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RE: Change it up
By Iamasurvivor, 3 months ago |
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| Good advice. Do you mind if i ask which drug gave you bad side effects? Was it Arimidex? Thanks! | ||
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RE: I have been on it for 6.5 years
By Iamasurvivor, 3 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, 3 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, 3 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, 3 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: Lymphedema sleeve
By SharonT, 3 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, 3 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, 3 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, 3 months ago
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Effects on your body
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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, 3 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, 3 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, 3 months ago |
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| I agree! Chemo has hopefully saved me from any future cancer! | ||
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RE: Telling early worked better for me
By KCSP4, 3 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... | ||
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RE: Caringbridge
By KCSP4, 3 months ago
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Talking About Cancer
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| Caringbridge helped simplify my life by being able to give one update and directing family and friends to it. It became almost therapeutic to write about my journey and now it serves as a dairy to me... | ||
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reconstruction
By naan05, 3 months ago
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Treatment Decisions
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| I chose to get implants after mastectomy. I needed to feel as close to normal as possible after going through everything. I had expanders in for a little over a year, and then had my exchange surgery... | ||