Calling all TNs

slv58

ALHusband, thank you, that is great- lol!

Meadow

good joke Al! Thanks for the laugh

eileenpg

Alhusband=you are the best!!

Luvmydobies

Happy Easter!!! Hope everyone has a blessed day!! Love ya'll.

Msmath

Just starting my 3rd AC dense dose. Happy because after today I will only have 1 more of this cocktail sad and nervous because then I start TC for 12 weeks. I'm so thankful that I haven't suffered many SEs. My dad flew in last night and is scheduled to stay for 7 weeks. Family is so amazing! My school family and friends have been supplying us with meals 3 times a week since February and are planning to continue thru May. Cancer stinks but has also given me huge blessings

Meadow

Happy Easter to you Luv

MsMath you are doing great! And what an awesome support system you have, what a blessing. Enjoy your visit from your dad, my dad was 82 during my treatments, he was wonderful too, came and sat with me during chemo. Gives us strength yes? Hugs to you

breastcancerhusband

Hey ladies (and of course any other guys out there!)

I know all you missed my English accent!

Seriously, I hope everyone is well or as well as can be. Not had a chance to post for a while, things have been rather crazy! But I would like to let you know that my wife gave birth to our little baby boy three weeks ago (March 14th). He's a fine little chap, and doing very well. Keeping Daddy awake at night, (I am of course sending my wife to bed and doing feeding duty overnight), but enjoying every second of it.

My sweetheart is now back on chemo, she has 8 more weeks of Taxol to go. Obviously very tired and now her body is shot to bits with surgery, chemo and pregnancy, but light is appearing at the end of the tunnel. She has even started a fashion trend on the nursery school run. One mum copied her head scaf thinking it was a new fashion statement, the poor thing got a huge shock when we explained the real reason, but hey made my wife smile!

As always love and hugs and prayers to you all.

Tom

xx

slv58

Tom, a huge congratulatory hug to you and your DW!! I'm so happy to hear everyone is doing well and that you have stepped up to the plate for night time feedings- enjoy your very special time together, they grow up way too fast (just saw my daughter off to her new home cross country :-'(

Yahooooo what a bright light! Such great news, thanks for sharing!

SA8PG

Tom

Thank you for sharing!!! Sooooo happy to hear your sweet baby boy is here. Continuing in prayer for your wives strength & yours. What a blessing you are to her. Please keep us posted.

Love, hugs & prayers

G

greenae

Great news, bch! Congratulations!

I hope everyone is doing well, and enjoying the beginning of spring-- Finally!

I am Day 12 into my TC chemo, so I have been lurking the March chemo grp, and may join the April grp.

Hugs to all... Hope you're feeling good!

Love, arlene

BanR

just checking in and waving a big hello to everyone.

glad to hear everyone is doing well

ally..happy to hear that the mass was benign. keep us posted about what is planned next. will be good if another surgery is avoided.

by the way, havent heard from fighter and catwhispurr since a really long time. Both unfortunately battling mets.

old timers and regular writers here...do keep posting. its a huge support.

me doing fine. the cardiac issue is getting treated but to cure it a small surgery would be needed which they are avoiding as of now. i feel its a side effect of taxol since the problem is with the nerve endings near the heart, that have got damaged and i did suffer from serious neuropathy during taxol. But as long as its not another cancer, i will not complain!!!

lots of love and hugs to you all....

eileenpg

Tom=Congratulations. Best of luck to your wife. She is so lucky to have a great guy like you

Greenae= Glad you are doin well. I LOVE the board I joined for chemo they same month I statrted.

Went to MO yesterday for blood work and it is almost normal. Yeah me. No neupogen shots and I do not have to go back for 1 month. WBC went from 1.5 4 weeks ago to 3.7.  Everything else was fine. Finally, I can see the end of all the cancer treatments.

Tobycc

Tom, Blessings indeed! Thank you for sharing this wonderful gift with us

Eileen- great news!

Kath

Luvmydobies

Congrats on the baby boy Tom!! What's his name?

BanR, so glad it's not Cancer you're dealing with. Thanks for checking in!

Arlene, you're cruising right along. Good idea joining the April chemo group but please stay in touch here too.

Eileen, WoooHoooo!!!!!!!!!

Hugs and prayers for everyone!

Meadow

BCH, so very happy for you and your AMAZING wife. I know he is bringing you both great joy.

