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  • Cathy_C
    Cathy_C Member Posts: 61
    edited March 2012

    Rabbit: I voted

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  • J-Bug
    J-Bug Member Posts: 626
    edited March 2012
    Thank you!! All clear! I am waiting to hear from my surgeon about port removal. Thank God. I have been needing to get back to finding permanent work for so long now. Enough of this contract on again, off again work! Now I can focus on the interviews I have lined up. (Alk phos is a measurement of liver enzymes. It can also indicate bone degeneration.)
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  • bcisnofun
    bcisnofun Member Posts: 488
    edited March 2012

    Hi Ellen - I voted too and saved it to my favorites to vote again.  I hope you win!

    j-bug - yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  So happy to hear this for you.

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited March 2012

    I voted too.  Hope you win, Ellen.

    Glad things are looking up for you, Jbug.  Good luck on the job search!

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  • J-Bug
    J-Bug Member Posts: 626
    edited March 2012

    Thank you ladies. I have more hours than I can do at one contract position and then I did three interviews and two doctors appointments along with it this week. Busy, busy times!!

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  • rossileo18
    rossileo18 Member Posts: 245
    edited March 2012

    Ellen, I just voted. Sorry I didn't see this earlier.

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  • misswim
    misswim Member Posts: 931
    edited March 2012

    Ellen, I voted. J-Bug, I am so relieved for you!!! Go out and enjoy your life!

    Miss you ladies! I hope all are well.

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  • rabbit
    rabbit Member Posts: 613
    edited March 2012

    thanks ladies for the votes, I so appreciate it :) voting ended at 5pm today, and I had like 240 votes, around 120 had over 200 votes and 138 get in, so I think I made it, they announce it on the site Monday, fingers crossed!!! 

    J-Bug so glad all is well, and hopefully you get the port out soon, I know for me it was a big relief.

    I had to take a week off last week from rads, really burnt in one spot where the nodes were removed, I know they are zapping that area hard because I had a postive node. Supposed to start back up Monday, but I doubt that will happen, it's pretty bad.

    Anyone live in or near Miami? I am coming there May 24th for a gala event at cleaningforcancer.org Please let me know, I would love to meet any and all of you lovely bc sisters!!!

    xoxoxo 

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  • bcisnofun
    bcisnofun Member Posts: 488
    edited March 2012

    Rabbit - so sorry to hear of your burn.  how is it healing?  Did you get into the survivor parade?

    well, I had my first zometa infusion yesterday and have the body aches to prove it.  Fortunately a friend is taking my son to the zoo tomorrow so I can rest.  off to take some tyl;enol!

    have a good day everyone 

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  • rabbit
    rabbit Member Posts: 613
    edited March 2012

    bcisnofun, my RO told me Monday she wanted to wait a few more days to let it heal, so hopefully we start back up on Thursday. A few spots there have blistered, opened and peeled, and it's not too sore anymore. 

    That zometa infusion really knocked me down, I felt like I had the flu severerly for about 36 hours. But it faded pretty quickly. Hope you feel better soon!! 

    Yes, I got into the parade, thanks to all that voted, it was a close call, I was 101 out of 138. I still find voting for cancer patients is pretty sick to be honest, but I guess there is no other way to do it, hopefully they find a better way to get the 138 in next year. I know some going this year, got to go last year, and maybe they should not allow you to go the 2nd time unless there are open spots. They have only done this for a few years now so I'm sure they are still figuring out how to do it fairly. The Kentucky Oaks is a fillies race that will be running it's 138rd year in May, hence the 138 women survivors.  

    xoxoxo 

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  • bcisnofun
    bcisnofun Member Posts: 488
    edited March 2012

    congrats Ellen!

     zometa didn't treat me too bad after all.  Aleve and tylenol pretty much kept it at bay.  Yay!

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  • J-Bug
    J-Bug Member Posts: 626
    edited March 2012

    What factors determine someone taking Zometa?

    Port removal tomorrow morning!!!!! 

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  • bcisnofun
    bcisnofun Member Posts: 488
    edited March 2012

    Hi jbug. How did the port removal go? It took me several days to stop feeling like it was there.



