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05-02-2017, 04:55 PM
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when did you 'break up' with your onco?
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v-ness
Re: when did you 'break up' with your onco?
thanks for your responses. actually, i got a hysterectomy in august 2010 because my mom died of ovarian cancer right after i finished radiation that spring. i think i am going to stick with my onco...
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her2group
04-25-2017, 02:47 PM
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when did you 'break up' with your onco?
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when did you 'break up' with your onco?
hi all - this week it has been 7 years since i finished rads (although i still had herceptin until october 2010). last year my onco told me we could "break up" if i wanted. i wasn't really so keen on...
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her2group
06-07-2016, 11:38 AM
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Karen has moved on
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Re: Karen has moved on
this news is a punch in the stomach. i actually returned here today to ask her advice about something because last summer we had PM'd each other after my boyfriend was diagnosed stage 4. she was so...
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her2group
05-28-2016, 12:56 PM
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Law suit due to Taxotere permanent hair loss/balding
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v-ness
Re: Law suit due to Taxotere permanent hair loss/balding
thank you, lauriesh, for pointing out the facts people should know about. it's one thing to feel grateful that a chemo drug saves your life, but that does not mean a company should not be taken to...
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her2group
05-28-2016, 12:41 PM
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tamoxifen side effects?
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v-ness
Re: tamoxifen side effects?
i was on tamoxifen for 6 yrs and had extreme hot flashes and joint pain. i am happy to report for those looking forward to the end of tamoxifen that, in my case, the joint pain lifted as if a...
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her2group
05-28-2016, 12:34 PM
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12 years Stage 4 - Still A-OK
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v-ness
Re: 12 years Stage 4 - Still A-OK
i am so thrilled for you to read this post. many congratulations to you and best wishes for today and every day.
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her2group
03-04-2016, 02:06 PM
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Majority of breast cancer patients develop symptoms of PTSD
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Re: Majority of breast cancer patients develop symptoms of PTSD
what do you mean by 'scaring women into self exams'? i am confused. cancer is scary, no matter how you try to reason with women to perform self exams at any age, it will come off as 'scaring' because...
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her2group
02-21-2016, 10:27 AM
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Cancer centers of America
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Re: Cancer centers of America
ok, checked with him. his onco doesn't actually 'work' with alschuler. instead, the onco admitted that such things are beyond the scope of his knowledge since naturally he focuses on oncology. he...
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her2group
02-20-2016, 06:53 PM
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Got hope? Here's a great story...
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Re: Got hope? Here's a great story...
thank you for this, andi. my BF read the Radical Remission book and while he thought some of it was kind of really 'out there', he did decide to do several things it mentioned - juicing and some diet...
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her2group
02-20-2016, 06:41 PM
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Cancer centers of America
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Re: Cancer centers of America
patrice - how odd that you're being treated at DF too and the team you have pooh-pooh supplements. Sloan-Kettering has an entire area devoted to integrative medicine. i mean right here on their...
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her2group
02-19-2016, 05:40 PM
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Cancer centers of America
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Re: Cancer centers of America
i know nothing of the Cancer Center of America *but* i can tell you that my boyfriend is being treated for stage 4 colon cancer at Dana Farber and the onco referred him to their department for...
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her2group
02-17-2016, 12:09 PM
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going off tamoxifen
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v-ness
Re: going off tamoxifen
thank you for your responses! i appreciate it. i left a message for my onco on friday but i still haven't heard back, but i still quit taking it on friday. i'm just waiting to hear if i can now quit...
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her2group
02-12-2016, 02:26 PM
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Boosting Your Immune System - share your ideas
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v-ness
Re: Boosting Your Immune System - share your ideas
i take D3 - 10,000 daily, vitamin E and C and B12, turmeric, echinacea and matcha green tea. also, i exercise vigorously 5 days a week.
yeah 6 remission. :)
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her2group
02-12-2016, 02:11 PM
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going off tamoxifen
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v-ness
going off tamoxifen
hi - i have continued on tamoxifen even though my five years were up last april because my boyfriend was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer. i wanted any anti-cancer ammo i could get in my corner for...
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Diet and Nutrition
02-12-2016, 02:09 PM
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going off tamoxifen
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going off tamoxifen
hi - i have continued on tamoxifen even though my five years were up last april because my boyfriend was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer. i wanted any anti-cancer ammo i could get in my corner for...
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Diet and Nutrition
02-12-2016, 12:39 PM
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Running with breast cancer?
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Re: Running with breast cancer?
i would not take any advice from a health food store worker. they say the same thing about massages and my oncologist said it's BS. you are getting a LOT more out of running during cancer than you...
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her2group
11-11-2015, 11:20 AM
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big step towards preventing metastasis of breast cancer!
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Re: big step towards preventing metastasis of breast cancer!
i find this at once fascinating, exciting and yet chilling. thinking how micro-mets can just hide out for decades? ugh. an office-mate just got a recurrence in the same place in her breast 12 yrs...
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her2group
11-11-2015, 10:01 AM
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Anyone taking/taken Taxotere and Carboplatin with Herceptin???
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Re: Anyone taking/taken Taxotere and Carboplatin with Herceptin???
TCH was my protocol and i had no issues with the first infusion whatsoever with the exception of the advent of hot flashes. i lost my hair 2 weeks after the infusion. i did not find it to be...
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her2group
07-22-2015, 07:14 AM
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Link knee cartilage problems pre-diagnosis and breast cancer?
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Re: Link knee cartilage problems pre-diagnosis and breast cancer?
i did. i had stopped running because of my knees and had (still have) patellar chondromalacia and little bone floaters in my knee and of course decreased amounts of cartilage. i cannot tell you what...
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her2group
07-22-2015, 07:12 AM
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All clear Mammo and ten years out!
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v-ness
Re: All clear Mammo and ten years out!
congratulations to you, tricia! i love coming here and seeing several good news posts.
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her2group
07-22-2015, 07:09 AM
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Some Slight Consolation
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v-ness
Re: Some Slight Consolation
hi - do you need to have quit your job to get your loans forgiven? my BF is still planning to return to work in the fall (he's a prof and advisor) in the advisor position. others will take over his...
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her2group
07-22-2015, 07:03 AM
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10 yrs brain mets - still NED ...
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v-ness
Re: 10 yrs brain mets - still NED ...
i have used you as an example to my boyfriend in one of my many pep talks about his stage 4 cancer (not in the brain, but still). stories like yours help him feel strong and in the fight and swear...
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her2group
07-22-2015, 07:00 AM
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Graduating to yearly mammos
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v-ness
Re: Graduating to yearly mammos
i understand what you mean. i like any time i can get a manual exam now that i'm like you on the once-a-year mammo. so i get my every 6 mo onco visit and in between that i go to the gyno and then the...
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her2group
06-16-2015, 01:06 PM
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10 years later non BRCA ovarian cancer
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v-ness
Re: 10 years later non BRCA ovarian cancer
cathy - i am sorry to read that you have to deal with cancer yet again but so happy to read that you caught the ovarian at stage 1. that is amazing, because usually it's caught so much later because...
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her2group
06-16-2015, 12:58 PM
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A decade
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v-ness
Re: A decade
congratulations! love reading messages like this. valerie
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