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getting information
Hello to All, Just wanted to say that the best search engine is www.google.com Just type in your question - I got tons of info after my diagnosis. Or you can just state: "Information about adriamycin" for example. Sometimes I think the hardest part of this is the lack of understanding from those not 'in the same boat' -…
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Encouragement (Kick in the Pants) Needed!
Hi, Ladies!!! I am just feeling a bit more blue today. We just took our oldest daughter back to college (120 miles away) after having her home for 2 weeks on spring break. I didn't think that I would ever miss her this much!!! At least I have the other children and now back to the regular "rat race"! To boot, everyone has…
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feeling like a lean-to
before I had my mastectomy my sister and i howled with laughter about reports of difficulty with balance, and leaning...I am not laughing now! I'll just be walking around and then realize that the leaning tower of pisa and i have a lot in common. ...so then i change my stance and it looks like I am a tree suffering form a…
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new to breast cancer.........
last saturday i had a mastectomy....i'm a large breasted woman so this was a drastic change to me......not to mention the "c" word now being in my vocabulary....I begin taking my first chemo treatment tomorrow...tonite I pick up my wig. This is all so new to me...and I have to admit i'm petrified. I have a boyfriend out of…
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Feeling a little down and out
I am 40 years old and had a radical mascectomy along with reconstruction on November 2, 2000. I went through the surgery like a trooper and also my first few chemo treatments. Adriamycin was a bear! Of course, I lost all of my hair. That really didn't bother me as much as I thought it would. It started to grow back, but…
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i proposed........
took a giant leap today...proposed to my boyfriend......first treatment made me crazy...anyone else get panic attacks?? it was awful...just awful
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Need a Good Dose of Support
Hi all: Just have a quick minute but where else would I go when I'm feeling so low. Just lost my mom on Wednesday eve. Made it down there just in time (She lives about an hour from me). Left work early to beat the traffic. (God was watching me that day) Really feel bad cause I haven't called her that often, didn't make it…
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Prayers for another little one
Hi ladies, hope you are all doing well. I would like you to do another small favour for me. I found out tonight that the five year old son of a former co-worker is in the hospital again. He has had leukemia since he was two and had gone into remission, but now it is back ,and kicking him hard. He is such a handsome little…
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Chemo Angels
Hi ladies!!! I read a response to a post today asking about Chemo Angels. Well, as it happened, I was just looking at another Discussion Board and found a post from the lady who started Chemo Angels. Soooooo, here is the place to e-mail/write for more information Larua Armstrong Founder and Director Chemo Angels…
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neuropathy
Hi Everyone: Have any of you suffered neuropathy as a side effect of your chemo? My hands and feet started tingling and feeling kinda numb from early on in treatment. Today I found out that my blurred vision and impaired ability to sweat is also caused by neuropathy! Chemo just keeps on giving off these terrible side…
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Update on Employer problems
Hey all! Just wanted to check in for a moment. I have made a formal complaint at work, he has been interviewed by the "brass" and I was interviewed last Thursday. They asked alot of questions, mostly meant to verify the statements that he made in his meeting with them. Apparently, he told a few more fibs. The next step?…
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Gods hand?
Hi all, I am going to share an experience with you that I have not even told my husband about yet, and I would like your feedback. Monday I was having alot of bad pain in my right side, almost to the point of going to the hospital, but stubborn as I am, I just ignored it as best as possible. That night Dave and I crawled…
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Prayer
I would also like to ask everyone to remember my friend's daughter. She is no child--30 years old; but what has happened to her is unbelievable. Three years ago she was diagnosed with MS, and yesterday she found out she has cervical cancer that has moved beyond the cervix in a couple of places. My heart breaks for her. I…
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so sad,no more cards
Hi all, just a short note to let you know that the little girl with leukemia who was turning nine on April 1, did not make it.Her father asked that no cards be sent. Her name was Raini Rainique. Lets pray for her, and ask God to keep her by his side. Hugs Tiger
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Vinnie's mom
Hello Vinnie. Oh, how I do feel for you. My mom died on March 8. It was sudden, very quick, but I had to make decisions before she died that my brothers were not capable to do. I made the decision to take her home with me to live for eight years before she got so sick she had to go to a nursing home. It always bothered me…
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Gonna be a Redhead!
