please help

sueps

BTW Karen ...your hair is beautiful xxx

Just like you xxx 

I 

portiasproudmom

Awwww....thank you sweetie Sue.  I love you!!  Cheer up!!  That stupid sexist a$$hole isn't worth the stress he's putting on you.  You are so much better than him!!!!!!!!!

I'm sorry it's going to take so long for you to get your mammo results.  Ridiculous!  Don't they know that people worry??  I'm due AGAIN.  Can you believe it's been six months already?  Where does the time go? 

Speaking of diagnostic tests, Rhuel (my dh) had an abdominal ultrasound and chest x-ray two days ago.  He already received the results in the mail today--all normal!  Big sigh of relief.

Hugs,

Karen

portiasproudmom

I'm sorry you're missing Zippy so much, Sue.  I know how it feels--part of your heart is torn out.  He's in kitty heaven having fresh fish for dinner, I"m sure!!!!!!

Hugs,

Karen

portiasproudmom

Where the heck did Fumi's birthday cake go??  I hate it when that happens.  It was a cake that said Happy Birthday, Fumi.  Love you, girl!

Hugs,

Karen

1Cathi

Hey Karen the cake is still on, it is back a few pages there have been alot of posts since you put it on.  I was going to eat it , but I have plenty of 'ASSITUDE"  I made cookies today, and boy did I sample to many, tomorrow I send them all away with the hubby to his clients,  then I make more and send them away and so on and so on. I have no will power.  . 

Happy B'day Fumi XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOX

dink

AE - That is great news and a big relief for you as well as all of us.  Merry Christmas.

Dorothy are you doing ok.  You worry me sometimes.  Are you feeling any better physicially?  I want you to stand your ground during your meetings, you don't have to take it - you're a human being and should be treated as such.  Just remeber that during your meeting we will all be thinking of you and we are right there with you.

Fumi, happy birthday - how old are you?

Karen you're so cute and congratulations to Nancy - you're the best and so brave.  See everyone loves you for you.

Cathi, are you doing ok with your deadlines?  I'm not - it seems everything is getting in the way of the one thing I am trying to accomplish but I will succeed.  Just watch me.

Goodnight Ladies and have a wonderful evening.

Leesa

Dorothy,

geebung

Sue - that is not fair that you have to wait so long for your mammo result. They should be making a special effort to get all the results out to people before Christmas. It's sure to be fine but you will worry. 

I'm so sorry that you are missing dear Zippy so much. He was such a special cat. In my experience, black and white cats have such pizzaz. My dear cat, the one I had to have put to sleep last year, was black and white. Now I have a little grey girl and I'm sending you one of her licks, one leg rub and a curled-in-the-lap good vibe to help you feel better. xxxx

Karen - that is just GREAT NEWS about the good result from your dh's tests. I'm glad that you got the results so quickly - I wish it was that way all around the world.

1Cathi

Well I just noticed today is my 2 month boobaversery - 2 months ago today was surgery, WOW how time flys by.  I hope to be saying NED for years and years and years. 

Well now it's time to put the new girls to bed -  so good night all - 

livesstrong

Sue - here is Digbert - cuddle all you want - if he'll let you on the chair -lol

" omeday I'll wish upon a star and wake up where the clouds are far behind me.

lvtwoqlt

Sue, I will hold your hand until you get your results, ok. And I will be right there with you during that meeting, you shouldn't have to put up with sh*t from anybody.

I am a volunteer at the wig bank and there was a call for desserts for the Christmas party for the local survivors of all cancer in the county, so I did my duty and made a strawberry cake last night. It was a new recipe (from Betty Crocker Ultimate Cake mix cookbook) and it smelled good last night when I was baking it. I don't know if I will get a piece of it tonight or not. I hoped that when John came in last night he wouldn't cut a piece out of it before he went to bed and he didn't.

Cathi, before you know it 6 months will have passed then a year. It has been 18 months for me as of the 1st of December. Saturday will be my 12 yr anniversary being married to Donald and that has really flown by.

Sheila

livesstrong

Oh Lord - sorry - didn't know it was so big!!

sueps

Hi Sisters xxx

Day off but been called in to work at 5pm

Just want to say I love you ... you are all in my thoughts

Oh my AE give to me your beautiful BEAUTIFUL Digbert... He is absolutely drop dead doggy gorgeous....  I can feel him ...that picture is amazing...look at his big drooly cheeky chops...

Well must get on I have cracking head ache.....an my head is m e s s e d u p!!

MUCH LOVE TO EVERYONE

EVERYONE ON THESE BOARDS.

