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everyminute Member Posts: 1,805
edited June 2014 in Stage III Breast Cancer

At least today! 

945 onc appt - I have no issues or concerns so it should be a short appt.  Blood work will be back in a couple of days.  Prayers for low tms please. 

1pm lymphedema therapist - Good news is that the swelling goes down each day (basically on its own) so I am hopeful that this will be able to be controlled without too much difficulty.  The pain in my thumb and wrist (from cellulitis) is better each day too.

I am working from home in my jammies this am and am planning on going to the gym between my two appointments today before coming home to work in jammies again and then make a real dinner tonight!

ps - prayers please.

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  • everyminute
    everyminute Member Posts: 1,805
    edited January 2010

    ps - its about DC mom today too!

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  • DCMom
    DCMom Member Posts: 624
    edited January 2010

    Mary- I'll be praying with you as my onc appt is today at 11:45.  I need to schedule with my physical therapist to check for lymphedema (I have so much numbness I am never sure).

    These appointments always put me on the edge.  Praying praying praying...

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  • KerryMac
    KerryMac Member Posts: 3,529
    edited January 2010

    Well, it is a busy Doctor Day today!

    Sitting with you both at your appointments. I can go fetch the coffee.

    Remember, this is the Year of Us! There will be good news only this year for everyone. 

    Hope it all goes well. 

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  • robyn33
    robyn33 Member Posts: 99
    edited January 2010

    Just chiming in with hopes and prayers for good news at your appointments today, Everyminute and DC Mom.  :-)

    Robyn

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  • JacquelineG
    JacquelineG Member Posts: 282
    edited January 2010

    Praying everything goes OK Mary and DCMom!

    My 3-month checkup is this Friday, and I'm getting the jitters already. Also, my non-rads breast has swollen up like a balloon over the last 10 days (I was out of town in NY) so I'm a bit concerned. It's also bruising so I think I somehow injured it but I have no feeling there so I don't remember! Could be my 3-year old toddler???

     Anyway, sending good vibes your way! As Kerry said, it's our year and only good news allowed!

    Jackie

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  • LittleFlower
    LittleFlower Member Posts: 405
    edited January 2010

    Prayers for stress free appointments everyminute and DCmom.  Those visits always make me nervous days ahead, and then i think about them days later. 

     Deep breaths, good news, and more uneventful months between follow ups!

    LittleFLower

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  • kim40
    kim40 Member Posts: 904
    edited January 2010

    Here's to stress free appts for Everyminute and DC Mom!!!

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  • AnacortesGirl
    AnacortesGirl Member Posts: 1,758
    edited January 2010

    More positive thoughts from the Pacific Northwest....

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  • apple
    apple Member Posts: 7,799
    edited January 2010

    of course i pray for you Mary..

    sending you lots of the prayers.

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  • Bugs
    Bugs Member Posts: 1,719
    edited January 2010

    Prayers said!  I'll be thinking of you both throughout the day. :)

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  • kimber3006
    kimber3006 Member Posts: 586
    edited January 2010

    Prayers for good news all around!

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  • diana50
    diana50 Member Posts: 2,134
    edited January 2010

    (((((hugs and prayers from the desert)))))

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  • Let-It-Be
    Let-It-Be Member Posts: 325
    edited January 2010

    Yah, the good news year!!  Good News, Good News, Good News...

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  • NancyD
    NancyD Member Posts: 3,562
    edited January 2010

    Here's good wishes for good news!

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  • helena67
    helena67 Member Posts: 357
    edited January 2010

    Best wishes to my fellow Stage IIIers!

    Thinking of you both.

    -Helena.

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited January 2010
    Ahh, don't you wish it could be more fun being that it's all about you today!  Hugs and prayers to you.
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  • mmm5
    mmm5 Member Posts: 1,470
    edited January 2010

    Mary and Dc

    I offer prayers and peace today that it is a very peaceful day, one more step towards letting go as you get calming news on your tests.

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  • Flamin_nora
    Flamin_nora Member Posts: 52
    edited January 2010

    Positive vibes are being sent your way!

