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  • marlegal
    marlegal Member Posts: 2,264
    edited April 2012

    LOL Eli, I swear I could hear your voice as you typed that. I know laundry has a very special place in my heart too!!

    Janis, I hope you're planning to wear the super-large-pocketed-pants tomorrow, you'll need them to hold us all :)  I'm bringing some apple butter to spread on the sourdough. Yummmm

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  • Marple
    Marple Member Posts: 19,143
    edited April 2012

    Elimar, what kind did you get and how did the maiden voyage go?

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  • barsco1963
    barsco1963 Member Posts: 2,119
    edited April 2012

    Janis - will be thinking about you tomorrow. Will pop in to the PP for a while, then I am off to accompany a friend for her knee surgery. Sending happy thoughts and best wishes for you.

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  • Paula66
    Paula66 Member Posts: 1,728
    edited April 2012

    Wow it has been a busy weekend in my house, whew!!!!  I'm one tuckered out chic today.  I was nonstop from the time I got up yesterday until 2:00am.  Thank goodness my daughter helped with the party cleanup!  Atleast a good time was had by all!  The older party goers are moving abit slow this am an family breakfast was more a brunch.  Since my bro came up for our party we always do a family breakfast the next A.M.  Lets just say the liqour really flowed last night.

    Yahoo the MP is coming back!!  Thanks Eli!  And I am honored to be able to do it!

    Welcome home and HAPPY BIRTHDAY JO!!!!  Love that cake Eli got for you!!  I hope you will share some, lol!

    Laundry has always been my favorite choir of them all, hee hee!  Enjoy your new machine!!

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  • justmejanis
    justmejanis Member Posts: 1,847
    edited April 2012

    Eli, am I allowed to congratulate you for your new aquisition?  Hey I love laundry.  I have a load drying outside right now.  Love that smell.

    Paula it sounds like a great time was had by all.  I bet you are tired, but so happy to hear everyone had such a great celebration! 

    Barsco, thanks so much.  it sounds like you have a busy day tomorrow.  Your friend is lucky to have you there in real life.  I hope she does well.  Happy thoughts all around!

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  • reesie
    reesie Member Posts: 2,078
    edited April 2012

    Janis, I'll be there right after my visit to the oral surgeon. Hopefully he can give me a steroid shot to calm my nerves down and get rid of my jaw pain once and for all. Then I can join in on all the good eats at the PP.



    E - the one good thing about this crappy dx is I don't have to do laundry anymore. The washer and dryer are in the basement. I can do stairs now but not while holding things (like a basket lol).

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  • cmbear
    cmbear Member Posts: 1,086
    edited April 2012

    Wow, go away for a week or so and I'm behind almost ten pages. i have no idea where to begin so I will just have to wish Jo a happy belated birthday and I'm sending over one of my nurse friends 

    and for all of your gals having a pp tomorrow, I'm sure Jo will let us borrow her nurse for a little pocket fun. I swear we will bring him right back!! 

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  • justmejanis
    justmejanis Member Posts: 1,847
    edited April 2012

    Claire...Love the nurse, can I have him?  Maybe he can cheer me today! 

    I am such a nervous wreck over this surgery.  I am up bright and early......it is now 3:45 my time.  Surgery is not until 10:00 and I don't even have to be at the hospital until 8:30!  It is only about a 20 minute drive.  Think I got up early enough? 

    Reesie....I feel for you having to go to the oral surgeon.  I hope you can get some much needed relief!  You need to come and party with us!  I'll be thinking of you sweet lady and hoping the injection helps.  It would not be fair if you couldn't enjoy all the goodies!   I'll tell everyone to make sure not to start partying too hard until you get back from the surgeon.  Then everyone can dig in.

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  • Momine
    Momine Member Posts: 7,859
    edited April 2012

    See now, if my hospital had nurses like that, I wouldn't make such a fuss when they had to take my blood pressure!

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  • lisamarie68
    lisamarie68 Member Posts: 1,235
    edited April 2012

    Janis , im right here with you . am in ur  pocket until 2 pm then I do mhave to run for my nuclear medicine . :) xoxoxo

    I would just love that nurse to come with me after my surgery tomroow ..

