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Seroma in incision......
My mom had her surgery on feb 22'01. 3 days later one of her drains fell out and on the fourth day I took her to drs. and they took the other drain out. She was still having a lot of drainage, too much for her not to have a drain. The fluid started collecting under her skin and almost looked like she was growing her breast…
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Seroma in mastectomy incision
I would appreciate some information based on your experience or knowledge. I had a mastectomy on 9/28/00. A drain was installed and then removed about five days later. The seroma persisted so I was put on a program of twice weekly aspirations. I started A/C chemo on 10/20/00 and completed the program on 12/22/00, all the…
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Angie, waiting and praying for you
Angie, I have been saying an extra long prayer for you, that you get a good report with your test on Friday and I hope they do not keep you waiting to hear the results. Let us know as soon as you hear. Love to you, Nancy
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Thank you
Ladies, Thank You. You always have the ability to raise my spirits like nobody else can. But that is because you understand. I finally broke last night. I kissed my husband good night, and he came to tuck me in and I started crying and just could not stop. All the anger,fear,and resentement just came pouring out. He just…
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interview questions
hi everyone! my name is charmaine. i was wondering if i could interview a few people via e-mail for my psychology paper. i was also diagnosed with sarcoma a few years ago. i would really appreciate y'alls help in helping me complete my task. please reply by sending me an e-mail through cvd@rocketmail.com. again, i really…
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interview questions
hi- my name is charmaine and i was wondering if i could interview a few people for my psychology class. i was also diagnosed with sarcoma. if it is okay for me to interview someone via e-mail, please e-mail me at cvd@rocketmail.com. thank you very much and i hope to hear from y'all soon.
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Taking care of employer problem, finally!
Hi, everyone! Just wanted to drop in and fill you in on my "harrassment" problem at work. You will find the details in earlier posts. I finally had enough yesterday & went to my manager's boss and spilled my guts. Told him everything concerning his treatment and attitude toward women. My manager & I had another argument…
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Nausea from tamoxifen?
I had a masectomy and went through AC chemo treatments and am now on tamoxifen. I have no side effects from the drug, except for the hot flashes - which have eased up somewhat for me. Anyhow, I have a friend that has just started on tamoxifen about 2 weeks ago - and she says within a half hour after taking the drug, she…
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Premarin cream
I have been given a prescription for this estrogen giving cream, after breast cancer treatment that makes me afraid to use it. It will, of course, be helpful to my marriage, but I'm afraid it will be harmful to my body. Any suggestions?
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skin creams and radiation, Very important info!!
Hi everyone, I was just reading a post nancy had made in response to her orriginal post about radiation info. she mentioned using lots of creams on radiated area. My radiation nurses at the original briefing session said DO NOT EVER USE ANY CREAMS DURING RADIATION OTHER THAN THE CREAM THEY GIVE YOU. Other creams and…
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fear and discouragement
Good afternoon ladies, from reading past posts I can see that you are fighters ,and have alot of faith in Gods loving care.You also have love ( compassion) and humour, These are Survival qualities. I have been reading about David and Goliath... what a wonderful spiritual analogy and visualzation for us in our situation!…
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chat went off
Hi ladies, I dont know what happened, I was replying to Wendy and then all of a sudden my screen said proxy error and then I was booted off. Really frustrating when I want to do something. I will try again later. Hugs from Tiger
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Need to Complain
Hi, All!!! It is late (as you can see), and everyone is sleeping--even the baby. I am tired, but can't sleep so I have just spent the last couple of hours reading through some of the older posts......my goodness where you have all been and how far you've come. I am amazed and encouraged by all of your writings. Any way, I…
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still shoveling!!
Would you believe that my husband is up shovelling off the roof again?!! There is a small leak at the smoke detector in my laundry room.( one level house) the eves are iced up and the snow is backing up. Sheesh, the weather is nice, but still so much snow!! I had my homecare nurse paged at 1:00, and now it is 4:20, and she…
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What to do?
