Anyone starting chemo in Aug. 08?

Gail that is great news!!!!!!!!!!!  Gail that picture is AWESOME!!!! Bette so sorry that you are in so much pain - I am still praying for you!!!! I hope all my Breast Cancer Sisters are doing great this week!!!! Jeannie & Corrine I keep you both in my prayers!!!!!!!!  Last volleyball game tonight and I welcome the "SHORT" break I will get before both kids are in basketball!!!!!! Loves to all...........

Deanna, hope you are healing up nicely.  Thanks for the verse, I had to share it on my Facebook page, it really touched me.

Corinne, I'm so glad everything is going well for you.  I also have been doing my weight bearing exercises for my osteo:(  I sometimes resent the fact that while I tried to stay healthy and thin, I ended up with bird bones!  What's snow?:)

Misty, how's your revisions going?

Gail, great news about your PET, too!  Keep hunting until someone finds the source of your pain!  We don't want it to wear you down.

Jeaninne and Bette, I hope your next txs go uneventfully and easily for you both.  I'm praying for ya'll every day.  I'm sorry for your pain, Bette, wish I could take it away.

alibug, take it easy!:)

Have a great weekend!

Deen

Gorgeous photo, Gail!   If you're back in the desert, maybe we can get together next week.

Jeannine ~  I'm so sorry to hear that you're in pain.  Is it from the rash?  Is your onc still in touch with the onc you liked @ UCLA, to see if she might have any additional input at this point? 

Did any of you see the documentary film, Crazy Sexy Cancer on Wednesday night?  It's about Kris Carr's battle with a very rare form of cancer, and was incredibly enlightening and uplifting.  If you're not familiar with who she is, she also has a website: http://www.crazysexycancer.com/

What I found most interesting about her cancer journey is that when she was first dx'd, she went on a Macrobiotic Diet, with little or no change in her cancer, which, though rare and in her liver, was slow-growing, so did not require immediate chemo or surgery.  Then, she went on a 21 day juicing fast followed by a raw diet, that she started at the Hippocrates Institute in FL (sounds like an amazing place), and had excellent results with that.  You really need to see the film!  

Deen ~  I've been meaning to ask you if go to the NFR in LV?  We go every year -- sort of a mini family reunion we do with our Texas rels.  We're starting to make plans now, which made me think of you, since the PRA & Wrangler does a Not Too Tough To Wear Pink night.

Saw my PS yesterday to remove bandages.  He told me that he did a lot of work -- which I took as a compliment, because I've been working very hard to get back into shape, and the comment made me feel he was totally on my team as far as wanting me to have the very best outcome.  I have some new scars and pain from the lifts he did (for symmetry), but I'm sure the final results will be worth it.  He also removed some fat necrosis from the outer lower edge of my reconstructed breast (an area a local radiologist had incorrectly told me was just cysts), and the biopsy on that was totally B9.  So... moving ahead here, and contining to pray for good news from everyone else ~   Deanna  

After a long drive on a wet Saturday:

Pain is under control with combo of oxycontinin, oxycodone and lidocaine patches.

My right ankle may be broken. Waiting for results of x-rays.

Appt.  on Wednesday with surgeon who may be able to relieve back pain by doing kyphoplasty on two compression fractions at T-9 and T-12.

One more trip for VA for this cycle of chemo. 2 weeks off then. Woohoo!

Bette 

Bette ~  How did you injure your ankle?  If it is broken, is it also a compression type fracture?  If so, can they possibly give you Zometa to help strengthen your bones?  I am so sorry that you are dealing with so much, but I think of you many times a day and each time ask God to be with you and to relieve your pain and let those chemo drugs kick in.  Glad you have a little break from chemo coming up, and I hope you will feel well enough to enjoy the time off.   

Deen ~  If you don't make the NFR this year, I'll be sure to take some pictures for you.  Last year, I had just finished up chemo, and my extended family (I think there were 14 of us) all wore pink on the big night Wrangler honors bc.  (Duh... except me, who wasn't feeling great and forgot.) I didn't get a photo of it, but it's etched in my mind and on my heart -- especially those tough cowboy BIL's of mine in their pink shirts -- a bit like the story you told.     Deanna

Hello,

Had a rough weekend but I survived.  Still feeling achy and sore but no longer constipated! Whew...Good news everyone..I finally obtained my dried rattlesnakes yesterday!  DM & I picked them up from the local swap meet. Jeweler said he couldn't confirm they help but suggested to grind them into a salt.  (They are salty and don't taste bad). Now let's see if this works. I'm not in much pain today though hmmmm.

