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  • barbe1958
    barbe1958 Member Posts: 19,757
    edited September 2011

    Phyllis, I vividly remember that pain of bumping the drain site!!!! It is excruiating!! And when you realize how far in that drain goes....you may have problems with sore ribs after it is out. That's what happened to me. I was sure it was mets and the area gave me grief for a long time. I pray that doesn't happen to you, but consider it a heads-up for the pain afterwards as well.

    Thanks Lynda, I'll look for that kind of a cami now that the weather is getting cooler. I can imagine it would feel great! I'm the kind of person who never needs a winter coat though, as I feel hot all year. It's always interesting....

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  • pj12
    pj12 Member Posts: 25,402
    edited September 2011

    Momoftwo and everyone else struggling with helping their chldren do homework...

    There is a great site called KahnAcademy.com that offers every different kind of classroom instruction in a very easy to understand style. It's affiliated with Bill Gates but not an Apple site. It is free. The "teacher" presents as if he is standing in front of a class at a chalkboard. Great for brushing up so you can help your child or the older student can use it as a tutor.

     Good luck. 

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  • Elisimo
    Elisimo Member Posts: 1,601
    edited September 2011

    Lisa - so beautiful. Thanks for sharing, I needed something to help lift me up today.

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  • Kaara
    Kaara Member Posts: 3,647
    edited September 2011

    Hi Ladies!  It's great to be back on line after taking 10 days to go on a lovely cruise through Canada and New England.  It turned out to be quite interesting.  Leaving Halifax on the way to Sydney, we encountered hurricane force winds for almost 12 hours before the captain in his infinite wisdom decided to turn the ship around and get out of the mess!  I think at one point it was reported that we were having 27 ft. seas.  I was most proud that I didn't get sick (thanks to my little patch that I always wear behind my ear) and that I was only scared once when the ship rolled on the port side and we were looking directly down into the water from our balcony cabin!  What's a vacation without some adventure!  All that said, the ship was beautiful, food was great, entertainment was awesome, and we met lots of great people.  Returning home, we missed our connecting flight in Philly due to customs delays when we were sent to "secondary screening" by the customs officer who apparently didn't lke the fact that my partner had shaved his beard and didn't look the same as his photo on his passport!  So much for profiling.  Even that turned out ok when we got a better flight that got us home two hours earlier.  Unfortunately our luggage didn't get the memo and is still missing in action, but at least it was on the return trip!

    My appointment with the breast specialist in Florida is all set for October after we return from North Carolina, and while I'm concerned, I'm trying not to obsess about it.  I still have a company reunion to attend and enjoy before I face that challenge. 

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  • jazz3000
    jazz3000 Member Posts: 188
    edited September 2011

    The pain in the muscle area is still there for me but the drains are finally out. It is an extremely sensitive area even now, but I think it's because they are in such strange areas of insert. Two holes through the side of your body. The longer their in the sorer and more sensitive they get. Using an ointment around the skin helped me a lot until they were out. The skin still feels like it's bad bruised though it's not. Lot's of nerves alive and well in the area with the wound constantly being irritated with the tubes is probably a part of it.

    Momo I'm hoping it's out for you soon. Geez I wonder how many of us would take a trip like this if they'd have told us about all the Bumps and Potholes. LOL

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  • 3jaysmom
    3jaysmom Member Posts: 4,266
    edited September 2011

    i remember drain pain sooo well. hope they come out soon for you.. thats' something i'll need to address later. they both healed Keiloid, and will have to be "shaved" so, they're STILL kind a  pain...3jays

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  • LynMichel
    LynMichel Member Posts: 102
    edited September 2011

    Tomorrow is my 'D' day or 'B' day.  I'm not so worried about the surgery.  As I'm worried that the cancer has spread by waiting so long for the plastic surgeon.  I was diagnosed July 1st with an ultrasound biospy.  I had blood work and a MRI the end of July and there were no signs of it spreading in  the breast lymph vascular system and lymph nodes.   I was clinically diagnosed IIB.  I hope that didn't change by waiting so long.

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  • Elisimo
    Elisimo Member Posts: 1,601
    edited September 2011

    LynMichel- just take it one things or day at a time and remember you are in all our thoughts and prayers.

