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Journals
we need your help TODAY - please call!!
- By EHM · Posted September 28, 2009
- 0 replies
- YOUR HELP IS NEEDED TO GET THE NATIONAL RESOLUTION! To make the day NATIONAL, we are asking you to contact your Congressperson and say you would be thrilled if he or she would co-sponsor the resolution ...
M. D. Anderson
- By bkitty · Posted September 28, 2009
- 15 replies
- Has anyone been to M. D. Anderson for treatment? If so, what were your experiences there? I know several people that have used them, and hear good things. I may be getting an appointment there soon for ...
THE CAMP WEEKEND
- By sr2603 · Posted September 28, 2009
- 9 replies
- Well my metavivor gals: I got up Saturday morning for the big camp out. We went to the barn to get the blow up mattress and the mice had gotten there first. It was in tatters. Undeterred we made a phone ...
Scared for my father
- By Saraegoetz · Posted September 27, 2009
- 14 replies
- Hello to you all! I am writing a journal entry in the hopes someone will have some information or some advice for me and my family. My father was diagnosed with stage 4 male breast cancer in February ...
Ramblings from the Recliner 9/27/09
- By maryk58 · Posted September 27, 2009
- 9 replies
- I was thinking this morning about Simple Pleasures. We are probably blessed as a community that takes the time to enjoy simple pleasures, to even seek them out. My simple pleasure today started as an ...
Ramblings from the Recliner 09-26-09
- By maryk58 · Posted September 26, 2009
- 9 replies
- I was wide awake at 5:30 this morning - on a Saturday. I can barely crawl out at 6:20 on workdays and I do "the routine" half asleep. Since I found out last week that I will probably be starting chemo ...
New photo
- By LaGata · Posted September 25, 2009
- 9 replies
- Okay, after all this time, I've put Oliver's picture away and here is a photo of me, less than a year ago but before the Stage IV diagnosis or hair loss from being back on chemo. I hope I don't frighten ...
I made it through the day
- By PinkMelba · Posted September 25, 2009
- 5 replies
- All it took was a bunch of ativan and my pink snuggie and the love of my friends. Now I get a week off to let my body recover. Melba ...
News from the Back Deck 9-25-09
- By Beachbabe · Posted September 25, 2009
- 12 replies
- Hello My Friends~ Fall is barrelling down on us and try as I may to keep a firm grasp on Summer, it's come to an end. My cousin Casey and I had the opportunity to hit Davis Park this past week-end for ...
Beachbabe inspired me to put up a new pic!
- By cindyrae19 · Posted September 24, 2009
- 11 replies
- Like Colleen my picture was several years old, so thought why not put up a new one too! I turned 50 this past Saturday and my wonderful husband surprised me by flying my girls to Germany There really ...
New Picture
- By Beachbabe · Posted September 24, 2009
- 27 replies
- The picture I've been using as a profile picture was taken two years ago. My hair is shorter and I've gained about 15 lbs (all Aromasin weight!) since then, so I felt like I was being a bit of a 'fake ...
advice
- By jojobeans · Posted September 23, 2009
- 17 replies
- As my tumor markers drop, I feel worse. Yesterday I had my monthly visit with the onc and monthly zometa. My back hurts, my hands hurts, and I feel weak. I am going for scans next Friday, but I don't ...
Hello all how are you???
- By gasketman · Posted September 23, 2009
- 4 replies
- Has anyone used Gemcitabine for a chemo treatment? Avastin/Taxol is not working for Debi and this is the next recommendation. Would love to hear from all of you. Scott ...
The 10th whole brain radiation today.
- By Yasou · Posted September 23, 2009
- 11 replies
- My partner has her 10th wbrt today. She has 15 more to go. And then a month to wait to see if it worked. In just less than two weeks, this is what has happened. She has gone from being able to drive ...
I am having one of "those" days
- By PinkMelba · Posted September 22, 2009
- 14 replies
- I have my 3 round of chemo tomorrow before my off week and I am having somewhat of a mental breakdown. I do not want to go back to that chair but I know I must. I can't stop crying and feel totally emotionally ...
PRE CAMP JITTERS
- By sr2603 · Posted September 22, 2009
- 8 replies
- Well girls, Friday, action man and myself took a trip upstate New York with the aim of finding him a plot of land to build a camp when he retires in 5 years. The trip was also to give me a short break ...
Home again
- By yesshecan · Posted September 19, 2009
- 5 replies
- Dropping a daughter off at college for the first time is a bit like moving an army, and a bit like allowing a piece of your heart to take root elsewhere. Exhausting preparations, packing, shopping ,and ...
Liver cirrhosis caused by chemo
- By bkitty · Posted September 18, 2009
- 6 replies
- Hi. I'm new to this site, and it looks like a great one! I have recently had a real setback to my chemo routine. I was first dx with DCIS Stage 2 in '97. Bone mets showed up in 2005. Treated with Arimidex ...
Memory Loss with Whole Brain Radiation
- By Yasou · Posted September 18, 2009
- 5 replies
- My partner (Yasou) can no longer post on here so I am posting for her. Today will be her 7th treatment with whole brain radiation. Her vision is blurred, but she could deal with that earlier this week ...
Medication changed again
- By mom2acat · Posted September 16, 2009
- 10 replies
- I had my monthly oncologist appointment and Zometa yesterday. Short recap of what I posted in my other journal entries. Had a bone scan in June, showed a couple of new lesions, and tumor markers were ...
