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...ade in prevention. Matthew decided to check in with some of the nation's leading adolescent and young adult oncologists to verify whether these fabulously-sounding new statistics actually and accura...
...next month. Today's walk has me much more tired than last week when we went 11.5 miles. I saw my 2nd opinion oncologist this past week. My tumor markers seem to be even better than usual. My CEA wa...
... In the past, I`ve rarely had any problems with my back and nothing like this. I don`t want to contact my oncologist and go for a bone and CT scan every time I have an ache or a pain or a cough. ...
...ls I have trudged through, my father received a wide variety of medications, injections and treatments in his oncologist's office. The debate is centering on an arcane reimbursement practice known as...
...l for herceptin but qualified for the 'observation' arm only. During the baseline of tests I mentioned to my oncologist I have been having daily headaches for about 2 months that have woken me up at ...
...ry going off Tamoxifen for 3 weeks (pure speculation based on timing of the problem starting, I believe). My oncologist said "Nope". So, they pow-wowed, and the latest is that the oncologist wanted ...
... my shoulders, more on the left than the right. (That's what the last PET scan showed but the rookie nuclear oncologist (fellow student) interpreted that as 'arthritic activity.' What was different ...
...can. I researched what it was and know I did not have it. What I can't find from my research is whether the oncologist or radiologist orders it for us and do we all bc patients getting chemo and ra...
...hot spots before treating. There is no other way to justify what might be going on. Remember when I asked my oncologist how arthritic activity was differentiated from bone metastases. He did not ans...
...f the closest inked margin"). The surgeon wants to do a lumpectomy to get cleaner margins. I haven't seen the oncologist yet, but based on everything I've read and my Path Report, at this point I thin...
... arm which had worsened seemed to progressively worsen since December. I was again given the run around. My oncologist was concerned. and put me on an antibiotic. He even phoned me the next week. ...
...rror 2 three month Lupron shots in consecutive months. She is concerned about the side effects, although her oncologist told her it should be minimum. Does anyone have any info on this or a website ...
...hree mos. later I experienced shoulder pain. An x-ray was ordered. I was told it was normal. I then called oncologist who said it showed a bone spur and that more x-rays should be ordered of the ce...
...it`s been a long time since I`ve posted here. I have been 4 years cancer free, thank God. I have an excellent oncologist, with whom I have an appointment with soon. I`ve already had blood drawn and ma...
I am in my 3rd cycle of chemo (CMF) and will then undergo radiation and hormonal therapy. I asked my oncologist what my prognosis for this coming back and the possibility of getting mets in any part o
...the same for everyone or does it depend on what type of Chem we get and for how long? I ask this because my oncologist said today I must wait 2 weeks after my last Chemo treatment to start radiation...
... ever do prophylactic chem just in case there were micrometastases. They told me to ask my oncologyst. The oncologist told me that that was the reason he did not recommend surgery. It was also rec...
...R+. I asked if it could be an error and he said no that it does occur in some patients. When I asked why my Oncologist did not give me Herceptin if I was Her+ to my great concern, he old me he doub...
...as very bad; about all we know is that the met is on the "outer" part of a lung. Don't even know which. Her oncologist will look at the films and figure it out.) Thanks. - Tony...
...ndrome (redness & swelling of the skin on palms of the hands and soles of the feet). When it occurs, our oncologist stops my wife's medication then reduces the dose of drug in response. I unders...
Hi folks. I haven't been posting for a while due to the fact that I was trying to find a new Oncologist on my new health plan. If some of you may recall, I had surgery for bc in the right breast and
A question just occured to me this weekend and since I am not due to see my Oncologist for 3 months, I hope you folks can educate me about this. He said I am to take the Tamoxifen for 5 years with the
My last blood work with my old oncologist was October last year and was clean. Last week I went to my new oncologist, got 5 or 7 tubes of blood taken, today ct scan of lower abdomen, chest xray, ul
I've just been, with my wife, to the oncologist for her 6 month check-up following a rather delayed radiotherapy (started at 17 weeks post op). Two things concern me (at least): First, the surgeon s
...S, had lumpectomy, chemo (ATC), and have just started radiation. My cancer is estrogen/progest positive. My oncologist wants me to take tomoxifin (for 5 years) after I finish radiation. I am wonder...
...ing mild uptake in the lower back but had no mention at all of the shoulder, we expressed our concerns to the oncologist in December--when I got the report and after I had seen in him as well as in a ...
... lung. I have an appointment to visit with a surgeon about a pleurodesis procedure, draining the fluid. The oncologist's office set up the appointment and say it's about two days in the hospital. A...
...lp, now I'm back again. My wife, eight years out from stage II BC, recenty had a chest x-ray as part of her oncologist's general follow up. We're scared to death. The Diagnois says: Questionable i...
...e CT. He is the same radiologist who read the 3-phase CT scan that was done last July. I put a call into my oncologist to discuss the results of the report. I received a call back from the nurse--t...
My wife's elevated liver enzymes (ALT,AST) which prompted a call for a PET scan from our oncologist has led instead to treatment for hypothyroidism. My wife's numbers: T4,
...rimidex, in a way to which they'll respond, preferably a phone number that works. Yesterday, I spoke with my oncologist, & my adverse reactions to Arimidex are the usual ones, but it's only suppo...
...o learn from those who have done this so I can make it as easy on myself as possible. Tomorrow I have my Oncologist appointment and his nurse said they just "might" start my Chemo at that appoin...
...d with it, is understandable and contains further references (some still in-press): Lance ***** http://theoncologist.alphamedpress.org/cgi/content/full/6/6/551 The Oncologist, Vol. 6, No. 6, 551-5...
...he is exhausted all the time, but doesn't have nay bone pain, which is very good. I am fairly happy with her oncologist, he seems to be fairly aggressive in that if something doesn't seem to be worki...
... of action for others can be held by others, but I would greatly appreciate some support and information. An oncologist will be consulting tomorrow (the hospital would be remiss if they didn't consul...
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