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  • lovemyfamilysomuch
    lovemyfamilysomuch Member Posts: 1,585
    edited July 2011

    way to go havehope!  you are doing it!! xo

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  • Mandy1313
    Mandy1313 Member Posts: 1,692
    edited July 2011

    havehope: good for you!!! the end is in sight. Let us know this round is.

    And everyone else, I am sending great wishes for a fabulous rest of the summer. My trip to London was great....it was such a joy to get to spend the time with my daughter and with my close friends. 

    Hugs

    Mandy

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  • lovemyfamilysomuch
    lovemyfamilysomuch Member Posts: 1,585
    edited July 2011

    Isn't spending time with family the best?  Love to all my bc sisters! xo

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  • Texas357
    Texas357 Member Posts: 1,552
    edited July 2011

    Havehope: I love to hear this news! Somehow it's much easier when you can cross off the days on a calendar, isn't it?

    I celebrated birthday #54 over the holiday weekend. It was an extremely quiet holiday but that didn't stop me from feeling so incredibly grateful.

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  • havehope
    havehope Member Posts: 503
    edited August 2011

    Hello everyone! I hope you are having a wonderful summer. 

    The abdominal port is out! I finished chemo and the results are very good. I am once again NED and with good prognosis. The onc thinks it will not come back. I hope she's right!

    Thank you all for your support and I wish you only NED years and a good summer!

    xoxo 

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  • lovemyfamilysomuch
    lovemyfamilysomuch Member Posts: 1,585
    edited August 2011

    What excellent news!!!!  xo

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  • Texas357
    Texas357 Member Posts: 1,552
    edited August 2011

    BRAVO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  • Mandy1313
    Mandy1313 Member Posts: 1,692
    edited August 2011

    Havehope:  That is wonderful.  BRAVO!!!!  Wishing you (and all of my sisters) good health.

    Hugs from

    Mandy

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  • lovemyfamilysomuch
    lovemyfamilysomuch Member Posts: 1,585
    edited September 2011

    How are all my sisters?  Getting "routine" mamogram soon--starting to get nervous, afraid to even say that don't want to jinx it. xo

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  • Mandy1313
    Mandy1313 Member Posts: 1,692
    edited September 2011

    Love my family:  It is normal to be nervous for one of these tests.  Sending some good vibes for a clean mammo..  And a hug too!

    I go for an MRI at the end of October and I will be shaking in my boots so to speak. 

    Cheers

    Mandy

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  • lovemyfamilysomuch
    lovemyfamilysomuch Member Posts: 1,585
    edited September 2011

    Thanks Mandy!  Prayers for all of us!! xo

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  • havehope
    havehope Member Posts: 503
    edited October 2011

    Hello Divas!

    I hope all of you are healthy and happy!

    I am happy to report I am feeling great and I have just a few "leftover" side effects from chemo. My eyebrows are back and my hair has reached the 1 inch height! I am back to my regular weight and I am tyring to get back in shape. 

    I wish you all Happy Anniversary ( mine is on the 31st - 3 years!).

    xoxo 

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  • lovemyfamilysomuch
    lovemyfamilysomuch Member Posts: 1,585
    edited October 2011

    Yearly mammo yesterday.  Anxious.  Just wanted to touch base with my chemo sisters. xo

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  • EleanorJ
    EleanorJ Member Posts: 752
    edited October 2011

    This time of year again, my diagnosis anniversary is today, 3 years ago, wow time flies! Just made my appt for my yearly mammo, it's on the 31st, isn't that creepy, on Halloween!! LOL! It's been ectic around here, rough summer, but it's all better now, kids are back in school, we're tearing down the kitchen to do a complete remodel, nothing original when we'll be done, but now it's a huge huge mess around here.

    When are you getting your results? I hate waiting, I always get mine right away, then I meet with my surgeon the same day so no waiting.

    Havehope, glad to hear you're doing so well :)

     I hope everyone else is doing ok.

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  • Texas357
    Texas357 Member Posts: 1,552
    edited October 2011

    My appointment is October 18th. My oncologist ordered a chest xray in addition to the blood test. I also had an annual bone density test because of the Femara. Sometimes it feels so much longer than 3 years. I'm grateful for every minute of every day!

    Remaining side effects from treatment: thin eyebrows/lashes; numb fingertips; extremely dry skin, hair and nails; chemo brain never went away either.

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  • lovemyfamilysomuch
    lovemyfamilysomuch Member Posts: 1,585
    edited October 2011
    Prayers for all waiting for test results.  Got results of my yearly mammogram--
    Normal!!  Praise God! xo
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  • Mandy1313
    Mandy1313 Member Posts: 1,692
    edited October 2011

    Have hope: So glad that you are doing well. 

    Love my family: great news about the good mammo results.

    Everyone else who is waiting for a mammo: sending positive thoughts your way.

