michiganders with bc

Jess - you should be feeling better every day. 

Thought I would mention that the last day to join the Race for the Cure, Team Wings of Hope is May 12th.  We have 29 members and 11 survivors.  Maybe this will be the year we have the most survivors?  If you'd like to see pictures of our Team from past years, visit this site...

http://teamwingsofhope.shutterfly.com/

Sue, is your PS out of Domino's Farms (UofM)?

Where are those lunch pics?! 

Hope everyone is enjoying the Michigan weather.  

Nancy

P.S.  I am holding a benefit concert on June 14 here in Midland to raise $$ for b/c.  I have an acoustic trio that will be performing, as well as lead singer of popular Michigan band, The Verve Pipe.  It's going to be a GREAT great night of live music.  We held a similar event last year and raised $960 for Big Bros/Big Sis. This year, it will hopefully be double that amount!!    If anyone is interested in going, the location is 1309 N. Parkway, Midland - $15 recommended donation/person.  June 14 - 7 pm. 

Thank you Rockysmom.  I love they happy dance.  May 14th is ps appt to set up the exchange date!!!! Yahooo!

HI Judy, Hope you had a great Mother's Day yesterday!  It's nice to meet another Michigander.    I am very pleased with the care I've been given at UofM - the staff is excellent too. So best wishes with getting your treatment with someone you trust.  Let me know if you have any questions!  Have you had a masc yet?  What type of recons are you getting? I didn't have enough belly fat for a TRAM or enough back/shoulder fat for the other type of recons, so I had to go with implants.  I'm done with my fills now, so I'm relieved to have that behind me.  Good luck & keep in touch!  sue

I wanted to put my 2 cents in, may not be worth much and you can ignore it but: I was very sensitive about my cancer information, I only wanted it to go to those I told, and asked that everyone respect my privacy and not tell anyone else.  I know from these boards that many others felt the same way.  Someone on the Ta Ta Reunion thread just reminded everyone today that this is an open internet forum, and what is posted here has no privacy.  There have been other threads about information posted here being used against those that posted it and reminding people that this really isn't a private forum.  Employers, etc. have found out things that someone posted here in "confidence." Just wondered how the PS above would feel if he knew someone had put his recent cancer diagnosis on the internet.  Obviously many here know him well, or they wouldn't know the information to begin with, perhaps they know him so well they already know he wouldn't mind.  It just really hit me when I saw it posted.

Judy,

   We took out the name of the PS.  If you didn't write it down, send me a PM and I'll give you the info.

Sue:  Yes, I had my BM in January, and finished AC, and am on tx #6 of 12 Taxol. I will finish in June, and hope to start recon in mid-July.   I don't think I have enough body fat either, so it will probably be implants--although if I keep gaining weight with the Taxol, you never know!   I was kind of scared of the length of the surgery with the flap-type reconstrution anyway.

Nancy:  Thanks, I have the name, but it does still appear on this page under one of Sue's posts---I didn't know we couldn't post dr's names here, I've done it myself (I think on page one of this thread).  Do I need to delete it? 

Judy

My exchange date is July 8.  It of course cuts into all sorts of dates my famiy wanted to go places, but I think I am going to stick with it and have extra time to recup.  Plus, I want to go camping with my daughter and just sit around a veg out!!!! 

Debbie:

I live at garfield and canal in the Shultzs Estates.

Jess, sorry to hear about the change in treatment plans ... I hope they go smoothly for you!

sue

Wow!  We're practically neighbors.  Where did you go for your treatment?

Debbie

Thanks , Sue.  At least I am two weeks out and NO MORE CHEMO!!!!  I went on a walk today and my legs held out for most of the walk and then they just got tired. 

I have gone to Grand Rapids for treatment.  ANybody else??????

Thats were I had my rads done.

Lori- So sorry you have to go through all this.  There are many great threads on this board and the women are awesome to talk to.  You ask good  questions.  It is very scary to be dx with this disease! 

 You have gone through a lot already.  My goodness.  Hey, where is Commerce Twp? 

Whenever I had a question, or slight doubt about the ses of chemo, surgery and now radiation, I called the doc and came to bc.org to talk to  people and get their input.  The expertise and experience of the people on this board is invaluable.  I also spent a huge deal in the chat room.  that is another wonderful group of people. 

I worked throughout my chemo tx, and again, everyone is different.  I told my doc I pretty much had to, and they were very good about helping me get around the ses.  I guess in that regard I was lucky, though in retrospect, I would probably take more time off.  At the time, it seemed important that I maintain the status quo for the benefit of my daughter who is an 11th grader.

HUGS!!!!!

Good luck, Lori.  

Hi Michiganders.  I thought I'd bump this up.  I didn't see the YSC at the Race but after we got home and looked at the pictures, your sign is in a few of the pics!  I was trying to get a picture of a woman with wings on her back.  Was she part of your group?  Did you guys take pictures?  Hope all is well with everyone.

Nancy