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    Breast Cancer

     

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    • User: "bunnie"

      how long until hair grows back

      Hi just wondering if anyone could tell me once iam done with Chemo how long before my hair starts growing back.And also someone said that taking pre Natal vitamines help it grow back faster has any on…
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      8 comments
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      Started by bunnie
      Most recent by LJW
      Breast Cancer
    • User: "Leebee"

      remission ? If we are in remission does this mean that we are still cancerous?

      I have been told that I am in remission, but my daughter says that I am still terminal, with breast cancer that moved to the bone. Yet if I am in remission does that mean that my cancer is asleep and …
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      2 comments
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      Started by Leebee
      Most recent by hummingbyrd
      Breast Cancer
    • User: "SweetSue"

      hot spots

      My surgeon's nurses keep telling me it's nothing, but I read my post -op reports. I read, "hot spots with low counts in the underarm area." I keep worrying about it, but feel a little bit like a hypoc…
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      4 comments
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      Started by SweetSue
      Most recent by hummingbyrd
      Breast Cancer
    • User: "mommysgirl"

      genetic testing- especially moms!

      My mother has metastatic breast cancer- she has been fighting the recurrence now for almost a year and a half. I had genetic testing done because I wanted my breasts "cut off", so they made me see a c…
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      1 comments
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      Started by mommysgirl
      Most recent by lauraelena
      Breast Cancer
    • User: "sashi"

      Why Refrain

      3 months after my last radiation treatment my dear mother died of recurrent breast cancer. Since then even though I was given an excellent prognosis, I over eat and over drink thinking why deprive mys…
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      4 comments
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      Started by sashi
      Most recent by LJW
      Breast Cancer
    • User: "lauraelena"

      considering chemo please help!

      Hi, I need help, I feel so alone in this decition making. I'm 32 , 20 days ago I had mastectomy, DCIS, .6 cm. tumor, no Lymph node, estrogen and progesteron negative. Doctor said that chemo is given f…
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      16 comments
      0 point
      Started by lauraelena
      Most recent by LJW
      Breast Cancer
    • User: "barbara18"

      coming off tamoxifen

      can anybody tell me if they have recently been taken off taxoxifen and if they experienced any side effects. I was on tamoxifen for 5 years and have just come off it. Since coming off the drug I have …
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      3 comments
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      Started by barbara18
      Most recent by n2gr8books
      Breast Cancer
    • User: "simmonsg"

      Help with Decisions Diagnosed

      I was recently diagnosed with breast cancer - invasive ductal - size 1.5 cm with clean tissue margins and with negative node involvement. My estrogen and progesterone receptors are both postive and my…
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      14 comments
      0 point
      Started by simmonsg
      Most recent by chemoqueen1
      Breast Cancer
    • User: "bluelady"

      Life after breast cancer...

      I just found this site through a friend who lost his wife to breast cancer. I am a breast cancer survivor. But, not having had others to talk to during my treatments who have experienced this, I wonde…
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      9 comments
      0 point
      Started by bluelady
      Most recent by brooke
      Breast Cancer
    • User: "FresnoD"

      Post Op Pain & Bras

      Hi ladies, I had bi-lateral mastectomy on April 16th and had tissue expanders put in at that time. Can anyone who went through this comment on how long it takes for the pain to get better. My plastic …
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      3 comments
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      Started by FresnoD
      Most recent by geral
      Breast Cancer
    • User: "drrhorho"

      Help eliminate cancer

      I am looking for people in the Los Angeles area interested in supporting ACS in a Relay for Life event. I am a recent inflammatory breast cancer survivor looking for others to join me in the fight.
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      2 comments
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      Started by drrhorho
      Most recent by drrhorho
      Breast Cancer
    • User: "jamjar62"

      Tamoxifen vs. Toremifene?

      Hi! Has anyone taken toremifene? My onc suggested that it might be an option for me over tamoxifen. From what I've read, it does have a lower risk of uterine cancer but also, alot of what I've read sa…
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      2 comments
      0 point
      Started by jamjar62
      Most recent by jeancmici
      Breast Cancer
    • User: "klippe"

      Hep B

      I am done with chemo and almost done with radiation, but now they tell me I have just contracted Hepatitis B...that is the one from needles and/or sex. Anyone else had this happen...and what should I …
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      2 comments
      0 point
      Started by klippe
      Most recent by klippe
      Breast Cancer
    • User: "amc29surv"

      metastic breast cancer

      This is my fourth diagnosis of breast cancer in since 2/00. It has spread to a the ramus bone in the pelvic area. Does anyone have any advice about breast cancer spreading to the bones? Or want to sha…
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      1 comments
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      Started by amc29surv
      Most recent by hummingbyrd
      Breast Cancer
    • User: "cammie"

      Reconstruction

      I am having my implant put in next week. I had some reconstruction when I had my surgery 12/02 they brought my back muscle forward, but I also need a implant in my left breast. My right has to be redu…
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      6 comments
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      Started by cammie
      Most recent by leann
      Breast Cancer
    • User: "Leenie"

      Tamoxifen?

