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Radiation for bone met -- what can I expect?
- By JillAline · Posted 6:46 pm
- Discussion in Treatment options · 0 replies
- On my last MRI the met to my rib showed that it might be growing a bit. It certainly hurts, but nothing too excruciating. The oncologist is recommending that we radiate the bone met to "settle it down ...
It's back again.....Help telling my son
- By washinbrig · Posted 1:27 pm
- Journal · 0 replies
- Hi was dxed at 29 with stage 3 er, pr, her2neu +++ lobular breast cancer,did chemo and XRT that was 8 years ago. The following year had a hysterectomy and found cancer in ovaries. been on Herceptin from ...
MTS to lever
- By uju99 · Posted 9:45 am
- Discussion in Newly diagnosed · 1 reply
- does chemo fix that ? if it is coming from OVC ? what are symptoms ...
update
- By curlee · Posted 8:46 am
- Journal · 1 reply
- hi cancer babes after having had a virus and just being stuck home {which i enjoy but after a while get stir crazy}, john and i got swine flu shots in prep for a cruise. haven't seen my daughter here[sick ...
My Feet Hurt
- By Mannasaurus · Posted 12:22 am
- Discussion in Living with cancer · 4 replies
- Hello all. I know I've read that this is common after chemo. My feet started hurting toward the end of the chemo treatments (taxotere/carboplatin) but now they hurt even more and its been 4 months since ...
How does Purdue make their Chicken Breast Big?
- By Natada · Posted yesterday at 9:58 pm
- Discussion in Research findings · 5 replies
- I watched Food Inc. it was scary. There was a focus on how Purdue Chickens were raised, and it mentioned thatthey perfected making the chickens breast grow faster and bigger. Haven't done the research ...
Radiation is halfway done
- By mom2acat · Posted yesterday at 7:57 pm
- Journal · 2 replies
- I've had 7 low dose radiation treatments to my hip joint now; 7 more to go. My IBS started to flare up Sunday, (I have the kind with diarrhea). They have tried to avoid going through the bowel with the ...
Don't know what to do already
- By Dolphinlady · Posted yesterday at 3:44 pm
- Journal · 9 replies
- I finished my WBR on 9/9/09. I spent that week and the next two days weaning off the steroids which were awful. I gained 20 pounds on them and was bouncing off the walls. Since them I've steadily decline ...
Probably a stupid question
- By mrsmas · Posted yesterday at 3:16 pm
- Discussion in Living with cancer · 13 replies
- Okay, this is probably a dumb question, but I can't be the only person who struggles with it! Somewhere there is a middle road between overreacting to every new unexplained pain that crops up and blowing ...
Ticking Clock
- By harpangel36 · Posted yesterday at 11:57 am
- Discussion in Living with cancer · 4 replies
- My triple negative breast cancer was diagnosed at a stage IIIB in January of this year. I have been told that it will likely metastisize within 2-3 years. When does that 2-3 years start? When yours became ...
Mom's got a LOW temp? Help?
- By Daughter2Survivor · Posted yesterday at 9:56 am
- Discussion in Family and caregivers · 10 replies
- Hi there Mets Group... it's been a while since I have been in touch. We moved to SC and took Mom with us, so we've been quite busy. The first 2-1/2 wks were full of more smiles than I'd seen in a LONG ...
lymph nodes
- By stuartrose · Posted November 18, 2009
- Journal · 10 replies
- I went back last week to my onc for my CT scan and results. It seems I have lit up nodes in the groin and abdomen area. We both decided to keep it monitered, very closely, and try to get into a trial ...
A math puzzle for you all!!
- By gasketman · Posted November 16, 2009
- Journal · 12 replies
- You have seven girls sitting in a circle with seven backpacks each. In each backpack you have one big cat and one momma cat with seven kittens. How many legs do you have in this brain teaser?? Good Luck ...
Triple Negative Breast Cancer Foundation
- By beachgirl6 · Posted November 16, 2009
- Discussion in News · 6 replies
- Does anyone know what's happened to TNBC foundation? Back in October I was hit with the surprise that the site was down in order to update their server. They came back up but many complained because in ...
We've Reached One Thousand!!!!
- By Beachbabe · Posted November 16, 2009
- Discussion in Taking charge: Being a proactive patient · 22 replies
- Hello There My Gorgeous Hot Cancer Babes, It's been a real hodgepodge of emotions this week with the loss of so many of us, and good news on many other's fronts. As I do occasionally, I checked to see ...
I'm lost!
- By ktduluth · Posted November 15, 2009
- Discussion in Support groups · 19 replies
- Hi! I joined this group yesterday and completed a profile about myself - but am realizing that doesn't automatically get sent out, and thus i am trying to figure out how to introduce myself - i've never ...
Radiation Itch
- By linskate · Posted November 15, 2009
- Discussion in Recurrence · 4 replies
- Hi all...I had 5 whole brain radiation treatments a few weeks ago. I am doing ok except the itching on my forehead and the rest of my head is unbearable. I have used many types of calming and anti itch ...
Chemo Vacation
- By PinkMelba · Posted November 15, 2009
- Discussion in Living with cancer · 3 replies
- Hello hot cancer babes: Has anyone with mets to lungs ever had a chemo vacation longer than 3-4 months? What has been your longest chemo vacation? I have not even had my first but like to hear about the ...
Meta"lifers"
- By beebie · Posted November 14, 2009
- Discussion in Living with cancer · 11 replies
- Arent we always looking for a word, label that captures our unique life with cancer? Of course many of us dislike the simplistic "survivor", since it implies that the cancer is cured and it is all gone ...
What can we do?
- By Sherol · Posted November 14, 2009
- Discussion in Living with cancer · 9 replies
- My mom was diagnosed with Stage IV with mets to her lymph nodes & liver in September. She started on a course of Faslodex and is due to be rechecked the last week of November. For the first month she ...
