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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…
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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…
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chemo (or not)
After unilateral mastecomy and reconstruction I decided to take only Tamoxifen and forego chemo. Anyone else? I had one positve node.
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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
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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?
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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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…
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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.
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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.
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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?
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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
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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…
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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…
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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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finally can talk about it
I know all of you out there are probably wishing that I would stop talking about it here everyday.I never got to go to a support group i would talk to my husband & family oh they all love me & were there for me , but being able to talk to somebody thats been through it I haven't until now.It makes me feel so good when I…
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the good the bad and the beautiful!
Hi everyone, Well tomorrow is my mom's last a/c treatment (good), I wish I could be with her in Va. instead of here in Mi.(bad) I have made the 12 hr drive several times over the last few months to be with her,and talk to her daily.However, the 3rd treatment kicked her butt, and she doesn't want us to visit until she's…
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finally can talk about it
I know all of you out there are probably wishing that I would stop talking about it here everyday.I never got to go to a support group i would talk to my husband & family oh they all love me & were there for me , but being able to talk to somebody thats been through it I haven't until now.It makes me feel so good when I…
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paxil for hot flashes
like many of you, i stopped having periods after a few chemo sessions and started having flashes. these are not the hot flashes my mother told me about. these are atomic 4 hour, wear baggies filled with ice under your baseball cap flashes. anyway, i've read some very promising things about paxil (the antidepressant)…
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pray for my brother
I know maybe I'm writing this in the wrong area, I had breast cancer 6yrs ago & this is my first time to talk about it to people who knows what I'm going through. I'm writing about my brother he was diagnose with cancer of the vocal cords 2 had cancer.They going to do 7wks radiation on him, he is so scared.Our parents both…
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Finished with chemo & ready for scans and reconstruction!!
Hi, all! I had my last chemo on May 31st and will see my Onco on June 28 to schedule my scans. I am so thankful to be finished with chemo! This week is the first week in a very long time that I worked a full 40 hour week and still had energy to spare! I have received Procit shots the last 2 weeks (the week after chemo had…
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ct scans and bone scans
Hello to all. I'm new to the group, but I feel linked to all of you. I had a double mastectomy 14 months ago. I went through four A/C chemotherapy treatments. I have had a diagnosis of osteoporosis for a few years. My concern: I have broken two ribs in the last few months, and have very little idea how I have done so! Am I…
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chemo (or not)
Thank you everybody for your prompt answers to my question. As far as we know, I am doing fine with Tamoxifen alone. Routine check on 6/19. D.
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Need to ask a question
As most of you know I lost my grandmother to septic shock on Tuesday. I am trying to deal with this the best way I can but so many questions enter my mind. To those of you who have been through chemo, did your oncologist EVER mention septic shock? The reason I am wondering is because I think every patient should be well…
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another newcover needs help
Wanted: breast cancer survivors and their loved ones! My Aunt Jeanette recently began her fight with breast cancer. Although she has family and friends who love, support, and pray for her, I need your special support. Please write an inspirational/motivational story, thought, message to my Aunt Jeanette via me. Anything…