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  • Sugar77
    Sugar77 Member Posts: 2,138
    edited November 2010

    Kelley - good news.  Thanks for letting us know!

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  • cc4npg
    cc4npg Member Posts: 764
    edited November 2010
    Kelley:  WooHoo!!!  Wonderful news!  So happy for you!  Did they say what it was?
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  • Luah
    Luah Member Posts: 1,541
    edited November 2010

    Kelly:  What a relief!  Emjoy your weekend!!

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  • mitymuffin
    mitymuffin Member Posts: 337
    edited November 2010

    Wonderful news Kelley!

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  • NavyMom
    NavyMom Member Posts: 1,099
    edited November 2010

    Great News Kelley!  Celebrate!

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  • retrievermom
    retrievermom Member Posts: 522
    edited February 2011

    Yeah Kelley!

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  • TifJ
    TifJ Member Posts: 1,568
    edited November 2010

    Kelley41 - So happy for you! What a huge relief!

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  • fmakj
    fmakj Member Posts: 1,278
    edited November 2010

    Great News Kelley!!

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  • Titan
    Titan Member Posts: 2,956
    edited November 2010

    Kelley...YAY..what was it after all???

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  • LRM216
    LRM216 Member Posts: 2,115
    edited November 2010

    Kelley:

    Hooray!  So happy about the news.

    Linda 

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  • Teka
    Teka Member Posts: 10,052
    edited February 2012

    Kelley41,

    Great news!

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  • PinkPeeCA
    PinkPeeCA Member Posts: 27
    edited November 2010

     > Lovely Face, I start the Taxol after Thanksgiving, have been very concerned about stopping AC which is working, your note helps me relax and move on.  Thank you.

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  • MBJ
    MBJ Member Posts: 4,352
    edited November 2010

    Kelly:  Yay for B9!!!!  Congratulations! 

    Happy Friday!!!

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  • Swanny
    Swanny Member Posts: 147
    edited November 2010

    Kelly - Congrats!

    Question:  My last chemo was Sept 30th (Taxotere).  I just noticed today that I have lost most of my eyebrows.  I lost my eye lashes and hair during chemo but I always kept my eyebrows (albeit they are thin to start with).  Anyone lose their eyebrows AFTER chemo was over?

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  • LRM216
    LRM216 Member Posts: 2,115
    edited November 2010

    Swanny - It's normal.  A lot of gals lost them after chemo ended, some gals got theirs back (eyelashes and brows) only to lose them again at 6 months out.  Doesn't seem to be a real pattern that fits us all.  They will come back and stay - eventually.  I lost mine  - all of it - during chemo - and my eyelashes and brows started to come back - s l o w l y - about 6 weeks after chemo ended, but really slow.  I didn't lose them again, though my brows are a bit thinner than prior to chemo. I also think my hair is thinner too since it came back.  It was never "thick" hair, and no one can tell it's thinner, but I can. 

    Another rad down the hatch!

    Linda

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  • jenn3
    jenn3 Member Posts: 3,316
    edited November 2010

    Kelly - great news, glad to hear the good news.

    Titan/Sugar/Heidi - I haven't heard about black salve or drawing salve in years.  My friend's MawMaw used to use it on us when we got splinters and I thought it was so weird, but it worked.  I didn't realize it was something that was used on horses.  I figured it was something that was all but obsolete by now.

    Swanny - I lost my eyebrows and the last of my lashes after chemo.  The good news is they were the first to grow back.

    Pinkpee - love the list and the mascara made me laugh.....

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  • Titan
    Titan Member Posts: 2,956
    edited November 2010

    If anyone wants that salve I can send my mom in law to Amish Country to get some..actually I need some more!  It really stinks but it does work!

    Pink..how many AC's have you had?  4?  I had 4 and I think that is the plan...I did ask the chemo nurse if I had reached my lifetime max at 4 doses and she said no..but that there is a lifetime limit...good luck with the Taxol..I totally freaked out about the Taxol b-4 I started taking it..not sure why..guess I was used to the Ac...knew what to expect.

    Taxol is clear not red like AC...they will watch you closely for the first 15 minutes to make sure you are not allergic.  I had to take a couple of pills in the middle of the night b-4 each infusion. They will also monitor your blood pressure...if you don't have a port it hurts like heck to have the bp taken every 15 minutes...because it pulls on the IV..after awhile I got smart and just unhooked the BP cuff...the nurses finally chilled out when I told them I was fine..some nurses were more anal than others...

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  • Lovelyface
    Lovelyface Member Posts: 674
    edited November 2010

    Kelly, that is just wonderful news, I am so happy to hear that!  What did they say it was?  I am feeling a couple of somethings at the very top of my right breast right now.  But I am on chemo, so am wondering if one can still get lumps during chemo.  Anyway, I doubt it is anything like the one I had which was cancer, so I will have to get that checked next week.  Was it a cyst?

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  • laurajane
    laurajane Member Posts: 321
    edited November 2010

    Hi Everyone! It was great catching up on all of the posts. Scares, fears, laughter and congratulatory dances all in one dose. I hope everyone is having a great week-end.

