The effects of Faslodex are bearable (not that bad), .... unlike
Arimidex which was off the charts awful, horrible beyond belief, deadly.
I think that the Faslodex is making food not taste so good, not taste
like normal, and/or not taste at all sometimes.

Has anyone read-up on this?
Thanks.
Susan Wms, Su_Texas  my opinions
PS  I'll try to read about it, once the weather here gets cooler. It's

Just wondering if anyone out there had a double mastectomy by choice - that
is - needed to have one breast removed and decided to have both?  Or - after
having one breast removed - wished that they had had both?  I am scheduled
for surgery (finally) next week and have all these ...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060724/ap_on_he_me/estrogen_breast_cancer
By CARLA K. JOHNSON, Associated Press Writer
15 minutes ago
CHICAGO - Older women who take hormone pills that combine estrogen and

Hello all-- I have not posted in several years, but lurk and read all posts.
Today I saw my oncologist - this was final every 6 month appointment- it has
been 5 years after completing treatment for IDC.  Yes!
It was pretty anticlimactic- but that's OK.

Link to photos showing how the battlefield looked before superintendent John
Latschar raped it.
http://users.snip.net/~hart/
We loved Gettysburg: took dozens of week-long trips, spent many thousands of

I've been a member of the prostate cancer newsgroup for a few years and
they have been a valuable tool for me in my battle against that
disease.  Now, I need your help with my mother's breast cancer.
My mother developed breast cancer twelve years ago at age 75.  If I

Wondering if anyone here had this?
If so would like to speak to you about it..

First off, I apologize to those in here who may find this to be unhelpful;
however, I figured that out of all of the groups that were available, this
was my best place to look.  Except for my mother, sister, and daughter, all
the ages are when the women in my family had breast ...

I am now 3 1/2 weeks post my last taxotere chemo.  I have generalized
swelling which I believe is from the taxotere but I am also having shortness
of breath and extreme fatigue and muscle weakness -so much so that just
driving tires my arms, it is difficult to cut a piece of ...

Heat Therapy For Cancer
So far, I've no opinion on the heat & fever treatments, but this article
sounds interesting & it lists many of the different ones.
http://www.alkalizeforhealth.net/therapeuticbaths.htm

I write a number of real-life health stories and am looking for a woman
aged 25-40 with a really upbeat attitude to their cancer.  My editor
has requested something along the lines of; "I survived cancer and look
great despite my cancer treatment".

Vitiligo & Cancer?
About a year or so ago, some of the skin above my left eye turned white.
Then a white spot appeared under my left jaw/chin area.
Now, the area around my mouth & chin has just turned white. I noticed it

Since this is my first time here, not sure if I am posting in correct
place.  Advice would be appreciated.
This will be very succinct cuz I just got on computer and I don't have
the time I need to ask questions, tell what happened to me and find out

I mostly lurk but have a couple of questions for you.  I finished chemo in
Jan 2003 & to this day have never returned to my pre energy level.  I also
had chemopause followed by an oompherectomy (sp) in Sept 2004.  I had
horrible hot flashed on Tamoxifen & decided to have my ovaries ...