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#1 Post by peacock2121 » Mon Jul 14, 2008 10:52 am

There is a new kind of radiation that can be used for post operative breast cancer care.

If the tumor is smaller than 3 cm and the patient is older than 45 and there is no lymph node involvement

There is an alternative to the 6 or 7 weeks of 5 days a week radiation.

The surgeon inserts a catheter and radiation is deliver 2 times a day for 5 days (in a row) and you are done.

It has given my m-i-l such relief. She was paralyzed at the prospect of having to get out of the house 5 days a week for 6 weeks and having to be somewhere.

If you have ever given money to breast cancer research - it is making a difference.

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#2 Post by Beebs52 » Mon Jul 14, 2008 10:58 am

peacock2121 wrote:There is a new kind of radiation that can be used for post operative breast cancer care.

If the tumor is smaller than 3 cm and the patient is older than 45 and there is no lymph node involvement

There is an alternative to the 6 or 7 weeks of 5 days a week radiation.

The surgeon inserts a catheter and radiation is deliver 2 times a day for 5 days (in a row) and you are done.

It has given my m-i-l such relief. She was paralyzed at the prospect of having to get out of the house 5 days a week for 6 weeks and having to be somewhere.

If you have ever given money to breast cancer research - it is making a difference.
This is AWESOME. I've thought that if I ever had a recurrence I would not go through radiation again. This, however, I could do.
Well, then

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#3 Post by peacock2121 » Mon Jul 14, 2008 11:06 am

Beebs52 wrote:
peacock2121 wrote:There is a new kind of radiation that can be used for post operative breast cancer care.

If the tumor is smaller than 3 cm and the patient is older than 45 and there is no lymph node involvement

There is an alternative to the 6 or 7 weeks of 5 days a week radiation.

The surgeon inserts a catheter and radiation is deliver 2 times a day for 5 days (in a row) and you are done.

It has given my m-i-l such relief. She was paralyzed at the prospect of having to get out of the house 5 days a week for 6 weeks and having to be somewhere.

If you have ever given money to breast cancer research - it is making a difference.
This is AWESOME. I've thought that if I ever had a recurrence I would not go through radiation again. This, however, I could do.
That is exactly what my m-i-l said :

I can do that.

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#4 Post by Bob Juch » Mon Jul 14, 2008 11:10 am

peacock2121 wrote:There is a new kind of radiation that can be used for post operative breast cancer care.

If the tumor is smaller than 3 cm and the patient is older than 45 and there is no lymph node involvement

There is an alternative to the 6 or 7 weeks of 5 days a week radiation.

The surgeon inserts a catheter and radiation is deliver 2 times a day for 5 days (in a row) and you are done.

It has given my m-i-l such relief. She was paralyzed at the prospect of having to get out of the house 5 days a week for 6 weeks and having to be somewhere.

If you have ever given money to breast cancer research - it is making a difference.
Didn't a BB have something similar to that last year or so?
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#5 Post by christie1111 » Mon Jul 14, 2008 11:10 am

Well, we have donated since Husband1111's sister died at 43.

I am glad the treatment is getting better.

Women shouldn't be dying at 43 of this anymore.
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#6 Post by Beebs52 » Mon Jul 14, 2008 12:01 pm

Bob Juch wrote:
peacock2121 wrote:There is a new kind of radiation that can be used for post operative breast cancer care.

If the tumor is smaller than 3 cm and the patient is older than 45 and there is no lymph node involvement

There is an alternative to the 6 or 7 weeks of 5 days a week radiation.

The surgeon inserts a catheter and radiation is deliver 2 times a day for 5 days (in a row) and you are done.

It has given my m-i-l such relief. She was paralyzed at the prospect of having to get out of the house 5 days a week for 6 weeks and having to be somewhere.

If you have ever given money to breast cancer research - it is making a difference.
Didn't a BB have something similar to that last year or so?
It may have been Junebug. I'm not sure about what exactly she had treatment wise.
Well, then

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#7 Post by Bob Juch » Mon Jul 14, 2008 12:03 pm

Beebs52 wrote:
Bob Juch wrote:
peacock2121 wrote:There is a new kind of radiation that can be used for post operative breast cancer care.

If the tumor is smaller than 3 cm and the patient is older than 45 and there is no lymph node involvement

There is an alternative to the 6 or 7 weeks of 5 days a week radiation.

The surgeon inserts a catheter and radiation is deliver 2 times a day for 5 days (in a row) and you are done.

It has given my m-i-l such relief. She was paralyzed at the prospect of having to get out of the house 5 days a week for 6 weeks and having to be somewhere.

If you have ever given money to breast cancer research - it is making a difference.
Didn't a BB have something similar to that last year or so?
It may have been Junebug. I'm not sure about what exactly she had treatment wise.
Yes! It was her.
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Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.

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#8 Post by peacock2121 » Mon Jul 14, 2008 12:05 pm

Bob Juch wrote:
Beebs52 wrote:
Bob Juch wrote: Didn't a BB have something similar to that last year or so?
It may have been Junebug. I'm not sure about what exactly she had treatment wise.
Yes! It was her.
I did not read that - it was all a big and happy surprise to me.

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#9 Post by NellyLunatic1980 » Mon Jul 14, 2008 12:07 pm

Bob Juch wrote:
Beebs52 wrote:
Bob Juch wrote: Didn't a BB have something similar to that last year or so?
It may have been Junebug. I'm not sure about what exactly she had treatment wise.
Yes! It was her.
She gave a name to her tumor, but I can't remember what it was. Howard? Larry? Marvin?

Calling the archivist!

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#10 Post by Tocqueville3 » Mon Jul 14, 2008 8:16 pm

NellyLunatic1980 wrote:
Bob Juch wrote:
Beebs52 wrote: It may have been Junebug. I'm not sure about what exactly she had treatment wise.
Yes! It was her.
She gave a name to her tumor, but I can't remember what it was. Howard? Larry? Marvin?

Calling the archivist!
I think June might have named her tumor Leonard. I'm not quite sure, though.

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#11 Post by kayrharris » Mon Jul 14, 2008 8:21 pm

We lost Jennifer. a friend and co-worker this time last year to breast cancer, age 35. Her birthday is July 19, the same as my son. I will be a little sad on his birthday this year.
:(

Cancer research is critical to saving lives. Unfortunately, when you get it young, it's usually more aggressive. Similar to what happened to Tony Snow and his mom with their colon cancer.
"An investment in knowledge pays the best interest. "
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#12 Post by Tocqueville3 » Mon Jul 14, 2008 8:23 pm

kayrharris wrote:We lost Jennifer. a friend and co-worker this time last year to breast cancer, age 35. Her birthday is July 19, the same as my son. I will be a little sad on his birthday this year.
:(

Cancer research is critical to saving lives. Unfortunately, when you get it young, it's usually more aggressive. Similar to what happened to Tony Snow and his mom with their colon cancer.
July 19 is also my birthday. I will be 36.

35 is too young to die.

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#13 Post by mellytu74 » Mon Jul 14, 2008 8:27 pm

It's good to read about this treatment.

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