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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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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 fall into those categories.
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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. Nothing has a taste - it feels like I burned my tongue on hot coffee. It doesn't lessen between treatments either. Is there…
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Anyone On Alt Meds?
Hey Ladies, I am no longer allowed to take conventional meds. So I am now on alt meds, and wanted to know if anyone else is taking them. It has really been helping me physically.....Am feeling alot better. Was quite sick for a while....Gotta alot of emailing to do..lol Anyway, I wanted to know for a very good…
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BRCA1 gene carriers with female children
I am 36 yo and was diagnosed with breast CA in June of 2002, during my second pregnancy. I have undergone treatment, had my second healthy baby girl, found out I was BRCA1 positive and have already had my second mastectomy and a hysterectomy 3 weeks ago. I'd like to know if any of you have tested your young female children…
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Tamoxifen
Hello Lori, My hardrive crashed and I'm on a laptop and not used to it. Took a while to reload all the programs on other computer and still working on connecting the internet. To answer you Tamoxifen questions... I am not thrilled with it either but have been on it one year since 2/14/02. For the first few years, if you…
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Get Rid of Weight from Tamoxifen
Ladies, you're wonderful. You've given me really good information in the past. I've posted every now and then since May through my negative mammogram, core biopsy, bilateral mastectomy, implants, chemo, and tamoxifen fears. In need you again. Well, I started taking tamoxifen on January 1, 2003. I've gained at least 10…
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Options for financing cancer treatment?
I have a friend who's pretty much run out of options as far as paying for her treatment goes (she's in the advanced stages of metastatic breast and liver cancer). So, I'd like to know if there are any organizations (preferably in Canada, or not restricted to US patients) that might be able to help (e.g. provide low-cost…
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stem cels
i am going to tampa to meet with this doctor for stem cels. has anyone gone through with this procedure and what was the outcome and are you glad you did this. i am sooo nervous. thanks
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DCSI
I am 3 weeks out of surgery for a simple mastectomy and reconstruction from DCSI. I am taking Evista and have been for several years. Beyond that there is no recommended treatment from my oncologist except to stay as far away from estrogen as possible. Is this truly a miracle or should I investigate further. All borders…
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1st chemo next week
I am so amazed after viewing the entries at how young so many of us are. I am 35 and was just diagnosed invasive duct.carc. on March 7, 2003. I had a breast conserving surgery and 17 nodes removed with only 2 positive. (My computer is knocking, I dont know how to answer it?) Well anyway, I was just looking for some…
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First Chemo Monday
I am counting down the days/hours until my first chemo session on Monday. I am taking 4 sessions of adriamycin and cytoxan, then 4 sessions of taxotere. I decided not to be in a research group that could have allowed all 3 drugs at once. Hoping that the side effects may be less this way. Anyway . . .I am asking for lots of…
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Dear ladies, take heart . . .
Yes, I am a man, but I have a sister with an amazing medical history that includes almost every medical disaster that can befall the human critter except heart disease (her sister and I take care of THAT family trait). In childhood she suffered from all the diseases children suffered in the '30's, save polio, culminating…
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anyone here est neg with femara ?
i'm wondering why my chemo oncologist precribed femara for 5 years then when i changed med group and got a new onco why he says no to femara ??? i am est neg stage 2 lower aux node infected infilturating duct carcinoma any one have est neg and taking femara ?
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Coughing
Hello, I just took my first chemo iv treatment last Thursday and I will be taking my second one tomorrow. In the meanwhile I am taking Cytoxin three times a day. For the past three days I have had a terrible cough. It is a deep hard cough and I am coughing up mucus and such. Does anyone know if this is a side affect or is…
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Trying to learn to cope again
I am 8 years 3 months out from extensive breast cancer, found out that I have bone metastasis, in my spine, both hips, sternum, shoulder and one leg. How do you learn to take time for you and care for yourself when you have been taking care of everyone else? To deal with the pain in your hips and back and not being able to…
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I think I am STage 4, am I a goner?
