My journey begins
I'm 52 and just diagnosed with stage 1 IDC. I'm scheduling lumpectomy now, and I'm optimistic and cautious. My husband is trying to behave like everything is normal and its not. I am pissed and scared. Good thing I know that God's in charge -- not us. Funny, I went straight to the "hair posts" to see what's up... guess BC doesn't trump vanity for me! Anyway, just wanted to say "hi" and I'll keep reading the posts 'cause most make me smile.
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{{LW}} sorry you have to join the forums and wish you didn't, but since you are here, I'll say welcome and good luck with your lumpectomy! You'll find husbands are strange creatures and all over the board with their weird reactions to this disease.
Prayers and good thougths for your surgery and tx.
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Hello and Welcome...LW...Yes a journey it is. But like I was told in the beginning. It's doable. I am coming up on my 1 year cancerversary and it seems the closer I get I am getting nervous. Don't know why just anxious to get a year behind me. But all is good for me and it will for you. You got the best physician money can't buy on your side. Just keep the faith and know that we are all here for you.
Oh Happy Day/Cancerversay for wishiwere.
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Welcome, Lolly. You've found the best spot for venting, getting info from those who are or have gone through similar. We're a pretty cool bunch
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Husbands - what can I say? Most people don't have a clue as to how that one "You have cancer" sentence can completely turn a life upside down. I'll be honest, I didn't either until I heard them myself. People still kind of have this assumption that you have surgery and/or other treatment and all immediately shifts back to normal. Husbands aren't always the exception to that rule, unfortunately...
This journey will require you to educate yourself in a hurry. Check out the other forums and ask questions if you need to. Folks are really good about getting information out as quickly as possible.
All the best to you and keep looking up...
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Sorry you are here with us but welcome. Great spot for information on what to expect. When family and friends don't get it or are tired of hearing about bc - this is the place to come - as you will always find many willing to listen and help.
Hope your lumpecomy goes well. Please come back and let us know.
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Hello Sisters
I was checking out this board for more than a month now and somehow I missed this section where I can be among my sisters. I was diagnosed on Aug 15, had left mastectomy on Aug 21 and started chemo AC on September 25. SE are not to bad so far. Glad I found you all so that we can hold each others' hands as we go through this time.
Love Vondie
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Vondie - sorry you are here with us but welcome. Many great sisters here willing to help get each other through this.
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Hi
Can anyone tell me how to put my statistis at the bottom of my post? How do you determine your Dx date, it is when you receive the biopsy results that say you have cancer cells and need to get a mastectomy/lumpectomy, or is it after you received the results from the masctectomy?
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Hi, Vondie and welcome to our humble abode. Glad you found us...
To put a "signature" - which could be your diagnosis, a quote or anything you want - at the bottom of your post, you have to go to the very top of the page and click "My Home." It tells you where to click to add a photo for your avatar and create a public profile. When you click on "Edit my Profile," the very last line on the page asks for your signature.
Some people determine their diagnosis date as the day they found out they had BC (hey! my dx anniversary was yesterday! Whoo-Hoo! Four years!
). Some consider themselves survivors from the date of their first (or last) treatment. For me, I had a lumpectomy in September 04, got the news it was BC on October 4, 2004, had a bilateral mastectomy in November 04 and had a re-excision in December 04 as one area of the micro cals was really close to the chest wall and the margins weren't clean. I had to have radiation which wasn't done until March 05. So I guess I any of those dates could be my diagnosis date, but I chose to remember being told it was BC in October as THE date. It's really up to you...
Hope this helps...
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Felicia thanks for the infor, I will use the date after the biopsy when I was told that the lump was cancer and had to be removed. Thanks. Congrats on your 4 anniversary. Have you finished all of your treatments, are you now cancer free? I am so afraid of down the road but trying to hold strong.
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