Sisterhood of the Secret Handshake
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'Morning. Just a quick dash in, dash out, while I drink a strong cup of Italian Roast at the computer.
Rachel: If the title of this forum was "silly arse beetches", then I've found my homebase! Thank you for starting it all! About the oncotype, I haven't gotten the results as yet. I was told it would be three weeks....and it's been a little over two.
lisa-e: okay if I PM you?
chelev: glad your tushie is feeling better! Having pain at both ends (boobs and butt)...I can't imagine the joy. Ugh. Four weeks out from my lumpectomy, and I still hurt. My husband is tired of hearing "DON'T TOUCH THAT!" Enjoy the good FL weather this weekend.
kookiesmom: yes my avatar is my six year old gelding, Chip. Thank you for the compliment!
jrgdomb: I am in San Jose which is about 40 miles south of San Francisco.
pkb143: laughed reading your story of the twisty windy roads from Napa to Tahoe!
Would love to chat longer, but I am out the door for a long ride on Chip, in this fabulous fall weather. Only thing that would make it better if you all were with me! I'll be having bloody marys afterwards, if you care to go with....
Enjoy your weekend, gurls. Yak later.
Debbie
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My goodness, I don't see this thred for a day or so and there's so much to catch up on!
Chelev, I'm glad you're finally getting some relief. I think part of the problem with having an infection in your boob is that when you're out in public you can't hold it and moan (like if you had an infection on your elbow). Something tells me a prologed Secret Handshake isn't the ideal gesture for most public settings. And I'm glad your tushie is better too. Poor Chelev, T & A pain all at once.
The hot flashes I get on tamox are not too bad BUT this is Round Two for me. I went through menopause about 7 years ago, HFs and all, so to get them again is officially Not Fair. It's almost as bad as after my mast - I had a post-op infection that landed me back in the hospital and the med staff kept referring to it as a breast infection. Whadaya mean, breast infection????????? I didn't have a breast!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rachel, I'm sending a PM with the phone # where I'll be in NY. I'm not sure if my friend has internet access at home (the emails I get from her are at work) so I don't know if I can get to this site while I'm there. If you can PM me your phone # I'll be able to call BUT I'm leaving here at about 7 AM my time which is midnight in NY so if it's after that I don't know if I'll see it. Anyway, I'm not sure what's easy to get to and what's not from where I'll be staying (Flatbush) but I would think Manhattan wouldn't be too hard so any kosher restaurant your friend chooses should be OK. Will I get to meet your cute kid too?
Helen, I'm not sure yet where I'll be staying in Toronto - it will be either with my MIL or my SIL so that means either Thornhill or North York. I'll let you know when I know.
My flight is 13 1/2 hours from now and I'm past jumpy. I'm a terrible pre-traveller (I go nuts with nerves while packing/getting ready etc) but I'll be fine once I get on the plane.
If I don't post for a while, don't start getting worried. Just think of me visiting with friends and relatives I've been missing, and smile.
Leah
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Rachel_BC:
Yes, update to 10 weeks PFC: it's me in all my 'hairy glory' (YIPEE) - and not a moment too soon. It's getting cold out! I think someone said (chelev?) it would be safe to throw on a little non-ammonia color sometime around 14 weeks PFC. So which way do I go if I color? It's growing in very dark behind my white chemo fuzz. I don't remember it being this dark...? Of, course I haven't seen my natural hair color, except on my roots, for about 25 years! I was thinking of going blond, but maybe if I go dark it will feel like I have more hair...? decisions... decisions... clearly, I have time to decide.
Anybody want to weigh in on this? Opinions are welcome.
I finished rads on the 6th. Waahhhoooo!!! So by now I expected to be a bit rested and to be building my way back to me. HA! Instead, I'm spending time curled up under the covers (intermittently, of course). I guess it's just going to take a bit longer than I thought for me to build up my strength. I'm sure I just over-did-it when I returned to work. So, now I'm paying the price.
By the way, just noticed your Tamox & Dark Chocolate therapy. Diet is SO very important. I knew you had your priorities in order...
Oh, dear...this thread is back to making me think about food...to hell with the soup...where's the chocolate? Must be feeling better...
