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Arimidex
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I have been on Arimidex for 2 years now. I had a lumpectomy with radiation treatments. Since being on the Arimidex, my hair has gotten very thin, mostly on to...
1104/03/05 Message Rating
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Swelling
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I had my radical Mastectomy 4 weeks ago and still have a LOT of swelling under my arm where my drainage tube was. The tube has been out almost a week now--The s...
104/03/05 Message Rating
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Femara
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I have been though chemo and radiation finished in Oct. 2004 for breast cancer. I was on Arimedex for about 2 mo but changed due to fatigue to femara but now ...
1303/31/05 Message Rating
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Femera
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I just started on femera one month ago and I am already experiencing severe side effects. I was walking across the room and it felt like someone stabbed me in ...
203/28/05 Message Rating
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Diagnosed 2 Weeks Ago
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Two weeks I had sharp chest pains so I called my Doctor's office. While crossing my arms due to the pain in my chest, I found a lump in my breast. I called my ...
1203/26/05 Message Rating
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Recurrence
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My mother (65) was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2002. She had a lumpectomy. In 2003, she had a recurrence; malignant cells had traveled to 3 lymph nodes und...
203/25/05 Message Rating
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Parkinson's and Breast Cancer
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My mother (age 65) was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2002. She had a recurrence the following year; breast cancer had spread to lymph nodes. In 2004, my mothe...
203/25/05 Message Rating
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Breast Cancer
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I’m confused and scared. I went to the doctor and had a routine mammogram, and was told there was an area that needed further evaluation. So I had a spot comp...
403/19/05 Message Rating
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First Breast Cancer and Now Ov...
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My mother was diagnosed with breast cancer 8 years ago and has one breast removed as well as completing chemotherapy and radiation treatment. The cancer h...
403/17/05 Message Rating
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Femera
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My mother in-law is taking Femera for breast cancer that has metastasized to bone. She is having severe nausea, does anyone have suggestions on things she...
603/14/05 Message Rating
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a Blood Test For Breast Cancer
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We are conducting clinical trials on a blood test to detect breast cancer. It will have a very positive impact on breast cancer because it can detect much earli...
203/10/05 Message Rating
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What Now?
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I was dx w/breast cancer in June 2004 4 days b-4 my 40th birthday party. I was never one to question why, so I did the chemo, mastectomy, radiation and it is n...
103/04/05 Message Rating
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Scared and Confused
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I really need advice from people who know. In December I went for my annual and mammogram (I am 42). I was called back for further tests on both my breasts in...
1403/02/05 Message Rating
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Claims For Dr. Shantha's Thera...
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Can anyone confirm any or all of the following claims made for the therapies provided by Dr. T. R. Shantha at Integrated Medical Specialist in Georgia? "...
102/28/05 Message Rating
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Stage1v in Liver. Femera Side ...
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Original breast cancer followed by radical mastectomy in March 2000. Tamoxifen followed until recurrence in liver March 2004 (after particularly stressful relat...
802/26/05 Message Rating
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A Meaning to Breast Cancer
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Hello- I have been a breast surgeon for over 15 years, first training with Dr. Susan Love and now practicing at Women to Women in Maine. While I have seen som...
602/19/05 Message Rating
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Has Anyone Had Success With Al...
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My name is Fran, I'm 36 years old and a 2-year, 2-time breast cancer survivor. In August 2004, I was diagnosed with metatstatic breast cancer in my lungs and bo...
2702/17/05 Message Rating
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Lumpectomy Abscess After Radia...
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I received a diagnosis of non-invasive DCIS in June 2004. In July I had a lumpectomy and the two sentinal nodes removed neither of which had any signs of cancer...
1402/06/05 Message Rating
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Inflammatory Breast Cancer
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Since Nov. of 2003, when I was told I had (IBC), and the year of 2004, the usual chemo, surgery, chemo once again. I had a small cancer close to my collar bone…...
502/01/05 Message Rating
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Do Not Want a Mastectomy
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Has anyone had breast cancer that did not get a mastectomy? Currently with R breast and some in lymph nodes. I am a woman of faith and believe in God's healin...
801/29/05 Message Rating
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Chemo Treatments
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I have breast cancer, have received 3 chemo treatments....and have been very sick. I do not want to continue with the treatments. I had all of the scans after...
701/29/05 Message Rating
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Has Anybody Heard of The Gravi...
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Hi my name is Jeanette I live in liverpool, England. I was diagnosed with BC in Oct 2004 had a 5cm non invasive ductal carcinoma. I had a left mastectomy with l...
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Alkaline Strips
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Where can you buy these alkaline strip tests? I was reading about this yesterday and even called some pharmacies. They said they don't carry them. Does anyon...
101/20/05 Message Rating
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Time-release Tamoxifen
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Instead of being reminded daily that "YOU HAVE CANCER" as you take that little tamoxifen pill, I wonder if anything is being done to develop a time-re...
201/12/05 Message Rating
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Unsure of What to Ask
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I just had a lumpectomy and the lymph nodes removed from underarm area next to that breast. The Dr. said they removed all the tissue of the breast that had the...
201/08/05 Message Rating
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