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  • BarbAnne41
    BarbAnne41 Member Posts: 380
    edited July 2010

    Sorry I haven't posted for a bit. Teenage daughter, work, too many storms, a power outage and life just got in the way. Along with my itchy freakin' boob. No fun for me Jane...Cry But I promise to be better.

     I actually felt so lazy the other day I looked into the washer and debated if I really had the energy to transfer the clothes to the dryer or if I should just go buy new ones....I moved the laundry..

    I am still checking in, and have read everything, but I don't think I have the mental capacity to list everything. Just so you know you ladies are always in my thoughts and prayers.

    Pamela.. glad you are switched, and hope it works. Do not give up, you are a warrior, and we are with you!! Thank God the MIL is moved, can she stay wherever she is? Please get some rest and take what you have to. Some rest will help you get some perspective. Love and bi fortifying hugs.

    Patty, good for being diligent, I really dread touching my boobs, but slathering on the Gold Bond has me with my hands on it all the time, hmm maybe the itch is some secret ploy? Keep us posted on the ultra sound. How is your itch and hair color?

    Jane, The beach. Sounds lovely, Enjoy it for me. There are a lot of nice beaches in Michigan but none close to the Ann Arbor area where I live. So any beach going involves a trip. How is your hair?

    RonnieKay and Kim love the photos.

    I promise to be better about posting.

    Love and hugs to all the posters and non-posters

    Barbara

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  • Neece
    Neece Member Posts: 270
    edited July 2010

    hello gals I have been AWOL for a bit - checked in a few times to read posts but have just been so busy - ironically I have a bit of time off work and goodness so much to do! But it is nice to have the time to do this stuff - family, some appointments, social visits, etc - without having to go into work every day too. Mid winter here and it is so tempting just to sit in front of fire with a good book!

    Pamela I ditto other comments - you need to rest and maybe now that MIL is gone you can do so. I am so sorry you had all that to deal with. Maybe this new drug will be a little easier on you. I do hope so.

    Good luck with hair colouring for those having another go! My hair is now curly (!) - what I had hoped for, but in such a weird way. Or maybe it is just weird to me because I am not used to it.

    love to all

    Neece

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  • flacracker
    flacracker Member Posts: 78
    edited July 2010

    Hey Sisters,

    Pamelajo, you are going through alot and still going through. YOU CAN'T GIVE UP! Just need Rest, Rest,& REST! I will sent out the paryer line for you! YOU can do it!!!

    Jane I talked with my Onc and she said the numbness in fingers and toes was from the chemo. I hope the lump is just that! I know it is easer said not to worry! I want to laugh in thier face and say yea right! I just hope all comes out GREAT!Jane when you go and get your hair done just make sure that it is a netural color if you don't want the red or ash color! Have fun at the beach!

    Patty, I praying too that you ultra sounds goes GREAT!

    I have 12 more days and I told everyone that it will be my coming out party!!!!! The T.E.'s will be coming out!! It has been almost 1 year with these hard basball,rocks, and what ever anyone wants to call them OUT!! yea!!!!!

    Ok I hope everyone is having a great summer and all is doing well!!!!

    HUGSSS

    Wanda

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  • flacracker
    flacracker Member Posts: 78
    edited July 2010

    Hey Sisters,

    Pamelajo, you are going through alot and still going through. YOU CAN'T GIVE UP! Just need Rest, Rest,& REST! I will sent out the paryer line for you! YOU can do it!!!

    Jane I talked with my Onc and she said the numbness in fingers and toes was from the chemo. I hope the lump is just that! I know it is easer said not to worry! I want to laugh in thier face and say yea right! I just hope all comes out GREAT!Jane when you go and get your hair done just make sure that it is a netural color if you don't want the red or ash color! Have fun at the beach!

    Patty, I praying too that you ultra sounds goes GREAT!

    I have 12 more days and I told everyone that it will be my coming out party!!!!! The T.E.'s will be coming out!! It has been almost 1 year with these hard basball,rocks, and what ever anyone wants to call them OUT!! yea!!!!!

    Ok I hope everyone is having a great summer and all is doing well!!!!

    wanda

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  • flacracker
    flacracker Member Posts: 78
    edited July 2010

    Opps I posted that one twice!

