Information and opinions on health from Laura A. Learn-Hack at HealthCentral.com. 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/profiles/c/178857/index http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/178857/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/178857/index http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/178857/147942/2-graphic Fri, 09 Dec 2011 11:14:55 -0500 Laura A. Learn-Hack 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 just call it what it was Hell. My husband to me and our kids to Florida for a much needed vacation and... http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/178857/147942/2-graphic http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/178857/136683/back Thu, 14 Apr 2011 23:36:54 -0400 Laura A. Learn-Hack it's been almost 2 years sence my original diagosis of breast cancer.i have consistantly had my mamograms, and they have been CLEAR. Until a few days ago. I knew i had a lump i found it about a month ago. I knew the mamo was coming up and i was right. It was there. At first they told me and oil cyst, these apparently can be caused by radiation,surgery and such. i didnt like the words "I think". I need to know. I went to a wonderful dr in... http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/178857/136683/back http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/178857/101464/letter Thu, 21 Jan 2010 10:53:37 -0500 Laura A. Learn-Hack Dear Hair, It feels like forever ago that i got those words"you have cancer". My first thought was "will i lose my hair?". My second thought was, "will I lose my breast?" I didnt know which was worse. Both signify, me,woman, everything that is seen by people. The first thing I see when I look in the mirror. After choosing lumpectomy over mastectomy. I skated past the breast issue. then the dr. told me i could take an oral med... http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/178857/101464/letter http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/178857/91649/phase Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:54:17 -0400 Laura A. Learn-Hack Yesterday I recieved my Oncotype dx Taylor X study results. After waiting 14 days I didnt even know if i wanted the result anymore. I had sort of gotten comfortable put cancer behind me, safely away where I didnt have to face it everyday. But here it is again. So this is the deal. The trial goes like this. (this test determines reaccurance) If you score 0 to 10 you get radiation with drug threrapy. If you score 11 to 25 you get... http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/178857/91649/phase http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/178857/89120/diagnosed Fri, 02 Oct 2009 11:42:33 -0400 Laura A. Learn-Hack On August 31, 2009 I went to my local hospital for my first mamogram. I am 48 years old. Yes I had neglected the yearly mamagram rule. I had no family history, No cancers in my family at all that I knew of. It didnt really seem important. However thru the summer I had been feeling crappy. Run down, tired all the time my joints hurt, so I went for a physical and my dr ordered a mamagram and dexascan as part of the physical. I... http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/178857/89120/diagnosed