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Tumormarkers are in a good range - yay! Still waiting for the CYP2D6 test results, but I've been feeling some more light SEs (nothing terrible) so I'm not really worried. My onc said a lot of women experience only mild SEs and I'm hoping to be one of them!
Renee, how to do you function without solid sleep? Have you tried a fan? A couple of years ago I bought a standing fan and now use it year round - I love the feel of cool air blowing on my face and the noise - it puts me to sleep really fast. And during the summer (except really hot nights) it's just a fan and even then I will sometimes need a light blanket.
Chelev, I'm so sorry that you're not feeling well. After everything that you've been through an infection is the last thing that you need.
Debbie, Chip is so beautiful! Does he live with you - I mean on your property/in your backyard?
Rachel, you will certainly be able to get something out of your LL - it's a bloodbath in the manhattan rental market and it's going to get worse b/c law firm and investment bank layoffs are heating up again - guess they are crunching the end-of-year numbers and they're not looking so good. Try to find out what they are currently renting comparable apartments for in your building and if the current rent is lower than your rent then use it to make your case for an adjustment (plug your address into streeteasy.com and see if anything comes up). My friend lives on christopher and she told her landlord they were moving out (they didn't realize their labrador was going to grow so big) and the LL gave them a newly available 2 bedroom for the same price that they were paying for their one bedroom.
What I like best about Paul Newman is that he was married to joanne woodward for 50 years and seemed to be enamored with her until the very end. Now that's sexy!
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Little red---my opinion about the hair is go how ya wanna! I did and I am really glad. I went red, red red.......
Chelev-glad you are feeling better. Hope the rest resolves itself!!!!
Rachael_BC- funny about your son and having to put off posting. I feel the same when DH is around!
Yes!!! atrip to NAPA. that would be a blast. I have been saving my nickels and dimes for such an event.
Okay, we expect photos leah and Rachel!!
btw, since crikey has too many syllables how about words my Irish grandmother used to spit out????
Juli 50---funny about the no posts for 5 hours??? Isn't it great this is such a busy thread!?
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I think a trip to Napa, is a wonderful idea, but then I live here! Today was so beautiful.
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Jess - I love this place, but I have learned I need to drop by every day to keep up.
Dr appt week coming up for me... neurologist - Wednesday, cardiologist - Thursday, and oncologist - Friday. ($40 co-pay for each.
)Hope everyone is having a good weekend. I'm going to watch my oldest son (26 yrs) play in his roller hockey game tomorrow night. Go "Rejects"!!! lol
hugs
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It's fair to say I am still fighting the battle of the blues. Chocolate bingeing, worries about the lawsuit appeal, upcoming construction, the landlord didn't write to me like the guy said, always the witch in the sky about SFBC, and zometa, and no response from my ONC about refilling the Xanax RX, All of this is unsurprising and intellectually doesn't bother me but it's messing with my head emotionally. Last night I ran the AIR CONDITIONER because my apartment was so hot- I do think its my apartment this time and not me. I dunno. Gonna take a xanax and play with my kid today. Y'all make me laugh, and that's a big help!
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I see now my ONC immediately said he'd send the Rx. It was just reading it through my upset eyes I thought he was questioning me first. This is the kind of BS that stinks so much with being emotionally upset, at least the way I manifest it. Bloody annoying. And it's PMS week oh boy, and I get my period for thanksgiving, fun fun fun!!! Hot flashes with the family. Oy.
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Good morning, all -
Just in the nature of an update/whine/fear reveal/cautionary:
Seem to have joined the cellulitis/breast infection/potential lymphedema group. SO grateful this Forum is here - found a newish thread on this very topic including posts by Ivorymom. For some reason, can't cut and paste my post on Breast Lympheda, Anyone.
In summary, it began with flu-lke symptoms: fever, chattering teeth, aching joints. Discovered my flaming red and swollen breast when I took off street clothes to collapse in bed. It came on VERY fast - within a couple of hours.
I think the site of my SNB scar had been achy a few days before - a warning? As I put on the other post, I have no idea where this all came from, except that it came from SFBC.
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Rachel, I totally relate to battle of the blues. I don't think it's the Arimidex because I was feeling this way before the Arimidex. Just too much shit that I can't get out of my head. Then I go and eat chocolate and ice cream and all the stuff I shouldn't eat. Anyway, this morning I'm going to watch my 4 year old grandson have a skating lesson. In Canada all little boys play hockey - it's a must. And I'll get to run after my 2 year old granddaughter while her brother skates. They make me feel better. I'll pop some popcorn for them and take it to the rink. Little kids always make us feel better I think.
