About 1 in 100 breast cancer cases are men

[daugen]

Just read this, wishing you a full recovery Jim and a future free of worry.
PET scans can pick up hot spots from recent operations and other causes, so it may take some time for you to be
fully "cool".
My wife is on her third port, what a great invention. Not everyone gets to have a "doorbell"...:thumbsup:

 

[WayneB]

Hey Jim, not too much football this weekend! Thoughts are with you and yours, Jim!

Wayne

 

[Larro Darro]

Good luck with your treatment Jim. You are one tough guy to have continued posting everyday while this has been going on. Reading your posts over on Good Morning... or How Big is your Garden, no one would have guessed what you were going through. Thanks for sharing with us.

Larro

 

[DABSGT]

Jim looks like you are doing well, stay strong. I look forward to your full recovery post. You will be in my prayers.

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[Kyle_in_Tex]

Jim, I just saw your reference link to this and had no idea you had a full thread going. I'm all caught up and glad that you seem to be doing great, especially in the mental outlook.

Also be praying for y'all from down here in Giddings.

We just lost a young (47 years old) neighbor and friend of our family. She had 2 daughters, middle school and a sophomore in HS. Sad, very sad about that.

 

[murphy1244]

I found that Chemo is one heck of a way to loose weight. Lost 45 lbs. Good Luck Jim.

 

[MossflowerWoods]

Jim,

Great thread. Thank you for sharing and looking out for the rest of us.

You are in my prayers sir!

David

 

[Jim Shooz]

As the title says breast cancer, or concern about it, in men is more common than thought.
A few years ago I had a thickening of the tissue around my left breast. i was accompanied by a low ache and tenderness. After a lot of procrastination I finally spoke to my Doc and after a scan nothing was found. It gradually went away.. The only thing it was considered may have had something to do with it was at the time I was on on a 4 year trial of a new drug for prostrate cancer. While it was never known, it was thought that I was on the real drug, instead of the placebo, and there may have been estrogen in the real drug.

 

[daugen]

Jim, you could be the Katie Couric here for male breast cancer; remember how many guys first got a colonoscopy due to all the attention she gave it when her husband died?

This is a good reminder that there is a little bit of female in all of us guys, I know that sounds strange, but perhaps that's where all the sensitivity I see shown in Friendly Politics comes from...

 

[jinman]

Well, I'm doing fine this morning after my 2-1/2 hr chemo treatment. The port in my chest worked great. I was a bit out of sorts last night and only had some potato soup with crackers for dinner. I did not want to push my luck with nausea. About 4 AM, I awoke with hiccups. I still have them, can't seem to shake them. It's not bad, just a minor irritant. As much additional water as I'm drinking, you'd think they would go away. I may have to try the teaspoonful of sugar approach to see if it helps.

I have one frustrating issue with my treatment. One doctor says one thing and another the other. My oncologist has changed his diagnosis, and I'm doing more investigation. It has shaken my trust in him a bit. I'll post more when I talk to another doctor and get a 2nd or 3rd opinion. You just never forget that treatments are big money. The more treatments they sell, the more money they make. Either way, the treatments are similar. The length of treatment is what seems to have changed. We'll see. . . .