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  • TifJ
    TifJ Member Posts: 1,568
    edited February 2012

    LJ- wish we could all be there with you today. Got my fingers, toes, legs and whatever else crossed for good results!

    Thanks for the support on the interview ladies! It is at noon!

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  • LuvRVing
    LuvRVing Member Posts: 4,516
    edited February 2012

    Good luck, Tif!

    Thinking of you, Suze and LJ.

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  • OBXK
    OBXK Member Posts: 791
    edited February 2012

    LJ - good thoughts your way!



    My bone scan came back - no METS!

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  • journey4life
    journey4life Member Posts: 517
    edited February 2012

    OBXK - Hooray!! That is great news!

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  • mccrimmon324
    mccrimmon324 Member Posts: 1,076
    edited February 2012

    OBXK- Congrats! 

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  • Lovelyface
    Lovelyface Member Posts: 674
    edited February 2012

    LJ - My very best wishes and prayers will be with you each moment today as you meet with your Oncologist.  It has got to be all good.

    TifJ - If you can face BC, you can do a mere Job Interview like a piece of cake.  I have absolute faith that you will get the job!  You go for it!  Good Luck!

    Suze - How are you doing? Enjoying your warm cuddles and tons of love from your children?  Hope you are beginning to feel better.  I just know that you will get out of this mode and onto treatments again very soon.  You know what you need to do and I am counting on you giving us great news soon.

    MBJ - How are you doing?  Hoping you are doing well and will be able to type soon.  I am dying to hear from you and see what you are up to. Have you started the tamox. yet? I know someone whose cancer had spread to her spine and she had some other "hot spots", but now it is greatly controlled with aridimex, which seems so hopeful to me.  Aridimex is working wonders for her.  I hope tamox. does the same for you.  Sending you love.

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  • christina1961
    christina1961 Member Posts: 736
    edited February 2012

    OB, That is fantastic news!

    LJ, sending you positive thoughts for your appointment today!

    Tif, Good luck on your interview!  It is after 2 pm here so you may have already completed it.

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  • TifJ
    TifJ Member Posts: 1,568
    edited February 2012

    Interview is over. I'm not too sure this a good fit for me. It would require I work summer school (the entire month of June), so not sure what to do with the kids. If the school district offers summer school for all students, my kids could do that, but last year it was only available to those students who really needed it. We'll see what happens! Thanks for all the support!

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  • Cocker_Spaniel
    Cocker_Spaniel Member Posts: 1,204
    edited February 2012

    Laurajane hope you are feeling better today. Good luck with the oncologist.  All will be well I'm sure. .

    Tifj good luck with the job interview.

    Susan I hope you are having a good day.  Warm fuzzies to you all.  Annie 

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  • Babs37
    Babs37 Member Posts: 455
    edited February 2012
    OBXK- HAPPY! HAPPY! HAPPY! GREAT NEWS!
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  • Lovelyface
    Lovelyface Member Posts: 674
    edited February 2012

    OBXK - You must be SO relieved.  Congrats!!!  Great News!

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  • beccad
    beccad Member Posts: 326
    edited February 2012

    Have I said how much I hate cancer, lately?  WELL I HATE CANCER!!!!

    I had a PET scan Saturday to follow-up on an inconclusive bone scan from the week before. Well, hell, not only did it show bone mets, but liver and lung mets, too.  So....tomorrow afternoon, I am getting  a FNA (fine needle aspiration) liver biopsy, and Thursday the MO is starting me on chemo.  How hard is abraxane on the veins?  Will I end up with another port?  Just had the old one removed in Dec. when I had the recon.  This is not what I wanted!!!!!!  I was looking forward to being able to feel good this summer, Last year was a little tough what with finishing rads in late June and all of that, Ok, I know I am just rambling now, but I think I am still in shock from the news of the day.

    Becca 

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  • inmate4232010
    inmate4232010 Member Posts: 310
    edited February 2012
    beccad......Oh F!  I am so sorry to hear your news.  It just makes my heart ache.  
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  • inmate4232010
    inmate4232010 Member Posts: 310
    edited February 2012
    OBXK....here's a woot woot for you!  such great news!
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  • Babs37
    Babs37 Member Posts: 455
    edited February 2012

    Oh Becca..........so sorry you are going thru this. I HATE CANCER TOO!!!!!!

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  • Lynn18
    Lynn18 Member Posts: 416
    edited February 2012

    Becca:  I am sorry to hear your news.  I really, really hate cancer too!

    Laurajane:  Thinking of you today. 

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  • TifJ
    TifJ Member Posts: 1,568
    edited February 2012

    WOO HOO OBXK!!

    Beccad- Count me in- I HATE cancer too. I am heartbroken that another TN has been diagnosed with mets. Sending you a warm hug!

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  • christina1961
    christina1961 Member Posts: 736
    edited February 2012

    Beccad,

    I am so sorry to hear this news. That has to be shocking news, particularly disappointing as you have just finished all the treatment and reconstruction.  I hate cancer, too. I am not familiar with abraxane, so I can't answer the question about the port. Sending you support and hugs.

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  • laurajane
    laurajane Member Posts: 321
    edited February 2012

    Beccad- I am so, so so sorry that this is happening to you. I'm hoping the abraxane kicks ass for you. I didn't think it was too bad, just another Taxane, and there are a bunch more chemos out there but again hoping this kicks it. If your not in Metformin, Insist on it! I'm serious. It can be totally beneficial when combined with chemo. And it can't hurt anything. I wish I'd done it earlier when I had chemos that were working. It doesn't do much by itself or so I've read.