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  • DomeGal
    DomeGal Member Posts: 58
    edited July 2010

    Hi Ladies from scorching Central Valley in California!!! 

    Pamelojo:  So THANKFUL that your hubby put his mother where she can get constant care and attention and now you can take care of yourself.  You really need your rest.  When I was on Taxol (4 tx's) I too had trouble sleeping, but mostly because of the intense bone pain which lasted for about 1 1/2 weeks after each treatment.  My onc gave me Darvocet which did not help.  I ended up taking Advil PM and still take it every night because now my issue is hot flashes waking me up!

    Jane:  So sorry about your dog...my dog literally saved me while I was undergoing treatment...nothing better than to cry hugging his neck!

    My granddaughter is almost 19 mos. old and she is so sweet.  Only downside is her mom has moved to Palm Springs which is about a 6-hour drive, so now we are unsure as to when we will get to see her.

    Sad day yesterday for my Dutchman...his beloved Netherlands lost to Spain.  He is now going through World Cup withdrawals....me, just thankful I don't have to listen to those damn horns anymore!

    Hope you all are getting out and enjoying your summer.  We are heading to the coast some time this month and then to S.F. to visit my daughter next month.  So glad that last summer is behind me.

    Prayers and good wishes for all of you!

    Kim

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  • msmpatty
    msmpatty Member Posts: 818
    edited July 2010

    Thanks everyone for your positive thoughts on my ultrasound.  I had it today and, as suspected, the lump was deemed to be just a "junky" cyst.   One might wonder what "junk" is in there, but as long as it is not cancer I don't care if it's full of old car parts. Ha!

    Patty

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  • positiveme
    positiveme Member Posts: 157
    edited July 2010

    Good Morning

    Checking in and it seems there is alot going on. My son takes his driving test tomorrow and boy is he nervous. My 15 year old daughter is in PA for pole vaulting camp until tomorrow. Having a BBQ tomorrow night for my sons birthday and a MRI of my good breast on Thrus. I thought summer was supposed to be a slower pace but it seems to be flying by. My hair came out just like it use to before chemo!

    Patty- I am so happy your best is only full of car parts and no bad BC cells.

    Pamelajo-- Now you need to put yourself first. The only thing you need to do is get your tx and rest until you are finished and strong enough to do other things. You are a warrior this is just another battle and I know you will win.

    Neece, Wanda, Jane Kim- So nice to hear that things are going ok and just doing everyday stuff.

    THINK POSITIVE

    Catherine

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  • BarbAnne41
    BarbAnne41 Member Posts: 380
    edited July 2010

    Patty- So happy about your results. Yea!! Are you still itchy? Mine comes in waves.Hw is the heat in socal?

    Kim- I hear ya it has been hot here too, I could go for a cold front. Sorry about the loss, but I am with you on those horns.

    Wanda your picture looks fantastic.

    Catherine- I just went through that driving test with my daughter last December, they are a ball of nerves aren't they? Good luck to him, have a great bar-b-q and congrats on the hair, mine is a whole different thing. Keep us posted on the MRI. Is it open or closed? Do you need a sedative? Thinking good thoughts for you.

    Jane- I am so sorry in my last post I didn't mention the loss of your doggy. I am a huge animal lover and now I feel doubly guilty for not extending my condolences. I am so sorry, and know how hard that can be, love and hugs to you as you get through what can be a tough time.

    Hope you all are well. I thinks I am going to go put in some hair color and see what happens. I have a light brownish red, some blond, bleached out from the sun, and gray. We'll see!

    Hugs

    Barbara

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  • Neece
    Neece Member Posts: 270
    edited July 2010

    hey I LOVE all the new pics! I iwll try to put up a new one soon with more hair.

    It is FREEZING here tonight - cold and windy.

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  • jadams1264
    jadams1264 Member Posts: 417
    edited July 2010

    Hello SOSisters...can I just tell you I HATE MY HAIR!!!  So I have posted a new photo of me in my wig.  Got a neutral color but it's way too dark, not to mention my hair is curly, wavy and straight.  So I will continue on with the wig until I can find a solution to this problem.  On a happier note, the beach was great and we really enjoyed the time away from phones and work.

