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Radiation Fears
Hi I am new to this board Can any one help me as I have heard lots of ladies say they really burn badly with radio i am due to start mine on the 23rd march are there any specific creams to use or supplements to use to help prevent . please help Thanks Michele
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Picking the doctor....
I've had a breast surgeon for years because of cystic breasts and I was OK with her. I've gotten the DX for DCIS in the last month and I'm frustrated and thinking that she may not be the one I want to go through the whole cancer process with. Can anyone offer ideas about working with a cancer center vs. an individual…
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Grecian Formula
Hi All - this seems like a very silly question, considering all the treatments and surgeries we go through and have gone through since being diagnosed with this disease - but here's my question anyway, has anyone out there used Grecian Formula to bring back color to their new hair growth after chemo? I finished chemo in…
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complementary Meds
As a relative new comer to this site, i can't thank all of you enough, it is so nice to have a place to share and learn with woman who "unfortunetly"understand this journey. I have read some of the posting on indole-3 and others recommendations, and thought i would share something i learned of right after my dx in Aug…
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Help for spouse
I am 31 years old and was just diagnosed on 2-17-04. I'm engaged to be married on 10-23-04 and my fiance is taking this very hard. Are there and support groups for the husbands of womens who have breast cancer?
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change in tumor markers
I am about a year out from finishing chemo. On my three month check up my tumor marker was 12. Six months later it is 30. I was so happy to hear it was still "normal" I didn't think about the fact that it had more than doubled. Now I am anxious about getting my levels checked again. Will they double again and put over the…
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HOW TO HELP
I realize this is the breast cancer chat room but I need advice about how to help those directly involved when cancer strikes. My 5 year old nephew was recently diagnosed with a rare form of cancer and has a long road ahead of him. Unfortunately I live 15 hours away. I need any suggestions from those of you who have been…
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Any non hormone receptive cancer survivors out there?
I am having a hard time finding anyone who has non hormone receptive bc. My story ... I was diagnosed with invasive bc (tumor size 2.4 cm, stage 2, grade 3) on 12.10.03 and had a double mastectomy with reconstruction on 12.23.03. I turned 35 years old on 12.24.03. My cancer was found by accident by my OB/GYN, as I was…
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Help.... just diagnosed.
I was diaginosed with intraductal carcinoma (which I believe is DCIS) at the beginning of the month. After another biopsy the surgeon will make the decision if it's a lumpectomy or masectomy. Then she says I'll have radiation. I've done some research and I'm confused (a little knowledge is a dangerous thing). Can anyone…
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Radiation related?
I was diagnosed with DCIS / stage 0 in November '02. Lumpectomy and 33 radiation treatments and five years of Tamoxifen. I had very easy time with radiation. Skin only a little red and dry. Last treatment was just a year ago. Last summer I got a spider bite on the top of my foot. Was infected. Took antibiotics for a few…
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Alt med's
Hi all, I noticed a post by Hummingbird that she is actively looking at alt. med's in addition to traditional medication. I want to say that I believe 100% in chemo and the other prescribed drugs. I know that they work but because I had a particulary aggressive HER2+ diagnosis in June 2003 I started researching other…
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Moving on
I hope my story will help others to understand how to cope with a lost one with children. My wife was diagnose with breast cancer in 95, met to the bones in 99, then to the liver in late of 03. My wife JoAn lost the battle with cancer after 9 years of fighting, but my wife won the war against cancer because she is in a…
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learning to use this site
I am a breast cancer survivor very fearful of re-occurrance and just wanted to talk
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DCIS
In November of '02 I was diagnosed with DCIS. Emotionally it was a rough two or three months. Physically, no biggie. Lumpectomy with good enough margins. Thirty-three radiation treatments. (Last treatment was one year ago today.) Had very easy time with radiation. Very little side effects from it. Have been on Tamoxifen…
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to beth/jake10
Hi Beth, I read one of your postings from a while back...it was the one about your friend Terry. Great news! Do you know what kind of chemo she was given and was it at MD Anderson? Thanks. Hope Terry is still doing well! Warm Regards, Judie
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Update on clinical trial
Hello All, I went for my first treatment on mon the 23rd for my mets. I did get arm A...bevacizumab and taxol. This trial closes in June and the head of the trial said they have had a lot of good results. I hope that this treatment knocks my cancer down and is it is spreading like wild fire. I'm terrified!! I keep telling…
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Herceptin and the heart
Last March I was diagnosed with stage 3, Her2 positive breast cancer. Since I couldn't be prescribed herceptin, I joined a clinical trial in order to get it. My MUGA scores slowly declined and when it got to 51%, I insisted on being referred to a cardiologist. If my score fell below 50, I would be kicked out of the trial.…
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What can nurses do to better help you?
