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| Did you know that October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month? |
My daughter 44 at the time miss diagnosis on a mamagram... 4 mos later lump is connected to her heart.. Cant operate.. Radiation Chemo.. cells go throughout her body... No Hope I lost her at 4... |
| Breast cancer question.....? |
Hey,
Your mom doesn't have Stage I BC if she has lymph node involvement--that automatically bumps her up to Stage II. (Sorry to tell you that.) She might have a histolic GRADE 1. . . whi... |
| A friend with breast cancer is losing her toenails.Is that a sign that it is metastasizing? |
She needs to see a specialist right away! Since the first doctor didn't do more tests right away I would question his ability to help her greatly at all. She should get blood tests and find ou... |
| Tiredness after breast cancer? |
I'm a breast cancer sister. I was diagnosed with breast cancer last November, went through a lumpectomy in November, and just recently went through a mastectomy this last March. I understand w... |
| Chemo or Radiotherapy? |
Both treatment modalities serve a specific purpose and depend on the stage and grade and type of tumors.
Chemotherapy is a systemic treatment designed to travel throughout the body in the same m... |
| Nurses....What does this mean?? |
What they do on the day of surgery is do a visual inspection of the nodes and do a quick study called frozen sections. This has to be quick since it has to be done before the operation is over, and... |
| Breast Cancer in the elderly? |
Generally they let you heal up before they start the radiation. You need to get some good lotion for her to put on the radiated area right after treatments. BaseGlaxal is one but there are others... |
| What is your advice? An elderly woman(87) has breast cancer in early stages and is slow growing. Her choices |
What does SHE want to do?
It's her choice. Radiation and chemo are very difficult on a young and healthy person. I would opt for the surgery, but there can be complications at her age wi... |
| Aunt diagnosed with breast cancer, now what? |
Go to breastcancer.org. it has lots of good information. They have a community board to ask questions and a live chat room where you can talk to women in there that have Breast cancer. ... |
| I am having a Breast MRI because there are cancer cells in a small lump in my breast.? |
I did all of this in 2004 to 2005 - email me at :
a9a34@yahoo.com ... |
| Hoodia and Femara? |
Hoodia has the least drug interactions of any appetite suppressant. You want to make sure you get "pure hoodia" not an extract. Get a pure hoodia brand that has C.I.T.E.S. certification. ... |
| Santa Paula, California? |
I think it is in September or around that time of year ... |
| What is breast cancer survival % rate for follow-up drug(s) vs Arimidex vs no followup drugs? |
One reason that your oncologist is dancing around this subject is because there is no study that directly compares patients who undergo aromatase inhibitor therapy (such as with Arimidex) to patien... |
| Breast cancer? please genuine answers only.Any other answers will be reported instantly.? |
I had a lumpectomy in April and I can tell you at first there isn't all that much draining. But when I was home it did drain. You have to measure the fluid and write it down to show to the doc... |
| What to do follow up? |
There are other options rather than a lumpectomy, which is a surgical procedure. I know you feel like you are going crazy, and the sooner you have the procedure, the better. But, scheduling a bio... |
| How should I discourage my wife from wasting money? |
First of all I don't think you fully understand what your wife is going through, money should be the last thing on your mind when it comes to saving your wife's life. Although a double ma... |
| What can my mom, who's receiving chemotherepy, do all day? |
We need more information. Why is your mother confined to the house all day? That is not common for cancer patients at all. Most cancer patients can continue doing whatever they want to do unless th... |
| I have just been diagnosed with infiltrative ductal carcinoma (breast cancer).? |
Lots of love to you. I myself am a survivor of the same type of breast cancer. I just wanted you to know that it is very beatable. I had a very aggressive type and I went into remission in 2003... |
| Is it safe to breastfeed after breast cancer? |
Liz glad to hear you are in remission. Go to breastcancer.org it is a live chat forum. All the women in there either have or had BC and are of all ages.
I personally don't think it is a prob... |
| Is there a possibility of cancer due to hormonal imbalance or family history of cancer? |
If i remember correctly, the sigmoid is a section of the colon. It is possible to remove part or all of the colon, and have a colostomy, which is where part of the intestine (i think) is surgically... |
| Can a Dr. tell just by looking at a biopsy if it is cancerous? |
A doctor can have a general idea of what something is, but they can't tell anything for sure until they look at it on a cellular level. But some things are more obvious than others. ... |
| I just found out I have breast cancer... I need some support so please no smart *** comments...? |
First and foremost, you are a smart lady to get a second opinion. My Grandmother lost a breast to cancer and went back to work as a nurse and that was before I was born ( she passed away from a re... |
| Blood test for caner antigens. CA27-29? |
Please, don't put your health in the hands of an amateur forum. Respect your mind and body. Consult your doctor. ... |
| I need legal advise/help with breast surgery denial PLEASE HELP? |
You can always sue them later. First take care of yourself. Have you considered your alternatives? For example patient advocacy could help you significantly reduce your cost of breast surgery. Bes... |
| Am i at risk for breast cancer? |
You seem to be knowing about Breast Cancer. But in my opinion proper diagnosis is not done. You should be very alert and have confirmed diagnosis, if necessary by having a second opinion. You shoul... |
| I have a question about breast cancer? |
1) Yes, the specimen would go to pathology for examination.
2) If no cancer cells were present, assuming a correct diagnosis, then there is no cancer (unless of course you had a biopsy prior to lu... |
| Taking Echocardiogram is there anything I should/ should not do to help my test come out clean/clear? |
Just go and have the echo done; it either will or won't show anything. There's not much you can do to affect the outcome. Good luck with your chemo. I'm status post mastectomy/che... |
| Seroma weeks after breast cancer op? |
A friend of mine had a lumpectomy to deal with her breast cancer and some swelling can occur for several months after surgery (including for mastectomy-my mom had this done for her breast cancer). ... |
| Quote from Chirobase? |
There are some very good answers here so I will just say a couple more things.
The particular type of stroke that is associated with neck manipulation is caused by a dissecting aneurysm in the v... |
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