my bone scan results were '' entirely clear ''. Yippee !!
wishing all here good health too.
Kathleen

I'm still in shock, I think....
To introduce myself, my name is Sandy and I'm 47.  My mom died 24
years ago at age 48 from breast cancer. Although I had a breast MRI in
February that was negative, I had a routine mammogram two weeks ago

My daughter has been on it for a yr now, I was reading your remarks
about it before. She went to Dentist yesterday, and he said Zometa stays
in your body for 10 yrs????  He said he  has done work on people who
were on it, and had no problems. If a tooth has to be extracted, it just

www.BreastImplantAwareness.org/
www.BreastImplantAwareness.org/blog.htm
http://www.tortcomm.org/newsletter_070523.shtml
There are serious issues covered and everyone affected should read

Hi every one,
I was part of this group since few years...my mother was diagnosed
with BC,and now I am here seeking your help again...I hope you all
will guide me like you did before :)

  I'm new to newsgrouping....so please bear with me.
One year ago I was diagnosed with DCIS in my right breast. Since then I have
been on the long haul of radiation (7 weeks) worth last summer....in Jan.
(8th 2007 ) I had bilateral mastectomies recommended by 3 surgens....Late

well, i went in for a chest CT scan to rule out any lung problems..
like interstitial lung disease or COPD... and everything turned out
perfect. nothing at all wrong. however, on the scan they found a 3mm
axillary node under my right arm.

My aim here is not to cause concern but to sound a little warning.  If
you're a bit of a hypocondriac (as I am) and currently on Tamoxifen, you may
not want to continue reading this ....
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In addition to a "cloudy area" in my breast, the x-rays very clearly show
some small calcium spots. I get all the results of the core biopsy, x-rays
etc on May 29th.
I'm trying to find out online what the calcium spots actually mean and how

Something has been concerning me lately and I wonder if anyone here can
give me the answer or direct me to a website where I can find it.
When one is diagnosed with bc and they remove about 23 lymph nodes,
what if any adverse implication does this have on our body?.  

My wife and I are walking in the Susan G. Komen for the Cure, National
Philanthropic Trust Breast Cancer 3 day 60 mile walk in Boston in
August.
We have approached all of the normal groups (friends, family, co-

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6667313.stm
I was on Zoladex for the standard two years and have been castigating myself
for being a whimp because I took that option rather that chemo.   My onc at
the time was pretty neutral as to whether or not I should have chemo and I

Thank you to All who have responded to my posting!!!!!!!!!!! Your stories
gave me a little chin up for the day!!!! And for once.....I didn't feel
alone!
I kind-a feel like I have someone holding my hand......and boy...it feels

If you have a surgical ablation of your ovaries, uterus, etc and you had
been on Tamoxifen, would you still need to go on Arimidex?  I'm curious as
only post menopausal women can take Arimidex but they stopped producing
estrogen from their ovaries - haven't they?

My wife, 34 yrs has just been operated in breast for lump excission
and has tested positive for Infiltrating duct carcinoma (SBR grade II/
III). The HPE reports are present to the end of this post. Could
somebody please help me understand -