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Recurrence
Discuss your recurrence - local, regional, distant - and how that diagnosis affects your life.
Mets to the Ovary
- By R · New reply November 18, 2009
- 14 replies
- I was diagnosed with mets to the ovary 20 months ago after I was having bleeding issues a few months after finishing radiation (after chemo, after surgery). Took out ovaries and one was full of breast ...
Antidepressants & chemo
- By susanrose55 · New reply November 18, 2009
- 9 replies
- Have any of you members taken both together at the same time ...
Radiation Itch
- By linskate · New reply November 17, 2009
- 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 ...
Late Introduction
- By kat47 · New reply November 16, 2009
- 5 replies
- Hi everyone. I joined in September and since I have never participated in an online community, I didn't know that one should introduce oneself to the community before jumping in! And that's exactly what ...
Zometa Side Effects? . . .
- By Lr24 · New reply November 15, 2009
- 27 replies
- I have been taking Zometa for about two years now with no noticeable side effects; however, now I think I might be having some and was wondering if anyone has experienced something simiular? I have pain ...
los angeles area buds
- By nureet · New reply November 15, 2009
- 9 replies
- anyone in the greater los angeles area interested in getting together and sharing? nureet ...
Finally got that PET scan
- By mrsmas · New reply November 15, 2009
- 13 replies
- Although this isn't actually a recurrence, we now know where my cancer went when it left my lymph nodes. The PET scan reveals that I have multiple lesions in both lungs. I didn't even get a chance to ...
CLEANING HOMES FOR MBC WOMEN
- By susanrose55 · New reply November 11, 2009
- 5 replies
- WWW.CLEANING FOR A REASON.ORG SERVES ENTIRE USA ------------ FREE HOUSECLEANING 1TIME PER MONTH FOR 4 MONTHS REGISTRATION-GO ONLINE AND SIGN UP ...
Gemzar Is New To Me
- By JTM · New reply November 5, 2009
- 21 replies
- I am in the midst of my 2nd recurrence of mbc. I was being treated with Abraxane but after 3 infusions (9 weeks) the doc said it wasn't being effective; my tumor in my neck grew by 5mm and my blood tumor ...
finished WBR
- By linskate · New reply November 5, 2009
- 7 replies
- Hi...I just finished 5 whole brain radiation treatments. I asked the doc, why he choose to do five treatments rather than more. He said studies showed this protocol to be just as effective. My lesions ...
Triple negative breast ca with mets
- By owensnana · New reply November 3, 2009
- 12 replies
- Any one out there who can give any advice on treatments or clinical trails as this is a new diagnosis for me ...
Does Complete Mastectomy stop reoccurence
- By wonder · New reply October 30, 2009
- 23 replies
- Do you think mastectomy stops metastasis or does mastectomy reduce the risk factor ...
Another brain mets victim
- By linskate · New reply October 30, 2009
- 14 replies
- Hi all...as you can well imagine, I am in a daze as I just got the report that I now have brain mets to go with my liver, lung and bone mets. My oncol. was very surprised because I really didn't have ...
mbc seminar at Dana Farber
- By linskate · New reply October 29, 2009
- 2 replies
- Hi...will anyone from the boards be going to the mbc seminar at Dana Farber on Sat. morning, the31st. I am going and bringing my daughter and husband. Hopefully, there will be some good information and ...
Xeloda, tell me some good stuff
- By Ahaha · New reply October 21, 2009
- 30 replies
- So, my oncologist says may next step may be xeloda. Have any of you had good experiences with this drug. I've read about the hand/foot stydrome. I'm wondering about how extensively diarrhea hits. I just ...
Time to spill my guts . . .
- By margaret27217 · New reply October 15, 2009
- 17 replies
- BeachBabe and ReneP have asked for my story, but I was in a bad mood about it and really didn't want to write. A reply from TellMeWhy really touched my heart and I decided to spill. Here goes, I originally ...
Did you stop Aromatase Inhibitor during Chemo?
- By Natada · New reply October 9, 2009
- 6 replies
- There seems to be very little informtion on this topic for the metastatic setting. I was wondering if your doctor kept you on an aromatase inhibitor during chemotherapy. Thank you ...
New Doc says 3 years to live
- By Shanti · New reply October 8, 2009
- 25 replies
- Hi everyone, I love this site for the upbeat humor and yet heartfelt sisterhood. I don't want to be a downer but I just wanted to hear what you thought about something that happened at my last meeting ...
Constipation
- By slidellmom · New reply October 7, 2009
- 15 replies
- They gave me aloxi with my Abraxane. It gave me constipation. In 2002 I used Senakot S. The doc suggested Miralax. Anyone on here have a special remedy ...
Imagining the Worst
- By kleighk · New reply September 30, 2009
- 9 replies
- I have found a lump deep in my left breast almost against my chest wall. It has me scared to death. I also have developed an irritating cough that won't go away. Now, I'm thinking that a lung lesion won't ...
