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...mpit, shoulder and straight through my chest to my shoulder blade. I have an appt this week at my family doctor, but with his PA. I am afraid to wait any longer. Could someone please recommend a do...
...pon hope - the hope that perhaps this new drug will yield life saving results. And one would hope that a doctor's decision on a course of treatment would be based upon their medical judgment rather t...
...blems Herceptin/Taxol related? I would be grateful for any answers; I like working in the garden ;-). The doctors do not know, because - at least in The Netherlands - treatment with Taxol/Herceptin is...
...cancer in 1999. She was 68 then. She had a lumpectomy in 12/99, with the removal of many lymph nodes. The doctor took a lot of nodes and tissue from under her arm. She then had radiation. Earlier th...
I went to the doctor last Monday like I was suppose to. I told him about the tiny lump so he examined me. He said that he THINKS that this tiny lump is calcium buildup. I never heard of this. I am sch
...eads, causing delays, ... & refusing to refer me to complementary or alternative care, to a competent doctor who might help, or to good bloodwork & diagnosis, ... even though I was obviously v...
... training to free climb Yosemite's Half Dome, a 2,000-foot rock face. As he did once before, he'll get a doctor to measure his strength and range of motion before he leaves and after he comes back. H...
...looks like shingles and hives combined. Sort of like an orange peel in texture but red like hives. My doctor is aware of inflammatory breast cancer but thinks that despite the texture doubts it i...
...mething of concern? Should I leave it a day/week/month and see if it goes away, or should I hurry to the doctor? Just not sure what side of 'worried' I should be! My mother had a small lump removed...
... first mamogram back in April 2000, they found nothing. I am definately scared about this.... I do have a doctors appointment next Monday, but it is for something else and I will tell him about this. ...
...aining to free climb Yosemite`s Half Dome, a 2,000-foot rock face. As he did once before, he`ll get a doctor to measure his strength and range of motion before he leaves and after he comes back. ...
After breast surgery, many doctors show patients a bar chart that outlines their follow-up treatment options. But a new study has found that most women are confused by their options, and that confusio
...king the breast cancer drug tamoxifen may reduce the effectiveness of the tumor-fighting medication, U.S. doctors said on Tuesday. Their study, published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institut...
I'm new to his group I have a decision to make. My doctor con't remind me I need to take Hormone Therapy for five years. My concern is I have Osteoporosis and the chemo name taxol cyt which cause me t
...e suffered from canker sores for years and found very few things that helped. Even though the things the doctor and dentist prescribed would numb the site temporarily, the pain always came back. I a...
... this week when I went to the lab to get blood drawn for my regular 3 month lab tests for my primary care doctor. The nurse could not use the vein in my left arm which she usually does and she said t...
... quality & focus of medical/PHARMA care. It's been my experience so far, that drug companies & doctors will ignore all bad results & all problems with their meds, ... until there's a cl...
...stant recurrence. Occurs in other parts of the body, such as bones,liver, and brain. Things to ask the doctor about recurrence of breast cancer: Diagnosis and recurrence At what stage am I? ...
...is the pattern of experience before prior to cancer. Do you think I should ask for an MRI or can only the doctor suggest that in order for insurance to pay? BTW, the 2nd year I had two mammos that sho...
... just be "irritated cells". I was a bit too upset at the time to think clearly to ask questions when the doctor spoke to me about this, so I was wondering if anyone can give me any info regarding thi...
... removal on 11-19. I'm experiencing quite a bit of swelling and discomfort under my arm. I have seen the doctor twice and he tells me that draining the fluid would not do any good since more fluid wo...
...rmal mammogram back in october. Well, after about an hour, they did it again, had me lie on the table. My doctor came by during that time, to say hi and check on progress. Things were looking good abo...
...line) between tamoxifen and a thing called Fatty Liver or NASH (non alcohol induced steatohepatitis. our doctor has suggested this along with other less happy scenarios but i'm wondering if anyone el...
...move a suspected benign fibromalgia (see my earlier post "Small 'ball' under nipple"). Unfortunately the doctor wasn't very forthcoming with details, and in the thick of everything I didn't think to ...
Today after I finished my 2nd radiation treatment (already had 4 AC Chemos), the doctor in Radiology department brought to my attention that he found it odd that I was Her+ and ER+. I asked if it cou
I was reading a website http://my.webmd.com/content/article/51/40639?src=Inktomi&condition=Menopause on Post Menopause to try understand what really makes a woman considered to be "post menopa
...ation treatments my former Oncologist put me on Tamoxifen since I was Herp2+ and ER+. Well....this new doctor says Tamoxifen is the "wrong" one for my case and I need to be on one of the aromatase ...
...teral mastectomies in the next month or so. (No reconstruction because she'll be having radiation and the doctor says it would "shrivel 'em like raisins.") From what I've read here and elsewhere, it ...
...rt's routine mammogram last year proved to be anything but routine. The image for her left breast led her doctor to recommend a needle biopsy. The biopsy, Kephart said, led to an infection. The infect...
...ds to be able to avoid this side effect. It seems to be a condition that is not very common. Some of the doctor's we have spoken to have never heard of it and even the oncology registrar at our clini...
... Most often these changes are not cancer, but if any of these changes are noticed, a woman should see her doctor immediately to make sure. Delaying seeking treatment does not change the diagnosis, it ...
...ne till last week Well, I just found out yesterday (in the mail from the imaging center, and not from my doctor) that I have problems again--the radiologist found a 5 mm area in my left breast that w...
...mpectomy on May 4th, but there is a lot of pain and swelling and a hard lump under one of the scars. The doctor told me it was a very large hematoma, and she did a CT scan. I asked if treatment was ...
...birads 4a back in febuary i have not been sucsessful at getting cals out through steriotactic biopsy. The doctor wants to do a excisional biopsy but has to wait do to a hematoma i got after the sterio...
...any kept pushing "drink lots of water" but no one explained "why". If I bring a big jug of water to my doctor`s office and drink it all during the time I have the Chemo I.V. in me, I will spend mo...
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