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  • Layla2525
    Layla2525 Member Posts: 827
    edited March 2012

    Janice you might be referring to a cave in,I have one on my cancer side, It looks like they put in the TE after the bmx and then decided to kick it. Sure feels like it! I have a dent there  and asked the PS what happened and she said dont worry about it cause she can fix it easily during the implant surg. So hope shes right.

    Ok now Yorkiemom,650cc,you are just showing off now! Are yu tryng for a D? I got one fill like Janice and I am going over all my pain pills trying to select the right one for my next fill since I find that about as painful as the time I broke my ankle. I wanted to go for a C but now I am just like I dont care, let me be a AAA and let me go I cant handle the pain.

    Fiance keeps on planning the vacay like nothing is going on. Where am I gonna find a swimsuit thats gonna work for this in between stage?

    bern25 are you sleeping in a bed? I tried it twice but I am ready to sell all mine and replace them with recliners.

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  • Bern25
    Bern25 Member Posts: 125
    edited March 2012

    Hi layla2525,

     Yes I have been in the bed since I got home, I have the one that is adjustable. But the biggest plus is for me I think is I didn't have Tram Flaps or anything else, just the expanders put in because they replaced my implants I already had. So I believe it made that part of recovery much easier. The most pain I had was from the swelling and the bra was cutting into it making it worse, bra off is the way to go for me.

    Just out of couriosity....Tom was debating with me where my ports/area to fill are located. I can feel them and pointed them out, he disagreed and pointed another area. Of course I had to bet him and we actually used a hair clip to see where it stayed on my chest. I was right...I was wondering if anyone else did this, it's almost like trying to put the spoon on your nose to make it stick....Just a little bedtime humor...nite all...best to all....

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  • Deborah2012
    Deborah2012 Member Posts: 234
    edited March 2012

    Ovaries and Oncotypes seem to be today's topics.

    Bern25, I can't remember if there was more to your diagnosis than your footnote.  So, if you're < 1 cm, Stage 1, node negative, haven't had rads nor chemo before and your tumor grade is only a 1, then why is there a "rush" to chemo?  Or for HT for that matter?

    Check out my DX signature footnote.  I've lost about  3 weeks on the oncotypeDX sample screw-up. None of my health professionals seem to be concerned. 

    Isn't the order of operations:

    1. Get the oncotypeDX results

    2. Decide whether to remove the ovaries.

    3.Decide about chemo based on your score. 

    4. Decide if and when HT would be prescribed.

    What about a second opinion- or for some reason there's a time panic and that isn't recommended either?

    I had a grade 3 tumor. I'm thinking the soonest anything is going to happen to me is May unless the oncotype comes back with a surprise. If I'm supposed to be so low risk based on everything I've been through, I can't see how losing 6 weeks with the breast having been removed is going to cause me problems.  I want to get my second opinion, have my squishies installed and then hormone blocking time begins.  PS says 3rd or last week in April for my squishies.

    Funny how when I still had cancer in my breast, and they couldn't schedule me for a MX for a month, the health care professionals didn't seem to be worried.  They had my biopsy results by then.  I was told the time wouldn't make a difference you and I had the same type of cancer ER+PR+ Her2-- and again- I had a grade 3.  So no one better give me any grief if I want to obtain a second opinion, and not have to fighting a two front war (hormoe therapy and a reconstruction surgery/one week recovery at the same time).  I am not super woman.  I want me body to have time to recover/adjust to each new trauma without annihilating it. All bets are off if my oncoDX comes back high.

    And no one has mentioned a thing about my pesky ovaries because my blood test results that I have a copy of apparently indicated I'm post menopausal. Although that has not been confirmed by Ms.Onc because she was to have both pieces of information before she prescribed her treatment plan.

    This post will end with an O also.  As in the famous painting "The Scream" this BC stuff is tedious!

    Deborah2012

    There must be more to your DX that I probably am missing.  

