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CAUTION: PET SCANS
Just a word of caution - if you have a PET Scan and it comes back clear - that is a good sign but DOES NOT mean there might not be microparticles still there. I had my bilateral mastectomy last week - all went well. 10 cm tumor had shrunk to 1.4 cm - removed easily and negative margins - however micro particles did show in…
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Such great encouragment
To every one who responded to my message, thank you. Have stopped reading articles which seem to dwell on the negitive aspect of the cancer. Read the chat line and know that you have been there.I'm scheduled for left breast removal June 26, will just get back from a 3 day Bible convention so that will strengthen me…
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life after chemo?
Good morning, I'm sitting here at work wondering how to word this - it sounds so silly. I had my last taxol 2 weeks ago - I'm starting to feel better but I still have days where I'm so very tired - I think I expect to just bounce back. How long till these toxins finally leave my body? I drink liquids all day trying to…
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My grandmother is gone
I do not want to bring bad news to the group but wanted to tell you that my grandmother, the cancer fighter, died this morning. Not from the cancer but from septic shock from chemotherapy. She would have done chemo no matter the risks but since I just went through this nightmare I wanted to tell you guys what to look for.…
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Donating a Mammogram
Good Morning Everyone, The breast cancer site is having trouble getting enough people to click on it daily to met their quota of donating at least one mammogram a day to a woman who may have not otherwise have the resources to receive one. It probably takes less than 10 seconds to click on "donating a mammogram". Please…
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Maintaining sexual intimacy during chemo
I am lucky enough to have met a very supportive, caring man in the midst of my treatments. I was hesitant to tell him about my illness, but we felt so comfortable with each other that I thought it was okay. Through his support I was comfortable being sexually intimate with him despite my radiation burns on my breast.…
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Thank you so much
You all have been such a comfort to me in this time of extreme pain. My grandmother was everything to me and my family. We do not know what we will do without her. She was the strong one in the family and held us all together. My grandfather is devestated. He is 77 years old and his whole life revolved around her. Her…
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thank you
Thanks everyone for your messages, especially 24242 and susiern. I did join a support group right after surgery and I have been attending the weekly meetings for the last couple of months and really benefiting from them. The other members are various cancer survivors who are mostly in their 30s and 40s, which is nice,…
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Thank you !
Thank you, Brenda and Tara, for your responses regarding my Neutropenia. Yesterday I had my 5th shot and my doc recommended that I continue shots for the next 4 days and told me to stay home from work until at least Friday. They will take my counts again on Thurs. I felt so silly...started bawling right there at the nurses…
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Need advice on Low white count, please
Hi, all. It's Mel in Arkansas checking in to say hi to everyone and also to express my joy of finding Pam out of the hospital and back on the network! Welcome back Pam! I have a question for those who have been in treatment for a while. I had my 5th chemo on May 3, two weeks later went through the Neupogen shots which…
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glad to be here
As I'am new to the group I'am still a little lost at all the areas but slowly catching on. I enjoy and need to read all the different entries. It answers alot of questions I have when I went through the chmo and now the radiation. My toes are still numb from the taxlo but reading from some of you who this happened to I…
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Thank you, thank you all
Slept about 2 hours last nite after looking things up on the web. All things seemed negitive and then I found this site and when I logged on this morning the messages there from real people were so encouraging. It helps to connect with thoes who have been thru it, not just facts from some report. I'm 64 and have always…
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Nurses make the worst patients/my 2 best friends have ca
Please tell me I found the right spot? I have been on the computer for days only to get more frustrated.(I hate computers) I need your help, wisdom, experiences and support. I have only 2 close friends in this world who have always been there for me, now I want to be there for them. One, who is a great psych nurse (like…
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31 year old one year survivor
Hi, I have just celebrated my one year anniversary and am really trying to move on. I had to change onconologists and when I met the new man he asked me if everything was back to normal. I thought that was a really weird question. I told he that nothing will be the same. You view things differently and see life from a…
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Off line!!
Hello Everyone, I am doing great these days. I am back to work and loving it. Just wanted you all to know that I will be going off line for good. At least for a little while. I don't want anyone to worry. My health is good right now and I am working and doing fine. Thank you all for your support and help these past few…
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encouraging word?
