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looking to chat with someone
i was recently dignose with breast cancer but a survior with ovarian.I just had a double masctomy with reconstration and that is not done with. Just was wondering if anyone eles out there is where i am at or just finish. thanks and i hope spelling doesnot count.
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upcoming chemo
Hi Everyone- This is my first message. I am just recovering from TRAM flap reconstruction, and I am scheduled to begin chemo (AC) in a week and a half. Really nervous!! I am looking for the best tips you may have for avoiding nausea and mouth sores. Do anti-nausea meds work best if taken before, during, and after…
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Blood Test "Tumor Marker"
I finished treatment 1 1/2 years ago. I go ever three months for blood work. This last week I have found out that my blood test spiked. I have had to retake it. Has any one else had this experience? I would really like to talked to someone about this.
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First Chemo Treatment
OK - the subject line was easy - now I have to find a way to articulate the overwhelming feelings I'm having! As a result of a routine mammogram (Feb '02), I found that I became the reluctant owner of a lump in my breast. A flurry of activity folowed - ultrasound, mammatome biopsy, and surgery (lumpectomy and sentinel node…
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problems with reconstruction
Hi this is tired and lonely. I need to know something. I had recon. in 1998. They took the flap out of my back. They also put in an implant. Since then I have been having bad cramping under my arm and in my chest. Also the implant has busted and there is nothing left but the shell. My doctors can't figure this out and have…
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Which activities possible?
Hi Everyone, I've been reading about many of you who are back to working in the garden - building a retaining wall!! etc etc and I'm asking one and all about the arm = lymphedema. I thought I'd get back to normal - but when I do almost anything, I notice more swelling in my arm - not excessive -yet- but more when I do all…
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Tram Flap Reconstructive Surgery
I'm scheduled for Tram Flap reconstructive surgery next week and would like to hear from anyone that has had this surgery - what was your experience with the surgery and the recovery.
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re: upcoming chemo
I had chemo, 4 rounds AC, Zofran was a wonder drug for me. I had no nausea at all. Take your meds as directed. I had anti nausea meds 1/2 before treatment and took Zofran for 2 days following chemo. Worked like a charm for me. I had terrible mouth sores, but I had my doctor give me prescriptions for "magic Mouthwash".…
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Health Insurance
I lost my job of 12 years last March. I have not been able to find work since then, and have been paying a very hefty COBRA payment every month which will expire September 1 of this year. I have heard that it is virtually impossible to get health insurance coverage if you have a history of cancer. Does anyone know about…
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Her-2+++
Hi everyone, I was dx sept 2001 with my BC and had a 2.2 cm tumor, node neg, er/pr+ and also her-2+++. I would like to talk to anyone with her-2 pos, and hear what their protocol was. I have taken 6 rounds of AC, doing rads right now and then I will do 6 rounds of taxol. My doc is very aggressive, and we are discussing…
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tired and lonely
Hi I am a 48 year old who had breast cancer in 1997. I was alright for 2 yr. Then it came back in the liver I have been on chemo now for over 2 yrs. I am so tired. I have no one to talk to about this. My husband want talk to me about this and my mother cries so I just keep it all to myself. Thanks
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16 year BC survivor and it has returned
I have been so fortunate to have gone this long cancer free. I was 28 when I had my mastectomies I am now 45....with what little remaining breat tissue I have, I have developed BC again. I just can't believe it! I have had to have implant replacment surgeries 3 times, as recent as 2000 and no problems were noticed then. I…
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Answers
My mother has been diagnosed with cancer. She is being treated as if she has breast cancer, althought the tumors are in her neck and substernal chest area. Has anyone ever run into this kind of situation, where the origin is not completely clear, but the pt. is treated as if they KNOW the origin?
