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Breast Cancer

A bill for new research!
If I read this right there is a bill in the senate S.1101 The National Cancer Act of 2003, that we may all be interested in. It reads to me as if Senate is asking the NIH (National Institute of Health) to find a low toxicity drug that targets cancer cells, and to do it by July 2005. This is GREAT! It gets us away from…
Indole-3 Carbinol
Hello everyone, I am revisiting something hummingbyrd wrote awhile back about indole-3 carbinol (the curficerous vegetable extract). Has anyone been taking this supplement and how's it going? Does it seem to work? And are there any side effects with it? Thanks bpcbrinks
newbie here to site
Hello all. I have been reading these posts for a while and it is time to say hello. I admire you guys and hope to meet new friends. I was diagnosed last June but should have gone sooner. I had a 3.5 cm lump, er/pr pos. her2 neg. no vascular invasion, 3 pos. nodes. I had my 6 month checkup with surgeon today and had another…
joint pain, especially hip pain
Hello everyone, I feel very lucky to have Stage 1, small tumor. And very blessed with my life all in all. My story: I am 3 week post 7 week radiation. I will probably choose not to take tamoxifen but will wait after I meet with my oncologist. My nutritionist and I may go with a vitamin approach. My concern is, I have…
SusanG re-update
Hey all, It's been a couple of months since I last updated on everything, I had to go back and look at my last posting! I hope everyone had the best holiday they could have, too. Susan's cancer turned out to be 2.5CM, ER/PR+, HER2- (FISH test). The oncologist staged it at IIB (T2N1M0) when we met with him last month. We…
Potassium
Hummingbyrd, thanks for answering. You seem so knowledgeable. The doc said borderline...What worries me is I have had this ache in my kidney for months now. I thought it was back pain so he did a bone scan...which was ok. Do you know if this is a common side effect from chemo? My oncologist isn't much of a talker so it is…
potassium
My oncologist called today to tell me my bc came back with a high potassium level. I looked it up on the computer and that seems pretty serious. I finished chemo 9 months ago and right now I am into reconstruction with expanders for another month or two before final inplant. I'm wondering if any of you have experienced…
What about recurance?
I am a single mother, thrying to make a life after divorce and cancer and now afraid. I have no way to get medical help that I know of, do not know if it has come back, I am feeling angery and helpless. Hopeing over nothing. Just need to talk to someone who understands or may know of some options.
legal help
Hi my name is Chris. I have a HS friend who is a Breast Cancer survivor. She is 33, 2 children under 5 and a husband who's shop is on strike. Her husband pays alimony (a substantial amount)to his 1st wife and right now they have no money coming in. He has been on Strike for the last few months and in that time she found a…
when do u know when u need a psychologist?
The subject line says it all......when does a breast cancer survivor need professional help from a psychologist? How does one know, when they've reached that point?
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Hello everyone, I was wondering if any of you gals were diagnosed with Carpal Tunnel after you were diagnosed with Breast Cancer. My orthopedic dr said that is very common with breast cancer patients and we plan on doing the surgery to help my wrist. I was wondering if anyone had this surgery ( on the arm of the…
Tense Ascites
Greetings to all, I was hoping to find others having to cope with complications of liver mets and fluid retention in the abdomen known as "tense ascites". I have been stage IV now for just over 5 years, seems I don't know when to quit. The disease advanced to my liver about 3 and 1/2 years ago. So, the last couple of years…
spasms in shoulder
My bc was in left breast, had mastectomy and tram flap reconstruction last January 2003. Am now on Tamoxifen, following AC Chemo from March to May of 2003. Severe joint pain until about November, when it settled down some. Still get periods of joint pain every now and then. Lately, however, I seem to have developed a…
need help again
Hi well i went in a talked to a plastic surgon about reconstruction.Know i just need to make my desicion on rather i want to go with Salin implant or Silicon implant.Would love to hear from someone who has both types all the pros and cons.Like can you fell it is a implant and things like that and how many years you have…
Side effects of Tamoxifen
Has anyone had side effects from Tamoxifen? Specifically, last year I was diagnosed with breast cancer and had a partial masectomy with radiation treatments. I'm 45 years old. I started Tamoxifen in January 2003 and by May 2003 my monthly cycles had stopped. This was an expected side effect. I soon began having problems…
Remember the true meaning of Chriistmas
To ALl who read this: As we all prepare to come together with friends and family memebers let us remember the true meaning of Christmas. The celebration of the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Because of the birth of what this man did many thousdands of years ago I can stand here and say Happy birthday Lord Thank…
Is cancer a disability?
