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.... for some reason I didn't sent the email addy to subscribe to the BC
support group - finished a banner late last night and I'm more goofy than usual today. Any who - here it is.... be sure and write "SUBSCRIBE BREAST CANCER" in the body of your email. -- http://community.webshots.com/user/snigdibbly SNIGDIBBLY ~e~ " / \ http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/snigdibbly. http://www.ebaystores.com/snigdibbly...ox&refid=store "SNIGDIBBLY" wrote in message news:hO25g.38626$_z2.11723@dukeread02... Depending on the chemo your oncologist uses you will lose all or part of your hair (some shave off the thin wispy stuff) on or about the 15th day after your first treatment. I had a bilateral mastectomy in 10/97 and then in 01/98 started 4 rounds of Adriamycin (sp?) and lost all my hair 15 days after the first treatment. My scalp became itchy and tingly and then it just fell out. I then had 8 rounds of CMF (a cocktail of 3 types of chemo) and then 1 year of tamoxifin and 3 years of femara. My hair started growing back about 6 months after my last adriamycin treatment. It came back very thick and very curly at first (they call it a chemo perm) but then it relaxed and kept a permanant wave. I am native american and have always had chronically straight hair so this was a nice bonus. I recently grew it out and donated 16 inches to the program that makes wigs for kids with cancer. I wear it short now and have to have it thinned each time I have a hair cut. Each person is different and is effected differently but don't think that you will never have hair again. During my BC journey I received a lot of information and support from an on line BC support group that comes from a university in Montreal. They were wonderful and I don't think I would have made it without them. You sign up for it sort of like the yahoo groups and the posts come in like email to your mail box. Here is the info and link to subscribe: Users of e-mail can also subscribe to a breast cancer electronic mailing list. Breast cancer patients, their family and friends, and health professionals discuss issues of concern through email messages. To subscribe send e-mail to the listserv and write SUBSCRIBE BREAST-CANCER in the text of the message. -- http://community.webshots.com/user/snigdibbly SNIGDIBBLY ~e~ " / \ http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/snigdibbly. http://www.ebaystores.com/snigdibbly...ox&refid=store "pami" wrote in message ... I am sure all you have heard Daniel Powder's song..."Bad Day" well this was my bad day. I learned I have breast cancer. I had my lumpectomy this week and it came back as malignant garde 3 tumor. I will have to get a "masectomy" and have chemo. This has been a rough day for me but I don't think I have the strength to cry anymore. I know I will lose my hair and this really sucks but if I have to do this to keep alive then I will have the surgery and do chemo. I will settle for chemo hats verus hair for life. I'll be 51 in May and this seems not fair but I get my mammos yearly and watched and it could of been worse. Last year I had a lumpectomy in the other breast and that was benign this year my luck ran out. I see and hear of so many survivors and I know this group has always been here for me when ever I needed them. Pami |
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Pami, you are in our prayer chain at church. Our prayer warriers will keep
you in the prayer chain for as long as needed. -- Boca Jan Southern Florida - land of the hurricanes http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/poo_de_doo/my_photos "pami" wrote in message ... I am sure all you have heard Daniel Powder's song..."Bad Day" well this was my bad day. I learned I have breast cancer. I had my lumpectomy this week and it came back as malignant garde 3 tumor. I will have to get a "masectomy" and have chemo. This has been a rough day for me but I don't think I have the strength to cry anymore. I know I will lose my hair and this really sucks but if I have to do this to keep alive then I will have the surgery and do chemo. I will settle for chemo hats verus hair for life. I'll be 51 in May and this seems not fair but I get my mammos yearly and watched and it could of been worse. Last year I had a lumpectomy in the other breast and that was benign this year my luck ran out. I see and hear of so many survivors and I know this group has always been here for me when ever I needed them. Pami |
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When my hair started to fall out it was about shoulder length. I had my
hairdresser cut it in a cute short style. When most of it was gone I looked like I had a Homer Simpson do. He took care of what was left and we did it in the back room of the shop, because I said if I took my wig off, I was going to say out loud, "What kind of perm did you give me!" LOL. Most of the time I just did scarves or went natural. I only wore the wig to go out to dinner or office things. It all grew back and came in curly and grey. I had been coloring for so long, that I didn't realize how grey I really was. Think positive and we are here for you. Linda in Tx |
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A note to add to this.