    BarbAnne41 - glad you are doing okay.  We were missing you.  Sounds like you are staying very busy.  I'm doing the same thing, reading posts but not posting quite as often.  On the other hand, my life gets pretty boring at times.  How did your hair turn out?

    Neece - glad to hear you are doing well.  Sounds like you are very busy.  Seems strange that you are experiencing winter, it is so hot here!  Looking forward to the new picture.

    Wanda - Love your new photo!  My onc said samething about numbness in fingers and toes and heels.  Offered to put me on anti-seizure meds for the numbness but I passed.  Too many pills as it is....  Go for my mammo tomorrow, hope the results will come in soon.  I am trying not to worry but we all know how that goes.  How many days left now?

    Kim - Love your new picture.  Don't know how you will stand being 6 hours away from the grandbaby.    Ours are just down the street and I have always been so thankful they are close by.  DH and I have been talking about a trip to San Francisco, I've never been to the west coast.

    Patty - so glad to hear your lump was just a "junky" cyst.  I'm hoping that's what mine is also.  Not sure I want mine to be full of old car parts though!   Laughed when I read that line.  I am suppose to tell the radiologist where the lump is so they can mark it for closer inspection.  

    Catherine - Did your son pass his DL test?  Are you riding with him?  Our grandson took Dr's Ed this past year but can't have a license until next year thank goodness.  Sounds like your staying very busy.  Glad your hair came back like it used to be, time for a new photo.  Good luck with your MRI tomorrow.

    Hope everyone else is doing well and staying cool (except for Neece).  Take care and post, we miss you.

    Thoughts and prayers are with you!

    Jane

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  • chinablue
    chinablue Member Posts: 545
    edited July 2010

    Just back from a simply glorious vacation in Italy (Rome/Florence/Hill Towns in Tuscany/Venice).  My DH and I had the time of our lives!  When I think about the food and the atmosphere, my whole body says ahhhh.

    As I read the posts, it sounds like we are all hanging in there.  Thank goodness.

    Sending cool refreshing summer thoughts. 

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  • vickilynn
    vickilynn Member Posts: 422
    edited July 2010

    Hello All!  I got my first post-baldie haircut - just to even things out, not because it's long!  I keep meaning to get a picture, but don't have one yet.

    Pamela-hope you're hanging in there.  You are loved here and we hate to see our sister down.  Don't be "down for the count"! 

    Jane- you are so good at keeping up with all of us and encouraging us.  So sorry to read about your dog.  Glad to hear you got away for a bit.

    China - I love the fact you enjoyed Italy!!!  And glad to hear others are making vacation plans - the trips we've always wanted to take.  My DH wants to take a roadtrip to PA in the Fall!  Maybe I can talk him in to visiting some of you : )

    I read something from the Natl Cancer Inst that I didn't remember reading before... I'm still experiencing the aching and tired muscles, some big episodes of chemo brain, some depression and discouragement now and then ---- the article said that these can all be SE of chemo and can last up to a YEAR!  On the one hand I was not happy, but on the other hand, was relieved that these could just be leftover SEs and that I'm not going crazy or dealing with more cancer, or ...!

    So those of you continuing on treatments, it may not all be your current treatments, but some leftovers from the heavy stuff. 

    DH is gone for a couple days to visit his Mom.  It's best that I don't go along.  Married 38 years and I'm still "the wife".  DH is always nervous when mom and I get together that she'll say something offensive to me (I can't remember a visit where she didn't).  So I'm enjoying a couple days to myself and was actually planning on strip cleaning everything.  It's 10:45 a.m. an so far I put 2 loads into the laundry.  and that's it.  Hmmmmmmm.  

    Don't write often any more, but that doesn't mean I'm not checking up on you! 

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  • msmpatty
    msmpatty Member Posts: 818
    edited July 2010

    I'm checking in after a few days on Catalina Island.  It definitely is not Italy (lucky you, China!) but it was a nice relaxing get away.

    Jane -Your wig looks great in your avatar.   I'll join you in the "I Hate My Hair Club".   Yours sounds much like mine ... a disasterous mix of curly, wavy, cowlicks, straight parts.  Mine is extremely thick, normally a good thing, but in this case the amount of hair just adds to the problem.   Think:  Don King.   I did go to the pool without my wig on our trip and nobody ran screaming...but I feel much better in my wig.

