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MarionBCDIY's journal
RE: Article from New York Times - Quandry for women over breast screenings
- By MarionBCDIY · Posted November 5, 2009
- 20 replies
- In our local paper today, there was an article regarding the controversy over mammograms -- after reading the whole article I think the most important statement came from Dr. Larry Norton, deputy physician ...
Have you heard of Thermal Imaging instead of mammograms?
- By MarionBCDIY · Posted November 1, 2009
- 4 replies
- I got connected with a gal in Northern Arizona, who does Thermal Imaging for BC -- she has had lots of success, much better than conventional mammograms. Since I cannot give her website on Inspire - please ...
Friends we know are procrastinators!
- By MarionBCDIY · Posted October 30, 2009
- 0 replies
- About 6 years ago, I was in Florida visiting old friends. One gal, who I had worked with, was the very best procrastinator that I think I've ever met. She just never seems to have time to do her mammogram ...
My experience with older women at health fairs.
- By MarionBCDIY · Posted October 30, 2009
- 5 replies
- If you girls ever have an opportunity to become involved in a health fair - for breast cancer awareness, please, please take advantage of the opportunity. I do health fairs frequently, and I must tell ...
Who says Breast Cancer Doesn't HURT?
- By MarionBCDIY · Posted October 28, 2009
- 13 replies
- Just got a call from a friend - her breast hurts, burns, is sensitive. She went for a mammogram, and a sonogram, it showed nothing. The doctor told her that it must be a cyst, because breast cancer doesn't ...
Shingles - 101 ( I must have flunked this class)
- By MarionBCDIY · Posted August 1, 2009
- 7 replies
- Thank you all for your replies to my Shingles journal, it is so comforting to know that I'm not alone in this mess. I was aware that this was a "nasty" deal, but no one had ever told me that a part of ...
Shingles - the next great adventure
- By MarionBCDIY · Posted July 23, 2009
- 4 replies
- I had friends who got shingles after chemotherapy, it is something that you are prone to get if you have had chicken-pox as a child. Well I had been toying with the idea of getting the Shingles Vaccine ...
Acrylic Nails not compatable with Lymphedema potential.
- By MarionBCDIY · Posted June 18, 2009
- 1 reply
- Haven't seen this mentioned, but early on, I was told that the potential source of problems for lymph edema caused by infections, is Acrylic Nails! Not the nails themselves, but the process by which they ...
Do you travel and also have a chemo port?
- By MarionBCDIY · Posted June 18, 2009
- 8 replies
- Haven't mentioned my chemo port -- I call it my lifesaving port -- I absolutely would not have done chemo with it running into my only good arm! That was decided immediately -- It was put in and I started ...
A good sense of humor is Vital for SURVIVAL!
- By MarionBCDIY · Posted June 18, 2009
- 6 replies
- I am very glad that I have a good sense of humor. I try to instill in "my girls" (my BC boobsisters) that unless you can laugh when everyone thinks you should be crying, you will be very depressed during ...
My fight with an Emergency Room Doctor!
- By MarionBCDIY · Posted June 18, 2009
- 5 replies
- About 2 years ago, I began taking Boniva, after the 2nd dose, I was in excruciating pain, if I moved in any direction, it was like there were knives in my whole abdomen. Rushed to the ER in an ambulance ...
Important to get copies of x-ray report!
- By MarionBCDIY · Posted June 18, 2009
- 0 replies
- If you don't get a copy of EACH x-ray report, you may never know when a doctor has erroneously made a statement regarding - x-ray Findings. Case in point -- (Don't you love my stories?) I had my gallbladder ...
What do you do if your doctor lies to you?
- By MarionBCDIY · Posted June 17, 2009
- 14 replies
- You probably are saying - how will I really know? Well, if you keep copies of all your test results, you should be able to tell by looking at the results and comparing them to the previous ones. My previous ...
Does your doctor think he/she Walks on Water?
- By MarionBCDIY · Posted June 17, 2009
- 7 replies
- I call this the "God Complex". many years ago, my mother had a doctor that was, on a scale of 1 to 1000 rating for lousy doctors - he was a 2001. Way Bad. I constantly told her that she needed to go to ...
Doctors never cease to amaze me!!!!!!!!!
- By MarionBCDIY · Posted June 16, 2009
- 11 replies
- Just got an e-mail from one of my girls - BC survivor for 13 years -- had to have surgery, and she told the doctor not to put any IV into her arm (the one that had the lymph nodes removed 13 years ago ...
There is so much discussion about Soy and Estrogen+ cancers.
- By MarionBCDIY · Posted June 9, 2009
- 6 replies
- Right from the start in 2000, I was told that I should avoid Soy, red wine, milk chocolate, tofu. Apparently there are two schools of thought on this subject - but since my cancers were all estrogen positive ...
Check the side effects of SPLENDA!
- By MarionBCDIY · Posted June 9, 2009
- 9 replies
- Splenda has been touted at the good sweetener, but a while back I did some research about it, and since then I've avoided it. I was having some strange symptoms and I had been using splenda. If you go ...
Do you all know about HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP?
- By MarionBCDIY · Posted June 9, 2009
- 4 replies
- Some time ago, I was reading an article about this very cheap sweetener that seems to be in everything we eat and drink. If I remember correctly, there is a "switch" in our brains that tells our pancreas ...
Girls -- don't forget the sunscreen!
- By MarionBCDIY · Posted June 8, 2009
- 6 replies
- During and After Chemo & Radiation - Sunscreen is so important! you need to be really careful about getting sunburn, as your immune system will have to work overtime! Don't forget the hat too. I have ...
Do you know how to reduce swelling in arms?
- By MarionBCDIY · Posted June 3, 2009
- 2 replies
- When you feel like your arm is swelling - put the hand on top of your head -(thumb side down) and open and close your fist - do this for several minutes. This acts like a "pump" to get the lymph flowing ...