I have just been requested by my employer to take a leave of absence until my treatments are over with. This was rather a bit of a shock as they have been very supportive through the first half of my chemo treatments and this came rather "out of the blue" so to speak. I have suspicions of the reasons which I won't go into…
angry.....really angry with people
I've been dealing with breast cancer remarkably well until now. I get so angry with people. For instance, my mother-in-law and cousin were talking about what a bad year this has been.....so many relatives (many in their 80's) have had operations. They went on to list them , but neglected to include my mastectomies and…
I'm Back
Had my "clean up" surgery on the 10th. Did great. No longer have a big hole in my belly. And I will surly miss doing the 2X a day dressing changes I have been doing for a year. NOT! I also no longer have a belly button. Now where am I going to put that belly button ring Santa brought. The surgery went great the wound is…
adhesions
At the time of my double mastectomy in April, my surgeon also placed expanders in my chests. I was able to go through 2 expansions before starting chemo. Between chemo, infections and taxol I didn't get back in for additional expansions until November. My plastic surgeon informed me I have adhesions around the expanders…
The Challenge
Besides sharing information on treatments and alternative therapies, we have been sharing some heartaches about lack of support from family and friends. I would like to propose as a New Year 2004 resolution that WE resolve to treat others the way we would like to be treated: with lots of love and compassion and concern.…
After-effects of Taxol treatments?
Hi all, new breast cancer survivor here. I was diagnosed 4/29/03, lumpectomy w/ax.lymph node disctn 5/14/03, chemo 4AC & 4T 6/03-10/03 and radiation 10/03-12/03. I was wondering how many of you still have some lingering after-effects from Taxol? My last treatment was 9/30, so it's been almost 3 months and I'm still feeling…
Happy New Year 2004!
I just want to commend the courage and strength of everyone on this site and say, "Happy, Happy New Year! Aren't we blessed to be alive? Praise God!" Let's make the most of 2004!
Wanting to hi-lite my new hair.
I have been off of Chemo 6mths now and really have a good deal of regrowth. Curly, no really, CURLY! I am wanting to go back to my regular hairdresser to get a foil wrapped hi-lite. I cannot remember (duh?) what I read many months ago so if you don't mind could some of you that have answers for me "chime in" and let me…
What is wrong with my ex-husband
Hello everyone.I hope you had a good christmas .I didn`t because my ex,found out me and my 16 year old was e-mailing each other and now I have lost her again. I know this because I called my daughters friends mom and she said my daughters friend was there the day he found out and he was screaming at her that if she didn`t…
Jean and taxol decision
Hi everyone- Some of you know that I've been going back and forth with the taxol decision after my Ac (done!). Well, the oncologist put no pressure on me but did say I should give it a try. I reminded him of the possible never-ending pain - he agreed - but still was of the opinion to give it a try. So tom'w May 11 is the…
GREAT NEW DRUG
I was watching the news on my local tv station and they reported that a new drug called Letrozole taken after menopause can cut a women's risk of recurrence of breast cancer by 50%. The lead researcher for this study was Dr. James Ingle.
Finally 2 nipples
Just wanted to share my excitement. I had areolar reconstruction on left and breast lift on right 3 days ago. I took the dressings off today and you cant believe the difference that I feel it makes. I am also so glad to have the breast lifted again. I finally told the doctor I wasnt pleased the first time. Boy was that a…
a port and 1 mg coumadin daily
Posted this earlier and it showed up under another post!! Strange! Apparently recently oncologists have added 1 mg coumadin as long as a port is in - maybe too many blood clots??? I know people a few years ago when I had adjuvant treatment did have a port but no coumadin; however, someone I know who had chemo starting last…
info on chemo
I was dx in march 03, i had 6 round ellence and cytoxin, finished with that i am currently on a weekly dose of taxoter for 24 weeks then 5 weeks of radiation. im 35. anyone else have a similar amount???

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