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  • QCA
    QCA Member Posts: 1,539
    edited September 2011

    LynMichel, will be thinking of you tomorrow.  Please let us know how things went when you feel up to it.

    Kathy

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  • Leah_S
    Leah_S Member Posts: 8,458
    edited September 2011

    LynMichel, best of luck with your surgery. I hope you recovery is smooth.

    All the best.

    Leah

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  • 3jaysmom
    3jaysmom Member Posts: 4,266
    edited September 2011

    put us all inyour little pocket, LynMichael. we're be here, waiting till you're up to posting.. thinking of you as you have the surgery... they waited for a zillion tests for me, and it was all right. hope all ia well with you, tommmorrow......3jays

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  • chabba
    chabba Member Posts: 5,065
    edited September 2011

    My heart and my thoughts will be with you LynMichael.

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  • chrissyb
    chrissyb Member Posts: 16,818
    edited September 2011

    Good luck LynMichel hope your healing will be fast and without any complications.

    Love n hugs.  Chrissy

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  • elimar86861
    elimar86861 Member Posts: 7,416
    edited September 2011

    Chrissy, Stopping by to say you have a good group here and you really do have "More Sense."

    Also...                                                 Congrats on

                                           

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  • duckyb1
    duckyb1 Member Posts: 13,369
    edited September 2011

    Yea.......................................100 pages

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  • dragonflymary
    dragonflymary Member Posts: 356
    edited September 2011

    Lyn Michel,

    Thinking about you--if your surgery was yesterday this is day 1.  Hope you're doing well and they are taking good care of you.  Let your family spoil you from here on out and remember you're worth it.

    Dragon

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  • Isabella4
    Isabella4 Member Posts: 2,166
    edited September 2011

    Lyn Michel.

    Thinking about you...did all go well ? Let us know when you can. Take care of yourself, and lean on the family.

    Isabella.

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  • marthah
    marthah Member Posts: 322
    edited September 2011

    Lyn,

    thinking of you. you will have more details about your diagnosis after your surgery. i know it sounds like it might be tougher, but it will actually become easier because you'll have a better handle on what you're dealing with, and the direction for your treatment. 

    :::hugs::: drop us a note when you can.

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  • marthah
    marthah Member Posts: 322
    edited September 2011

    I have a question for those of you who are a ways out PFC.

    I'm almost 3 weeks out, and I'm still feeling pretty fatigued/puny. My last blood work indicated I was mildly anemic. I'm 50, and while I'm not athletic, I'm not in horrible shape either. 

    How long did it take you to start feeling like your pre-chemo self? My legs still feel like I have lead in them, and sometimes I get a wind, but it doesn't last very long...a few hours at the most.

    Thanks, ladies...hope you all are having a great and peaceful evening!

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  • momoftwo526
    momoftwo526 Member Posts: 151
    edited September 2011

    My drain is out, my drain is out! Yeah!  It was in for 9.5 weeks and the PS said it was at the point where it might be doing more harm than good.  The output had gone down to 35cc's for a couple of days and then back up to between 50 and 60.  The color had changed from clear yellow to bright red, kind of like it was right after surgery.  The drain was oozing around where it came out of the skin so I had to keep it covered with gauze and the tape was very hard on my skin.  We will watch it for seroma and/or infection, but it is out!  Yeah! 

    Barb, first day after the drain removal, I had a lot of pain, but it was more muscular.  It is better today and it wasn't as bad as the pain was while it was still in. And I am much more comfortable in bed -- I can lay on my side.  Oh, and I can wear more normal clothes!  No pockets, no pins!

    Lyn: Thinking of you. Hope your surgery went well. Hope we hear from you soon.

     Martha:  I didn't have chemo, but I am back to work full time and I hit a wall at about 2pm.  My bloodwork showed mild anemia as well.  That probably has something to do with it.

    Chrissy, are you still on the road?  Having fun??

    Good night!

    Phyllis

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  • Hauntie
    Hauntie Member Posts: 483
    edited September 2011

    Lyn - I hope all went well with your surgery. Lay low and let others take care of you. Listen to your body and don't try to do too much, too soon.