    Well the good news for me is no more chemo, just lots of pain meds to keep me as comfortable as possible. If I'm lucky which I am, LOL I could have 6-9 months. That's awesome compared with 3-4 months. My daughter and her family and my son are here and we are having homemade beef stroganoff for dinner with arugula salad with oranges, toasted walnuts, green onion, blue cheese and balsamic vinegar and olive oil and a touch of salt and pepper fabulous wine and laughter. Yup I feel good so nice to not have chemo today and never have to worry about nueprogen shots again. I'm so glad my daughter was with me today when I went to see my onc. Life is good but I'm determined to make it great. I wish I could have you all over for dinner tonight we would have a blast. Thinking of you all especially you Bac, I'm just sick over your news. Love y'all.

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  • NavyMom
    NavyMom Member Posts: 1,099
    edited February 2012

    Hello dear ladies.  I have been away from the boards since December.  Feeling guilty for not being around to offer support for those who need it.  So glad that everyone else has done such a great job in taking care of each other.

    I am saddened to see that so many of my TN sisters are struggling. My sincerest prayers for your strength and comfort.  You are a true inspiration to me to live my best life..not just today but EVERYDAY! 

    I found a great quote to share from Maya Angelou:

    The main thing in one's own private world is to try to laugh as much as you cry.

    Hugs to everyone.

    Navymom

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  • Titan
    Titan Member Posts: 2,956
    edited February 2012

    Well..good news from OBX!  Yes..we need good news here!

    Laura..your dinner sounds fabulous...

    Beccad..well crap..that's all I can say..

    We tn's need something now...I'm tired of waiting for a vaccine, chemo..whatever.....

    That is what pisses me off about the metformin...why can't we all be on it now?  So..it has some se's...so what...that's better than the alternative...dang..I hate this

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  • ksmatthews
    ksmatthews Member Posts: 812
    edited February 2012

    Becca and LJ so sorry about your news.  I hate cancer!!!!

    (((hugs))) 

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  • NavyMom
    NavyMom Member Posts: 1,099
    edited February 2012

    I totally agree on the Metformin. I called my Onc yesterday and left a message to speak to her about getting a script for Metformin.  One of her staff returned my call.....the answer was NO!  But I am not giving up....I will see my cardiologist in March and my ob/gyne in May.  I plan on bugging each Doc I see until I get it.  Geez...it's not like it is controlled substance...just give it to us, already!

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  • riley702
    riley702 Member Posts: 1,600
    edited February 2012
    Maybe your primary doc could prescribe it? I asked mine for it and then just told my onc I was taking it
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  • mitymuffin
    mitymuffin Member Posts: 337
    edited February 2012

    LauraJane, What a talent you have for life, and living each moment. Love and blessings to you.

    Beccad, shocking news, and I'm so sorry. Keep posting and you will find inspiration here. 

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  • beccad
    beccad Member Posts: 326
    edited February 2012

    Thanks for all of the support.  

    TifJ- I think we were chemo "sisters", am I right?  I haven't posted this news over there yet.

    I will ask the MO about metformin on Thursday when I have that 1st new chemo.  I need to do some reading on it and print out whatever to give to her.

     I may not post much until this weekend, seeing that I am gonna be kinda busy the next couple of days, but I will try to at least lurk and read all that I can.

    Becca 

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  • Cocker_Spaniel
    Cocker_Spaniel Member Posts: 1,204
    edited February 2012

    Beccad - You will feel good again.  Sending you lots and lots of positive vibes and heaps of hugs.

    Laurajane - You are so positive and brave.  At the end of nine months some new treatment may be out.  You never know.  Have you started your Metformin yet. Keep on smiling.   

    Tifj - hope you get the job. If its meant to be something will come up for the kids.  Keep faith.

    OBXK - so glad your bone scan was ok.  Wonderful news. 

    Thinking of you all and hoping tomorrow brings a brighter day.  Hugs to you all. Annie     

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  • Luah
    Luah Member Posts: 1,541
    edited February 2012

    Beccad: So sorry to hear the cancer's back. There are lots of chemo options out there for TNs, and I hope you land on one, quickly, that kicks it to the the curb.  Good luck with the abraxane, and LJ is right ... get on metformin - it really can't hurt. 

    Laurajane: Recently (from the mom of a young woman who died of brain cancer), I heard the motto: "Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass; it's about learning to dance in the rain."  Immediately I thought of you. I hope you have 6 or 9 or many, many more months or years of dancing... you sure have taught us all a lot about that!   

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  • Fighter_34
    Fighter_34 Member Posts: 834
    edited February 2012

    Beccad-I am so sorry about your news.

    OBXK- so glad your scan came back clean.

    Sending warm vibes to us all. This waiting to see if everything goes well approach REALLY SUCKS! Somedays I feel like a ticking time bomb.

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  • mccrimmon324
    mccrimmon324 Member Posts: 1,076
    edited February 2012

    Beccad - So sorry, sending you lots of hugs, LuvRVing, just posted a few links about metformin a couple of days back on this thread.  Look back or check out her profile I think you'll find the info you need. 

    LauraJane, I'll say it again, you are such an amazing lady and I have faith that you'll be here much longer than 6-9 months.  As CS said, there will be something out there to do in a few months. 

    Suze, thinking of you and hoping you are enjoying every second with your family. 

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