MIDDLE-AGED WOMEN 40-60ish

Enng I just had my drain out from my surgery. The Dr gave keflex for two days following surgery so I had a few days without. That has been standard with my past surgery. I just kept the area clean and change bandages daily. Good luck. Did you do recon with surgery? So glad you need no other tx plan.



Linneay congrats



My DS now has his permit to drive now, please pray for us!

Thanks ladies for the happy dances.  I also heard they are doing a lumpectomy and taking lymph nodes out

Marlegal whoopy for a clear mammo.  What is a BSGI?

Hey how did I miss you there Marlegal. Congrats on the mammo. Yeah what Sherry said - what's a BSGI?



6 years huh? If we get someone else to do it my DH doesn't ever have to realize I can.

What a weird, weird week it's been....so glad tomorrow is Friday, maybe a sense of normalcy will return next Monday. I know it all began because I just suddenly freaked out about my MO appointment on Tuesday, but then the yard man came on Wednesday and messed everything up, and then today there were all these things DUE that I completely forgot about and didn't complete until 4:59 pm! Got several strange emails from friends that didn't sound like them at all - it's like Bizarro World from Seinfeld! I think I'm going to hibernate tomorrow and hide from the world!

Welcome to our new posters, and congratulations to everyone who had good test results - always good to hear!

husker - great news about the new RO! Happy is happy, I guess, but I'd rather be happy about something pleasant, you know? 

Elimar - um, my attempt at at Pineapple Whip was pretty much awful. haha, but my son liked it - they almost always do, I guess. 

Haha, reesie - I loved that commercial! But Mikey likes Life cereal.."Hey, Mikey! He likes it!"

Oh, yeah, it's bad what passes for happy at the moment. I'm happy my hair looks like a brunette Aunt Bea from Mayberry, because at least it's hair. I look like I just came from getting a "shampoo & set" at Dot's Hair Salon. A lady in her 70's told me I had beautiful hair the other day at the doctor's office - no doubt she would pay for this rockin' look! 

enngeeemm69--Antibiotics for mastectomy are given IV just before and after surgery.  Pills aren't usually needed after even with the drains in place.  A  tummy tuck (or DIEP reconstruction) is a bigger surgery, more hanldling of the skin so greater risk of infection so antibiotics for a while after surgery is the usual plan.  The need for antibiotics is actually based on the amount of skin handling and number/size of incisions rather than the presence of drains.  Hope you get the drains out soon, they are a PIA. 

Husker so glad you got a second opinion and feel good about  the new RO.  That will make such a difference in your treatment.

lynniea so happy your chemo is done, now on to the next phase.

Paula have a great time this weekend.

Think I will be canning tomatoes this weekend.

Elimar, now I want a creamsicle (thanks to your mention of "Orange Julius").  Actually, I think I want a Rita's Gelati - Orange Water Ice with Vanilla Ice Cream, tastes just like a creamsicle.  Wait, I changed my mind - looks like they have a special red, white and blue gelati - it looks REALLY good.

HnS, I think you sent your Bizarro World my way.  My sister and I went out to dinner last night (our weekly Thursday dinner - our compromise to her coming over to my house everynight and just sitting there watching me - I know she's concerned for me but...), well anyway, the service was so bad we ended up getting dinner free, with dessert to go and twenty dollars worth of coupons to return another night. 

It was a circus - my sister asked the manager if we were being Punk'd.  Funny thing is she was so upset and it was all my food that got messed up several times.  She couldn't understand why I was so nonchalant about it. 

It's funny because my DH and I went to the same place a couple of weeks ago and had awesome service and excellent food.

Lynniea, maybe we'll get to be surgery buddies (although your surgery will probably be sooner than mine - had to work around both docs vacations).

Hi all. I got my pathology report from my breast surgeon today. My right breast had DCIS, intermediate to high grade with necrosis, forming grossly identifiable mass apprx 8.5 cm in greatest dimension. No identifiable invasion. My left breast showed benign tissue with areas of fibrocystic change and ductal hyperplasia without atypia. The left breast mastectomy was prophylactic. All three lymph nodes that were removed showed no metastatic tumor identified. My dr said the margin was close, however, I won't need chemo, radiation, or tamoxifen. Whew. I go back to see her in a couple of weeks. She will be following up with me 6 months after that.



I feel so blessed that this was caught early. I know so many women aren't as fortunate. I do feel a little guilty for asking "why me?" when I came out relatively unscathed. I also hope I never have to deal with cancer again. I hope I can work through these feelings. I am feeling kind of emotionally numb right now.



Mjbmiller, I am going through reconstruction. My plastic surgeon put in tissue expanders with 300 ccs of fluid on the day of my surgery. These tissue expanders definitely leave a lot to be desired. One of the nurses told me they are like braces, you have to tolerate them, but the results will be beautiful. I hope I won't have any complications with the reconstruction process like I've read some people have had. So far so good though.



NativeMainer, thank you for the information on the drains and antibiotics. That makes lots of sense!



I hope you all have a wonderful Fourth of July! Enjoy it!

I sure will thanks for your thoughts.  And have a great 4th of July

enngeeemm69 there's NO reason to feel guilty. When any of us get our first get dx it's scary as Hell. There's no way to know what the final outcome will be. It's natural to wonder why.



We're all glad you caught it early and don't have to go through any more treatments.

enngeeemm69 congrates on the good news and that you don't have to have any further treatment.  Good luck with your reconstruction and when your feeling sorry for yourself just come here and we will cheer you up.

It looks like...i cant remember the name now. What Japanese women use to get cool.

What is it called?

I'm hungry and cant sleep. I'm jumping thread to thread.

Is there a right day to start guessing???????