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Breast Cancer Survivors help
I am a childhood bone cancer survivor, but just today I went to the doctor for a lump in my breast. He ordered a mammogram and some other tests, but they can not get me in for 3 weeks. I am really scared!
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I AM BLESSED!
I HAD CANCER TWO YEARS AGO AND NOW I HAVE CANCER AGAIN I WENT THROUGH SURGERY AND CHEMO AND I HAVE ONE MORE TREATMENT TO GO I FEEL THAT I AM BLESSED TO BE HERE TO TELL MY STORY TO TELL HOW IT MADE ME FEEL I WANTED TO GIVE UP THE SECOND TIME BUT I COULD NOT I HAD TO FIGHT I HAD TO FIGHT FOR ME AND MY FAMILY I DID NOT WANT…
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Battle Lost
My friend lost her battle with cancer today. She was one of the sweetest people I have ever known and didn't deserve all the pain she has had to withstand during her two year struggle. She was diagnosed with breast cancer just 6 weeks before I got my diagnosis so we did a lot of comparing notes. Her cancer metastisized and…
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Overwhelmed
I just got diagnosed with breast cancer last week. I am 44 years old and scared to death. No matter how much people say it will be ok, it is a very alone feeling. I had a little tissue removed two weeks ago, they were thinking it was just calcium.....yeah right, I should be so lucky. I am a stage one, which I hear is good,…
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NO MORE TAMOXIFEN...Lets Get Pregnant!
I just had to share this....and see if anyone out there has done this. I went off the tamoxifen last week after only 3 years. We are going to try and get pregnant...I can only hope that chemo didnt kill my eggs completely and the hormone fluctuations of a pregnany wont make the cancer come back to haunt me. Feeling…
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preliminary ALL CLEAR
Well, my doc found the sentinel node and took it out along with the one next to it. The preliminary on site test looked clear. The pathologist will give it a closer look and may have an absolute by Monday or Tuesday. I feel such a wave of stress has left my body. I feel the light inside me and the glow of life again. I…
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Sentinel node surgery tomorrow
This has been a long week......tomorrow is the big day for me. Hope my surgeon can easily find the first node and call it clean.....I do not want an auxilary done.....I am scared to death...
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Anyone heard of a Tissue Expander Breaking During Removal Sugically?
I had surgery 2 weeks ago to have an infected tissue expander removed. The tubing that connects the port to the tissue expander broke, the doctor left this part inside me! I cannot believe that it is still there. He says this is the least of my worries right now. Does anyone have any experience with this one?
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pet scans
what do you'll think about pet scans. Are they good in catching everything.
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Kathy 1108
Hi Kathy, Could you give me more info about the Femara you are taking? I am trying to decide whether to take it or take my chances without it. I have completed the 5 years on Tamoxifen. How long have you been taking Femara and is this the only hormone drug you have taken?
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abraxane
has anyone out there taken abraxane if so how did you do on it. Hilda
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Organ Donation after BC
Does anyone know if you can still be an organ donor once you have had cancer / chemo ?
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Receptors??
OK My cancer is in the smallest possible stage it could even be detected....I am between 0 and 1....NOT 1 and 2. This is good. The bad thing is, it is of the invasive nature and there is a possibility it seeped into one of the ducts in my breast and off to the lymph nodes. I tried to pin him down to a percentage of this…
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I can't snap out of it!
I have been in a funk ever since my news of cancer. I don't want to go anywhere and have been hitting the wine.....it is the only time I can relax and think of something else. My mind is soooo sick of thinking about cancer. My imagination is flying and I can't seem to shake it. Will this go away with time? I wake up with…
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Arimidex/headache
Just started Arimidex and have been suffering from mild headaches, not unual for me, but these are also on either side of back of my head and neck. Also have clinical depression which is doing me in and feel unable to cope with anymore worrying is the cancer back although in the last month all my tests were good, tumor…
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Breast ca survivors who have had ovarian cancer??
