Breast Cancer - KayeD's SharePosts Relating to: "Breast Cancer"

Mortality and Other Issues

by KayeD
Friday, May 30 2008

I finished treatment on March 3. This month, I'm staring at my first round of post-treatment bloodwork, plus having a mole that didn't react well to radiation removed from my upper chest, plus my FIRST follow up mammogram since I was diagnosed on June 28, 2007. The fact is, I'm scared to death. I can't go through the... Read more Chevron

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Strange Skin Tenderness

by KayeD
Monday, April 07 2008

Hello all! I have another question...do any of you or have you, experienced a strange type of skin tenderness in your surgery areas? I know nerves missfire and reconnect and there will be pain spasms. However, I've noticed that the area of complete dissection in my right armpit, passing along the underside... Read more Chevron

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Tamoxifen and menstruation

by KayeD
Thursday, March 20 2008

I need some information. I'm not understanding the relationship between my estrogen-positive tumor, taking Tamoxifen and my apparent periods. My doctors (oncologist and gyn) both told me that my ovaries would be basically shut down due to the chemo and then the Tamoxifen. So, I was figuring that hormones in general were a bad... Read more Chevron

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A Positive Attitude Helps!

by KayeD
Tuesday, January 22 2008

Hi, I'm Kaye and at the age of 48 and after having my yearly mammorgram last year, on July 3, I was diagnosed with Stage 2B breast cancer. The Fourth of July will never be the same holiday it once was for me. I went on a friend's sailboat to watch the fireworks over Lake Michigan and couldn't stop thinking how cheated I... Read more Chevron

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