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Damn Pclarky! What's up with this happening to so many all at once? Sounds like no cause has been identified? Do the massages work? Man I am so sorry. I am physically really good, and that alone would usually make me a happy camper, a VERY happy camper. I can even sleep on my stomach these days, only permatan and a bit of brown left on my aureola. Depression/Black Dog/Blue Meanies just warp my whole world. Have you been able to see a doc yet? Why do these things happen on the weekends?
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hrf- thank you. I wouldn't wish this on anyone, and I was afraid by posting it I was bringing down the group unnecessarily, but once again, if speaking up and calling the Black Dog a Black Dog let anyone else connect to it, then I feel better for "sharing". I agree, and I am sure meg does too, one of the best ways to meet this particular challenge is by having as much FUN as possible. I debated taking the xanax, and it did take the constant pointless "shit in my head" argument out of my head, but now I just want to go to sleep. Gonna push myself and the kid out the door into the garden. Exercise, fresh air, laughing at the kid- its all gonna release endorphins
I know Valium is a problem because it forces endorphin production, and then when I stop taking Valium, the endorphin level drops from overwork, and then even the stuff that would usually release endorphins- laughter, good feelings, exercise etc- won't. I hope Xanax works differently, I think it does? And we feel the same way about the Tamox/Arimidex influence... I say this is not due to the SERMs. I was a HAPPY camper until I got this lawsuit madness, clearly it's not Tamox. And yeah, eating the chocolate felt great but now I worry about the weight. So today I got with my diet materials and started calculating calories. Happily, I keep working out, thanks to my kid insisting we work out on the trainer together for him to fall asleep. Wow the canookie skating sounds like FUN. When we go out to the garden I am debating whether to invite the neighbor's kid as I planned. They just went to a 2 year old's birthday party yesterday, and I'm thinking that kid picked up all the germs from that party... oh well, pushing myself out the door (and fully mindful that my "problems" are complete fluff compared to everyone who's been posting about infected boobs and surgeries and stuff. It's just a mind-f*ck. Doing my best to turn my head from the dark thoughts to the light. -
hrf--I like your avatar. My dd would probably like it as well.
Rachael_BC--no, it is not you bringing the group down... Sometimes you just gotta say it. That's all there is to it. BCSUX!!! You seem to be proactive about how to get around the blues and that is great!
Leggy J-- Calistoga is truly a cool town.
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My laptop is fixed!! I am a happy camper!
pclark, I hope you are getting good antibiotics and are starting to feel better. My lymphedema therapist tells me that any swelling or inflammation sets you up for cellulitis. Bacteria love the protein rich fluid - a perfect medium for them. After the cellulitis is resolved, you should get evaluated for lymphedema.
Little red, I also have not seen my natural hair colors in years and years. I am nervous about what I would look like if I quit coloring my hair. However, I think if I gone through chemo, I would have let my hair grow out and see what color it was before making any decisions about coloring it.
Rachel, exercise is the only thing that helps me through rough times. Endorphins rock, imo.
Speaking of rock, I went climbing yesterday. When we left Santa Cruz, it was drizzling and overcast. But it turned out to be a beautiful day! When we got to our destination there was another party there with a one year old. So I got to hold her and get my grandma yah yahs. Fun! the only bummer is that I dropped my camera and the auto focus doesn't seem to be working any more. I had planned to take pictures of one of the routes we did. I couldn't and now I'll have to arrange another trip so I can get the pictures I want.
Debbie, I sent you a pm.
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Rachel: Bringing us down? It ain't so girl!! That Black Dog is like this year's flu. It's nasty and it's everywhere. Never know when it will creep up on you or the ones you love. Like ivorymom said - you have a pretty [d!@m]full plate. I hope you got some FUN in today with your little man! Take the meds if they help - if they don't work for you, find something that does. You have enough to worry about. We've all gotta whack this mean dog on the nose with a big newspaper when he shows up! We're here with you even in the 'dog days'...scratch that...especially in the 'dog days'!
