Information and opinions on Breast Cancer from Racuh at MyBreastCancerNetwork.com. The HealthCentral Network, Inc. (www.HealthCentral.com) is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/770068 http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/770068/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/770068 http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/770068/95413/meeting-bc Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:38:05 -0500 Racuh   So I actually met a real life person from the BCN! Her name is Peggie (pegLove), she's always posting and keeping us up-to-date on here with her wonderful blogs. I had the opportunity to go visit her while she was recovering from her lumpectomy.   As most of you know anesthesia can to uh... do bad things to the innards. Having had 3 surgeries and lots of chemo... by now, I FEEL the pain if you know what I mean. So, I was able to... http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/770068/95413/meeting-bc http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/770068/94480/fatty Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:09:04 -0500 Racuh I have 4 treatments left in my Taxol torture after yesterdays infusion. Yayyyyyy. I can't even tell you how happy I am to be done with this crap after a year of treatment now. I really hope this is it... that nothing else has to happen to me.   My blood counts are getting looooow. My white count is great though, its up at around 5.6 all the time. It doesn't fluctuate very much. My RBC Hemoglobin and Platelets are flagged as low. They are... http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/770068/94480/fatty http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/770068/92217/radiation Mon, 26 Oct 2009 02:12:54 -0400 Racuh Thus ends my 2nd cycle 6th treatment in my happy fun time Taxol treatments. Monday approaches and I get to let my blood bounce back and try and squash my extra 15lbs of ass into a Halloween costume that steroids have made WAY too tight.   I have the most fantastic acne. I feel 17 again... oh joy except with significantly more fat, no hair and crows feet.... oh yeah and missing a boob. Can't forget that part now CAN I?! All in all I am... http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/770068/92217/radiation http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/770068/89726/paper-dolls Wed, 07 Oct 2009 01:38:10 -0400 Racuh Hey ladies!   I was recently asked to write an article on sex, love and cancer... sounds like soap opera huh? Anyway It's a pretty cool piece and might be an insight into how many of us feel post chemo and surgery. Mangled... ugly and freaked out.    I illustrated a cancer paper doll. If you're ambitious you can cut her out and put the sexy bedroom outfits on her. At first this was the only way I felt normal in front of my... http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/770068/89726/paper-dolls http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/770068/89437/dear-hair Mon, 05 Oct 2009 02:57:56 -0400 Racuh When I was fist introduced to the wondrous world of cancer the first chemo I received was adriamycin. From experience most BC patients get this super fun drug and have given it the nick name... red devil. I think thats a fairly apropos description of the stuff. That big red bag of awesome made my hair fall out at 2 weeks on the dot. Great massive clumps of fur came out with little to no effort. It was pretty traumatic and shocking. I'm not... http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/770068/89437/dear-hair http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/770068/88028/naked-mole Thu, 24 Sep 2009 01:21:41 -0400 Racuh Oh chemotherapy... you foul bastard. How I hate thee.    So, I had my third chemotherapy infusion this past tuesday... I am getting taxol. But unlike you poor women that have suffered through it I am getting a small dose weekly instead of a big one. No neuropathy yet... and mostly uneventful and painless until about 4 days after the infusion... then I am visited upon with some pretty shady bone pain. Nothing really makes that feel... http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/770068/88028/naked-mole http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/770068/87219/bewbies Thu, 17 Sep 2009 19:44:44 -0400 Racuh Okay ladies... just because we are missing some boo-bees does NOT mean we are not still sexy... or interested in being sexy. I may be on the really young end of breast cancer at 26 but not EVERYONE that gets breast cancer wants to wear bras that look like they were shaped together out of waffle cones! I cannot imagine being 56 and wanting to wear ugly bras either. If you're having radiation and cant get reconstruction right away for whatever... http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/770068/87219/bewbies http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/770068/86683/perspective Mon, 14 Sep 2009 02:24:59 -0400 Racuh So, I never have joined a cancer site before... mainly because I don't really have breast cancer per se. I have some other weird cancer called angiosarcoma which happens to have shown up in my left breast. So where do I fit in? No one ever gets angiosarcoma so there aren't really any support groups for such a rarity. However, the results of having angiosarcoma in the breast is similar... I've had a mastectomy, I've had radiation, I've... http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/770068/86683/perspective