My adopted mom whom I live with has breast cancer. I am a caregiver and I want to do the best I can for her. We went to the surgeon today and next Friday she will have the mass removed from her breast. Please add her to any prayer lists -Jean Strugis,PA. She is remarried to Earl and he was yelling at her a lot and now he…
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Lucy, thank you
Your e-mail means a lot to me for I appreciate your words of encouragement. I learned all those years ago with my son--that we must make the most out of each precious day the Good Lord presents us with, and as someone else said--not to worry about tomorrow because God is already there. No one knows what their inner…
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Update on me again
Hey gang. Just wanted to let you know that my body has finally crashed after the last two years. What with the cancer struggle, which I have won, the personal problems with my grown sons who still depend on "mommie" to take care of them and solve their problems, my ongoing health problems, and the fact that my mother…
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going bye bye again
Hi all, I just wanted to let you know that if I dont post for awhile, or send some of you personal emails, I am fine, our monitor is crapping out on us, and we have to save up to buy a new one. Sue, If I cannot get on here when I get an update from my own onco, I will call you ,let you know and maybe you can post for me.…
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going awol again!!
howdy all, how are you all doing? ok, we have some ladies gone AWOL on us again!! Catherine in Taiwan, Tekgal, and Cherdaetwyler, have not posted in a long while. I know vinny,Pat,Judy and Ellen are all still there, but where are the others?? update on my chemo crap, my nurse is going to talk to MY onco on Monday and ask…
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Low Red Count
Hi, everyone! Just want a little input. WEnt for my counts yesterday. I am 1 week out of my 3rd chemo. I have been very tired the last few days & have not slept at night. My RBC was 31.5 and the nurse said that I need a Procrit shot BUT my insurance requires that my count drop to 30 or below before they will pay for the…
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More Radiation Questions
Hi All, I will be starting the radiation part of my therapy about the end of April. I am starting to research this part of treatment now. Because I had 1 positive lymph node, the sentinel node, My radiation Onco tells me I will need the underarm treated too. I know this may add to the possibility of developing lymphedema.…
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ultrasound vs. mammo
Last year I was diagnosed at 33 with DCIS on the R. The with a follow-up mammo on the other side the noticed an area of concern resting near the chest wall so then did an ultrasound. The ultrasound found nothing...not even the area of concern. Which do you believe?
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I Always Learn the Hard Way!!!
Hi there....well, you all have heard the story of my "jigglers" and how I finally have an awesome prosthesis! Well....I should have "listened" to my surgeon and not rushed it....I didn't consider three months rushing it....however...after only a week with my new cool awesome prosthesis I am in PAIN!!! Started hurting a bit…
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thank you
hi, the conference went fine. I had several breast models there to feel, there was about 30 college females, talked about self breast exam, papmphets given out, couple posters on risks and prevention. my talk was on emotional issues, how to keep your spirits up and thanks to you all, this group has been a wonderful…
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discussion items for conference
I have been asked to speak at a leadership conference for one hour on breast cancer and wondering if any of you have anything special i should include, mention, or tell about the breast cancer story? many thanks and i'm so pleased i am able to participate in this conference.
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nerve damage
My sister had a mastectomy twenty years ago followed by radiation treatments. She has lymphedema and has worn a sleeve since shortly after her surgery. For the past few years she has been having numbnessin her hand and arm along with other symtoms and it is getting worse. She has seen a Dr. and has been told it is nerve…
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Gifts From God
Hi Everyone!! It seems that all we do sometimes is have another test and then have to wait for the results. Blood work every week, etc. It gets tiresome and waiting on the results can be grueling. Anyway, I went to see my GYN for the "yearly visit" about 2 weeks ago....he said everything "looked" good. I scheduled a…
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something showing up on the liver
I went for all my pre-lumpectomy scans- liver,bone,catscan. The liver sonogram was clear. Iwas ecstatic to hear that news. Then my surgeon called me to tell me that somthing showed up through the catscan on the liver and they want me to have an MRI. I was assured that it is probably just a malignoma or benign cyist.…
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Health insurance after
Do any of you know a insurance provider for someone who is 61 yrs. old and 5.5 yrs. cancer free? I am paying around $300 a month now and have a $5,000 deductable. The bad thing is office visits and medicine and sameday surgery does not apply to the deductable. What kind of insurance do some of you survivors on here have?…
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headache after AC infusion
I seldom get headaches but have also had two AC treatments and both times had a dull headache that lasted the entire second day, but not enough to take anything except my Zofran! A friend reported to me that she gets a very bad headache - has had three AC infusions. 14 days approx.after, I am in the worst shape with mouth…