    Zometa is still in trials re: it's ability to prevent mets. Studies are really all over the board too. Some trial results say it only works if post menopausal, some say only if pre-menopausal and over 40, etc. But if you believe the results it's major improvement in risk. Most docs won't prescribe unless you're in a trial or if you have osteoporosis. Fortunately/unfortunately depending on how you look at it, I had osteoporosis so it was a win win for me.



    Have a good night everyone!

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  • shinypop
    shinypop Member Posts: 107
    edited March 2012

    I forgot to mention that I'm on the metformin trial. I'm also on a trial of blood pressure meds to prevent heart damage from the Herceptin. In all I take 9 pills per night. 4 vitamin supplements for health and to prevent side effects, 2 crazy meds, tamoxofin, and study drugs. I hate having to take all this stuff but hopefully it helps. 

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  • rabbit
    rabbit Member Posts: 613
    edited April 2012

    26 rads down, 2 to go!!!! BTW here's a very interesting clip regarding sugar feeding cancer and heart disease: http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7403942n

    Going to see PS tomorrow, hoping he will tell me I will get good results in reducing the left breast to the size of the right (since the lumpectomy took about 1/3 of my boob) and giving them a lift :) 20 year old tits would be great since I've met my deductible, I know I have to wait 4-6 months after I finish rads, but I can set up the date now and have something to look forward to ;)

    love you all, miss chatting all the time but I know we are all getting back to our normal lives! 

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited April 2012
    Yeah Rabbit!!  Glad to see you found a silver lining to all this.  We will all probably need to see a pic of the final 20-year-old results.  Wink
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  • rabbit
    rabbit Member Posts: 613
    edited April 2012

    J-Bug, hope the port removal went well, I know it was a big relief for me!

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  • rabbit
    rabbit Member Posts: 613
    edited April 2012

    LOL PhillyBird! I will have no problem posting a pic if they look like they did 26 years ago :) By the way, today after my rad tx, I saw my RO, she told me I can consider myself "cancer free" now! 

    PS, your hair looks awesome! I'll be posting my 3 month PFC pic in 4 days if I remember :) 

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited April 2012

    Thanks, Rabbit.  Just keep thinking those positive, cancer-free thoughts too.  Looking forward to seeing your current hairdo.

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  • rabbit
    rabbit Member Posts: 613
    edited April 2012

    4mosPFC

    My 4 month PFC!!! I go Tuesday to see my hair stylist (obviously haven't used her for a year or so) to see if she can style it a bit without cutting too much off. I had my sis shave my neck, it was pretty gross looking with all the fuzzy hair sprouting on the back of my neck!

    xoxoxo 

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  • shinypop
    shinypop Member Posts: 107
    edited April 2012

    Happy Easter everyone. My easter bunny didn't leave me anything but a mess, but I get that from him everyday. Love that wiggly little nose.

    Something that just occurred to me. I seem to be surrounding myself with living objects. I had only a cat and a rabbit and have branched out with a betta fish and some carnivorous plants. I plan on doing a ton of gardening this year. Hang some window boxes on the porch rails and fill them with herbs. I so missed gardening last summer. Must. make. world. green. 

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  • J-Bug
    J-Bug Member Posts: 626
    edited April 2012

    shinypop: <smile> I can relate to the living objects theme. I have been fighting my kids on getting any kind of pet their entire lives. They are now 14 and 15. A few weeks ago I broke down and took in a puppy that someone offered us. He is a doberman mix and extremely intelligent. He seems to have house-training down very quickly and is on to learning to walk on a leash and come when called. He mopes around the house looking for me if I go to take a nap. He sits outside the bathroom door when I am in there and waits for me. My daughter gets a little upset by how attached he is to me when I didn't want pets for so long, but everyone else just finds it very amusing. He is very precious and I am enjoying all the hard work and taking care of a newer young creature after being done with babies for so long now.

    I have to get that 5 month PFC photo done! Maybe tomorrow... You look great rabbit! I hope that you didn't take that photo WHILE you were driving! : )

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  • bcisnofun
    bcisnofun Member Posts: 488
    edited April 2012

    looking good Rabbit!  great smile!!!

    shinypop - love the "must make world green"!  I feel like I missed summer last year too - surgeries, chemo, terror, filled the summer vs flowers, cookouts, etc.  Anxious to have a good mothers day, good summer to make up for time lost. 

