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  • Cheesecake
    Cheesecake Member Posts: 1
    edited January 2013

    January for surgery...hopefully...waiting on Plastics...

    Cheesecake

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  • robinlee76
    robinlee76 Member Posts: 27
    edited January 2013

    It is midnight so thought I better jump up and get that last bit of water before I am cutoff. i need to leave for the hospital on 4 1/2 hours and can not sleep. I knew if I came here and read some posts it would calm me. Thanks you ladies and talk to you in a couple days.

    Robin

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  • Mirmirpanda
    Mirmirpanda Member Posts: 89
    edited January 2013

    So I've been in hiding these last few days since my freak out. I lost control, gave into the 'fear' I suppose. Feeling a bit better, still stressed, but trying to keep busy. I cleaned the house, did laundry, went shopping, spoiled myself and got things all organized for Chris and Hazel. Thinking of all the ladies who had surgery today.

    Surgery is tomorrow morning. I have to be at one hospital by 6:30 am for an injection and then get rushed off to another hospital for surgery scheduled for 9:15 am. Just want to get this over with, I just want that pathology report so bad!!! Gonna go to bed soon, 5 am comes really early :)

    Thank you Ariom!!! Your posts make me feel so much better, even when they're not for me :) Once I meet with my medical oncologist I will direct all my cancer related questions to her and not my family Dr. Also I do have some artists for you to check out in Austrailia, but I can't seem to locate the paper I wrote it on... will get it to you soon though :)

    Thank you MMSS. I can't understand why my family Dr. wasn't responding and now she's on holidays for a while, oh well. I guess all my stresses and worries came to a head and I panicked. I catch myself looking at my daughter and this all just breaks my heart. It makes my cry because I just always want to be here for her and I'm just so frightened right now.

    Thank you Nat23. I also feel that any little ache or pain is something major :( I've found that it gets so bad that I have to stay away from anything that I can google from... oh my!

    kkuziel, Thanks for your post. I will be asking my surgeon for something tomorrow, just to take the edge off.

    Wirdgirl118, your post helped, thank you. I guess I hit my anxiety breaking point. I've just had such awful back pain and it just terrifies me. I am currently awaiting the results of a bone scan, but I'm hoping it's just stress! I feel like I don't want to bother my family Dr. or that I've asked too many questions already, but then again I feel like I have too because this is my life, my health we're talking about!!!

    AuntieEm! So glad to hear you're doing well!!! Hope your recovery is swift, take good care of yourself

    Thank you JRMH, it means a lot.

    Smethot, I too have become the ultimate hypochondriac! I blame stress. And the waiting... so agonizing!!!

    Tamiami, Peanutsgal and Scatsm!!! So good to see your posts and glad to hear you're all doing well!!! Here's to speedy recoveries!!!

    Welcome Jennimomof3, Josie123, Amy4978, runner1987 and cheesecake.

    Will be thinking of and look forward to hearing from the other ladies along for the ride with me tomorrow, Robinlee76 and Kelley279. Talk soon ladies!!! Much love and strength. Mir.

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  • Ariom
    Ariom Member Posts: 6,197
    edited January 2013

    Been wondering how you were doing Mir. I was hoping that you weren't too stressed, but hell we all were at this point. It is hard to just give in and trust the Universe to take care of it. As I have said before fear is the most destructive emotion. It is all consuming.

    You've got this far, the surgery will be over in no time. I found that I started to relax when I got to the Hospital and had the tracer. I felt a great load lift off me, knew I was in good hands and that all would be fine, and it so was!

    I wish the same for you and all the others going in tomorrow. Positive thoughts and gentle hugs!

    Oh, and don't even think about that info for me, there is no rush, I have ages before I can even consider doing it. Let's take care of you first, then we can talk about that another time when you're recovered.

    Love Moira x

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  • jojo2373
    jojo2373 Member Posts: 662
    edited January 2013

    Good morning ladies! My surgery went well too. BS said everything post chemo looked very healthy. I have one underarm drain where nodes were taken. It continues to bleed at insertion, so they paged BS about. He took nodes and tissue from underarm that was positive on Pet Scan, but he said looked healthy now. I did much better with nausea post op. They gave me a patch plus an Emend pill. Going home in about 6 hrs I hope. Only I pain pill so far. Praying for others!