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  • Dixiemine30
    Dixiemine30 Member Posts: 163
    edited March 2012

    Janice - My BMX was Feb 2....I'm 6 weeks out now.  I was filled to 350 in the OR.  I've been to the PS office every weeks since.  1 week out was just a checkup, no fill.  2nd - 6th weeks, 60cc fills.  I'm at 650 now and will go back in 2 weeks for a 60cc overfill.  I have large TEs and I'm a big girl.  The plan is to end up an average C cup.  My amended pathology report after surgery showed a microinvasion (less than 1mm) and there weren't any lymph nodes in the sameple....my BS said she would refer me to a MO if I wanted.  I asked her what she would do if it were her path report....she said she would sing praises to God and move on with her life.  She wouldn't "chase" a microinvasion that was removed with the breast.  No hormone therapy for me...those side effects are super scary.

    Deborah -- I know, right?  Goodness...I'm telling you if something is unbreakable/foolproof...this girl can mess it up.  PS said if it try to shift back, let it....haha.  I haven't even attempted to wear a "normal" bra yet.  My PS hasn't talked to me about it at all.  I've been wearing front hook bras from Wal-mart/Target and then sports bras once I could get them over my head (just the last couple of weeks).  ALL of my bras are D cups so I'm sure it would make me cry to try one on....I may do that today just to deal with it.  I sleep with a sports bra or nothing...just depends on how they feel.  I found a wonderful V-shaped pillow at Wal-Mart and it protects my girls when I sleep on my sides.  I've been sleeping on my sides for the last couple of weeks....after sleeping in a recliner for 4 weeks!!!  That's progress :-)

    NEL!!!...where is Nel?  I've been waiting to see how her unveiling went.  Did you finally look, sweetie?  I got out of the shower last night and was drying my hair while looking in the mirror and realized that I didn't really notice my scars anymore.  I didn't flinch, I didn't frown, they didn't make me sad...acceptance?...maybe, we'll see how it goes the next few days.

    Sisters....talk to me about your drain sites.  Mine look terrible!!!  There was one that was right on the bra line, rubbing and tugging...hated it more than the others.  It looks better than the other three.  Three of mine are bugging the snot out of me.  They are red and raised...they look like big o' zits.  Please tell me some of you have them too.....

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  • janiceg415
    janiceg415 Member Posts: 144
    edited March 2012

    Dixiemine30 

    I am so glad you gave me some hope not to get into the hormone therapy business since your DX is much the same as mine.  I see the BS and MO early April for their opinions on this. 

    I am glad to hear that your fills are going well.  I too am hoping to get back to a small C cup to match the other side.  Did you have pain or discomfort with fills?  How long after you are at the desired fill amount will you have to wait for exchange surgery? 

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  • cajmi
    cajmi Member Posts: 80
    edited March 2012

    Hi Debbie,

    I never even got to see a MO only BS and PS.  They say I don't need any special follow up just annual breast exams.  No Mammograms, cuz I had the BMX with the pedicle tram reconstruct.  Would love to know if that is the general school of thought with our new oncologists.  If you think of it, would love to know what your son thinks.  There seems to be a lot of debate on the issue.

    Galsal,

    If you end up with a TRAM and have questions, I had the old school pedicle TRAM.  My only complaint 6 weeks out is the lingering edema from the bottom of the rib cage to mid thigh.  ARRGG!!!  I've been walking 5-10 miles per day and I'm still up 10 # with very little improvement in the edema.  On the plus side, yes, I said side, NOT SIZE, My tummy is flat, no hint of even a mini muffin top to grace my waistband:>  I think if you have a DIEP or TRAM FLAP, you probably won't have as much trouble with edema.  I would as your PS about compression wear and what he suggests.

    For all of you waiting on test results you're in my prayers!!!

