Lets get to know each other :)

Hi all--I have the results back from the bone scan.

My arthritis is apparently worse but I am CLEAR otherwise. Yay!!! 

The upside to the scan was that I was able to visit a friend who was in the same hospital with a gallstone--we had not had a chance to sit and talk in a long time, and we were able to do that. She was well enough to want to talk--a lot, she was bored, lol--but wasn't allowed home yet. And of course, I had nowhere to be for four hours while waiting for the tracer uptake. So we got to talk lots

That is awesome news, Torch! Not about the arthritis, of course, but about your bones.



I am still trying to work out but my breast is getting Pretty warm and sore and tender. Just saw my RO who seemed to want to blame it on the BS? My lump was ages ago and is well-healed. How could I have an infection or cellulitis or what have you is many months out?



Nat

Hi Everyone, I'm Marlene found out I have BC on 11/1

I just started making my way through some of the threads here and they have been very helpful.  I finally finished up my testing on Friday and tomorrow is the big talk with my BS. 

Its been a nice surprise to find out that with all the crap spinning around in my head, not a single thing has been an original thought or feeling, if you know what I mean.

I wish we were getting to know one another under better circumstances but what can you do, guess you have a new member of the club.

Marlene

Hi Marlene, not glad to have you but glad you stopped on this thread to say "hi.". Hope you were able to sleep and that you have a good chat with your BS. Remember that even if you like this one, it's sometimes helpful to get a second opinion, if only to get more information. Good luck!



Nat

Anytime, Marlene. ER positive is a good sign because that means they can treat it with estrogen-blocking drugs and also those cancers tend to be slower and less aggressive, from what I understand. And DCIS is always the best kind, if you have to get any, because it's not invasive. I am sorry to hear about the bone cancer and glad to hear that you have a supportive partner to get through this with - it's important to have her (or a friend, if she can't make it) come with you to all these appointments, because it is so hard to take in all this new information and accurately recall it later. It helps if your partner or a friend can take notes for you, and maybe remember to ask questions you might have. I try to write down questions as they arise, and then bring in a list of questions when I go in to see one of the DRs. Well, I hope you managed to get some sleep after sending your message, and that you are feeling more up to tackling your treatment.

Sinee, I have my fingers crossed your partner's spot turns out to be nothing! Are they going to biopsy, or watchful waiting, or another test? My partner is too young for regular mammos (although she had a diagnostic one before met her) but I will be worried so much for her when the time comes. I never used to worry about mammos before - I was ignorant.

  3 years today for me. Am carrying survivor flag tomorrow in Komen. All of you here were so much help and comfort. I will carry your names with me.

You will get stronger.  This thread has been quiet for some time. There maybe another more active.  Sorry you are here at all.  Most of here are through treatment.  But will check more to see how you are.

Hi Love & Natt,

I am great that I found this forum while I browse thru internet like never ending things to search and search anything related to my BC!

I am from Asia Country and it seem that there isnt such kind of BC forum in Asia region (especially a session for Lesbian!) here.  And I too after read some threads posted up in this forum realised that treatment procedure for chemo look different...  I met the doctor at the Center on Monday 31/7/12, and she just let me know how the treatment schedule timelines will be and never mention anything about putting a " port " .  

Natt,  I had moved back stay with my parent since when I start to visit hospital follow by all checkup/biopsy/MM/US etc....with upcoming Chemo treatment I never know yet how my body will react to all sorts of side effects and yes, is better to have someone to take care of me during the period of treatment.  My own living place and my parent place arent that far, so can just drop by weekly once to do some simple house cleanning to keep it clean and neat.

The fear, scary, worries wont get out of my mind so fast ...my thoughts, my feeling just go up and down like sitting in a roller coaster it will just appear when ever it like any day any time...  Sometime pressure from my mother do make me frustrated, she blame herself " Why! she gave birth to me and I grown up with this kind of sickness..." she will nag on me like everything is fine in the pass,  why things get worst now (my health) when I moved out stay alone since last year!...

I do know she is very upset on all my BC things, and I do not want my parent to be sad about my BC!  I am adjusting myself everyday to be more positive and look like everything is same as before (which arent that easy) wont want to increase the worries on my parent (they are olds, they should be having a wonderful retiring time and not worries).

Natt, Yup you're correct!   In the eyes of every parents we in the role as their childs are always "little kids" to them like we never grow up LOL !

Well, I'm not sure "how different" the chemo treatment here since I'll start first chemo on 6Aug2012.  I need to have a Heart Scan first instructed by the Center Doctor,  they said if my heart show that is strong and is able to endure the drugs used in the chemo treatment then only they will start the first chemo sessoin.  Maybe I will update "how the different" chemo treatment here later at other forum thread session.

Hope everything work out fine & I'll be strong enough to overcome it !