*Abbreviations* for all our Newbies

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  • canevil1
    canevil1 Member Posts: 4
    edited February 2017 #42
    Thanks!

    These abbreviations are so very helpful!  Thanks for doing this.

  • GretchenM
    GretchenM Member Posts: 1
    #43
    thank you

    This will help alot. .

  • ballerina06
    ballerina06 Member Posts: 57
    edited July 2017 #44
    I'm not a newbie

    Thanks for the abbreviations! It's been a few years since I've visited.

    Ballerina

  • Ellen63
    Ellen63 Member Posts: 1
    #45
    breast cancer Newbie

    Hi-I'm a newbie recently dx with DCIS  high grade ER - And PR -. I am overwhelmed with info from RO. Wondering if anyone heard of tamoxifin being given as preventative use for possible other cancers that may come about down the road.  Is it worth all the side effects?

    Ellen63

     

  • Sunnydays_
    Sunnydays_ Member Posts: 3
    edited March 2020 #46
    NewToCancer9 said:

    Hi people, allow me to

    Hi people, allow me to introduce myself, Im NewToCancer9, diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer in April, began chemotherapy in May. Im so new to this, Im hardly ever sick. Cancer is my only major illness I've ever had, Im usually not ill, healthy and this cancer in my breast has me trippin'!!!! I only had 1 chemo treatment,  lost all of my hair already (is this normal???), I lost 12 lbs already, and became ill with a sore throat, my white cell count was ZERO so they cancelled the next chemo for today (I was supposed to have had it on the 27th of May). So, I get my 2nd chemo treatment today, at 12pm. I hope my cell count is up to par, I had 5 Neupogen shots (1 shot a day for 5 days), Im still on antibiotics for my sore throat, which is much better now, and Im scared, basically. I had an MRI last week and they saw a "suspicious" area of concern on my MRI, so I have to have a biopsy Tuesday. Im hoping like HELL it aint anotha cancer area .... I'm hoping I get thru this ordeal successfully with no spreading of cancer cells, no recurrences and that MY HAIR GROWS BACK ASAP and that its still strong thick and curly as it was before chemo took it all away ....   p.s., I am 53 yrs old. 

    I am hoping I can use this forum for support, to learn and share, make new friends, as well as give support, while I go thru this journey. 

    CancerCare.Org referred me here .....  (pls pardon any typos)

    Wondering how you're doing

    I see your post was in June of 2016. I was also diagnosed with Triple Negative back in September.  I am 2 weeks post-chemo, and have my double mastectomy scheduled for next week. I'm so nervous about recurrence -anywhere! I'm wondering how things have been going since you went through your journey?

  • SophiaT
    SophiaT Member Posts: 2
    edited August 2020 #47
    Abbreviations

    Wow! Extremely helpful abbreviations.  Thanks!

  • Purple0501
    Purple0501 Member Posts: 3 Member
    edited September 2020 #48
    Breast cancer

    Hello I'm a newbie i have DCIS breast cancer I have had 2 surgery in less then a month and in two days 9/30/2020 I will be having my right breast removed I'm scared to death how can you live with one breast I'm so depressed 

  • Eyvonne
    Eyvonne Member Posts: 1
    #49
    Abbreviations

    Thanks for making this list.  I am a newbie here and knowing these is quite helpful!  I was diagnosed with BC, (TN) last year.  Had lumpectomy, chemo, RADS, and PT.  Now I am NED but dealing with hair loss and neuropathy.  Feeling very lucky!  Hope I used all those abbreviations correctly!  

  • Judemo
    Judemo Member Posts: 172 Member
    edited August 2021 #50
    Eyvonne said:

    Abbreviations

    Thanks for making this list.  I am a newbie here and knowing these is quite helpful!  I was diagnosed with BC, (TN) last year.  Had lumpectomy, chemo, RADS, and PT.  Now I am NED but dealing with hair loss and neuropathy.  Feeling very lucky!  Hope I used all those abbreviations correctly!  

    Hi Eyvonne, im new here too

    Hi Eyvonne, im new here too on the BC discussion board.  I enjoyed how you incorporated many of the abbreviations and you made me smile!  I am sorry your dealing with all of those symptoms.  I hope you start to feel normal very soon and continue to have healing.  I'm happy to hear you are NED!!  I just found out I have DCIS grade 2 but have to have more testing next week for another site they found on my ultrasound.  Anyway, I hope your doing ok?  What is getting you through all of this?

  • Bharper1973
    Bharper1973 Member Posts: 2
    #51
    Looking for someone to tell me I'm not crazy.

