My wife's recent blood test showed elevated liver
enzymes which has triggered a lot of research on our
part. She has shown a lot of fatigue, slowed speech,
puffyness in the face in recent months and it seems

I am leaving for India tomorrow to spend two precious weeks with my
mom.
Before leaving, I just wanted to wish everyone a very Happy new year
and merry Christmas.

Re: Janet Dx 10/02, her2+, lumpectomy, node -ve, herceptin + taxotere +
carboplatin, + radiation + tamoxifen, now arimidex + zoladex.
Hi,
Havent been here for a while, mainly due to Janet being mainly fine,

Is this the normal sequence of surgery?

New cancer drug taken orally - no apparent side effects as yet. Being fast
tracked in England - 8 London hospitals.
Developed in Melbourne Australia by Dr Wilkes - he says it's the best he's
ever seen.

i would like to wish everyone a very happy xmas, with as few worries as
possible over this festive time.
it's hard to believe i am two years from dx,it only seems like yesterday
that  i first came to this group !

My second lumpectomy included removal of 4 lymph nodes.  Nodes all clear.  And clear margins on lumpectomy.  Three days later met with surgeon & everything was OK.  He looked at incisions and all was healing nicely but there was fluid at the site of the node removal.  He thought ...

Hi, Happy Holidays,
I've learned that within days of efforts to bring 46664 to America, North,
Mr. Nelson Mandela, founder has announced 4664 2005 in South Africa in
conjunction with the band Queen with Paul Rodgers.  I would like to believe

Asking again just what sentinel  is - sorry I am so dumb.

Hello Folks, I recieved good news from my sister in law, Elvi.  She went out
to John Hopkins yesterday and had a lumpectomy, and removal of 4 lymph
glands under her arms.
She said, the lymphs were clear, and is awaiting lab results......

My mom is 67 with emphesema. Is outpatient advisable with her?

What do I say to my co-workers?  Do I tell them one by one?  Just blurt it out?  Tell a group at a time?  I never liked to talk about anything personal at work and don't know what to say.  Maybe I don't have to say anything.  What have you done in this situation?

My wife is about to start a new course of chemotherapy and she has been
advised to have a tube implanted through which the drug will be
administered. I think the tube is called a Hickman line or a central line.
She can have the tube implanted under local anaesthetic and start ...

An artemisinin and cancer research update from artemisinin.org
Here are two recent stories regarding artemisinin:
1) Anti-cancer phytochemicals in wormwood herb found to make
transferrin 34,000 times more powerful at destroying cancer cells.

I replied to a post here by mistake. I thought I was in s.c.d.c.
newsgroup.
J