    I went up to Indy and got two more opinions from 2 different oncs. My onc. has not seen me or returned any of my calls in the last two weeks. Last I heard she wanted me to do radiation(Standard protocol after surgery) Doesn't make sense to me with 14 out of 20 positive lymphs. I got a call from hospital last Tuesday saying I was scheduled for chemo. WHAT? no one had mentioned this to me. Still no return phonecall from my onc. I went to a second onc. up at the National Cancer Research Center in Greenwood she said rads standard blah blah blah! Went to the third up in Indy at the Simon Cancer Research Center IUPUI (Part of the Cathy Miller team). Wonderful! She spent over an hour in a half with me and never even looked at her watch. Not once! I love her. She started with the whole rad thing and then I looked her directly in the eye and asked her what she would do if she were me and she said skip rads and jump on chemo to try and prevent mets. Hallelujah! She is also thrilled that I am going to Sloan Kettering on Tuesday. The onc I will be seeing at SK is the one that started DD chemo therapy through the original clinical trials and specializes in TNBC. She said that would be the first place she would recommend if it were an option for me. She has tentatively scheduled me to start chemo (Maybe carboplatin/Gemstar) the day after I get back dependent on what SK says and or suggest. SK also have me scheduled to see one of their integrative docs after my appt. with their onc. I am so happy about that because I am sick and tired of docs here saying don't take anything, no herbs supplements vitamins etc. I finally feel like I am in capable, compassionate caring hands. Well worth an hour in a half drive back and forth. Plus she wants to see me every 2 weeks while I am on treatment.  I also am glad I am taking more control of my medical choices. I know all of this is dependent on what SK says they may even have a clinical trial. I'll find out this Tuesday.

    I am having Thanksgiving dinner here tomorrow because I have decided to go ahead and spend a whole week in New York and have as much fun as possible while I am feeling so great. I hope all of you have a wonderful week.  

    Laura 

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  • Swanny
    Swanny Member Posts: 147
    edited November 2010

    Laura,  Please have a lot of fun in NY.

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited February 2011

    Why men shouldn't be allowed to take phone messages:

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  • Luah
    Luah Member Posts: 1,541
    edited November 2010

    too funny, Heidi, thanks!

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  • laurajane
    laurajane Member Posts: 321
    edited November 2010

    Swanny- Thanks, that is my plan.

    hiedi- thanks for the humor.

    Life is good until we make it and decide it is great!!!! 

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  • Sugar77
    Sugar77 Member Posts: 2,138
    edited November 2010

    Heidi - what a hoot.  My DH got a kick out of it too.

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  • Lovelyface
    Lovelyface Member Posts: 674
    edited November 2010

    Laura

    I am somewhat confused - you mean you are TN with 14 positive nodes since May, and your Onc. had not prescribed Chemo yet?  If that is the case, kick him out, man, that is shocking. I am so glad you have found someone so good now, I feel like coming and seeing the same doctor, no matter where she is.  Good Luck with everything. I think you gonna be fine now that you have someone so great.

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited February 2011

    Ichthammol Ointment should be obtainable in tube or jar form at any good pharmacy.

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  • Fighter_34
    Fighter_34 Member Posts: 834
    edited November 2010

    Yeah. Yeah!  So happy for you Kelly!!

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  • kad22
    kad22 Member Posts: 191
    edited November 2010

    Sorry in advance this a rant that I need to get out!

    Well this year really SUCKS - BIG TIME!!! So I get cancer, sister has had at least 3 surgeries for other stuff and this past thursday my baby boy (DOG)  of only 3 years was hit by a car right in front of me and died instantanoulsly! He was my guy that got me through all of the other sh** in my life and now this. I love him soooo much - how does someone get over something like this?! I just don't think I can handle it. I know he wasn't a person but he was my little guy that I loved like a baby! Some of you may think that I am crazy but it hurts really bad right now. If anyone wants to and can prayers sent my way and for my baby - Mike, would be great. Even though I am pissed at the big guy right now anything to get me through this would be accepted with open arms! Thanks.

    Kelli

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  • cc4npg
    cc4npg Member Posts: 764
    edited November 2010
    Kelli:  Oh I'm so sorry to hear of all that's going on!  You're not alone... I've had a rough year too.  Oh, and your baby boy will be waiting on you in Heaven.  I'm a firm believer.  No, he wasn't human, but with God all things are possible!  I lost my dog of 16 years last year, and he's waiting on me too.  I wish I had an answer as to why everything keeps going wrong.  But none of us have that answer.  I will say a prayer for you though. You lost a member of your family that you are mourning.. it's just as hard as the death of a child for some people.
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  • Sugar77
    Sugar77 Member Posts: 2,138
    edited November 2010

    Kelli - I completely understand.  My thoughts are with you now.  My little buddy Brandie (bichon-poodle) provided companionship when I went through my treatment and I know how hard it would be to lose him.  I don't know what to say. The only saving grace is that it was instantaneous and he didn't suffer. 

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