Well, after last fall's 2 surgeries and MammoSite on right boob, today had
biopsy on left one.  As I feel it is probably cancerous too I asked him to
take enough to try to get clear margins so wouldn't have another surgery.
He was hoping too but could not be sure as said it was ...

Some of you may remember me from a while back...diagnosed with bc last dec,
had lumpectomy followed by chemo then radiation....got 3 more sessions of
rads to go...but felt short of breath and had cough...spoke to the onc...
and she did loads of tests and said there ddn't seem to be ...

http://my.webmd.com/content/article/110/109618.htm
Breast Cancer: Women Often Reject Lumpectomy
Many Opt for Mastectomy When Offered the Choice
By Salynn Boyles

Roger Dobson, "New cancer risk from 24-hour society", Independent,
August 21, 2005,
Link: http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/health_medical/article307345.ece
The 24-hour economy is placing women at a hugely increased risk of

Reuters article on Medscape today at
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/510196?src=mp
(needs registration)
An Australian study of public data shows the overall increase in risk is

A friend sent me a very long article from today's New York Times.  I'm
posting the opening paragraphs, because I think everyone in this newsgroup
will appreciate them!
Eva

Please note before I ask my question that "there are no stupid
questions", only "stupid people who ask them" (referencing myself, only)
 So if you have an answer please share with me.
I have stopped all airline trips after my bc surgery to try to protect

We have a friend who needs oxygen to get about, but she has only been
supplied with the big bottles, which are not portable.
As she has not been able to get a portable one, I bought one for her
from a scuba diving source. The guy who supplied it said that we can

http://www.abreastinthewest.ca/medical2.cfm?Num=43
Play the Odds: Supplements and Chemo  Summer 2003 Vol.4 No.
Robin O’Brien BSc, BScPharm, PharmD, BCOP
Drug Information Specialist, BC Cancer Agency

----- Original Message -----
From: Marti
Subject: [Norton AntiSpam] C-SPAN next airing Sunday 6 am (eastern
time) - Breast Implant Regulation News Conference

I wonder if anyone out their is having any problems like I am having on
tamoxifen, I have the usual side effects of flushes which they tell u
about, but I am bothered with thrush like symptons every month just
before or after my period they told me that the medication can cause

Can someone tell me what tests are usually done before and after
chemotherapy to see if the treatment was effective ?
Allan informed me about the CTC (Circulating Tumor Cells) test and I
saved his message.  Are there other tests ?  I sometime read here

I'm not sure that I should be posting this sort of thing here (and would
be grateful for any comments about this), but I came across a message
that seemed interesting in an IBC mailing list. I don't know anything
about the subject or this message.

A friend of mine was just diagnosed with breast cancer.  I was looking
for a book that could help her through the whole ordeal.  I am not
looking for anything medical/scientific.  I have several of those books
being that I am a BC survivor myself.  What I had in mind was a book

Some years back when I was a more frequent reader of BC info, I
encountered someone who was looking for substitutes for the typical
bra. Some studies have implicated bras and other tight-fitting garments
as potentially aiding or perhaps even causing the development of breast