    My mammo is on Wednesday,October 19.  And I am scheduled for an MRI on October 27 but that may have to be postponed---fell off my bike and injured my wrist a bit--chipped bone and hairline fracture--I'm not sure I could go into the "tube" with that painful wrist and besides there's be no way to give me the IV for contrast since that is my "good arm".

    But I send everyone hugs and positive thoughts.

    Mandy

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  • Mandy1313
    Mandy1313 Member Posts: 1,692
    edited October 2011

    Chemo brain must have set in. My mammo was yesterday--luckily I rechecked and went on the right day.  Good news--all clear.

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  • lovemyfamilysomuch
    lovemyfamilysomuch Member Posts: 1,585
    edited October 2011

    Yay Mandy!!! 

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  • Mandy1313
    Mandy1313 Member Posts: 1,692
    edited October 2011

    Thanks so much "love!.   They went back for more pictures and I just about had a heart attck waiting for the results. But I was lucky and blessed this time. <3 to all of you.

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  • havehope
    havehope Member Posts: 503
    edited November 2011

    Hello Divas!



    I hope all of you are fine and healty.



    Happy to report my 3 mo post chemo check came back all good. Also I done bc check and all good there, too. Thank God, I have 3 more months.



    I wish you all a healty and happy TG!



    Hugs to all!

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  • Texas357
    Texas357 Member Posts: 1,552
    edited November 2011

    I was just thinking about you! So happy that you checked back in, and happier still that you got good news!

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  • lovemyfamilysomuch
    lovemyfamilysomuch Member Posts: 1,585
    edited November 2011

    Yay HAve hope!!  Great news and thanks for sharing! xo

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  • Mandy1313
    Mandy1313 Member Posts: 1,692
    edited November 2011

    Havehope: great to hear your great news!

    And to all my divas who are reading this, happy thanksgiving.

    Hugs

    Mandy

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  • EleanorJ
    EleanorJ Member Posts: 752
    edited December 2011

    Havehope - Congrats on your 3 month check up :)

    Haven't checked in in a while. Had my mammo in October, they called me back 3 times for more pictures!!! Ouch! I think the final count was 11-12 squishes, my breast was hurting for about a week after :( They found some calcifications so I have to go back in 6 months for another mammo and U/S to see if it has changed. Ughhh.. Does that mean every 6 months until something happens? Geezz.. I was so looking forward to moving to every other year mammo, not going to happen for a while :(

    In the mean time, I found out my cousin passed away a few days ago from cancer, 63 years old :(I didn't know her much since she was much older than me (my dad was a surprise, so my cousins on his sides were his age). She played  and did voices in several children's TV show when I was little, so my memories of her are mostly when we were little and she would do the voices for us at Christmas parties, so this makes it even harder that she passed this time of year. Am I the only one finding it more difficult when people die of cancer rather than another reason? Through the grief, everytime, I can't help but to think it could have been me, people do die of cancer. And even though I feel very blessed and lucky to still be hear, it still scares the sh*t out of me and it takes me a week or two to get out of this mood.

    I hate cancer!! And then that Christmas shoe song keep coming on the radio, can't listen, radio gets turned off every single time, way too close to home, I want happy jolly Christmas song this time of year ;) Tough week :(

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  • Mandy1313
    Mandy1313 Member Posts: 1,692
    edited December 2011

    Cebula, so sorry you had such an awful experience during your mammo.  i was also called back for extra pictures this time--in addition to the squishes, i was stressed beyond imagination.  you might ask your onc (or whomever prescribes the mammo) whether they would prescribe a breast mri for you. 

    take care and enjoy the holidays.  

    hugs

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  • EleanorJ
    EleanorJ Member Posts: 752
    edited December 2011

    That's a good idea, didn't think about that. When I go in in 6 months, I'm sure she'll recheck in 6 months so I'll ask for it then. She said I have very dense breast making it more difficult to read mammos, hence the addition of the ultrasound with it.

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  • Texas357
    Texas357 Member Posts: 1,552
    edited December 2011

    Caroline, I know what you mean about reacting more to cancer deaths.Those tend to knock me sideways now because I know that you can feel well one day, and be fighting for your life the next.

    Just the same, I count myself as very lucky.Most people want to learn how to live in the moment, but just can't quite get the concept. For all of us, it's so much easier. We "get" how to squeeze the most from each day, and we're more joyful because of it.  

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  • Mandy1313
    Mandy1313 Member Posts: 1,692
    edited December 2011

    Just want to say Happy Hanukah and Happy Christmas. Wishing you all a new year of health, happiness and serenity.

    Hugs,

    Mandy

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  • havehope
    havehope Member Posts: 503
    edited January 2012

    HAPPY NEW YEAR!

    I wish you all a happy, healthy 2012 with only good news and lots of laughts! 

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