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Your Replies To My Muscle Pains
Thank you all for your responses. I don't feel like it's just me anymore. It's so difficult as I'm sure you all have experienced, to feel that little bit of energy after chemo is done. It seems like such a large amount of energy in comparison, and I end up doing more than I should because in my mind I still feel like I'm…
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blood transfusion
Hi well i ended up having a blood transfusion today i was wondering why i have been so darn tired i felt like i was going backwards on my recovery instead of frowrads.doc did not give me good news on thursday when i was in for chemo he said with or with out chemo at this point i have about 6 months to live. Bunnie
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Lupron injections to induce menopause
Has anyone had any experience with Lupron injections to induce menopause? With the new drugs, my oncologist needs me to be menopausal. I'm having all kinds of side effects, such as headaches, hot flashes, dizziness, fatigue.... Does anyone have any experience with these getting any better? Thanks!
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Other Companies donating
Hi, While shopping for groceries last night, I did buy the Northern bathroom tissue as they are donating to the Komen Foundation as has been reported. You cut off and send in the proofs of purchase to the addy on the package and they donate .50 to Komen. Also, Yoplait Yogurt is doing the same thing. The yogurts with the…
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Reoccurence after Herceptin?
With my last infusion of Herceptin (number 52)scheduled for Monday, I can't help but wonder if anyone knows of someone who has had a reoccurence despite such an aggressive protocol? I was diagnosed with StageIII b/c in April 2003 (8 cm and cancer in all 31 nodes). I had a mastectomy of my right breast with chemo prior to…
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Can not read E-mail
My start page shows I have a unread E-mail, but when I try to go to it, internet explorer shuts down. Anyone else have this problem or is it just my computer? And to whoever sent me the message, I am not ignoring you, I just read it! Betty
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Just to say Hello
I haven't been around much since the last year has been turned upside down with the loss of an Uncle I adored and my mother inlaw just a couple of months later two days before Christmas. It seems so long ago now that I came to this site looking for those like myself, after a long battle with my stage 3 bc and the side…
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lump that doesn't show on mammogram
Hi all, I wrote earlier about my lump that didn't show on an ultrasound or a mamm. After all 3 docters said, it was nothing to worry about, but we'll take it out if you want, I had it removed today. I was awake at the time and it was wierd, but painless. He showed it to me and it looked like a glob of yellow fat with some…
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Aromasin (exemestane)
Hello, Is anyone out there on Aromasin? I started it 6 days ago & wondering if it's contributing to fatigue?
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Melissa Etheridge has BC
LOS ANGELES - Singer Melissa Etheridge (news) has been diagnosed with breast cancer and has canceled upcoming tour dates to undergo treatment, according to her publicist. Etheridge, 43, will undergo surgery and her doctor expects a "speedy and complete recovery," publicist Marcel Pariseau said in a statement. The cancer…
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Race for the Cure
This year again I have to write how proud I am of the people of Denver. Over 63,000 walked/ran in the Race For The Cure yesterday (this is my 2nd race since being diagnosed almost 2 yrs ago). It's an amazing thing to see all those people, and every one there is supporting someone. I so encourage all of us to do this. You…
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my reply to m&m & Northern
I have to agree, the some have gotten off the subject of the M&M's & Northern donations. I didn't mean to offend anyone who doesn't eat sugar. So much food out there has sugar in it that we don't know about, all we know is the candy. All fresh fruits and vegetables have sugar. Do we not eat those? Plus I have even been…
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echocardiography
Today I went for doppler echocardiography, during which 3 electrodes similar to the ones used during EKGs are connected: one to the right arm, one to the chest and one to the left arm. The test does not involve the use of the arms at all. The doctor runs a thing that feels a lot like a roll-on deoderant ball on the chest…
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M&M's & Northern
I went to Kroger's the other day to buy toilet paper and seen Quilted Northern is donating $.50 of your purchase to the Susan G. Komen Foundation. I thought that was great. Then I go up front to check out and seen the new pink and white M&M's also. I purchased both. I wish the companies good do better, but I know they are…
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Saks 5th Ave. Key to the Cure
I received an e-mail this morning from Saks Fifth Avenue directing me to their Key to the Cure t-shirt promotion. The shirt was designed by Marc Jacobs and Charlize Theron is their ambassador. http://www.saksfifthavenue.com/Entry.jsp?sssdmh=dm12.77736&site_refer=EML301B As a breast cancer survivor I frequently wear pink…
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Battling Depression
Hi, everyone. I'm not a regular poster, but I read these boards just about every two days. I just turned 40 years old, and I'm coming up on my 1 yr. anniversary since diagnosis in 10/03. I had a 1.2 cm invasive ductal carcinoma. Stage 1, grade 3 aggressive tumor. ER-/PR-/HER2-. No node involvement. Had lumpectomy, then 4…
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Survivors with Lump Problems
I am a survivor for 16 years. In the past year I have developed a lump near my surgical area. Had all the testing to find out it is not cancer. It hurts whenever I do too much (which is just about everything, smile), want to know if any other survivors are experiencing problems with these lumps. Someone in Va has a…
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CHECK-UP
Everoune please pray for me, tomorrow I will see my oncologist for my three months check-up and mamogram. I have tried to keep my mind off of it, trying to focus on other things and stay positive. I was diagnosed as Stage IIA with no lymph node involvement and clear margins, but I was also ER negative so therefore unable…
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About expander surgery
I will be soon going through the surgery to replace the expander with the permanent implant. Can anyone advise how you did with the surgery, and recovery, and how soon you were back to work, etc. Did you feel the new implant is more comfortable?