    Hoping everyone is getting to enjoy this beautiful spring weather:>

    Happy St. Patty's Day,

    Carolyn  

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  • Galsal
    Galsal Member Posts: 1,886
    edited March 2012

    dixie, one of the drains was right on the bra line.  a real PITA!  i know they're recovering and not infected.  still tender of course when touched in certain ways.  i readjust the sports bra with the one on the bra line frequently to keep it from getting chafed.  at first i put the ultra thin pantiliners over them protect from the bra.

    yeah, they don't look like big but bites but you're right.  more like zits that are trying to heal up.

    and where IS nel?

    thanks Carolyn!

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  • cajmi
    cajmi Member Posts: 80
    edited March 2012

    Dixiemine,

    My lower ABD drain sites are really ugly.  Those 2 are the ones that were in the longest at about 3 weeks.  I put Aquaphor ointment on them everyday, but they are deep red and UGLY with a capitol UG!!!  My breast drain scars are starting to look better though, so I'm hopefulSealed

    Carolyn 

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  • Bern25
    Bern25 Member Posts: 125
    edited March 2012

    Hi Deborah 2012,

    Maybe it's how I am posting that is confusing also...I am known to read to much into things or over think things, or leave out things too.

    My DX and treatment as gone fast so far from what I am reading and told. I started out with 3.8cm x 2.5cm x1.7cm solid cribriform grade 2 central necrosis DCIS which was removed with lumpectomy and good margins. I was given treatment options then told they would want extra test, MRI, Chest xray and bloods but not to worry because he was sure all would be clean but it was protocol (been told this since first mammo) got the results back that another spot was found with the MRI and would need another biopsy if I wasn't getting MX. Everytime I was told no worries things got worse so then I decided on the BMX which is when they found the IDC.

    Where I may have all the better things in my favor, I think what they worry about tipping the scale is family history: 

    My younger sister was DX'd the first time, DCIS had Lumpectomy and rads and "mild" chemo at the age of 36. 4 years later it came back with a vengance. She lost her sternum, muscle and other areas. She has no clean margins next time she will need heart and lung bypass just for someone to touch her. The second time of Chemo and Tamoxifin she thought they were trying to kill her.

    My aunt died late 60's DX'd in 50's. Don't even want to get into my Dad's side. Apparently when family/self are DX'd under 50 things change. Which I am sure this is already know by all here

    I am still premenopause so lots of estrogen to feed these nasty c-cells should there be any left, just not sure if they are the aggressive one's which is what the chemo takes care of. If it is the slow grow then they apparently can hide from the chemo since that is just a "fast-cell-growing seeking missle". I am hoping to starve them out with no estrogen and hoping for a low oncotype score.

    This BC is tedious....uggh...as much as I don't want to know anymore for some reason I am driven to get online and see what else there is to know...

    Kids are heading over to BBQ today with the grandbabies so I am going to suck up as much good energy as I can for the week ahead.

    Hope everyone is doing better today then yesterday and "Happy St. Patty's Day"Smile

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  • Layla2525
    Layla2525 Member Posts: 827
    edited March 2012

    Sorry Dixiemine, I think I got you and Yorkie mom confused..all those adorable yorkies posted on the threads...I cant figure it out.  I had to get a big dog so I wouldnt lose it. I would lose my head if it wasnt attached,anyways congrats to you almost done with fills. (I Hate fills!!! horrid pain)

    Still looking for a swimsuit.  My drainsites are still visible as red dots,I used silver bacteria stopping ointment on them from CVS and now they healing and I switched to silicone Scaraway but its a rollon and not working well,I need a patch to put on there 24/7. What are some ideas anyone?

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  • Galsal
    Galsal Member Posts: 1,886
    edited March 2012

    And the big question - Has any one in this Feb group been permitted to shave yet???

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  • Bern25
    Bern25 Member Posts: 125
    edited March 2012

    I've been shaving...very lightly with extra care at the armpits....been shaving legs and showering in sections since I could sit on the edge of the tub the day I came home from the hospital. Can't say I don't have alot of holidays I missed but bets a blank...but full showers etc at this point...