By the way - I've been red: red-red, cherry-red (unplanned), strawberry blond (nice), blond, brown, and various shades between...so many color choices...so little hair...
(P.S. I do not condone or joke about cruelty to animals. I take that very seriously, so I hope my remark is taken in context, and does not offend.)
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I vote for Strawberry blond!
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I DON'T vote for dishwater blonde. I never quite understood the descriptors for such a shade.
Euphimism for blah? Who knows? Who knew? I like the suggestion for strawberry blonde, though. Anyother votes??? -
Yes, I love Calistoga, CA! I've lived here off and on since 1973, and I always come back.
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I like Strawberry Blonde too! But since I can't really see LittleRed's face, I can only imagine how it would go with the back of her head and ears. From what I can tell, it would be luscious.
You know, I thought maybe getting BC would be enough to persuade me to quit coloring my hair and maybe in the process, find out what color it really is, but apparently it's not. The darker it gets, the more I hate it. Let's not even mention the "silver" stuff. The 'Black Dog syndrome' - don't worry about it, Rach. If you're feeling it, then talk about it, especially if it helps. I usually feel better when I talk about things but I realize not everyone's like that. And I'm thinking that although a black dog at first glance might seem mean and ready to attack, us dog lovers out there know that if you train that black dog with respect, fairness and humanity, he has great potential to become your friend and loyal guardian. However, if you abuse, neglect or starve him, he can and will turn on you and/or others. (And Little Red, appreciate your sidebar about animals -- a whack on the nose with a newspaper is not abusive, IMO).
So let's get those mental cheerleaders out there training those black dogs! RAH RAH SIT!! LIE DOWN!! RAH RAH RAH!! (And if Michael Vick's a$$ gets bit in the training process, even better).
*Yeah, I know it's not that simple....but just wanted to say, like LittleRed said, we're with ya'.
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Rachel.....Joseph said he has a bio so I think we're okay for now. If he's willing to do this for us, I'd like to see a few plugs for him. Also, AD's take time to become effective. Two weeks at least they say.
J414.....I did get a fan and it really helped. I also take two meds which has make a tremendous difference. They were debilitating at one point. I don't mind getting red faced and hot but the sweating is embarrassing.
I didn't know Paul Newman died.
Okay Jess. What did Grandma say?
Napa bound. Count me in.
Pclarky... I also had a breast infection but mine was after surgery. Are you on antibiotics? They put me on two different meds then determined that it was lymphodeema and cellulites.
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Renee, was going to say, WHAT? you didn't know Paul Newman died?? but then I realized he died just a few days after your diagnosis. Maybe you had a few other things on your mind at the time.
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Little Red- aside from fashion concerns, maybe you want to ask Joseph- my colorist who has been working with chemo gals growing in- for some tips to get the best color on chemo hair? You can PM him here as JosephMullenColor or contact him his web site which lists his facebook page, phone contact at the salon, email list... see: JosephMullenColor.com
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As usual agreeing with Patty B part deux- Little Red I was only guessing at the color because I thought "red" for Little Red, and Strawberry Blonde should be like, a little red, right? And because you wrote (nice) after it... you MUST like it
Yeah coloring my hair... not the healthiest thing to do... so i try to let my roots grow as much as I can stand between colorings. I swear I got a TON of gray from not just DX but my MRI from hell that also gave me frown lines (still angry about the MRI lady, but I did rat her out to her boss so maybe my next one will be better?). But I also think.... the gray stopped it's onslaught. I think I am back to where i was before DX.
A part of me is in Slooooooo Mooooo (slow motion, not slew moo) since the shock of the lawsuit thing. That and maybe the effects of the Xanax, I dunno. But when I first read "Black Dog" I didn't catch the meaning of the reference... and then when it was brought up again, I thought, "Isn't that a Led Zeppelin song?" But as it came out as a euphemism for depression, I thought, is that what the Led Zep song is about? And then you watch out for the little animals with the abuse disclaimer... too funny (in a serious but still funny way). Your post made me laugh out loud and I really needed that laugh. So following this line of thought, here's a rendition of Led Zep's "Black Dog" on you tube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9i2fqxSjTI
Hey hey mama said the way you move,
Gon' make you sweat, gon' make you groove.
Ah-ah child way you shake that thing,
Gon' make you burn, gon' make you sting.
