Remind me of the hopeful stories

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  • elmcity69
    elmcity69 Member Posts: 998
    edited March 2011

    ladies, thank you again for your joy and encouragement. the celebrations here may be "online" but they are so sweet!

    for the newbies: yes, it can be done.as noted on another thread, don't pay attention to "Dr. Google". just go out and live life.

    love to all-

    janyceSmile

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  • jennyboog
    jennyboog Member Posts: 1,322
    edited March 2011

    @ sandiddstn...GERD is basically acid reflux, mine has been terrible since chemo and not getting any better so far, they tell it will, I've tried every pill known to man and nothing is working.  I was reading about arimidex and heartburn was one of the side effects so, I'm wondering if that's the reason mine is not improving.  I'm going to talk to my dr next time I go in.  Not saying you'll have problems with it, I had the gerd before I started it so I'm sure it's not helping.  I hope you tolerate it as well, I look like a 90 yr old woman when I go to stand up & hate what SE I do have but glad to be alive to complain about them :)

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  • sandiddstn
    sandiddstn Member Posts: 88
    edited March 2011

    jennyboog.... thanks for the info, you know as for acid reflux I have it also.  I was on meds for it before 'bc' and now I think it has gotten worse...or I hope that is what it is...Let me know what your dr tells you when you see him, please...Hope all is well with you all today... 

    I have been on AI now for a week...  not sure about the SE's , I have a lot of dizzy spells and the other day I was in Bi-Lo, which is a grocery store here in east Tennessee... and out of the blue I started to cry....  Well let me back up a little..... I am soooo ashamed of myself...So here goes...  a co-workers wife just got dx with bc and the dr told them that if you were going to have it, this is the best to have.... now don't get me wrong PLEASE... I am soooo glad for her... but why could I not have been told that also... Yes having a pitty party here... I cryed for even thinking this and I cryed for her good news...  I don't know what is happening to me, why am I alllll over the place...I am a happy person or thought I was...   

    Well thanks for letting vent and tell on myself... I did not tell anyone the reason I was crying like a baby... 

    Prayers to all 

    PS... I am not crazy yet... close but not yet.... :) LOL

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  • Cat123
    Cat123 Member Posts: 296
    edited March 2011

    There are so many great survival stories!  I'm still going through chemo and sometimes I feel on top of the world and sometimes I cry.  Don't forget....there are so many treatments coming fast and furious right now and so many trials....I sat next to a woman a month ago during chemo.....stage 4 and nine years out!

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  • Kindergarten
    Kindergarten Member Posts: 4,869
    edited March 2011

    Hi, Cat!! You just keep feeling on top of the world, it is so hard sometimes, but know you have such a huge support system who are going through this together with you. You will be the one soon who will  be giving all of us an inspiring story. It is also O.K. to cry and rant if you need to, too. Take one day at a time and take this time of treatment to take care of YOU!!!! God bless you and know prayers are coming your way, Kathy

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  • Elizabeth1959
    Elizabeth1959 Member Posts: 346
    edited March 2011

    Sandiddstn

    We have a lot in common.  I am also in East Tn, stage IIIIA and diagnosed in June 2010.  I completely understand your tears.  I am so sick of treatment (day 25/33 of rads) and I am so frightened.  Someone else's signature is When I grow up I want to be an old lady.  That is what I want for both of us.

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  • whatRstatsanyway
    whatRstatsanyway Member Posts: 53
    edited March 2011

    Sandiddstn

    We sail along and then some event triggers our emotions. Damn! For me, it was my sister going for a biopsy this week. Yup, it was positive and now she is going through the nightmare of telling people and adjusting to the diagnosis. She was there for me through treatment, and I will be there for her- maybe there is a reason why I went through the experience first? Nobody understands what this disease entails, unless you have experienced it. Everyone's worse fear is to hear the words "you have cancer" - well, we faced our worse fears and are living with all that this condition entails.

    We are all tired, fed up , frightened, angry and panic stricken at one point or the other. Thankfully, there are people, like those on these boards that can lend a ear or give a cyber hug. There is no embarrassment here- just understanding that we all hit rough spots.

    I had a woman in my office that was a stage 3 twenty years ago! No clear margins and it was adhered to the chest wall.  My hero was a little ol' lady that was diagnosed, again, 20 years ago, and, until her death at 82, was independent and was in the community helping others. I , too, want to be an old lady when I grow up!! 

    Hang in there - prayers and positive vibes heading your way :>) 

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  • jennyboog
    jennyboog Member Posts: 1,322
    edited March 2011

    @ sandiddstn.....I'm so sorry I forgot to mention that SE, I do get a lil' dizzy if I turn just right or too fast, I guess I didn't mention it b/c it doesn't bother me enough but it does happen every now and then.  I will let you know what my dr says, next appt in Apr. 

    As for the crying, we all do it.  I can hear a song on the radio and go all to pieces.  Our hormones are all over the place, anything can be a trigger.  I think our mortality is now in our faces and for some of us it never has been before.  No longer can we say, that won't happen to me, that happens to other people.  Our days were numbered before bc, we just see now we don't have control like we thought & we're not invicible.  We see now how precious life is & that each day is a gift and then you throw in the hormone thing....it's no wonder we burst into tears at a "furry kitten."  Smile   Hang in there sistah's, we got this!

    I love TN by the way, lived in Clarksville for several years, miss it bunches.

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  • pupfoster1
    pupfoster1 Member Posts: 1,484
    edited March 2011

    Hi Janyce,

    I get just like you a lot, especially when I develop a new pain somewhere.  Right now I'm waiting on an X-ray of my spine, as I've been having back pain.  

    I notice you and I have similar dx's and similar dx dates.  We should try to stay in touch w/each other to remind each other that WE WILL MAKE IT THROUGH!!!!!!  It is hard at times though.  

    (((HUGS)))

    Sharon

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  • kathleen1966
    kathleen1966 Member Posts: 793
    edited March 2011

    I had my first visit with my oncologist since my last chemo treatment (January 7th).  I asked her if she had any long term survivors with nodes.  She said she had many and that one of her patients had 29 positive nodes and is also HER2+ and is going on year nine of remission. This made ME feel good.  I hope it's actually true and not some story she tells women like me who ask that question. LOL...But I hear of others...I have a friend who was diagnosed stage III nine years ago and another who was diagnosed at 27 years of age.  She is now 42.  Hope this helps!  I need these stories as well.

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  • thefuzzylemon
    thefuzzylemon Member Posts: 2,630
    edited March 2011

    Thank you for this thread and sharing your stories ... it is now a favorite :)

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