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Ovarian Ablation?
My oncologist wants me to think about having my ovaries out, due to having alot of cysts while on Tamoxifen, and to reduce the risk of recurrence (estrogen positive tumor) I'm 40 and leery of the side effects of instant menopause. Anyone have this done? How was the after effects?
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Does Cancer Hurt?
Help - I have been told that cancer does not hurt but: I had a hysterectomy at the age of 33 due to cervical dysplasia and severe endometriosis so I no longer experience the breast pain and tenderness prior to my cycle. In addition, I do not drink caffeinated beverages or eat chocolate so I am sure it is not brought on by…
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2 Years Out
Hello everyone. I just wanted to share my 2 year anniversary with all of you. May 19, 2003 I received my final radiation treatment. Today I feel pretty good, not too achy, not too tired. I'm hot all the time - sweating, even. But I am healthy and trying to get past the cancer. My friend is just finishing her chemo and she…
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Bitter taste due to Chemo....
Hi All! My mom just had her first chemo treatment last thursday......she is finding that she now has a constant bitter taste in her mouth making her food taste bad and causing her to not eat. Can anyone provide suggestions of certain foods they found quite tasty despite this bitter taste? Or is there anything they found…
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Eating a low fat diet
I heard on NBC this morning about a study that was done with 2400 people who had completed treatment for breast cancer. Half of the folks on the study ate normally and the other half had low fat diets. The low fat diet group had a 24% lower rate of recurrance than the group that ate a higher fat diet. Thought this was…
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Re: hot flashes
Hello My name is Marilyn and I'm wondering if any one has problems with hot flashes if so what can a person take if your doctor can't put you on anything because they are afraid it will bring your cancer back. I had cancer two years ago in February and went through a total of 4 chemo treatments and I have horrible hot…
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You are all so encouraging, keep it up & thanks!
Hi everyone, my name is Judy. I had written here when I was first diagnosed. Some of you responded to my message, thank you very much. Since then I have just been trying to understand all that I need to know about this. I am 46 & was diagnosed with breast cancer in Nov. It is tubular carcinoma which is a more rare type &…
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Node Pos, Est & Pro Neg ARE THERE SURVIVORS OUT THERE?
I am new to the chat room, and two years ago I was diagnosed with ductile cancer, 20 of 23 lymph nodes positive and estrogen and progesterone negative. I went through chemo and radiation after a modified radical mastectomy on my left and an, opted for, simple mastectomy on my right. It has been two years since my…
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recurrance of bc on breast incision scar?
I have heard a rash on the breast incision scar could mean a cancer recurrance. How about a lesion which looks like a pimple or boil on the scar?
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Individualized Treatment
Neil Love, M.D. reports in a survey of breast cancer oncologists based in academic medical centers and community based, private practice oncologists. The academic center-based oncologists do not derive personal profit from the administration of infusion chemotherapy, the community-based oncologists do derive personal…
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Any1 her2nue+ with met breast cancer
Hello to all u wonderful people who r so strong. I'm looking for any1 that can share some experiences that they r going through that is Her2nue positive with met. breast cancer. I am a year into my Kemo's and will be until which Im wishing for a miracle. But I would really like to see if there is anything else out there…
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Question for the Forum
Good Day Everyone: I understand the 5 year mortality parameter allusion in this article - but can someone explain the 15 year longevity reference that is also mentioned here: MSNBC.com Breast cancer treatments improve survival Chemo, hormone therapy help women live longer, research shows Reuters Updated: 9:08 p.m. ET May…
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Jackson-Pratt drain: How long can they stay in?
Hoping someone can help me with this question. May 03 I had a right modified mastectomy followed with chemo and radiation. On 16 April 05 I had a left simple mastectomy and right latisumus flap; expanders on both sides. Started with 4 J-P drains -- still have 2 in on the right side and one is driving me crazy. What's the…
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Having Trouble Bouncing Back
Hi, It will be a year since my last radiation treatment in June 2004. I had lumpectomy/chemo/rad treatment. I am finding the aftermath harder than the diagnosis or treatment. I don't feel like the same person (which isn't ALL bad; I had some life lessons to learn). I'm tired and achy. I'm beginning to wonder if it is in my…
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I Am Very Scared
I am 40 and I was dx with bc in 10/03 in the left breast. I had the standard lumpectomy, chemo, rads. My mammo of the right breast now shows increasing suscpicious microcalcifications. Radiologist wasn't too encouraging. A biopsy is scheduled for this week. It is 3:10 am and I can't seem to breathe. I always knew that I…
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"Normal Symptoms" after treatment.
