APRIL Rads Anyone?

The PET scan is scheduled for Saturday, June 27, and the doctor appointment to get the results is on July 1.

This seems like a long wait. It is no use worrying. What is there is there. I am praying that this is just another scare. If the worst happens, and it is stage IV BC, we will deal with it on the 1st.

Please pray for us as we wait, and I undergo the scan.

Bette 

Bette, will keep praying and will not even entertain the thought of anything bad.  I am so happy that you are able to keep it in perspective as stress does no good.

Blessings.

Thanks for the prayers!  Prayer is what is keeping me going right now.

 Really tired right now, four weeks post-rads. Hoping to have the strength to make it to school tonight. Only two classes to go before the final. All my written assignments are done. Just have to study.

Bette 

Bette, I can't believe how calm you are about the whole thing. You just got done chemo & rads, IT CAN'T BE CANCER!!! Let us know when you get results. One sure thing is that you found yourself a great guy to be willing to marry you in the midst of all this. You'll be fine

Hi all!  I haven't posted since right after finishing rads on April 6th.  I am wondering if anyone out there who's been done awhile is still having problems from rads/lumpectomy such as sharp pains, swollen or hot breast and/or some skin peeling?

Thought I'd log  in for a few minutes tonight, but just can't seem to think of anything to say. Farah Fawcett and Michael Jackson on the same day...guess I am just a little stunned. I grew up with both of them. Wow, just so hard to believe.....

Been watching all the coverage and it still seems so unreal. I think part of what I am feeling/experiencing, is that this is "my generation" and I am starting to realize that I am no longer as young as I used to be. Hurting my back, the bc dx, and stuff like this, and I guess it kinda hits you in the face that death is a possibility and maybe its not so far away anymore. I certainly don't want to dwell on dying, but it's no longer something that doesn't enter my mind. I put my Mom in the nursing home 2 yrs ago and now it's something I have started to think about in regards to myself. Things like what I need to put in place for my kids, and my wishes being documented so I don't live as a vegetable because it is too painful for my kids to let go, or what will they experience if I get dementia too, etc etc. I think I am starting to realize that I am on the downside of life now, that hopefully I have 30 yrs left, but how quickly time passes. I have the feeling one day I will wake up and wonder where the time went?

Well...too much heavy thinking for now. Saw my BS this week, well, her NP, as she had knee surgery. But anyway, she said things looked really good. I guess I go back every six months for a mammo on my right side for two years and I continue to see her every six months for five years. So I don't have a mammo again until just after Xmas. I could have gone in before Xmas, but I didn't want to deal with that anxiety before the holiday. I figure I'll be so busy that I won't really think about the upcoming mammo as much as I would during a different time of year.

I also met with my MO, and he said I'll be seen in Nov, and then every six months after that. I guess I get a blood test when I go in Nov before I see the doc.

I got a card in the mail from my gyn a reminder for an appt I think. He'll be the one monitoring me for any uterine issues due to the tamox, so I am not sure how often I will need to have that checked.

A part of me is so glad that the surgery and the rads are over, a part of me is worried that treatment is basically over except for the tamox and I find myself thinking "what if", and then there is a part of me that is just sooo done with doctors and appts and yet I will never be done I don't think. How very different life is from what it was just a year and a half ago......I want to go back in time....

I missed out on all the fun because I forgot the ice cream social -- SORRY!  It sounds like you all had fun.

Bette -- I'll be praying hard and thinking my best thoughts for you.  It's good that you got some meds to help you get through this stressful time. 

My rads were finished on June 8th and I feel pretty good.  The onc sent me for an MRI about a week ago because of really bad pain in my neck.  There's no sign of cancer (whew!), but Monday I will have a CT scan so the spine doc can figure out what's causing the pain.

It is so sad that Farrah and MJ are gone -- unbelievable.

Thinking of all of you.... 

Just watched "Farrah's Story" on TV which was probably not a good idea because she had lots of disappointing PET scans.

I am hoping for sleep tonight. The PET scan is at 11:45 AM tomorrow. Not allowed to eat anything after 6:45 AM, so I need to get up early if I want breakfast.

Thanks for all your prayers.

Bette 

bethaib, you are right.

Did not sleep well last night. Am up getting ready to go. Praying for a clear scan.

Bette 

Bette, we are claiming victory that the scan is clear.  Remember we are here for you.

I also watched Farrah's Story and was very moved but Bethaib is right, it's not your story.  You know how individualized this journey is.

BKokie, sorry you mised the ice cream celebration.  It was YUMMY!!!

Blessings.

Bette - I'm thinking about you.  Just remember, "independence day" is right around the corner.

Bonnie, Wednesday is a long way away, it seems. Perhaps they will call me on the phone if it is clear? If the cancer has spread, I don't know if I want to hear it on the phone, though.

Bette