YOU ARE TRULY WONDERFUL SISTERS X X X

oooop and my UB heheheheheh X X X 

sueps

DIGBERT ITS LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT ...MARRY ME!

nowheregirl

                  

Howdy my family,

                      

Thank you for the birthday wishes.I'm 43 now but still feels like I just finished my puberty. *lol*

Karen, I ate the cake before you knew. I have been pretty quick when it comes to something to eat. *lol* Oh by the way, you are so darn beautiful! Loved the pic!

Val, hooray! I love the good news. Yeah you can breathe again and celebrate the holiday season!

              

Sorry no time to even skim through all the posts. Been super mega busy for the last couple of weeks. It's my birthday week but I haven't even been able to get home from work any earlier than 0:00 am. Of course I worked till a bit past midnight on my birthday and will be working my butt off on Christmas day too. It's not a public holiday here and December has been always hectic at my work so I have never done anything special on both my birthday and Christmas day for decades now. Just can't wait till my winter break which is from 30th this month to 4th next month. I hope I will survive. 

              

Wishing each and everyone of you happy holidays.  Have a peaceful time in whatever you do!

              

xo

Fumi

livesstrong

TeeHee - No way, Sue - Digbert is all MINE!! na na!!!

By the way Lisa - how is our little Oliver??

AE

Anonymous

Hi all!

So much news, so welcome today. The icy cold and snow continues in Seattle. Downtown is usually spared, but we've accumulated a couple of inches this morning and it's still coming down. I have a 1pm appointment today that I usually walk to...about a mile. I've been hoping for a call canceling it, but not so far. We'll see.

Because of the continued weather, my helpers still can't come, so I pulled of another coup. The two items I felt I couldn't hande were a heavy antique oak table and my metal futon frame. I went down to the old apartment and weighed the posibilities. With bungie cords securing all the movable parts of the futon frame and cardboard taped to the end, it was a snap to tip it up onto its end and slide it. Very easy. The oak table is round, so I taped cardboard around its edges and slid/rolled it. Also very easy. All my furniture is now in place. Whoopee! And yes, I am resting.

My computer is still in the old place, so I don't get to sign on very often. They are supposed to come tomorrow and move the connection to the new place, but with the snow I'm not sure if it will happen.

AE, I am ecstatic at your news. I knew it would be once again B9, but confirmation is a cause to celebrate. I, too, adore Delbert. What personality!

Sheila, you amaze me with all you do. You are so creative and dedicated.

Cathi, happy 2-month celebration. Time flies when not waiting for results. Hug that sweet hubby for me, will you? I really love having guy help, too. My sons-in-law love to help me and are disappointed, but it's also wonderful to know what I can do if I have to.

Fumi! Sorry I missed your birthday. So very good to hear from you.

And Jule...you've been MIA for a while. Good to see you. What are the chances Devin will get out of Walla Walla tomorrow? I'm so scared for him. He's planning on leaving around noon.

Oh, Karen! I can just see little Tinker turning into a butterball...kind of like the girl turing into a blueberry in "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory." How are you surviving the weather? Did you get thunder and lightning this morning? It woke me at 5am. I've never heard of a thunderstorm during snow, but it happened. Weird.

Congratulations on Rhuel's negative tests, even if he doesn't deserve congrats. But I'm happy for you not having to worry.

Lisa, so glad Oliver is home. Hope your work slows down a little for the holidays.

Jane, it sounds so odd sending kids off for a 60k hike in December, but it's your summer, of course. It sounds like your holiday season will be filled with family and perhaps "potential" family. Enjoy!

See, Nancy? I told you to trash the wig. Congratulations!

Hi Shari...good to see you.

Sue, I'm sorry you have to wait so long. It's really the pits. But the good news is that if they suspected anything, they'd contact you right away. So maybe three weeks is good news. Such sadness and loss you are feeling around dear Zippy. Hugs and cuddles coming your way. Want me to curl up on your lap? I feel like a kitty sometimes. But I don't care for kitty treats. You'd have to make me a cup of cocoa, OK?

Leesa, sounds like you have a lot of work ahead with the surgery center, but exciting, too. Care to share the one thing you are trying to accomplish? I have so many and none of them are going smoothly.

Enough of a break. Time to haul another load of "stuff" and get back to work. Love to every single wonderfu person here!!!

