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Angela
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02-03-2011, 11:26 PM
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CyberKnife Help
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Angela
CyberKnife Help
Has anyone had cyberknife? Any side effects? How many brain tumors and size.
I have 5 and the only symptom I have is weakness in my left arm and leg. The dr. recommends cyberknife but said there...
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09-29-2010, 06:37 PM
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Has anyone been on Ixempra
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Angela
Has anyone been on Ixempra
I would love what side effects were experienced and if you had good results?
Thanks,
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09-29-2010, 06:35 PM
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Understanding MRI Report
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Angela
Understanding MRI Report
Does anyone know where I could get some help understanding an MRI Report of my Brain? The report states: There are patent arterial vascular flow-voids at the skull base. I don't know what that...
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her2group
09-03-2010, 07:13 PM
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under 40 when dx?
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Angela
Re: under 40 when dx?
Dx at age 39. Info in signature.
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02-08-2010, 05:44 PM
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Gemzar
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Angela
Gemzar
My tumors are growing and spreading. I will be taking Gemzar starting next week. Has anyone been on this chemo drug before? If so, what kind of side effects did you experience? Any information...
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11-06-2009, 08:27 PM
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Need Advice
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Angela
Re: Need Advice
Thank you all for sharing. I have applied for short term disability which should begin Jan 1. Until then I will be using what they call shared leave and working as many 1/2 days as I feel...
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10-30-2009, 11:01 AM
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Need Advice
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Angela
Need Advice
As you see from my info below, I have been battling breast cancer for 6 years. I have continued to work with the exception of 2 months in 2003 and a month in 2006. Of course, I missed days here and...
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06-05-2008, 06:43 PM
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Help
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1,600
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Angela
Help
I ended up in the ER in really bad pain. They determined that my lung mets are growing. The also did additional scans and now I have mets in my 9th right rib and my right hip. They have put me on...
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04-04-2008, 09:57 AM
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Need Help!
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1,144
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Angela
Need Help!
Had PET that showed a spot on my right 9th rib. Had an x-ray of rib that said "not clearly seen" Yesterday the doctor said the only way to be sure it was cancer was to remove part of the rib and...
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03-11-2008, 12:09 PM
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Bone Question
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Angela
Bone Question
I had a PET scan and when I got the report back the only new spot was on my right 9th rib. I have had pain on my right side but it goes and comes and it is hard to tell if it is in the same spot...
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02-28-2008, 02:10 PM
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Why don't doctors believe what we tell them?
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Angela
Why don't doctors believe what we tell them?
I just got home from the onc. I have been coughing my head off. I've been researching what could be causing this cough and found many women on this site who had a cough with herceptin that went...
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02-23-2008, 06:53 PM
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pulmonary toxicity
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Angela
pulmonary toxicity
Please read the article at the following web site and tell me what you think.
http://www.herceptin.com/herceptin/patient/safety_abc_long.jsp
I have had a really, really bad cough since Nov of...
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her2group
02-02-2008, 07:42 PM
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cough
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Angela
cough
I have been on herceptin by itself for almost a year now. I had a CT scan of my chest on Dec 10th and it showed only a 2mm spot left in my lung. But I got a cold at the beginning of January and I am...
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08-14-2007, 08:16 PM
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BRAIN METS=Update Journey Please
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Angela
I had my MRI yesterday. Good News - there is no...
I had my MRI yesterday. Good News - there is no change since the last MRI which showed that the only thing left was a small 2 mm spot. I want to thank everyone for all of their prayers.
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08-10-2007, 09:05 PM
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Is anyone ever afraid to make plans?
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Angela
I know how you feel
My husband wants to take me on my dream vacation which is to go to New England in the fall. I have order information and looked up places to visit on the website but I can't bring myself to make any...
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08-08-2007, 11:05 PM
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HELP!! Scared! MUGA dropped
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Angela
My muga dropped to 50.7 but I am still receiving...
My muga dropped to 50.7 but I am still receiving Herceptin. I have a cardiologist who has put me on Coreg (a beta blocker for the heart). He said that a study was done showing that cancer patients...
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her2group
07-31-2007, 03:15 PM
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Prayer Request
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Angela
Prayer Request
I received carbo and herceptin last Wednesday. My blood was a little low so the dr. cut the dose by 50%. I thought I would feel good this week due to the decreased dose. So far I have had to get...
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her2group
04-10-2007, 02:37 PM
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echo
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Angela
echo
How often do you have your heart checked with an echo or muga when you are on herceptin? I had an echo at the beginning of Feb which showed my heart function of 60%. I was just wondering how often...
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her2group
04-02-2007, 10:34 AM
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decadron question
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Angela
decadron question
They are bringing me down off the decadron. I am down to 1/2 pill every other day. But I am still having what feels like swelling in my neck and the back of my arms and my stomach feels like I am...
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02-28-2007, 12:23 PM
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Not Very Active on the Board Lately...
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Posted By
Angela
Good to hear from you
I am sorry you hubby has been sick. There is so much going around this year. Enjoy taking care of each other and know that you are always in my thoughts and prayers.
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her2group
02-28-2007, 12:19 PM
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Bad Day
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Angela
Bad Day
When I found out I had brain mets they told me I would receive 14 wbr treatments, wait 6 weeks, have an MRI and then we would go from there. Today when I went in for my 11th round of radiation I was...
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her2group
02-22-2007, 12:41 PM
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Anyone else feel HORRIBLE on Herceptin?
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Angela
have you tried steroids
They give me steroids the day before treatment, during treatment and the day after treatment. It really has helped me but I hate the weight gain from them. I am going to try herceptin tomorrow...
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her2group
02-17-2007, 01:24 PM
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Update
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1,767
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Angela
Update
Well, it has been a really long week. Sunday night I developed a fever of 102 and ended up in the hospital with a blood infection. When the dr. came to see me on Monday he had the results of my MRI...
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her2group
02-03-2007, 09:11 AM
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How did it go Angela?
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1,101
Posted By
Angela
I'm still living
I had a reaction to the taxotere but they got it under control. It made my back start hurting bad enough that they had to give me pain meds. They also gave me more benadryl and after a rest they...
Forum:
her2group
02-02-2007, 05:45 AM
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4
beta blocker for herceptin
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1,226
Posted By
Angela
With the reoccurence dx, I had the muga and bone...
With the reoccurence dx, I had the muga and bone scan on the same day and had to go back the next day for a pet scan, yes, I was under a lot of stress. They had told me that from the cat scan it was...
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