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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…
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Need Assistance-Thanks in advance
Hi I am feeling really confused about where I am at mentally. I am happy about the current state of my health but am waffling up and down in my mood and attention span. I find that I forget to go to meetings that are important to me but remember almost as soon as the appointment time is over. I make a mental note to do…
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Has anyone noticed a change in their eye sight
I had cancer 13yrs ago and went through a total of 6 months of chemo treatments and a new breastcancer last year and a total of 4 chemo treatments and my eyesight has changed has any one else noticed a change in eyesight due to chemo treatments . I'm trying to find out if chemotreatments affects changes in eyesight but I…
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Hot Flashes a year after tamoxifen--symptom of recurrence???
Hi, It's me, again. :^) This is a different topic, thus a different posting. Can anyone tell me if hot flashes might be considered a symptom of an undetected tumor? I have heard that night sweats might indicate the presence of cancer, but what about daytime and/or evening "hot flashes?" I am on an antidepressant that…
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Why get a mastectomy?
Hi everyone. For those of you who had a CHOICE between lumpectomy with radiation or mastectomy, AND CHOSE MASTECTOMY, I would like to understand the reasons why you went with a mastectomy. I have a similar choice before me and I want to get some perspectives from other women. I look forward to hearing back from you. Elyse
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TO JEAN
Jean, Just checking to see if your checking the web and know that I'm sending you warm thoughts and prayers. Warmly, Judie
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Just a hello to the "chat" people...from Beirut
Sorry to post such an insignificant topic, but just wanted to let you all know I made it home safely from Beirut and my four stints in Iraq. Most recent checkups in US indicate "suspicious" stuff on an MRI and although I am already stationed back overseas again, I will return to the grand ol' US of A in about 6 months to…
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Breastfeeding support
I wanted to know if there were any of you who nursed through your cancer treatments? I am looking for people who were sucessful at it and also those who stopped and their reasons for it, whether it be medical or personal. I had a hard time looking for support when I had my mastectomy back in February. I am still…
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to MBladet
Marge, I am doing good so far. Yes, my tissue expanders were put in right away, I am not sure when he will start filling them. My chest really hurts still. I can't take vicodin so I was given percocet well that made me vomit after a few days and I am constipated from the codine in it. I have treatment for that though.…
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Military Plastic Surgeon
Hello Everyone: As I mentioned before in previous postings, I'm thinking of having reconstruction, specifically the TRAM Flap or DIEP Flap. What I didn't mention is that I'm a military dependent. My husband serves in the United States Marine Corps. This may be a long shot, but I'm interested in knowing if anyone out there…
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Implant recon or lat dorsi flap with implant??? Can't decide...
hi all, well after three diff plastic surgeon meetings, i got three opinions! unbelievable....i am really struggling to make a decision. surgery is either the 3 or 4th of sept. both hospitals were bugging me to decide so i told them to go ahead and schedule. i am young, thin and big-boobed, 34D so i'm not an easy case.…
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Cancer center of america
I want to get a second opinion on my treatment for breast cancer. Has anybody heard of Cancer center of america in Zion, Il are they any good. I live in New york and heard good and bad things about Sloan Kettering do not know if I should go to Illinois for cancer center or try big ny hospital
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Drugs
Science Friday will be discussing the Drug Companies and whether they are interested in Cures or Profits tomorrow. The program usually airs at 10 AM in my area;check your local PBS station. bud
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Be a friend
Beth, try and be strong for your friend and her family. It will be a difficult time, but if her friends fall apart, she will too. Get other friends to help too. Wrap yourselves around her and love her and her family. I'm sorry this is a hard time for all of you. Dinners will be especially helpful right now. Laura
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off meds
Hi well today is the big day i took my last Dexamathosine so know hopefully things will start going up hill from here i will start doing leg lifts tommorow and then probaly sometime this week add ankel wieghts too it so i can start rebuilding the muscles. i have very little muscles left on upper leg with out cloths on it…
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Anyone get Lupron shots?
Surprise, surprise, I got my period back after testing that I was menopausal 6 mos ago. Oncologist said I could go back to Tamoxifen or get Lupron shots and stay on the Arimidex (ovary removal would be my 3rd choice). I am seeing my GYN on Thursday to get her opinion but wanted to get opinions from you guys too. Thanks.…
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once of dex
Has anyone else been on dex and if so did you have a problem with insomina? and then once of dex like i am how long did it take before you started sleeping normal again? thanks in advancie for your input. Bunnie.
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Navelbine and Herceptin
Good Morning, I am about to start Navelbine and Herceptin as my treatment and I am very nervous. I have been on Faslodex, Zometa and aromasin. Has anyone had experience with the new combination I am to start? I would appreciate any comments any one might have. I was diagnosed in Oct.'03, bilateral mastectomy in Nov '03…
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Recurrance/Mets Questions
Reading all the postings about recurrances and bone mets has me worried. Were any of you Stage I, yet still got more cancer? I am 3 years out from surgery: lumpectomy, ER+, no lymph nodes involved, Stage 1 (also had a stage 1 melanoma removed same time),was 57 and postmenopausal. Had 6 weeks of radiation,6 months of low…