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Taking charge: Being a proactive patient
Discuss what it means to be a proactive patient. Discuss what you and others need to know and how to get the information you need by asking the right questions.
IXEMPRA anyone
- By edaura · New reply September 29, 2009
- 12 replies
- Yet anohter chemo has stopped working on me. I've been on Navalbene, taxotere, gemzar, xeloda, abraxane and avastin ( I've probably forgotten a few over the years) The most current chemo has stopped working ...
Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day
- By Beachbabe · New reply September 28, 2009
- 19 replies
- Hello My Friends, As some of you may have heard, October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month (note my sarcasm). As we've all shared, we metsters often feel excluded from all the pink ribboned feel good stuff ...
Lifestyle and Cancer Risk
- By Beachbabe · New reply September 26, 2009
- 42 replies
- WARNING: I am pissed off and it is only 6:30 a.m. New York time. Each morning I peruse the international news, hoping I've received an invite to the Magic Ball and the remote opportunity to dance with ...
Can you help me with my statistics?
- By Beachbabe · New reply September 21, 2009
- 16 replies
- Hey There Gal Pals~ I'm working on writing an article describing the plight of us metsters for the month of October. I've been questioned on one of my stats, and at this point am not sure if I found it ...
National Breast Cancer Coalition (NBCC)
- By Saraj · New reply September 13, 2009
- 1 reply
- National Breast Cancer Coalition (NBCC) update: Essenia (Jean) responded to my earlier post regarding the NBCC membership and educational opportunities. Jean had some additional questions regarding the ...
What to eat during chemotherapy
- By Angelvoice · New reply September 10, 2009
- 10 replies
- Dear friends, Please tell me about the best foods to eat during chemo. What foods worked for you best? Any easy recepies? Love, Angelvoice ...
Education and breast cancer advocacy opportunities
- By Saraj · New reply September 8, 2009
- 3 replies
- Hello "Pinks", Many of us wonder how we can become better educated and more involved in the fight against breast cancer. Luckily, you can by joining the National Breast Cancer Coalition Fund and attending ...
Symptoms associated with lung mets
- By Angelvoice · New reply September 5, 2009
- 6 replies
- Dear friends, Please tell me about the symptoms you experienced after having lung mets? Do you cough a lot and bring up white sputum? Does this ever stop? How do you cope? Reply soon. Love, Angel ...
Army of Women
- By Beachbabe · Posted September 3, 2009
- 0 replies
- If you haven't already done so, please recruit everyone you know to join Dr. Susan Love's Army of Women. They are currently looking for gals in the Stanford (CA) area to participate in a study of stress ...
Finding strength to fight and to hold on to hope and dreams during chemo.
- By Angelvoice · New reply September 2, 2009
- 5 replies
- Dearest friends, I have started my second round of Cisplatin/gemzar chemo. This round made me extremely sick. I could not keep any food down for 6 days! I had awful GI symptoms and almost wished that ...
Neuropathy
- By susanrose55 · New reply August 31, 2009
- 18 replies
- Any suggestions how I can manage the tingling and numb sensations in my hands? Susanrose55 ...
Weeping
- By LucyP · New reply August 29, 2009
- 24 replies
- I'd like to think of myself as a person who can handle just about anything the Stage IV diagnosis is throwing at me, but this is very confusing. Every once in awhile, out of the blue, I will start weeping ...
Request for your input and wisdom
- By Beachbabe · New reply August 21, 2009
- 37 replies
- Hello My Fellow Hot Cancer Babes~ I've been asked to write an article for a magazine for the infamous and ever-pink month of October. As a Hot Cancer Babe, what is the one message you would want to get ...
ports//how long
- By barbj050 · New reply August 20, 2009
- 32 replies
- hi...i hate my port...its been my enemy since 2007...have not had chemo since 2007... but my onc. wont take the port out how about you ...
Chemo & Antioxidants/Supplements
- By Groovygirlcool · New reply August 20, 2009
- 5 replies
- After reading the posts looking info about fish oil and abraxane, I went looking...I couldn't find anything specific on this combo, but I found some very good info on chemo and supplements at: http://home.earthlink.net/~ckaniklidis/i ...
Welcome New Members
- By Beachbabe · New reply August 19, 2009
- 5 replies
- Wow...when I first joined this group about a year ago, there were less than 500 members. I just glanced at the numbers and we are over 800 in size, and growing every day. I think we need a 'welcome wagon ...
How often do you have scans?
- By linskate · New reply August 19, 2009
- 27 replies
- Just curious...how often do you have scans? I was dx in January and had one scan in March. I have liver and lung mets & that scan showed significant decrease in tumors in both places. My tumor marker ...
Hey 'World' - This is what we need....
- By Groovygirlcool · New reply August 18, 2009
- 9 replies
- Further to Beachbabe's "Input &Wisdom" post, some new research highlights where all those pink fundraising dollars need to be spent. From the following article at http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/200 ...
Supplements
- By IWILLBEATTHIS · New reply August 17, 2009
- 19 replies
- Hi Ladies, Was wondering if any of you are taking any other vitamin/supplements besides your chemo and what ones. I am currently on Gemzar that might not be working anymore. I will have scans again in ...
Keeping Hope Alive!
- By Angelvoice · New reply August 15, 2009
- 10 replies
- Dear friends, I have been reading some of your stories and sometimes it seemed so gloomy and depressing! It seemed like you have lost hope or was ready to quit! I know that things look rather gloomy from ...