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  • everyminute
    everyminute Member Posts: 1,805
    edited January 2010

    Thanks ladies

    Onc appt went well , white count is still a tad (barely) low - other than that all looked good.  Tumor markers and vitamin d results will be back tomorrow or next day . got h1n1 shot.

    lymphedema therapist said wasnt much swelling and that I should start wearing sleeve (and glove) while exercising - maybe that will even help.  Infection seems much better.  She thought it was odd that I was having so many problems with so little swelling and being active and not over weight - sigh.

    DC Mom - check in!

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  • jenn3
    jenn3 Member Posts: 3,316
    edited January 2010

    (((HUGS))) coming your way and for DC Mom!!!

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  • DCMom
    DCMom Member Posts: 624
    edited January 2010

    Well an uneventful appointment...except for my tears.  Discussed an anti-depressant again (I cry alsmost every time I visit).  I told them I was usually fine, but the appointments just really get to me.  I had no blood work results and will only get a call for bad news....soooo no news...no news...no news....that's all good news.

    Mary so happy to hear your day was "uneventful" as well. 

    Thank you for all the good wishes you all are my rocks.

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  • KerryMac
    KerryMac Member Posts: 3,529
    edited January 2010

    Great to hear, boring, boring, boring. Best kind of news!

    Mary - hope the sleeve helps your arm. I tell ya, if it aint one thing....

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  • Beverly11
    Beverly11 Member Posts: 443
    edited January 2010

    Glad to here about uneventful appts DC mom & everyminute.

    Mary - Is it recommended to wear a sleeve while exercising as a precaution to prevent lymphodema?  Do you for sure have lymphodema?  Is it painful?

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  • diana50
    diana50 Member Posts: 2,134
    edited January 2010

    you all are doing well, hang in there. this is hard stuff; but you CAN and you WIll work through all of this hard stuff.

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  • everyminute
    everyminute Member Posts: 1,805
    edited January 2010

    I do have mild lymphedema - some mild pitting (skin stays pressed down when you push on it) and measures slightly bigger than other arm.  Also - cellulitis is prone when there is lymphedema so there is another clue. 

    There is two schools of thoughts on whether to wear a sleeve for a preventative - I have been wearing it as a preventative for flying but not for excersise - now I will.

    So far my only pain has been from the infections themselves. 

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  • Bugs
    Bugs Member Posts: 1,719
    edited January 2010

    Awesome news on great appts. both of you!  Mary, hopefully wearing the sleeve will help prevent more issues with the arm.

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  • SpunkyGirl
    SpunkyGirl Member Posts: 1,568
    edited January 2010

    Mary and DCMom,

    I haven't been around for a few days, so I'm sorry I haven't checked in earlier with you.  I hope that things continue to get better for you.  Mary, you say it best when you say "Sigh."  Ugh works for me, too. 

    When you come down to see me and we both go running together, people will think we are displaying the latest fitness trends in running when they see us with those sleeves.  As crazy as it sounds, I feel protected when I'm wearing my sleeve, and it's comfortable.  I wear a sleeve/gauntlet when I exercise. 

    As Dora says, we gotta "just keep swimming....".

    Love

    Bobbie

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  • DCMom
    DCMom Member Posts: 624
    edited January 2010

    My arm tingles when I run so my physical therapist said to just wear the sleeve (and to make sure I always wear the glove so I don't puddle at the hand).  We should all go designer and get out for a run sometime.  We would look like pros and others would look and wonder what kind of performance enhancing gear we were wearing.  :)

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  • karen1956
    karen1956 Member Posts: 6,503
    edited January 2010

    Every and DCmom...uneventful appt....that is good......

    Jacqueline....will be thinking of you Friday.....

    Do the appt ever get easier?  Probably not!!!!  But when they appt are less frequent less time to worry...I'm still on a 3 month schedule....and I'm going on 4 years.....could almost count the days!!

    Hugs all around.  Karen

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  • Gitane
    Gitane Member Posts: 1,885
    edited January 2010

    Mary,  Just found your post.  Good news.  Love it.

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