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Marty's Monday Mastectomy!
Oh Boy! Here we go... After numerous bumps in the road (pun intended), we are ready for the mast. & tramflap Monday. (Nearly 2 months to the day since the tumour was removed during biopsy) We'll be putting a port in as well and taking the first layer of lymph nodes... here is to NEGATIVE LYMPH NODES! I am now getting…
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Still pregnant...
Just a note to everyone who has sent messages. I'm 6 months pregnant now and mother and baby are doing fine. Whew!! Thanks for all the advice!! Lois
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Sun+Sunscreen+Sand=Allergy?
Has anyone ever had\heard of this happening? My oncono pronounced this was the problem with one of my ankles while beachside this summer. I used a hat, 30 sunscreen, umbrella, did everything I had read or heard, to prevent melanoma or sunburn. This nasty patch of rash appeared on my affected-side ankle. I was stumped.…
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Skylar still not home.
Hi everyone, Just wanted to update you all. Skylar is now a week old and still not home. It is just taking so dang long. My hubby and I are getting a bit mad but..we know he is in there for a reason and is in good hands. He is eating more each day and should be off his antibiotic today. We are hoping by this weekend he can…
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taxol and hair growth
I've been reading everyone's posts for weeks as I was dx with invasive breast cancer with extensive lymph node involvement in late Feb. I've since received 4 treatments of AC and have had 2 taxol and the third in Tues. Then radiation. I receive Taxol every 3 weeks, not daily. I'm probably being silly but I 'm concerned…
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thanks Ladies YOU ARE THE BEST, Tara
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gee more problems
i am having more problems. A small place has broken open and i am draining like crazy. This also happened to me with the reconstruction. I drained for about 3 months. I guess I'm just full of something. Oh well tomorrow is another day and things will be better. Also thank all of you for the post and the prayers for me…
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Just a note
Hello ladies, I don't spend much time on the details of my cancer, enough to know that it was grade three with positive nodes and negative to hormone. I think we sometimes waste valuable energy on things that we can't control like the details of our disease. I am still having a rocky existance with nausea and no hunger…
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TAMOXIFEN AND HEARING LOSS WITH RADIATION
Has anyone had hearing loss while on Tamoxifen and radiation? Or hearing loss due to one of the above?
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ac to tx...
legs hurting, but boyfriend helping. anybody at this stage of chemo?
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Told My Parents
Wow what an emotional weekend!!!!! My plan was to tell my parents and brothers that I had BC and that the chemo and radiation was the end and all was well. Instead I had to tell them that the BC had moved to the liver and that the doctors say it is not curable but would also not give me a time frame. My parents are in…
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Half way through
Hi ya all, just feel happy today, had chemo today (cycle 3 day 8 CMF)and now I am half way through and on the down end of it. So far so good. Hanging in there. You gals are great. Thank you for your support !!!!!!! Love Emmi
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Feeling like I got hit by a truck!!!
Hi,just wondering if there is anyone out there feeling like I have been. I have been up all night,waking because my body aches all over,feels like i ran a truck!! Been having tension headaches,muscle aches ,and joint aches. I get stabbing pains on and off in my shoulders and elbows..its really getting to me. I have no…
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Sorry, I already posted
I must apologize - I went back a little ways in the messages and realized I had already asked you girls about your experience with Taxotiere and Taxol - I was thinking I had posted that question at another cancer site. I got lots of helpful responses from you all - I'm rereading those but would still like to know how you…
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through surgery
Hi to all. Came through surgery ok, but had a bad asthma attack right after the surgery. Am sore but that will get better. Thanks to all for the prayers. Judy
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Discrimination against cancer victims...can you help?
I'm 21 yrs. old & had surgery for cancer 2 months ago & am going into Chemo now. I don't know my prognosis, I can deal with this; but I can't deal with the discrimination...I've been playing a free virtual pet online site daily for the past 2 yrs. (Neopets), and since my cancer, playing there was one of the few things I…
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Her2Neu positive? Please raise your hand!
Ok, after reading Chris' and others' posts, I am going to ask for happy stories about those of us who are Her2Neu positive.. seems we are in a rather... elite (?) group. If anyone is/knows of someone who is positive on Her2Neu and neg. on Estrogen/ Progesterone, please do tell me stories! You see, it makes me nervous not…
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I'm home, but not with my baby.
Hi Everybody, Well, my c-section went well. Had trouble finding veins for IV... Oncologist said should of just used portacath..didn't even think of that...duh.. Got my port accessed though my last day there. I got released yesterday (Sun) around lunch time. My little baby boy, born 5 lbs. 12 oz, 18.5 inches, had to stay…
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Results from Scope
Well, ladies, had the "scope" this morning. The doctor said that my esophagus looks fine but that I have a hiatal hernia and she found polyps in my stomach. It will be a few days before we know anything about the polyps. Also, due to alot of bloating and painful gas pains I have been experiencing, she wants to do a…
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Chris, you asked about my trial
I am part of a trial called the NSABP B-31. It is a trial for early stage breast cancer patients who are node positive & over express the Her-2/neu. It is largly to see if the chemo drug Herceptin will benefit the early stage cancers, like mine. The group was randomized into 2 groups. One group gets the standard treatment…
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Thank you ladies!
Hi there, I have been away for awhile....a year and half ago I had a mastectomy due to DCIS...went on Tomoxefin and was in here all the time with questions and you wonderful ladies were such a support to me. I also have MS and my struggle to function with it has been my focus these past months. My husband was recently…
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susibarc?
Has anyone seen "susibarc" lately? Thanks! Marty
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was re: exercise/miscellanous
HI there- I sent this message in a couple of days ago- and the notice that it was submitted showed up- but the message never did. Not that this is important or anything but...I think I will try again :) *** Now Marty, we are going to want to hear all about how things go, ok? So dont forget to write and tell us! Will be…
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Family offering to adopt sisters..
Hi friends I haven't met yet. :) I'm a 40 yo mom of 3; my daughter died of SIDS just before she was 1 yo. We've since had two awesome boys, now 9 and 11. We realized after September 11th that our lives wouldn't be complete without adopting at least one girl, maybe two. I'm about to go through training to adopt through the…
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Too fat for tram?
I've just been contacted by a friend whose neighbour is facing a doudle mastectomy in two weeks time. She is very distressed as she has been told by her doctor that she is too fat for tram flap reconstruction and will need to have implants. Has anyone been or heard of someone in this position and what do you think she…
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hi from california
to all my sisters hello from california. its been a long and very tiring road trip we arrrived atr mirmar miltary base early this am. we have been doing a little getting use to being here. take care kelly
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surgery Monday
Keep me in your prayers. I am having the implant removed Monday. I hope the implant being busted is what is causing the pain in my chest and not some tumors hiding under it that they have not found yet Judy
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Risks factors
Isn't it amazing all we know about risk factors now that we have had the disease. I only remember one thing being a risk for cancer and that was the birth control pill. How many of us have taken that? How many other things have we taken or done to put ourselves at risk? LOTS the doctor is right being a woman is the…
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Scan Results
Thank you all for responding to my earlier message concerning my scans! They were clear except for something on my esophagus...like thickening of the lining. I am scheduled for a scope on Monday morning to find out more. I have alot of digestive problems so it may not be anything to be too concerned about. We will find out…
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thanks to all
Thanks to all of you ladies for the thoughts and prayers. Will be off line for a few days. Am going to enjoy the weekend before the surgery. So thanks and please say a pray for me on Monday. Judy