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  • Nel138281
    Nel138281 Member Posts: 2,124
    edited March 2012

    Hi All,

    I was traveling for work earleir in the week and then back to chemo yesterday. I had myself worked into a fenzy about this cycle.  It went OK given all. 

    Dixie, I have not looked straight on yet.  I can't help but get glimpses when showereing, dressing etc.  I have set a goal with my counselor of the second weekend in April, I think I may make that.  This is so totally my issue.  I think it has to do with accpetance. Because I sailed thru the first round of chemo , it is taking the surgery and this next round of chemo with radiation hanging out there is bringing it all home. 

    Pillows, I ahve not had any reconstruction so recovery has been easier I think.  I have a small about 8x6 small pillow that has been huge in helping me sleep.  I put it under my arm when sleeping and helps lessen some of the discomfort that has occurred during the day, so I begin the day feeling kind of OK.  And better yet, it was my Mom's pillow when she was in the hospital for something entirely different.  She passed away 5 years ago, so it is like having a part of her with me.  I feel like one of my kids, evne now in their teen years who can't sleep without a favorite stuffed animal. 

    Shaving, I was told for the future, use an electric razor on that side.  But given that I am still in chemo, no hair so not an issue.  I had 30 lymph nodes taken so the area under my arm is still very sensitive.  Can't imagine shaving, I amjselaous of those who can. Upside I am in and out of the shower in no time, barely any hair to wash, no hair on legs and under arms.  Shaves ( pun intended) time off my morning routinne.

    Gentle weekend and Happy St Pat's Day to all as we keep moving forward.

    Nel

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  • Dixiemine30
    Dixiemine30 Member Posts: 163
    edited March 2012

    Janice -- I started out at a D cup...huge and heavy.  I'm thinking an average C will be okay by me.  The fills were painful but doable at first...for me, they seem to get better the more full they were.  Fullness and tightness for a couple of days and then a couple of days of okay, then back to get another fill.  It's a vicious cirle...but at least it has an end.  PS said a minimum of 6 weeks after the last fill before he will do the exchange....so it's looking like mid-May for me.

    Galsal - I have Aquafor...gonna give that a try.  I haven't put anything on them...Duh!  Thanks!!  We weren't supposed to shave?!?  Good thing I couldn't lift my arm...lol.  Been shaving for a couple of weeks now...thank God!!

    Layla - No worries Chickie...I knew who you were talkin' to :-)

    Bern - I LOVE you tattoo art...seriously.  It makes me smile every time I see it.

    Nel - Take your time, there is no hurry.  We aren't going anywhere :-)  When I was looking last night and noticed I wasn't actually looking anymore, you are the first person I thought of.  We will be here when you're ready.  Praying for you EVERY day!!

    Beth -- Sweetie...bless you're heart.  Did you every get to shower? If you did, I bet you just stood there and absorbed it all.....if you haven't, I bet you are dreaming of the day.  Please update us on where you are with your progress.

    Naptime!!  WOOT!!

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  • Jeren
    Jeren Member Posts: 3
    edited March 2012

    Hi everyone,

    This is my first time posting on here so bare with me. I was diagnosed last June with stage 3 grade 3 invasive blah blah blah lol sorry I don't even remember the name. I was 25 when I was diagnosed and I have a very active almost 2 year old boy. I has chemo (8tounds in total) then had 25 radiation treatments. I had a double mx with 9 lymph nodes removed on feb 24.

    I have not healed well at all. I have pretty much lost all mobility in my right arm even though I do my exercises 3 times a day. I have a large band of scar tissue that feels so hard it could be bone. I also have crazy burning all across my chest and armpit that drives me insane.

    I got my path report last week and it came back good there was a tiny bit of cancer left but the doc said it looked pathetic like it had been knocked with a hammer over and over again.