Hey hey baby when you walk that way,
Watch your heartache drip, can't keep away.
Oh yeah, oh yeah, ah, ah, ahh.
Oh yeah, oh yeah, ah, ah, ahh.
I gotta roll, can't stand still,
Got a flaming heart, can't get my fill.
Eyes that shine burning red,
Dreams of you all through my head.
Ah-ah
Ah-ahh ah-ah
Ah-ah ah-ah
Ah-ah ahhh
Hey baby, whoa baby, pretty baby
Darling give it to me now. (?)
Hey baby, oh baby, pretty baby
Move the way you're doing now. (?)
Didn't take too long 'fore I found out,
What people mean by down and out.
Spent my money, took my car
Started telling her friends she gon' be a star.
I don't know, but I been told
A big-legged woman ain't got no soul.
Oh yeah, oh yeah, ah, ah, ahh.
Oh yeah, oh yeah, ah, ah, ahh.
All I ask for, all I pray
Steady rolling woman gonna come my way.
Need a woman gonna hold my hand
Won't tell me no lies
Make me a happy man.
Ah-ah
Ah-ahh ah-ah
Ah-ah ah-ahSo, I don't think its about depression... sounds more like an old country song (what happens when you play country music backwards? You get your house back, you get your wife back, you get your dawg back...) but it could have some meaning for us crazy sfbc beetches.
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j414- I was wondering when you mentioned tumor marker tests, if that had an application for me. I thought that the tumor marker tests were for ovarian cancer and for Stage IV patients, that they couldn't test for SFBC in the blood? If that was the case, and in any case, shouldn't they (did they?) test for a tumor marker in my blood when they KNEW there was SFBC at the beginning before surgery?
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I gotta weigh in with the Hugh Jackman/Paul Newman crowd criteria of how they treat their women- it totally makes a difference and how! I think maybe it even makes them look better?
I am hoping like J414 that I am just one of the lucky ones with the Tamox SEs, but I think I'd feel better if it was confirmed by the CYP2D6 test. What if it said I wasn't metabolizing? Argh. I will ask my ONC again about it.
So in today's struggle against depression, I am doing pretty good. Yesterday I was getting upset so I took a Xanax and calmed down but then was so tired, I couldn't play with my son- when he woke from nap I just couldn't get up out of bed- different than the RADs fatigue. I am using all my coping mechanisms. Waiting is hard, of course not as hard about other things as health! Every time I can compare the two, I do feel better. Every time I laugh, I feel better. Each time I realize I have earned through these years some benefit that will help me through the next part, like the great relationship I developed with the storage/moving/restoration people, I feel better. I think at the bottom, my fear comes from the economy- like everyone else. Fear for my health (and those I love) certainly comes first - but they are intertwined... if I can't pay for my medical care. And how and where I want to live my life. On one hand, I could sell- I am lucky, my place is still in demand- but where would I move? I love living here, on this block, in this neighborhood, in this city. If I had no fears of money, I could consider living other places, at least part time. I'd spring for transportation costs for the nannies and stuff, but in this cost-cutting time, with the baby and the SFBC and the lawsuit - and the loss there and the fight to get back into court and no guarantees even if I succeed that I will win in court...
And the waiting... the Landlord guy hasn't written to me, so i guess I have to go again and try to find him and negotiate that reduction, tomorrow I we have the big conference call with my lawyer, will he extend himself in any way after blowing my case in such a royal fashion? Add it to the season- the weather is so damn hot I ran the AC for the last two days, and not just in my room, also in my kid's room it was SO hot for him! My family makes Thanksgiving a mess every year. Every year. I did something wicked and I think wonderful this year, I wrote to my step sister:
Heya-
Please don't ask me personal questions at family dinners, interview me and put me on the spot to report about my life, my work, my lawsuit, my plans for the future, my kid etc. I'll participate the way I want to, and offer the personal information I care to as you do. I have been really uncomfortable at the last meals, I felt you put me on the spot, and then interrupted me when I spoke on my own. Maybe you are trying to deflect unwanted attention, but its not fair to me. Find another way.
I always enjoy hearing you speak about yourself and your adventures, especially because I hear nothing from you in between those dinners.
This way I can look forward to see you and [your girlfriend], and I do. Offer yourselves, not me. If I do offer something myself, please let me speak.
