MIDDLE-AGED WOMEN 40-60ish

I all I havent been on much this week  I had the TE filled and it was a bit uncomfortable.   And man are they huge.  Compared to what I had pre cancer.  I walked out of the ofc filling like the boobs where coming out the door and I was following them.  This chick is as big as I wanna be.  I was a 32A before so I really dont want to look like a freak of nature with Dolly Paron boobs.  My family jokeingly tries to get me to go to the freak level.. No thanks.

I start my first taxol treatment and it went good.  I slept thru all of it.  Good thing my mom went shopping and had lunch with a  friend cause it lasted five hours.  Next time it wont be so long. I did good on it and they will speed up the drip next time. Not bad a far as SE.   The red devil was worse.  Im glad thats behind me. Take care all. 

LOL about following your boobs around, Paula - I imagine that will take some getting used to! Good luck with your Taxol treatments, sounds like you're rounding 3rd and heading for home!

Lynniea, hope you are feeling well today, too. Chemo is soooo hard, but I'm glad I did it.

Barbe, I had no idea the Vit D should be in liquid form. I'm assuming you don't just tilt your head back and drop it in your mouth - haha! What do you add it to? (oops, ending a sentence in a preposition always bothers me!)

I've had many tests this month following my March 8th appointment with the onc. I foolishly had decided to wait until they were all through so I would only have to bother her once for the results. Well, all that did was leave me in a constant state of anxiety! My mammogram was the last test - it was this past Tuesday, and the radiologist determined there was something he didn't like and wanted to keep an eye on it. So I waited another day and tried to call my onc for all the test results, but to discuss this specifically, and she was out of town! Finally, yesterday I found out all the tests were fine, but that is the LAST time I'm going to try to be polite about test results - from now on, I'm calling for each and every result ASAP! 

Our mammo department gives you the results after you wait a little while, too, but usually they say, "Everything's fine, see you next time!" This time, they said, "Well, there's a little something on there he doesn't like....", so I left the place pretty much stunned, and after I gathered my wits about me, I decided I was going to get some clarification about that from my onc, who wasn't conveniently available for a few days. Next mammo I get, if they stun me again, I'm not leaving until I talk to the radiologist himself/herself/itself.

Oh, the waiting! I guess it's all part of our "new normal" - haha, I have come to really dislike that phrase.

lynniea - you're doing great - I was usually in bed the next few days! Hope you have a nice walk - the weather IS great!

Elimar Im as big as I want to be with the TE.  I have to go back for 1 fill.  This is what they call the over fill.  After that I just hang out, lol waiting for my exchang date.  I cant do that until im three months past chemo.  That puts me around Sept or Oct. 

Im glad they use the big guns first when it comes to the chemo.  I think since the A/c is so nasty they dont want people to stop because they feel they had the taxlol and that would be ok.  I dont know if I could back out.  I was in it to win it and I been this far, no turning back.

The waiting on the mammos can be crazy.  Im just glad I waited until I talked with my doctor.  I know its a wait but if it wasnt for her I woulda been in big trouble the first time.  They said I was ok until the next year and see ya.  Well she calls and wants me to go meet with a BS about a spot.  Well it turned out to be cancer.  I woulda been in big trouble by the time I felt it because it was almost to the chest muscle and woulda grown like crazy until I found it. 

I have always had to wait for my mammo results usually in the form of a letter from the gyn's office that comes in the mail up to 2 weeks after.  That was for the annual screening mammo.  When I had my diagnostic mammo and US last year it was several days before my gyn called and told me I needed to have a biopsy.  When I got that call I was out of town attending a convention.  He did not know that at the time.  I don't know what it will be like this time around.  I am going for a diagnostic on June 3rd which my onc scheduled for me but I don't see him for my 4 month followup until June 20th.  I hope I don't have to wait 17 days to hear something back.

heartnsoul - I sure hope I don't either.  The facility I go to is outside the hospital it is affilitated with and I don't know if they send the films to the main hospital to be read or what the deal is.  I never thought to ask before.  Didn't need to.  I do remember when I had my diagnostic mammo and then the US right after I saw the tumor but the tech would not tell me anything.  She said she was not allowed to but did ask me if I would mind if she got someone else to look at it.  Of course, that was okay with me.  You have to understand that during all this, I did not even think about the possibility of cancer.  When I saw the white spot, I thought it was a cyst or something - how dumb was that?  Guess I have learned my lesson and will be asking a lot more questions when I go in this time.

ok 4 days since my TE surgery. Home 3 nights so far. I was doing pretty well but today was bad. I took all my meds before i ate at 7am and i got really nauseaus all day. I finally threw up around 4pm.I felt a lot better after that but still feel sick. I am afraid to take the antibiotic now or anything for pain. I am thinking maybe wait to take now until tomrrow maybe i can get more food down. I just ate two ravioli and a banana. Tummy is not happy.

Jo, about seeing things on the mammo - after my dx, my surgeon showed me the mammo and pointed out the tumor - I still had no clue - I saw the US and the MRI - ditto.  We are not trained to see those things - no way is that something 90% of women would ever recognize.

Eph, since I went to a teaching/university/hospital I guess that's how they do things. I confess I'm ignorant enough that I never took into account that might not be how all hospitals/centers do things. I agree, for BC patients, there should be universal standards that match what goes on in my hospital.

Carrol, is that usual for you to have those symptoms do you know? I didn't have TE surgery so I don't know, but 3 days out to have nausea seems odd to me.  Maybe just bad luck that you got a stomach virus at same time?

I think a lot has to do with my God He has everykthing in control

If I don't hear anything in a couple of days I call the droctor office.

Annette, that sounds like the perfect trip!!! Except for the TSA - what the heck is your hand going to show??? If you've loaded a bomb recently?? Like GSR (gunshot residue)?

Joni, I can just imagine you pitching a fit!! hehhee  If you admit to THAT, then it must have been a tantrum, actually!! The more you dug your heels in, the more they were sure they wouldnt comply. Y'all should have known better!!

Carol, you have to take the meds WITH food. Otherwise you get an upset tummy. Proof was yesterday!

Felling a lot better today still a bit iffy. I did eat some saltines. Got a packet of isntant oatmeal down and an ensure and i just ate a fudge pop. so not too bad. I took one antibiotic and one protonix gonna try another antibiotic at 4:00 that will be 6 hours like the instructions say. Keeping the saltines handy really helps. Took a shower. I have two surgical bras. The one they put me in at surgery and one they gave me to take home. The one they put me in is way tighter around the waist makes it hard to breathe and the other is really high on the armpits but looser much more comfy. I washed that one and i am wering the tight one till it dries. I am pretty miserable can;t wait for this to pass.