    They still do not know and will not know if it was estrogen fed because originally they thought it was a cyst and took the tumour out but did not test it right away so the results from that are not strong enough to go from and the bit that was left after mx was not enough to tell either.

    Sorry if I'm not making much sense just so much in my head.

    All through chemo and rad I was fine emotionally but after mx I started to get depressed and have panic attacks. It's not that I miss my boobs because I hated them anyways the scars don't bother me. But I am scared poopless of it coming back. I go for a full ct scan on Monday to make sure again that it has not spread. Oh and I have the brca1 gene.

    Thanks everyone for listing to my ranting.

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  • beth1965
    beth1965 Member Posts: 455
    edited March 2012

    Hello all

    I am learning so much reading about all of you with TE'S i am not having recon yet but hope to soon. It sounds like it is fairly painful and uncomfortable for everyone though. Maybe a grin and bear it situation-does pain killers help

    Dixiemine- I was a D cup too i will be going down to a C cup too. Some people asked if i would go larger in size i said no for  i would then need a whole new wardrobe.

    How did everyone decide on size for recon? Or do you decide as you do along-is anyone getting silicone implants?

    I still have one drain left-ahhhhhhhhhhh-doctor said i still cannot shower-ahhhhhhhhhhh -but i cheated and had a half shower the other day.Even though it was only the bottom half of me it was amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    I have just got off 7 days of IV antibiotics for infection and have 10 days of pills to go still to make sure pneumonia cleared. Doctor is trying to get me to chemo i am WAY behind schedule for being so loaded with cancer getting abit concerned but am unable to do anything about it.

    Still waiting for mets tests results-i hate waiting it seems like since the first day i got cancer i have been constantly waiting on some test or another.

    Jeren-i think that the return of the cancer is the biggest fear. I know i keep thinking i hope i do not go through all of this and get it again. But from reading so many posts on here i feel confident there is a good chance it not come back as many woman on here have been cancer free for along time its very inspirational.

    Hope everyone is doing good

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  • Dixiemine30
    Dixiemine30 Member Posts: 163
    edited March 2012

    Jeren - So sorry you have to be here...but glad you've joined us.  Sounds like you've been through the ringer!!  Lots of support here and I can almost guarantee you'll find someone (or several) you can bond with and share your journey.  We February gals are special :-)

    Beth -- You were Feb 2, right?  I think so, we were partners in anesthesia :-)  I can't believe you still have a drain!!!!  That totally stinks!! Waiting is the WORST!!  I'm so sorry this journey has had so many bumps in the road for you....I truly wish there was something we could do to make it easier for you.

    I didn't really pick my size for recon....PS said the best I can hope for is a C and Whippetmom said about 700cc and it seems to line up with PS.  I took that as a sign...haha.  I can't imagine stretching these chest muscles to go bigger than a C cup....seems like the more you stretch the more room for problems down the road.  I might regret the C....Nah :-)

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  • Dixiemine30
    Dixiemine30 Member Posts: 163
    edited March 2012

    Oh...and Beth, the TE are a HUGE pain in the butt...but doable.  We are ALL SuperWomen and can do ANYTHING!!!!

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  • Wren44
    Wren44 Member Posts: 8,585
    edited March 2012

    Jeren, Welcome to the Feb club. I had a UMX on 2/22 and my scar sounds like yours. My BS said to massage it gently. This site said the massage should be perpendicular to the scar, so up and down in my case. My SNB was done in Jan, so I'm recovered from that, which really helps. Maybe you should ask for a referral to PT to help loosen your arm. Let your doctor know about the burning pain also. There are several medications that help.

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  • Jeren
    Jeren Member Posts: 3
    edited March 2012

    Thanks ladies. I am going to pt but not seeming to help very much and my medical does not cover it so I'm gonna go a few more times and see of I get any relief from it. I'm also trying to decide of I want to get reconstruction I was told I would have to do it in the first year and not sure I wanna endure yet another surgery. I am getting my ovaries and such out in the beginning of April and I'm thinking that may be enough surgery for me. Does anyone here wear prosthesis and if so how do u like them?