I am an RN student and I would like to know what the nurses who care for you could do to better help you? I'm anxious to get your feedback! Please reply!
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Recurrent BC after lumpectomy
Hi. I'm 46, had a lumpectomy 10/2002, 1 node w/ micromets, 8 rounds of chemo, 7 weeks of rad, went back for my first mammo since BC in 12/03. Suspicious calcifications on same breast turned out to be ductal carcinoma. Now I need to have a mastectomy, with/without reconstruction. I see a plastic surgeon on Tues. to discuss.…
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dandelion root
Have any of you heard anything about dandelion root or dandelion tea being good for cleansing the liver after chemo? I was in Barnes and Noble and picked up a book on cancer and another one on the fat flush plan and they both said something about it being good to cleanse the liver of the toxic effects of chemo. Hey at this…
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Getting ready for reconstruction
On Aug 8 I had a right simple mastectomy with sentenial node mapping which showed all nodes free of cancer.I have chosen not to do chemo or hormone blocking.On Nov 5 I am having a simple left mastectomy and having expanders put in both breasts to prepare for reconstruction.I would like to have feedback from anyone who has…
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reconstruction
I am going to be facing a decision as to what type of reconstruction to do. I have read a LOT but want to hear from people who have had it done. I wonder why you made the decisions you did, and how satisfied you are with the outcomes.
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Does any one find out when they have an anniversary comming up of the cancer date that they have f
Hello my anniversary date is comming up of a new breastcancer in February of last year and in the back of my mind I still have fears is that normal or what. I'm Glad that I'm still alive because I have alot to live for . It still seems like I snap at people and I don't mean to . Also does any one find out that they are…
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20or more bc survivours
I WAS HOPING TO MEET 20+YEARS SURVIVOUR WITH MORE THAN 10 + LYMPH NODES I WAS AT A BREAST CANCER WALK HAD A GREAT TIME,MEET A LADY THAT HAS SUVIVE 26 YRS IT MADE ME FELL GOOD JUST TO TALK TO THE LADY. I WAS DIANOSE OCT 2002 I HAD 10+ LYMPH NODES I WOULD TO TALKTO THE SURVIVOURS THAT LAST LONGER THAN 20 YEARS WITH 10+ LYMPH…
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Arimidex
I'm wondering if anyone is having trouble sleeping while taking Arimidex? I have been on this since November and have not been able to sleep without taking an Ambien. I am also having a hard time losing weight. Are these side effect of the drug? Any info is appreciated. Thanks
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cancer back
Hi all well the just conformed it yesterday that my cancer is back in the lungs.they are alos seeing spots on both rib cages and up in the lympnoied of the neck.hopefully starting treatments this friday 2-20-04 bunnie
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Mets to Liver and Lungs
Hello all and thanks for letting me share. I was diagnosed in Oct. of 2002 with stage two-B infiltrating ductal carcinoma/grade 3 very aggressive. I had a lumpectomy along with chemo (FEC) than followed with 33 treatments of radiation. I completed treatment May 2, 2003. I have been having 3 month check ups. In between…
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i went back
I woke up very early this morning so i spent a couple of hours on this site and read some of the personal web pages like i have done many times before it's strange how so many ""old timers"" dont post anymore it makes one wonder to whatever happened to them after all their treatments have they gone on with their life??…
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Do you ever stop thinking it's cancer again?
Hi. It's been almost 2 years since my diagnosis, surgery and treatment. It took a half of a year after the treatments ended for me to be able to see a future, to get rid of the doom and gloom that what I went thru caused me to feel constantly in my life. Recently, I've been having some aches and pains that do not seem to…
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Miracles Do Happen
Several months ago I wrote here about a freiend of mine named Terry who was diagnosed with terminal sarcoma. The initial site was found in her breast and she had a mastectomy so we bonded as survivors. Several months later the sarcoma was back in her lungs and liver. She went to Houston and was put on a regiment of chemo.…