BanR, may I ask what your cardiac symptoms are? Thinking of you

Arlene and Eileen, hugs to you both

and all the lovely ladies, love to you all

anotherNYCGirl

Tom! How wonderful to hear about the baby!! Let us know more details, - name? weight?

Arlene, - good to see you posting and doing ok! Yes, - join the chemo/month board, - I found it very helpful! (But do keep posting here, too!)

Ban, Eileen, Meadow, SA8, Shari, and everyone else here, - I hope that that spring brings renewed energy and GOOD HEALTH to all!!

BanR

Tom, it must be a combination of happy and tiring days for you and your wife. Let us know how you are coping up with baby plus your wife back to chemo. Taxol should treat her better as compared to anthracycines.

Meadow.. It all began with huge palpitations and difficulty to breathe or move or talk or even lift my head from the bed. But by the time I used to reach the hospital, it used to subside and the ECG etc used to come clear. Till one day when I got a repeat attack right on the ECG table and it got diagnosed right away. He said he will not interpret this as heart metastasis since from breast to heart is rare. How have u been post treatment?

Thanks for the wishes anotherNYCG

Hope u are doing good, LUVMY and everyone here..

Keep writing...

ALHusband

For those of you just starting this journey, I just thought I'd post that today is my wife's 2 year "cancer-versary". 2 years ago today she was diagnosed. There were some complications due to a previous bout with lymphoma 17 years prior, which limited treatment options. We were both scared out of our wits. My wife embarked on the journey through treatment, which included mastectomy, chemo, oophorectomy and reconstruction. With a great deal of faith and a great deal of support, which included this board, we got to the other side. Now, 2 years post diagnosis, all is well so far. Just wanted to say that so you'll know that although it may not always seem like it, there is a light at the end of the tunnel. Fight on and things WILL get better. Bless you all, newbies and long term survivors, and be well!

MomMom

Tom - Congratulations on the baby & praying that treatment goes well.

AL - Congrats on the two year anniversary!!!! 

Best to all going through treatments.  Stay strong.  We can all do it!

XXOO  Paula

jenjenl

I gave up BCO for lent - was amazing. I love and hate this site equally. Hope everyone's well. We're on spring break in San Diego. Lego land today and zoo tomorrow.

Did i read above fighter has mets? I knew she had a local recurrence.

jenjenl

And what's up with the signatures being ridiculously long?

eileenpg

Alhusband= THANK YOU!!! I love encouraging stories

    Best to your wife!!! Good health always.

Meadow

Al, so happy for you and your sweet wife! Thank you for all the encouragement you give us.

Meadow

Jen sounds like the nextfew days will be big fun

JAN69

I've been lurking for too long and BanR has shamed me into checking in. My life is pretty boring. We live in a remote Sierra foothill area, so not much goes on here. We had no snow all winter and barely any rain. Yesterday it snowed and rained! Yeah? Our pond is still just a mud puddle. Dreading summer as everything is dried up already and the wild fires have started.

I thank God I still seem to be NED after 4 years. My new (to me) MO has had his 3 strikes out with me. Visit 1: I felt very cared for. He sat down at my eye level and we talked for 45 minutes. Wonderful. Visit 2: Visit started with me complaining about Lymphedema. I was fully dressed and no exam yet. He said I don't have lymphedema and couldn't understand why I was wearing compression garments. Visit 3: Told me he never heard of taking Metformin or the Metformin study. Fired him.

From my quick reading, it looks like most of you are doing well. That's so wonderful. I'm just so sorry so many new members have a need to join. Delighted that Tom has a new healthy baby and the new family is doing well. Nothing like a new baby to warm the heart.

Wishing everyone health and energy and happiness. Jan

Teka

Good Morning!

Daddy and Mommy............

Woke up this morning to 3" of fresh snow.

eileenpg

TEKA= UGH!!!!!!!!!! Come to Florida!!!

Jianchi

Hi Everyone! Just to say Hi. It's been a while. Hope all is doing well.

Meadow

Hi back at you Jia!

Ladies, there is a thread started by the daughter of a TNBC patient that is new to the forum, the daughter posted under the name ....veryDisappointed...., she seems young and is looking for info or feedback on her mom's fungating tumor. I do not have a response for her other than to offer encouragement, if any of you do have anything you can offer her please look her up by her name. Thank you so much

Meadow

Eileen you are such a sweetie