Anyone from Mississauga???

Hi there---I am in Mississauga aswell---would love to touch base with people going through something similar. I am heading for surgery on July 19th for partial mastectomy, sentinel node biopsy--surgery at Trillium with post-treatment to probably take place at CVH. Was diagnosed with Cervical Cancer this year--treated at PMH.

Hi, I'm from Mississauga (Meadowvale area).  I was treated at Credit Valley Hospital.  Had chemo, which finished in February and rads that finished up end of April.  I would be interested in meeting to discuss life after treatment.  

Sherri 

I am also from Mississauga and willing to get together.

 I had two lumpectomies (Feb 09 and May 09) at Credit Valley. My mastectomy, SNB and reconstruction (Dec. 09) were done at Women's College.  I was fortunate that I did not need radiation or chemo. If you still want me I am there.  

I also think we should meet in Australia 

Maria

Well, it looks like there are four of us in Mississauga on this thread.  We could send private messages to each other with our email addresses and then collectively we could determine a date/time to meet up.  Thoughts?

Sherri 

I finished treatment at the beginning of this year but am still dealing with a bevy of physical and emotional side effects - -none of which I was expecting. I too live in Mississauga (Square One area) and would love to be part of a local support group. We can learn so much from each other and lend support that we all need! 

Look forward to getting together. I am recovering from surgery yesterday, going well so far--probably still pumped with drugs. I have my appt with surgeon and final pathology in a couple of weeks. Definitely in for a get together.

Hi there--I had surgery last Monday and am meeting with Oncologist next Tuesday and radiation doc the following week. I am surprised that I am meeting Oncologist so soon after surgery as Surgeon originally thought it may take up to 3 weeks. I have also been diagnosed IDC but don't have full pathology back from Surgery yet--so don't know stage at this point--but was diagnosed IDC. How big is your tumour? Mine is/was 1.3cm. Hope you are doing well.

Hi Sherri--Am doing pretty good. Meet with oncologist on Tuesday--any suggestions for first visit? Questions? They said they should have final pathology by the time of appt. I also meet with radiation doc first week of August. Things seem to be moving pretty fast--that is one good thing. Hopefully we can get together in near future.

Hi Eden--My surgery went well. I am allergic to the SN biopsy injection--so had to take a bunch of pills before surgery to combat the reaction but truly it wasn't too bad. The SN injection did hurt but was shortlived. The surgery--by the time they got my IV in (took some time as my left arm sucks for veins) lasted about an hour. Before I knew it, woke up in recovery--didn't feel too bad--sat up in bed--drank a glass of water and relaxed. They sent me home after about an hour. My surgery started around 1:15 at Trillium by Sherway and I was almost in my driveway (5 min north of CVH) at 5:00pm. With the wrapping on for a couple of days and the drugs still in my system, was feeling really good for a couple of days. Once wrapping off--little bit of pain but nothing that couldn't be managed with a Tylenol. Now the steristrips are starting to come off--breast is a little uncomfortable and I can hear some swishing--when I spoke with Doc--they said to see how things are this week before they decide if they need to drain any additional fluid (I had no drains put in at surgery time).

Hope you are doing well.

I just saw this thread and would love to join you guys when you get together.  Sherri, I'll send you a PM.

Eden - wow, what a coincidence. We have the same oncologist and the same surgeon.  They are both wonderful doctors. Dr. Moffat is an excellent surgeon and has a very good reputation.  Dr. Myers is very thorough and explains everything really well.  You might want to bring someone with you to take notes when he talks to you about chemo.  I went with my mother-in-law and she took lots of notes that were really helpful.  You are in good hands! My rads onc is Dr. Jasper Yuen.

Everyone on this thread - just a reminder to send me your email address so I can circulate an email to the group so we can plan our get together. I've heard from a few of you who indicated you were interested but not everyone.  

Sherri 

Hi All,

Just found this thread and have not visited this site for a while. All the best to all of you here. Hi Sherri~hope you are doing well too. Love the new profile pic btw! Hair looks amazing.

Back in Windsor for the long weekend and some followups here at WRCC but doing really well. I wish the same and a restful weekend to all of you...........:)