The Cycle
March 6, 2009 9:27pm
It's just one huge cycle....wake in the mornig tired.....grab a cup of coffee, take my meds and lay on the heating pad for the back and shoulder …
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SarahT 
8:22pm, October 27, 2009
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About Me
SarahT
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About Me
I'm a Breast cancer survivor for five yrs now, Have been dealing with chronic pain from Neuropathy and Fibromyalgia caused by the Chemo drug Taxotere. I also suffer from depression and chronic fatigue. I moved to Ohio in Nov.2006 from CA. and am working with a new team of docs to get my health as good as I can so that life will be much more injoyable. I'm a mother of one son and grandmother of one wonderful 7 yr old girl. What a great group of people on this site.
I'm a Breast cancer survivor for five yrs now, Have been dealing with chronic pain from Neuropathy and Fibromyalgia caused by the Chemo drug Taxotere. I also suffer from depression and chronic fatigue. I moved to Ohio in Nov.2006 from CA. and am working with a new team of docs to get my health as good as I can so that life will be much more injoyable. I'm a mother of one son and grandmother of one wonderful 7 yr old girl. What a great group of people on this site.
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Interests
I don't do much of anything anymore, but I love gardening, making computer art, fishing, sitting at the lake and anything my grandaughter wants to do. I beleave my lot in life may help another some day.
I don't do much of anything anymore, but I love gardening, making computer art, fishing, sitting at the
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To Stand With Pride
February 21, 2009 10:07am
I was given this poem from a friend and wanted to share it with all of you.
To Stand With Pride
I stood in the Shadows when The Doctor told …
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Worried
February 18, 2009 10:09am
I'm a bit worried right now. I am 6 yrs cancer free at this point, but have been dealing with Fibromyalgia for 5 years now. Latley the pain has …
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Journal Entry for January 30, 2009
January 30, 2009 11:16am
One day at a time....that is all I can do and it's ok for me. Taday I am tired and hurting, but happy in general. It may be snowing and cold …
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Ray of Sunshine
Hey Sarah T
Thank you so much for replying to my post called "Letting them Know". I appreciate it a lot and think your a courageous and strong woman with all that you have endured. I wish you the best and to hope to keep in touch
much hugs
christa
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thanks. it means a lot and i appreciate it.
I’m With You
I looked at your profile. It was the same chemo drug taxotere. I also think some of my pain is from the nueprogen shots I had to do ten shots with each chemo treatment. I'm sorry to hear you ended up with fibro but it's nice to know I not alone. I know my oncologist kept saying just give it time and you'll feel better. Ten years later and not any better. But I'm still cancer free. Hugs
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May you be filled with peace and have some relief soon
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Thank you for sharing your experience with me! I feel like I found some hope.
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Close Chronic Pain
5 Yr Breast Cancer survivor with chronic pain (Neuropathy and Fibromyalgia)now for over 4Yrs caused by chemo. Have been unable to work a job since. Dealing as well as I can, thank goodness for my son, grandaughter and daughter in-law they are what I live for. I'm working on making new friends and not isolating because of the pain.
Treatments
- Ambien Working / Worked
- Works to get a few hours of solid sleep.
- Cymbalta Somewhat Helpful
- Helped a bit, but too expensive. stopped taking.
- Effexor Working / Worked
- works well for my depression and really helps with the menopause symptems from the Arimidex Breast Cancer med.
- Heat Working / Worked
- Could not do without it. I use a heating pad often through the day and a hot tub when I can.
- Hydrocodone Working / Worked
- The only thing so far that helps the most, but with the usual constapation.
- Lyrica Not Working
- No help at all.
- Marijuana Working / Worked
- Tried it for a bit a few yrs back, worked well for nighttime pain and sleep. Too bad people like myself are not aloud to use it as a med.
- Meditation Somewhat Helpful
- If I'm alone at the lake it works a little at that time.
- Neurontin Not Working
- This one was no help to me.
