Hello everyone, First of all, I'd like to wish you a happy new year and a new year filled with good health! For some reason it seems like this group has died...
Hi Kelley, I have been taking Tamoxifen for about 2 weeks now. I had a grade 3 tumor with spread to lymph nodes, 4 rounds of a/c, bilateral mastectomy which...
Hi everyone, I am Lisa. I am 31 yrs old, and I am on my 3rd go around with the cancer. I had my lest breast removed in January 2001 and the other in January...
Welcome to the group Lisa. Sorry you had to go through all that to be here though. I wish you good health and am glad you are doing better. Kelley Lisa...
Thanks for replying Kelli. So you are saying that the side effects you have noticed is hot flashes and acne? Yes, I agree, I will do whatever it takes to...
Hey Kelley. Thank YOu for welcoming me. Yeah it is a sorry thing the way I had to join isn't it? My dad's side of the family has had cancer like crazy. It's ...
your welcome Lisa, I don't have any cancer in my family except my greatgrandmother and they don't consider that family history. Yes, I agree. 2004 shall be a...
Kelley: Bilateral mastectomy doesn't reduces to 0 the risk, since we remove only 95% of breast tissue, and the possibility for tumor cells "nesting" or...
Thanks for the information. I didn't know all that so it is very appreciated. But I still want to know the most common side effects experienced from others....
GH-RH analogues are false hormones which block the hypophisis gland to avoid the liberation of LH, the hormone that stimulates ovaries to produce estrogens. ...
I wanted to do something. This is the site I setup. The funny name is a referral to survivors. Please tell me what you think. See www.livingbras.com...
I clicked on the link but all I got was a website that has gift items on it. There is a big "Help Fight Breast Cancer" header at the top of the page, but there...
what else should I put on it. I am a little confused but welcome your thoughts. Also please see www.imds.com which may interest you:) Phil Also do you have...
Hi guys Tonight I was online buying underwear from Vickie's secret, and decided to "surf" for my hobbies, interests, etc. Reluctantly I clicked on to this...
Hello Jenni, welcome to the group. Glad to have you join, but would have preferred to join a different website huh? Anyway, I am also 2 1/2 years out and had...
Hi Jeni, did you have the TRAM-flap reconstruction? That's what I'm going for this summer. Did you have reconstruction done at the same time as your ...
Hi Kelli, Not to scare you but have you checked into what can go wrong with a Tram? I haven't had reconstruction done yet either decided it would be best to...
I didn't get it either. I just assumed it was just someone with a scam. I couldn't figure out how that sight was about people that he worked with. I...
You mentioned that you had the bi-lateral mastectomy. I'm just wondering. I hear an awful lot of BC patients say that they chose single or double mastectomy....
Hi guys, I consulted with the top plastic surgeon in Des Moines, and he turned out to be a real jerk! Here I was, faced with the scariest decision of my life,...
I guess I just should have tied one comment in with another. This is my attempt at trying to help in some way< the site that is, and I wanted to know what you...
Lorraine, I had a bilateral with reconstruction too. The reason I chose this route was only personal. I thought to myself, I don't ever want to go through...
hello, I had nipple reconstruction and really mine was nothing. I did it under a local, not a general anesthetic. It all depends on how your surgeon performs...
Hi, I saw the nipple surgery on a show recently and the just used the skin on the breast and kinda folded it up to look like a nipple than a couple months...
Kelley, My reason for the bi-lateral mastectomies was a little different from Kelley's. Again, it was a personal choice. When I first discovered a lump, the...
If you all don't ... other ... My reasoning was more because of genetic predilection for cancer. While I went through the genetic counseling prior to my...
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