Judie

lvtwoqlt

Judi, I like to stay busy. I am almost finished with the Christmas present for my mil (the hand sewn felt tree skirt). I didn't think it would take so many hours but it sure has taken quite a few. When I bought the first stocking I was only going to do the one but my dear hubby asked if I could put it on a tree skirt. I knew that only one Mickey would look stupid so I went back and bought 2 more at 75% off after last Christmas (7.50 vs 30). I would have never paid 30 for the kit myself so 75% off was a good price and I bought the plain red skirt for $1 at the same sale. I just have a little bit left to finish the last Mickey Mouse then position the 3 'stockings' on the red skirt and sew them on, and see if I need any additional items to pull them together. I am thinking that a few clusters of holly leaves between the Mickey's will make it look like a good tree skirt, not just 3 stocking kits I sewed to the skirt. I have a week left to decide what to do. She is putting the tree up this weekend but I am not giving it to her until Christmas day.

Sheila

livesstrong

Hi Ladies! Hi Sue- UB here. Sue...Delbert, Digbert, whatever you chose to call him is all yours. Let me know what airport to ship him to...I'll throw in a 40 pound bag of food. He llikes to eat and sleep...in that order. You two will make a handsome couple. Happy Holidays everyone!

UB aka Bill

1Cathi

HOW TO SERVE CHICKEN WINGS TO A MAN.....

NanaOfTen

Hi, I'm new to the site and have spent the past hour reading this forum. You are all wonderful!

Last week my son was over for a visit. He tried to come once a week to help me around the house after my auto accident ... it's harder for me to get things done now. We were watching TV and I was checking my breasts (ok, weird time, but he didn't know) and I felt a lump in my left breast, near my armpit.  I check on a regular time frame, even while in the shower, so I was shocked to feel this. It's large, hard, and has sharp edges to it. I had him feel it. He says, Mom, I can't feel your boob! I say, it's just tissue, feel this! He did. Then said, call the doc.

I have my mamogram and ultra sound done tomorrow, Friday.

I keep checking, hoping it has gone away. It's still there. I am taken back to fifth grade, when my breasts first started to appear, and how I was teased, lol. How uncomfortable I was with them. (you would have to know my dad, it was a crime just to be a female, the "unfinished" sex) Then, as a grown woman, how they fed my children, were 'pillows' for them to rest their heads, comforting them when they needed it.

After my divorce, looking at myself, unsure of where I was going, who I was, ... and seeing for the first time an attractive woman after bearing 5 kids (I had a 25" waist then ... not now, tho ) (some may think why is she saying this, well, the man I was married to and my father could have been twins, not too great in the you are a good person - always quick to find fault with me)

My mom is cancer free for 15 years now. Now, I am scared. This same breast has had a couple of biopsies already (my mom said her doc told her most ladies get this in their left breast ... anyone else hear of this?) and so far I have been B9. The previous times, tho, the spots were found by my mamograms, not able to be felt. One biopsy was one of those steriotatic biopsies - in the mamogram machine for over three hours was no fun. But B9. We (the techs, doc and me) all hugged afterward.

This one is there, very much there. And, yes, I am scared. I know I shouldn't be until the results come in. But I'm human. I just read in this site, and I'll quote it (it brought hard tears to me), hold on, brb ... ok, here it is: In some cases, however, the first sign of breast cancer is a new lump or mass in the breast that you or your doctor can feel. A lump that is painless, hard, and has uneven edges is more likely to be cancer. mine is about the size of my thumb - i was surprised at the size b/c I do check and where did this come from so fast?!?!?!? it's hard and feels like a walnut shell.

So, I am taking a big, deep breath, getting a fresh glass of ice water, and going to cuddle under a blanket and watch a movie. Tomorrow will come soon enough. I'm talking to you b/c I'm not going to call my kids or my mom with this.

I am praying

You are all so great with one another, I hope I can be there for you, too.

1Cathi

Nana of Ten, 

Welcome to the most wonderful group of ladies you will ever have the pleasure of sharing time with,   but I am so sorry you are having to deal with all the emotions and fears of the unknown. 

I have read several articles on the fact that BC is more prevelent in the upper outer quadrant of the left breast (thats where mine was) and yes your other research about painless, hard and uneven edges is alos a true fact, but with all of that - the biggest and best advantage for you is 80% of all lumps are Benign.  

There are so many unknows with BC and it really does not have a rule book, so what may be true to form for on is not for another. 

Do just as you said take a deep breath, cuddle up in your blanket. Testing and waiting for results is the worst part I thought, just not having answers you want NOW!!!

But we are all here, and please stay with us, we are here for you no matter what.

XOXOXOXOXOXOXO - Cathi

1Cathi

PS  - Sorry about all the stupid stuff in the above post, and I can not edit it out -not sure why that happens sometimes.

dink

Cathi, I needed that laugh.  That was to cute.  Don't take it out.