- Oxycodone Working / Worked
- Worked well for the pain, but too addicting, won't take it anymore.
- Physical Therapy Somewhat Helpful
- Stretching in a pool and then soaking in a whirl pool helps my muscles.
Close Breast Cancer
Stage: IIB (T2 N1)Found a lump in July 2002, was due for my mamo anyway. Told had cancer (stage two with mast to nodes), Mastecomy, 8 month chemo, 34 days radiation, Tamoxifen (3yrs) and now Arimidex. Due to have the BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene test, if possitive docs want to talk about more agressive precausions against reocurrence. Have met and made good friends thru all of this and have lost some also. Feel lucky most of the time to be alive. I feel my mission now is to turn this neg. into a poss.
Treatments
- Adriamycin Working / Worked
- Did well, not too many problems.
- Arimidex Too Soon to Tell
- Just started a few months back, so far not too bad.
- Mastectomy Working / Worked
- Surgery went well, healed well, want reconstruction, but fearful of it.
- Radiotherapy Working / Worked
- Was painful for me, bad cramping in my chest wall, not too much burning thankfully.
- Taxol Working / Worked
- So far cancer free, but Taxotere which is sometimes used instead of Taxol cause permanant nerve damage and have had chronic pain for 4 yrs now. happens rarely I'm told.
Open Fibromyalgia
Fibromyalgis and Neuropathy four years now that was Chemo indused. Not working do to the chronic pain I am in constantly. The only thing I can really control is if I smile or not, I try to smile every chance I get and my friends on this site have help me soooo much.
Treatments
- Aqua Therapy Somewhat Helpful
- As long as the water was really warm it help me to work on the stiffness and get some of the excersize that I really am in need of.
- Cymbalta Somewhat Helpful
- This helped a bit, but just way too exspensive for me, had to stop taking it and look for a more affordable treatment
- Duragesic Patch Somewhat Helpful
- Sometimes the patch would work well and other times it would not work at all. Very inconsitant
- Effexor Somewhat Helpful
- help my state of mind. I get very depressed quite often and this helps me with that.
- Elavil Somewhat Helpful
- This med helped in the night time hours so that I could get some sleep, but often left me feeling more foggy in the morning than usual
- Hydrocodone Working / Worked
- This is the one med that has helped the most, but I have to be carful not to over do it and take myself off of it once in a while, but it works
Open Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
CFSC....go's hand in hand with Fibromyalgia, Neuropathy and Depression all of which started with my Breast Cancer treatments.
Treatments
- Cymbalta Somewhat Helpful
- did not work well enough.
- Pain Management Clinic Working / Worked
- Very helpful
Open Depression
Type: Clinical (Major) DepressionTreatments
- Cymbalta Somewhat Helpful
- work a little, to costly
- Effexor Working / Worked
- This has worked best for me.
- Elavil Working / Worked
- worked great for evening pain and sleep, but added to the fatique
- Meditation Somewhat Helpful
- Sometimes works to get through the sudden emotional episodes
- Positive Thinking Somewhat Helpful
- I do this as much as I can.
- Psychotherapy Working / Worked
- Has worked to put some issues to rest and deal with the now
Open Restless Legs Syndrome
RLS...my constant nightly companion.
Treatments
- Aqua Therapy Working / Worked
- Nightly sits in either a hot tub or bath tub helps both the RLS and Fibro for a while.
Open Sexual Abuse
I'm 49, Live in Ohio, Breast Cancer Survivor, Have Fibromyalgia, PTSD, Drepression and was sexualy abused as a child. Wnat to join this group for support in finally dealing with the abuse issue.
Treatments
- Emotions Anonymous (EA) Considering
- Going to start meetings.
- Talking Too Soon to Tell
- Just started counseling.
- Effexor Working / Worked
- Been on 150 mg for many years now dont think its working for me now looking into a different med.
Open Incest Survivors
Abused by my father when I was a child. Looking to connect with others that understand.
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