Information and opinions on health from Peglove 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/719492/index http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/719492/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/719492/index http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/719492/152330/some-none Mon, 23 Apr 2012 14:15:37 -0400 Peglove All, Some, then, None.   When I was diagnosed, it seemed like every day I was meeting a new doctor, multiple doctors on some days. Some days I had doctors and procedures, or some kind of x-ray/mammo/MRI thing going on.   But today, I can't seem to get one doctor on the phone. I can't seem to get anyone to listen to me about my pain, or other side effects. And although I am working out to work those things out, sometimes, I do worry... http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/719492/152330/some-none http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/719492/150348/waiting Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:06:08 -0500 Peglove Last week was the longest week of my life. knowing that I had to start school, but I was also waiting on bone scan results from the friday before. I was not really that worried, but the stress of it all happening at the same time has me a little whackado. The results were clean, no evidence of disease in my bones.   So my bone pain could just be what chemo does to your bones. Very happy that is all over. I had my results about 3 hours... http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/719492/150348/waiting http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/719492/147828/mastectomy Tue, 06 Dec 2011 22:34:01 -0500 Peglove Today on Dr. Drew they had a panel of doctors talking about Guiliana Rancic's choice to get a double mastectomy to avoid "looking over my shoulder for the rest of my life". It is also on the heels of Wanda Sikes, the  Black comedian having the same procedure for her micro-cancer, or stage zero breast cancer, for the same reason; she did not want to have breast cancer. She says she has a "Zero % chance of getting it again".   The... http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/719492/147828/mastectomy http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/719492/146586/counting Mon, 07 Nov 2011 17:20:11 -0500 Peglove   My 2 year mammo came through clean. I didn't get to see the regular doc that looked at it, just a nurse lady. I was a little uneasy about how flippantly they told me to go home, that it was all fine. But I guess there is no more hand-holding after treatment. I was wondering if I could talk to my surgeon or onco and see what they said on the report. I mean, how do you know whomever looked at it wasn't tired of looking at boob x-rays all... http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/719492/146586/counting http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/719492/143554/feeling Thu, 01 Sep 2011 21:01:59 -0400 Peglove I have come out of my two-year cancer coma with full force. I have started a new program that takes me to school Mondays and Wednesdays and working tuesdays and thursdays. It is my secret mission for now. I feel really superstitious about it, so I don't want to say what it is just yet….   As I found my way around this huge campus on Monday, it was about 102'F, and I had to park about 7 blocks away from my class in the only parking... http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/719492/143554/feeling http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/719492/142257/skate-time Sun, 31 Jul 2011 18:17:27 -0400 Peglove I think this is finally the time that I can say I feel like my old self again. I waited to feel that, and it may not be permanent, but it's here now, and like the sun shining on your face, after a cold, hard winter, it is welcomed and unquestioned.   At first I was going to have a party at our house, not for any particular reason. Just for summer, and to see our friends again, and to get people to visit us way out in the SGV. It wasn't... http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/719492/142257/skate-time http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/719492/139197/enjoying Tue, 31 May 2011 19:02:59 -0400 Peglove It has been a real struggle adjusting to the new medication that is supposed to be a part of my life for five years...tamoxifen. Tamoxifen is a hormone blocker. Since my breast cancer was fueled by hormones, taking this drug for five years is the next step in  my cancer therapy. It is the basic protocol for my type of cancer---the most common, most easily treatable breast cancer. I have been struggling because, unless you have... http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/719492/139197/enjoying http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/719492/136613/fighting Thu, 14 Apr 2011 03:12:42 -0400 Peglove   This drug is found in evergreen trees. Just another reason to hug a tree today.   http://www.futurity.org/health-medicine/drug-from-evergreen-tree-kills-cancer/   Go Gauchos! http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/719492/136613/fighting http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/719492/131460/surgery Thu, 10 Feb 2011 12:26:07 -0500 Peglove   I had the sentinel node surgery at the time they took the tumor out. Others have had many more lymph nodes taken out and it seems as though there is a break in doctors who believe, and who don't believe. But what really matters is what you believe and what's best for you.   New studies, and many doctors are now onboard with taking fewer and fewer lymph nodes for early stage breast cancer.   Click below to listen to Dr.... http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/719492/131460/surgery http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/719492/130513/finding Mon, 31 Jan 2011 11:08:46 -0500 Peglove It has been a while now, I guess almost 6 months, since active treatment ended. I am taking the tamoxifen regularly. I put a little alarm in my phone and it goes off at 9pm. I try to take it before then. The alarm is set to go off until 2015!   I'm not sleeping that well these nights, so my days are a little groggy, and I can't really find my energy yet. I get some hot flashes, but mostly, this week, I can't seem to get warm and I feel... http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/c/719492/130513/finding