Calling all TNs

MicheleS

Inmate- do you have xanax or ativan that you can take to help you through this weekend.  xxoo

PS.  I tried to stay away but have missed the support here.  I was on this thread waaaaaay back when... and then bailed during a scare I had.  Been in touch with Heidi throughout... Thanks for taking me back!

ksmatthews

Girls I need some advice..I have had a cold/sinus drainage for about a month. With this I have coughing spells, which leads to shortness of breath. Sometimes when I have a coughing spell which is mostly at night. I have a spot in the middle of my back that starts hurting. I am on my 2nd round of antibiotics. Should I ask for more tests? I think I am due for another ct scan in April.
Also I think I may have arthritis in my left knee. It pops and cracks all the time and now it hurts. This has been going on for a while. Should I ask for a bone scan?
I am so scared! I dont know what to do..

christina1961

KS, If it will relieve your mind, maybe they can move up your CT scan - it is only one month away anyway.  You are here in the land of pollen with me and I've already had one sinus drainage mild coughing episode this spring that has gone away. I blame those gorgeous Bradford pear trees the city went crazy planting until they realized many people are allergic to them. My breathing was ok when I was upright but when sleeping all that drainage would accumulate in my lungs and cause coughing. I'm not a medical professional and can't give medical advice, but your knee sounds like my right knee that has bothered me since my late 20s.  I used to wear a Cho-pat knee strap when I ran.  It lifts the kneecap a bit so it will track correctly.  You can order them online or get them from an orthopedic doctor or sometimes chiropractor.  They are fantastic!  I've been very scared lately, too.  Our group has been hit very hard lately. 

Lovelyface

Inmate - I am so sorry you have to wait the weekend with this horrible thing looming over your head.  I recently had a biopsy myself.  While waiting for the results of my biopsy, during another procedure,I met the same nurse who had helped with the MRI guided biopsy the previous day. I asked her what my enhancement breast tissue looked like.  She said it is just a very bloody piece of breast tissue, nothing else.  Inmate, I am sure we all have been through this once and we know what we feel, what we read on our doctor's faces, but maybe the doctor's were just serious, I don't believe they know anything more than you do.  They just had a breast tissue in their hand which is microscopic.

Believe me I may be one of the most "freaking out crazy" woman on this website. As I have written here before, I absolutely cannot handle the suspense, it drives me crazy.  So, I go about calling all sorts of nurses and doctors that I know before the results are out.  One other doctor told me (and I know this is so absurd) that cancer takes time to grow, up to 5 to 10 years.  So you won't have it now.  This statement shocked me especially that it came from a highly respected surgeon.

I am just saying that I am sure the doctor's don't know anything more than you do at this point just from the biopsy.  Maybe it is just the rads after effects and not actually "cancer cells".  Hugs!

christina1961

Happy Birthday, Laurajane!!!

Michele, Good to see you.

Onvacation, I'm sorry you have been diagnosed, but this is a fantastic thread for support.

Inmate, thinking of you this weekend.

Gonna cut this short as my alpha kitty  keeps biting my fingers because I'm typing and not petting!

Lovelyface

Many Many Happy Returns of the day is wished for you, dear Laurajane!!!!  Please write if you get a moment.  We miss you here.

sandik

Thanks everyone. Thanks Titan. I know that the port is my choice. I am terrified of needles, so I really do think it's best for me. I just don't want it! haha

inmate4232010

happy birthday Laurajane!

inmate4232010

Thanks everyone for your words of encouragement.  I know that whatever this happens to be at he moment has yet to be identified.  The rash is just one of the issues along with pain in my left ribcage that also seems to be somewhat extended as well.  The rib issue is what concerned the doctor most (as I recall him saying).  My last clean scan was January 13th so I am hoping that it is just delayed reaction from radiation and everything else.  

Sorry for the freak out yesterday.  I certainly didn't want to dampen anyone's weekend.  I will wait and worry but not let those feelings paralyze me.  My best friends are coming over tonight and that could not have been better timed.  I love it when things work out like that.  I will enjoy their love and use their support to give me strength.  

Here's to a great weekend.  Love to you all! 

Cocker_Spaniel

Inmate hope you enjoyed your time with your friends and had a peaceful nights sleep.   Nobody like good friends to buck you up.  Thinking of you  today.