    Hello,  I just joined this today but I am looking for some emotional support. I was diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer in November 2018, had a port put in 2 weeks later and started chemo December 6,2019. Had my lumpectomy in April 2019 they also removed 2 lymph nodes just in case . Did 3 straight weeks of radiation in July and went in for a mammogram in October 2020 was told everything looks great.  I still suffer pain in my right side, lots of numbness and tingling in my arm, hand and fingers pain in my right upper shoulder to this day. I actually joined here today because I am struggling keeping jobs. I am having a harder time catching on to new job duties and get so enraged with myself that I just quit the job. I can't stay focused. I NEVER had this issue before I got cancer I was alert, very detailed and picked up things at jobs quickly. I would also like to add that the treatment put me into full menopause and I'm only 48, was 45 at time of diagnosis. I have very fowl mood swings, hot flashes,  night sweats and depression because of this. Has anyone else gone or is going through this same or similar problem? I want my quality of life back. Right now it just sucks. I have no motivation to do anything. I am currently not employed and have no insurance and am due for another mammogram very soon, I can't afford it. I am very stressed out about this ?. 

    Please help. 

  • Bharper1973
    Bharper1973 Member Posts: 2
    #52
    Looking for someone to tell me I'm not crazy.

    Hello,  I just joined this today but I am looking for some emotional support. I was diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer in November 2018, had a port put in 2 weeks later and started chemo December 6,2019. Had my lumpectomy in April 2019 they also removed 2 lymph nodes just in case . Did 3 straight weeks of radiation in July and went in for a mammogram in October 2020 was told everything looks great.  I still suffer pain in my right side, lots of numbness and tingling in my arm, hand and fingers pain in my right upper shoulder to this day. I actually joined here today because I am struggling keeping jobs. I am having a harder time catching on to new job duties and get so enraged with myself that I just quit the job. I can't stay focused. I NEVER had this issue before I got cancer I was alert, very detailed and picked up things at jobs quickly. I would also like to add that the treatment put me into full menopause and I'm only 48, was 45 at time of diagnosis. I have very fowl mood swings, hot flashes,  night sweats and depression because of this. Has anyone else gone or is going through this same or similar problem? I want my quality of life back. Right now it just sucks. I have no motivation to do anything. I am currently not employed and have no insurance and am due for another mammogram very soon, I can't afford it. I am very stressed out about this ?. 

    Please help. 

  • Alishan
    Alishan Member Posts: 3
    #53
    Annanza said:

    Abbreviations and Acronyms
    Wow thanks-- I found this very helpful! I'm also quite disconcerted that, as a newbie, I've already learned many of these and can use them accurately and self-referentially. Annie

    breast cancer

    Just wanted to thank everyone for their kindness and supportive posts at a time when I was feeling a bit low.  I've gotten a grip again and  not feeling so helpless as I was at the time of initially writing this message.  Was almost going to delete it because I don't like signs of weakness in myself but then I thought it might help someone else so I left it there...

  • Christy001
    Christy001 Member Posts: 7 Member
    #54

    Hi,

    Is there an abbreviation for having the chemo before the surgery? Neo-adjunctive, I think my doctor called it? Anyway, not a word that rolls off my tongue, so I wondered if there was an acronym for it?

  • ADELAIDE
    ADELAIDE Member Posts: 1 Member
    #55

    Thanks for all the above, am Adelaide from Kenya. Cancer stage 3c . I've undergone 6 chemotherapy sessions and 10 radiotherapy sessions. Am starting hormonal therapy in the next 1 week. The abbreviations are many but with time, i will be OK

    I dont mind any one knowing my identity. I almost lost my life last year when i was diagnosed. later my doc told me to talk it out with everyone no matter what they think or say. That's how i overcame my fears, stigma, depression and built my confidence.

  • AlexisM22
    AlexisM22 Member Posts: 3 Member
    #56

    Thank you for this list! It's so very helpful, greatly appreciate it 🙏!!!

  • srmartin411
    srmartin411 Member Posts: 2 Member
    #57
    https://csn.cancer.org/discussion/241071/abbreviations-for-all-our-newbies

    One more for you

    TCHP - – Docetaxel (Taxotere)

    – Carboplatin (Paraplatin)

    – Trastuzumab (Herceptin)

    – Pertuzumab (Perjeta)

    God bless - Shelli. Stage IIIa IDC dx 3/9/21 T2,N2,M0; ER-/PR-/HER2 +.NAC of 6 rounds TCHP, Bilateral Mastectomy 15 rounds of WBRT; dx thrombosis in R IJV; finish 16 cycles of HP; still waking up and blessed to be here just living the dream 😷👍🙏 I might stumble and I may fall down but I will be damned if I stay there and give up. I will STAND back up and dust myself off because I never give up and I never quit believing that I AM going on to LIVE! ❤️

  • Saundra123
    Saundra123 Member Posts: 1 *
    #58
    https://csn.cancer.org/discussion/241071/abbreviations-for-all-our-newbies

    Thank you VickiSam for the information, have copied it and will now have a reference to understand the lingo. 😀

  • JoelWilliams
    JoelWilliams Member Posts: 1 *
    #59

    thank you, I also read about this problem recently on google

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