People Who Are Living With Breast Cancer

Peglove

Loving Wife, Educator, Survivor, Life-Long Learner, Traveler of the World

A Week of Fruits and Veggies

Sometimes I try to make stuff that is out of the box. Because eating out at beautiful restaurants is kind of a pass time for me, it's been tough to eat in more. The healthy feeling I get is well worth it! I go out maybe once a week now. But most meals I make are at home, and I take my dorky lunch pail with me when I go to... Read more Chevron

posted 02/24/2013, comments (0)|

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Michigoose

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1994 age 34; recurrence 1997 stage IV; recurrence 2010

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Stage IV is sometimes a Different Kind of Beast

I was first diagnosed with stage IV breast cancer back in late 1997....this was a recurrence with mets to the bone, and a change from being er-/pr- to weakly positive to estrogen and strongly positive to progesterone. I went through 9 24-hour courses of Taxol spread over a 9 month period, followed by radiation, having my ovaries removed and... Read more Chevron

posted 04/04/2012, comments (3)|

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Laura A. Learn-Hack

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wife and mother of 5 , 2 teenagers at home

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2 years later (GRAPHIC)

hi everyone its been awhile, i wish i could feel happy to come back here and i wish i could say im 100%. I finished chemo march 1, 2010 a banner day, cancer free. All i could think is its finally over, surgery, radiation,chemo. It was what they said "simple". I had survived the on going reactions to the drugs, the depression, bone aches. lets... Read more Chevron

posted 12/09/2011, comments (2)|

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MsMary

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I am a three years breast cancer survivor who is finally enjoying her life and family. Its amazing how the Lord put you through things in order to change your life

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water retention

Hello all, It's been a while since I posted something but I was looking to see what is going on with different blog and see if I could answer any questions. I have one. Water retention. It seems like on Monday my weight is down and then on Wednesday I have gained like 1-2 lbs. I am on the tamoxfin, how can I control the... Read more Chevron

posted 05/14/2011, comment (1)|

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Racuh

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Diagnosed with angiosarcoma of the left breast in Jan 2009.

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DIEP surgery on the 31st... very scared. Support needed.

Hey all, I haven't written in quite a while. I've been living my life and there are day's weeks and months where I've forgotten that I've had cancer. Then I shower and look down and remember that "oh yeah, body part missing". But I have gotten used to it and save for rare occasions get kinda pouty. I have... Read more Chevron

posted 05/02/2011, comments (3)|

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