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I hope you realise how important this site is to me...
- By StickiVicki · Posted 4:25 pm
- Journal · 0 replies
- ...as it is the one site that I really feel as though I belong, and that anyone is listening and communicating with me! I started a group on a British website macmillan.org.uk for people with Stage IV ...
Please, contact your reps re: Healthcare reform
- By nancyc · New reply 3:25 pm
- Discussion in Financial issues · 16 replies
- As some of you know, I lost my health insurance (via Cobra, nearly $500/mo) at the end of February. Because of my health history, I'm not insurable on the commercial market. I can't afford the state of ...
the red bird
- By curlee · New reply 2:36 pm
- Journal · 4 replies
- as i sit here reading your posts and marveling at your bravery, a beautiful little bright red bird keeps flitting by outside my window. never saw him before. don't know if it is a cardinal but wow ...
Trying to find some positive in Triple Negative ...
- By Dolphinlady · New reply 11:22 am
- Discussion in Support groups · 10 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 ...
cancer brain / chemo brain/ stress brain/ losing words and getting lost?
- By mindgardener · New reply 11:13 am
- Discussion in Research findings · 25 replies
- Recently attended a lecture at Wellness Community of Philadelphia about research into what's called "Chemo Brain"--should more rightly be called "Cancer Brain" (chemo doesn't matter), or even "Stress ...
Doxil and Rash? Oxycontin & Rash?
- By beccab35 · Posted 11:11 am
- Discussion in Treatment options · 0 replies
- Dear Friends, It's almost 6 years with metastic breast cancer with bone mets. First Femara, Taxmiofen, then Xeloda, Navelbine & Tykerb, then Abraxane and now Doxil. Started Doxil in April and now after ...
PLEASE help me, my mother is on her death bed and has lost hope :(
- By brendajean · New reply yesterday at 7:03 pm
- Discussion in Treatment options · 28 replies
- Hello, I'm Brendajean's 17 year old daughter, and I write to you for advice in saving her life (I would be grateful for just a few more weeks) as she is currently pumped full of oxycontin and sometimes ...
News from the Back Deck 7-1-09
- By Beachbabe · New reply yesterday at 2:01 pm
- Journal · 14 replies
- Hello My Friends~ The town of Sayville was abuzz this past week in preparation for the Senior Prom and graduation. Our lovely Devon, a Junior in H.S., was a guest at the Senior Prom. Months ago, she created ...
PARP INHIBITORS
- By IWILLBEATTHIS · New reply yesterday at 1:51 pm
- Discussion in Recurrence · 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 ...
What do you do if your doctor lies to you?
- By MarionBCDIY · New reply yesterday at 12:47 pm
- Journal · 14 replies
- You probably are saying - how will I really know? Well, if you keep copies of all your test results, you should be able to tell by looking at the results and comparing them to the previous ones. My previous ...
News From the Back Deck 6-24-09
- By Beachbabe · New reply yesterday at 11:39 am
- Journal · 23 replies
- Hello My Friends~ The damp weather continues...and while most are complaining about it from a mood perspective it means so much more to me. You see, when the weather is damp, my whole body feels like ...
research articals from john hopkins
- By ReneP · New reply yesterday at 7:53 am
- Discussion in Research findings · 3 replies
- this journal can be subscribed to. see link lots of articles regarding BC http://www.hopkinsbreastcenter.org/artem is ...
Can a PET scan not see bone mets?
- By SecondtimeSuz · New reply July 2, 2009
- Discussion in Recurrence · 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 ...
Navelbine
- By faithmena · New reply July 2, 2009
- Discussion in Treatment options · 5 replies
- Hello my lovely ladies, I am going to start down the chemo path again. This time a mild chemo that my Onc seems to think has minimal side effects. Of course I will get the real scoop from you lovelies ...
The Clown's Prayer - in Honour of Sasha
- By Groovygirlcool · New reply July 2, 2009
- Journal · 16 replies
- Friends of Darling Peggy, (please see Beachbabe's latest "Deck" if you haven't already) "As I stumble through this life, help me to create more laughter than tears, dispense more cheer than gloom, spread ...
'pleasurable event scheduling'
- By Groovygirlcool · New reply July 2, 2009
- Discussion in Research findings · 9 replies
- 'Life Force' Linked To Body's Ability To Withstand Stress ScienceDaily (June 18, 2009) — Our ability to withstand stress-related, inflammatory diseases may be associated, not just with our race and sex ...
JULY BIRTHDAYS and ANNIVERSARIES
- By BJsHere · New reply July 1, 2009
- Discussion in Taking charge: Being a proactive patient · 7 replies
- JULY Birthday Journaling.... New this month, I have added ANNIVERSARIES... an Anniversary for another year with that special person or, Another year with a Stoma or, Another Year of Surving cancer. We ...
Am I being selfish for wanting to have another baby?
- By cancerkicker · New reply July 1, 2009
- Discussion in Younger women · 6 replies
- When I was 28 I was dx with stage 1 bc. My treatment included Tamoxifen so I had to wait almost 6 years before my husband and I could try to have a baby. My doctors knew we had wanted children and at ...
Pictures
- By faithmena · New reply July 1, 2009
- Journal · 17 replies
- Ladies I need to get this off my chest and know that only you will understand. I just got done downloading tons of pictures I had on disks onto my lap top. I was astonished at how healthy and overall ...
ACHIEVING GOALS UNEXPECTEDLY AS A STAGE IV BABE
- By sr2603 · New reply June 30, 2009
- Journal · 16 replies
- At the bright age of 46 and having been diagnosed as a triple negative breast cancer gal after a messy divorce, I lost hope of pursuing a career change to become a chef. Financial more than health issues ...
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