Judie, the main thing I'm trying to accompish are the contracts and my policy and procedures.  It will be down hill from there - I think.  I am also setting up for the Oritenation of new employees, and getting all of the competencies out of the way so things will run smmothly.  I have finished one of the mauals now and one of my boss's is reviewing it for me.  I am trying to keep everyone calm because things are getting hairy at this point and tempers can fly if not careful.  I have typed this first four chapter two different ways and told them they could decide which way to go - I didn't care.  They just laughed. 

The two smallest grandbabies have strep thouat and so does their dad.  The baby has strep and bilater ear infections but she keeps smiling.  The oldest grandbaby had surgery on her teeth again yesterday so I had three little ones trying to get into my lap at one time and believe or not we did it.  Oh all the sweet love.

Love that Delbert - he is so cute.

Everyone be sweet and be careful with the weather.  I'll keep you all in my thoughts.

Leesa

dink

Nana ot Ten

I am glad you joined our site.  I don't always write but when I do, it's usually alot.  You will never be forgotten on this site and we are all like family.  We will keep you in our thoughts and out prayers.  Sending you hugs and good wishes for tomorrow.

Leesa

geebung

Nana of Ten,

Just wanted to send you a big hug and let you know that I am thinking of you across the miles. I am praying that you get the results asap and that they are benign. What a rotten time for this to happen (though of course any time stinks). Please come back often and voice your worries. You are going to need lots of support during the waiting. Yes, left breast is more common for bc (mine was left) but, as Cathi has said, the overwelming majority are benign. Try to cling to that and believe that yours will be too. If it isn't, we will all put our arms around you and help your through.

Cathi, if they offered that chicken dish in restaurants they wouldn't be able to keep up to the demand!

Jane xoox 

livesstrong

Nana - Welcome!! Please let us know how you make out today. Come here as often as you want - somebody is always around to talk to.

Cathi - OMG - that pic is tooooo funny.

Got to start working, bbl

AE

lvtwoqlt

I don't know which was funnier, UB begging Sue to take digbert off his hands or Cathi's picture of the chicken wings. UB sometimes I beg people to take my furbaby off my hands, especially last night, I got home to find she had pulled several tissues out of the trash can in the living room and tore them in pieces all over the living room floor. She was mad at me because I didn't go home at lunch. When I went home after work, I only had time to pick up the tissues, put her outside and feed her before going to the cancer centers christmas party.

Sheila

my3girls

omg...40 some posts to read...and I am crunched for time!! Work is crazy..home is crazy...and maybe I am crazy too! lol

Great news Val!!! happy for you!! Sue..sorry you have to wait honey..and that you are missing your zippy! ((((Sue))))) from me!!

Didn't get to read all the posts...but wanted to mention you two. Sorry ladies...

Oliver is doing ok. He is still not himself.  He uses his legs..but usually he is laying down.  My poor baby!

I will try and catch up later, if things slow down here!

xoxo

Lisa

geebung

AE & UB - re Delbert/Digbert - what a beautiful face! How could you not love it and him! UB you are too funny!

Lisa, I hope dear little Oliver feels better soon. It reminds me of how I felt after surgery - I used my legs but I preferred to lie down! He is only a little dog and perhaps the anaesthetic has left feeling a bit whacked. 

Love to all

Jane xxx 

NanaOfTen

Hi everyone,

Home from my mamogram and ultrasound.

Well, the doctor came and talked to me. (Now, I'm not going to remember the exact words. Not only is that normal under the circumstances, but I also have a head injury to add to the memory.) He told me that I have a 'mass'. It is solid and I need a biopsy. He started talking all these options ... steriotatic needle, surgery, after the biopsy, then it would determine the best treatment afterward. He said, of course it could be a fibroadenomas tumor.

When I saw it on the mamogram, it looked like a comet. It had a large part with a tail going off of it. the large part reminded me of a lumpy piece of playdough. And it is about the size of a large walnut.

I told him I want it out. It hurts. It hurt like hello to have the mamogram done and even the ultrasound hurt when she pressed on it.

He said to wait and see what the biopsy said. Then said to talk to my doctor and see what he thought. Then He told me he was calling my doctor tonight, after he was done talking with me, and if he didn't get in touch with him, he would be paging him. And if I didn't hear from my doctor tonight, I was to call first thing Monday morning to see what he had scheduled.

I call my mom. Tell her what he says. She cried when I tell her it is solid, not filled with fluid. That I have been through a lot and I can get through this. 

So, I guess I am still in a limbo, but I think I know what is going on. Just now have to see what course of action we are going with.

I'm kinda numb now.