MIDDLE-AGED WOMEN 40-60ish

cmbear

all I can say is WOW!!!! That's impressive!!

Paula66

Barb it took him about 2.5 hrs to do it.  He is really good at what he does.  He has done all my ink.  It is a permanet tattoo for sure.  A word to the wise the foot hurts like crazy.  He couldnt believe that I wasnt jumpn all around while he did it.  Trust me I wanted to.  I think its the angle of the camera that isnt showing the red and sore. His hands have to be ready to fall off after today.  My kids wanted ink also so he did them after he did mine.  It was a family outing at the tattoo shop today thats for sure.

barbe1958

It's really beautiful!! I want to do one on my mast scars but think I need to lose a bit of weight first as there is a bit of loose skin just above the scar line. There always something stalling me from doing it....one day I'm just going to stun and amaze everyone (who will never see it!) and just do it!! My Step DD has one on her foot and up her shin. I shudder to think what she'll look like in a wedding dress....sigh. (She's only 25!)

Paula66

I hear ya barbe.  Just jump in and do it!!!  Have you thought about what your gonna do yet! Thats the olnly tattoos that I know the hubs will have real issues with so mine will be awhile.  I want them covered up.  The bonus is I will not feel it.  I am pretty much numb across my chest. I just love them.  My mom just freaks out at all mine.  In the summer she goes on about them when I wear a tank top.  I just think of it as my jewlery since I dont wear hardly ever wear any or own much.  But all mine are covered by clothes but I did them for me so I can see them anytime I want.  

DenimBlue

Hi everybody, and welcome Marilynn (I am also new). My sister has fibromyalgia and I know how much pain she has so I feel for you.

I will be doing good if I can post about once a day. Thank you everyone for all the welcomes.  Yes, I have decided to ask for more Xanax.  The interesting thing is I have only been seeing my GP once a year and so I haven't seen him since last November which was "before".  There is a lot to get him caught up on. (He knows about the BC because he's also my sister's doctor and she goes to him often and I know she has mentioned it, but I have had to see so many other doctors that I haven't been to him.)  The Xanax prescription came from my surgeon back in May, when I was having some anxiety issues before the surgery, and I only took a few of them and then was ok for awhile.  So I will explain everything to the GP week after next and hopefully he'll either prescribe more or suggest something else helpful.

Today was a good day. No horrible mood swings or crying or yelling at my poor husband (partly because I stayed away from home most of the day. It was the only way I could be sure he would have peace.)  I did a lot of exercise at the gym and then went to the craft store to pick up yarn. I met a wonderful lady who asked me for advice about the color of something she wanted to knit for her daughter, who it sounded like is about my age, and then she helped me pick out yarn for a special prayer shawl I want to crochet for a friend.  It made me realize I need to get out more and just talk to people.  Best day I've had in a while.

I sure like reading all the posts. Love the colors in that tattoo! Very nice.

The mystery pic looks to me like part of a dog's chew bone (one of those nylon ones) against something like a lamp base.  That's probably because I spend a lot of every day looking at dogs and their toys.

marilyn113

George or Hugh?  Now that would be a tough choice.  How about both??

I know I need to stop looking so far ahead.  One step at a time...get through the lymph node biopsy.  Some of the nodes are so swollen from my surgery on the 8th.  I hope that doesn't cause a problem.

I'll read up on oncotypedx.  Thanks for the tip.

Paula66

Jeanne Im glad you had a great time out today.  I has taken me along time to get over alot with this BC.  You go from one mindnumbing event for months and trying to heal from it all can be overwelming at times.  Good luck at your GP visit.  Im sure he willl be able to help you. 

I say the MP is one of those gummy candy body parts, a nose (ya I know where your mind was going) from halloween.  

jo1955

Paula, The tat is beautiful.  I am way to chicken to do that plus I don't think I could take the pain.  I was in tears with the 3 little rad tats.  

Anonymous

Evening Ladies, I do beleive I over-did today! DH and I took our labs out for a run, we visited a craft fair, then came home and bathed the pups. I scrubbed my dog after DH lifted her in the tub. Well, now my arm around where the SNB was done is quite sore. Kinda like muscle pull sore. I lift my arm and it lets me know it.

elimar86861

Lory48,  It is important NOT to overdo it on the SNB side for a while.  You don't want to stop moving your arm, but you don't want anything that will cause more soreness...because that will keep inflamation in the area...which will make the fluids come there...which may not drain out properly...and that's how LE begins.  Just some preventative warning from me.

Paula66, Very artful tattoo there.  Do me a favor...once the swelling goes down, take another picture and post it right-side up so we can fully appreciate the beauty that candy skull.  It looks good on a foot.

marlegal,  Thanks for the percentage on the Avastin.  I hope they are not yanking the insurance coverage for people it is currently helping.  You know, I think the price is a big factor.  There are other drugs that help only a percentage of users, and there is no squawk about covering those.

Hauntie

Paula - WOWZA on the tattoo.It's beautiful. I've played with the idea of getting tattoos over my MX scars. Don't know that I have the guts to do it though. If I got one, it would probably be a small one over my porta cath scar. The scar is right over my heart and I'd like a little bird, in memory of my mother, who's nickname was Birdie. Of course, she would absolutely kill me for even thinking of doing something like that.