    Barbara - Yes, I definitely still have the itchies.   Actually it's more like prickles and I can't for the life of me see any pattern in when they come.   Sometimes I'm hot and just fine, other times I'm hot and suddenly it feels like someone is sticking pins all over me.   How 'bout you?

    Vicky -  What is "strip cleaning"?   I got an image of stripping and then cleaning au natural...but that's not it, right?  

    Catherine - I hope your son aced his test. I look at my 13-year old and simply cannot imagine him driving in a few years.   I guess they do a lot of growing up between 13 and 16?   I hope the MRI went well and found nothing.

    Neece - Stay warm down there!

    Patty

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  • Pamelajo
    Pamelajo Member Posts: 346
    edited July 2010

    I am feeling much better on the Abraxane.  The MIL is now permanently residing in the nursing home, until she becomes aggressive to the point they cannot handle her.  I have my house back, but unfortunately, my DH is still pretty "non existent".  He's here, but he's not.......ya know?

    Anyway, I am loving the new chemo.  No se's really except the runny nose and mild itching which is taken care of with one benadryl.  My hair is growing back in (looks to be dark and curlyish)..  it's just fuzzy right now, but that's a start.  GO BIOTIN!!!!  I knew all the supplements I take for this stupid episode in my life would pay off eventually. 

    As expected, my pubes are coming in with a vengenance.  And, being summer, I will now have to begin shaving above the knee again.....  I so love the no pube no armpit no leg hair se from chemo.  Why can't they come up with a pill that just gets rid of that hair and not the head hair....I'd pay.

    I've lost a patch of eyebrow.  Dunno what happened, but my DD pointed it out to me yesterday at Wendy's before treatment.  I was getting ready to eat my triple cheeseburger baconator.........and "mom, why do you have a bald spot in the center of your eyebrow?"  I had no mirror and couldn't see myself in the baconator silver wrapping, so she snapped a pic of me with her phone.  I'll be damned if the center of my right brow wasn't gone.  WTH??????  Oh well, I'll color it in for a bit and call it good.  Like a mangy eyebrow is the biggest of my concerns at this point.

    I am no longer having hot flashes.  I am now taking small mental vacations to tropical islands that are extremely balmy.  Yes.  That's what I'm doing, all from the comfort of my own home.

    Can I get an Amen on chemotardation?  I was talkin on the phone the other night and as I was talking, I needed to look up a cell phone number and asked "where is my phone?"

    drool

     Hope you all have a wonderful weekend.  I'm going to dinner with some girlfriends tonight.  Should be fun.  Could be a riot.  Who knows.

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  • msmpatty
    msmpatty Member Posts: 818
    edited July 2010

    Pamelajo - It is so good to hear you have your bounce back.   Hooray for Abraxane!   As for the eyebrows...I grew head and body hair on Taxol, but my eyebrows and eyelashes took a hike.  Mysterious.

    Speaking of hair, has anybody else on Femara noticed a decline in leg, underarm and bikini hair?  I can go a week without shaving my legs and still be smooth.  I'm not complaining mind you.   I'm wondering whether the elimination of estrogen takes us back to a more hairless state like childhood?

    Patty 

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  • barbt0323
    barbt0323 Member Posts: 99
    edited July 2010

    Sorry I have been M.I.A. for awhile. I really enjoy seeing everyones new pictures.  Have not had a time to read everyones posts.  Work has been keeping me pretty busy.  Will be going up to Chicago to see my parents in a few weeks.  My dad is going to be 88 and has had Parkinsons for probably about 17 years.  His condition is getting pretty bad.  My mom put him in an assisted living center.  After about a week and a half he got in a cab and went home.  My mom has poor health also and she cannot really take care of him.  She had someone come into the house but that did not work out.  I really feel bad that I have not been there for them and it is really difficult since I am in Florida.

    I work in a very large office and some girl came up to me the other day.  She said your hair is coming in real nice.  I had never met her before.  Well, it happens that she had breast cancer about 6 years ago and is doing great.  You always love hearing the success stories!

