Here's what cheezed me off today

Rockym

9911, try a B+ and a D :-).  I guess I should be happy they are mine, but before BC they were perky B's that fit my body just right.  I've spent a small fortune in bras, camis and sports bras.  Tax deductible??  Medical expense??

9911

Rockym - I had lumpectomy & reexcision in 1999 ... C & A(almost). I didn't do anything about it till I had BC again. I had a 10+ hour surgery and I want the foobs the same now. I have gone this far not to go uneven. Buying bras still going to suck ... I have mounts that don't fit in most bras. I'm happy not to have the cancer loving breast anymore. Really, BC X 2 is enough for me.

-LA

chabba

9911 - My surgeon gave me a prescription for a bra and sent me to a shop that specalized in "lumpectomy and mastectome solutions".  The bras were expensive but they work very well and between my insurance and medicare the cost was near what my regular ones used to cost.  However I didn't have to waste more money replacing ones that didn't work when I tried wearing them.

9911

Hi chabba-

Thanks ... was offered that by the PS about 6 months ago.  I have foobs made from my tummy fat. I know I can find something when they are the same size. I just hate trying on bras knowing not all bra size are the same and style does make a different.  I can be 34B, 34C or 36A ... depends on the maker & style. I have all those sizes right now. I could also get away with camis & tanks ... I have no nips. Just another SE from BC ... hating bra shopping.

Take Care

-LA

TallM

Feel like screaming. I hate all the arguing & bickering. Can't we all just get along! Life's to short. Literally to short to be wasting time with things that don't matter. All are hungry but can't eat in the new car. Someone doesn't feel included so feels left out & sad. OMG people get over it!



Phew! That should help. Off the venting train on to more positives, fingers crossed. Can't take anymore!!! Enough!!!

purple32

maca

That massage therapist did you a favor.

I have LE, and it haunts me more than the cancer. Went from breast into BOTH arms/ fingers ...rings no longer fit.

BAD situation here, and I am quite sure I dont have the worst of this yet. Progressed in a weeks time!

Forget the damn massage and pray you never get lymphedmea, my friend. It sucks,

macatacmv

thanks purple, I got all swollen up from either the prednisone or bp meds, so now on another pill to reduce fluids. bah!!!!

Got a FB message today about  Sour sop or fruit from a graviola tree can kill my cancer. 

Wren44

Why can't the cure be something like chocolate in large amounts?

TallM

Agreed Wren that would be wonderful! Someday maybe they'll have a magic pill:)



Here's a joke for the day/week:



Finish the start



My therapist told me the way to achieve true inner peace is to finish what I start.



So far today, I have finished two bags of chips and a chocolate cake.



I feel better already.



Have a great one everybody:)

purple32

Sour sop or fruit from a graviola tree can kill my cancer.

DAMN!
Why didnt I think of that ?!!!! 

TallM

Purple-It's genius! What were we thinking:o We should have thought of that. Add a bit of chocolate & honey I bet that would cure everything else.

purple32

hahahhahaha!


I actually had someone tell me today, that apple cider vinegar was probably the key to all this .

Hmmmm.... somehow, I dont think so!

I'll try the chocloate though

TallM

Haha. The vinegar might help if your acid balance was off in your body or if you're a car battey. Where do people come up with this stuff.



Someone told me there is a special honey that can help heal wounds. If I were a bumblebee. Seriously people! It's good for a laugh at least:)



I think good old sun, rest , exercise are some of the best things you can do. Getting cancer is just plain old bad luck.

purple32

Someone told me there is a special honey that can help heal wounds...

Hmmmm...OR Cause infection!

Yes, I agree about the bad luck.  I have had a  lot of it . Some was not luck at all - like my lung disease.  Hey, I smoked !  But to SKIP radiation , have 2 nodes out and get lymphedema ?
Now,  That's bad!

Leah_S

Now here's the interesting thing - honey really does have antiseptic and antibacterial properties. I don't know if the commercial, edible honey would work (processing might mess up those properties; I'm not sure).

