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Living with cancer
A place to discuss what it means to live with cancer -- emotional issues, families and relationships, symptoms and management, and more.
Handling the fear
- By R · New reply yesterday at 7:51 pm
- 2 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 ...
Probably a stupid question
- By mrsmas · New reply yesterday at 5:46 pm
- 16 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 ...
Chemo Vacation
- By PinkMelba · New reply yesterday at 3:11 pm
- 6 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 ...
Neck Pain from Power Port
- By Warrior65 · New reply yesterday at 1:20 pm
- 11 replies
- I just had a new power port put in and it was placed through my jugular vein. Since this new port was put in, I have a tremendous amount of neck pressure when lying down or bending over. I had an old ...
Ticking Clock
- By harpangel36 · New reply yesterday at 9:32 am
- 9 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 ...
My Feet Hurt
- By Mannasaurus · New reply November 20, 2009
- 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 ...
Survivors need more humor
- By mrsmas · New reply November 19, 2009
- 13 replies
- Having grown up in an abusive situation, I developed a dark sense of humor. At an early age I learned that you either laugh or cry and I would prefer to laugh. Acquiring cancer is no different. In a situation ...
Planning for Adventure
- By sarahbf · New reply November 17, 2009
- 11 replies
- When I was first diagnosed in 2002, one of the things that helped me get through my treatment was to plan some sort of adventure (usually travel) following each cycle of chemo. So much easier to do when ...
Suzanne Somers on Larry King Live
- By Shanti · New reply November 17, 2009
- 28 replies
- Did anyone see Suzanne Somers on Larry King Live last night? I think they replay some weekday shows over the weekend so if you get a chance to see it this weekend it is worth a look. Suzanne has a new ...
Meta"lifers"
- By beebie · New reply November 16, 2009
- 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 · New reply November 16, 2009
- 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 ...
lamorna's update from 'over the water'
- By lamorna · New reply November 16, 2009
- 7 replies
- Just to let you all know that MartyJo, Burnleyanne and Lamorna had their family trip to EuroDisney - taking advice from all of you! Martine was 4 weeks post taxatere + herceptin (6 months worth) and 6 ...
Curcumin & Cancer
- By Shanti · New reply November 15, 2009
- 22 replies
- Anybody ever have a medical professional mention curcumin? I know there aren't a lot of definitive results from clinical trials yet, but there are a number of studies going on. I know MD Anderson is doing ...
Triple Negative
- By harpangel36 · New reply November 9, 2009
- 15 replies
- I have just discovered this site and really have enjoyed reading. I have stage IIIB triple negative breast cancer. I had a lumpectomy and axillary node dissection in Jan. and have just finished chemo ...
Vitamin D levels
- By beachgirl6 · New reply November 8, 2009
- 11 replies
- There seems to be mixed info on vitamin D and breast cancer. Last yaer heard alot and had mine tested. It was low. Doc had me start taking D3-2000IU's. Hadn't been tested since Feb 09. Did that last time ...
estrogen keeps breast cancer at bay?
- By margery · New reply November 7, 2009
- 6 replies
- Recently had a followup meeting with surgeon to discuss results of breast MRI. I have had amazing tumor shrinkage in both breasts and lymphs with arimidex and zometa only, so no mastectomy in near future ...
Liver Symptoms
- By harpangel36 · New reply November 6, 2009
- 10 replies
- For those who have liver mets, did you have any symptoms or if not how did they find it? I try not to be paranoid but have had some mild pain in my right upper abdomen just under the ribs and don't know ...
So Confused
- By harpangel36 · New reply November 3, 2009
- 6 replies
- I have been reading the posts from this forum and am really confused. I just finished A/C and taxol and 35 rads. My onc says no follow-up scans or blood tests are needed (besides a mammogram in Feb ...
May start a clinical trial - brain mets
- By Cathysch · New reply November 2, 2009
- 8 replies
- Hey galpals!! When I last updated I was awaiting results of a possible diagnosis of CA in the lining of the brain/spinal cord (meninges). Learned on Friday that this is NO SO!! I do have some additional ...
Being a hunchback bothers me
- By g8orfan · New reply October 31, 2009
- 2 replies
- I have gone from being 5'9" to barely 5'5" and at times so stooped that I am afraid I will loose my balance. I use a walker when I go out to be safe. I have had one Kyphoplasty done last October but because ...
