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  • Cherioo
    Cherioo Member Posts: 305
    edited September 2012

    hope everyone is doing great today. Just completed second round and so far so good . Amy, love the hair. I just turned 46 and have four children ages 12,11,9,7 .

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  • Cherioo
    Cherioo Member Posts: 305
    edited September 2012

    hope everyone is doing great today. Just completed second round and so far so good . Amy, love the hair. I just turned 46 and have four children ages 12,11,9,7 .

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  • Cherioo
    Cherioo Member Posts: 305
    edited September 2012

    Patricia I am glad all went well other then the rash . Keep the positive vibes coming . Love your spirit.

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  • aic
    aic Member Posts: 417
    edited September 2012

    Add me to the list please....start chemo on Monday for the first time. I'm 35 with a 7 year old son

    Scared out of my mind...praying for no major reactions as I am side effect queen typically. I have been reading all of your tips. Do you recommend to have a bigger breakfast before? My appointment is at 830. Also what day does the hairloss typically happen? Are a lot of you icing your nails? Thanks in advance. I appreciate your knowledge.

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  • aic
    aic Member Posts: 417
    edited September 2012

    Add me to the list please....start chemo on Monday for the first time. I'm 35 with a 7 year old son

    Scared out of my mind...praying for no major reactions as I am side effect queen typically. I have been reading all of your tips. Do you recommend to have a bigger breakfast before? My appointment is at 830. Also what day does the hairloss typically happen? Are a lot of you icing your nails? Thanks in advance. I appreciate your knowledge.

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  • Foreverchanged72612
    Foreverchanged72612 Member Posts: 223
    edited September 2012

    Had my second treatment of Taxol and Herceptin Monday (2 of 12 weekly treatments). Due to my little allergic reaction to Taxol from the first treatment, I was given a real big dose of Decadron which has been wreaking havoc on me ever since. It causes sleepnessless and my skin to break out. The pharmacy in the oncology unit told me to take Benadryl to sleep which yes, lets me sleep at night but makes me jittery for the rest of the day when I do wake up. What a crazy ride trying to figure all these side effects out!!

     @aic: yes, I do recommend a big breakfast. It's a pretty long day ahead of you on your first treatment and you want to make sure you have your energy. Are you bringing someone with you? That's another thing that I would really recommend. Even though I did eat pretty well beforehand, I wasn't prepared for how hungry the steroids (Decadron) the nurse gave me before the chemo would make me. I made my DH run and get me a muffin and a drink! 

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  • Foreverchanged72612
    Foreverchanged72612 Member Posts: 223
    edited September 2012

    Oh! I see everyone posting ages and kids: I'm 38 with three boys ages 7, 4 and 16 months.

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  • Joemommy
    Joemommy Member Posts: 31
    edited September 2012

    I am 46 and have a 4-year-old son.

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  • sugarlandIDC
    sugarlandIDC Member Posts: 23
    edited September 2012

    Hi everyone - I'm 43 with a 16 year old son and 14 and 11 year old daughters.

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  • DonnaD08
    DonnaD08 Member Posts: 128
    edited September 2012

    I am 42 with two kids. A 12 yo daughter and a 9 yo son.

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  • DonnaD08
    DonnaD08 Member Posts: 128
    edited September 2012

    I am 42 with two kids. A 12 yo daughter and a 9 yo son.

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  • Timbek2
    Timbek2 Member Posts: 204
    edited September 2012

    I did it! Round one of ac is over!!! I feel super tired but it's just a long day. I'm so happy to have one behind me. Praying for minimal ses now.



    I'm 40 three kids boy 13. Boy 10.5 precious girl 7



    Fighting for them. Courage to u all!!!!! We can beat this!

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  • rsdavid
    rsdavid Member Posts: 34
    edited September 2012

    I am 58 with 3 kids, a son 38, and daughters 35 and 18.  Also, the proud grandmother of four grandsons ages 6-11!

    Day after first t/c and am exausted.  have strayed too far from either the bed or the couch.  otherwise, no side effects!!! hooray!

    Good luck to all on this road -

    Sherrie 

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  • firestorm531
    firestorm531 Member Posts: 176
    edited September 2012

    I'm 41 with a 14 year old daughter...

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  • bearcub
    bearcub Member Posts: 485
    edited September 2012

    Hope all of you who just finished your rounds good luck with the SE this week.



    Did all the women here find the lump in the breast themselves or was it a routine mammogram? I am shocked at how young most of you are, with young children.



    I was having a routine mammogram .

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  • Timbek2
    Timbek2 Member Posts: 204
    edited September 2012

    Mine was a routine mammogram. Felt nothing. Scary! Snuck right in on me. My mom was 49 when diagnosed but had no lymph node involvement. I don't understand why so many young women. Blessings to us all. Praying for rest and peace. Love



    And does anyone watch parenthood. I love that show but hate where it's going....

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  • DonnaD08
    DonnaD08 Member Posts: 128
    edited September 2012

    congrats Timbek! Getting over the first hurdle is a huge milestone. I hope also that your SE's are minimal. Mine have not been bad so far. Keep up with your nausea meds, I'm mostly tired so far.

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  • DonnaD08
    DonnaD08 Member Posts: 128
    edited September 2012

    bear cub I found mine myself. Even after I found the lump it still didn't show up on the mammogram and I paid extra for the 3D :-/. It did show up on the ultrasound though.

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  • Waitingforthenextstep
    Waitingforthenextstep Member Posts: 251
    edited September 2012

    Melrose

    Thanks for the kind words. I feel better now. Went today and bought a wig, good match to my hair.. I guess whatever control I can exert over this is helpful to me. Still real scared about Tuesday though.  As far as my family, I am trying to shield them. Basically I just need them to take over dinner if I am sick, all on board w/that. I just want to maintain my lifestyle as best as I can. 

