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  • Melinda41
    Melinda41 Member Posts: 672
    edited April 2011

    Good morning Michele!

    Just a note on that Lifemath. I checked it out again and best I can tell, they DO NOT take Herceptin into consideration. YOu can look at how different therapies affect your odds but there is no Herceptin button.

    So, us Her2+ ladies should keep that in mind.

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  • RedheadPam
    RedheadPam Member Posts: 98
    edited April 2011

    Thanks, Melinda -- that's the site I was thinking of!

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  • JustmeAlicia
    JustmeAlicia Member Posts: 1,529
    edited April 2011

    Happy Easter and Passover all !  I am back from our cruise.  Had a great time.  Exhausted from traveling and seeing everything.  Laundry and family time today ~

    Hugs to all.

    :)
    Alicia

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  • suzieq60
    suzieq60 Member Posts: 6,059
    edited April 2011

    Welcome home Alicia!!!

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  • micheleboots
    micheleboots Member Posts: 1,993
    edited April 2011

    love your pics on FB, Alicia...Looks like you had a good time.

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  • JustmeAlicia
    JustmeAlicia Member Posts: 1,529
    edited April 2011

    Thanks Sue and Michele !!! 

    :)

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  • JustmeAlicia
    JustmeAlicia Member Posts: 1,529
    edited April 2011

    Where is everyone???  HOPEFULLY feeling good and enjoying life !!!

    Tomorrow is my surgery HIPS to nips !  Will check in soon.

    HUGS !

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  • suzieq60
    suzieq60 Member Posts: 6,059
    edited April 2011

    We'll be thinking of you Alicia!!! ((((((((((HUGS)))))))))

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  • micheleboots
    micheleboots Member Posts: 1,993
    edited April 2011

    Hips, Alicia...what does that mean...not a hip replacement, I hope...you are to young.  Nips ok.

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  • suzieq60
    suzieq60 Member Posts: 6,059
    edited April 2011

    Hope you girls are away from the tornados!!!

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  • Cafelovr
    Cafelovr Member Posts: 1,534
    edited April 2011

    I'm around...just lurking. My surgery for lat-flap reconstruction is July 7. Seeing my onc about the rising estrogen levels.

    I just need a break from cancer! Crap...I just need a break :)

    Sue, we had tornados to the south and west of us. The piedmont is funny. We either miss it completely or we get hammered. I think it's the topography of the land, but we were lucky!

    Alicia, what is being nipped on your hip??? Sometimes I need a picture drawn so I can make sense of it!

    Love and hugs to all!!

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  • suzieq60
    suzieq60 Member Posts: 6,059
    edited April 2011

    Glad you're safe Linda - it's Melinda I'm worried about - we don't get details of actual towns affected.

    Sue

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  • micheleboots
    micheleboots Member Posts: 1,993
    edited April 2011

    I guess I have to start thinking about recon. soon.  I see my onc on Wednesday and I am sure she will want to talk about it.  I want it, but just thinking about surgery again makes me ill...Who here has had recon.  What is it like..does it hurt a lot getting the TEs.  How about each fill.  How often do they happen...so many questions.

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  • Melinda41
    Melinda41 Member Posts: 672
    edited April 2011

    I am fine here, did not blow away.

    I see plastic surgeon next week to talk about the lat flap again. I also get a PET scan next week and see Big Onc on the 10th.

    Good luck with the nips Alicia!

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  • suzieq60
    suzieq60 Member Posts: 6,059
    edited April 2011

    Glad you're safe Melinda!!!

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  • micheleboots
    micheleboots Member Posts: 1,993
    edited April 2011

    Wow, that was quite the storm in the south...I hope all teh BCO Peeps are ok.

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  • suzieq60
    suzieq60 Member Posts: 6,059
    edited April 2011

    Brenda - let us know you are all ok too!!!

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  • JustmeAlicia
    JustmeAlicia Member Posts: 1,529
    edited May 2011

    HI Girls, Melinda glad you are safe, good luck with your scan next week.  Prayers all is GOOD!

    Michele ~ they took a chuck of skin off of each hip and grafted it for my areola's and then she makes a nip with my skin pinching and stitching it together to make a nub.  I can't see them as I am all bandaged up with what looks like a teepee over them.  I am sore on my hips but doing okay.  Scars there are bigger than I expected.  Oh well.

    Hope everyone is safe from the storms. 

    Happy Sunday girls !!!

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  • suzieq60
    suzieq60 Member Posts: 6,059
    edited May 2011

    Alicia - that sounds really weird - hope it all heals ok.

    Sue

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  • micheleboots
    micheleboots Member Posts: 1,993
    edited May 2011

    Alicia, couldn't they just make a nip/nub and then add  tattoo?  I don't know, I think I just want the breast with out all the extras..

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  • suzieq60
    suzieq60 Member Posts: 6,059
    edited May 2011

    Went for another bike ride yesterday - the weather has been absolutely gorgeous!!! My God, I might actually get fit if I keep this up :)

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  • micheleboots
    micheleboots Member Posts: 1,993
    edited May 2011

    Sue, go crazy, get that exercise...could you go a few rounds for me too.