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  • Ariom
    Ariom Member Posts: 6,197
    edited January 2013

    So good to hear you are ok, and on the other side of the surgery. You'll feel so much better when you get home to familiar surroundings.

    Hope the drain doesn't bother you too much. Take care!  

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  • Destina
    Destina Member Posts: 89
    edited January 2013

    Good morning,

    Just wanted to stop in this morning to send love and affirmative prayer to our Jan 8 sisters: Mirmir, Kelly and Robinlee....will be thinking about you today! (((hugs)))

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  • Destina
    Destina Member Posts: 89
    edited January 2013

    Jojo, you must be just about home right now and I'll bet that feels great. Glad to hear things went well and I'm praying for a speedy recovery.

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  • Lmimp64
    Lmimp64 Member Posts: 219
    edited January 2013

    Sorry you have to join us Runner and Cheesecake, but welcome. My surgery is tomorrow and I will let you know how it goes.



    Thinking of the Jan. 8 girls. I look forward to hearing more about the recovery process from the women who have gone so bravely before us. Glad all went well Jojo.



    I'm so scared about so many things. I still can't believe this is really happening to me. I'm scared of the surgery, the recovery, the foobs, the path report, the chemo, the hormone drugs, phew. One step at a time is easier to say than do sometimes.



    I just made my son breakfast for the last time for a while and he is off to school. This time tomorrow his teacher is picking him up for us and I am checking in to the hospital. As you send out thoughts tomorrow, please remember my parents. This is sooo hard on them. I hate it. My dad has cared for my grandmother then my mom since 1986. I didn't expect him to have to care for a third generation too. It's not fair to him and makes me sad.



    You are in my thoughts Robin, Mirmirpanda, and Kelly.



    Ariom, my mom's name is Moira too. We don't hear it a lot in the states and it's beautiful.

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  • Destina
    Destina Member Posts: 89
    edited January 2013

    Ariom,

    Just want to echo what Mirmir said about all your beautiful support to everyone. It is tremendously relieving to hear from someone who's been through it and who is shining so radiantly. It helps me to remember that the waves of fear are just that...waves.Those waves are normal in these circumstances and they flow back into calm centeredness again. Thank you!

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  • Scatsm
    Scatsm Member Posts: 18
    edited January 2013

    Hi All,



    Feeling so much better this morning. Learned how to change the drains and was told I will be able to shower. I will be discharged at noon! I looked at the incisions and wasn't too shocked. There are several 'dog ears' in the middle of my chest and at the sides. My BS said that without recon it was not possible to completely flatten out all the skin. She told me that later, if I want to, that she can do a revision, ie cut off the flaps.



    I was very uncomfortable yesterday coming out of the surgery. It turns out that just as I was being brought out of the anaesthesia, they noticed that one of the drains was completely full and realized that there was a bleeder at the wound site. They had to go back in, repair the bleeder and close me back up a second time. As a result my right side is extra sore, but I am pleased to tell you that the pain is very tolerable now. All in all, not too bad and much less awful than I feared. As many of you have said, the fear and the waiting are the worst!



    While I was having bloodwork, I had my every 3 months CA125 done, which is the tumor marker for my ovarian cancer. It was normal, so I breathed a sigh of relief and now can focus on healing from this surgery. I'll hear in a week if the lymph nodes are clear or not.



    This surgery is very manageable!! We can all get through it together. Thanks for the good wishes and I am sending mine out to all of you!!



    Susan







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  • CookieMonster
    CookieMonster Member Posts: 1,035
    edited January 2013

    It's so good to hear from those who have already had surgery, keep healing well! My thoughts are with those with upcoming surgeries. Best wishes to everyone. I'm back to work today - I'm a teacher - just for two days until my surgery on Thursday then I'm out Thurs. & Fri. then back at it again on Monday.

    Hugs to you all (calming ones to the pre-ops and gentle ones to the post ops).

