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  • dogsandjogs
    dogsandjogs Member Posts: 1,907
    edited March 2012

    http://www.atomictourist.com/nts.htm

    In case you guys are interested

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  • belly
    belly Member Posts: 4
    edited March 2012

    Hi interesting...I am new to this site and I am replying to learn how to use it;0) but you ask a good question

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

    I was officially dx with LE in one arm on Monday and am feeling kind of down.  Even though the likelihood of me returning to the "friendly skies" was probably small I feel like I'd be crazy to even consider it now of course.  It was such a great job that it's hard to think about closing that chapter of my life permanently.  My PT is very optimistic that we caught it early and it should respond really well to treatment but will need to wear compression sleeve/glove every time I fly.  Not a good look as a sky goddess.  Anyone out there who flies with LE?

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  • Kraemermom
    Kraemermom Member Posts: 10
    edited March 2012

    Interesting theory. My husband right away though the flying was to blame. I worked for 10yrs as a Flight Attendant for Continental. Haven't flown for 14yrs and I became a nurse now. Lots of exposure to radiation.

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  • Druanne
    Druanne Member Posts: 295
    edited March 2012

    Hi! I am not a flight attendant........but I have been an aircraft mechanic for 19 years and own an aircraft maintenance facility.......also got my pilot's license 2 years ago! :)

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  • exbrnxgrl
    exbrnxgrl Member Posts: 12,424
    edited March 2012

    Hi Druanne,

    That is wonderful! Both being a pilot and maintainence were totally male dominated back in the day when I flew for Pan Am. How did you get involved in maintainence?

    Caryn

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  • Smithy
    Smithy Member Posts: 51
    edited March 2012

    Kate33!!!! I hope your husband is well. I hope his introverted behavior is just a processing phase. How is he this week? I am so sorry to hear about your LE dx. :(  I think that is what this whole "cancer trip" brings - the immediate realization that things change. Ideas and goals are rerouted - grounded - delayed - or cancelled. It truly is a reminder that our lives consist of many chapters. I think transition from chapter to chapter is tricky enough (when naturally processed) ...but when you soak your brain in a constant state of "heightened" focus - where the lack of control is central -as is the case when experiencing cancer- I think it makes change feels intensified. 

    Lindsey - my friend - I hear you!! I have been "disorganized" in the past - but there are moments now where I have to ask myself, "Would it kill you to go through that stack of papers?" And I think it was somewhere between adding more papers to the pile, trying out new hair removal systems for my once hairless face, and trying to gel down my new Ellen Degeneres hairdo - that I must have answered, "Yes, yes it would kill me." Because that pile of papers is still there.  

     dogsandjogs - That tour looks interesting. Good to hear that visitors taking the tour are no longer required to wear the radiation badges. lol!!! How scary. Just to see what the bomb could do to the "Doomtown" buildings...sounds like a successful scared straight campaign. Well, I hope you and your family are doing well. 

    Kraememom - My mom thought the same thing your husband did ---- that's what made me start to google.  Continental - how fun!! That is cool you became a nurse. Again - fun.  

    Druanne - You smart woman, you!!! I have looked at those AMP books....It takes a brilliant brain to master and understand what is printed on those pages. My boyfriend was a helicopter mechanic in the Navy. He is now making the civilian move.  I remember your posts when you first joined this site! What is going on with your hair? I hope you are doing well. :)  

    Belly - glad you are on the site. :) Welcome. 

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  • Druanne
    Druanne Member Posts: 295
    edited April 2012

    Hi Caryn & Smithy!

    I was a "United States Naval Sea Cadet" from age 12 on....found my love of avaition there......wanted to go into the real Navy but ended up getting sidetracked and having kids @ 18......I left their father........went to join and was told I would have to give up rights to children to someone in case I had to go to war........Wouldn't do that.......I started taking commercial art courses until a friend told me about an A&P program at the technical college located at General Mitchel Airport in Milwaukee........I applied.......they said there was a two year waiting list......I received a call a month later.......they asked if I was "Druanne" and female, or "Duane" a male.......LOLOLOL........when they found out I was a women they put me ahead of everyone else.......bummer for them, but so wonderful for me! I was the 4th woman to graduate from that school.......:D :D:D:D YAY! Got my pilot's license when I 39!! So I guess you CAN teach an old dog new tricks ;)

    My hair is doing fine! I ended up not having to have chemo....(Thank goodness).......and I found out I was anemic......that was causing excessive hair loss.........I have since changed my eating habits and am taking biotin now for the last 3 months and hair is doing GREAT!! YAY!

    I worked for a corporate flight department for many years.........the scheduler took some Flight Safety Flight Attendant training and said it was HARD CORE!!! You guys ROCK!

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  • snorkeler
    snorkeler Member Posts: 145
    edited April 2012

    Hello everyone--

    Although I've never been a flight crew member, as a million-mile+ flyer (with United) I appreciate the discussion. A week after I was diagnosed, I was on a plane reading all my BC-related materials, and a flight attendant asked if I was a doctor. When I explained that I was a patient newly diagnosed with breast cancer, she was kind enough to sit down with me to talk. She said that she knew so many people with BC, but it never occurred to me until now that maybe that's because of her occupation. 

    I realize that I'll never know how or why I got cancer, but it does make me wonder. But like many of you, I'm so glad that I've been able to see the world, and I would have done it all over again. As a matter of fact, the day after I finish radiation I'm scheduled to go to Sri Lanka.

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

    With all the stories in the news, lately, about crew members having to be hauled off in straight jackets maybe cancer isn't the only health risk from flying!  LOL!  I think the passengers make them crazy, though.  Oh well, I still miss it!  Laughing

    Druanne- Wow!  I really admire all the things you have accomplished!  That's awesome!  I love your tagline, too! 

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  • michelleu
    michelleu Member Posts: 1
    edited December 2012

    I was a flight attendant for 10 years 1980-1990. Just having treatment for 2 types of breast cancer, my GP asked me if I'd been exposed to any carcinogens. Little did I realise my job increased my chances of cancer by 30%

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  • Smithy
    Smithy Member Posts: 51
    edited December 2012

    Michelleu, I think that is great that your doctor asks such questions. I wish all doctors collected such data. My brother, who is absolutely wonderful, has been there for me during this experience , is an oncologist / hemotology oncology...has just changed his focus - and job- now focusing on breast cancer.:) He is one who asks such questions.

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  • firework1068
    firework1068 Member Posts: 160
    edited January 2013

    Hello All,

    I'm a 25 yr Flight Attendant for AA. I'm taking our early out for two reasons........I'm on Arimidex and I can't see myself flying domestic AND international trips within the same month! I felt it would be very difficult to do my London Flts if I could come back but, the additional hours they've added just made me pause. Arimidex is too hard on me physically. Chemo brain is still hanging around so it was best for me to pull the plug. October is my official separation date. I had an aniexty attack just thinking about being completely depended on my spouse! Silly really if you knew us but in life there are no guarantees, right?!

    Having a full bone scan on Thursday........

    Lorraine

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  • Onahikethrulife
    Onahikethrulife Member Posts: 2
    edited March 2017

    American Airlines class 89-7 based at JFK on the airbus to the Carribean first 3 years also did transcontinental flights as well and variety from Ord where I spent my remaining years served 10 total

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  • TofAvila
    TofAvila Member Posts: 3
    edited March 2017

    Hi,


    I flew for Pan Am for 10 years - 1979 -89. Have just been diagnosed with IDC. No family history. Had lumpectomy and now starting 6 rounds of chemo next week. I know the NIH was following Pan Am as a group health study on the effects of flying; but I have moved and haven't participated in a survey in many years.

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