Hello There, I just finished treatment last December 2004 (Quemo, Rad..) and my breast still kind of sensitive, some kind of sore, is this normal?. My back shoulder also with a little pain, can you help me? Is this normal? How long does it last? I know everydody is different, but I think just mentally this will help! Bless…
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Freaky Friends List?????????
Hi Everyone , This has nothing to do w/cancer but this is freakin me out.You know how You can add people to your friends list- well Bunnie has been on mine for quite sometime---we all knew and Loved Bunnie everyone knows she past last month,God Bless her Soul-on my friends list it shows the last time she was on which was…
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Stakeholders Peer Review Board
For any who are interested I just got back from ACS National Headquarters in Atlanta, GA. I went there for a training session to become a stakeholder and sit on the Peer Review Board for the 2006-2007 sessions for grant application review. It was a wonderful opportunity to see how the ACS spends its research money. I was…
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Happy Mothers Day!!!
HAPPY MOTHERS DAY, BEST WISHES TO ALL OF YOU-WHETHER YOUR CHILDREN ARE TWO LEGGED OR FOUR.MAY YOUR DAY BE FILLED WITH LOTS OF LAUGHTER,PLEASANT SURPRISES AND BLESSINGS FROM ABOVE. STAY STRONG,HAVE FAITH AND ENJOY THE BEAUTY OF YOUR INNER LIGHT , TO BURN BRIGHT AS A BEACON IN THE NIGHT, GIVING WAY TO YOUR HEART STRINGS TO…
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spot on pet scan
Help! My pet scan came back with a spot on base of spine. Two rasiologists think is is scar tissue. Another said it could be arthritis. I have no pain, felt fantastic til this, but now my mind id is shot. Have another MRI on Tuesday but not sure I will last that long mentally. Please help. Barb
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Showing Support
I just wanted to let everyone know I found an ebay store that sells awareness products for all types of cancers. I have bought their window decals and mailing labels for melenoma and was very pleased. The site address is http://www.ebaystores.com/idc-design?refid=store If anyone knows of any other souces please let me…
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necrosis
anyone develop mild necrosis after mod rad mast w/immed expander reconstructin?
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response to some posts.........
Hello again! Actually... I am a single 31 year old male seeking: S. F. preferably in her very late 80's to late 90's... never marriend, no kids, no relatives, no friends, no co-workers, no neighbors, no pets, no hobbies or clubs,.......... ultra wealthy.... desperately lonely........Juuuuussst…
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Having problems with silicone implant
Hello , I am a Breast Cancer Survivor of almost 4 years. Had reconstruction done in 2002 with a silicone implant, (thanks to the convincing of my Plastic surgeon) had every intention of saline but was talked out of it pretty much...well since the surgery, i had been dx with Fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue , terrible joint…
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just finished first round of chemo
Hi everyone, I am 35 years old had bilateral mastectomies and reconstruction 6 weeks ago. Started my first round of chemo last monday. I thought I would be a lot stronger than I am. I have pretty much been bed ridden going on 1 week straight, eating alittle drinking ok. I guess I am writing for some encouragement. Today if…
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Does the fear ever go away?
I was on here before, under llempert. I was diagnosed Dec. 2003. DCIS, had mastectomy and tram-flap reconstruction. All on left breast. Had more calcifications on right breast and had surgical biopsy in October. Negative, thank God. Just had another biopsy on uterus last week, because of thickening of the walls of the…
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You women are just a bunch of ......
wonderful people! See, women are nurturing, caring, supportive, empathetic, strong, humble creatures. But... YOU LADIES... exude strength beyond the norm. What you and other women of the Feminine cancers have experienced only makes you that much more womanly. NOT the opposite, which many of you MAY think! On the…
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ROLLERCOAST
Well my doctor called me on yesterday and informed me that they would like to do a ultrasound guided needle aspiration on the lump that shows on my mamogram and ultrasound. Earlier I had been told that it looked like a lymph node on the mamogram, after that they did a ultrasound and told me it was a cyst, now they are…
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Radiation
I hear so many different things on radiation side effects and wonder what others have experienced. I know there can be fatigue and soreness but my oncologist told me that the fatigue associated with it makes chemo fatigue look good which scared me to death because I have a job. The radiologist said the opposite. Am I going…
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Calcification
my last mam showed calcification on my remaining right breast. Dr. said quite normal. However, I was talking to other women who have had bc and they said I should be having MRI not just mamograms. How dangerous is calcification and what are your views on this subject?