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  • Wren44
    Wren44 Member Posts: 8,585
    edited March 2012

    Jeren, There are at least 2 threads. One is all about bras and prosthesis. The other is for people who have not chosen recon. The title is something like 'why is it so difficult for some to accept a decision not to recon'. There are a lot of threads about deciding whether or not to recon. I didn't, but I'm too close to my mx date to wear a bra yet. I have a microbead foob, but haven't actually tried it yet.

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  • DebbieOS
    DebbieOS Member Posts: 140
    edited March 2012

    Hi Cajmi-  my son comes back from a visit to NY late today and I'll ask him those questions and get back to you.

    Hi Jeren-  my sister had her reconstruction done almost 30 years after her original mastectomy...so there's no need (unless insurance mandates it, which I don't think they can) to feel that you have to get your recon within a short amount of time.  She had a tram flap done and it looks great!

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  • Deborah2012
    Deborah2012 Member Posts: 234
    edited March 2012

    Hello Jeren,

    Welcome to the Fab, Feb. Females! 

    Nel, it was great to see your post.  You have been missed.  I'll echo Diximine30.  We're here when you feel up to posting. 

    Dear Beth1965, relieved you are off the IV, but appreciate that your chemo scheduling and completed pneumonia regimine may overlap.  What a crummy hand you were dealt. You are officially crowned the February 2012 "Queen of Grunge".  If it keeps up, we'll have to throw in a tiara, too!  Do you have a bath tub?  If so, I recommend a bubble bath up to the hips.  I know I looked perfectly fetching when I sat in my 4-inch deep bubble bath to the hips, candles, hair up and drain belt slung around my neck complete with its dangling seroma filled collection "grenades".  I hope you are able to have some creature comforts shortly before you are launched into the next phase of your treatment.  Huge sigh and soothing thoughts are sent to you.

    Bern25 what type of BC did your younger sister have? ER+PR+Her2- also? Your family history illuminates much.

    Galsal, I use the electirc shaver under the MX arm.  It's the pits. Everything else, I  use a real razor blade.

    Gotta get my zzzzzs tonight for my first 8 hr. work day tomorrow.  I hope I don't get cranky without my naptime.

    Deborah2012

     

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  • Dixiemine30
    Dixiemine30 Member Posts: 163
    edited March 2012

    Question -- There was a thread started about night sweats.  Just curious if anyone but Nel & I are having problems with this from our group?  It never occured to me it had anything to do with the BMX.  I just assumed it was hot in the house....LOL.  This has been a problem for me for about 2 weeks now...well, since I've been back in my bed.  I don't remember sweating like that while in the recliner.

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  • november
    november Member Posts: 103
    edited March 2012

    Nel good to see your post; you were missed

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  • mcm24
    mcm24 Member Posts: 33
    edited March 2012

    Hi Ladies, thought you would get a kick out of this..I have my husband shaving my "bad" underarm with a nose hair trimmer that I had bought him as a joke when he turned 50! It has a little light on it so he can see. I can't lift my arm up high enough or see under there to do it myself. So that has been a great help. When I start chemo on April 4  guess I won't have to worry about that for 6 months or so!

    And here's a question for you all that is a bit embarassing, but heck, we share everything, right?! I am noticing that I have BO in that underarm now that I never had before. I shower every day and even wash under there with a towelette because I can just smell myself. It is so embarassing. My hubby says he can't smell it at all, which is good. Another friend who had lymph nodes removed said that she has the same problem. I wonder if it has to do with the lymph node removal. I asked the  PA, but she had never heard of that. Most people probably find that just too personal to ask! And the PA is pretty young. Just thought I would ask you all.