Hello. Had mastectomy on Wednesday, 4/16 and had 20 nodes removed, 4 of which looked, just by the eye anyway, to be positive. Waiting for pathology results. I have a 'spot' on my right lung that appears to be malignant. Don't know what to think. Some doctors are optimistic, the surgeon that removed breast is not. Used the…
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Humminbyrd & All I miss YOU!!!
Dear Guys & Hummingbyrd, I am so missing you all. I have purchased a Dell computer, and I will be utilizing it by the 6th of next month. Ay least I will be able to join your chat if it is still running Humminbyrd. I can type a bit faster now that the weather is clearing up. I just want to come home & be a source of strenth…
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Recurrent Breast Cancer (within 1 year)
Has anyone out there had a recurrence of breast cancer after chemo and radiation. I have a new lump that was biopsied and I only finished radiation in Dec2002. Feeling doomed!
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Tamoxifen
I was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer (21 of 26 nodes affected, cancer in the liver and spine) after being on Tamoxifen for two years as a cancer preventative! Although there is no definite proof, the doctors think that the Tamoxifen actually triggered this (also, the cancer is estrogen positive) I've just finished…
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I need someone to talk to--positive sestamebie scan today
Hi. I'm Andrea. Just yesterday I was watching Lifetime tv about the Yme hotline. I knew that something had came up in my recent sestamebie scan that wasnt normal but I had went through 4 breast biopsies from the ages of 12 through 19 that had all proved to be fibroabnomas. I never dreamed that the doctor would today tell…
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It's Back
Hello. I'm new to this site. Just this morning I got the word on my biopsy. The breast cancer I thought I beat 8 years ago is now in my other breast. I guess it's the same, I don't know yet for sure. Eight years ago I had stage 3A cancer, did lumpectomy, radiation, conventional chemo, hi-dose chemo and a stem cell…
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sewing pockets in old Bras
hi has anyone taken there old bras and put pockets in them so the dont have to buy the bras with the pockets already in them the only ones i can find with the pockets in theam are big wide bras and they are not very comfortable if any one can help answer my question it would be greatley apprecaited.thanks bunnie
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update on shooting pain hernia?
Just got back from the plastic surgeon who said that the mesh from the transflap sometimes gets bent in such a way it hits a nerve and causes a sharp pain. Anyway, its not a hernia. It will eventually go away. Thanks for encouraging me to talk to the doctor. It always helps to let go of worries we don't need. Thanks
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Reconstruction
Hi! I need some help. I just had reconstructive surgery on my breast. I had a mastetomy in November and just had my implant put in a week and a half ago. I am in pain. The implant seems to be leaning on a muscle or something and causing pain. Is this normal? how long does it last? Your responses would be appreciated. Thanks
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chat room
Hi Everyone, I too would enjoy a chat room. As some of you already know, whenever I connect to the one on the CSN site, I'm disconnected from the internet in a matter of minutes. I'm not sure what's up, must be a problem with our internet service provider. If anyone has another chat site they use, let me know and I'll…
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26 year old chemo,mastectomy,rad
Hello, everyone! It's been a while since I have posted a messege on this site. For any new comers who have questions, feel free to ask. I am a wealth of knowledge now. I had 6 months of chemo. AC and taxotere. I have had double mastectomy, and now I am receiving radiation treatments. Only 10 more to go. I am still in the…
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golf balls ..update
Thanks to all of you gals who replied to my earlier question. I still have the golf balls under my arms ...double masectomy (simple/modified) on March 19,2003. My surgeon said she will remove them surgically in about 6 months. She claims that the hanging "golf balls" are present because of my weight. I started chemo…
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gettin' thru it
Hi everyone. I am 50 years old. My gyn found my lump last august during routine yearly checkup. Had fine needle aspiration - results were suspicious for cancer. Sept 9 had biopsy and found 2.7cm aggressive tumor with clear margins. The surgeon sewed me up and told us to see the breast cancer people at Moffitt Center in…
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need some advice
My grandmother raised me and we are very close. She was diagnosed with inoperable breast cancer three years ago. The sicker she gets the harder it is to be near her. Am I wrong for feeling this way? Am I hurting her by not going to see her as often? I'm merely a teenager trying to cope with the chances of losing my closest…