life after breast cancerMy name is Dianne &I was 1st diagnosed in 4/04. I had two sister's who had had bc. My oldest sister had been diagnosed 30yrs prior had a mastectomy and given little chance of survival, she beat it!& ...
My Journey BeginsI had my first chemo treatment 2 weeks ago and did well. I had some fatigue but nothing I couldn't push through. I have adjusted to my diagnosis and continue to research as much about breast cancer and medications. I tho ...
Welcome to the VickiT's Pink-Link Personal JournalJust a note to welcome everyone to the Pink-Link community personal journal page. Here, you can create your own journal that is public (all members can view your entries), private (only you can view you ...
Coping (Aug. 22, 2006)Today has been a rough day. I feel as though I am alone. I do not have anyone to talk to that could understand what I am feeling. I thought that maybe by joining a support group that I would be able to understand what my mom is going ...
chickens journeyWow, I knew about this journaling when i was going through breast cancer. I did and continue to journal now. My diagnosis came 11 days before my 40th birthday. June 16th 2004. I thought it was just an ingrown ha ...
A year in the life...............It is April 1, 2005 and I have just been diagnosed with phase 1,Her2 positive, ductal invasive breast cancer. And now, one year later, I would like to share my experiences with you. . IAfter the fact...... Lct P ...
ScaredMy mother is a breast cancer survivor along with her mother, which puts me at a huge risk for becoming a cancer patient myself. The relief my family and I received when my mother fought the cancer off was unexplainable. It was like a huge wall of br ...
Day before surgery.Well, I thought I'd be adding entries before this point, but, life has been a little erratic. I guess I'll catch up now. Not only have I had my diagnosis, but my husband had chest pain and needed an angioplasty and stent ...
Is This Something? I had been feeling something in my right breast for many months, but it wasn't a lump, it wasn't round or hard. It was a thick area, like feeling a muscle. It had not changed over many months and so I had convinc ...
Decisions...DecisionsI feel that I am in a surreal state at this point....going through everything as if in a third person novel. I have not felt anger yet, ......I do however feel a sense of relief that it was found "early". My initial reaction ...
Second chemoToday I go back to Columbus for my second chemo treatment. I'm taking Cytoxan 100mg by mouth daily and Adriamycin IV push once a week. I'm also taking subcu injections of Neupogen 6 days a week and Bactrim 2 days a week. Some days ...
more from 01/19/2007I talked to Rene as she was on her way to the hospital. She is angry; she had questions for the oncologist that have yet to be answered. I think she is angry about the disease. She had her long hair cut last night so ...
ALL THIS IN 5 DAYS?SO HERES HOW IT ALL STARTED.... FOUND A LUMP 2 MOS AGO AND PUT IT OFF....... THEN ON FRIDAY I ASKED MY HUBBY TO FEEL.... WHEN HE SAID HE FELT IT, THAT WAS IT FOR ME, HE CONFIRMED WHAT IVE BEEN DENYING, AND IF HE COULD FEEL IT, ...
Another approach? (2/28/2007) Yesterday was a most interesting day. Paul and Baba and I met with an oncologist, Dr. Chue, at the Seattle Cancer Treatment and Wellness Center and then with a naturopathic doctor, Dr. Gignac. This cancer center special ...
Becoming a Survivor Becoming A Survivor What makes a woman a SURVIVOR? For that matter what makes anyone a survivor? What gives one person hope and strength while another feels only weakness and failure? I have spent the last 13 months ...
upgraded from stage one to stage 2I had my first appointment with the oncologist today. Because of the lymph nodes that were found in the breast tissue during the mastectomy and the fact that one of them was had been infected with cancer I was upgra ...
leisacI got a computer for xmas from my 4 sons. I am not very computer smart so--- I thought maybe it would be helpful for me to write.Even now I will be a 2 yr surviver in Sept. I am sitting here with tears running down my face. I had found the lum ...
I'm still hereOn October 19, 2006, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. I found my lump myself and I found myself in a blur of terror and doctors and mammograms and surgeries and phone calls. Every call was a little worse than the last as my cancer was dis ...
AFTER THE LUMPECTOMYThey caught the spot on my annual mammogram and did a ultasound guided needle biopsy and took some samples also found a cyst which dissapeared when Dr touched it with the needle. 4/27/06 Had a lumpectomy and sentinal node bio ...
Another chapterMonday night, April 30th, I couldn't breathe and was rushed to the hospital. I was admitted, with congenial heart failure. Tests showed I was collecting fluid in my lungs because my heart was beating too slow. A heart cath. was schedul ...
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