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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?
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RADIATION CAUSING SURGICAL SCARE TO OPEN
Hi, I am really down tonight. I have 9 radiation session left. the last 5 are suppose to be phase 2. Where they zero in on the surgery site and give heavy doses from what I understand. My concern is that the incision is so sore and almost looking like it could open anytime. I am scared what the phase 2 will do. My breast…
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Article on MSN from Mayo Clinic
What do You folks think? Debunking cancer myths: An interview with a Mayo Clinic specialist -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By MayoClinic.com More on this in Health & Fitness Chemotherapy: Using chemicals to treat cancer Diagnosing cancer: Common tests, biopsies and…
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Maybe BC Again
Morning. I am waiting for results of a FNA done on Thursday. By accident, I found a 1-3/4 cm X 1-3/4 cm lump in my armpit last Tues night. It cannot be felt lying down or when I have my arm up in the air....my arm has to be down by my side in order to feel it and it is way down in the pit. I think I stopped breathing when…
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Women's Health Medline Plus
There appears to be a new drug out for advanced breast cancer survivor patients. The title is: Bevacizumab Combined With Chemotherapy Improves Progression-Free Survival for Patients With Advanced Breast Cancer. The site is: http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/apr2005/nci-14.htm This may be of help to someone and any one of us now…
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Chemo in Guarded Arm
A friend, just finishing her 4th dose dense AC with 4 taxanes to follow. The team was unable to get a vein in her good arm and were "forced" to do yesterday's chemo in her at risk arm. I understood this was never done and ask her why a port wasn't suggested. She said her primary oncologist gave approval for the chemo and…
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I'm afraid of another lump
Hello everyone... I'm hoping someone can help me... or reassure me. I was diagnosed with breast cancer in Sept. of 2002. I had a lumpectomy and went through chemo and radiation. The cancer was estrogen positive and I took tamoxifen for two years. In March of this year I began taking Arimidex. Over the last three months I…