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vision problems
I've been having problems with my vision. Sometimes I feel like they are out of focus and I can't get them coordinated with each other. Vision is also alot more blurry than before I started on Taxol and decatron. I'm 60. I plan on going to my eye doctor after the first of December, but I'm just wondering if any of you have…
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Stressing
Hi everyone, just had a lumpectomy on 6/16/05 and found out that I have stage II Breast Cancer, with two lymph nodes infected. Prognosis is good, start my chemo within two weeks or so, but am feeling stressed. I get panic attacks at times, and feel a great deal of anxiety. This is not all the time, but it creeps up on me.…
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Interesting
Well I have gotten some results back and still not feeling very good about things. After some procrastination, I could only get a quick review since doctor away on holidays. I have only got one result over the phone ever, cancer was the word. It has been 8 years 4 months since those words were spoken and yes, got a normal…
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Arm with lymphodema broken
My mother is almost 84. She had lumpectomy for breast cancer 3 years ago - and non cancerous lymph nodes removed from her right side - followed by seven weeks of radiation. She wears a sleeve to try to reduce the swelling from lymphodema in her right arm (she is right handed). Other wise, she is bright and extremely…
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cancer pain
Hi Everyone, My mom had a mastectomya bout 8 months ago and just finsihed chemo about 3 months ago. The wound is always very painful and numb to her, but also she says she has just all over body pain. I don't know what to do for her because I can see she is in real pain. She is taking arimidex. I have called the doctor so…
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I have a question for you all about swelling.
My arm is starting to swell along with my hand and fingers. I am finding it hard to do things with the baby cuz I can't bend my wrist and straighten my arm out all the way. I am pretty depressed about it. Is this Lymphedema? I hear you can't get rid of it..so I am just suppose to live with this pain now and not being able…
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Problems w/axillary node surgery recovery
Hi. I am 3 and half weeks out of mastectomy surgery w/axillary node dissection and getting a lot of vague answers from doctors. Has anyone experienced cords of tissue developing in their armpits with a very tight banded feeling going on in the upper arm? I am doing all my exercises, not taking it too hard. I am really…
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ALND
In November, my wife had a sentinel node biopsy and a lumpectomy. The tumor was 2.5 X 2.5 X 2 cm and was diagnosed as "invasive ductal carcinoma with chondroid metaplasia". The lymph node biopsy yielded the following result: metastatic adenocarcinoma in 2 of 2 lymph nodes - one node was less than .2 cm and the other was 1…
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Lymphedema massages & exercises
I am interested in seeing if anybody out there can answer two questions that have been confusing to me. I think I have Stage II Lymphedema (the least serious stage that will always require attention. Here are the questions: 1) I think I was fortunate to have my condition discovered as early as I did and also fortunate that…
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Fertility After Breast Cancer
Anyone have any pregnancy success stories after breast cancer with IVF? I was diagnosed at age 28; I had the tram, chemo, and radiation done. I am now 33 years old and am told am in "perimenopause" because my fsh levels are high. Any new up and coming treatments? Thanks
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Hair loss
I had 6 months of carboplatinum and taxotere from Oct 2004 to Feb 2005. My hair started thinning in Feb and I'm still losing it. Anyone else with this experience? hummingbyrd
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PORT REMOVAL
I had a port installed to receive my chemo treatment for BC in Ocotber 2003. As of yet,I have not had the port removed it is flushed every six weeks. I never really think about it and it doesn't bother me. How long have some of you kept your port in? How is it removed? My oncologist informed me that I can have it removed…
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Problems with getting financial support for young people
Just so you know, this is the same thing I posted in Young Cancer Survivors. I would really appreciate any help! Hey guys and gals! My name is Dana and I'm 25 years old. I was diagnosed with Metastatic Breast Cancer last July/August 2004. I've been receiving very, very expensive treatments and am currently getting Social…
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Ovarian Oblation asTreatment
Hi, I am 23 years old with Stage IV Metastatic Breats Cancer. My Oncologist recently decided that since I am not responding to chemo treatments to try a form of something callled Ovarian Oblation. I am recieving the second shot this after noon for it. I knoe that it shuts down my ovarian function and puts me in menopause (…
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Future Treatment options for unresponsive tumors to chemotherapy
I thought that the members of this board would like to know about future treatments that will be available to treat tumors that are unresponsive to chemotherapy. Using a method called 'directed drug delivery', drugs are pushed directly into the tumor under pressure by using a catheter. If there are multiple sites, the…
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Femara
Hi everyone....I have some questions about the new drug after tamoxifen which is Femara. I went for my 6 month checkup today with my oncologist and we discussed that when I have my next 6 month checkup, the tamoxifen will be stopped as I have been on it for five years. He told me about the new drug on the market called…
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Concerned about Zometa/Aredia Jaw loss side effects
Hi, I am concerned that most people taking these drugs are not aware of their severe jaw side effects. What is the best way to inform people. I have done some research on not only Zometa, but Aredia and Fosamax side effects. These types of drugs(bisphosphonates) have been linked to losing jaw bone. This side effect is…
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tomaxaphen (spelling?)
