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Forum: her2group 02-18-2015, 07:51 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 2,832
Posted By Henny
Re: Pet Scan

Kathy,

Herceptin won't affect your PET scan. The only factors to be concerned about are that you make sure you fasted for at least 6 hours, don't exercise for 24 hours, and stay warm (just don't ...
Forum: her2group 05-20-2014, 08:50 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 2,394
Posted By Henny
Re: To PET or Not To PET, Just CT

Personally I would have the PET/CT scan. The CT shows only morphology (shape and form). The PET shows cell metabolism (cells that are actively growing take up more of the radioactive sugar and show...
Forum: her2group 12-27-2012, 08:32 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,308
Posted By Henny
Re: Note for Lani

Hi Paula,

Have you seen the TED talk by Deborah Rhodes from January 2011? She talks about dense breasts and molecular breast imaging, an alternative/additional way to look at dense breasts....
Forum: her2group 12-10-2012, 06:46 PM
Replies: 98
Views: 13,442
Posted By Henny
Re: Sheila has earned her wings

Jen,
I am so sorry for your loss. Sheila will be sorely missed by so, so many.
May her name be a blessing and her spirit be with you always

Henny
Forum: her2group 06-22-2012, 07:39 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 5,227
Posted By Henny
Re: The Emperor of All Maladies

i'm just finishing this book and it's a great read. it really put a lot of things about cancer together for me
I got 2 recommendations for it in the same day so had to get a copy from the library....
Forum: Events and Social Calendar 06-15-2012, 04:21 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 9,198
Posted By Henny
Re: My 97-year-old Father just passed away

I am so sorry to hear of your father's passing. It is so difficult to lose a loved one no matter how many years they had

May his memory be a blessing to you and all who knew him

Henny
Forum: her2group 05-22-2012, 08:28 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 3,390
Posted By Henny
Re: Cured?

While I don't think you can really say "cured" since there is always the chance, however remote, that a couple cells survived the treatment and could return to nastiness, I am waving goodbye to...
Forum: her2group 03-21-2012, 08:23 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 3,007
Posted By Henny
Re: Does cancer treatment age you?

I took a health assessment from my husband's health insurance company. Even with my exercising, eating right, no smoking, and hardly ever drinking I came out as 7 years older than my 59 years. Boy...
Forum: her2group 01-23-2012, 10:18 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,823
Posted By Henny
Re: Looking for Help in Italy

Thanks-I will pass this on to them. My brother had a heart valve replaced in Milan last year and was very impressed with the care. (Unfortunately his Italian isn't great and his daughter, my niece,...
Forum: her2group 01-21-2012, 03:48 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,823
Posted By Henny
Re: Looking for Help in Italy

Thank you so much for looking. I spoke to my brother and sister-in-law last night. It's been 2 weeks and she still doesn't have the biopsy results. She sounded somewhat calm but must really anxious...
Forum: her2group 01-18-2012, 08:44 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,823
Posted By Henny
Re: Looking for Help in Italy

Thanks Elaine- I just emailed Karen W and am off to check out the SABCS presentations. Thanks Karen
We have so many great breast centers in the states I'm sure there must be some in Northern Italy
Forum: her2group 01-17-2012, 03:21 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,823
Posted By Henny
Re: Looking for Help in Italy

Thank you so much for your thoughts and prayers. I think they're going to stay in Italy for a while. My brother is a civilian employee (high school teacher on the Aviano AFB) so if he leaves he loses...
Forum: her2group 01-16-2012, 01:55 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,823
Posted By Henny
Looking for Help in Italy

Help! My sister-in-law, who lives near a US Airforce base in northern Italy (where my brother works) just had a highly suspicious mammogram and ultrasound. The Airforce radiologist did a biopsy last...
Forum: her2group 01-03-2012, 03:17 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 3,357
Posted By Henny
Re: New year's resolutions (2012)

I'm starting with one week off all refined sugar-I love/hate all those cookise I gobbled during the holidays
And then it's back to the whole grain mostly veggie diet!
Forum: her2group 11-26-2011, 08:34 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 2,533
Posted By Henny
Re: Dental work & Zometa

I had to have a tooth removed when I was on Zometa and then had an implant put in. It wasn't on my lower jaw and my docs and dentist weren't concerned about problems with it. My onc said problems...
Forum: her2group 10-10-2011, 06:50 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 2,034
Posted By Henny
Re: Lump in lymph node

Hi Jenny,
I also had a lump appear on the side of my cancer right in my armpit. It was about the size of an egg and would get larger and smaller. Turned out to be cording of the tendon. The tendon...
Forum: Keeping Your Mind Off of BC 10-04-2011, 05:20 PM
Replies: 70
Views: 32,219
Posted By Henny
Re: You know you're a BC survivor when...

You know you're a breast cancer survivor when you pull up your shirt to show off your new nipple tatoos and don't even think it's weird
Forum: her2group 09-16-2011, 07:18 AM
Replies: 27
Views: 4,692
Posted By Henny
Re: How was your HER2 BC first found?

There's a new scanner out called Lumagem that can see small breast cancers. It's good for women with dense breasts (about 30% of us) who's mammograms can't see tumors. It's also good for women who...
Forum: her2group 09-15-2011, 09:26 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,993
Posted By Henny
Re: Beautiful song

Thank you Harrie! Listening to this song gave me a few minutes of much appreciated peace and pleasure
Forum: her2group 06-12-2011, 07:14 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,596
Posted By Henny
Re: New Device Performs PET&MRI Simultaneously

I saw one of these scanners last fall a a meeting. It's way cool. Now that it has FDA approval looks like Siemens will have them available in the US in 2012
Forum: Diet and Nutrition 06-03-2011, 05:55 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 12,849
Posted By Henny
Re: How much protein?

Hi Mtngrl,

When I started chemo I consulted with a naturopath who specialized in working with cancer patients (being a survivor himself). He reviewed my diet and recommended adding an egg per day...
Forum: her2group 03-22-2011, 07:30 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 3,035
Posted By Henny
Re: Brenda and Denver?

Indeed wonderful news. Hats off to your ticker for coming through!
Forum: Diet and Nutrition 02-15-2011, 05:40 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 6,813
Posted By Henny
Re: Want a healthy heart? Go nuts!

So are raw nuts better for you than roasted nuts?
I like the roasted ones so much more
Forum: her2group 02-11-2011, 09:56 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,366
Posted By Henny
Re: risk of cancer increases with exposure to low dose radiation

Thank you Lani,
I was wondering about long term radiation exposure and any breast cancer. I don't recall seeing much about that but will google and get that avalanche going
Forum: her2group 02-09-2011, 10:22 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,366
Posted By Henny
Re: risk of cancer increases with exposure to low dose radiation

Hi Lani,

Do you have any links to studies on low dose radiation?

Thanks so much
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