Hi, all. I posted for the first time a couple of weeks ago. Been down in the dumps for a while. Just not feeling like there's anything to look forward to. Have a feeling my 'significant other'-- who I though was going to move here in August-- is going to bail on me. Just intuition. No friends (not a one) and no family here…
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Friends needed - Thank you
Hello everyone, back on May 17th I posted with a message Friends needed and so many of you responded with greatly needed information and overwhelming support, for that I want to thank you and say I'm sorry I havent been back since my first treatment because it really kicked my butt. The first treatment went well, I went…
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estrogen receptors
when I last saw my onc. he checked my pathology report I had finished 4a/c and 4 taxol treatments. then started radiatin he is deciding what treatment would be best for me tamoxifin does not seem right he said . I was negative for estrogen but positive when it came to my hormone level Iam 44. So he drew more blood to see…
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The Promise of Stem Cell
Faith In Stem Cells By Connie Mack In the next few weeks, President Bush faces a very difficult decision: whether to continue federal funding for human embryonic stem-cell research. As a cancer survivor, a former senator and a pro-life Republican, I hope that he decides to let this research move forward with continued…
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Need advice for grandmother
My grandmother, who some of you know about is about to end her first round of chemo in two weeks. She wants to be ready to stage the next round of her battle with some herbal stuff. Do any of you know or have an opinion on Sun soup, shark cartledge, essiac tea, grape juice, noni juice, antioxidents? Some of these things…
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You are wonderful!
Thanks so much to the info on my double mastectomy questions - I responded to several of your messages. I just found this site a few weeks ago and have reaped much more than I have sewn - hopefully soon I will be able to reverse that trend!
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double mastectomy Friday
Has anyone in the group had a double mastectomy? I'm curious about how blood tests, blood pressure etc are administered if lymph nodes are removed in both arms - I always heard you should use the opposite arm - but in my case this may not be possible. Suggestions/experience? Thanks.
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mastectomy w/o reconstruction
Anyone have a bilateral mastectomy but no reconstruction? I'm scheduled for June 1st and would appreciate hearing about others experiences. Thanks.
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Anyone heard from Tracy recently?
Hi Tracy, Just wondering how Mommy to twins is doing these days. Missed your postings. Hope treatments are going along well - and you are still able to enjoy the lunch - compliments of M D Anderson - with hubby as a relaxing time together. Hugs, Jean
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Update on Pam T
Dear all Unfortuneatly it is John here trying very slowly to write this message. Pam is in hospital as we speak, being treated for seveare pains in the sternum. She went in last thursday, came home for the weekend, but had to go in again on the monday, and has been there ever since on varying degrees of morphine strength,…
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new to the group
In Aug. of 2000 was my news of B.C. 11 out of 14 lymph nodes 9cm. tumor poitive for her-2 at the age of 44. had double mas. the start of reconstruction with breast extenders.So far doing ok heavy chemo 8radiation treatments so far 20 to go. then back to herceptin chemo once a week for at least one year.
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new to group
I have been reading some of the messages on this site, and have really enjoyed them. I had a bilateral mastectomy in September, followed by 4 A/C and 4 Taxol. I had my first reconstruction in April, and another one in June. I have been taking tamoxifen since April. I would like to start taking vitamins, minerals or some…
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Wishing you all a happy day !
Hi, There is a beautiful sunshine here in Switzerland. People are mowing their lawns, husband is sneezing, daughter is ...pokemoning ! Thank you Life ! I wish you all a wonderful day, hope you are all doing well. Take care, Cathy
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done with chemo
Hi everybody, I had my last chemo treatment today. Since November of 2000, I have had four A/C treatments and four Taxol treatments. I am very glad to be done with that phase of my recovery and now will be my encounter with radiation. Thanks to everyone who sent me replies and to those you just read my messages and prayed…
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new to discussion group
Hi, everyone. I am 27 yrs old and was diagnosed with bc in mid-March. I had a lumpectomy and axillary dissection (12/21 nodes positive), after the surgery was told that I was at Stage IV because of a positive node above my clavicle. I am also negativer ER/PR and Her-2. Until the last few days I'd been mostly upbeat, but...…