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Breast Cancer

Thanks for all your help and insight
I'd just like to thank everyone that responded to my question about who is considered a survivor. You're help and wisdom has done so much to help me feel, not only like a true survivor, but a part of a remarkable and caring community. I tend to get a little lengthy in my writings and apologize for that, but I really am…
chemo
I am obsessing about chemo. Things I've read on the internet are so scary. Like Ralph Moss said that even doctors wouldn't take chemo because it's so toxic. Does anyone know of someone who has died from chemo. How do you face things from day to day. Losing hair, etc. Can you go anywhere or are you too tired. I'm just so…
Thanks for all your prayers
I would like to thank all of you for all the prayers that you are said for my brother.Well here's the latest on him.The doctor said they don't believe its in lymph nodes, his lymph nodes are swollen but don't believe cancer.He had to go back today to doctor,he starts his radiation tomorrow he will hgave 7wks of it.He will…
Thanks for all your prayers
I would like to thank all of you for all the prayers that you are said for my brother.Well here's the latest on him.The doctor said they don't believe its in lymph nodes, his lymph nodes are swollen but don't believe cancer.He had to go back today to doctor,he starts his radiation tomorrow he will hgave 7wks of it.He will…
I'm back!
Hello all of you oldtimers and you newbies. I know, I have been away a long time. But it took that long for me to get better. My depression is well under control, my thyroid is finally at normal levels, my strength is returning and I feel great. There is only one hitch. I found a mass on Sunday last on the chest wall,…
question;Medicare 'care'
Hi to all: Are any of you covered only by Medicare with no supplement insurance? If so, have you ever felt that scans were delayed longer for you than what you read or hear about others on fuller coverage? Why I am asking, is because my aunt who is 77 was diagnosed with bone mets last week. This is her third recurrence so…
Infection during chemo
During the time when my WBC was lowest after my first A/C treatment, I developed an infection and abcess in the breast where I had a lumpectomy. They treated it with an anti-biotic but it didn't go away so they had to incise it, drain it and clean it out (day surgery). It caused my 2nd round of chemo to be postponed a…
Can I consider myself a survivor?
I've never been involved in a discussion group and am not really sure how to do it. My question may seem a little off, but here goes. When a mammogram showed abnormalities and I had a surgical biopsy of both breasts, the report that came back said, "bordering on ductal carcinoma". After a visit with an oncologist, I was…
chemotherapy
would you all please describe your chemo experiences. I am 50 it that too old to get chemo and do well while on it. I'm not in real good shape don't exercise or eat right and am kind of frail. Just weight 89 lbs. Could I still do okay on chemo.I don't want to loose more weight, can you eat while on chemo.
Vaginal itching driving me crazy!!! Anyone else?
I just had my second dose of AC and have terrible vaginal itching. Had it a little after the first, but now it is awful. Kept me up most of the night. Anyone else had this? Can anyone offer some ideas for relief. I hate to call the doctor on the weekend for this, but may have to. Got to have some sleep! Thanks
Help with interview!
I need your help please - ASAP. A friend of mine edits for a community news magazine and is wanting to interview me for an upcoming article on the value of the internet for research by the average person. Problem: I can't think of all the ways I have found that are so helpful (chemo brain at work). Please give me your…
nancys/Her2+
Hello Nancy, I'm so sorry to have alarmed you or anyone concerning Her2 and brain cancer. I only asked this question because of reading this from someone else's statement of it. I've seen 3 cases of it in the chemo room in the past year and after reading this from another person on-line I became frightened and wondered if…
chemo (or not)
After unilateral mastecomy and reconstruction I decided to take only Tamoxifen and forego chemo. Anyone else? I had one positve node.
chemo/diabetes
Hello! Have any of you had trouble with diabetes after starting chemo? A friend just told me that she now has this problem too! I was wondering if it happens very often. Thanks for any info. Hugs from Brenda
Effexor?
