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Posted on Thu, Sep. 04, 2003
EXCERPT: ... especially as she was facing another surgery related to her cancer. (It was a reconstruction to get rid of the silicone implant.)
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...she should expect in terms of recovery and what she will be able to do in the days and weeks following the surgery. I haven't had much luck. Perhaps you all can offer insights? Beyond bringing meals, ...
Posted on Thu, Sep. 04, 2003
EXCERPT: ... especially as she was facing another surgery related to her cancer. (It was a reconstruction to get rid of the silicone implant.)
The healing power of
The above thread has cleared my reader but those having problems with (recurring?) staph infectyions might want to read up on the above subject http://www.google.com/search?as_q=staphylococcus+carrier
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
...HER-2/nue.
If your cancer expresses it, you usually have a higher chance of having your tumor recur after surgery. A compound called Herceptin (or
Trastuzumab) is a substance that blocks this recept...
...would be overtreatment. I'm wondering if I even have to see an oncologist and if I even have to do another surgery (biopsy was j-wire) with the lumpectomy if the lesion is that small. Maybe I'm taking...
... has been made, With effective treatments that can reduce the risk of the cancer coming back. Even through surgery removed your tumor, It is possible that some cancer cells may remain elsewhere in you...
Have other people had problems with depression after they have had there surgery etc I seem to have shut myself off cause sic of intrusive and insensitive people but now really emotional and a little
... related referred me to the neurosurgeon. He referred me to the spine M.D.'s. The spine M.D. recommended surgery to remove the cyst and rough up the bone to prevent its return. His partner whom we ...
My wife's been taking capecitebine for a while and is due to restart in a couple of weeks following surgery. It seems to be an excellent drug - killing off tumours with fewer side effects than her pr
... nurses. I didn't care anymore, I just wanted this to be over with.
By 12:30, i was back in the same day surgery waiting area. My nurse talked to me for awhile. The nurse that would be part of the p...
...days but it is still palpable. He says it feels like a lymphnode but he is not sure if it is from my 2005 surgery or something new and wants to do a fine needle aspiration. Of course, not knowing is...
...fection became less, but never completely cleared up. And now there's a major flare-up, starting from the surgery site, & going up the back of my shoulder.
Yesterday, the nurse practitioner pres...
...e 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 after I completed my Chemo and my 35 radiation treatme...
...ched me from Arimidex to Femara.
Since I started Arimidex in late 2002, my health went from bad (due to surgery, chemo & rads) to extremely bad (due partly to Arimidex), ... & it's kept goi...
...d have more than three malignant lymph nodes. In those cases, experts generally agree that radiation after surgery increases the chances of survival.
Rather, at issue are mastectomy patients who have...
Can you tell me how long after surgery I might have to wait before starting chemo and radiation, if they're necessary.
If it takes 6 to 8 weeks to heal from a mastectomy and auxillory dissection, do
...has been having almost continuous shoulder pain since then. All this while I assumed it was because of the surgery, but now since it has been a year since the surgery, and she is still having pain,I a...
...49 Swedish Neurosurgeon Lars Leksell invents a sterotactic apparatus exclusively for human functional neurosurgery. In the late 1960s, Leksell develops the Gamma Knife--today a popular radiosurgical t...
...doctor to recommend a needle biopsy. The biopsy, Kephart said, led to an infection. The infection required surgery that kept her in Inova Fair Oaks Hospital for several days in September, costing her ...
...d from what i can tell these cals seem to always be benign since i have such a hard time with any kind of surgery would it be safe to just follw these cals by mamo there is no breast cancer in my fam...
...rstanding that my Mother is not interested in taking on chemo-therapy and radiation, or perhaps even major surgery, is there anything with light side effects that might help give her even a short peri...
...an oncologist first she freaked out, and said she can't talk about this now. She would have to cancel her surgery because the earliest the oncologist could see her is the week after her surgery. Now...
Q- My mother aged 55 had surgery(Mastectomy) on 2nd April 2008 in AIIMS, Delhi. The Histopathology Report is as follows--- Specimen of right modified radical mastectomy measuring 20*12*3cm. On cut s
...has congestive heart failure down to 25% function probably from the
Herceptin. She elected not to have the surgery and was psychologically evaluated a week ago Saturday as competent to make that decis...
Anyone else have this? My surgery was 3 weeks ago and I'm having alot of pain in my arm. The surgeon said it was from nerve damage and no pain killer would help. Please let me know if you know of anyt
...dex & arimadex might be overwhelmed too? Should we be considering other options like more chemotherapy or surgery?
Thanks for any advice,...
...ember the medical terms but it`s in her ducts and the doctor said it`s the most common type. She has had surgery to remove cancerous tissue in one breast, and some of her lymph nodes. She is in the...
...st post. Live in the UK where my wife was diagnosed with Breast Cancer (Grade III) last August. Following surgery, a CT scan then discovered secondaries in her lung, liver, bone marrow, chest lymph ...
...ondered if there is a connection but docs say 'unlikely'.
The issue now is: Should I undergo exploratory surgery. There are no palpable lumps, I am 33, and there is no history of breast cancer in my...
...eekly Docetaxel Bita Esmaeli(a), Gabriel N. Hortobagyi(b) (a) Ophthalmology Section, Department of Plastic Surgery; (b) Department of Breast Medical Oncology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Ca...
...nd starts chemo tomorrow. Cytoxen and Adriamycin. Hopefully the chemo will work then we can progress to surgery, then radiation. Her left breast is severely swollen, blistery, discolored, hot to t...
...ters friends died last week--a heart attack (no drugs). He had had a heart problem that he had open heart surgery for as an infant. He had a mild problem that was being monitored but, well, it cause...
... pressure cuff is placed on the other arm. Since I had nodes removed due to my bc diagnosis and following surgery, I have worn a Lymphedema Alert bracelet to protect the right arm from needles or blo...
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