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  • Nat23
    Nat23 Member Posts: 45
    edited January 2013

    I'm done ;) Yey! Up and walking...can move my arms more than last night. Switched to just tylanol right now. Don't want anything strong and pain is tolerable as long as I don't move too much. I think the TEs is what's hurting me.... Because I mostly just feel a lot of pressure.

    Great to hear from peanut girl and scatsm ;) hope knitlady is doing well!

    Good luck to our sisters going today and tomorrow!

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  • knitlady
    knitlady Member Posts: 16
    edited January 2013

    Hello to all. I had my surgery yesterday and am now at home. Everything went well except that I could not handle the twighlight stuff so I had to have full anesthesia.



    From the time I got to the hospital until I went under, there was a constant stream of people coming into my room, asking questions, doing what needed to be done to move me forward. This was extremely helpful as there was no time for me to start really getting nervous. I know it is not always like that so I was grateful. I hope this for everyone.



    Not much pain today. Underarm incision is worse than the incision on my breast because there is muscle there.



    Looking forward to reading how everyone else fared. My thoughts are going out to all who are "in the ring" today.

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  • knitlady
    knitlady Member Posts: 16
    edited January 2013

    So glad to be able to hear from Scatsm, Nat23, peanutsgal and jojo2373. Sounds like all of us are doing pretty well, all things considered.



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  • Nat23
    Nat23 Member Posts: 45
    edited January 2013

    Jojo... Glad u're doing well ;) I didn't see ur post earlier ;) knitlady... How great that u're home already. Wishing a speedy recovery to all ;)

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  • kkuziel
    kkuziel Member Posts: 191
    edited January 2013

    So great to hear of everyone's good surgery stories. I'm still waiting to hear my date - doesn't look like this week. The longer it takes the more stressed I get. Once the day gets going I'm better - but I'm in a panic getting up in the morning - I get so worked up I can barely breath. Some of this is due to the fact that it seems like it's been forever since my diagnosis (which in reality has been less than 3 weeks) Good to see Knitlady has had a long wait and you made it. I have a similar pathology to yours (only a grade 2). How do you all get past the terror - I feel like if I can't deal with this I'll never be able to deal with what's to come.

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  • jojo2373
    jojo2373 Member Posts: 662
    edited January 2013

    Thanks as I am too home now. I must say the worst part is the drain.



    Knitlady, you had lumpectomy too right? No drain?

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  • JRMH
    JRMH Member Posts: 59
    edited January 2013

    I updated the list again. As always, please check to see if I made any errors so I can fix them. Thanks so much!

    Susie123- Thank you!

    To everyone who reported back in after your surgery- Thank you so much for sharing your experiences with us. I know that it helps me a lot.

    Still praying for everyone who is having surgery today and also for the people up tomorrow: DivaRedefined, Destina, jebdra, Lmimp64, josie123.

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  • knitlady
    knitlady Member Posts: 16
    edited January 2013

    kkuziel, you will get through the wait - right now, you are in such a hard place because you may think your life is going to rotate 180 degrees after surgery and not knowing what that will look like is bad enough but not even knowing the date it happens, is really difficult. Fact is, your life already changed - the day you got your diagnosis and you got through it! Since then, you have learned more than you ever wanted to know about this and you have gotten through that as well. You will have a date soon!



    jojo2373 - Yep, lumpectomy and SNB - left side also but no drain. Sorry to hear you have to have one. I had them when I had my reduction surgery many years ago and I hated them.



    JRMH - thank you for keeping up with all of our updates. Knowing I was one of five going through very similar procedures was reassuring.

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  • Amy4978
    Amy4978 Member Posts: 473
    edited January 2013

    Appt with my BS went good! See saw a small spot of cancer on the ultra sound but she is not sure if its dead tumor or not. She ordered an MRI for the 23rd to get a better picture and see if I will be able to do nipple sparing she wants a 2cm space from my nipple to the cancer and she said it looks like I will be cutting it close. I am hoping to keep my nipples but if they must go I have made peace with that too. I dont have a def date for surgery just yet but looks like it will be close to the first week in Feb.