Deanna: I don't think my current Onc. is working w/the UCLA Dr. but is following her recommended plan for me. Can you believe UCLA Dr. lost my Pet Scans? Ay yay! I'll have to get copies. I'm happy your surgery went well and your biopsy is B9! I also believe in the Raw foods diet. I just have problems sticking to it.

Bette: We're all still praying so hard for (our) supernatural healing. May God grant you peace and comfort throughout this journey.

Has anyone heard of the Nefful negative Ion clothing? My friend wants me to try this cloth. Aids in pain (supposedly). I think I need to take on 1 treatment at a time.

Have a good week everyone,

Jeannine

Talked with Tom about Bette....She is still trying to control her pain. Still in the hospital. Tried to call Bette on her cell but she did not answer. Will try her later. 

Jeannine: Praying for you...Hope that God uses the snakes to defeat this!!!  I love you all my bc sisters.

Deanna:  How are you feeling??

WHERE IN THE WORLD IS ROYA??

Hi Everyone,

Thinking and praying for you Bette, and Tom, too!

Jeannine ,sure want to know how the rattlesnake makes you feel - you sure worked hard to get it! 

Deanna, how are things going? Healing OK?

Deen, I'm going to visit my mom in San Marcos and in Austin - maybe a side trip to Dallas. Is that near Beasley? Would be great to visit you.

Corrine, glad you got good scans too!

Misty, the horse picture was taken a couple of months before DX and before chemo - had lots of hair then - but I do really love my short hair now...so easy and my DH says its too cute to change - keep it short! 

Hugs,

Gail 

Jeaninne, this is great news!!!  I'm so happy for you!  I have also been thinking of these sisters, and I check their pages every once in a while, but some have been a long time out, and it worries me.

Stacy, I hope things will take a turn for the better with you soon.  With 3 kids in the house with swine flu, it's probably a good thing you are at home with them.  Hope they feel better quickly.

Gail, when are you planning to come?  I would love to meet with you.

Bette, I am praying hard for you!

Hope all of you are doing well,

Deen

Stacy & Misty - I'm ready to go visit Bette when you all are!!!

Hey Everyone,

Another busy weekend.  Stacy and Hood, I don't think I am going to be able to visit Bette.  We have plans each weekend day through mid-November.  Then, we are heading to Rome to visit my husband's family from the 20th-28th.  You should just plan to go without me.

Jeannine, I hope you are keeping yourself well as you are undergoing your treatments.  Take care of those kids!

Stacy, so glad your move went smoothly and you are up this way.  HOpe your kids get over the flu fast.  It is going through my school, so I am trying to stay well.

As for me, I saw the onc the other day for a 3-month check.  He would like me to do a clinical trial, testing a  pill for Her2+ early BC women.  I am undecided about what to do.  I will think about it during the week and then make a final decision.

Hope everyone's weather is as glorious as it is in MD today.

~Misty

Thanks Deanna!  Has anyone heard news about Bette lately?  I worry when she doesn't post.  I'm praying for her.

Misty, good luck with your decision.  Oct and Nov are always busy for me, too.

Have a great day,

Deen

Hello,

Had visit w/ surgeon today and it went well. Immediate recon. isn't going to happen and not best for me yet. He also advised me to not have the oopherectomy along w/ Dbl. Msx. Deen: Didn't they advise you the same?  How is the oopherectomy surgery? I meet w/ Onc. tomorrow. Decisions Decisions!  Onc. & I just want to have this taken care of.

Corrine: Got your voice-mail and Thank You. I've still a long ways to go and even though I'm up against great odds, I know I'm going to receive "that Miracle"! (Think the snakes & prayers are doing it!)

Misty:  Wow Rome. How awesome! Italy is definitely on my to do list once I'm done w/ TX. I'm not sure about the clinical trial though. That's a toughie. What are SE's? Go with your heart!

Joyce: Thank you for the update on Bette. I spoke with her last Thursday and she was having RADS to her spine and skull. We had a great talk. It just is so unfair she has to go through so much. I told her to never stop believing in God's miracles.

Prayers & Hugs,

Jeannine

Hi ladies,

My prayers are still with you Bette!

Jeaninne, yes, my BS did not want me to do the oopher at the same time as mx, just to be on the safe side as far as possible infection.  The oopher/hysterectomy was really very easy on me, I had the laproscopic, just a tiny incision at my belly button, and a 1 inch horizontal incision on either side about halfway to my hips, no problem.  The pain was like when you do too many crunches, only it stays longer.

Gail, Beasley is more towards Houston, but let me know when you're coming and maybe I can meet you near Austin or New Braunsfels.  Your mom sounds like my MIL, the Energizer Bunny!

Hope everyone has a great week,

Deen