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How long since stage IV diagnosis?
- By chainsawz · Posted July 10, 2009
- In Taking charge: Being a proactive patient · 20 recommendations
- One year ago, I received an initial stage IV diagnosis. I was helped by reading the posts of other women who fought the alligators for so long. I realized I could also fight this disease! I just wanted ...
The elephant in the middle of the room
- By Beachbabe · Posted July 23, 2008
- In Family and caregivers · 9 recommendations
- I am so sick of nobody wanting to talk to me about the fact that I have Stage 4 cancer...except for other Stage 4 cancer patients! My family and friends, for the most part, find it too "painful" to discuss ...
I am not immortal and nobody believes me!
- By JudyV · Posted September 13, 2009
- In Living with cancer · 6 recommendations
- How do you discuss with others the looming issue of death? Most don't want to discuss it; they don't understand that I want to discuss it, sometimes, with someone, somewhere. Even if I cry when discussing ...
Survivorship Revisited
- By LMR · Posted September 28, 2008
- In Taking charge: Being a proactive patient · 5 recommendations
- Hi everyone, You may have been involved in the original Survivorship Discussion. If you weren't, let me recap. I had been asked to be on a panel where one of the subjects they wanted me to speak on was ...
Request for your input and wisdom
- By Beachbabe · Posted August 14, 2009
- In Taking charge: Being a proactive patient · 4 recommendations
- Hello My Fellow Hot Cancer Babes~ I've been asked to write an article for a magazine for the infamous and ever-pink month of October. As a Hot Cancer Babe, what is the one message you would want to get ...
Update on Lemongrass
- By LucyP · Posted April 17, 2009
- In Research findings · 4 recommendations
- Hello Ladies and Sister Alligator Wrestlers, If you went ahead and started drinking lemongrass tea, you might want to stop until you've cleared it with your Oncologist and/or chemo pharmacist. I sat down ...
Estrogens in Dairy
- By deadlydairydeception · Posted November 30, 2008
- In Research findings · 4 recommendations
- For those women with estrogen receptor positive breast cancer, it is imperative that they be aware of the high levels of estrogens in their dairy products. The levels of an estrogen called oleoyl-estrone ...
Why I Hate October
- By Beachbabe · Posted October 1, 2008
- In Taking charge: Being a proactive patient · 4 recommendations
- Hi all~ I send out a weekly "newsletter". Inspired by Lilla's wonderful speech, I've shared a copy of this week's update below: Whooppee… it is October. National Breast Cancer Awareness month. Do you ...
come October....
- By EHM · Posted July 1, 2008
- In Taking charge: Being a proactive patient · 4 recommendations
- What will you be doing during pink-ribbon-month? All the 'survivors' will be applauded and cheered as they announce how they beat the disease and didn't let cancer get the best of them. The month is all ...
Simple Pleasures
- By maryk58 · Posted September 28, 2009
- In Living with cancer · 3 recommendations
- I tried to start this thread once before but Little Bunny Foo Foo, hopping through inspire, picked up the topic, and went to help his friends! Simple Pleasure of the day: Pants with a draw-string waist ...
anita joan solomon
- By AJS · Posted September 15, 2009
- In Living with cancer · 3 recommendations
- i am anita's daughter stacy...i remember helping my mother get her picture from our trip to italy cropped and on this site...she was very excited to be able to talk with you all and used this as a resource ...
Lifestyle and Cancer Risk
- By Beachbabe · Posted September 1, 2009
- In Taking charge: Being a proactive patient · 3 recommendations
- WARNING: I am pissed off and it is only 6:30 a.m. New York time. Each morning I peruse the international news, hoping I've received an invite to the Magic Ball and the remote opportunity to dance with ...
results of recent Harris Poll re: metastatic breast cancer
- By peggyr · Posted March 14, 2009
- In Research findings · 3 recommendations
- check out this link for important info!!! A great article to send to your local hospital, institute, or unit of the American Cancer Society. This is from bcmets.org: Musa Mayer wites: "Today, it was my ...
Wrestling with Alligators
- By Beachbabe · Posted September 7, 2008
- In Taking charge: Being a proactive patient · 3 recommendations
- Being a Cancer Fighting Super Hero, I struggle daily looking for ways to explain to the general public what it is like to be a "young" woman diagnosed with Stage 4 breast cancer. Here's my latest analogy ...
calling all Long Islanders...wanna meet?
- By edaura · Posted August 2, 2008
- In Support groups · 3 recommendations
- I recently submitted a posting on this site. Some fellow Stage IV-ers from Long Island expressed an interest in meeting in person. i 've spoken to a few folks and September 26th looks like a good day ...
We Get By With a Little Help From Our Friends
- By Shanti · Posted October 28, 2009
- In Living with cancer · 2 recommendations
- When I read this blog entry from Dr. David Servan-Schreiber. the author of Anti-Cancer, A New Way of Life, I immediately thought of my support group here at Inspire. Getting by, with a little help from ...
HELP GIRLS
- By sr2603 · Posted October 17, 2009
- In Living with cancer · 2 recommendations
- Last night my 23 year old son called me. His friend's mother had just died of cancer having been diagnosed only 3 months or so ago. It seemed to hit my son like a body blow. He called me last night in ...
Blood test to determine risk of ONJ and Zometa
- By darn · Posted May 27, 2009
- In Treatment options · 2 recommendations
- Hello to ALL, I saw my dentist yesterday for my 6 month check up and raised a lot of questions regarding ONJ. It is a fear I have being on Zometa. She is the first person to tell me this info. and I wanted ...
Supplements for Advanced Breast Cancer
- By rotbib · Posted May 21, 2009
- In Treatment options · 2 recommendations
- I know someone who had Metastatic Breast Cancer about 2-3 years ago. As a "natural" healer, I recommended this person to use the supplements Quercetin + Vitamin C. It's now 2-3 years later and this person ...
When Medical Insurance Benefits Max Out
- By rmcg · Posted May 1, 2009
- In Recurrence · 2 recommendations
- Lately, I have started worrying about what will happen with my medical treatments when my medical insurance benefits become maxed out. I am currently working FT with intermittent medical leave and carry ...