Eph3_12

Girls, I have several tattoos & wanted one to cover a surgery scar on my knee.  My tat guy says NOT to tattoo over scar tissue-he says it's more painful (The scar on my knee is numb as is the skin around it but he said underneath where the needle will hit isn't) So I'd check with your peeps before doing it on mastectomy scarring, etc.  I want one to go over or around my port scar, but it's been about 14 years since my last tattoo & I think I feel pain more now than I used to.  We shall see. 

darlam

elimar...Sorry about not posting a picture. Guess I misunderstood. I thought I was supposed to post on Sunday (today). Didn't mean to spoil the game:)

walley

jo1955

The brunch sounds great!!!!LOL Have a wonderful Thanksgiving:)

Paula66

Thanks for the tip Joni!  I have to wait awhile for that one.  My guy wants me to wait a year after final surgery to get it done.  After doing my foot it gives me an idea of the pain issue for my scars.

Anonymous

Thank you Elimar..Will definetely slow down a bit on that side. Feels better this morning.

Anonymous

  Not many are guessing on the mystery pic and since I am there by default anyway, should I just go ahead and tell you what it was?.....or do some of you want to guess still?  Thank you for including me Elimar since I am never able to guess my way into winning. 

Kay_G

Don't feel badly, I have been no where near the right guess either. I am trying to come up with a guess, but I am really stumped.

barbe1958

mp - a piece of salt water taffy!!!!!

samsue

I'm totally stumped on the MP so I'll just guess button.

I tell anyone that wants to listen when they're talking about tatto's that I've got two... but they're in a place you can't see. Then I smile sheepishly. Gets them every time! They would never figure that I would have any (but we know what their from....)

Going for my 6 mo mamo on the 30th so I've got the results for the RO. He did the MRI and unilateral mamo in July. This time we do both.

barbe1958

Thought I'd mention a PM I just got from an old friend here from the boards...she's not old, the friendship is old and I know you know what I meant!! I have mild truncal LE and that would be a huge NO-NO for tattooing the area! Dang! I'll have to spend that $500 somewhere else.....sigh

reesie

MP - a bathroom mirror?



Welcome all you newbies. There's a great group of women here that can answer your questions or just listen to you vent when needed. And we also have fun and enjoy guilt free/calorie free drinks and snacks.



My DD threw me a "but I'm not dead yet" surprise party last night. She was originally planning on throwing me an end of treatment party but since I won't be ending treatment and I'm doing so great right now she still wanted to do something. And she had everyone wear blue and insisted on no pink.



I have some great kids

elimar86861

Keep guessing the Mystery Pic (pg. 566) and Marybe will reveal it tonight.  I can't guess, because I know.  I am going to make marlegal's wait a little shorter by saying she only got the countertop part of her guess right.  You can guess again mar.

reesie,  Your "not dead yet" theme party sounds like every birthday I've had lately.  Wah! 

barbe,  Good call!  How soon we forget the many LE risks out there.

lory48,  So you see, I don't make up that LE crap.  It's real.  Frightening how some little thing can give someone a flare-up, or give you the onset of something that will be with you for life.  Glad your arm's feeling better today.

SeattleT

Hello, I am new to this.  Just had a lumpectomy and SNB - both nodes have macrometastases.  My surgeon wants to do an ALND soon.  Should I do it?  Does it really change the treatment plan since I already know I will have chemo, radiation and 5 years of an aromatase inhibitor?  I had a lot of drainage (but no drain) from both incisions and get infections easily.  I am very worried about lymphedema if I have the ALND.  I would appreciate your thoughts.  Thanks.

KittyGirl2011

Well I'm really behind again (3 pages) but I sure would like to welcome our newbies.  We do have our fun and can still be counted on for support and warm hugs when you need it.  So vent, cry, whine, laugh, get silly and anything else you want, we are all here for support.  By the way thank you everyone for you support when I was feeling so low.  I can't tell you enough how much that helps.  I did take note of all the beefcake and really can't help myself and thought I would share mine with you too.  I really love Nathan Fillion in Firefly and now Castle.  Can't get enough!

elimar86861

Seattle T, welcome!  My first and best answer would be get a second opinion to discuss your options, and go armed with a list of questions so you have a full understanding.  My other thinking is you are right to have that worry about LE, as the ALND carries that risk (usually at higher percentages than all the other surgical procedures we tend to get.)  I don't think it would change the treatment plan.  In fact, without ANLD, they may be planning to radiate you axilla anyway, so even with that you have a risk of LE.  You've heard of the ROCK and the HARD PLACE?

Kay_G

Speaking as someone who had ALND and now lymphadema I would get a second opinion and see what they say. I was in a different circumstance in that I had cancer in lymph nodes before chemo, so didn't really have an option. ALND is not a guarantee that you'll get lymphadema, and it is certainly more important to get all the cancer, but I think the current thinking is that with radiation, most people don't need an ALND. Best wishes in however you decide to proceed.

Anonymous

So what is the dealeo with chemo and heartburn?? I mean really.. acckk

prayrv

With LE, no one really knows.

Guess what, I developed LE in my hand this past month.  FOUR AND ONE-HALF YEARS AFTER SNB!!!   No clue as to what set it off.  I only had 5 nodes removed (thank goodness negative).  Anytime a lymph node is removed (even just one) you are at risk. 

Sorry for the mini rant and lecture.

Trish

YaYa5

lory, try zantac or prilosec for heartburn and chew some tums, too.  that's worked for me.