Love
Hmmm, wonder if that will work.
I found in my experience that I feel better facing my issues, so I'm just trying to identify what is bugging me and go after that. I call it "putting my face into the wind".
So it's Monday, and everyone is back in their offices, and I can go confront some of the things that are bothering me. I'm trying to figure out how to manage over the next 6 months to a year, because my plan is to appeal, and while waiting for the appeal (~6 months) get the work done on my home so I can move back in or rent it, or sell it, depending on the appeal. And then if the appeal succeeds, the next six months in court- and maybe living in my home? While the management of the building will make my life as much hell as they can, probably dragging out the work I need to do. A lotta stress.
I dislike the picture of a future where I continue to rely on Xanax, and then sleep through my son's life and my own. Also on Xanax I fall asleep at like 9pm, then my body wakes up around 3am and thankfully, I get back to sleep (after finding one of you online to chat sometimes
). But I was so happy before, I was getting really good unbroken sleep. Thank G-d this happened more than 2 months after I started Tamox- I would not be able to tell if it was Tamox or stress!!!!Another coping mechanism against depression is enjoying life and doing good things. On that note, this morning I got to hang out in bed with my kid and my cat, and that is SUCH a natural high, its amazing. And I have to get out of here and get to the cookie shop- because I am delivering letters of LOVE to the troops from YOU- from California (kari) from Oklahoma (PattyB part deux) and from the children in Minnesota (meg).
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chelev- i forgot, when's the MRI? How's the boob?
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Hi, Rachel. Well, the tush is still tender, believe it or not - with twin black & blue marks (I kid you not - what the h**l kind of needles did they use in there???? and scabs. The boob is feeling ever so slightly better, still getting pain but the twinges are slowing down. I've got to do a photo shoot tomorrow boat-to-boat, so I have no idea how much it's going to hurt bouncing around (my guess? probably a lot), but I have to get it done, so will probably bind up in a sports bra first to minimize things. I don't know if the swelling is reducing, it felt like both sides of lymph nodes were swelling a lot too - but judging by the amount I am peeing, it must be getting a little better.
MRI is thursday afternoon, and I am very anxious, mostly because after reading the initial MRI report that I have never seen since February, apparently I was supposed to have a 3 month follow up for an .03 "suspicious mass" on the OTHER boob that my surgeon tried to biopsy and didn't get to the spot. I never had a follow up!! So, I am a little concerned about what that is going to look like, and a little upset that after reading the report, that nobody went over with me, that I may have made a different game plan and option - I have numerous cysts and things in the breasts that I didn't know about, and that kind of scares me a little.
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Chelev- I totally believe you and I am more p.o.'ed than I can say. How does peeing relate to antibiotics working? Well hell, I'll take what I can get. I know there's no use to saying not to worry. I'll recite what you already know, that the other suspicious mass if it was anything just took a big ol chemo bath, and if it was still something after that chemo bath, not to mention the Tamoxifen, that a couple months here or there wont make a difference, and it's probably not something anyway.... and with all these infected boobies around here (wtf is up with that????) and your boob responding to antibiotics at ALL, then it's probably just one determined infection- wants to stay in the nice home it found in you. Cysts and things in everyone's boobs, I had a whole suspicious "field" next to my SFBC which they were able to remove and it wasn't anything. You know the odds are with you. So-- any chance of moving up that MRI? When will they check on the infection and antibiotics working? I think your boob has swine flu.
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Holy cow...I take a weekend off and it takes me an hour to catch up with you ladies!
Debbie- I grew up in Salem Oregon. Now I live in Parker, Colorado (a suburb of Denver).
Ok, I take back that "I love Napa or maybe I just love wine". I love both! We went to Napa 2 years ago and got to stay at the BV House. It was so incredible. A gorgeous Craftsman style home buit in 1920ish, surrounded by vineyards. I did not want to leave! My DH and I drank so much red wine in three days that we were pooping black. Can't get away from the poop talk. Remember I have a seven year old son who thinks poop and all the other smelly loud bodily functions are very funny.
Must work now!
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- 171 Sex & Relationship Matters
- 9 The Political Corner
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- 806 Prayers and Spiritual Support
- 285 Who or What Inspires You?
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- 586 Alternative Medicine
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- 50 Immunotherapy - Before, During, and After
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