    Hugs luv u all xoxoxoxoxox 

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  • madpeacock
    madpeacock Member Posts: 369
    edited April 2012

    Wow - I missed a couple of days. Janis - will be pocket diving this morning! 

    Well, congratulations Eli. When we moved to this house we got a front loader washer and dryer. With windows. So you watch the clothes tumble.  Pass the popcorn. Watching the water come in is especially cool. 

    By the way, Cheetos are buy one/get one free at Publix this week! Tongue out 

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  • LovesChristmas-Barb
    LovesChristmas-Barb Member Posts: 706
    edited April 2012

    In your pockets this morning, Janis and reesie! Praying for you both!

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  • elimar86861
    elimar86861 Member Posts: 7,416
    edited April 2012

    Momine, your BP would be thru' the roof if you had that nurse!

    Marlegal, I'm glad you could "hear" my voice as you read.  I save my stuffier writing for the one topic threads, but here usually write just like I would talk to my girlfriends.  Yes, I can usually get them laughing too.

    Laundry Afficionados, My new washer is nothing fancy, nothing to pop any corn over.  Just a G.E. top loader, 3.6 capacity Energy-Star model.  Big sale, tax holiday and free-delivery were the incentives.  The thing about Energy-Star appliances, they seem to clean in a less vigorous way, but then take longer to compensate for it.  I had a great old Whirlpool washer (for over 20 years) that did a load in 1/2 an hour.  Probably sucked up the energy too.  We didn't need new hoses, so the delivery guys would not hook it up with the old hoses and my husband had to do that.  That was fine, but as he did so, his sweatpants sagged a little and I still had to glimpse some butt-crack.  I guess working with appliances just bring that out in every man.  (Sorry to start your week with that visual, my friends.)

    Barbe1958,  I heard you were having problems getting reinstated to BCO due to some weird glitch.  Good to know you are not avoiding us.  Hope to see you soon.

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    Anyway, it's going to be a busy day, getting around to all the pocket parties.  I think I'll just give all those pockets a fly-by.

                                         

    Be watching for me, I'll be dropping your snacks down as I fly over.  You won't even feel the "guilt" of consuming snacks this time.  We are eating CARROTS, after all, right?

                                                    

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  • Momine
    Momine Member Posts: 7,859
    edited April 2012

    Sure, but at least it would be a health problem that would be worth it. ;)

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

    Hi..I'm new to this thread. I'm wondering if any of you had a idc < 5 mm. (mine was multi foci with the largest being 3mm) AND HER2+?

    I had a mastectomy on April 3rd and my oncologist is recommending NO chemo or Herceptin due to the small size....only Arimadex for five years. I've seen other women on BC.ORG with small rumors and HER2 + status that go the chemo/Herceptin route....so I'm wondering if it's because I'm post- meapausal? I'm 57 years old. I should be glad that I may not need chemo....but I don't want to miss something that could be the game changer! Btw I asked my oncologist if my age was a factor and he said no.....it was the size

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  • elimar86861
    elimar86861 Member Posts: 7,416
    edited April 2012
    Hello, Chachamom!  Good question.  We need a HER2+ to come along and answer that one.  If they are giving Arimidex "just in case" due to the positive hormone status, it does make you wonder what is the "just in case" for the HER2+?  
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  • jo1955
    jo1955 Member Posts: 8,543
    edited April 2012

    Hey Middies - Janis just called me and asked me to post an update.  She is doing well.  Doctor had her cough and she said is was worse than having a baby.  She is in good spirits and is hoping to be home tomorrow.  Here is a phone number if anyone would like to call her - 208-463-5404.

    As for me,  I finally made it home on Saturday. What was supposed to be go in on Wed and home on Thurs turned out to be a 2nd surgery and home on Saturday.  I was not happy that I have to spend part of my birthday in the hospital but what is a girl supposed to do??  I am a bit sore but recovery is coming along.  I go back to the PS on Friday and am hoping to get the drains out - I have 2 on my left side and they are close together.  The new boob looks amazing and will be worth all the crap I went through to get it. 

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  • Dianarose
    Dianarose Member Posts: 2,407
    edited April 2012

    Hi Jo- glad you are back and doing ok. I am so happy that your new boob looks amazing, sorry it was a 2 surgeries though.

    Glad Janis is doing ok too.

