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Calcifications in arteries, anyone else?
New here. Had my routine mammogram last Tuesday and had to have a redo. Shows abnormal cluster of tiny micro calcifications not on previous mammogram. The fact that these are in the vein and not ducts or cyst is that a major concern? My biopsy is scehdualed for Friday and I am a wreck! Plus I have had a bout with a bladder…
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Eye lashes
I finished high dose chemo 5 weeks ago. I completed 6 high dose (282 mg) rounds of Paclitaxel as a standalone chemo drug on a clinical trial. I am still losing eyelashes. I have about 5 left and about three eye brows. Is it normal to keep losing hair this long after chemo and when do the eye lashes start to come back? I…
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I found info for HMO fighting in California
Hey, just got this information if anyone needs to complain about their HMO. Called, and they were VERY helpful...even gave me HIPPA info! HMO Help Center 1-888-466-2219 www.hmohelp.ca.gov Hope you don't have to use it, but good info to keep, all fellow Californians. Hugs, Kathi
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Colonoscopy
It seems I get to have one of these soon. My question to the experienced is this: Do I have to confess my supplement habit before the procedure? Thanks for any advice. Hugs. Lesley
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mastectomy WITHOUT reconstruction
Has anyone had a mastectomy without reconstruction? I would like to know how your chest feels, how it looks (is it smooth, bumpy, pressed in), how it is to wear prostetics, and which ones are good, soft and natural looking? Do the prostetics bother your chest and irrate it? Sarah06
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Am I a survivor?
Hello All - I'm walking in my second Avon Breast Cancer Walk at the end of the month. I walked last year right after I found out that the cancer had returned to my spine. I wore a survivor cap which was probably a mistake because people would ask me how many years survivor and when I'd tell tham that it would have been 4…
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thanks to fellow sisters
Just want to say thanks to all those who have taken the time to give such encouraging words of support and share their stories. I am in a waiting game at the moment with sentinal node surgery on Monday. I was given a 50/50 chance of finding that "the beast" has spread. Mentally preparing myself that it has. Over the past…
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Frustrated
Hello all, just found out about this website today - I'm also a new member to this exclusive group. Found my lump in Feb-06, lumpectomy and node removal 1 week later followed by 24 weeks of chemo then radiation. Then during a chest xray they found another tumor in my lung, followed by a painful lung biopsy - Those results…
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scared, dazed, & confused
My 24 yr. old son found and signed me up on this site today because I'm an emotional mess. Tears come to the surface way too easily for my liking. I'm 48 yrs. oold and had a 2 cmm lump removed 2 wks ago. It was found to be cancerous (IDC)being ER & Her2 positve. Ki-67 & Progesterone unfavorable. Grade 8/9. This is all…
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Something to Bring a Smile
The very first ever Blonde GUY joke..... And well worth the wait!! An Irishman, a Mexican and a Blonde Guy were doing construction work on scaffolding on the 20th floor of a building. They were eating lunch and the Irishman said, "Corned beef and cabbage. If I get corned beef and cabbage one more time for lunch, I'm going…
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Hummingbyrd
Anyone know what that lady is up to? I am still being treated for the liver mets, if the treatment don't kill me I might still be around for years. I am so tired I can hardly keep going but they say the red and white count are great! Anyone have any suggustions on how to pick up and keep going with this long term chemo?…
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TO Lisamcm
Hi Lisa, I saw your post and wanted to respond. I was dx with IDC in Oct of 2002. I finished my treatment in May of 2003 and had a CT and PET scan in June of 2003...all clear. In Jan of 2004 I was devastated to learn that I had mets to lungs, pleural effusion, chest nodes and liver..."extensive mets". I enrolled in a…
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Late effects of radiation/hyperbaric oxygen treatment
Hi everyone. I haven't posted in a long time. I am almost at the 2 year anniversary mark (since diagnosis). Like the other girl who posted earlier today, I also feel worse at times that I did during treatment. (pain is a constant battle.) I too have a herniated disk and may need surgery. Back in June, my implant (pocket)…
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Herceptin & HER2
The needed change in the "war on cancer" will not be on the types of drugs being developed, but on the understanding of the drugs we have. There are already over 100 different therapeutic drug regimens out there, and 400 are in the pipeline. Any one or combination of them can help cancer patients. The system is overloaded…
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Chemo Sensitivity and Resistance Assays
Chemotherapy Sensitivity and Resistance Assays When a patient has an infection, doctors often send a sample of infected blood or tissue to a lab where they can grow the bacteria and see which antibiotics are most effective (called Bacterial Culture and Sensitivity Testing). Chemosensitivity testing is an attempt to do…
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noticing a lump
im a 47 year old male and i found a lump under my left breast i've had a cat scan,mammogram and ultra sound done and i have to go back to see the surgeon tuesday april 18th.if they are sending me to see a surgeon does that mean i have cancer.i'm a little nervous.please help me to understand whats going on.
