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Drug or Chemo Therapy | Chemotherapy
RCHOP - in hospital 2 times because of chemo
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Oh No | Just Diagnosed
non-hodgkins lymphoma found 2016
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Radiation | External radiation
Malignant melanoma found and taken care of when being seen by plastic surgeon
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Procedure or Surgery | Surgery
Lumpectomy-no palpable lump
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Oh No | Just Diagnosed
now we have breast cancer 2013
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Radiation | External radiation
external and internal
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Procedure or Surgery | Surgery
Divinci method..went home same day
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Celebration | Anniversary
Today marks the 7 years since my surgery for stage II grade 3 Uterine Sarcoma. The prognosis after surgery was that it would return within 18 months. It has not returned big celebration today
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Implant and s lift
Currently I have a expander in my left breast they took actually I have got to save alot of my skin my ? Is the out come of the whole thing, implant
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I've read about chemo brain and I've heard the term chemo-fog.
Are these the same thing?
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Radiation | External radiation
To me it was just a pest honestly daily basis 30 days I had no side effects tight skin that's all
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Procedure or Surgery | Mastectomy
I got a spinal block too help heal and pain down if course drain bag and it was just a pest and I recovered great no affect hardly just my arm move move ment was limited and tight from river lymph nodes scaring was just a straight line in the middle recovering from surgery wasn't not bad it was just scared about the…
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Side Effects | Chemo brain
Well in the first wk severe bone pain, every time 3days after treatment , fatigue and hot flashes, memory loss baldness more no taste of food smells made me sick nueorpathy feet and hands weight gain and short of breath pain every where low blood pressure high sugar and foods I loved made me sick meat could not do terribly…
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Oh No | Many issues
Cancer cost me my life, kids,my license,my van could not work out of money for plates insurance no support nothing all alone I am blessed cancer free
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Have you seen the latest 2020 Cancer Facts and Figures from the American Cancer Society?
It's some pretty good news about the state of cancer diagnosis, treatments, and survival rates. Our blog post today has some details. Take a look here http://bit.ly/2Hbse71
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Decision Point | Decided to leave family alone. Completely alone.
No support from family and friends
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Since I've been sort of busy for the last week I've let me emails get ahead of me.
So, trying to catch up a little. Someone emailed wanting to know if there was an issue with drinking coffee during treatments. I know what I did, what did you do?
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Procedure or Surgery | Lobectomy
The operation was a bust so dr couldn’t do anything but close me up I was heartbroken and Mad as hell!
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There really wasn’t an oh no moment it was mo...
There really wasn’t an oh no moment it was more like dang already I’m only 50 I always knew that this would get me many years in therapy and look back and she can remind me first time I met her I told her that this is what I will die from.
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How long does it take for your hair to finally grow back once you're done with treatments?
Are there any people here that their hair didn't grow back at all, or grew in so thin it wasn't adequate?
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Have you ever posted a negative experience with a doctor on Yelp, or your own Facebook page, or that
I have had a few poor experiences and I don't mind posting the good, bad, and ugly on my own FB page, but that doesn't carry much weight. I was going to post a negative post on Yelp, then I thought no. But how is a doctor any different than the corner butcher shop? If they dropped a steak on the floor and then picked it up…
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Tonight You Won't Be Able To Speak-What Will You Say Today?
This is something I was thinking about up to my surgery. Even the last minute before they rolled me to the operating room we were in the little cubicle holding area. The last thing I said with my old voice was I love you to my Sweetie. After the surgery and I woke up, I tried to talk just out of habit/reaction, nothing…
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Sweetie and I are headed back to Vandy today for my 1 week follow up, actually it's been 10 days
I am hoping for a good report, I'm anxious about my pathology report, but ready to keep moving forward in any case. As they say on those TV cop shows, "cover us, we're going in"!
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Oscars tonight!
How do you feel about the Oscars? Do you watch? Have you seen any of the movies? Or do you not bother? Seven years ago, I had landed in the hospital and was watching the Oscars between nurse and doctor visits. Didn't get much out of it that night. But it's in my memory of my cancer journey. We have seen 7 of the 9 movies…
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What experience have you had with Endocrine Treatment?
I have metastatic disease in my axial nodes, bone (shoulder), and lungs.
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PEG Feeding Tube Removal
I have had a feeding tube for a few months. I am supposed to get it out now that I am able to eat by mouth. I have never asked the doctor what type of procedure is it to get it out. I'm assuming I'd have to be back in the OR and be put to sleep. I can't imagine them doing that in the doctors' office. Has anyone had one…
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Procedure or Surgery | Feeding tube
was messy but saved his life. was removed several months later once he was able to eat again.
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Drug or Chemo Therapy | immunotherapy / keytruda
was stable on keytruda for 2 years until cancer became active again. will start chemo again.
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Procedure or Surgery | Cryotherapy
my husband has had many sessions of cryotherapy and it has helped but was also hospitalized twice for blood loss / throwing up blood.
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Drug or Chemo Therapy | keytruda / immunotherapy
nausea and fatigue
