Information and opinions on health from Lou Lou 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/62645/index http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/62645/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/62645/index http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/62645/118630/radiation Thu, 26 Aug 2010 16:54:16 -0400 Lou Lou WOW! This has been a brutal battle. I'm speechless. What now?  I'm done. My breast is healing it's not peeling anymore and my upper chest is doing better also. Yesterday it hit me really bad that having triple negative breast cancer will sort of be like being imprisoned...the chances of it coming back are high and i'm scared beyond belief! I'm so emtional because I did it! I endured so much!!! I don't wish this upon anyone.  I need to... http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/62645/118630/radiation http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/62645/118255/radiation Fri, 20 Aug 2010 22:10:13 -0400 Lou Lou Holy cow! I'm on day 30 and almost done.  I'm on the "boost" part of radiation and NOW my skin has taken a toll especially my nipple.  It is actually peeling! YIKES!!  Chemo was especially brutal, but the tiredness that I have felt going through radiation is extreme.  I had my last chemo treatment on June 30 and practically all of July I was immobile. However, it seems that I am getting my energy back...I was able to walk... http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/62645/118255/radiation http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/62645/116756/radiation Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:14:14 -0400 Lou Lou So far my skin is doing OK...no irritation yet.  My blood count was normal, I was about .05 from having a normal red blood cell count, i'm not anemic, but I still feel extremely tired and out of breath!  I can't do any physical activity, even minimal stuff like sweeping or doing laundry because I feel like a ran 5 miles!  I 'used' to be a runner..I was about to start training for another marathon in hopes of qualifying for the... http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/62645/116756/radiation http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/62645/116340/6-radiation Mon, 19 Jul 2010 15:00:16 -0400 Lou Lou So far so good.  My skin looks the same; however this weakness and shortness of breath is still there.  The radiologist said that I could be anemic; however, I won't get my blood checked until Thursday.  It's been almost three weeks since my last chemo treatment...could it still be lingering and damaging my red blood cells?  I can't wait to be normal again.  It feels like six months have been taken out of my life!! http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/62645/116340/6-radiation http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/62645/116105/4-radiation Thu, 15 Jul 2010 12:06:38 -0400 Lou Lou I am on day 4 of radiation treatment for stage III breast cancer.  I was diagnosed January 20,2010 at the age of 33.  I am finally, sort of, beginning to feel normal; however, I feel that I am out of breath.  The month of June I was on three different chemo drugs, the first two, Taxol and Taxotere were brutal.  My body reacted really bad and one gave me a terrible itch and the other one gave me a rash.  Has anybody else... http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/62645/116105/4-radiation