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Recurrence
Discuss your recurrence - local, regional, distant - and how that diagnosis affects your life.
The Story on Bone Mets
- By crazygracie · New reply July 23, 2009
- 17 replies
- Hi, I know a lot of you have been dealing with bone mets for a long time. Do they just KEEP ON COMING? I had 2 on my spine about 5 months ago, had Radiation, was told they almost disappeared. Had a scan ...
What's normal?
- By Becca07 · New reply July 23, 2009
- 10 replies
- Hello Everyone, Since I joined this group a little bit ago I have read every word of every discussion and journal. I have responded to a few, but with all of them I have relished reading all of these ...
Breast Cancer recurrence Triple negative metastases:best treatment options
- By Angelvoice · New reply July 23, 2009
- 3 replies
- I had stage 1 ductal invasive triple neg BC 2yrs and 10 months to date. I was recently diagnosed with lung mets ( 5 tumors largest 1.7cm) and possible liver mets? I just did PET scan yesterday and I am ...
XELODA - FOOT SYNDROME
- By sr2603 · New reply July 22, 2009
- 18 replies
- Hi girls. Completed one round of Xeloda. Horrible nause which I hope they can sort with Zofran next cycle. 12th day had terribel pain in feet. Then 14th day the same. So much so I had to take a half day ...
News Tidbit for Chocolate Lovers
- By Shanti · New reply July 17, 2009
- 2 replies
- Here's an email I received from Dr. David Servan-Schreiber, author of Anti-Cancer, A New Way of Life. A new Dutch study shows it is more satisfying to eat LESS chocolate dessert - so long as you take ...
Severe esophagitis
- By JTM · New reply July 15, 2009
- 4 replies
- Hi guys & girls: Haven't been on in ages but I'm in my 2nd re-occurrence of breast cancer which metastasized to my spine. I just finished 13 days of radiation to my mid thoracics and it's caused the most ...
pancreatic enzymes for breast cancer
- By nureet · New reply July 14, 2009
- 18 replies
- has anyone been on pancreatic enzymes? I am taking 40 tablets of wobenzyme, from Germany, now available in the US. In Germany apparently all cancer patients receive this in addition to standard therapy ...
More Prayers Please
- By rmcg · New reply July 9, 2009
- 13 replies
- Went for PET scan last week post cyberknife to my liver. Areas treated by cyberknife are stable, HOWEVER, there are 3 new tumors in my liver. Now, I'm off to Fox Chase Thursday to see if I qualify for ...
Mets to the liver
- By Lr24 · New reply July 6, 2009
- 14 replies
- A few months ago I had mets to my liver develop. I was stable during my most recent ct/bone scans, but here lately I have been feeling a slight "pain" on my right side (where my onc told me my liver is ...
PARP INHIBITORS
- By IWILLBEATTHIS · New reply July 3, 2009
- 8 replies
- Hi Ladies, I was on a very much needed vacation last week and my sister called me to ask if I heard about this great Cancer Breakthrough. Of course on vacation I wasn't sitting watching T.V. but she said ...
Can a PET scan not see bone mets?
- By SecondtimeSuz · New reply July 2, 2009
- 12 replies
- I just had my 3rd PET scan the first week of June. Everything is looking good and getting smaller. About two weeks after the PET I noticed a very sharp pain in my left rib area. The type of pain that ...
Which chemo. doesn't make your hair fall out?
- By Lr24 · New reply June 30, 2009
- 10 replies
- I am on Navelbine chemo right now and it does not make hair fall out (thank heavens!). I was originally on Taxol/Avastin when first dx and did lose hair. But now I am just curious are there very many ...
Cystosarcoma phyllodes breast cancer
- By SDtwin · Posted June 26, 2009
- 0 replies
- My mom had her second phyllodes removed this morning. This reoccured after a 34-month absence of phyllodes. Malignant cystosarcoma phyllodes is a very rare breast cancer disease. My family has done a ...
Something niceto start the day with
- By Charlotte43 · New reply June 18, 2009
- 1 reply
- A Penny That Little Penny In The Parking Lot Remember this every time you pass that little penny in the parking lot. I always thought that it was for good luck, but I love this version better. I found ...
Chemo nosebleeds
- By LaGata · New reply June 17, 2009
- 20 replies
- I know there was a short discussion on the side-effect involving nosebleeds and which chemo caused them, but I can't find it. My nosebleeds and blood clots were getting better, I thought, and the last ...
Numbness in teeth and gums
- By margaret27217 · New reply May 30, 2009
- 3 replies
- I have had a crazy episode with numbness in my teeth and gums on the lower right side of my mouth. Have been to a dentist, endodontist, and oral surgeon with no solution - just alot of co-pays . . . I've ...
Cyberknife anyone???
- By rmcg · New reply May 26, 2009
- 18 replies
- Well, my most recent PET scan (which was done early due to symptoms & tumor markers rising) showed liver mets continue to grow. Up 20% from 6 weeks ago. Other met areas NED. So.....switching gears and ...
Edema
- By faithmena · New reply May 23, 2009
- 5 replies
- Hello Ladies, I have completed 9 rounds of TCH, unfortunately it seems I have developed pretty severe edema. Not only do I have swollen feet and legs , it seems this morning I now have a swollen right ...
Zometa - How to prevent jaw problems?
- By bgarlock · New reply May 14, 2009
- 33 replies
- I know this is supposed to be a place to Inspire rather than frighten each other - but it's also a place to share knowledge. When I was really sick (I'm so much better now!) I would have appreciated a ...
Remission
- By R · New reply May 8, 2009
- 34 replies
- My doctor today used the word remission. I was surprised. He said that two years is the magic time after diagnosis Stage IV and since nothing else has come up he considers me in remission. Doing the happy ...