    Hey Patty, I am on Femara.  It is very strange but the hair on my legs has grown back but don't have to really shave that often.  As far as underarms I shaved once and it never came back again.  Can't say I miss that! 

    Well, have a wonderful weekend!

    Barb T Cool 

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  • BarbAnne41
    BarbAnne41 Member Posts: 380
    edited July 2010

    Barb T and Patty- I am jealous I think I want to be on Femara too!

    BarbT- love the new photo. Sorry about your folks, it is so hard when they live a ways away. I hope your trip goes well and I will be praying some solution comes for you and your folks. Thanks for the success story.

    Patty- My hair doesn't grow as fast as pre-chemo but it is still there, and the little stray hairs around my jaw line are the worst. I have started using a depilatory for the face because tweezing would make me insane. I am hoping as my body gets used to the Tamoxifen some of the se's will dissipate. As for itching, me too! Some hot days I am fine, some not, and it is really intense on the boob that had cancer. I am using Aveeno with oatmeal lotion followed by a thin layer of Gold Bond and I am trying a little layer of Lanocane anti-chafe under my bra. I really hope it subsides by fall, it is making me nutty. I have always been a "scratcher" which is my polite way of saying if it itches I will dig at it until it is bleeding or worse. So I am trying to be proactive with the creams. During Taxol I really had to keep up with the anti-itch stuff, remember the rashes?, or I would have scarred myself. Well here's hoping we both find some relief.

    Pamela- so glad the abraxane is working. and very glad the MIL is someplace else. Don't worry about the DH you know how moody the can be.And the say women are hormonal...puleez...and AMEN!!

    Jane I am with you on the hair thing. I don't really know what color it is anymore. And the sun bleaches out whatever I stick in it. So it is a reddish-blondie brown with gray, fun. And mine too is a mix of wavy, super curly and straight. I just spritz it with some frizz ease comb it into a sort of style and hope for the best. I couldn't take the wigs, was tired of hats and look awful in scarves, so I am happy to have anything I can get up there. I think I may help that I live in a college town and there is A LOT of hair randomness...if you know what I mean. I love your new pic, and hope your hair makes peace with you soon. Glad you had fun at the beach.How did the mammo go?

    China- glad you had a great time in Italy. Sounds wonderful.

    Vickilynn- I am super jelous, a house to yourself to really clean, i would LOVE to get a week to myself in my house, oh man. Hope you had fun and got whatever you wanted accomplished! Oh and my onc said a year to me too, so yes we have lots of places to put the blame.

    Neece- It has been around 90 every day here, I am sending you warm thoughts.

    Catherine- I realized in my last post about needing a sedative I could have meant that for the MRI or the driving test hahaha....how did they go?

    Take care sisters!

    Barbara

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  • jadams1264
    jadams1264 Member Posts: 417
    edited July 2010

    Hello SOSisters...talk about chemo brain, I just typed this whole long post and forgot to hit submit!  ARGHHH.....

    ChinaBlue - your vacation to Italy sounds lovely.  Did you take lots of photos?  You will have such wonderful memories.  Was the food just absolutely great?  How are you doing now that you are home and back into the usual routine?

    Vickilynn - I haven't had a haircut yet.  Have more hair on the sides and back then the top.  I'm giving it 4 more weeks and hope I'll have enough hair all over for a pixie cut.  My onc says that chemo brain, numbness in hands and feet, depression and muscle aches can all last up to a year after chemo.  I don't know if mine is that or Famera but definitely have to blame it on something.  Keep checking in, we miss you when you don't post.

    Patty - Catalina Island sounds nice, did you have a good time?  I think your hair and mine sound pretty much alike.  I went and got an anti-frizz treatment to take out the curl/wave.  Worked pretty well and took alot of the color out, so I can live with my hair now and won't have to shave my head!  Four more weeks and then I am getting rid of the wig no matter what my hair looks like.The prickly sensation is called stinging sweat and is caused by dehydration.  Read that in the paper the other day.  I usually experience this lovely sensation in the morning before having a hot flash.  I take in less fluids earlier in the day so made sense to me.  Mine is usually on my arms and sometimes my face.