I'm a breast cancer survivor of 10 years. I am going to have surgery in a week to remove an enlarged ovary with the scare of ovarian cancer in the air. I know they are linked...but how many breast cancer survivors have also experienced ovarian cancer? Thanks
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breast cancer recurrence
i had breast cancer on nov. 2003. had a mastectomy and chemo for 6 months. i will start chemo again on thursday. i have a couple of lymph nodes on my neck area and a couple on my chest. the dr. says that with 3 months of abraxane then a scan to see if it is clear. if not i will take 3 more months of the same. if anyone has…
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Lymph nodes
I am 5 years out of lumpectomy with lymphadenectomy (27 lymph nodes first 13 were +) Now here's my question...da ta da LOL Why do they do lymphadenectomy's? hummingbyrd
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Incredible!
You guys are incredible. Thank you for all the responses, you will never know how much it helps. I don't feel like I am so alone. My Dr. appt today should give me some clarification on what we will do next, which I think is check the lymph nodes to make sure it has not spread.....this is the big one for me. It will…
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please recommend!!!!
i just moved to las vegas with my husband while i am going through breast reconstruction. (i was diagnosed with breast cancer after he resigned from his previous job.) i need a good recommendation for a plastic surgeon--not simply someone who has done implants, but someone who has a lot of experience with patients who have…
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Chemo + Radiation
Hi everyone, I have breast cancer, already have had enough cutting and poking on and I HATE needles.......I have just had my first chemo treatment, I have to have 8 and then radiation, it is so frustrating what you have to go thru...I know it will get better, it just is depressing and frustrating. I received a port with my…
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chemo
Hello has anyone out there taken abraxane chemo for breast cancer. this is my second time around and i will start chemo on thursday. God Bless. Hilda
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Bone/Lung--How it feels? Help
Hey guys, I have not posted for a while, trying to cope with my new job. But, I still read. To the new folks, I was dx with dcis, 2.5 cm, extensive necrotic comedo type. I am working on my class reunion and the husband of a classmate called. He was inconsolable. She died on Aug 25 from complications of chemo due to breast…
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A CRY FOR HELP
HOW DO YOU SEEK THE HELP YOU NEED WHEN YOU HAVE BEEN THE ONE THAT HAS BEEN CONSIDERED THE STRONG ONE. I'M A SINGLE MOTHER OF 3 TEENAGERS AND SINCE BEING DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST CANCER TWICE AND GOING THROUGH TREATMENTS AND DOCTORS APPOINTMENTS LIFE HAS REALLY GOTTEN TO BE A STRAIN. I CAN'T SAY THAT MY KIDS DON'T UNDERSTAND…
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Breast MRI vs. Ultrasound
I had breast cancer a year and a half ago. Underwent 2 surgeries for lumpectomy, followed by chemotherapy and radiation. Since I completed my treatments, I have been extremely sore. For this reason, I do not feel ready to be compressed by mammography. I discussed this with my dr. and we decided to do a breast MRI. Well,…
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need a plastic surgeon in las vegas
hi! i am going through breast reconstruction after a bilateral mastectomy. i have tissue expanders in place and have been having injections to expand my pec muscles. i recently moved to las vegas in the middle of the reconstruction. i know vegas has lots of plastic surgeons for breast implants, but i want to find a board…
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Breast MRI vs. Ultrasound
I had breast cancer a year and a half ago. Underwent 2 surgeries for lumpectomy, followed by chemotherapy and radiation. Since I completed my treatments, I have been extremely sore from the surgeries and from lingering radiation effect. For this reason, I do not want to go through the pain of being compressed by a…
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Almost out of options - please help
I'm not really sure where to begin. I am 25 years old, my mother was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer when I was 6, being told she would never see me enter the second grade. Her cancer over the years has spread from the breast, to lymph nodes, to back, right hip, left hip (now has had 3 hip surgeries because the…
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My identical twin has breast cancer, they think I have it also...HELP
My identical twin sister was diagnosed with invasive ductile carcinoma, grade 3, stage 3 in June 2005, she had a masectomy on 8/8. They suggested I have a mammogram, they found 4 areas of concern on me. I am a single mom, with only my source of income. I have disability and a cancer policy that will kick in on 10/1. I feel…
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finding a post
I read somewhere on this internet where in a poll given only 14 percent of the oncologist would take chemo or give it to thier love ones, can't find it and need it! Help, all of you who don't have chemo brain or those who have recovered their brains! God Bless, prayers for those suffering from Katrina. Linda