Ohio Chemo Sisters

Hello---writing from Newark Ohio----grew up in the Xenia area though.

I finished my chemo last year.  Had 4 A/C, 12 taxol and a year of herceptin which I just finished in Dec.  Hope that you are all doing well and hanging in there.  

Hi TonLee----nice to meet you!

 Those were my old stomping grounds.  Lived there and was in high school when the big tornado went through.  The town has never looked right to me since but there are some good memories there too. Still have family in the area.  One sister in the Bellbrook area and another north and west of Dayton.

It turned into a nice day today ----the sun came out and it really warmed up---what a crazy winter we are having in Ohio this year!   

Beavercreek!    My husband is from Beavercreek!    I have a sudden hankering for a Marions pizza! 

I hope we dont get a ton of bugs either from this mild winter---everytime we get one of these warm ups I find a fly or two outside on the door.  Where do they come from???   We were freezing just a few days ago.  Anyway---I did get to enjoy the nice day, went for a nice walk.  It felt good, am going to try and get out there as often as I can.  Have a great day tomorrow TonLee!

Jaytee,

Looks like another nice day!

I have to go grocery shopping....UGH...I HATE IT.  lol

But we gots to eat!

Hi TonLee

 Yes, its beautiful again.  I was able to get out and walk my 2 miles.  Feels so good when I can do that.  Had to hit the grocery store on the way home.  I hate grocery shopping too!!!!  I'm not a very organized shopper and I tend to leave my list behind on the kitchen table.  Seems to be happening more often since I have been on the AIs.      

heading out this morning for CT scans and then my MUGA this afternoon.

when the gal called yesterday to tell me that i have to drink the barium i asked her if it had sugar in it (as a gastric bypass person i dump=get REALLY sick= from too much sugar)-she thought i was worried about calories!! with BC who the heck cares about calories!!!! she read me the contents label and we are good....so--

hoping to sneak a chinese lunch in between tests.....

TonLee-------I am taking letrozole, the generic of femara.  Sounds like all the AIs cause joint pain.  I had trigger thumbs really bad at first and my hands are very stiff, especially in the morning and I have been getting shoulder pain in the last couple of months.  I've been reading a lot of the threads about AIs, several women have said that they do better taking their pill at night---I'm going to ask my onc about it when I see her this month.   You are in good shape so you may be bothered less by the SEs   I am finally getting really motivated to lose some weight---hoping that will help.   The weather has been a big help----can't believe I've been able to take a long walk almost everyday this week!  

 Hoping everyone's scans come back with good news.  I have some coming up at the end of the month. these will be my second since finishing chemo.  Had a  spot on my lung in the last Cat scan but  the onc said it was the size of a pencil dot---too small to test.   Kind of nervous about that one. 

Mugas---oh, I have had so many of those darn tests.  The A/C chemo affected my heart and then I had to do the whole year of herceptin too.   I was devastated when the onc referred me to a cardiologist, it was just another thing to deal with.  Up to the bc diagnosis I had been pretty healthy.  Now I am on what I call the medical merry go round and I wish I could get off!   I have been very encouraged though by other women here whose heart function returned to normal after finishing herceptin.  I've been off of it since Dec. and I'm feeling pretty good---have been walking 2 miles at the track pretty easily.  No shortness of breath or anything-----hopefully I'm on the mend.   

Good night and take care everyone 

Wooster here!  30 minutes from Canton!

Thanks for starting this Ohio girl thread...Go Buckeyes!  

Oh..I'm a triple negative..Yikes!..but will be 3 years out in March..did 4 AC and 4 taxol dose dense plus 35 rads at Cleveland Clinic...lumpectomy first

I had everything done at Wooster Cleveland Clinic...my surgeon specializes in lumpectomies..which I was an candidate for..plus they have an excellent chemo and rads facility..I wouldn't have done it any other way....I thought about going to Cleveland but why..I thought that even though Wooster was a satellite of CC I should be able to get the same type of care as in Cleveland..so I did...I did research as to what type of treatment I needed and they were right on with it..

I am from Solon,Ohio a suburb of Cleveland. I am getting my treatment at Seidman Cancer Center.  Is anyone from my area getting treatment at Seidman.  Would love to hear from you. Iam having TCH first treatment will be Feb 15th.  Can not wait to begin and get this over with.

TonLee

Wanted to wish you well this week.  Are you having the ooph this Fri?  I dont know much about that procedure----wishing you a speedy recovery and keeping you in my thoughts.

jaytee

Thanks!  Went for pre-op today...bloodwork, living will, etc.

I was so sick last night.  I vomited most of the night.  I never vomit.  I may get nauseous but I don't puke.  Well last night I did!  I haven't puked for over 20 years....I'm hoping it was something I ate....but my vision is fuzzy, I'm dizzy, and had a headache for a few days.  (Of course I wonder...is it brain mets?? heh)

I told the nurse today...and she said, meh, unless you are really ill on Friday...we'll go ahead with it.....

Jaytee, an Ooph is when they go in and remove the ovaries and fallopian tubes.  This puts the woman into instant menopause and stops estrogen production (which is what I want). 

They say it will be 3 small incisions...but we'll see.  After two emergency c-sections, I wonder how much scar tissue is in there.

I'll let ya know how it goes!  I'll be getting the house ready all day tomorrow...we're in the middle of a bedroom remodel and it is almost done!! WOO HOO!  Then I have to get the rest of the house together!

Have a great weekend..

Tonya