    Pamelajo - I'm so happy that the Abraxane is working better for you.  Side effects from this one?  I loved your eyebrow story, mine are mangy, haven't quite grown back since chemo.  Pretty straggly, but since there are so few I'm not plucking them out!  You are going to tropical islands and I'm having my own personal summers.  I like yours better, may I borrow?  Loved your cell phone story - we can all relate!  How did your night out go?  Sorry DH is in a mood, they do get like that don't they?

    Barb0323 - sounds like you have been very busy.  Like your new photo!  Sorry to hear about your dad, it's so hard when our parents get older.  Had to put my mom in assisted living and it was so hard to do.  Couldn't give her the care she required and I always felt so guilty.  I'm with you on the shaving issue, haven't had to shave under my arms in forever and very seldom have to shave my legs.  Only se of Famera I like.

    Barb41 - I read that cornstarch works well for itching.  Might be worth a try, would Benadryl help?  Mammo was a bit uncomfortable on the lumpectomy side but it's done.  However, she took an extra picture of that side so of course I'm going to worry about that until the results come back.  She did that last year too which started this whole BC thing!  Results end of week.

    Hope everyone has a great Sunday.  Take care.  Thoughts and prayers are with you.

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  • msmpatty
    msmpatty Member Posts: 818
    edited July 2010

    So I'm not crazy on the body hair thing.  Chalk that up on the plus side of Femara.  But sorry Barbara, you don't want to be on Femara just for that.

    Thanks for solving the mystery of the "stinging sweat", Jane.  I haven't been deligent about watering myself lately.   I'll load up today and see how that works.  I spent some extra time this morning flat-ironing my hair.  It looked so (relatively) good that I made the Sunday morning Starbuck's run wigless.  Now I must admit I was careful not to go to my usual Starbucks, but still...progress!

    Happy Sunday everyone.

    Patty

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  • BarbAnne41
    BarbAnne41 Member Posts: 380
    edited July 2010

    Patty you look simply marvelous.Congrats on the Starbucks run, baby steps...

    Jane thanks for the tip. I have been sticking everything but the kitchen sink on my itchy boob. As much as I hate to say it if it doesn't let up I will make a doctor's appt, and I was really trying to have a doctor free Summer. Let us know as soon as you hear!

     Barbara

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  • positiveme
    positiveme Member Posts: 157
    edited July 2010

    Hi Everyone

    Just a quick update. My son did pass the driving test but I thought he was going to faint as we waited in line. I had the MRI and Onc. called and said everything was fine. I'll check in with everyone later this week.

    THINK POSITIVE

    Catherine

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  • jadams1264
    jadams1264 Member Posts: 417
    edited July 2010

    Hello SOSisters.... hope all is well with everyone.

    Patty - I love your new photo!  Your hair looks great.  What did you do?  I actually went to Target wigless but only because I was supposed to let my anti-frizz treatment go au natural for 2 days.  I thought everyone was staring, whispering look at that ladies hair - not really but was glad to get back in the car.  Good for you going out!

    BarbAnne41 - how's the itch?  Getting any better?  You really ought to have it checked out if it doesn't get any better.

    Catherine - glad you are doing well.  So glad that the MRI was okay!  I am anxiously awaiting results of mammo, hope to hear by end of week or I may call.  Check in soon.

    Everyone else - hope you are busy doing fun things and feeling great!

    Take care.  Thoughts & prayers are with you.

    Jane

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  • flacracker
    flacracker Member Posts: 78
    edited July 2010

    Hello Sisters, I hope everyone is doing well and in great spirits!Cool It is very hot here in Florida!!! I have my 4th surgery Friday the 23rd. Yey!!!! I will be getting a load off my chest!! My TE's are coming out!!!! I am soo glad. They are so heavy and they're just not comply. It has been a year since they have been in my chest. I will check back in and see how yall are doing and let you know how things are with me. You all take good care of yourselves.

    Hugs Wanda

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  • positiveme
    positiveme Member Posts: 157
    edited July 2010

    Jane- Thinking positive for your mammo. Let us know how you make out.

    Wanda- I will be thinking of you tomorrow. I was sooo happy when my TE's came out. You will be so much more comfortable.