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mom passed away from B.C
Well, I am 20 years old and my mom passed away about 4 and a half years ago. I have a little brother and sister. She battled with it for about 8 years...it kept coming back to the same place. The doctors never figured out why. I just heard about this website, and figured that talking about it might be able to help someone…
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Food for Thought
Hi everyone, I apologize for not being on much in the last week. I just can't get back in the swing of things since the last surgery. On Monday, I go for a bone scan. After the bonescan results come in my doctors will decide whether to continue on the current course or if we need to make changes to the protocal. I really…
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After all said and done
Well ladies a Yippie for me no sign of cancer a relief. Yet this pain is getting to me. I am on to another round of meds to see if this can be controlled and here is hoping, been going on way too long. It appears I am just one of those girls that have there times with a few hurdles to get over. That is something I have…
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Chemo Angels
Hello Everyone! I just wanted to share this with you all. I have been a member of this group for a year now. Please take a minute and visit. http://www.chemoangels.com/
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Breast cancer and reconstruction
11 years ago roughly, I had a radical modified matectomy and with being alone and mortgage, car payments, caring for my mother prior to her death etc. was not able to get reconstrction until I retired for good a couple of months ago. Also, I was not satisfied with the reconstructive processes. Was still not too happy about…
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ludasue having problems in chat
Sometimes screen is just open at the bottom
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after effects
Had alumpectomy 1/01, followed by 4 round of A/C, then 6 weeks radiation. Stage 1, no lymph involvement. Have had 2 good checkups. Feel great, however breast still feels "sore", right side by ribs easily sore. I work out 3X a week, is this normal, or should I panic and run back to my oncologist to see if this a recurrence…
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she started chemo, shaved her head, bought 14 hats
yup, 14 hats. good for her. by the way, which test tells you if she is "her-something" pos. or neg.? also which for estrogen pos. or neg.? i read that the mortality rate for stage 3b is 49% after 5 yrs.. could any of you point me to rose-ier stats.? i read those on an a.c.s. site. eric
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Found lump
Hi there, This is my second time writing to you all.. There is so much info and encouraging people.. It's so hard to talk to someone that is not going thru what we are.. So it's so nice I can really relate to you all. I had a ultra sound and mamo this past week.. The surgeon said nothing was found. But have this lump at…
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infilterating ductal carcinoma?
well my girlfriend found out today she has infilterating ductal carcinoma. bilateral masectomy awaits. that means both breasts, right? i've read about "invasive", but not "infilterating". what the hell is that? tomorrow is cat-scan, bone-scan, and blood test. find out friday if it has metastisized. but, they said she's not…
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Resource for newly diagnosed.
Hi everyone. I have just been to lecture by Dr. John Link of The Breast Centre in California. He has been in New Zealand on a lecture tour. His clinic takes a holistic view of BC treatment & they employ, in addition to the usual medical & surgical staff, a nutritionist, a herbalist, a naturopath & an expert in eastern…
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treatment?
I am a nursing student writing a paper on breast cancer,is anyone willing to let me know your type of treatment and how you are doing?
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I Have Missed Everyone
Hi everyone: I am back on-line. I really missed everyone. I really feel horrible about Wendy. My husband and I both cried when I read her husband's message. Does anyone have a mailing address? I would like to send a card. We really never know what might happen with surgery. I am having a difficult time getting back to…
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Progestrone therpy
I've been reading a book called "What You Doctor May Not Tell you about Breast cancer" A suggestion for hot flashes and other related postmenopausal side effects might be addressed by Progesterone. Are any of you using Progestrone cream or a transdermal form?
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Breast Cancer Survivor
Hi this is my first time just trying to figure out if I am doing this correctly..
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Hi! I'm new here, but old to cancer!
Hi everyone! I'm not sure why I waited so long to come here....but well I'm here now and would love to talk to anyone who is in need of an ear to bend. Allow me to tell you a little bit about myself. I am a 41 year old wife and mother of 4. I was 37 when I was diagnosed. I had a MRM, chemo, radiation, chemo and stem cell…
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Feelings
I was diagnosed with Breast Cancer in 1997, it has been nearly 5 years. I was on tamoxifen until Feb 2002. I am not on Arimidex because in November 2001 I found out I have uterine cancer. It was caused by the tamoxifen. I had a complete hysterectomy at the end of November and I am back at work. I feel afraid. My mother had…