Information and opinions on health from Jolene Boyd 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/5421/index http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/5421/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/5421/index http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/5421/40676/research-dca Fri, 12 Sep 2008 18:29:03 -0400 Jolene Boyd Hi there!  Been a while since I posted--just up to "normal" life...whatever that is!  Recently passed my one year anniversary of diagnosis.  I had a physical and my first mammogram since surgery--everything came back "clean"...but now I find myself thinking "so what did they miss??"  I guess that's my new reality!   Anyway, I really wanted to post today to ask the question above (which I also posted in the... http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/5421/40676/research-dca http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/5421/24853/couple Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:27:00 -0400 Jolene Boyd Things have quieted down in my world as a breast cancer survivor...I guess that's a good thing!  I'm still getting used to that new "title," honestly. I felt like I had won a sort of victory when my psychiatrist contacted an oncologist at the Mayo Clinic regarding the antidepressant I was taking and was told he would not recommend continuing on it due to the potential for interference with the effectiveness of the... http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/5421/24853/couple http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/5421/21506/tamoxifen Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:15:00 -0400 Jolene Boyd Just wanted to post an update about my progress on my medication issue (i.e. my concern about anti-depressants in general, and bupropion for me specifically) inhibiting the metabolization of tamoxifen (and, as a result, potentially its effectiveness, as well.).  I met with my psychiatrist yesterday. She had booked an hour for me (almost unheard of for psychiatrists these days!) I brought a stack of the most relevant (my opinion) research... http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/5421/21506/tamoxifen http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/5421/21367/60-miles Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:05:00 -0400 Jolene Boyd Hi everyone, Just wanted to let everyone know that I have decided to walk in the Breast Cancer 3-Day this year in the Twin Cities (MN)!  This will be my third time...I walked in '05 and '06.  I decided not to awalk last year (I rationalized that it was hard for me to keep asking the same people to donate year after year...)  Ironically, if I HAD walked last year, I would have received my diagnosis on the very day that... http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/5421/21367/60-miles http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/5421/19382/info-worth Sat, 19 Jan 2008 18:21:00 -0500 Jolene Boyd I have been doing a little research and happened, quite accidentally, upon some disturbing information. Apparently there is a decent amount of research out there (from as far back as 2003) that discusses a problematic drug interaction between tamoxifen and many antidepressants (mostly the serotonin-reuptake inhibitors-SSRIs-but also bupropion and some of the trycyclic antidepressants.) Turns out that these antidepressants (and not a short list... http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/5421/19382/info-worth