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I'm Chatty Today - Moving On
Hello All - I come and go from this sight and while I love to see everyone helping each other I also hate the fact that we are all here with this disease. I have been reading the posts about fear. I had so much fear right after my first go round with treatment was done. I have had to stay on anit-depressants in order to…
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having trouble moving on
i had bc in 1990 - no chemo, just lumpectomy & radiation. then in oct 2004 it came back on the other side. same procedure but this time i had to start tamoxifen. finished radiation in jan 2005. when i went for my mammo in sept, i had to get a needle/puncture biopsy on the same side i had just finished the treatments on.…
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Laugh for the day
This one's from Reader's Digest: A marine biologist was telling his friends about some of his most recent research findings. "Some whales can communicate at a distance of 300 miles" he said. "What the he** would one whale say to another 300 miles away?" asked his sarcastic friend. "I'm not absolutely sure," the expert…
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second time with breast cancer
I need to talk to someone that has had breast cancer more than one time. How did you feel the second time. I am very emotional and done feel like doing anything I love to do. I have one more chemo to go. Pelona
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Femara???
Hi all, I'm at 9 months recovering and still have much leg pain. (Taxotere combined with the A/C ea. infusion)I just had my 3 month Oncology and was wondering if anyone has been prescribed Femara. My Onc. wants to get me started on an Aromatase Inhibitor. The first couple months after treatment I started on Arimidex and OH…
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In a holding pattern now
I have the results of my mammo, it came back clear. Since my dr hasn't called about the results of my us I am guesing nothing showed up. I really don't have many options. I have an HMO so I'm pretty much stuck with my dr. If I want to see another dr I have to switch my pcp. Which is something I am considering, my dr is…
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br ca to bone ca
When br ca goes into bone ca what are the symtoms I have had some rt hip pain for over a month and my oc stated it was my muscle but did no testing dx br ca 6-05 finished chemo and rad feb 06, stage 2b with nodes involved
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eyebrow pencil?
Hi! I know this isn't a major issue (unless you don't have eyebrows!), but has anyone found an eyebrow pencil that doesn't look weird? As a group, I bet we've sampled every brand out there! My eyebrows are finally back, but very thin and pale. When I was drawing them on, they looked ok, but now that there's actually some…
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Crazy Reaction...
Ok, I am curious if any other of you have reacted the same way. Where I live it has already gotten hot.. into the high 80's. So the heat has encouraged me to ditch my wig... So I have done it. But I feel so strange and unattrative to have such short hair. (everyone else says it is cute) It seems to make me feel…
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Taxol Legs
I have the after effect of 'taxol legs' is it ever going to end?
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post taxotere pain
hi all. i am 2 years + my last taxotere treatment and i have relentless limb pain, which is worse in my legs. i am on the strongest vicodin available.. about 4 doses per day. i was on neurotin, and am now trying cymbalta, which i have to give a bit more time, to see if it will work. i am a dancer and doing pt for a hip…
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tamoxifen and relacore
I have been taking tamoxifen since July 2004. I have about 10 pounds on me that I would like to take off. I saw the ads on tv for Relacore to take off belly fat. That is exactly what I have. Has anyone used Relacore? I wonder if it would be safe to take while I am taking the tamoxifen.
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bilateral,2nd because fear of it comming back. And it did.
I just cant get a break. Thank God it isnt in any of my main organs. I had a double so that i wouldnt have to go through this. Its only been 2 yrs for me and now i have nodes under R arm that all have to come out like my L arm nodes and u all know what that means. Has any one had cancer that did not show up in the breast…
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Hard time getting work Depressed
I just finished my last chemo treatment and I am getting back to working. I had been an assistant to my now exfinance for the last 5 years without pay which is causing a problem for it looks as if I have not been working for the last 5 years. Aswell as having to have one more surgery coming up, not too many employeres are…