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WillFightIt

Recently diagnosed with breast cancer, awaiting exact prognosis

posted 11/20/2009, comments (6)

What now!!!

After the surgeon appt. I had finally accepted the fact that I had cancer..and it will be operated upon on 12/01. My husband and I had already started making plans for a short fun trip to some place nice before all the craziness descends on us....but no...this stupid cancer wont let me plan even few weeks into the future. I get a call from the MRI... Read more Chevron

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Wendy F

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posted 10/24/2009, comments (0)

And Now I Wait

So I've had the double mastectomy - September 15th, 2009. Check. Bandages, drain, clips removed a week later. Check. Follow-up visit with the doctor, only to be told one of the two nodes they removed is positive. Crap. Back into surgery this past Tuesday, October 20, to have more nodes removed for analysis.... Read more Chevron

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Debbie Baker

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posted 08/15/2009, comments (6)

breast cancer recurrence lungs and 1 mass in liver

I'm sad to say that my bc is back recurrence in lungs, several nodules in both lungs. One nodule is on the right lower lobe and is about 4 cm. Doc is sending me to have a ct biopsy on this one nodule. There is a small mass on my liver. I have had a uti for about 2 weeks or more. I'm on my second prescription of antibiotics... Read more Chevron

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cindy

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have infiltrating ductal carcinoma.new diagosed.

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posted 05/31/2009, comments (8)

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Wednesday I will be off to see the wizard to do his magic. This is usually what I tell the patients as I transport them to their respective xrays and such daily. For now it will be just a lumpectomy followed by six weeks of radiation. Dr. will also be taking about ten to fifteen lymph nodes from the armpit. This is the plan if every... Read more Chevron

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Kevin Knopf, MD

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posted 03/18/2009, comments (4)

When Even the Experts Disagree…Who Benefits from Adjuvant Chemotherapy

Data presented at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium show that basically all women with HER2+ breast cancers benefit from adjuvant chemotherapy/Herceptin due to their worse prognosis. In my mind, however, there is no more controversial area in breast cancer than in which patients truly benefit from receiving adjuvant chemotherapy, among women... Read more Chevron

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