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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…
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RE:Met. Breast Cancer on Lung
Hello, I am currently being treated for Met. Breast cancer on the lung. I am taking taxol and it is really working well for me. I am 32 and going to live a long life with kids. I would like to hear for those of you that might have had cancer and treatments and later went of to have children. May God bless you and your…
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anti nausea medication question
Hi everybody, It's Nancy here again. I want to ask all of you if you try to taper off your anti nausea meds after treatments or do you remain on them until your next infusion. I try to cut them back from every 4-6 hours as the days go by and I try to stop them all together as I start feeling a little better, This 2nd round…
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Newly diagnosed
Hello, My name is Judy and I was diagnosed with breast cancer on Nov. 10th. I did not know you could go through so many different feelings in such a short time. First the shock, then for a few days I was just great. The last few days I have just totally lost it. I just can't seem to get a grip on it all. I have been trying…
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Good News!!
Hi guys, Tiger here, I hope you are all doing ok, I am on cloud nine right now, I had my cat scan and my onco called last night, the two tumours on my liver have shrunk!!! yeeha!! He said not alot but a noticeable difference since my last ct. So now i plod along for three more courses of chemo then another ct in nine weeks…
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Newly diagnosed
Two weeks ago I was diagnosed with breast cancer. The tumor is 2-3cm, not attached to anything. The biopsy says invasive ductal carcinoma, tests negative for all receptors. Margins are involved. I've met with surgeon, and am currently considering lumpectomy vs. mastectomy (a relative also recently diagnosed has decided to…
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how are we all today?
Hello all, how are we all doing today? I had my Taxol last Wed and now am finally feeling human again, it did not hit me so hard in the pain area but more in my head,I was tired but too wired to wired to sleep, I could not even get on the phone to talk,my words were slurred and I made no sense.But today I can actually…
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Breast Cancer
Hello My name is Lynne and I am 49 years old and live in Wales, UK. I have had secondary breast cancer for over two years now and would like to chat with others who have secondaries. Trust me, my cancer was back to front ie secondary in femor bone first then in breast. I would like to talk with anyone who has secondaries,.…
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Good News!!
Hi guys, Tiger here, I hope you are all doing ok, I am on cloud nine right now, I had my cat scan and my onco called last night, the two tumours on my liver have shrunk!!! yeeha!! He said not alot but a noticeable difference since my last ct. So now i plod along for three more courses of chemo then another ct in nine weeks…
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sorry to bother
Never been in a chat before. I have had a partial
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sorry to bother
Never been in a chat before. I have had a partial
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NOV 6 - encouragement needed
hi, i go for my first consultation with my oncologist today, and i will likely start chemo this week. i am filled with trepidation. are there some of you who did not find it too bad? i would love to hear from you. i just need to bleieve it won't be too bad, and then maybe it won't be. mind over matter. ok, bye for now,…