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  • sheila888
    sheila888 Member Posts: 25,634
    edited March 2012

    Thank You Sisters. ♥

    Came back home from the funeral home around 11:30 tonight.

    Tomorrow is the church service and we really say our final  goodbyes to my dear friend ..SIL...sister.....for 40 years.

    ♥♥♥♥

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  • Valjean
    Valjean Member Posts: 1,898
    edited March 2012

    Sheila, please know how sad I am for you & your family.

    I love you, sis.

    ♥

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  • sheila888
    sheila888 Member Posts: 25,634
    edited March 2012

    hi Val....Thanks sister/friend. ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

    Now i can't sleep and i know I should because alarm is set for 6:30 am

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  • TinaT
    TinaT Member Posts: 2,300
    edited March 2012

    (((((((((((((sheila)))))))))))))))))

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  • dlsrzbb
    dlsrzbb Member Posts: 6
    edited March 2012

    Linda, what is it like to go for radiation? I have to heal first but then I will be going and I am trying not to be scared, but I am.

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  • Meece
    Meece Member Posts: 19,483
    edited March 2012

    Radiation is a breeze, I suppose.  They will have you come in for tats.  Then when you go to your appointments, you arrive, get in a gown, go into an "x-ray room" lie down and expose your "site"  the tech will position the radiation machine then you lie still while they zap you.  I did the whole thing on my lunch hours.

    Maybe I was/am naive, but I didn't feel scared.  The boosts are something to be prepared for because your skin takes a lot during that time.  Just make sure you take care of it throughout tx.

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  • hawk
    hawk Member Posts: 305
    edited March 2012

    dlsrzbb - I was really emotional for rads.  I cried for almost the entire process of the setting up/ x-rays of the treatments.  I couldn't stop.  But once it started, it went fast, as long as I didn't count the days.  I stopped counting and it went faster.  

    ((((((((((Sheila)))))))))))))))))

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  • Sherryc
    Sherryc Member Posts: 5,938
    edited March 2012

    my rads was a drag.  I had an hour drive to and from and started having skin problems 2 weeks in to it.  Tried really hard to take care of my skin but my body just did not like rads.

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  • Kaara
    Kaara Member Posts: 3,647
    edited March 2012

    I didn't do rads because I couldn't get the type I was looking for here in Florida.  It's a slight risk, but I'm staying on top of things with frequent testing.  Just had my first thermography and waiting for results.

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  • mimi1964
    mimi1964 Member Posts: 2,163
    edited March 2012

    A funny story about my tats from rads... they put a dot on shoulder and I forgot about it, well about a week ago I see it and I think oh my there's some dirty spot I missed when I showered so I try to wash it off.  LOL then I remember what it was!!! LMAO!!! can't even blame mine on chemo my husban would just say I'm blonde!!!

    Sheila I want you to know sister I am with you today in your purse or your pocket to hold your hand during this difficult time.  Love you so much.  Prayers and Hugs for you and your family today. 

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  • Eph3_12
    Eph3_12 Member Posts: 4,781
    edited March 2012

    (((((Sheila)))))

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  • Kaara
    Kaara Member Posts: 3,647
    edited March 2012

    Prayers for you Shelia!

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  • munnybunni
    munnybunni Member Posts: 156
    edited March 2012

    i thought i was kinda lucky as i had mammosite HDR....5 days....went twice a day...cat scan then rad...then go home go back in 6 hours and do another cat scan and rad

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  • Joan811
    Joan811 Member Posts: 2,672
    edited March 2012
    Sheila,
    I am so sorry about your dear sister in law Ann.  I just don't know what to say except that she was too young.
    I hope and pray that her memorial went well and that she will be remembered with love forever.
    Hugs and prayers for you and the family.
    Joan
    For Ann
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  • Kaara
    Kaara Member Posts: 3,647
    edited March 2012

    munny:  That's one of the rads that I would have considered, but my BS didn't like it and talked me out of it.  I'm sorry now that I didn't just insist on it.  It was early in the dx and I hadn't yet finished all my research, so I was vulnerable to outside influence.

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  • munnybunni
    munnybunni Member Posts: 156
    edited March 2012

    my understanding was that you have to be a candidate for it ...i think they said you cant have it done on the left breast...i may be wrong...mine was right breast and it has to be a certain level under the skin....

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  • Kaara
    Kaara Member Posts: 3,647
    edited March 2012

    munny:  That may be true...I didn't even get that far...BS just said no he didn't believe in it because of seromas and infection and we went on to the next subject.  Later I realized that I could have pushed a little harder to have what I wanted, and ended up having no rads at all when the doctors would not compromise on the external partial breast rads and wanted to give me WBR.  The left breast is always an issue because of the heart, and I didn't want to chance any damage.  I weighed my options and realized that worst case, the bc could recurr in the same breast, and then I would have a better understanding of what I needed to do, be it mx or something else.  I felt I could handle the risk, so I opted out.  I am doing a special anti cancer diet with no sugars or starches, only veggies, fruits and lean protein, supplements, exercise, and thermographys alternating with mammograms every three months.  In addition, as a conventional compromise, I am taking tamoxifen.  We all have to do what we feel is right for our bodies.

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  • sheila888
    sheila888 Member Posts: 25,634
    edited March 2012

    Thank You To All My Sisters for caring words ♥

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  • FilterLady
    FilterLady Member Posts: 407
    edited March 2012

    Shelia:  I'm sorry for your loss.  I'm praying for you and your family at this difficult time.

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  • sheila888
    sheila888 Member Posts: 25,634
    edited March 2012
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  • Sherryc
    Sherryc Member Posts: 5,938
    edited March 2012

    I am ready for my BMX surgery in the morning.  I am packed and waiting for DH to get home from a prison ministry and then we are heading to the City.  I have to be at the hospital at 6am. 

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  • onvacation
    onvacation Member Posts: 1,344
    edited March 2012

    Good luck on the surgery in the morniong Sherry!

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  • Vicks1960
    Vicks1960 Member Posts: 473
    edited March 2012

     Sherryc

    Good luck on your surgery tomorrow....

    Vickie

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  • FilterLady
    FilterLady Member Posts: 407
    edited March 2012

    Sherry, you are in my prayers.  Good luck tomorrow!

    LaDonna

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  • mimi1964
    mimi1964 Member Posts: 2,163
    edited March 2012

    Sherry, much love and prayers for you.  Good Luck!! 

    P.S. make room in your pocket because I will be there holding your hand while you are under anesthesia.....Wink

    Hugs Renee

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  • Kaara
    Kaara Member Posts: 3,647
    edited March 2012

    Sherry:  All the best to you on your surgery.  Sending you prayers and healing energy!

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  • hawk
    hawk Member Posts: 305
    edited March 2012

    Sherry - praying for a successful surgery.

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  • Eph3_12
    Eph3_12 Member Posts: 4,781
    edited March 2012

    Sherry-I'm here for you! 

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

    Best wishes Sherry! May everything go your way.

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  • sheila888
    sheila888 Member Posts: 25,634
    edited March 2012

    Thinking of you Sherry ♥

    Be in your pocket at 6 am.

    Joni....I will try to make it in your pocket ♥

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