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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…
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Question about tamoxifen
Hi everyone, hope you are all having a good day. I had an appointment with the oncologist yesterday. I will not need any treatment as far as following my mastectomy. There were no cancer cells in the tissue or lymph nodes. He said that does put me at higher risk for developing cancer in the other side though, which I knew.…
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preventive masectomy
can anybody tell me about preventive masectomy? When I lost my breast in 1995 i had a cyst on my right it is still there today, a lot of my family has read on this surgery that with my history of breast disease because I always have boils & cyst all the time on this breast, one Doctor recommends me to have it .I'm 6yrs…
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depression after chemo
I had my last chemo in March. I stayed pretty upbeat the whole way through the mastectomy and chemo, but lately I've been feeling a little depressed. I feel like I should be doing more with my life, yet I'm not sure what? I'm 39 years old and have three kids ages 9, 11 and 16. My husband is and has been very supportive,…
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Sharing time : psychological factors for cancer ? Cures ?
Hi everyone ! I hope you are all well ! Here in Switzerland it is sunny (at last !). I wanted to share something I've read with you. It seems in Quebec there is a school of psychologists and doctors who are studying the MEANING of illnesses. The concept behind this is that our brain reacts to a psychological threat, real…
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Fears
Hello ladies. I need your help and your input. I am a 9-month survivor of stage 3-A infiltrating breast cancer with positive lymph nodes. I have never fully regained my strength and stamina and would like to know if others are having the same problem. Also, I am always with the fear that my cancer will return. Do any of…
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international survivors
After getting a second chance at life by surviving breast cancer(17 months so far), my boyfriend, son and I are relocating to Central American. Any other survivors out there?
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Hear the Tigers Roar!!!
Hi there all!!!! Sorry I have been absent for so long, but this new Xeloda treatment has had some funky effects on my hands and feet. I kind of needed a break from the site too, I was getting a bit depressed with all the new people. When you dont have cancer you dont think about it, but when you have it, all of a sudden it…
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Prayers needed!!
Hi Everyone, Hope you all had a great Mothers Day. Why I am writting is because my friend at church is in need of prayers. A few years ago she had cancer of the intestine. She went into remission but her cancer is back and into her lungs. She is doing some kind of study so not sure what her treatments containe. Her name is…
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Need someone for support
I am 45 and had a lumpectomy in Feb.2001.I do not have a support group where I live.I am on chemo( A/C) and rads for 6 weeks then tamoxifen.Please e-mail me if you are or have gone thru this. I would love to meet someone else who knows what this feels like.Thanks, SunnyOne8181@aol.com
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Living with the fear of its return
Hi I am almost a 3 year survivor. One would think that as each year passes that I would think less and less about recurrance. But it seems like every little thing makes me worry about it coming back. Is there any magic that makes you quit driving yourself crazy worrying? I am a very positive person and yet my fear…
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Tamoxifen
Hi all, I
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Thanks for advice on headaches
Thanks for the advice on the headaches. I think it turned out to be a combination of the medications and sinuses. My white counts dropped to 1200 and I ended up in the ER with 101 fever. Everything checked out ok and the antibiotics have knocked it out. What a way to start out! This was my first chemo. I go back on the…
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post-mastectomy drain tube
Well the bilateral mastectomy was Friday - minimal pain and only a few lymph nodes needed removal. Initial surgical opinion is very encouraging - will receive path report on Wednesday. Question I have is regarding removing of the drain tubes - one in each side. I had little no pain post-mastectomy - how painful is it to…
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new to tthis site
Hi everyone. I was diagnosed in April of this year with BC. I have had a lumpectomy and lymph node removal on right side. My tumor was 3.9 cm. and classified as poorly differentiated. Tomorrow I start my first chemo treatment and am very nervous about the whole thing. I guess the thing I dread the most is losing my hair. I…
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Help with side effects of A/C chemotherapy
I am new to this discussion group. I was diagnosed with a stage II Invasive Lobular Carcinoma over 2 months ago. There was some cancer in the first lymph node so I have just received my second of four chemo treatments (adriamycin & cytoxin). I did have lumpectomy and will receive radiation and tamoxifen. The chemo seems to…
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Just started chemo
I have just started chemo last Thursday(6/07). I had seizures during the therapy, which I have a history, anyone else? My concern is how much energy day to day should I expect? Will I have more energy as I get further away from my therapy date or should I expect less? Right now I just feel like I could sleep all day. Is…
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New to board and want advice on headaches
Hi I am new to the boards. I have had my first round of chemo on May 29th and have had a headache off and on ever since. The doctor said he didn't think it was the chemo, maybe the zofran. I would not think the zofran would be it since I haven't had it for the last week. Anyone else have headaches, if so what did you do…
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Side effects from something
I am 35 and several months out of chemo and radiation. I started tamox about 5 months ago. I have noticed a definite inability to concentrate sometimes which has me concerned. Don't know if this is a side effect of the tamox or left over stuff from chemo or old age setting in early. Anyone know what this could be and does…
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Anyone out there like me?
Saw my Oco. today things are ok so far. Told him about the chat room he wondered if anyone else has had a 9cm. with 11 lymph nodes?He has given me a good round of chemo treatment's doing radiation then back on herceptin for whenever. We just hope that what I have been through will work. He stay's positive with me but,…
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a nubie's question
What does "CFM" and "AC" stand for?