CALLING ALL STAGE I SISTERS

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  • chabba
    chabba Member Posts: 5,065
    edited August 2010

    Thank you Sheila.  Hugs to you.

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  • sheila888
    sheila888 Member Posts: 25,634
    edited August 2010

    Good Night♥

    Ill be up for a little while more watching some TV.

    Last night I watched 3 episodes of Army Wives. I love the show for 2 reasons. Its our military and the wives are good friends always supporting each other.

    I like that kind of friendship which is not fake. Sorry for the long report. I feel restless tonight.

    See you all tomorrow. And please don't go MIA on me.♥

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  • Valjean
    Valjean Member Posts: 1,898
    edited August 2010

    Good Night sis!

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  • inthepink49
    inthepink49 Member Posts: 66
    edited August 2010

    HI all

    Just a little blue today and find reading your posts sometimes help.

    I find that now that surgery is over and I'm back to my usual stuff people forget what we are going through. The calls ,cards and simple how are yous stop. I haven't even gotten a treatment plan yet and it looks like I most likely won't need chemo which I am so thankful for but how about the attitude "oh only radiation thats no big deal".I don't know about you but I would like to see them go through all this.

    Well that was my pityparty for today. i don't mean to bring anybody down this raod with me.

    Great things for you all today!:)

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  • FireKracker
    FireKracker Member Posts: 8,046
    edited August 2010

    Val.....we missed you

    come on over for a piece of chocolate.i saved some for you

    im gonna try to clean my apt.today..joke

    huggggggggs to everyone.be back later as i only have a studio apt.

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  • elimar86861
    elimar86861 Member Posts: 7,416
    edited August 2010

    inthepink, It's that way for a lot of us.  I am thankful that I had "Cancer-lite."  Yes, I do call it that myself because I got to skip chemo, had the lumpectomy & rads.  After my surgery, almost no one inquired how I was feeling during radiation.  My family barely lowered their expectations of me during that time, but I spent a lot of my time fatigued on the couch.  My husband was o.k. with doing some of the cooking for two or three weks.  Too bad my rads were 6 1/2 weeks long. 

    Radiation is a big deal.  Every treatment for B/C takes a toll on a woman's body; and every woman on this site has been down, or will go down that road right along with you. If you haven't already, find the thread for women that are doing rads in the same month that you are.  It is helpful to compare notes and share your feelings while going thru' it.  

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  • sheila888
    sheila888 Member Posts: 25,634
    edited August 2010

    Hi inthepink...First big (((hugs to you)))♥

    I agree with elimar once you are up walking and moving around most people think everything is finished. I hated and still do when well meaning friends or family members say to me:

    " Everything is behind you don't even think about it "

    I heard that from the day I was finished treatment.

    Sometimes I think maybe I shouldn't say the words I said right after my DX " I want everyone to treat me as normal as possible"

    But I hear you once in a while you need to hear people care.

    And people do care but they are afraid of their own mortality like if they dont talk about it will never happen to them.

    Thats why most of us come here and get comfort from each other.

    Please post as many times as you need to. We are here and care for you.

    ((((♥Hugs))))

    Sheila

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  • KAC
    KAC Member Posts: 81
    edited August 2010

    Thanks for the welcome back.  I check in from time to time but don't always post. 

    I have had the chocolate cake craving lately, wonder if it's from all the rain.  I finally caved in and the other night had DH take me to DQ for the oreo brownie earthquake sundae!  It was yummy. 

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited August 2010

    "It was yummy" - brought a smile to my face.  Hi all.  Been having some doldrums myself this week which is totally unlike me.  This, too, shall pass. Weather looks much better so a nice walk after work will do wonders for my mood.

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  • inthepink49
    inthepink49 Member Posts: 66
    edited August 2010

    oh you guys are so sweet and do make me feel better!

    hugs to you all:)

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  • sheila888
    sheila888 Member Posts: 25,634
    edited August 2010

    This is not the place to announce this but I am anyway.......

    At 2:24 this morning I got a call from my daughter Christine (Hawaii) telling me that they are engaged.

    Im soooo happy no sleep last night and no appetite today.Surprised

    Tomorrow she celebrates her 30th Birthday with a ring on her finger.Smile

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  • elimar86861
    elimar86861 Member Posts: 7,416
    edited August 2010

    Exciting!  Congrats to her and the lucky guy!

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  • sheila888
    sheila888 Member Posts: 25,634
    edited August 2010

    Thanks. they have been together for a long time.

    They left to Hawaii together. And I couldn't love him any more if he was my own son.

    Tomorrow night 2 mothers we are going out to celebrate. Yippeee

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  • don23
    don23 Member Posts: 512
    edited August 2010

    How exciting! What a great birthday present for her. That is definitely a great reason to go out and celebrate.

