*Abbreviations* for all our Newbies

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

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

Ballerina

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)

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?

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 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 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?

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. 

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?

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

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