2012 sisters

Tazzy, glad yours are gone! My drain for my TE is gone too, a lot faster than after the BMX. Looking forward to a shower tomorrow!

It's the little things.....

FREE AT LAST, FREE AT LAST.... THANK GOD TAZZY IS FREE AT LAST!!  YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 Jean, any change you friend was told it was Grade 4 not STAGE 4?? Just a thought.

 Today was a good day after I woke up at 1:15.  I slept like a rock having taken a pill finally.  UGH.  Then mom came over (she insiisted) she drives me crazy!  Everything is always about her and it requires me to be spiritually fit to handle her.  Thanksfully today i was.  

I spent hours putting  together receipts/EOBs and forms for submission to my FSA provider to get $1200 back that I have paid out of pocket so far.  I am only half was through my bills and have another 800 in FSA funds.  I suppose I won't be using the FSA money I requested for new glass for my DH.  Grateful that I did put away $3000 though. Pretax medical $'s are quite te value.

 My husband is off tomorrow so he goes to play gold. I am going back to the Natropath Dr. who I'm not sure I'll go see again.  Not thilled so far with him.  Then dinner with a friend. 

jpmom:  don't go away for so long, you're missed!

2Fried:  I'm not religious, but I am spiritual and fully agree.  Pay it forward.  We only keep what we have by giving it away.

Mcook;  thinking of you and hope to "hear" from you soon.

Juneau... if I haven't said it before I love your new 'do' you really do rock short hair.

Aruba: good luck with your decision.  I am quite happy I wasn't given a choice about chemo - I dont know how I would've coped with that one.

websister - how was the LGFB workshop?

hugs to you all xx

Wow busy board today! Just got back from cirque du soleil. Haven't really done anything since all of this BC crap started so it was nice getting to go somewhere nice. But sitting there made me realize how I used to take my mushy saggy breasts for granted. These expanders have no give what so ever and those who have them(Juneau you have one, imagine 2) know how far under your armpits they go and how hard they are. I had to sit there almost like some weightlifter with my elbows flexed so my expanders didn't poke my upper arms.To top it off I was sandwiched between 2 big guys who were both hogging the arm rests on each side of me so it was really uncomfortable. Another reason to be anxious for my squishees! LOL ok so I'll apologize now for being whiney over something so minor especially since I did enjoy the show.

TAZZY great news about the drains. Crazy how irritating you realize they were especially once they are out huh? Enjoy your new found freedom and your shower. I loved your quarter story; that's exactly what I was talking about and I bet while you were standing there looking at her smile you had a brief moment that cancer and all you have been thru never entered your mind. 

Websister a like button would be great-I'd be liking your suggestion right now instead of typing this.

Ramols so glad you were able to find some "happy" today. Good idea to get the negative energy out of your house -you don't need that.

Aruba-I'm sorry you have such a tough decision to make.

Soya- you amaze me- you are so dang self-disciplined with your excercising, etc

For those of you facing job and insurance issues that really sucks. You really don't need those worries on top of everything else.

I'll have to read thru the rest of the posts tomorrow.Thinking of everyone  and wishing you the best. One more day and it's weekend!

ramols-Glad your day ended with a positive, hang in there!

McCook how are you? Hope your surgery went well. Update us when you can

It looks like I'm having surgery sometime in October. Left mastectomy. Biopsy showed cells in 1 or 2 nodes. Is there any chance, they might do a sentinel node biopsy? Or will it be aux?



I'm also waiting to hear if I get funding to start on arimidex. I'm between insurance coverage until October 1.

Blessings
Paula

FIGHT LIKE A WARRIOR!!!

Ramols, hope you can find some more happy today, sometimes it takes some effort but is worth doing!  Good luck on tuesday.  It will be good to just get it started. 

Tazzy, how great was that first shower?  Best ever?

Firestorm.  Sorry that port is bothering you so much.  It will get better.  I was afraid to move my arm much or touch it at all, i was worried it would move or get pulled out of the vein... but it becomes more a part of you and you forget it after a while.  It was annoying how it stuck out so much though.  I had to get a pad for my seatbelt to keep it off the port area.

Soteria, i had an axillary node dissection but it isnt all that common to do a big one any more.  They just took three other nodes out after the SNB.  They dont do those large dissections as much anymore because the chemo and the rads does the work just as well and much less likely to cause lymphedema.  Just talk to your docs to see what they recommend.  but if your surgeon talks about taking out all or most of the nodes I would very much recommend finding a different one or at least getting a second opinion.

At work today.  Looking forward to a weekend off.  But my fatigue has improved greatly and I am feeling much more normal.  Now on to radiation to knock me down, but the worst is behind me...

I think I am getting some mild cording too.  it almost looks like a cord popping out from my axilla to the upper arm.  it is painful to reach out and stretch certain ways but the stretching does seem to help.

Chriserra sorry you haven't been feeling well and about the transfusion. What do you mean you don't feel qualified to say much?  CindyL put it great that she got her medical degree at BCU (Breast Cancer University). While you may not have completed BC university yet, your personal experiences and opinions on your treatments,etc are still highly regarded as they are with any BCU student here. But this is also a place for you to come to talk about your fears, your emotions, your results, your treatments, you name it because we too have had tons of them thru this BC process and understand what you are going thru. Sometimes non-cancer patients just don't get it or you feel that they don't want to hear it anymore. Well we do, so please don't feel your posts have to "qualify" in any way. We have all been thru a variety of treatments over varying amounts of time. While some are just starting at BCU others are graduating so it's a great place to share, good or bad, what's going on. We hope you'll want to share with us more often.Like you said, you are not alone and there are better days ahead for all of us.

JPmomof3 That cording is a pain in the butt. Mine was uncomfortable but didnt last too long. Hope your's goes away soon. Glad you're feeling better.

thanks for the encouragement ! My port was sore like a bruise for about 2 weeks after it was put in. but it is better now, although every now and then it feels "pinchy" even when just sittingstill. It took a good month for me to be able to sleep comfortably with it. So for those having isues, it will get better. mine is in the right chest and the scar is visible with certain shirts but I wear it as a badge of honor so to speak ... my husband calls it my war wound in this fight against bc. ( no surgery scars for me yet)!

Chrissera, you are in the club!  we are all in it together.  Feel welcome to rant rave or celebrate with the rest of us.  Sorry you feel so bad.  Good luck with your last chemo and it will be great to have it behind you.  I hope you dont need any more transfusions!

Tazzy that dory picture makes me laugh every time i look at it.  I am going to start howling the next time my kids watch that movie and they are going to wonder what is wrong with me.

JPmom. That made my day:)

Jpmom that is great. I have only recently gone our a few times with the.bald look and had someone ask me what charity I shaved my head for... You should have Seen her face when I said "my own... I have cancer.. would u like to donate?? " she turned as red as a cherry as a cherry and walked away in silence! I am changing my avatars today to the new look... I haven't lost All of it but almost. My 3 mo old great nephew has more than me!

jPmom......lol!!!

, Chrissera!......I can just picture the look on her face!!

RoulaG: making the decision gets you to a whole different place in this journey. I'm glad you made a decision that gives you peace.