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Employer not understanding
Hi all - has anyone out there had a problem with your bosses - I had to leave my job cos of the stress - she totally stressed me about coming in 1/2 hour late because of radiation treatment - and she is the head of Human Resources!! I feel like writing a letter to the President of the firm or suing or something. Has anyone…
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Prayer Alert
Hi gang. It's Jackie. I just wanted to let you sisters know that I have to be admitted to the hospital this evening (Friday). My white blood cell count has been dropping steadily all week, and today my absolute neutrophil count is "0". Zip. Nada. Which means I have the infection-fighting power of a wet noodle. (I'm trying…
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Chat Function here, can anyone get it to work
Susan and I have tried several times to use the chat here a CSN but just can not connect. If anyone has used it sucessfully, tell us how you got in. Thanks, Nancy
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lets try tonight
Hi Nancy, Rosa here, do you want to try the chat function tonight? It is 11:00 am my time, i am in Ontario,Canada,I will get online at 5:00pm, my time tonight, and invite you in. lets give it a go!! Love Tiger
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lets meet in 10 years
Hi there ladies, how are we all doing today? Tiger here, I just got on and read some of the new messages, it is amazing how many different types of breast cancer there is,and how many different treatments there are. Guaranteed that we will all be sitting here chatting 10 years down the road because there is so much new…
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Radiation Burns
I have 4 more regular treaments of radiation then I will have 7 boost treatments of the area where they removed the tumor. I am severely burnt. I have been using the cream they gave me since day one and Aloe which they told me I could use. Any other suggestions? I don't know how much more burning I can take. Also will the…
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Confused about Treatment
I am about half way done with my radiation and then will begin 6 rounds of chemo. From what I have read from a lot of women they had chemo than radiation. Does it matter which one is first? I found out I had breast cancer in August 2000 and have invasive lobular with no lymph node involement. There is so much to absorb and…
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Here I go again--severely neutropenic
Hi gang. Just wanted to give you an update. I got Taxotere #2 last Monday, Nov. 27. Because treatment #1 landed me in the hospital for 4 days (severely neutropenic), my Dr. cut the dosage by 25% this 2nd time. Unfortunately, it didn't help much. I had a CBC done yesterday 12/4 and my white count is LOWER than when I was…
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chemo
this is my third time going through chemo will be getting the drugs taxol and herceptin. would like to hear from anyone that has had these drugs and how you coped or are copeing.i'll start soon once a week for six months. thanks prayers to all.
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Breast lymphoma?
Hello: I posted here a couple of weeks ago having been diagnosed with bc. I just went in for a second opinion before approving my treatment plan. We have this great clinic at our teaching hospital where you get to see a team -- surgeon, radiologist/oncologist, chemotherapy/oncologist. Anyway, the chemo oncologist looked at…
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Hello everybody!
Hello everybody: My name is Catherine, come from Taiwan. I'm a new here, I think this is a very good forum to talk about "breast cancer". I got breast cancer for 5 years, but 2 more years ago, I accepted a brain operation for the cancer cell spread to my spine, skull and upper brain. I still live very well at present. If…
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Mets after 19 years
Hi, My name is Pam from New Zealand. I am new to this site and have read all you support & emncouragment for each other. ou sound a great groups of peple. 19 years after my original mastectomy for breast cancer at age 35 (and a negative node report) I now have mets in most of my bones & left lung. I have been down but now…
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A/C chemotherapy
i have just had first chemo, A/C. no sickness at all and this is third day. but very shaky, trembly. has anyone else suffered that? i am really interested to meet someone else on this right now, to help me through the stages of feelings. and to know what helped. so plese could someone reply. thanks susan in canada
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New kid on the block
The first thing I would like to know is what lotion is best for very dry skin?
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How are you?
Hi,it is Tiger here, I hope things are going ok for you and your husband, please let me know how he is doing,we are always here for you,keep in touch no matter what. Love and hugs Tiger xo
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leisure time
Hi ,Tiger here, I am just checking in on you, have you decided to leave work for awhile? It is probably the best thing for you, have you read some of the new letters on the net? There is a lady from Taiwan there now!! I think that is so cool!! I hope things are going good for you,I will leave you alone now,take care and…
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looking for a answer?
