My mom (49) had a partial mastectomy recently - infiltrating ductal
carcinoma; two small tumors in the right breast.  They removed the sentinel
node to be safe, and it was negative.  Chest X-ray and bone scan were as
well.  Because she already has a lot of health problems, she's ...

Yesterday, I read about a saliva test for hormones, & I was wondering if
this kind of testing is any good.
???
Susan, Su_Texas

My wife has finished with A&C, Taxol and Herceptin and the next step it
seems will be tamoxifen.  What side effects should she expect?
TIA

Well, as I mentioned in another post, I finally feel like I have met a dr. who
is 'with it' in terms of looking at the presenting problem in the most logical
of ways re my on-going shoulder and upper arm pain which has only been there
four 5 months, hurting mostly at night--with ...

The 866 phone number given at their web-site doesn't work.  I sent an
email, to which they've not responded.  
[Right now, I have an inner-ear swelling & inflammation from the recent
bronchitis/pneumonia stuff, plus the medicines are making me groggy.

I posted a few weeks ago about the tiny hard lump I found. I got the
mammo done today.... they didn't find anything, but they did feel it.
I was persistent and I wanted this investigated, so they scheduled for
me to have an ultrasound done earlier today.... I had it done and

New Support of Explanation of Breast Cancer
Copyright 2003, James Michael Howard, Fayetteville, Arkansas, U.S.A.
Two articles add support to my hypothesis regarding testosterone in women and
breast cancer.  (Find "An Explanation of Cancer and the Increase in Cancer,"

Today I saw my oncologist and 3 weeks ago he said I would have to start
on Arimidex after I finish my radiation treatments in a couple of weeks.
I asked him if he had read the typed info I gave him on my medical
conditions and problems with osteoarthritis.  Well....today he said he

Can someone help me with this problem?
I am scheduled for surgery for a port on Wednesday.
I'm not happy about it. I wasn't informed, etc.
I've heard that people have lots of problems with it. I had a picc line for

Fixed Contests
The American Hospital Association seems to be a club/association, which
hospitals/etc can pay dues to & join.  http://www.aha.org
[The JCAHO might be a part of this.  Hospitals volunteer to pay the

Does anyone know if OHIP (Ontario, Canada's public health coverage) covers
the cost of a breast reconstruction? I am sure they cover the surgeon for a
mastectomy but what about a plastic surgeon?
I'm getting some results back that are showing I'm not a good candidate for

I hope you will forgive this long post and, perhaps, spare a little
time to respond. I am not, at the moment, going through, anything like
many users of this NG but I could do with a little moral support.
The cancer patient is my mother, not myself. She was diagnosed as

Does anyone know if it's ok to do coffee enemas during chemo (taxotere)?  
Many thanks in advance.
Love and best wishes......and a happy new year!
Janet.

    I have a question.. I had my BC treatments in 2000 and since then
have had a slight raising on my blood tumor markers. I had, about 3 or 4
months ago,  bone scan. CAT scan, PET scan, chest xray, before a D&C,  
and a Mammo. All reported clear. For the past couple of weeks I ...

Has anyone with BC had this test without extensive family history?  What was
your thinking in going forward?  And if you did not go forward, why not?
Deb