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janinvan
janinvan Member Posts: 83
edited June 2014 in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

I had a 15 hour surgery mid- Sept. to remove a recurrent cancerous swelling near my collar bone , which hadn't responded that well to about 3 different chemo over a period of 2 years since jan. 2008   -. my first cancer/masectomy was in late 1996 - then I was okay.

I had my collar bone on the right removed, along with 2 ribs , and a tiny piece of lung---- to get clear margons....a tram flap was made to fill in the space from the swelling.

I'm improving the range of motion in my right arm

***I usually drink green tea---but is coffee bad for tnbc..?

***How can we promote, etc. more awareness for tnbc research...?

janice

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  • LRM216
    LRM216 Member Posts: 2,115
    edited December 2010

    So glad to hear you are coming along, Janice, and that this big surgery is now behind you.  I drink coffee and my onc knows it and has never told me not to.  As to promoting more awareness for tnbc, I have no answers, unfortunately, but they do seem to be on a constant roll towards finding new meds for us, just that so much of it is still in the infancy of its time.  Very disparaging to say the least.  Hope you enjoy the holidays and all continues to go well.

    Linda

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  • Titan
    Titan Member Posts: 2,956
    edited December 2010

    Janice...never have heard that coffee was bad for TN'S...I'm not much of a coffee drinker..maybe one cup per day...I drink green tea too!

    Reading on line and I also get the Oncologystat newsletter e-mailed to me..triple negative is a relatively "new" term...Drugs have been found for the er and pr and her postive ladies..now we are next.  who knows..maybe triple negative will be broken down into subgroups also.

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  • Sugar77
    Sugar77 Member Posts: 2,138
    edited December 2010

    Janice - It's interesting that you ask about coffee.  I'm not a huge coffee drinker...maybe a cup or two a month.  But when I had my very last chemo, I asked my sister to get me a cup of hot water at Tim Hortons for the ginger tea bag that I brought from home to settle my stomach.  Anyway, my sister had a large coffee and I had the large cup with my tea bag in it when my oncologist was going over all the things I should and shouldn't do as I move on with my life.  He said to follow Canada's food guide, exercise regularly, take a multivitamin, and stop drinking coffee as he pointed to my cup.  I laughed and told him it was actually ginger tea from home in a Timmy's cup.  I never really thought much about it until I read your post. Take care and all the best in your recovery.

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  • LRM216
    LRM216 Member Posts: 2,115
    edited December 2010

    Geez - they served us coffee in the infusion room!!!!  I see my onc on the 20th for my next 3 month - I will definitely ask.

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited December 2010

    They have coffee for us in the infusion room too.  And candy, sometimes chocolate, and also cake from time to time...???

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