Prayers & hugs needed

carcharm

Prayers & hugs needed

carcharm

I am going for my first pet scan post chemo/herceptin friday and just wanted to ask for prayers and cyber hugs. I love that you guys do that. I have all kinds of pains and twinges that of course lead me to believe I have gone from Stage I to IV. I am very scared and almost can't function till it's done.

LRM216

All the best, carcharm, we will be there with you!

littletower

Prayers, hugs and all good wishes frm NY!

mmm5

adding you to my prayer list now. May you be blessed today and the results of your scan be clear and bring peace to you!

carcharm

Thank you all!

lexi4

Prayers right now for comfort as you wait for your scan and clear results.

Hugs and Prayers,

Lexi

carcharm

Just got back from scan. The nurse who did the injections was a 10 year br ca survivor. She never had any follow up. It made me nervous that it went over the schedule 1 1/2 hour and that she looked sad when she came to get me off the table. Oh Now the wait... I am going Monday if I haven't heard from the doc which I highly doubt. It should post to my chart but no transcription on the w/e so not till monday. Oh how my life will change if  I am stage IV.

davisfamily70

carcharm,

 I am praying that everything is okay-maybe she was just sad to see you go after getting to know you for 2 hours.

Be as calm as you can and let the people on this board lift you up with our good thoughts and prayers.

squidwitch42

carcharm,

Many blessing for good news soon.  I understand your fear and recently had a PET myself.  You have been through a long bout of chemo, and I am going to think positively that it got it all and then put up a sign saying no more Cancer ever again!  Try and have a good Sunday, K?

traci

carcharm

Pet scan was negative and I get my port out tomorrow. Had my last Herceptin yesterday. I've been given the gift of some time.

davisfamily70

woohoo!!!! Party time.

lexi4

Yahoo!! Great news!! Celebrate being cancer free!! Yess!!!

Hugs and Prayers,

Lexi

carcharm

My husband & I are heading to California for a life celebration trip in November. I have a question though. I am stage I HER 2+++- my new surgeon finally agreed to do a prophylactic mastectomy if after 6 months I still want to. I hate going in for my mammo's. I feel lopsided. I had no reconstruction. I don't care.. if I am flat and even concave... Post babies at 50 they droop and my nipple is huge. I think I want to have it but the trauma of surgery is not good for my immune system yet I like the idea of no mamo's just scans. I've learned to live life from the basics if that makes sense to anyone. No frills. I know that my cancer is more likely to be metastatic than to have a new primary in the other but yet I have my mom and paternal grandma with breast cancer - though BRCA -, which I think I have a gene for that hasn't been discovered yet. I am the youngest thus far to be dx with BC so I think I want to do it There are things to do to prep your immune system for the trauma... any thoughts on this?

LRM216

Carcharm -

Maybe you should start a new thread requesting the info re prophylactic mastectomy.  I had a "large" lumpectomy, so I can't help, but I know a lot of gals on the board have had them and I'm sure they can assist with info for you, but I worry they won't find it in this thread.  Just an idea.  Good luck,

Linda

chrishat

hi,

i had cancer in one breast but had both removed. i just didn't want to worry about it coming back in the other breast and i had lost faith in the screening process, since i had annual mammos WITH ultrasound and still, my cancer was missed til it was stage 3a. my mom had breast cancer too and although i too am brca-, my onc said there is definitely the possibility that i am positive for an as-yet undiscovered gene. i also had my ovaries out, partly with this in mind. i think it's a really individual decision....we have to weigh the pros and cons of extra surgeries with the peace of mind we get. for me, the surgeries were all the right decisions and i feel like i've done everything i can. i know that it does seem like there is a current trend toward breast conservation in the medical community....a big hesitation to remove healthy tissue.... and i had to be insistent and be my own advocate.

big big congrats on a negative PET scan!!!!