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Forum: her2group 07-02-2013, 05:59 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 3,587
Posted By chicagoetc
Re: Help with Lymphedema

Agree with Bonnie. Good to be careful! (I wear a compression sleeve most of the time now...6 years later...but it's worth it if you need it...)

Melanie
Forum: her2group 01-15-2013, 07:29 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 2,913
Posted By chicagoetc
Re: Did you lose or gain weight while on chemo?

Me too. Lost weight. Nothing tasted right. And I started to pay attention to fat intake. Then again I needed to lose some. Still...
Forum: her2group 12-27-2012, 07:34 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 2,513
Posted By chicagoetc
Re: working while on taxol?

KayR,

I think responses to Taxol differ from person to person. I worked through receiving it though ran into some problems right at the beginning and then towards the end (some side effects of...
Forum: her2group 12-17-2012, 04:15 PM
Replies: 98
Views: 13,443
Posted By chicagoetc
Re: Sheila has earned her wings

Everyone here should know that the priest in the funeral/memorial mass mentioned this group as a major place where Sheila had positive input. And I am told we (you) are family. Nancy was there...
Forum: her2group 12-17-2012, 05:20 AM
Replies: 98
Views: 13,443
Posted By chicagoetc
Re: Sheila has earned her wings

Nancy, Thanks and glad you were able to go yesterday for the visitation and prayers. My apologies for not getting back to you earlier. Donna and I plan to be there this morning. I don't know...
Forum: her2group 12-11-2012, 06:19 PM
Replies: 98
Views: 13,443
Posted By chicagoetc
Re: Sheila has earned her wings

Just wondering. Besides hopefully Donna and myself, are there other Her2support folk who are close enough to be there Sunday and/or Monday? Melanie
Forum: her2group 12-10-2012, 04:56 PM
Replies: 98
Views: 13,443
Posted By chicagoetc
Re: Sheila has earned her wings

Missing her but no doubt not as much as Jen and your family. But glad Sheila is free of the pain. She fought the good fight... Melanie
Forum: her2group 12-03-2012, 05:48 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,294
Posted By chicagoetc
Re: TV News Report re: Evidence of "Chemo Brain"

Good info. I'm 5+ years out from diagnosis and beginning of treatment and only recently am I beginning to feel like I can think / communicate clearly. My memory is still foggy but even that has...
Forum: her2group 10-20-2012, 06:04 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 3,052
Posted By chicagoetc
Re: Thinking and Praying for our Sister

Thinking about Sheila a lot. Any updates?

Melanie
Forum: her2group 10-11-2012, 06:26 PM
Replies: 244
Views: 26,255
Posted By chicagoetc
Re: Prayers needed for Sheila

Jen and others... Same here. She is a hero. Melanie
Forum: her2group 07-17-2012, 05:45 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 2,854
Posted By chicagoetc
Re: Perjeta #2 with Herceptin

Sheila,

Hope the Perjeta works!!!

Blessings,
Melanie
Forum: her2group 05-06-2012, 02:33 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 4,607
Posted By chicagoetc
Re: and then came...lymphedema.

Lymphedema is not fun. Have hope. It is generally controllable with the right treatment... Hopefully you have a lymphedema trained physical therapist you can access.

Melanie
Forum: her2group 05-06-2012, 02:29 PM
Replies: 48
Views: 5,423
Posted By chicagoetc
Re: Could use some prayers...I so need a break

Sheila,

Prayers, yes! You need a break. You are incredible, probably my hero.

Melanie
Forum: her2group 04-09-2012, 03:29 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 3,313
Posted By chicagoetc
Re: How long do implants last?

Sheila,

Why aren't you a candidate?

Melanie
Forum: her2group 03-16-2012, 03:34 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 2,900
Posted By chicagoetc
Re: Update on Tomo Radiation for me

Happy to hear it! And that the radiation is going well (i.e. not too many side effects).

Melanie
Forum: her2group 12-27-2011, 06:48 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,976
Posted By chicagoetc
Re: Quick Question re Long Term Effects of Treatment

Jackie,

I think that makes sense. Thanks for the references. I think as survival is extended, side effects are increasingly evident. [Not that I'm sure.]

Melanie

PS: I think is this is...
Forum: her2group 12-27-2011, 05:41 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,976
Posted By chicagoetc
Re: Quick Question re Long Term Effects of Treatment

Karen Z/Bonnie R/Tricia/Sarah,

I don't think this has shown up new...just seems to be more evident or exacerbated recently. It's uncomfortable at times, a bit painful at moments but nothing I...
Forum: her2group 12-25-2011, 04:19 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,976
Posted By chicagoetc
Quick Question re Long Term Effects of Treatment

[Merry Christmas and/or Happy Holidays and/or Just Happy Thoughts!]

Given everybody else's serious problems, I have a MINOR (good) one to ask about.

Does anyone know about long term effects of...
Forum: her2group 11-19-2011, 06:40 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,625
Posted By chicagoetc
Re: brain changes associated w chemo induced cognitive dysfunction identified

I'm glad there is ongoing research on this. My oncologist sent me as a test (I think) to a neurologist who believed something real was going on. Even now I notice a difference (and have a previous...
Forum: her2group 10-26-2011, 06:24 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 4,472
Posted By chicagoetc
Re: Site Founder Christine Still NED!

Ditto. I am happy for Christine and grateful for Joe!
Forum: her2group 09-12-2011, 06:55 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 2,890
Posted By chicagoetc
Re: FDA Panel Calls for Silicone Breast Implant Registry

I'm with Sheila here. I was told that I needed to have an MRI every two years. But I'm guessing it won't happen unless I ask. Is it just a matter of Mentor/others covering themselves re liability...
Forum: her2group 09-12-2011, 06:51 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 2,698
Posted By chicagoetc
Re: The Good Kind

Go Donna!

You and I are two of the lucky/fortunate women/persons to have been diagnosed shortly after Herceptin was approved for earlier staged cancer. [I'm just one year behind you!]

Melanie
Forum: her2group 09-12-2011, 06:46 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 3,104
Posted By chicagoetc
Re: Dense breast tissue bill passed in CA

This may be way off topic...but my experience of redoing and redoing imaging (due to density) left me dreading mammograms. They never got it close enough and by the time they got close, I was in so...
Forum: her2group 08-28-2011, 05:37 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 2,623
Posted By chicagoetc
Re: Hair Thinning and Hair Loss & Marlyn Formula 50

Thanks for mentioning it...and for the advice. I need to do the same...

Melanie
Forum: her2group 08-13-2011, 02:38 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 2,000
Posted By chicagoetc
Re: MRI update for "eye episodes"

7andcounting,

Somewhere in the middle of Herceptin, I had a strange reaction visually. When I looked at things I began to be dizzy. This was frustrating re everything from watching a parade to...
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