Laurajane a very happy birthday to you. Kick up those heels and have a great day and a good wine.  

Susan, MBJ wishing you a happy day with lots of family and friends around you.

Annie. xxooxx       

christina1961

LJ, Hope you are okay. I remember you had a brain scan last Monday and meeting with your onc last week. Post when you feel up to it. Sending love and support! 

Anonymous

LJ is gone. Sherri and I wished her a Happy Birthday yesterday and Sherri checked her FB page this morning. She died on her birthday.

https://www.facebook.com/laurajaneshively

I knew she was bad, and was expecting it any day. I think she fooled a lot of us with her *incredibly* upbeat attitude. She sure was a beautiful woman, inside and out. Talented, compassionate and brave. Now, her children, gardens and artwork are her legacy. RIP sweet LJ.

christina1961

Thank you, Heidi, for letting us know. I am so saddened by this, and no, did not expect this so soon.  She had such an incredible attitude and zest for life.

Teka

laurajane, rest in peace.   I feel such a loss.

christina1961

If any of you who knew LJ better than I want to coordinate sending some acknowledgement in the form of flowers or whatever her wishes may have been, please let me know.  I would be glad to paypal toward something.

Sugar77

Hi ladies - (my "real" name is Sherri). I'm very saddened right now. Then I catch myself and think of LJ and how she was. She was so optimistic and upbeat. She would have wanted all of us to see the beauty in each and every day. I will always remember the thing she started in 2010 where we each wrote on this thread about "the best thing that happened to us that day." RIP Laura!

Anonymous

Sugar--- Oops! Sorry to blow your cover.

NavyMom

So sad on hearing the loss of LJ.  Wishing her peace.  And strength for her family.  She will be missed here on our TN thread.  What an amazing woman.

lrr4993

Thanks for letting us know. I am devastated, but sugar is correct - LJ would want nothing but positive feelings from each of us. I did not post here often but she made such an impression on me very early on. She was an amazing lady.

inmate4232010

heavy sigh!  heavy heart!

bak94

Heartbroken. Don't know what else to say, other than you will not be forgotten LauraJane.

bak94

Just feeling so lost without our LauraJane....Maybe I should go do some gardening in the rain.

Christina, I agree, we need to do something, any ideas?

My good things so far today, cuddling with the warm doggies. Also,  feeling so lucky to have known someone as special as LauraJane, even though it was only online, I feel like I knew her in person.

Sugar77

I'm a terrible gardener but always got a lot of inspiration from LJ when she talked about her work. So,  I plan to plant something special in my garden this spring and vow to take good care of it. I will think of her. I also plan to reflect on the "best things" each day...she taught us that. 

Sugar77

I'm a terrible gardener but always got a lot of inspiration from LJ when she talked about her work. So,  I plan to plant something special in my garden this spring and vow to take good care of it. I will think of her. I also plan to reflect on the "best things" each day...she taught us that. 

Sandlake

LJ made a very memorable impression on me too!  I will also reflect on the "best things" each day in her memory.

TifJ

I just returned from a wonderful weekend fishing with the family and now feel like I have been punched in the gut. I can't believe Laurajane is gone. Yes, we all knew it would happen, but I honestly thought she had a bit longer. It was so like her to remain postive and try to keep us positive, I will miss her tremendously. I would like to contribute something as well as soon as we hear about arrangements.

Inmate- I am so sorry you have to wait to find out what's going on. I will keep thinking good thoughts (as we all will).

Welcome to our new ladies.

Has anyone heard from Suze or MBJ?

Babs37

What sad news.........My deepest sympathy to LJ's children, family and friends. She was a great lady. She will be missed. Best thing of the day: Went with my DH and son to the Botanical Gardens to see the Butterflies go free exhibition. It was just spectacular. Laurajane would have loved it..................

OBXK

LJ - my heart aches.

Kelley41

I am so upset, angry and sad....we are losing so many great women to this awful disease.  I belong to another TNBC group and within the last month we have lost many wonderful women in that group also!  I do not have a green thumb at all but in memory of LJ, this Spring I am going to plant something...

Anonymous

Perhaps we could contact the children's garden that she created and ask to donate a bench there in her memory?