    We got a dog from the pound just a couple of months before my dx.  He was such a little buddy to me.  As I laid around, there he was - always at my feet.  Just like you j-bug, he waits outside the door when I go to the bathroom.  It's like he knew I needed him and he was by my side every minute.  What a wonderful blessing they are! 

    I'm 7 months PFC and love my short sassy do.  I think I will leave it short.  Never thought I'd say that. 

     I don't connect as often with bc.org anymore.  Part of me is glad that I'm moving past cancer being my every thought and part of me is scared that I'll get too complacent about it, causing me to be even more devastated if it comes back.  I don't want to forget...I'm almost afraid to move on.  anyone else?

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  • yooper
    yooper Member Posts: 47
    edited April 2012

    Hi ladies. Haven't posted in a while but I read posts every now and then. Been busy of course...trying to get back to normal life. It's nice to move beyond my first waking thought being, 'I have cancer.'



    I now have full-blown chemo curls. Everyone compliments my hairdo and asks if I'm going to keep it. Umm, no thanks. I may not go as long as I used to have it, but this is way shorter than I'd like. I want to color it now, which I've never done, so I plan to experiment with that soon. Gotta do it myself so I can afford it. Can someone please tell me how you post pics on here?



    J-bug...funny about the dog. I've never wanted one, but the kids do. I've actually contemplated it recently but I'm not there yet.



    Summer...I'm so with you on that one. My dh mentioned something the other day about last summer (not cancer-related) and I just burst into tears. I think I was mourning the summer I didn't have. I am very anxious to enjoy this one. As we're approaching the anniversary of diagnosis (I found my lump in May, diagnosed in June) it's hard not to think about all that's taken place. Most of the time I just want to forget, but when I do remember, I try to just be thankful to be where I am today. No chemo. Decent amount of energy. Etc.



    Thank you guys for being here! It's meant a lot.

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  • khs113
    khs113 Member Posts: 105
    edited April 2012

    Right there with you Yooper. We're on the same time line. Getting anxious about my mammo next month. I feel every little twinge/pain in the breast where I had the lumpectomy. Have felt like calling my onc almost every day and then have to tell myself that I''m fine. I've got curls too and will have my first haircut in almost a year next week. Mine came in salt and pepper and I think I'll keep it that way. I had promised myself I would stop coloring my hair when I was 70 but guess if will be five years sooner than planned. Just glad to have my hair back. It was too cold without it.

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  • misswim
    misswim Member Posts: 931
    edited April 2012

    Hi ladies- gosh I miss you.

    Rabbit- looking GREAT!!! I had my hair cut, colored and a brow wax yesterday. I cried almost the entire time. It was only a trim, but parting with any part of my hair, after losing it , was hard. By the end I was crying because I loked and felt like myself.

    Yooper, J-Bug, and KHS- I am so glad you are doing so well!!!

    My one year cancerversary is tomorrow. I can hardly believe what a year it has been.  I celebrated with my family by having professional photos done today, then a 4.8 mile hike up a local mountain, and am having brunch with my best gals tomorrow.

    You ladies have been such a lifeline, such good friends..... and I love you ALL. Means so much to have your support.

    In hapiness and health, Missy

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  • bcisnofun
    bcisnofun Member Posts: 488
    edited April 2012

    Hi Missy - I'm so glad you are looking at your cancerversary as something to celebrate.  I hope I can see it that way as well.  Congrats on looking and feeling like yourself.  Thinking of you guys 

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  • misswim
    misswim Member Posts: 931
    edited April 2012

    Here is a shot from our pictures yesterday..... I can honestly say the look of love and gratitude in our eyes is very real....... It was a wonderful experience.

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  • yooper
    yooper Member Posts: 47
    edited April 2012

    Awesome picture, Missy! So happy for you!!!

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  • paulamati
    paulamati Member Posts: 43
    edited April 2012

    oh wow time go fast ..my cancerversary is next month already , i cant believe all the thing that i have been trough in all this year.I just have to be grateful that I'm alive and that i have a beautiful family with me.My hair is growing like crazy , my energy almost back , I had a mammo a couple days ago and  thanks to God everything is normal :) . Im still on Herceptin until June 7th , but so far so good.So glad that everyone is doing great.Awesome pictures Missy,what a great idea and Ellen you look great :).

    kisses and good vibes to all of you

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