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Breast Cancer Support Groups

 

If you have breast cancer, it is natural to be scared, since the outcome is not certain. As your cancer advances, even the help and understanding of family members may not satisfy you. They have not experienced what you are going through, and in such cases, talking to other patients who have survived what you have will make you feel stronger and more capable of fighting back.

There are, for such terrible times, breast cancer support groups which have been started by women who know exactly how you feel and know just want you need. These groups not only let you interact with breast cancer victims and survivors from across the world, but also give you priceless information on your cancer and treatment, because they combine experience with research.

Susan G. Komen's cms.komen.org, besides providing you breast cancer online support that you may need, has internal research projects to help you cure better and faster. Being the largest group of breast cancer survivors, you will never feel left out in the presence of these women. Also are groups, like bcsupport.org and y-me.org, which have chat rooms where breast cancer survivors and activists can meet up and interact with each other, receive news on latest developments in the field, and suggest better treatment methods as well as inform you on the prevalent technology and breast cancer know-how.

Two breast cancer victims started breastcancersupport.org in 1988, realizing the lack of importance the society attached to breast cancer and its victims' needs. Another group, y-me.org, has the sole objective of not letting you feel you are alone. Do you now realize how many people, who will not treat you as aliens, want to help you?

By interacting with the many women who have survived the disease, you will see your mental strength increase ten-folds, and a new ray of hope within you. You will come to love these women; they will be your friends in the worst phase of your life, and you'll want to volunteer helping out other women like yourself! This will give you an unprecedented determination to defeat your cancer!

If your treatment costs more than you can afford, you do not have to be disheartened. There may also be a breast cancer treatment center that receive donations for people who can not meet all the financial funds treatments require. All you need to do is decide if you want to avail help in any matter, and be assured, you will get a lot of love and support, along with all the help you want.

Breast Cancer Products - Books, Videos etc. 

Pink Ribbon BREAST CANCER Crystal Pin

Pink Ribbon BREAST CANCER Crystal Pin

Amazon Price: $1.00 (as of 10/07/2008)

Breast Cancer Awareness Ribbon Promise of a Cure Cuff Bracelet

Breast Cancer Awareness Ribbon Promise of a Cure Cuff Bracelet

Amazon Price: $5.99 (as of 10/07/2008)

Pink Ribbon Breast Cancer Awareness 8

Pink Ribbon Breast Cancer Awareness 8" Car Magnet

Amazon Price: $1.50 (as of 10/07/2008)

24 PINK Ribbon BREAST CANCER Awareness Rubber Bracelets/HOPE/Strength/SURVIVOR/FAITH/New in Package/EXCELLENT for FUND RAISING

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Amazon Price: (as of 10/07/2008)

Mag Instrument K3AMW6 National Breast Cancer Solitaire Flashlight, Pink

Mag Instrument K3AMW6 National Breast Cancer Solitaire Flashlight, Pink

Amazon Price: $8.56 (as of 10/07/2008)

Breast Cancer Support Videos 

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centerforcancer

We offer free support groups in our Arlington MA location.
The Breast Cancer Support Group has been meeting for 13 years and is sponsored by Lahey Clinic in Burlington.
To learn more about the Center for Cancer Support & Education check out our website.

Posted September 05, 2008
centerforcancer

We offer free support groups in our Arlington MA location.
The Breast Cancer Support Group has been meeting for 13 years and is sponsored by Lahey Clinic in Burlington.
To learn more about the Center for Cancer Support & Education check out our website:
http://www.centerforcancer.org

Posted September 04, 2008

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The stage of breast cancer when cancer cells do not remain in the original cancer site and spread out to other parts of the body is called metastatic breast cancer. This is the stage when the cancer is fully advanced. Even if you have been successfully treated for breast cancer, there is a chance that some cancer cells do not die, and later spread out through blood and lymphatic vessels to other body organs. This process is known as metastasis of breast cancer.

Metastatic breast cancer can either recur, that is, the treatment for breast cancer may have completed, but the cancer cells that escaped from being killed make the cancer recur, or may happen during the course of treatment, when the cancer is so aggressive that it spreads out despite of the treatments, or, in some cases when diagnosis is very late, and the cancer has spread out, metastatic might be the very first diagnosis.

Metastasis usually occurs in bones, and organs like lungs and brains. Unfortunately, breast cancer has the highest chance of metastasizing. If you have had breast cancer, and later develop another form of cancer, in all probability, it is breast cancer recurring. The fortunate side of this is that breast cancer is very much treatable. However, if you develop breast cancer again in the breast that was not diseased earlier, it might just be a new cancer.

Another important piece of information is that three out of ten breast cancer patients later develop metastatic breast cancer. If no organ of yours has been affected by the metastatic disease, if cancer cells regress somewhat after treatment for metastatic cancer and if your cancer cells have the female estrogen and progesterone hormones, your cancer has a higher chance of being treated.

Metastatic breast cancer, owing to its nature, requires extensive treatment. Therapies like chemotherapy, hormonal treatment, immune therapy alone with regular mammograms, ultrasounds, CT scans, MRIs, bone scans etc. are necessary. The treatments can be purpose-specific. For treating the whole body, systemic therapies have to be implemented; for treatment of specific organs, local treatments like mastectomy and lumpectomy are done, and for alleviating pain, therapies along with oral aspirin intake are adopted.

Metastatic breast cancer is the worst phase of your cancer, and you should know that scientists are working day and night to invent better methods for prolonging and normalizing your life. Because the prognosis is not usually determined, you have to decide when to end your treatment. Ending treating is necessary because a longer treatment comes with more and more side-effects. Consult as many people as you want, never hesitate to ask your doctor any question, any number of times, but in the end, it all comes down to you to make the decision.

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