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

    Elimar: that's what I don't understand....kind of like " there's a 10% chance your going to run into a serial killer with a gun...so we'll give you a sling shot"

    My Onc responded to my ? Saying that the Arimadex has a much lower chance of negative side effects, so the potential benefit is worth the risk....not for the HER2+ targeted therapy. I'm getting a second opinion next week.

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

    Elimar: that's what I don't understand....kind of like " there's a 10% chance your going to run into a serial killer with a gun...so we'll give you a sling shot"

    My Onc responded to my ? Saying that the Arimadex has a much lower chance of negative side effects, so the potential benefit is worth the risk....not for the HER2+ targeted therapy. I'm getting a second opinion next week.

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  • elimar86861
    elimar86861 Member Posts: 7,416
    edited April 2012

    Chacha,  Did you just have unilateral mastectomy, then?  One-sided?  I have heard that the percentage of local recurrence after mastectomy is 2%-5% tops.  Maybe the Arimidex is being offered as a prophalactic on a remaining breast???  Especially because you were multifocal.  It would seem like you had the ability to grow things in there.

    Your tumors were tiny, tiny and nodes clear.  The docs don't have reason to suspect spread, otherwise the chemo would have been on the agenda, for sure.  I'm not familiar with Herceptin, but I don't think they use that prophalactically.  I know women with HER2+ larger tumors, node positives, aggressive Grade 3's usually do get Herceptin, so it seems like the doc feels your risk is extremely low and just not worth it...that the Arimidex is just better for overall umbrella-like protection. 

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

    Thanks elimar, yes I had a unilateral MX. My Onc said my risk of recurrence is "less than" 10%......but he didn't clarify whether the Arimadex was prophylactic on the other....in fact I old him that I was considering having the other breast removed during DIEP reconstruction and he said that was one option for peace of mind....but didn't say the Arimadex treatment would change. What you say about the tiny nature of the tumor and negative nodes makes sense though.

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

    went to PS today and he said I look amazing.  He did my first fills and they did not hurt just a little tight but no bigging.  I have always been so flat chested that I have cleavage for the first time in my life.  Feels kinda weird.

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  • lisamarie68
    lisamarie68 Member Posts: 1,235
    edited April 2012

    I am off to surgery land in the morning scheduled for 6 am ... sad  mom is here .. gonna take valium and pray for sleep .. hugs girls xoxoxoxox

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  • KittyGirl2011
    KittyGirl2011 Member Posts: 537
    edited April 2012

    Hi All, Sorry I have been so AWOL. I'm too far behind but did skim a few posts.  Welcome home Jo! Heal and rest.  Janis, you too get some rest and healing time!  I know you so don't be going out and working on that garden!  Welcome to all the newbies but sorry we have to meet because of BC.  I've been very busy with end of semester at my one job and beginning of spring/summer season at the other.  My department head is going on sabbatical so I have to break in a new bio department head.  LOL!  My retail work is picking up too.  Seasonal change has brought out the shoppers. The biggest thing tho has been my battle with my depression.  It's really put me into a bad funk of mind and I'm not dealing well with it lately and the meds for it are not working well either.  DH did get a new job and loves it, even got a raise!  Even that didn't get me feeling better.  Sounds like a pity party in my head, so I thought a good vacation would help.  My BFF and I did plan a trip and then her DH found out he has cancer!  I'm really hating the "C" word right now.  Damn thing has again ruined my plans for a vacation just like when I was diagnosed. Can I ever get away from it!   I see the RO on Wednesday, hope that she doesn't add to this crappie feeling and has something positive for me.  Sinking slowly and not sure how I can get back up to the surface.  Sad Kitty.

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  • madpeacock
    madpeacock Member Posts: 369
    edited April 2012

    {{{{{Kitty}}}}}

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  • jo1955
    jo1955 Member Posts: 8,543
    edited April 2012

    ((((KITTY)))))

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  • cmbear
    cmbear Member Posts: 1,086
    edited April 2012

    (((((((((kitty)))))))))))

    you deserve a vacation!! 

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  • Paula66
    Paula66 Member Posts: 1,728
    edited April 2012

    ((((((((kitty))))))

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  • LovesChristmas-Barb
    LovesChristmas-Barb Member Posts: 706
    edited April 2012

    (((((kitty))))) and prayers for you...

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