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Don't know what to do already
- By Dolphinlady · New reply yesterday at 9:41 pm
- 13 replies
- I finished my WBR on 9/9/09. I spent that week and the next two days weaning off the steroids which were awful. I gained 20 pounds on them and was bouncing off the walls. Since them I've steadily decline ...
Mother
- By LaGata · New reply November 16, 2009
- 19 replies
- My mother passed away ( A euphamism I've learned to deal with.) on October 30th, shortly after midnight. The funeral was on November 3rd. The cancer that caused her death was not breast cancer, it was ...
Inspire members featured
- By Brian · New reply November 4, 2009
- 29 replies
- Today Massachusetts General Hospital's Proto Magazine published a wonderful profile of nine Inspire members. Each of these stories underscores what we all know to be true -- that Inspire is a special ...
Stress??
- By carolAnn2 · New reply October 31, 2009
- 4 replies
- Is it horrible for me to say that since I have all 3 kids in school full time, I swear Ive been feelin better?!I havent (knock on wood) been laid out on the couch in a while. Its crazy!!! Though I can ...
20 mile walk, 5 year survivor, Life Moves on
- By MariaKaminski · Posted October 19, 2009
- 0 replies
- I just completed my second annual 20 mile walk for breast cancer awareness. I am, just this year, a five year survivor and off all chemo. Now it's on with the show as they say, or as I would say, life ...
Had a funny thought . . .
- By margaret27217 · New reply October 8, 2009
- 15 replies
- and I've decided that for Breast Cancer Awareness Month, I'm going to walk around with my shirt off!! That way everyone can see my lumpectomy scar on the right, along with the caved in armpit. On the ...
Lifestyle causes cancer? No way!
- By LaGata · New reply October 8, 2009
- 23 replies
- As a friend and I were chatting today, she asked a question and I answered automatically. Then I wondered if I was right and went looking for answers. The question was how long has breast cancer been ...
My Sweet Maggie went to stay with Jesus
- By Velvetpep · New reply September 30, 2009
- 1 reply
- So sad to say..on 09/09/09 Sweet Maggie Mae almost 13 years old. went to stay with Jesus My oldest Blue Chihuahua We miss You Maggie ...
TB Test?
- By TwinFlower · New reply September 28, 2009
- 9 replies
- I have applied for a job in our school system and have to get a TB test. My oncologist says it is ok, but I am reading that I may get a false positive reading due to my immune system being so shot. I'm ...
Scared and worried for my father
- By Saraegoetz · Posted September 27, 2009
- 0 replies
- Hello to you all! I am writing a journal entry in the hopes someone will have some information or some advice for me and my family. My father was diagnosed with stage 4 male breast cancer in February ...
Well i AM REALLY SCARED
- By iamluvie · New reply September 27, 2009
- 9 replies
- Bad grammar...awful feelings, I am scared.. want a better place... loveme ...
New photo
- By LaGata · New reply September 27, 2009
- 9 replies
- Okay, after all this time, I've put Oliver's picture away and here is a photo of me, less than a year ago but before the Stage IV diagnosis or hair loss from being back on chemo. I hope I don't frighten ...
Does it ever go away?
- By Dreamy · New reply September 22, 2009
- 23 replies
- After my mastectomy my right arm swelled up. At those times, I drank as much water as I could. During hot flashes the lymphedema arm would sweat and the other one didnt. I tried wrapping, lymphatic massage ...
New to this site
- By minniemouse592000 · New reply September 14, 2009
- 3 replies
- I am new to this site, I have been a member of the lung cancer alliance survivors support group. My but in June I had stage 11B t2 3 1/2 centimeter IDC AND had surgery on that and then when threw 5 weeks ...
Friend's death
- By LaGata · New reply September 5, 2009
- 22 replies
- As I was leaving the hospital after my last chemo treatment, my cell phone rang. I answered, acknowledged the caller and then got hit with a barage of news that flattened me to my seat. Theresa was going ...
no news is not always good news
- By missbutterfly · New reply September 2, 2009
- 10 replies
- Well back in June I had a Pet & CT scan from the neck down. It came back with some activity in my lungs again, so we switched from Tamoxiphen to Arimedex.I m due for more scans in September to see how ...
Life
- By MariaKaminski · Posted September 2, 2009
- 0 replies
- Not everything comes easy in life, somethings are a challenge but it can be well worth the effort if you fight for what you believe in ...
I want to say Thank you for your responses and support
- By iamluvie · New reply August 31, 2009
- 4 replies
- Thank you so much for your responses and support, you have honestly helped to sooth my frazzled nerves. Just reading some of the profiles here, and looking at how each person deals with this, has helped ...
Just got off of the phone with Mom...
- By iamluvie · New reply August 29, 2009
- 3 replies
- My Mom is very receptive about moving out to WA with me, I just don't want my brother to feel like I have excluded him. I took care of our father for 11 years through Alzeheimer's, COPD, CHF, Asbestosis ...
Disability for Stage IV
- By Dolphinlady · New reply August 29, 2009
- 21 replies
- Just wanted to mention that I finally applied for disability benefits through social security last month. It was a several hour project but I was able to do it all online and just had a couple of follow ...
