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Discussions
Treatment is over now what
- By GraceStacey · Posted November 15, 2009
- In Life after breast cancer · 7 replies
- I finished taxol 2wks ago now I am being expanded for 3mths and then implants. I am not happy with the way the expanders feel and look what did other women do in this situation? Also the hair coming back ...
What to expect-stage 4 breast cancer-a good friend...
- By Faith33 · Posted November 9, 2009
- In Surgery and other treatments · 2 replies
- Hello, Im new to this website..and was relieved to find this site.. A good friend of mine has stage 4 cancer and just found out yesterday that it is in her lungs. she had a "window" placed in the lining ...
just got implants
- By jillyw · Posted November 1, 2009
- In Life after breast cancer · 3 replies
- Well, After four months, my expanders were removed, and my implants were put in.(two weeks ago) What a difference. It's definitely taking some getting used to, as in anything, but I got a good report ...
BRAIN CHEMO
- By lulupanache · Posted October 22, 2009
- In Symptoms · 1 reply
- who as had this peroblem, where you loose concertration, forget things yoe were going to say,, you think is menopause but just look at brain chemo, then you know your not going roung the bend ...
how much did you want to know about your illness
- By lulupanache · Posted October 21, 2009
- In Living with breast cancer · 0 replies
- l waned to find as much as l could asl was wanting to know everything that l had, how log, what was goin to happen, was lgoing to live, what quwstions could l ask, what was involved, this is mel can't ...
chemo brain or fog chemo.
- By lulupanache · Posted October 21, 2009
- In Living with breast cancer · 0 replies
- well this is a subject l find very intersting, have you heed of it, l had not, untill l starting getting mixed up could not hold a conversation as l would be half way through and foget what l was talking ...
I am turning into a serious KLUTZ!
- By Lr24 · Posted October 4, 2009
- In Living with breast cancer · 0 replies
- For the past few months (probably longer) it seems like I fall down very easily. We recently moved and have been unpacking boxes, trying to get organized, etc... so maybe the klutzy-ness has something ...
10 year survivor, may have to face it again.
- By carole338 · Posted September 22, 2009
- In Living with breast cancer · 3 replies
- I wanted to raise the balloons and shout Hurray and share my story as a ten year survivor this April, but my 10 year mammogram came back uncertain. I went for a 6-month follow-up and now need to go back ...
Trying to find some positive in Triple Negative
- By Dolphinlady · Posted July 3, 2009
- In In the news · 0 replies
- Hello fellow wrestlers ... this is my first post ;"first time caller, long-time listener." By nature I have a tendency to hang out in the background and avoid the spotlight (well, unless I've had a few ...
What is the life expectancy for stage IV metastatic breast cancer?
- By DiSabatino · Posted May 27, 2009
- In Living with breast cancer · 14 replies
- Jan 08, at the age of 34, I was diagnosed wit StageIV Metastatic Breast Cancer with over 25 tumors, in both breasts, lymph nodes, bones, liver, and lung. I've been through it all! Spinal replacement ...
Check out my breast cancer journey video! (short)
- By jlj914 · Posted May 21, 2009
- In Living with breast cancer · 0 replies
- My daughter just graduated from college last weekend and this 5 minute documentary was one of her senior projects. I am very proud that she chose me as the topic of her film, and just maybe it can give ...
Does early diagnosis mean a better recovery?
- By LaGata · Posted April 7, 2009
- In Prevention and screening · 2 replies
- Since I was diagnosed with Stage IV breast cancer that has metastasized to my spine, I've been wondering if catching cancer earlier is the best way to avoid recourance or if it matters that much. Just ...
incision infections
- By christy63 · Posted March 7, 2009
- In Surgery and other treatments · 1 reply
- I'm fighting an infection in my incision. It goes up almost to my collar bone. Fortunately, my surgeon burned the nerves as she went along so there's no pain. I'm taking augmentin and doing warm compresses ...
free cleaning service
- By peggyr · Posted February 17, 2009
- In Living with breast cancer · 2 replies
- I may have posted info about this before, but I wanted to let you know again. I just had a wonderful free visit from a local cleaning service. They were recruited by www.cleaningforareason.org. They serve ...
ipc
- By christy63 · Posted December 17, 2008
- In Life after breast cancer · 9 replies
- Invasive lobular carcinoma sounds so wicked and, for all I know, it is. My surgeon gave me the impression this morning that it was particularly difficult to treat, that I need to sit down with the oncologist ...
Living with it....
- By DragonflyDream · Posted July 29, 2008
- In Living with breast cancer · 6 replies
- Hi, I am living with breast cancer that has gone to my bones..... I am refusing to accept the expiration date the docs want to give me and I am living on the best that I can, filled with hope and dreams ...
SAY A LITTLE PRAYER
- By ckgoduto · Posted July 20, 2008
- In Family and friends · 6 replies
- To all of you out there please say a prayer for a young mother from Illinois who lost her battle with breast cancer last week. Her name was Candice Jaeger. Maybe some of you know her since she was an ...
oral chemo
- By Jsweetpea · Posted May 22, 2008
- In Living with breast cancer · 2 replies
- I couldn't believe that there were no post under living with breast cancer...I was looking for other women to communicate with that have breast cancer. I have been fighting since 2003 I just started on ...
poss breast cancer diagnosis
- By meg12col · Posted May 20, 2008
- In Family and friends · 0 replies
- Hi, my family and I just found yesterday that my grandmother might have breast cancer. On Friday, my uncle and dad noticed a hard lump with severe skin swelling on her left breast after bleeding from ...
dcis
- By deb44 · Posted March 22, 2008
- In Newly diagnosed · 9 replies
- Please share your newly diagnosed story about dcis here ...
