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San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium
- By Saraj · Posted 5:21 pm
- In Research findings · 0 replies
- The San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium is scheduled Dec. 9-13, 2009. "The San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium encompasses the full spectrum of breast cancer research and facilitates the rapid transition ...
stage 4 BC Cancer with Mets to the bones and starting in the liver (4mm)
- By PLChick · Posted 3:37 pm
- In Living with cancer · 0 replies
- Today I started Navelbine for the first time. I've been living with stage 4 (breast & bones) since april 2007. My first chemo was from the Taxol family and then got off for almost 2yrs until it grew and ...
Constipation from Xeloda?
- By Daughter2Survivor · Posted 9:35 am
- In Family and caregivers · 4 replies
- OK lady alligator fighters.... this topic is a little, um shall we say - personal? Anyway - Mom has always had constipation since having cancer, being on all the drugs, etc. However, she has it as bad ...
tAKING A BREAK FOR THE hOLIDAYS
- By IWILLBEATTHIS · Posted yesterday at 5:22 pm
- In Taking charge: Being a proactive patient · 3 replies
- Hi Ladies, Wondering if anyone is taking a break from chemo for the Holidays and what their Doctors might think. I have enlarged lymph nodes and a spot on the liver. Triple Negative.Just went through ...
holy moly...ever had steriods pushed?
- By lauriem · Posted yesterday at 3:07 am
- In Taking charge: Being a proactive patient · 8 replies
- WOW! My oncologist pharmacy decided the steroids with chemo should be pushed IV instead of infused with the bag solution. Have you ever had this? I was really freaked out! I am not a whiner but about ...
Cisplantin
- By beccab35 · Posted November 23, 2009
- In Treatment options · 0 replies
- Our dear friend Pattie (PMIG317) who husband was recently killed in an auto accident is in the hospital. Pattie has mets a number of places including her liver. During 2 weeks her husband lived and afterward ...
San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium
- By nutrachris · Posted November 22, 2009
- In Taking charge: Being a proactive patient · 2 replies
- The annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium will be held from December 9 thru December 13, 2009. I highly reccomend this meeting. www.sabcs.org Over 8,000 breast cancer healthcare professionals will ...
Handling the fear
- By R · Posted November 21, 2009
- In Living with cancer · 20 replies
- I have been ned for 2 1/2 years. A few weeks ago started having back pain, this last week it got worse and on Tuesday I woke up with tingly toes. I called the doc and the next day (last Thursday) I had ...
Insurance rejected chemo regimen, anyone else?
- By Stubborn · Posted November 21, 2009
- In Treatment options · 6 replies
- My previous insurance co. required approval of chemo prior to starting but I never had a problem being able to go with what the dr. recommended. As of Nov 1 ,I am under the FDIC's self funded cobra plan ...
Hand and Foot syndrome?
- By sistercare · Posted November 21, 2009
- In Treatment options · 5 replies
- Hi My sister is finishing her second round of Xeloda. She is having trouble holding a pencil and walking. Any ideas for a natural treatment for hf syndrome? I heard that B6 was good. Wondering about alpha ...
Loving our livers!
- By Groovygirlcool · Posted November 21, 2009
- In Research findings · 5 replies
- TARA - you 'go-getting' advocate you! I've googled about looking for 'reputable' information resources on two liver supporting supplements I take - Milk Thistle and Dandelion 'tea'. Both are highly recommended ...
Radiation for bone met -- what can I expect?
- By JillAline · Posted November 20, 2009
- In Treatment options · 8 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 ...
MTS to lever
- By uju99 · Posted November 20, 2009
- In Newly diagnosed · 2 replies
- does chemo fix that ? if it is coming from OVC ? what are symptoms ...
My Feet Hurt
- By Mannasaurus · Posted November 20, 2009
- In Living with cancer · 6 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 November 19, 2009
- In Research findings · 7 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 ...
Probably a stupid question
- By mrsmas · Posted November 19, 2009
- In Living with cancer · 21 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 November 19, 2009
- In Living with cancer · 12 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 November 19, 2009
- In Family and caregivers · 14 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 ...
Triple Negative Breast Cancer Foundation
- By beachgirl6 · Posted November 16, 2009
- 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
- In Taking charge: Being a proactive patient · 23 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 ...
