Too early for April 2012 mastectomy?

Hi all

I started Tamofixen on Sat and have hot flashes all ready.

Luckily don't need chemo or rads, I am thinking of all of you that have to go through with more treatment. Best wishes to all.

Lisamarie- My ps gave me valium. I have been taking Xanax though. It works the same and helps me sleep as well. Hang in there with the TE's. I have a regular bra on today for the first time and have great cleavage too. You can not tell at all. They aren't the most comfortable things when I sleep, but really don't notice them much in the day time anymore. Have you started the patch again? let me know when you do and we will do it together. I need a buddy to help me with it. I would love your help.

Valerie- thanks for sharing that as I too have been having some panic attacks, especially in the shower. I am going to get a see through curtain to see if that helps.

valerie- I think it is because we think too much when we are in the shower plus we are enclosed. I am a panicky person without all this crap. I do better if I take my shower while someone else is home. I know it all sounds stupid, but it is what it is.

The Shower , oh boy i hate it .. i really dont even want to touch them , but i do for a minute to wash them , i hate getting dried off and dressed too, its so ugly to me ...Ho hum all the joys of this BC hope evryone has a nice day .

Keonghi that's what I was wondering about. The Valium doesn't work as a muscle relaxer for me because my onc prescribed ativan when I started chemo back in Dec. I'm 2 weeks out and still need pain medication. I feel like a big baby but it still hurts. It just seems like a muscle relaxer would work better. During surgery they filled me to 600cc so I'm not sure how much more I can take.

Hubby was working on a photo set and asked if I wanted to step in.  For once, I feel like it was ok to be me. I didn't worry about my hair or make-up or is my smile just right. It's me. You can see the tired. You can see the pain in my eyes, the smudged make-up, and the nose a bit red. That's who I am right now and I'm okay with that.

Lisamarie I had a lot of skin. Thanks to the 2 girls that are 15 months apart that I nursed lol. My BS was kind of mad that the PS filled them that much and thought they'd have to take some out to get my pain under control.



Vball you look beautiful. Not to be crazy nosey but I wonder why you aren't doing TCH like most HER2+ women. Herceptin is hard on the heart and so is the A chemo.

Markat, I asked my oncologist the same question.  He feels that the AC/TH has truly been tested better than TCH and that the studies aren't large enough to overrule the standard yet.  I thought about going for a second opinion and have done a bunch of research online and keep coming up with the same stuff.  AC/TH has better success by a few percentage points but is negated by the heart issues.  If I want TCH, I can go that route but it isn't a great feeling overriding a MO.

 Thanks for the compliments, ladies...

Vball, What a beautiful picture! 

Today I'm off to get the radiation catheter placed.  My pathology report from Friday's trimming was AOK!  No pathology to report.  So now we are moving forward with radiation.  I get this placed this morning, get imaging done tomorrow, and then radiation M-F 2X daily.  Moving forward and doing something feels so good.

I've gotta get busy at work now.  I'm taking the rest of the afternoon off because 3-8.5H days have done me in this week.  I was really tired last night.  Slept hard until the alarm went off and still feel like I could have slept another few hours.  

Hope everyone has a great day!

Valerie

Beautiful picture VBall mom!  i wish i could see bigger versions of the pictures on this site! 

Just checking in and wondering how everyone is doing? Usually no news is good news. I'm doing ok pain is a little better.

How is everyone's range of motion doing?  mine still stinks    one month out from surgery and i'm very discouraged about it.

Pretty good but not great. Seems to have gotten better since I returned to work. I have an office job but I do move around a lot. Rads seems to have set me back a bit. I feel very tight.

my arms still have pins and needles but not as bad as it was. I still cannot lift my right arm all the way; left a little more but not totally back and when I extend my arms up or out it hurts in the upper arm. Arm pits still numb and hurts to touch, shaving is a bitch.  And I have some skin which is slow to heal, PS says it's "lagging" OK it's not healing as fast as it should so I still have bandages on as it bleeds which she says is a good thing cuase it's healing and te blood means that there is oxgen there to heal. Whatever, not like I have choices.  I just feel especially at night time that I want to jump out of my skin. Do you konw what I mean.  It is keeping me up at night too.  Just got a heavier dose of xanax, took it last night was up 3 times, maybe tonight will be better. It's been a month and I'm still not feeling great....how is everyone else doing?

Keonghi so sorry you have to go through more.



My ROM was really good but now I'm starting to feel tighter. The numbness probably wore off. My arms and hand were going numb so the PS suggested frozen bags in my underarms and it worked. I have insomnia and take short naps when I can.