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  • sheila888
    sheila888 Member Posts: 25,634
    edited August 2010
    Thank You don. I think some wine is in order.Wink
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  • raeinnz
    raeinnz Member Posts: 815
    edited August 2010

    sheila - congratulations to your daughter!  This is one of those times that you fought BC to be around for - enjoy the moment!

    patoo - you definitely need some chocolate!!! Hope you feel better soon.

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  • Valjean
    Valjean Member Posts: 1,898
    edited August 2010

    Welcome inthe pink! ~  Going through rads is a big deal. Going through all of this is a big effing deal! Thanks for sharing your pity party with us, I LOVE parties!! Wink

    Sheila ~ As I posted on FB, that is wonderful news about your DD & future SIL's engagement! A wedding - so much excitement!

    granny ~ Thanx for saving a piece of chocolate for me, I haven't had it in such a long time. Just a small piece, tho, & do you have the very dark kind?  Tongue out

    {{hugs}}

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited August 2010

    Chocolate sounds like just the remedy.

    Seyla - congrats, let the partying begin! 

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  • FireKracker
    FireKracker Member Posts: 8,046
    edited August 2010

    YAY.finally good news.thanks for sharing Sheila.

    Val.i eat a lot of chocolate but only the dark so ill save you some.come on over.

    you girls better come soon.im leaving to go to pa to see my granddaughter.i need to smile.she has a 6 mos.old baby that gives me the medicine i need.ill bring some home for all of you

    as always im prayin for all.God bless

    K

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited August 2010

    Granny, have fun - you deserve to smile.

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  • FireKracker
    FireKracker Member Posts: 8,046
    edited August 2010

    i was just on facebook and i saw this on a friends wall. http://saraleeandcarol.org to help people with cancer get treatment when insurance co. blocks access to care.

    i hope someone can reap these benefits.

    i gotta go now.I will smile for all my sistas.

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  • deborye
    deborye Member Posts: 7,002
    edited August 2010

    The diner across the street were I work has the most delicious brownies.  They are real fudgie and on top is a cream cheese type batter baked into it.  :oP''''''''  that's drool.

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  • charmainejensenvoisine
    charmainejensenvoisine Member Posts: 369
    edited August 2010

    Hello Ladies,

    Just out of curiosity, after being diagnosed with breast cancer, did any of you ladies get 'neuralgia' in your face?  Could be a matter of weeks or months or more.

    Charmaine

    PS I have it, and face has been affected from my brow, to the lower mouth.  (left side of face).

    First developed last August sometime, and the doctor that was replacing my GP while on vacation gave me 'prednisone' at the time to treat it.  (as was allot of discomfort).  Now this entire year since beginning of year - intermittently get some discomfort. (burning, numbing feeling in side of face to side of lower mouth by lips - and my left eyebrow to left eye has become more droopy).

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  • Carrol2
    Carrol2 Member Posts: 2,903
    edited August 2010

    Hello I am on day 18 since my bilateral mastectomy. I am stage 1 - 1.2 cm. ER/PR +, no nodes, IDC grade 3. I am waiting for the oncotype to come back on Friday to see if I will need chemo.

     charmainejensenvoisine I did not experience and neeuralgia. Did you get this after chemo? 

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  • ishobie
    ishobie Member Posts: 96
    edited November 2010

     STAGE 1 n that is always good news. i dont do well with my treatments but it is almost over and my oncologist feel I won't have a problem again. I have two more TCH treatments n then herceptin for 9 months. I can't wait till the chemo part is over and I can begin to heal from the chemicals and start feeling like myself again.

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  • sheila888
    sheila888 Member Posts: 25,634
    edited August 2010

    I want to Welcome Carrol and ishobie to our group.

    Smile

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  • sheila888
    sheila888 Member Posts: 25,634
    edited August 2010

    charmaine...I didn't experience neuralgia.

    But I goggled it to understand what it was.

    I hope its temp.

    Hugs♥

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  • albertha
    albertha Member Posts: 10
    edited August 2010

    Hi I am Albertha, I was diagnosed Stage 1 in June 2007. Had chemo but no radiation and still on Tamoxifen

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  • charmainejensenvoisine
    charmainejensenvoisine Member Posts: 369
    edited August 2010

    Carroll2 and Seyla888:  I first had an attack of neuralgia in my face last August around the same time that it was found out from mammogram of suspicions and cancer in my breast.  However the neuralgia in my left side of face has acted up more since chemo and thereafter...

    Charmaine

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  • theresap60
    theresap60 Member Posts: 947
    edited August 2010

    Hi ladies - I just found the Stage 1 Sisters group!  It seems that while I was going through diagnosis, then surgery, then radiation, then chemotherapy I felt like I was on a train with the world passing by.  All I could think of at the time was CANCER but I didn't want to think about it.  I read what I needed to read in order to make informed decisions but I got burned out and then refused to read anything else.  I came to this site a few times to get helpful information but didn't want to participate.  I don't know if I was in denial or survival mode.  It will almost be 4 months since my last chemo treatment and I can now feel some relief and I want to share and HELP, if I can, other sisters who are going through this.  What a wonderful site this is.

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