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Had Mri
HI well we did a MRI yesterday too see if brain tumors where gone or not and they are not they havent growen but they didnt go away either the just mainted .So i fell like i did Radition for noithing.there is one drug they can put me on but cant rember the name of it all probally get more info when i see oncologist on…
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To bunnie
Here it is her2support.org
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Scared
Hi, It's been almost a year since I was diagnosed with B/C 11/03. I am almost 6 months out of chemo. I found a lump on the inside of my right foot today and I'm freaking out. Could it be cancer? It feels like bone, it's hard as a rock. I never noticed it before today (who looks at their feet?). I have an appointment next…
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AFTER TREATEMENT
I finished my treatments for breast cancer, Stage IIA, chemo in Feb. and radiation in May 2003. And it seems that I am still tired some days I get a burst of energy and do everything I can and then some days I am so tired. I also have pain in my right leg all the time. The doctors have done X-rays, MRI, MRA and nothing but…
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Diabetes and cancer
Hello. I have recently finished chemo and radiation for my cancer as of sept. 3 ,2004. I have started taking tamoxofin. Now all of my bloodwork in the past couple months indicate that I have develpoed type II diabetes. Even though I have a family history of diabetes has this happened to anyone else as the result of the…
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surgeon
I am trying to find a surgeon that statistically has been successful in not damaging the nerve under the arm while removing a lymph node. I had 23 lymph nodes removed with no damage to my arm but that surgeon has retired.
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nerve damage from rads?
My friend finished her radiation about 6 months ago. Now she has severe arm pain, and decreased muscle strength in that arm. She has seen pcp, ortho, neuro drs and they have finally said it is damage from the radiation. She is going to try hyperbaric but no one seems to know if this will resolve. I finished treatment a…
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Lump that doesn't show on ultrasound
Hi everyone, I had an Er/Pr neg. 2cm lump removed followed by AC and 33 rads 1 and a half years ago. I am feeling a lump in my right breast that my family doc can't feel, the ultrasound doesn't show and the mammogram doesn't show either. My surgeon does feel it, but also feels more than one lump. I also can feel more than…
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Woe.... my expander is making me nuts!
I had the mastectomy and expander done 2 weeks ago. The drain messed up after a week and the doc removed it. I went through another couple of appts with the doctor squeezing/needling more drainage material out of me. YOUCH! Anyway, by my 3rd visit the doc reinstalled the drain. It seems to be doing it's job. But a red…
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metal plate moving? fr. reconst.
I see my surgeon next week, however, the metal plate used with the temporary implant for my reconstruction seems to be moving. Has that happened to anyone before? Is that normal or should I see my doctor sooner. I have some pain, but I heard some of that is "normal" for having the plate there.Any suggestions? It seems to…
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one year out
Hi All, I am one year out from my last chemo. Last year my husband and three of my 4 kids did the race for the cure in my honor. This year (last weekend) I joined them It felt GREAT!!! I'm glad to have this past year behind me. It felt great to feel good enough to be in this years race in Toledo Ohio. This was there 11th…