     Jeren, welcome to the club! Keep with the PT if you can. If he/she is a lymphedema specialist he/she should be giving you a massage that stimulates your good nodes to accept any fluid that may accumulate in your bad side. I thought I would never get my range of motion back but it is coming, slowly but surely!

    And yes, these fills are horrible!! But I am finally feeling better after Thursday's fill! Tylenol PM for me and a good night to all!

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  • janiceg415
    janiceg415 Member Posts: 144
    edited March 2012

    Good Morning All!  

    Dixiemine 30   -  I too have noticed more night sweats than before MX.  I did not have any lymph nodes removed .  But, yes they are definitely worse than prior to the MX.  I  am post menopausal 5 yrs out from hysterectomy w/ovaries removed.  This is not something I expected. 

    This looks to be my last few days at home.  I see PS tomorrow which I am glad for because I have felt a lot more discomfort from TE.  I don't know if I over did by lifting or stretching but the darn thing feels hard at the bottom and even seems to hurt when I bend in certain positions.  Anyone experiencing the same thing.  Maybe this is the norm?   Have you been told not to do certain things by your doctors?  My PS hasn't really told me to avoid doing certain things. 

    This will only be my 2nd fill out from surgery, do they get better or worse with the added ccs?  This may seem like a silly question but just want your input. 

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  • Bern25
    Bern25 Member Posts: 125
    edited March 2012

    Hi,

    Deborah2012, All I know about my sisters type was when she first got DX'd she said DCIS. Because of her treatment of Tamoxifen I would assume ER/PR+ but not sure about the HER2. Second time around grade and stage was in play at high number but she still doesn't remember exactly. She was advised to get the genetic testing and figured, why?, I already have it. Even to this day of testing and problems she really doesn't want to know the what and why, she just wants to know what she needs to do or not to do. She told me it seems like so long ago and she can't remember all the numbers and types. For me, I just remember what procedures and problems she's had. I hope your first 8hr. day went well for you today. I am dreading mine because of the "lack of napping" issue also.

    Dixiemine30, I have night sweats also and I had BMX. When bodies are fighting infection and repairing in general or changing they tend to sweat. Since we do most of our healing when we are resting maybe that is why the increase in night sweats (or maybe the meds). I am not sure, but "that's my story and I'm sticking to it", (little country music humor). (Starting to wonder about my meds and thought patterns...lol)

    Jeren....Welcome! If you have to have BC this is the best place to come to. I am fairly new myself but you are in the company of the bravest, compassionate, knowledgeable, positive, friendliest women you can talk to.

    Hope everyone is feeling better today then yesterday...

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  • DebbieOS
    DebbieOS Member Posts: 140
    edited March 2012

    Hi Everyone,

    Thought I'd add to the info here...I haven't had any night sweats, but I was 47 when I went through menopause, and I'm now 57...so maybe my hormones have been gone so long that they're dead to the world..Undecided...actually, I guess not...since my tumor was 97% ER and 100% PR positive!  But, I only had a uni MX and had a hybrid implant (no diep or tram), so maybe those add to the likelihood of not getting the sweats??  Don't know...  Plus, I haven't had any fills at all yet.  May get my first one next week.

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  • Dixiemine30
    Dixiemine30 Member Posts: 163
    edited March 2012

    Janice -- My TEs are hard on the bottom too....actually, they are fairly hard all over.  It's like carrying around a couple of coconuts...LOL.  I wonder if people can feel how hard they are when I hug them?  TEs are uncomfortable period (in my opinion)...I had a lot of burning/tugging.  My still burn/tug when I'm laying down if I don't get my arm in the 'just right' position. Mine got LOTS better with fills.  I was/am always sore the couple of days after a fill...just a 'fullness' and some pressure.  I am 5 years out from a hysterectomy too :-)

    Bern - I'm sure you are right....it's just so odd to do the night sweat thing again.  If anything they are worse this time.  Strange. 

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