loss
I started my treatment almost two weeks ago and I am wondering how long I have before my hair comes out? Can anyone help me!
GLAD TO BE A PART OF THIS GROUP
I just had to write to say that even though I don't respond to every post, I do read them and feel so proud to be a part of such a great group of women. You are all so supportive. When I was first diagnosed in 2006, I was directed to this site immediately, and it has been a constant help reading the posts. When you come to…
Thank You.
I just wanted to thank everyone for words of encourgement on the site. I feel like I have so much to work out in such a short time. I will have my bilateral mastectomy in two weeks, I have not worked out the child care, sleeping arangements in my home so my husband can get a good night sleep, he has to work, My mom will…
bilateral mastectomy
Hi...just wondering what those of you who have had a bilateral mastectomy wear now? Do they make a prosthesis that is lightweight? I got the staples out today...and now i have seroma..they drained it today and will again next week...sometimes all this treatment gets you down..I'm just looking forward to getting on with my…
problems with plastic surgeon/updated
To everyone who wrote me about the problems with my plastic surgeon (recap: I had my surgery on Feb. 21 and my plastic surgeon has not seen or talked to me since that day: his Physician's Assistant is seeing me). I wanted to tell everyone what happened: I called the office and was very confrontative: I said that I had…
Quick update on recurrence w DCIS
Saw the surgeon yesterday. He looked at the mammo and the MRI film and he feels that there may be a place deeper in as well as the calcifications. He can see that the calcifications could be attributible to the fat necrosis of my mastectomy scar but he also did my bilat mastectomy and knows my history. So, he sent my film…
RE: Hair loss
I wanted to once again share this e-mail I received when I was losing my hair...it is so neat, and I thought it better to start a new page to insure that all of you read it. Attitude There once was a woman who woke up one morning, looked in the mirror, and noticed she had only three hairs on her head. Well,"she said, "I…
Cycles....
As most of you know, this past 4 years have been a big challenge for my sanity. Diagnosed with 2 separate cancers, 6 months apart, the death of my beau's father, the sudden death of my ex (62.5 years...), and the tragic death of my youngest daughter, well...it has been hard. But I see lives (mine, and others) go thru…
problems with plastic surgeon/please advise
I am desperate and don't know what to do: somebody please give some advice! I had a mastectomy and lattissimus dorsi flap reconstruction on Feb. 21. My plastic surgeon technically did an excellent job with the reconstruction, but I am having big problems with his office. When I went to see him initially, he told me he…
Today I am 50
Thank you for letting me have this part of my life, this experience, this transition to something I had no idea would let me realize the parts of my life I was overlooking. I may be in debt (up to my eyeballs and then some), out of work and still recovering from the second of two occurances some two plus years later. But…
Goose Creek, SC
Would like to find anybody in the area to talk about hospitals, Doctors, Support, and dealing with treatment of Breast Cancer in our area
started chemo
Hi I started my chemo last Thursday. I was so scared by the whole mess of it. I had a bad reaction to one of the meds. think it was the TAXOTERE they had to stop it for awhile. They gave me normal saline for abit before startin it again. It now feels hot all over my neck and legs all the time. told me to watch for fevers.…
What kind of person are we?
As I read and write posts on this fabulous discussion board, I sometimes wonder - what type of people use this resource? For instance, in the discussion of how to move on after cancer, are all those who have moved on, without a backwards glance not even coming here to tell us that? Are we a self selected, self defined…
Dizzy gal
Hello Everyone. I have had breast cancer 3 times over the past 11 years. I have had a fair amount of chemo and was wondering how many if any of you have had long lasting equalibrium problems after your chemo was over. I have always been a bit sensitive to motion but now it is just silly how much motion gets to me. Since my…
Nutrition during chemo
I have read and been told so many conflicting things regarding nurtrition during chemo. For ex. I was told by the chemo nurse not to eat lettuce or strawberries. To be cautious with raw vegetables and fruits. On the web they encourage fruits and vegetables. Please give some info. on what to eat during chemo. I started…
need support
30 y.o. and a few years post treatment. Ten surgeries, chemo, rads. Going through a major depression because I cant find work and I feel like cancer destroyed my ability to lead a progressive life. I coped so well during treatment but the aftermath has proved horrific. Any survivor willing to talk on phone or via chat?
Friends and Mortality
I have found when trying to discuss with my friends how life has changed, how faced with our mortality, how there is no cure and that this beast can raise it's ugly head at any point in time, I frequently get the response that "they also could be hit by a bus tomorrow". They seem to think it's the same thing. Yes, we all…

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