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  • JustmeAlicia
    JustmeAlicia Member Posts: 1,529
    edited May 2011

    Yes Michele that was an option ~ I went for the supreme nips.  I think I really did it more for my husband then myself, I could of left them nip-less.  But it is done and the last thing will still be tattoo for coloring if needed.  I still haven't seen them can't unwrap for 7-10 days or get my upper body wet in the shower.  Fun fun fun !

    Hope everyone is enjoying Spring and feeling good.

    BRENDA with all the storms please check in and let us know you are alright????

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  • BrendaSharon
    BrendaSharon Member Posts: 506
    edited May 2011

    Hi girls!

    I am OK~~~~~~ I haven't had any computer use as mine was down. It is too difficult trying to type on my cell so I just waited. Glad all are safe from the storms.

    I've also been extremely busy with my garden (looks lovely & producing well) and also with my 11 Rhode island Red baby chicks. Then, I had 5 more babies that hatched out on Easter Weekend. My Son & Grandson where here and they got a kick out of seeing the eggs hatch out especially being Easter. What a site to behold the birth of 5 newbies all with different colors these are. I named the 5, 1st born at 3:00am; was Re-Pete (Pete for short), then at 4:00ish in the afternoon out hatched Chocolate & Chip, then around 8:30ish pm; hatched out Silver & Sandy. I have 17 Silver laced Wyandottes coming this Friday 2 males and 15 females, then on June 3rd I have 7 Dominique coming 5 female and 2 male. They so to speak have brought me out of my shell and back to life. I enjoy taking care of them as the work is easy enough for me to handle under my circumstances. So, i am truly enjoying this. My first eggs will be laid around August. I will then have about 40 eggs a week and by September when the others begin to lay eggs I'll have bout 15 dozen eggs a week. Time to sell to my friends at a great cost and also I plan to give to the Senior Citizens at least 6 dozen per week for the breakfasts and lunches they put on for the elder people here in our County each day.

    So, girls I'm just keeping busy and enjoying life with my bestess DH ever and my new peeps!!

    I have my mammo due in July and Onc. visits in August. I cancelled the last two appt. as I didn't feel the urgency to go what so ever. I told them i was coming back until I had my mammo so there was at least something to talk about. I just don't see the need to loose time from work, because I don't get paid when I 'm off and yet it casts me money to drive the 120 mile round trip plus the money for the Dr. visit. If I felt there was a real problem then I would go...but not just to spend 5 minutes, be told oh your good, see you again in 3 months. NOPE, not this warrior!!

    Love you all, to a wonderful summer (((((WARRIOR HUGS)))))

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  • suzieq60
    suzieq60 Member Posts: 6,059
    edited May 2011

    Brenda - Glad you're OK. I would love to see your peeps - it's nice you're naming them. I bet their eggs will be delicious. I'm glad they're giving you so much pleasure.

    ((((((((((((HUGS)))))))))))

    Sue

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  • JustmeAlicia
    JustmeAlicia Member Posts: 1,529
    edited May 2011

    Brenda ~ glad all is going well !!!  You sound like you are in charge of your life.  Saw the pictures of your adorable chicks on FB.  So cute !  Makes me want some ~~~ 

    I see the Plastic Surgeon today to reveal the new nips ~ still have to bandage for another week but at least I'll get a peek when they change the bandages. 

    Monday I see my ONCOLOGIST for my 6 month check, blood work, tumor markers etc. Ugh ~ I hope and pray for an all is GOOD see you in 6 months.  I hate dr's.  YUP I said it!!!

    Have a good day, off to the PS for me ~ and Obama is in NYC should make for a fun commute.

    :)

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  • Cafelovr
    Cafelovr Member Posts: 1,534
    edited May 2011

    I concur, Brenda...the peeps are so sweet!

    Alicia, how far are you away from NYC/Ground Zero? Have fun...LOL Good luck on beautiful nips Embarassed

    Well, it's official. I have been in remission for one year today! I have my appt today for my estrogen levels, so we'll see how that goes!

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  • Cafelovr
    Cafelovr Member Posts: 1,534
    edited May 2011

    Well, just got back from big Onc. I will be doing Zoladex every three months.

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  • JustmeAlicia
    JustmeAlicia Member Posts: 1,529
    edited May 2011

    LINDA~ Congratulations !!!  I am so glad to hear the wonderful news.  What is zoladex?  is that like the zometa?  I hope it easy for you and doesn't cause you much trouble. 

    Nips are looking raw, but skin grafts took 100 percent.  So far so good.  Another week or two and then I'm in the clear as far as possibly losing some of the skin.  It is so strange to have nipples.  Cannot wait till I don't have to have them bandaged.  DH was so cute, he got up off the chair to see as they unwrapped them.  HE said WOW !!  I haven't seen nipples in 2 years.  :))))

    so funny.

    HUGS girls.  Off to a dinner for Make a Wish foundation !

    :)

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  • micheleboots
    micheleboots Member Posts: 1,993
    edited May 2011

    Yippy Skippy for new Nippys...It's funny about your husband and his reaction to the nips...I guess we forget that they miss those parts as well.

    Linda, what is this new drug?

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