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Journals

November 20

wifeofhubby62
  • By wifeofhubby62 · Posted 7:03 pm
  • 8 replies
  • I had the wrong date all day. Thanks for all your responses and prayers and kindness. It's nice to know that this web site is so great. Love and kisses to all of you' we inspire each other, and give everybody ...

Just joined in - natural tamoxefin anyone??

julynn
  • By julynn · Posted 1:40 am
  • 0 replies
  • I just had a unilateral mastectomy for stage 1 DCIS. I am es/pr +. In the pathology, they found a rare piece of breast tissue next to my sentinal lymph node that also had DCIS. (my lymph's are neg for ...

Day to day Living

LizardmyOli
  • By LizardmyOli · Posted yesterday at 4:39 pm
  • 1 reply
  • Got to roll with it I suppose? I woke up and took the kids to school, came home and sat in bed to watch the today show for a bit and make a list of "to do's" for the day, next thing I knew I woke up at ...

Don't know what to do already

Dolphinlady
  • By Dolphinlady · Posted yesterday at 3:44 pm
  • 9 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 ...

Good news!

CKH
  • By CKH · Posted yesterday at 9:55 am
  • 2 replies
  • My Pet scan shows complete resolution of the neck,mediastinal and hilar adenopathy,with a single small node with mild actitivy remains.I was in shock with this wonderful news! I will have 2 more chemo ...

Got My Mask Made Today

paaatriot101
  • By paaatriot101 · Posted November 18, 2009
  • 11 replies
  • So yes got my mask made today. Not so bad as I thought it was going to be I guess. Then after the scans and simulation it was off for an MRI, and home again. Tomorrow morning we leave at about 6:30 for ...

Good Morning Levi and Wife

MaryRVF
  • By MaryRVF · Posted November 18, 2009
  • 4 replies
  • Good Morning Levi and Wife! Haven't seen a post yet this morning. I do hope you both are well this morning. We miss you! mary ...

Bottoms of Feet Hurt - especially the Heel

Peggy59
  • By Peggy59 · Posted November 17, 2009
  • 38 replies
  • I've had a new development in the last couple of months in that the bottom of my feet hurt, especially the left heel. I brought it up with my apt with my rheumatologist in October and he said I may need ...

Sleepy all the Time now!

LizardmyOli
  • By LizardmyOli · Posted November 17, 2009
  • 7 replies
  • Who knows what is up with me?? I just feel like I need to take naps all the time now, could be meds? Could be chemo? It is definitely not me feeling like this, I am usually bouncing off the walls or swinging ...

Facing Pancreatic Cancer

ESKCSG
  • By ESKCSG · Posted November 16, 2009
  • 0 replies
  • Prominent oncologist and fearless pancreatic cancer patient offer inspiration in recognition of pancreatic cancer awareness month. Until the recent spike of high-profile pancreatic cancer cases among ...

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levi
  • By levi · Posted November 16, 2009
  • 15 replies
  • wife ask to put somothing on it ...

Help bring awareness to Canada!

Rosetta1213
  • By Rosetta1213 · Posted November 14, 2009
  • 2 replies
  • Hello to my Lung Cancer Alliance Friends. I need your help. I am trying to get a Lung Cancer Awareness Month in Winnipeg, Canada. I Haven't been successful alone and am now sending a petition to our Mayor ...

GOOD MORINING EVERYONE....

sonia40
  • By sonia40 · Posted November 14, 2009
  • 10 replies
  • Hello all my wonderful and caring friends...i slept in the lounge last night as i was up practically every half hr to urinate....very painfull burning sensation....i didnt realise how common IC is....and ...

Re: Johns Hopkins Article

LAsky26
  • By LAsky26 · Posted November 14, 2009
  • 0 replies
  • I just receieved the attached message below, from the cancer support group who sent it to me. The article was found to be invalid. Apologies to anyone who read the article. Information submitted to this ...

happy anniversary

wife
  • By wife · Posted November 14, 2009
  • 9 replies
  • A link to his caring bridge website http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/robert spencer Today would have been our 22nd anniversary. I miss him..I love you Bob ...

JUST CAME BACK FROM THE HOSPITAL....

sonia40
  • By sonia40 · Posted November 14, 2009
  • 12 replies
  • Hello all well its been a preety rough weekend...went in on friday morning for a laproscopy, hysteroscopy, cystoscopy and a curette....well the doctor came in to see me in recovery and briefly mentioned ...

B-cell lymphoma diagnosis

CKH
  • By CKH · Posted November 13, 2009
  • 6 replies
  • In Sept2009 the cause of several months of progressive shortness of breathe was revealed.After weeks of tests,biopsies,and apower port placement,I was ready to begin my aggressive chemo for lymphoma.I ...

A Lazy Susan for your side table or nightstand

JudyV
  • By JudyV · Posted November 13, 2009
  • 18 replies
  • I was telling someone about this little wonder, and decided to share it more widely by making a journal entry out of it. I recently recited what I keep on the table by my "seat" in the den, the place ...

Neurontin for pain management/neuropathy

gpawelski
  • By gpawelski · Posted November 12, 2009
  • 23 replies
  • I've written before that anecdotally, drugs like Neurontin are used off-label. Most drugs are prescribed off-label. One must be cautious that off-label remedies are fully discussed with patients and must ...

update

KATHEF
  • By KATHEF · Posted November 12, 2009
  • 7 replies
  • Stepdad Bob ...

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