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RE: I have been on it for 6.5 years
By Iamasurvivor, 8 months ago |
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| Glad to hear your side effects have been minimal on this drug as I may be switching to it too. | ||
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RE: Not that bad!
By Iamasurvivor, 8 months ago |
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| That’s good to hear you haven’t had too many side effects. My doctor is considering switching me to anastrozole from tamoxifen so I am glad to hear the side effects have been minimal for you. | ||
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RE: Tamoxifen - It’s going to be “ok”
By Iamasurvivor, 8 months ago |
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| I completely agree. I was so worried when I had to start Tamoxifen because I had read about people complaining of horrible side effects. My doctor told me to stop reading the internet. I started th... | ||
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No cancer and new implants all at once
By FOF101, 8 months ago |
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| My lumpectomy was combined with replacing my breast implants. I had saline implants and since I had to do 20 days of radiation they would not hold up and had to be switched to silicone. My cancer surg... | ||
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RE: ER+ PR+ and HER2+
By Iamasurvivor, 8 months ago
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| Are you having any side effects to Arimidex? My doctor has suggested I switch to it from Tamoxifen since I’m.now post menopausal. Thanks! | ||
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RE: Lymphedema sleeve
By SharonT, 8 months ago
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| I agree that the sleeve is comfortable enough. I don't think they give you that much compression if you don't actually have lymphedema. The reason I don't enjoy wearing it when I fly has more to do wi... | ||
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Energy healing
By janedoe7, 8 months ago |
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| Kansas City Healing Project offers a certain number of free energy healing sessions to people going through cancer treatment thanks to a generous donor. I discovered their brochure when I was halfway ... | ||
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RE: Lymphedema sleeve
By janedoe7, 8 months ago
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| I didn't stop shaving or trimming my cuticles, but I do use antibiotic ointment at the first sign of a cut. As for the compression sleeve, I was told to wear one when flying as well as when doing weig... | ||
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RE: Lymphedema sleeve
By SharonT, 8 months ago
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| Thank you for the replies. Speaking of being on the safe side, they told me to consider not shaving my armpit anymore on the cancer side because even a little cut could trigger lymphedema. They also s... | ||
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Yoga kept me calm
By janedoe7, 8 months ago |
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| I had been doing yoga for a few years before I was diagnosed with cancer, so luckily the practice was already in place when I needed it. Although I had to modify the poses when I was going through tre... | ||
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Not as big a deal as I thought
By janedoe7, 8 months ago |
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| Physically, my lumpectomy surgery was not as big a deal as I was thought it would be. I was up and around the house the next day. My daughter kept saying, "Can you believe she had surgery yesterday??!... | ||
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RE: Chemo was life saving for me
By Iamasurvivor, 8 months ago |
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| I agree! Chemo has hopefully saved me from any future cancer! | ||
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RE: Leawood
By Martina Ramirez, 8 months ago
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| Thank goodness for modern medicine! So happy to hear of your great outcome! | ||
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RE: Surviving and Thriving
By Iamasurvivor, 8 months ago
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| So grateful for modern medicine! | ||
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RE: Telling early worked better for me
By KCSP4, 8 months ago
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Talking About Cancer
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| I am not very active on Facebook outside of first day of school pictures. When I was first diagnosed I wanted to "control" the narrative. I didn't want people to feel sorry for me or to be afraid to... | ||