My onco nurse just prescribed Effexor for me. I'm looking forward to relief from my depression and from potential hot flashes, but I'm curious about what ill side effects I might expect. Are any of you all taking Effexor?
down in the dumps
hi, i was off chemo for 2 months (6 mo of taxotere) and in those short months i had growth of new lymph nodes, newer liver mets and more bone mets... very disheartening... now have staarted navelbine -- it's weekly but last was unable to get because my wbc's was too low..... anybody else out there with advice or also on…
I walked!!!
HI all there again!!! Well, you all told me to use the wheelchair in the relay, but, well, you know me, I walked the first lap and then walked six more laps with other members of my team throughout the night. I know, I know, I already got hell from my husbands secretary!! But I felt so good I just had to go go go!! It was…
2nd Chemo next week
Hi everyone. Sorry I have not been very active in the group lately but the chemo really knocked me energy wise for some time. I maanged with minimal nausea & vomiting but had major temperature swings & as I was on Adriomycin that has to be watched as a fever is so dangerous. I am scheduled for 2nd chemo next Thursday…
I' m Back
Dear Everyone Thank you all so much for your expressions of love & support while I was in hospital. I was finally released on Thursday pm but only after I threatened them with a writ of Habeous Corpus. Pain is still not fully under control but I was going crazy in there (12 days in all) with all the terrible food etc.…
Follow-up care after breast cancer
Hi! I finished chemo in March and radiation in May. Went to the doc today and he gave me the choice of regular follow-ups, with just a physical, yearly mammogram and pelvic (I'm on tamoxifen) or all that plus lab tests. He gave me an article from the New England journal of medicine (October 2000) that indicates that blood…
breast lumps
would anyone please share with me how you discovered your lump and how it felt, and size. was it moveable, very hard, or what. did you have any other symptoms. how terrible is chemo. can you even function through it.
E/R, P/R Negative
Hi, I was wondering if anyone had any info and e/r or p/r negative. I am negative, I understand with positive that you go on tamoxofin for 5 years, is there any special treatment for negative? I would appreciate any advise you might have. I have BC, finished 4 a/c had my 2nd taxol yesterday.
Waynick and Her-2/neu
Hello, I posted a reply to your message about Herceptin and also asked you a question about the Her-2/neu statement,"lots of Her-2 people have it travel to the brain" There are many of us here on the sight who are 3+ positive for Her-2/neu and I feel you need to tell us where you got that kind of information. I know it…
Her2+
HI. I'm new to this group and wanted to see if their was anyone out there who is in my situation. I was diagnosed in March of 2000. Had a lumpectomy followed by 4 a/c's and 4 taxols. I've had 50 treatments of herceptin with only 2 remaining. I want to stay on the herceptin but my doctor will not let me. In talking with…
some good news on tcbs brother
I'm letting all you know my brother came home last night from houston said the scat scan shows that neck area is clear.There is something about t-1 &2 i don't understand that.they said that lymph node is swollen one said its cancer one said no its not but we do have a little encouragement,& I believe we went get more…
tamoxifen - weight gain?
Please tell me does Tamoxifen cause weight gain? I've been on it for 1 1/2 yrs have gained 10lbs, I exercise and eat right, will I keep gained no matter what I do for the next 3 1/2 yrs? or can I stop it? what's your experience?
glutamine and taxol
i have just completed 4 a/c and will be starting 4 taxol. i have heard that there has been some success with glutamine powder helping with side effect of joint pain. has anyone tried it and at what dosage? any other suggestions for dealing with taxol side effects? thanks so much, cathy
Question about scans
Hi, all. It's Mel here. Still have questions about the scans they will be doing next week (had my last chemo on May 24). I began with Stage II with 2 out of 16 nodes involved. After bilateral mastec., all scans were clear before starting chemo. I feel that the scans will be okay, but there is this nagging little fear that…
tcbangels brother
Heh all of you out there thanks so much for all of you writing back to say you all are praying for my big brother.I'm writing because tomorrow he goes to M.D. Anderson to have cat scans to see to check & see if its in lymph nodes .I have a question for you all because i never had radiation therapy,i only had chemeo .David…
chemo affect on nails?
Has anyone had A/C or taxol treatments affect their nails? Several on both my hands are feet have dark spots, some are weak and quite useless. Dr. says it is result of chemo treatments and will go away - anyone else experience this problem?

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