Hi everyone. Have finished my latest course of radiation (my fifth). As it was high on my neck I have lost half my hair!! Now I feel truly a sister with those who have had chemo. BUT as it was radiation it will not grow back ever. I was devastated. Then my daughter & her best friend (both outrageous redheads) suggested I…
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Bummed Out!!!
Hi to all!!! Just need to vent my disappointment. I was to have my third dose of A/C tomorrow morning, but my blood counts today were too low for them to proceed. My white count did not show enough "mature" cells to be able to withstand the treatment. I should be back to normal by next week, so I will have the third A/C on…
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how can i help my girlfriend cope
My girlfriend who now lives out of state just had an emergencey mastectomy, and is going through the first of her treatments starting tomorrow. She is going into this with an extreme negative atitude and while i am on the phone with her i try to be as positive as possible with her-but she is seeiming so distant now; saying…
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Prayers for my Sister!
Hi, I just found out that my sister, who has had two mastectomies and three rounds of chemo these past few years, developed diabetes, had a colostomy, two cataract surgeries and spent three months in the hospital with severe low blood counts has now developed another lump in her chest wall. She will undergo surgery on…
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something to be said for spunk!
Hi all. Wendy, girlfriend, I know how you feel. But let me tell you there is something to be said for spunk in a teenage girl!! I was the same way when I was a teen, only I did not start spouting off until I turned about 16.I was a painfully shy child, but when I turned 16 something inside me snapped and I started to stand…
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No Subject
Hi, I am a new member. I am 33 years old and two years ago, I was diagnosed with breast cancer.
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taking a little treatment break
hi guys, I was supposed to start taxol 2 weeks ago,but first I had a very bad cold,so it was postponed a week then last week I went in and the nurse said my insurance would only pay for the taxol if my nodes were positive.Now if you've read my webpage you will know that I decided to skip the lymph node dissection, so my…
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Message from Angie!
Hi everybody.! I received an e-mail from Angie telling me she's ok although having alot of pain and continues to have sleepless nights. She will have her 1st radiation real soon. She's hoping that radiation will decrease some of her pain. She's looking foward to coming back to this website and chatting with all her…
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information about taxotere
Thanks Nancy, I'm guessing you had the regimen I am set for - 4 AC and then four Taxol/ Taxotere. My current oncologist said that I probably would be all right if I decided to quit after the 4 AC, but she left the hospital for another position 3/23 so next Thurs. 3/29 I will see a new oncologist. She did tell me that she…
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Taxotere
Hello ladies. I talked today to a spokesperson for the people who make Taxotere. I found out some interesting things. I wanted basically to find out how long these side effects from the Taxotere were going to last. The back pain they have no information on. Studies were not carried out past treatment. The numbness and…
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heard of Zolodex?
Hi all, well ,my onco nurse called me and said that we are going to stay on the Taxol, which is fine by me , as it worked so well before. But says the Herceptin is out for now as it did not seem to be working, on the scan there are a couple of small deposits on my liver, that may have been there before, but not noticeable…
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Mom's fight
I am so impressed by all of your spirits! I feel I Shouldn't be adding to this discussion, since it's my mom with breast cancer, and not me. But I just ask for prayers for my mother. She was a nurse (out of the field now) and found a lump 4 years ago. Didn't want to hear the word "Cancer" and did nothing for 2 years. Then…
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information about taxotere
I agreed to be in a clinical trial using either taxol or taxotere for four infusions (every three weeks) or twelve weekly infusions after the four AC. I've had two AC. I have been reading the discussions about taxol but wonder about taxotere. I am thinking of dropping out of the trial if I get taxotere or weekly infusions.…
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Urgent please
Hi ladies. I dont know how many of you get card assingments from "Chemo Angels" but I just got one. There is an eight year old girl turning nine on April1. She is in the last stages of leukemia. Her parents write that she will not make it to her next birthday. Could you please send her an E-Card? I mailed all my friends…