      I have just started taking Tamoxifen into my 3rd week, Can anyone tell me when the side effects start, I keep waiting for the hot flashes ect. Also has everyone that has been on this gained weight? Be…
      14 views
      8 comments
      0 point
      Started by Leenie
      Most recent by sandytrif525
      Breast Cancer
    • User: "epgnyc"

      How Long?

      I completed my breast cancer treatments March 1, 2003 (had a lumpectomy with re-excision, 6 mos. of CMF chemo followed by radiation). Hooray for being finished! Now I know I'll sound like an ingrate (…
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      4 comments
      0 point
      Started by epgnyc
      Most recent by sandytrif525
      Breast Cancer
    • User: "Sandis"

      trans flap-groin pain

      I wrote earlier about groin pain. My plastic surgeon said it was probably mesh or scar tissue and that I'd have to live with it. It was intermittent, but its getting worse. I've been in a lot of pain …
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      2 comments
      0 point
      Started by Sandis
      Most recent by cruf
      Breast Cancer
    • User: "TylersMom1"

      No Bone Scan??

      Hi everyone, I was diagnosed with Stage II breast cancer with one positive lymph node on April 25th. I had four rounds of AC, 4 rounds of Taxol and then 33 radiation treatments. I asked my doctor abou…
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      17 comments
      0 point
      Started by TylersMom1
      Most recent by CarolSusan
      Breast Cancer
    • User: "SweetSue"

      Arimidex or Tamoxifen??

      Which is better??? I know some women don't have a choice, but if u do, I'd like to hear your opinion. Thank you very much.
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      8 comments
      0 point
      Started by SweetSue
      Most recent by jake10
      Breast Cancer
    • User: "sashi"

      Does volunteering help?

      It's been 3 years since my lumpectomy, chemo, and radiation. Also, my mother died of recurrent breast cancer 3 months after I finished all my treatments. I tried to volunteer with the cancer society b…
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      5 comments
      0 point
      Started by sashi
      Most recent by lindadelrio
      Breast Cancer
    • User: "monkeyboymommy"

      Soy Protein

      Hi, I'm on tamoxifen and have been for 8 months now. I have had a variety of side effects, but am now learning how to deal with them. My question is soy? Has anyone's doctor told them not to eat soy? …
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      5 comments
      0 point
      Started by monkeyboymommy
      Most recent by rainyday
      Breast Cancer
    • User: "Rett"

      partner's recurrence

      I am not really sure what I am looking for here, I guess the chance to talk with people who maybe know more about this than I do. My girlfriend was initially diagnosed with DCIS in August 2000 (before…
      17 views
      8 comments
      0 point
      Started by Rett
      Most recent by Rett
      Breast Cancer
    • User: "ksfc"

      more good news and a ?

      I've got two pieces of good news. First, the steroids (prednisone) have helped immensely with the problem I had near my lymph node incision that was biopsied to rule out a recurrance about 3 weeks ago…
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      4 comments
      0 point
      Started by ksfc
      Most recent by ksfc
      Breast Cancer
    • User: "sashi"

      Recurrence

      If you have a recurrence and the cancer is in a new spot is that curable or just treatable?
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      4 comments
      0 point
      Started by sashi
      Most recent by jeancmici
      Breast Cancer
    • User: "sashi"

      A sense of urgency

      I've been through a lumpectomy, chemo, and radiation. My chances are the upper 90's for success. Yet I feel a sense of urgency about life. I try to cram too many things to do for fear IT will return e…
      22 views
      4 comments
      0 point
      Started by sashi
      Most recent by cbailey
      Breast Cancer
    • User: "lindadelrio"

      Hair Loss and Throat swelling

      Hello, first I wish to thank everyone who responded to the Coughing subject. The doctor put me on a Z-pack antibotic and it has made a big difference, but the coughing is still there but it is more ba…
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      10 comments
      0 point
      Started by lindadelrio
      Most recent by cbailey
      Breast Cancer
    • User: "bunnie"

      finished chemo

      Hi just thought i would let everyone know i finished chemo on firday what a wonderfull feeling that.see everyone around on the chat room. bunnie
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      11 comments
      0 point
      Started by bunnie
      Most recent by cbailey
      Breast Cancer
    • User: "SweetSue"

      anyone out there with lobular breast cancer...cancerous calcifications...no lump?

      I just need to find out how you are doing? Where you got information to help u make treatment decisions? I know 80% of breast cancer is ductal , and I keep reading about women feeling lumps. I don't f…
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      7 comments
      0 point
      Started by SweetSue
      Most recent by cbailey
      Breast Cancer
    • User: "jamjar62"

      Taxotere and hiccups

      Hi....I was wondering if anyone else has experienced the side effect of hiccups from Taxotere? I get the hiccups and then experience terrible heartburn afterwards. Plus all food tastes like cardboard.…
      101 views
      4 comments
      0 point
      Started by jamjar62
      Most recent by GilaMonster
      Breast Cancer
     

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