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Renal carcinoma: a 5-yr+ ongoing survival story after stage III diagnosis
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Added Sep 26, 2021In 2016, I was a very active, exercising 64 y.o. with no serious health problems. I thought. I went in for an annual checkup and mentioned to my doctor of a very mild complaint in the UPPER right quadrant of my torso. It felt like a pinpoint needle prick sensation of intermittent nature, not severe or excruciating, but perhaps bothersome. My d…
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PCa treatment following auxumin scan revealing seminal vesicle invasion
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Added Feb 23, 2021Prostate cancer diagnosed in 2009 Gleason 7(3,4). Treated with IGIMRT and ADT. Nadir of 0.3. Biochemical recurrence in 2013. Treated with salvage brachytherapy summer of ’13. Nadir of 0.4. Biochemical recurrence 2016. Sprionolactone, then Lupron, nadir of 1.3. Auxumin scan February of 2021 shows uptake in seminal vesicles not remote loca…
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Breast cancer patient
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Added Jan 27, 2020I am going through Chemo right now for 4 cycles in FL. I used the Digicap for my forth treatment and everything went fine. I was able to stand the cold knowing that I probably wouldn’t lose my hair. Wrong. I followed all the instructions to a “T” and my hair all fell out on day 15. I had the rest shaved off. I would have kept paying the hi…
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Arimidex and side effects vs Tamoxafin
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Added Nov 6, 2018I have used Arimidex for 9+ years with no side effects except for the time I was switched to 2 generic cheaper meds because my insurance refused to pay. I was lucky that my doctors went to bat for me and got the insurance to agree to pay again. The agonizing joint pain forced me to use crutches during those months and I still have some even af…
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Proton Radiation for breast cancer
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Added Mar 19, 2016I was diagnosed with Stage 2a breast cancer in September 2015. While preparing to receive traditional external radiation after my partial mastectomy I learned, from a friend, that there was another option for radiation…Proton Radiation therapy. Further research indicated that it was definitely an option for me. Proton therapy uses proton beams…
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Cancer Returned More Aggressively
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Updated May 8, 2015My name is Liz and I created this account for my friend Jenn, who lost her battle with cancer in Sept 2013.
http://radiationdaze.blogspot.com
Jenn was initially diagnosed with breast cancer in 2007 and with limited funds she went through traditional radiation and chemo treatment and went into remission. She created her blog, Radiation Daz…
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Perfect 10
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Added Jun 20, 2014Because the results of my chromosomal test revealed I was likely to respond well to treatment, but my AML would most likely to recur, a stem cell transplant was recommended. I underwent induction +3 regimens of chemo before undergoing an allo transplant donated by a 43 year old female from Germany (unrelated). She matched me 10/10!
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I'm garrett andrest, and I support someone with cancer
chemotherapy and raditation
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Added Dec 17, 2013Doctors decided treatment the treatment was chemotherapy and radiation. I don’t know if my aunt was scared or not but before my aunt started chemotherapy my uncle shaved her head I think people look good even if they don’t have hair especially girls its called inter beauty.
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I'm DonnaFern and I am currently winning against Stage 4 Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.
Our Only Option
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Added Aug 18, 2013With my lung cancer and the location of the tumors, my oncologist, Dr. Lalan Wilfong, said that my options were limited. Surgery wasn’t an option and neither was radiation. Chemo was the only choice available to me. Take it or leave it.
Once upon a time, I vehemently opposed chemotherapy. In the mid-70’s I watched my dad go through chemo trea…
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To be or not be- should I undergo chemo?
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Updated Jun 13, 2013Hello – I was diagnosed with breast cancer stage II on March and underwent a double mastectomy in May, and because the doctor discovered a micro metastasis in one of the three sentinel nodes, I also underwent and axillary node dissection last week. I received yesterday the results from the latest surgery, which came back negative, and the Onco…
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Added Feb 16, 2014THIS IS A RECORD FROM MY DR de ZARRAGA JR.
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No matter where you are in your cancer experience, if who you know yourself to be and love is alive and present, then you too are a survivor.
It's YOUR Body. YOU Get to Say How it Goes!
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Added Dec 30, 2010These were the words that a dear friend and cancer survivor shared with me when she found out I had been diagnosed. She must have repeated the words 15 times! Over and over she kept reminding me until I got it.
Your doctors work for you. They are the experts but you get to decide which treatment suits you…speaks to you…resonates with you….
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Renal carcinoma: a 5-yr+ ongoing survival story after stage III diagnosis
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Added Sep 26, 2021In 2016, I was a very active, exercising 64 y.o. with no serious health problems. I thought. I went in for an annual checkup and mentioned to my doctor of a very mild complaint in the UPPER right quadrant of my torso. It felt like a pinpoint needle prick sensation of intermittent nature, not severe or excruciating, but perhaps bothersome. My d…
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TURMERIC INHIBITS MANY CANCER LINES
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Updated Apr 24, 2013Can Turmeric — Nutritional Chemotherapy — Stop Cancer?
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Diets-eBook/276712085771415
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Proton Radiation for breast cancer
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Added Mar 19, 2016I was diagnosed with Stage 2a breast cancer in September 2015. While preparing to receive traditional external radiation after my partial mastectomy I learned, from a friend, that there was another option for radiation…Proton Radiation therapy. Further research indicated that it was definitely an option for me. Proton therapy uses proton beams…
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