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Recurrence
Discuss your recurrence - local, regional, distant - and how that diagnosis affects your life.
Joining Yasou and Lamorna with Brain Mets
- By gypsygrl · New reply September 27, 2009
- 5 replies
- Having joined the Metsters (Oct."07) after 14 years of "clear sailing".....I have now joined Yasou with Brain Mets. I read her post Mets to brain,"I am devestated"......well, I found out Friday I have ...
Okay girls, time to "INSPIRE" me . . .
- By margaret27217 · New reply September 27, 2009
- 17 replies
- I have a new tumor in my left breast. I'm not sure if I have posted this before, but the info is on my CaringBridge site: www.caringbridge.org/visit/margaretadams Found out yesterday that they have decided ...
ANYBODY HAD IXEMPRA AND XELODA?
- By Lynn06 · New reply September 26, 2009
- 3 replies
- diag. 4/06 - Stage IV bc (no primary site) just LOTS of bone mets. Taxotere and Adriamycine, then Femara (stable for 14 mon) Progression, so radiation to hip, then Navelbine (not much luck) then Taxotere ...
Oops! I did it again . . .
- By margaret27217 · New reply September 24, 2009
- 7 replies
- Like missbutterfly, I will be having an MRI on Monday and don't think it will be good. Like butterfly, I should have been scanned about 5 months ago when I complained of numbness in my chin. Was sent ...
They stopped counting after 15 tumors found in my brain
- By Yasou · New reply September 11, 2009
- 15 replies
- I posted a few days ago about brain mets-7 was the number reported by the guy who read the MRI. Today, I met with the oncologist who does gamma knife surgery. She asked if we wanted to look at the scans ...
6 months past chemo with new lump
- By TwinFlower · New reply September 6, 2009
- 13 replies
- Hello everyone, I have been reading about alternative treatments and came to this site via referral. I am 6 months out of chemo. Stage 3B, 4 nodes positive with vascular involvement and a secondary tumor ...
What's that burning smell?
- By PinkMelba · New reply September 5, 2009
- 4 replies
- I had my second PET scan yesterday to determine if the abraxane/avastin combo is working. After the scan I had the most horrible smell of burning wire or plastic. Yuck! Nobody else could smell it but ...
Stopping Zometa
- By 3timesurvivor · New reply August 31, 2009
- 15 replies
- I have never posted here and I hope I get it right. I have Stage IV with mets to bones and lungs. Today I got a call from my onc and he said my kidney levels were elevated. The creatin and the BUN, so ...
Requseting Opinions on Chemo for Stage IV-NED
- By Natada · New reply August 29, 2009
- 9 replies
- Hi, I have posted my situation on other support boards. I truly recognize the individuality of breast cancer in each and everyone and know there is no magic answer to my question. Originally diagnosed ...
positive CT YEAH
- By lauriem · New reply August 29, 2009
- 17 replies
- Just wanted to put some good news out there. I had some CTs last week and Dr says they show significant reduction of major tumors and no new growth. God is good and I just wanted to share the hope! The ...
SCAN SCHEDULES
- By sr2603 · New reply August 27, 2009
- 11 replies
- Having a PET/CT scan after 5 treatments to see if treatment is working. Was told that the norm is scan after 2-3 treatments and that I should have been scanned 2 months ago. Whats the scoop out there ...
Herceptin and navelbine
- By ams · New reply August 24, 2009
- 3 replies
- Began treatment for recurrence 5 weeks ago with herceptin and navelbine. I was assured that this treatment would be much easier than the 1st time through chemo in 2003. Not so, I feel terrible. Like I ...
eyebrows
- By lauriem · New reply August 17, 2009
- 12 replies
- ok -so this is a fairly trivial question but I figured this is the place to ask. I have been looking at ads for fake eyebrows and see that they can get pretty pricy - and I will probably lose them since ...
i need your opinion.....i don't know what to do
- By celeste_mcfarland · New reply August 15, 2009
- 8 replies
- i was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1997. reoccurence and mets to my liver in 2002. new kind of breast cancer - this time in my right breast. spread to lymph nodes. last year and chemo and radiation ...
Bleeding and chemo
- By LaGata · New reply August 5, 2009
- 11 replies
- This subject was touched on briefly some months ago and due to the nature of the problem, it's slightly embarrasing, but I need some suggestions and advise. After hours spent at the hospital Thursday ...
Do you believe in miracles?
- By Angelvoice · New reply August 4, 2009
- 32 replies
- When I was first diagnosed with lung nodules the doctor said that they saw cancer in my liver and bones. The CT showed lung and liver and the PET showed mets all over my bones and pelvis. The doctor sounded ...
When Medical Insurance Benefits Max Out
- By rmcg · New reply August 2, 2009
- 15 replies
- Lately, I have started worrying about what will happen with my medical treatments when my medical insurance benefits become maxed out. I am currently working FT with intermittent medical leave and carry ...
New stage IV and terrified (triple neg)
- By JillAline · New reply August 1, 2009
- 33 replies
- I was diagnosed with triple neg Stage IIB in July 2004 and did the full meal deal -- surgery, chemo (ACT) and radiation. Here I was tripping along happily at the 5 year mark thinking I'd beat this thing ...
Proton Radiotheraphy
- By onemoretime · New reply July 29, 2009
- 2 replies
- I have just started Proton radiation for a metatasic lesion on my skull bone. I have had them since 2004 but they have been pretty much contained with meds and now Xeloda. We decided to radiate this one ...
Aches and Pains as Cancer Cells Die?
- By PinkMelba · New reply July 24, 2009
- 10 replies
- I was at my surgeons today for a check up and she mentioned that patients often experience aches and pains as their cancer cells die. Has any one else heard of this? I would be interested if there is ...