Hello, I met with my ob/gyn today about doing the hysterectomy. She will do the surgery vaginally which has a short recuperation time. I'm still struggeling with doing this. If tomaxaphen is only good for 5 years what do you do after? I know estergen is produced elsewhere but ovaries do the most. So in 5 years do you keep…
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neulasta
i have a question for you ladies who have had surgery and chemo. i had a TRAM flap reconstruction which was recovering well until my 3rd chemo; then i experienced EXTREME pain in the surgery site (scar tissue?) in my abdomen which would not stop until i stopped taking the neulasta shots. it has now been a month since i…
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Ironic
I am finding myself all of a sudden caught in the anxiety and fear, things that are embedded in my brain. Funny, I had just wrote my doctor an e-mail telling her how good I had been feeling since getting off all the medications that I have been relying on for the past 6 years, for the chronic pain I had experienced. I…
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Breast cancer and stress?
Does anyone know about the research on stress with respect to its contribution to breast cancer. I have only read that it is not a contributing factor. Sometimes I have a hard time believing this is not a factor for breast cancer. Has anyone found information on this topic? Where? And what do others know and think? Thanks,…
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watery eyes
Hello, I have finished chemo, AC and Taxol. My eyes keep watering, a lot. The doctor gave me a steroid drop but so far it's not working. Any sugestions? Chemo was over 3 weeks ago. I'm already doing radiation. Gerddy
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Radiation Treatment to the Spine
Hi all: I chimed in here a couple months ago when I was having tests because my markers were bouncing. Well the cancer came back to my spine! I was floored since it was caught in early stage with no detected lyph node invovlement. So my Onc changed up some meds and had me get rid of my ovaries and yesturday I had another…
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Anyone had this problem?
I had a lumpectomy 2 years and 3 months ago. The radiation caused swelling that the radiologist onc said might take 1 to 3 years to go away. I thought it went away completly a few months ago but the area under my scar is still shrinking. I have an indention that keeps going in. I used to feel alot of scar tissue around the…
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Lost Contact With Marie (mariateresa), lives in Italy!
I have lost contact with Marie. She got cancer again in the base of her neck. She had breast cancer. Has anyone heard anything about her?
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buzzing in my head
Every since I finished chemo (A/C and taxol) I have had a constant buz in my ears, sounds kinda like high tension wires in my head. Just wondering if any one else has had this fun little side effect, and if it ever goes away. My dr. says it's normal, and should get better, but it's been almost 2 yrs since I finished chemo…
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Need Friends/New to site
I was diagnosed on 10/03. Had a mastecomy on Halloween. I have had 6 of my 8 chemo treatments. I have support, but not anyone who has been there. I am 38 and am phase 2, 4 parts of a/c and 4 taxotere. the shot that you get 24 hours later that builds white cells makes me hurt so bad in my hips and legs. Because I am…
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Hair regrowth
Has anyone out there who used to have very thick hair now have very thin hair, as a result of chemo ?
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Getting port removed?
Hi! I have an appointment to get my port removed, and I wonder what to expect? I hope it's not as icky as the drain removal, but I can't wait to get it done with! thanks, jill
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Insurance Questions
First time poster. Need to know where I can find the best (most accurate and straight-forward) resources for questions about health insurance issues. Like many others, as a result of my illness and treatment last year, I have lost my job. The employer is having financial difficulty, so I have been informed that COBRA will…