    Phyllis - HALLELUJAH!!!  I don't know how you stood it for so long. You should get some kind of award for living with that thing for 9 1/2 weeks. I was ready to snip the sutures and pull mine out myself after 2 week. I don't know how you managed to work full time with it in. I'm 6 weeks out from my PMX and am also hitting a wall at work at about 1 in the afternoon. I've really had to learn to pace myself. 

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  • lassie11
    lassie11 Member Posts: 1,500
    edited September 2011
    marthah 3 weeks out is just the span between chemos before.  One day when I noticed that cheesy TV shows were boring, it occured to me that I was feeling much better but I can't remember how long that was. Certainly, it was more than 3 weeks. You will feel better and better each day for a few months. I finished chemo in late August (2 years ago) and went on a trip to Scotland early that February. By then I was able to walk and tour and enjoy the trip. So somewhere within 6 months things were pretty good.  Give yourself time. You need it and you deserve it.
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  • Elisimo
    Elisimo Member Posts: 1,601
    edited September 2011

    Phyllis - GREAT NEWS!  So glad the drain is finally out!  I had two in for 3 weeks and almost went crazy. I know you are doing a happy dance and I am joining you!  

    I am still getting really tired on occassion.  I don't know if it is from the BMX a year ago, the radiation treatments that ended 6 months ago or the current Femara and Aredia (Zometa) treatments. I am always on the borderline of needing a transfusion and they still have not found out why I am anemic all the time.  No transfusion yet, but that remains a possibility every time they do any blood work.

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  • 3jaysmom
    3jaysmom Member Posts: 4,266
    edited September 2011
    wish that i was that skinny, and still had my hair.. but thats' a facimile of me doin the happy dance for you, Phyllis......3jays
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  • marthah
    marthah Member Posts: 322
    edited September 2011

    Phyllis (that was my sister's name, btw!),

    So glad your drain is out. I was fortunate in that I only had a lumpectomy, so I never had a drain. But from what I've read on the boards, they can be very painful and a pain in the ass, so I'm glad you've reached this milestone! Yay!

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  • LynMichel
    LynMichel Member Posts: 102
    edited September 2011

    Hi everyone.  I came home Tuesday.  As much as I am a computer junky I was a little bit too tired to type anything Tuesday or Wednesday.

    Everything went well with my surgery.  I don't know the size of my tumor, but I do know there was no lymph node involvement.  My BS told me they're doing the Oncotype test for re-occurrence.  Next week is my post-op appointments with the BS and PS.  I really love my 'grenade' drains, not!

    Thank you for all your well wishes and support.  It helps talking to others that made the same journey and that I am not alone.

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  • duckyb1
    duckyb1 Member Posts: 13,369
    edited September 2011

    Lynmichel...........................welcome...........you have a home here................you are not alone, and we will all make this journey with you.........................we're in the battle of our lives........................glad your doing ok,

    I hated the drain too................

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  • chabba
    chabba Member Posts: 5,065
    edited September 2011

    LynMichel,

    Drains are awful no matter where.  Didn't have one with BC but did have one in side to drain abdominal cavity when my pancreas sprang a leak sending digestive enzymes into the cavity.  Five very painful weeks.  I would think the BC drain would be more vulnerable to painful bumps and pressures than mine was but I do have some idea of what you go through and send my sympathy.

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  • QCA
    QCA Member Posts: 1,539
    edited September 2011

    Yay Phyllis!  I'm so happy the last drain is out!

    It's good to see you back so soon, LynMichel, and great news about no lymph node involvement. You keep on taking it easy, girl, and I hope your recovery continues to be smooth.

    Martha, I hope you'll feel better soon.  I didn't have chemo because of a low score on the oncotype test so don't know how long it takes, but I hope you'll see some improvement soon.

    AmyJo, good to see you and I hope you're doing well.,  Are y'all home from the trip yet?  

    I go back to the oncologist tomorrow morning and will give him my decision about going on reclast, which is no, not now.  More and more bad complications seem to be showing up with this drug all the time, and I'm just not comfortable with having the infusions.  Blood work first, so I've been drinking V8 all day in hopes that my potassium level will be acceptable.  

    Hope all are doing well tonight.

    Kathy

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  • Elisimo
    Elisimo Member Posts: 1,601
    edited September 2011

    Kathy, Kiwis are great at giving you need potassium!  They have more than bananas or V8 juice.

    Hope your test come out good tomorrow. 

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