I hope everyone is on the auto-notice to "click on the button" on the breast cancer site (I think it is breastcancersite.com). I signed up and get a daily e-mail to remind me to go and click to fund free mammograms. This doesn't cost anything to you, and is a long running program to fund mammos to those who cannot afford them. Pati, in Phx SNIGDIBBLY wrote: ... for some reason I didn't sent the email addy to subscribe to the BC support group - finished a banner late last night and I'm more goofy than usual today. Any who - here it is.... be sure and write "SUBSCRIBE BREAST CANCER" in the body of your email. |
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Pami, I am so sorry to hear that you are going through this. I'm sending
hugs and prayers your way. Mika http://community.webshots.com/user/mikasdrms "pami" wrote in message ... I am sure all you have heard Daniel Powder's song..."Bad Day" well this was my bad day. I learned I have breast cancer. I had my lumpectomy this week and it came back as malignant garde 3 tumor. I will have to get a "masectomy" and have chemo. This has been a rough day for me but I don't think I have the strength to cry anymore. I know I will lose my hair and this really sucks but if I have to do this to keep alive then I will have the surgery and do chemo. I will settle for chemo hats verus hair for life. I'll be 51 in May and this seems not fair but I get my mammos yearly and watched and it could of been worse. Last year I had a lumpectomy in the other breast and that was benign this year my luck ran out. I see and hear of so many survivors and I know this group has always been here for me when ever I needed them. Pami |
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My dearest Pami -
When I read your message the tears started rolling before I finished the paragraph! I am so sorry that you'll have to deal with the crap that comes with a breast cancer diagnosis!! Thoughts, prayers and good vibrations are winging their way to you!! My mom, her sister and their mom all have been diagnosed with - and treated for - breast cancer. Each has survived. (Well, my grandmother passed away in '88, but not from anything to do with breast cancer...she never got a prosthesis either - always had one of my grandfather's handkerchiefs in her bra - said it was just the right size...) My mom was diagnosed in '91 and had a radical mastectomy (got a wig which was MUCH grayer than her own hair...so I think a wise decision to go with caps!! You KNOW what their color is going to be, and so much brighter!!!) She had another occurrence of breast cancer in '96 with a second mastectomy. The real interesting thing was several months after she had healed from the reconstruction, she got a postcard from her doctor's office reminding her to come in for her mammogram!! :-P Oh, and Mom's cancer diagnoses? '91 I graduated with a Bachelors degree, '96 I graduated with a Masters degree...decided I couldn't go back to school because I didn't know what else I'd "DO" to her!! (She had a hysterectomy last year, so it might be safe if I want to go back.) ;-P So...think of all the "funnies" that you'll have to look back on!! My heart is with you, Pami!!! (I'd give you my breasts, but they don't have a great genetic track record...!) Sue in Ithaca, NY In article , "pami" wrote: I am sure all you have heard Daniel Powder's song..."Bad Day" well this was my bad day. I learned I have breast cancer. I had my lumpectomy this week and it came back as malignant garde 3 tumor. I will have to get a "masectomy" and have chemo. This has been a rough day for me but I don't think I have the strength to cry anymore. I know I will lose my hair and this really sucks but if I have to do this to keep alive then I will have the surgery and do chemo. I will settle for chemo hats verus hair for life. I'll be 51 in May and this seems not fair but I get my mammos yearly and watched and it could of been worse. Last year I had a lumpectomy in the other breast and that was benign this year my luck ran out. I see and hear of so many survivors and I know this group has always been here for me when ever I needed them. Pami |
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So sorry to hear your news.
(((Hugs))) You can do this. A poem I sometimes look to to bolster my determination when things are tough: http://www.bartleby.com/103/7.html I've no doubt that your soul is unconquerable too. Thinking of you. -- Jo P Malvern UK "I have not failed, I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work" ~Thomas Edison |
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Yep! Today is May first, and the site said
the clicks count double in month of May. PAT Pati Cook wrote: A note to add to this. I hope everyone is on the auto-notice to "click on the button" on the breast cancer site (I think it is breastcancersite.com). I signed up and get a daily e-mail to remind me to go and click to fund free mammograms. This doesn't cost anything to you, and is a long running program to fund mammos to those who cannot afford them. .. |
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In message ann5g.38733$_z2.13151@dukeread02, Pat in Virginia writes Yep! Today is May first, and the site said the clicks count double in month of May. PAT Pati Cook wrote: A note to add to this. I hope everyone is on the auto-notice to "click on the button" on the breast cancer site (I think it is breastcancersite.com). I signed up and get a daily e-mail to remind me to go and click to fund free mammograms. This doesn't cost anything to you, and is a long running program to fund mammos to those who cannot afford them. . Could you post a link to this please, as I haven't been able to find it so far. Thanks -- Jo P Malvern UK "I have not failed, I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work" ~Thomas Edison |
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Try this: http://tinyurl.com/lakrs
Jo Pender wrote: In message ann5g.38733$_z2.13151@dukeread02, Pat in Virginia writes Yep! Today is May first, and the site said the clicks count double in month of May. PAT Pati Cook wrote: A note to add to this. I hope everyone is on the auto-notice to "click on the button" on the breast cancer site (I think it is breastcancersite.com). I signed up and get a daily e-mail to remind me to go and click to fund free mammograms. This doesn't cost anything to you, and is a long running program to fund mammos to those who cannot afford them. . Could you post a link to this please, as I haven't been able to find it so far. Thanks |
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