    Glad that those of you have made it thru surgery are home and breezing thru it. We are strong woman for sure!

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  • jebdra
    jebdra Member Posts: 76
    edited January 2013

    Good to hear of everyone feeling OK after theri surgery.   It certainly helps those of us waiting to get some geedback.

    I'm lying here, 3:30am local time, with the sleeping pill doing absolutely nothing, waiting for the alarm to go off at 5:30, to get me up for my sentinel node scan at 7:30, then admission at 11am, op around 2pm.  I think this is the longest few hours of my life.

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  • Lmimp64
    Lmimp64 Member Posts: 219
    edited January 2013

    Jebdra, I'm thinking of you. Be well. You will be amazing.



    The hospital called twice today to change the time I have to be there. Ah well. Surgery begins at 8:30 they say. :)



    Still thinking of you all and my best to my surgery sisters tomorrow, Josie, Diva, Destina, jebdra. ((((Hugs))))





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  • Ariom
    Ariom Member Posts: 6,197
    edited January 2013

    Lmimp, Moira here, take care lovely one, It is morning here in Australia and I have just woken to read the posts that have come in overnight from the US.

    I will be thinking of you, and your family. I know this seems so tough, and it is, but it does get better. Once you have the surgery, you'll be back home in no time with your family around you. Having that support is huge.As you say, just one step at a time, you'll do just fine. We are a strong bunch here!

    How lovely that your Mum is a Moira too. I haven't heard of many in my lifetime, almost 60 years. It is nice to know that there are some children with this name now. It has regained a little popularity here which is lovely.

    I'll be waiting to hear your news. Take care, it won't be long now. 

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  • Ariom
    Ariom Member Posts: 6,197
    edited January 2013

    Jebdra, I know the waiting has been dreadful, but you're on the way now.You can do it Hon!

    I wish you all the best for a wonderful pain free recovery.

    Will be waiting to hear your news.

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  • BrandieMcAdams
    BrandieMcAdams Member Posts: 44
    edited January 2013

    I'm scheduled for a lumpectomy/excisional biopsy on Jan 25th. No dx yet. I'm hoping it comes back benign. Praying for all of you who have a dx and are facing surgery.

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  • Ariom
    Ariom Member Posts: 6,197
    edited January 2013

    Destina, thank you so much for those beautiful words.

    I am so filled with admiration for all of you that are walking this terrible path. We have been taken on a journey that no one wants to take with fear as a companion.

    It is so unfair that we have to endure this, but if we can help another along the way it makes it a little easier for us all.

    I am humbled by the strength of the women who have gone before us with far worse diagnosis than mine.

    They take the time to take us by the hand and show us the way so we can do the same for others. It is a very uplifting experience.

    I read a lovely quote yesterday:

    We are each of us Angels with only one wing.

    We can only fly by embracing each other!

    Luciano de Crescento.

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  • peanutsgal
    peanutsgal Member Posts: 161
    edited January 2013

    Best wishes and prayers for those going into surgery tomorrow. I know it is easier said than done, but try to get some rest tonight. Glad to hear everyone so far has had a relatively non-event for recovery. I would have never believed it someone had told me I would be home before breakfast.

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  • Ariom
    Ariom Member Posts: 6,197
    edited January 2013

    Destina, thank you so much for those beautiful words.

    I am so filled with admiration for all of you that are walking this terrible path. We have been taken on a journey that no one wants to take with fear as a companion.

    It is so unfair that we have to endure this, but if we can help another along the way it makes it a little easier for us all.

    I am humbled by the strength of the women who have gone before us with far worse diagnosis than mine.

    They take the time to take us by the hand and show us the way so we can do the same for others. It is a very uplifting experience.

    I read a lovely quote yesterday:

    We are each of us Angels with only one wing.

    We can only fly by embracing each other!

    Luciano de Crescento.

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  • Ariom
    Ariom Member Posts: 6,197
    edited January 2013

    Oh Brandie, so sorry you have to be here, but there will be lots of support if you need it.

    We will all be wishing for a B9 result for you!

    Let us know how you are doing!

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