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Poteet

posted 01/11/2008, comments (2)

Better numbers

Hi all- Nadir week blood draw was actually not too bad. All the iron I'm taking is about to make the magnets fly off the fridge and stick to my butt, but it's worth it. Docs are no longer talking about booster shots or rbc transfusions, etc. WBC is at it's usual and customary for me for this point in the round. Limit... Read more Chevron

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Jolene Boyd

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posted 01/06/2008, comments (9)

Living with my choices

Been a while since I posted anything...emotionally I was having a challenging time of it. In part, at least, because I am covering for an employee on maternity leave at work, I had to get ready for traveling and celebrations for the holidays, and I had to finish up a graduate course that I had fallen behind in because of all the appointments and... Read more Chevron

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koponen

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posted 01/03/2008, comments (4)

Taxol, Tamaxofin, Paclitaxel, OOPS!...or Chemo Brain! Ha!

Hi Guys!!How is everybody?!?!? Talk about confusing!! Doxorubicin/Adriamycin/Anastrozole /Arimidex/Paclitaxel/Taxol/Tamaxofin/Trastuzumab/Herceptin /Warfarin/ProchlorperDexamethasonWarfarin/Cytoxin /Cyclophosphamide/etc/etc/etc/etc..... anybody else confused yet!!! I really kind of concentrate on one step at a time and when I finished the... Read more Chevron

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Poteet

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posted 01/02/2008, comment (1)

Rattling when I walk

I know we're all in the same boat here, but does anyone else rattle when they walk from all the pills? Good grief Charlie Brown, if we weren't supposed to be nauseated by the chemo, the volume of meds would guarantee it. I learned Monday that my anemia is acting up (down) again. It does whenever I'm stressed out, preggo, etc. ... Read more Chevron

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Dorel

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posted 01/01/2008, comments (3)

I am looking for some guidance, Dec 20, my wife joined club mets

Hello from Indianapolis. My wife and I only met this last February but its been the happiest days of our lives. She a brest cancer survivor 2005 Stage I but proceeded to have a double radical masectomy and chemo. The chemo triggered a ruptured appendix. Reconstruction went beyond her expectations. I to am a cancer surviror. I had found a... Read more Chevron

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