I remember years ago reading an article about medics using it in the field during WWII when regular supplies were difficult to get and how they had good outcomes with it (not for healing wounds but for preventing infection).

Leah

Jennt28

They use pure manuka honey for stubborn ulcerated wounds in a number of hospitals. I ahve a jar of it at home - cost $65 - Mixed it with moisturising cream during rads and everyone says my skin is fine now...



Messy stuff though.



Jenn

purple32

Learn something new every day!!

chabba

Honey is an old time home remedy for cuts , scrapes and wounds.  Dad's family swore by it.  When I was 8 we were visiting his family on a farm almost 90 miles from the nearest Dr.  I fell and cut my chin and my Aunt smeared it with honey, put on a narrow strip of a couple layers of cotton fabric while squeezing the edges together and taped it tightly together.  The cut was about 1/2 inch long and deep.  It healed with a very light scar that faded by the time I was in high school.  These days it certainly would have been stitched. 

TallM

Wow! That's awesome. I'll have to try that out, esp the munuka honey for when/if I decide to do rads or even for wounds. Still not sure I want to go through surgery & rads.



Has anyone opted to not do surgery & just do maintenance & regular check ups. I'm still thinking about the options & discussing them with my onc. I just don't want to go through all that or NOT do it & wished I had. My odds may be improved if I do have surgery & rads but still unsure how much of a benefit if at all.

purple32

TallM

I'm not in your boat by any means ( but I did have  a husband with stage  iV cancer who is doing great today) but I must ask- is all this your initial dx ?  OR, did you have surgery/ tx already and then mets etc ....?

TallM

Purple-this was all my initial dx. It was kind of a lot to take in. I've only had chemo treatment so far & awaiting the surgery/rads in the future sometime. I had to do chemo first to "control" the cancer. So far so good.



I'm so happy to hear about your husband surviving w/stage 4. I hope to be one of those & I'm planing on being one:)

purple32

I hope so too TallM~!~

Yes, he is doing fabulously well- never skipped a beat through 2 surgeries app 9 mos chemo plus rads etc ...worked the whole time .

(Colon)

NED now and feels fabulous too!

GOOD LUCK to you !

TallM

Thank you purple so much! Sounds like he's a miracle too & has a great attitude. That is AMAZING that he worked through all that. It sounds like he has a really good support team with you:)



Hope is one of my favorite words now. Hope for this, hope for that:-)



Thanks again:)



Yeah for NED:)

purple32

YW TallM!

His DRS pretty much said he was a  goner.

He just put one foot in front of the other and said :

" Failure is not an option!"
Its been amazing to watch.

Best wishes to you.

Hang Tough!

TallM

Purple-He has such a strong will! That's how I feel. Take 1 day at a time. I'm so using that: "failure is NOT an option." :-)



I think my stubbornness, will & attitude have helped me through as it has for him, you & your family:)



Best of luck to both of you as well. And hang tough I will. :-D

purple32

Thanks, TallM !

I know you will make it too!!!!

Anonymous

Spent 4 hours at the onc's today. He told me I have PTSD and changed me from Prozac to Effexor. Has anyone taken this? What was your experience with it? He said there is a whole new field of study being done on "survivors" because they have been ignored and they shouldn't be. So I guess I'm not going crazy. Or maybe I am, but now I have an excuse!

Rockym

rohanna, I can tell you that Prozac is suppose to mess with Tamoxifen or Arimidex and cause them to not work as well.  Effexor seems to be the "happy pill" of choice when it comes to BC because it doesn't interfere with hormonal treatment.  I have a BC friend who is on 150mg and she appears to be doing well.  I also have a friend on Prozac (no BC) and she takes it periodically.  My other buddy is on Zoloft... wait... seems to be a pattern here... what's up with all my friends :-)

Wren44

I have a history of major depression and took Effexor for a long time (years). Some people seem to have a problem when they go off it, but I never did. Current thinking about depression is that it changes brain chemicals. Antidepressants are design to reverse that process and give a boost to get out of it.

Anonymous

Thanks, Rocky and Wren. I don't seem to know anybody who isn't on some kind of antidepressant. And that in itself is depressing. *sigh*