Hey ladies! hope this fines you all doing ok. I have finished chemo and radition in March. I started having real bad pain in my left wrist in May. I went to the dr. and they took x-rays and thought it was just coprul tunnel(spelled wrong). I continue to hurt so I went to a orpt. dr. and he sent me to therepy 3 times a…
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An invitation
I would like to extend an invitation to those of you who might be interested in playing cards at Yahoo Games. I thoroughly enjoy myself playing crib, euchre and hearts with people from all over the world. And i chat to them as we play, so we could chat too. I play, usually, as fiveacres at all sorts of times, including the…
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Great book!
Hi everyone. It's Cathy here. I just finished a great book called Dear Stranger, Dearest Friend by Laney Katz Becker. It's about just what we're all going through written in E-mail style. It will make you laugh one minute and cry the next. I highly recommend it.
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Have a good week
Well ladies, I hope this finds you all in good health, I will be incommunicado for the next week, I am going for my fifth dose of Taxol tomorrow and I am finding that it is getting harder to get over,I find it is starting to go more to my head and make me tired and stupid. For the first day after I lay on the couch and…
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Only one more!!!!
Hello ladies, Tiger here, well I had my fifth dose of Taxol yesterday, I only have one more to go!!!!!!ya hoo!! I will continue with the Herceptin for the next year,once a week, but because it is an angionesis drug and not chemo,it does not effect my bloodcells, therefore i will get my hair back, loose the weight I put on…
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Re: Met. Breast Cancer on the Lung
Hello, I am new to this site. I was diagnosed w/ breast cancer in'97 now it has moved to my lung. I am on Taxol and it working well for me. I am 32 and want to live a long life and have children. I have found it hard to communicate with anyone who has gone through cancer and later had children. If you have been through…
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Susan, could not get into chat
Susan, i tried to respond to you and get into the chat room but it would not work. Lets try again for another night. Nancy
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Newly Diagnosed & Everything at Once
Hi Group! Unfortunately, I am now a member, having been diagnosed with breast cancer in early October. It has taken this long to get second opinions and get genetic testing done. I am negative for the BRAC-1 and BRAC-2 mutations, thank g-d! Still have lumpectomy and node dissection coming up on the 7th. To top this off, I…
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New to the group
I was diagnosed with breast cancer three days before my 39th birthday. If that's not bad (sad) enough, I have two kids - one of which is 9 mos old. My family and friends have been very supportive, yet there are times when I feel alone. As far as I'm concerned, unless you have been through this, you have no conception of…
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Another Canadian Eh?
hey there, this is Tiger in North Bay,Ont. Do any of you have any snow yet? We are getting dumped on right now. My husband is out gearing up the snowblower for the season. Where abouts are you Trudy? We lived in St.Jean for a year when my husband first joined the military, he was at the language school for a year,we loved…
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Regarding new hair growth after chemo:
I hope I'm not repeating myself but I am starting to feel a little human after chemo and radiation except that my once very full head of hair is now very thin and my fingers and feet are still tingling 7 months after taxotere what gives? The one thing I was promised by my doctor was that my hair would come back, maybe…
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Immunical/HMS-90
I started to take a product called HMS-90 in Canada and Immunical in the US. It is an immune booster in a powder whey form that I mix with orange juice. I only found out after I had finished chemo but the lady I got it from said she took it all throughout her chemo and had no side effects. I can only tell you first hand…
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Some Good News
Hi every one. Last night I got some good news & I want to share it with everyone. My recurrent cancer is responding rapidly to treatment. I have grade 3-4 mets (estrogen positive) after 19 years symptom free but my protein marker levels are now dropping rapidly on a treatment of Tamoxifen and radiation. I feel better than…
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I got chills!!
I got chills,they're electrifying!!! Sorry, Grease is my favorite movie. Anyone taking Herceptin? If so, about the second day after I get chills,and the runs, and really,really, run and hide,smelly gas!!! My onco nurse says this is normal, and I am starting to find that my emotions are running hot and cold in a matter of…