    Heading down to the beach tonight

    Hope everyone has a great weekend

    THINK POSITIVE

    Catherine

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  • BarbAnne41
    BarbAnne41 Member Posts: 380
    edited July 2010

    Catherine- wiggle you toes in the sand for me? Have fun.

    Wanda- I will keep you in the good thoughts/prayer for tomorrow.

    Jane- Can't wait to hear fro you!

    Hope you all have a fabulous weekend.

    Barbara

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  • Neece
    Neece Member Posts: 270
    edited July 2010

    Sounds like there has been some lovely holidays! Good for you. I am glad you had a great time, China.

    Wanda thinking of you for your surgery - like the others I was very happy to get my TE's out and final recon done. feels much better, more 'natural' and comfy. I hope it goes well.

    Patty I have also noticed that my level of body hair is much less than pre-chemo! I have not been able to figure it out but I am on Tamoxifen, so maybe that has something to do with it? Hormonal changes I guess can influence hair growth. I was horrified at how much hair I had when it started coming in after chemo, esp. on the face! Youch. But it seems to have settled down, thank goodness.

    Pamela I am so relieved to hear you are doing a bit better, too.

    Happy weekends to everyone.

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  • msmpatty
    msmpatty Member Posts: 818
    edited July 2010

    Wanda - I hope everything went well today!

    Neece - Yes!   The facial fuzzies after chemo were alarming.  I think mine are back to normal now.  Either that or I've gotten used to them.

    Now here's a sad state affairs regarding my hair: 

    After having my first wigless adventure out of the house on Sunday, I decided what the heck and went about my business wigless all day Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday.   I noticed a few curious stares but nobody except my friends said anything.   The friend's comments could be summarized this way:  "Well.... it doesn't look too bad.  It's just not a style we're accustomed to seeing on you."  Hardly an enthusiastic response. 

    I had an early appointment on Thursday so I slapped on the wig again and dashed out. Arriving at my destination I immediately ran into an acquaintance (male) I hadn't seen for a few years whose first comment to me was "Gosh, I like your new hairdo".  Throughout the day no less than three strangers approached me to say how much they liked my "haircut", ask who does my hair, etc.

    So now what?   Do I ditch the wig and endure a few months of ugly, way-too-short, home-perm-frizzy, doesn't-suit-me hair that even my friends can't say looks good?   Get new friends who will lie and tell me I look great?  Or...just embrace my cute wig for a while longer? 

    Patty
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  • BarbAnne41
    BarbAnne41 Member Posts: 380
    edited July 2010

    Oh Patty I am so sorry. I only wore my wig once to work, and when I became really bald, started losing the eyebrows and stuff, people said "why don't you wear the wig and I said every time, with out missing a beat "I am going through chemo the wig makes me hot and itchy, honestly right now I am more concerned with my comfort than yours" That shut my friends/family/and coworkers up, so needless to say as soon as I had enough hair to go hatless I did, and now people only comment on How much hair I have and its cute. Go figure.I guess bald/stocking cap etc..was worse than my curly red/brown/blond it is now.

     I say do what makes you feel good each day, and some days that may mean a wig and some days it might mean not.  Please do what makes you happy!

    And Neece and Patty, I had the fuzzy face too, I couldn't take it and use a depilatory to get rid of some, and although I am on Tamoxifen, it doesn't seem to be coming back, except for a few random hairs on my jaw line that drive me crazy. Thank God for tweezers.

    Anyway hope you all are cool and dry. We seem to be stuck in hot, humid and stormy here.

    Love and hugs

    Barbara

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  • Gin52
    Gin52 Member Posts: 377
    edited July 2010
    msmpatty - I got a wig from American Cancer society that everyone LOVED, all said I looked 10 years younger (is the one in my pic on here).  In May, my apt had a pipe break, I fell in the kitchen and got a concussion.  Big tender bump on back of my head would not allow me to wear my wig, so had to go "au naturelle" NOT by choice.  Anyway, everyone has said it looks great, blah, blah, blah. (they are probably lying, but with 100 degree temps in the shade here in TN, I just don't care! lol) Do what feels best to YOU.  You have enough going on without being miserable and/or worrying what everyone else is thinking.....
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