Hi: I just signed up for this group and want to introduce myself. My name is Bonnie and I am 43 years old. I have just been diagnosed with Breast Cancer. It...
Bonnie
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Jan 1, 2001 10:55 pm
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Hello Bonnie, I was diagnosed in May and am taking Taxotere and Herceptin. I take the treatments every week. As for the side effects...they aren't too bad. I...
Mary Bolton
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Jan 2, 2001 12:20 am
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Hi Mary: Thanks for answering me. I am happy to find someone out there taking the same "cocktail" as I will be doing. Was your cancer diagnosed early?? I am...
Bonnie Altman
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Jan 2, 2001 1:25 am
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Bonnie, I was 48 when I was diagnosed with inflammatory breast cancer. The first thing the doctors did for me here was to put me through chemo. I was on...
PJ Deibert
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Jan 2, 2001 2:09 am
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Hello Bonnie, As to your questions, no, I wasn't diagnosed early. Mine is classified as Stage 4 (which ain't good). However the meds are doing wonders. The...
Mary Bolton
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Jan 2, 2001 2:41 am
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Hi: Thank you all for your words of encouragement. Mary - I live in Rochester, NY and I go to Strong Hospital for my treatment. I am single and have two cats....
Bonnie Altman
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Jan 2, 2001 3:11 am
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Hi... What stage were you in? Did you have any cancer in your lymph nodes? Did you have a masectomy? Im asking about this because my sister is going through...
KCotter555@...
Jan 2, 2001 4:20 am
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Hi Phoebe... Im really happy you beat breast cancer. Could you tell me what stage you had and if you had a masectomy? Did it go into any of your lymph nodes?...
KCotter555@...
Jan 2, 2001 4:23 am
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Keith, I had a mastectomy. I gave my right breast to research. If I can remember correctly, when they told me that I had inflammatory breast cancer that they...
PJ Deibert
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Jan 2, 2001 5:34 am
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Hi Bonnie--I wish I could be of more help--I had a mastectomy 9 years ago when I was 50 and there have been many advances in treatment since then. My tumour...
Caroline Martin
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Jan 2, 2001 11:12 am
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Hi Keith--I mentioned to Bonnie earlier some of the things you asked but I was also stage 1 and grade 5-7. Nine years ago the treatments were not quite as ...
Caroline Martin
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Jan 2, 2001 11:12 am
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I am in Stage 1. I do not know if it has spread or is in the lymph nodes. I go for a bone scan today. What meds are your sister taking?? What stage is...
Bonnie Altman
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Jan 2, 2001 1:13 pm
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Hi Phoebe (and all)... My sister had a masectomy back in July. It was classifed as stage 2/3 in her left breast. She also had a breast reconstructive surgery...
KCotter555@...
Jan 2, 2001 5:04 pm
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Hi Keith--I have to say again how wonderful it is to see such love and support in a family. After nine, almost ten years I have to say that living with the...
Caroline Martin
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Jan 2, 2001 9:55 pm
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KCotter555@...
Jan 2, 2001 11:56 pm
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Hi Everyone, Yes fear of the cancer returning is very real indeed. It will remain with us for the rest of lives, but we cannot let it control us. When my...
PJ Deibert
phoebe1951@...
Jan 3, 2001 12:48 am
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Dear Phoebe: I am going thru the mail backward, so I am certain I have missed a lot-- I have also taken a long time to recover from chemo- it has now been...
akosar
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Jan 3, 2001 12:57 am
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Hi Keith- I too found a lump just a few days before I went for reconstruction, but it was a fat lump- I understand that recurrences tend to be in the scar...
akosar
akosar@...
Jan 3, 2001 1:02 am
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Mary, is the University of Texas at Tyler in Dallas? I am going to be moving from Orlando, Florida to Ft. Worth the end of January and of courtse I am most...
akosar
akosar@...
Jan 3, 2001 1:09 am
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Hi Bonnie- I had stage 2 with two primaries over 2 cm at diagnosis. It has been only 3 years ago and the treatments have completely changed! I had the...
akosar
akosar@...
Jan 3, 2001 1:14 am
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Hi Andrea Where did this fat lump come from? What did your doctor do about it? I appreciate you sharing this. Keith...
KCotter555@...
Jan 3, 2001 4:36 am
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Hi Andrea.. Its me again :-) Whats a her2-nu test? keith...
KCotter555@...
Jan 3, 2001 4:39 am
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Dear Keith: Fat lumps just happen! In my case, it was probably fat that didn't have any cells to go into, so it encapsulated. Older dogs get these a lot!!...
akosar
akosar@...
Jan 3, 2001 1:23 pm
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Hi Bonnie. I had different chemo, so can't help you there, but can offer you support and a shoulder to cry on any time you need one. My lump was found one...
Paula
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Jan 3, 2001 3:24 pm
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... From: "Bonnie Altman" <bonton@...> To: <breastcancersupport@egroups.com> Sent: Monday, January 01, 2001 8:22 PM Subject: Re:...
Paula
pberk@...
Jan 3, 2001 3:27 pm
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Andrea, The University of Texas at Tyler is in Tyler, Texas which is about 90 miles east of Dallas. I'm sure there are great facilities in the Ft Worth area...
Mary Bolton
mineola@...
Jan 5, 2001 4:35 am
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Hi, I have not been diagnosed with breast cancer, but I had one open biopsy and now have to have a bilateral stereotaxic biopsy because the removal of a large...
Nancy Horner
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Jan 8, 2001 7:07 pm
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Nancy, I can't help you with any of your questions, but I'd be glad to "hold your hand" as you go through all of it. I'm here and I care. Please let us know...
Paula
pberk@...
Jan 8, 2001 11:18 pm
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Oh, thank you Paula! I really could use a little hand-holding. My mother has had cancer twice and I try not to live in fear of cancer, but there's so much of...
Nancy Horner
nancy@...
Jan 9, 2001 1:52 am
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Nancy--I would love to be able to reassure you but I can't as my breast cancer symptoms were nothing like that, I just got a bump which became painful and when...
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