Breast Cancer - People Who Are Caregivers

alvin reiter

posted 01/08/2008, comment (1)

Even Doctors Cry

I am a facial plastic surgeon and a cancer survivor of Non Hodgkins Lymphoma. I took care of my wife after she developed metastatic breast cancer and became a full-time caregiver, quitting my practice which was in Beverly Hills 90210. She passed away over 3 years ago after the worst possible medical care... 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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dclee

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posted 12/17/2007, comments (5)

Effects of Chemotherapy and electric blankets

My mom just had a masectomy and will soon begin chemo. She is always cold. I want to get her an electric throw fleece/robe combo for Xmas. Will the electric fleece interfere with the chemo in any form?

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Gigi

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posted 11/23/2007, comments (4)

How can I be everything to everyone and still support my sister?

Today is the day after Thanksgiving. I must preface this post by saying how grateful I feel to be healthy and living here in the US. My only living sister was diagnosed with infiltrating intraductal carcinoma with local metastasis (8 of 10 nodes), stage IIIA in July of 2006. My sister was 59 at the time, never married, no... Read more Chevron

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posted 11/17/2007, comments (8)

invasive lobular carcinoma

my sister was diagnosed with ivasive lobaular cacinoma and i wanted to know if anyone has this type and what treatment they had and how long they've had it. What is the suvival rate. How do i give my sister hope she is filled with gloom and doom

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