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  • butterfly14
    butterfly14 Member Posts: 253
    edited September 2012

    bearcub, found mine on my own, even dr. wasn't concerned at first.

    timbek - so glad you are done with the first one, my first ac next Tuesday.....just want to start so I can be that much closer to the end.

    Hope everyone is  feeling great.

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  • butterfly14
    butterfly14 Member Posts: 253
    edited September 2012

    bearcub, found mine on my own, even dr. wasn't concerned at first.

    timbek - so glad you are done with the first one, my first ac next Tuesday.....just want to start so I can be that much closer to the end.

    Hope everyone is  feeling great.

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  • butterfly14
    butterfly14 Member Posts: 253
    edited September 2012

    bearcub, found mine on my own, even dr. wasn't concerned at first.

    timbek - so glad you are done with the first one, my first ac next Tuesday.....just want to start so I can be that much closer to the end.

    Hope everyone is  feeling great.

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  • whenlifegivesyoulemons
    whenlifegivesyoulemons Member Posts: 184
    edited September 2012

    I too like Parenthood, but almost couldn't watch the last episode.  Clearly they're working Breast Cancer into their story line just in time for Breast Cancer Awareness month.  I'm all for finding a cure, but at the same time I am sick of thinking about cancer, and now it's gonna be everywhere.  I guess I'll plug my ears, and close my eyes for the next month.

    I'm 46, no kids.  Found mine on annual mammogram.  Still haven't had anyone explain to me how it's possible that it can grow that fast.  But I guess it's either that, or mammograms are crap, which may also be possible.  Also great to find out I have dense breasts AFTER the diagnosis.  Had never heard about breast density and risk.  GRRR.  Water under the bridge, but still...GRRR.

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  • whenlifegivesyoulemons
    whenlifegivesyoulemons Member Posts: 184
    edited September 2012

    I too like Parenthood, but almost couldn't watch the last episode.  Clearly they're working Breast Cancer into their story line just in time for Breast Cancer Awareness month.  I'm all for finding a cure, but at the same time I am sick of thinking about cancer, and now it's gonna be everywhere.  I guess I'll plug my ears, and close my eyes for the next month.

    I'm 46, no kids.  Found mine on annual mammogram.  Still haven't had anyone explain to me how it's possible that it can grow that fast.  But I guess it's either that, or mammograms are crap, which may also be possible.  Also great to find out I have dense breasts AFTER the diagnosis.  Had never heard about breast density and risk.  GRRR.  Water under the bridge, but still...GRRR.

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  • Sjayne2u
    Sjayne2u Member Posts: 15
    edited September 2012

    Well I survived my first day of chemo. Even after 5 nurses took 4 tries and 3 hours of attempting to access my port (which never worked today). It wasn't as bad as I had imagined. It was actually a nice afternoon with my 17 year old. Go figure. I had stressed myself out so much worring about having everything on the list for my first appointment and finally said I would let that go. They had everything I could and would need at the center. I was so pleased.



    Has anyone else had any issues with their ports? I go get it checked out in the morning.

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  • Sjayne2u
    Sjayne2u Member Posts: 15
    edited September 2012

    Well I survived my first day of chemo. Even after 5 nurses took 4 tries and 3 hours of attempting to access my port (which never worked today). It wasn't as bad as I had imagined. It was actually a nice afternoon with my 17 year old. Go figure. I had stressed myself out so much worring about having everything on the list for my first appointment and finally said I would let that go. They had everything I could and would need at the center. I was so pleased.



    Has anyone else had any issues with their ports? I go get it checked out in the morning.

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  • Sjayne2u
    Sjayne2u Member Posts: 15
    edited September 2012

    Well I survived my first day of chemo. Even after 5 nurses took 4 tries and 3 hours of attempting to access my port (which never worked today). It wasn't as bad as I had imagined. It was actually a nice afternoon with my 17 year old. Go figure. I had stressed myself out so much worring about having everything on the list for my first appointment and finally said I would let that go. They had everything I could and would need at the center. I was so pleased.



    Has anyone else had any issues with their ports? I go get it checked out in the morning.

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  • Sjayne2u
    Sjayne2u Member Posts: 15
    edited September 2012

    Well I survived my first day of chemo. Even after 5 nurses took 4 tries and 3 hours of attempting to access my port (which never worked today). It wasn't as bad as I had imagined. It was actually a nice afternoon with my 17 year old. Go figure. I had stressed myself out so much worring about having everything on the list for my first appointment and finally said I would let that go. They had everything I could and would need at the center. I was so pleased.



    Has anyone else had any issues with their ports? I go get it checked out in the morning.

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  • Foreverchanged72612
    Foreverchanged72612 Member Posts: 223
    edited September 2012

    I found a lump myself. It was one of those weird feelings where I knew instantly that it was bad and that I had cancer. And I had to deal with all those in the health profession that said, "No, you're too young, you have children, you breastfed them all, you don't have a history of breast cancer in the family. No, no, it's probably a cyst." And I would smile and thank them for their reassuring words but insist on the next step...the mammogram, the ultrasound, etc. And then the results of that came back with a classification "BI-RADS 5" which was 95% certainty of cancer. And there was that sickening feeling in the bottom of my stomach that yes, I had been right.

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  • Cherioo
    Cherioo Member Posts: 305
    edited September 2012

    Good Evening Everyone,

    I spoke to soon. The yuck feeling has arrived . Just made dinner and could not wait to get it done and go lay down .praying for no SE for everyone

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