2012 sisters

Ladies, I want to apologize.......someone brought me up short today.....I asked for company for my first mammo and U/S tomorrow as I'm a little nervous on the 2013 survivor thread.....of course, you ladies should have got the first "invitation" as I started my BC experience here with you, please forgive a self-centered, distracted old gal

today.....having you guys there with me tomorrow will go a long way to calming my nerves.

We are here for you Scottie.  

Karenneedshope:  Where are you at in Michigan.  I was born and raised in the Detroit area.

Hi Karen.

My name is Karen too.  My mom still lives in the house we grew up in--10 Mile and 94.  My sister lives in Troy, bro in Royal Oak, another in Marine City. My sister is a radiation therapist at Henry Ford and is a wealth of info if you need help with anything.

Karen - it is such a small world! Could I ask you how your chemotherapy went? How were your side effects? Did they get worse with each treatment or stay the same? My treatment will be four of ac and then 4 of taxol. Then a few weeks off and then I start radiation. Thanks for the offer to put me in touch with your sister - I may need it!!!!

Karen--I will PM you.

 Scottiee and others need big pockets for us to be with them for upcoming appts, scans etc...well this pocket seemed appropo for this board...if you look close you can even see Scorchy in the mix!  We are with you!!!

You can't control the wind, but you can adjust the sails
Dx 7/12/2012, IDC, 1cm, Stage Ia, Grade 2, 0/1 nodes, ER+/PR+, HER2-Surgery 07/20/2012 Lumpectomy (Left); Lymph Node Removal: Sentinel Lymph Node Dissection (Left)Radiation Therapy 09/19/2012 ExternalHormonal Therapy 11/14/2012 Arimidex

Aruba:  that is lovely and how cute that Scorchy is in there too.

Scottiee - In your pocket, know that we are all with you because it's really crowded in here!  (Aruba-love the pocket)

Jumping in the pocket!!! :-)

Scottie I'm bringing the chocolate to share in your pocket.

Oh ladies you are the best really.....so many of you in my pockets, it was hard to climb

the stairs. But having you all there certainly made it easier.....practically painless, and the techs were wonderful....helps when you play the C card and tell them you are a wimp....lol....don't throw the pockets away because next Wednesday I will go for my results......yikes.....love to all......a little drunk from our happy hour together so going to

chill for a while😋

Juneau thank you for thinking of me.  I hope it was a nice white southern gravy with biscuits! 

I hope to have many gallons of gravy to come.  I refuse to accept anything less.

Finished yet another round of antibiotics and antifungal, but still no change in the swelling and constant pain in my breast; it's still noticeably warmer to the touch an the other side.

I'm already on daily neurontin for lingering neuropathy, and take the max dosage of both Aleve and Advil every day; I still feel the pain. Am considering cutting some Percocets in half or quarters, as a full one makes me too nauseous to function.



My RO has no other suggestions. I guess this is just the new "normal." Depression is as constant as the pain.



Also, because of the way my insurance plan is structured, it's difficult to see any doctor, for any reason, in January.

I did see a PT for awhile between surgery and rads, as I did have cording which has come back a bit. The returned cording contributes to the pain, but it's at the point my PT discharged me before, so she isn't likely to see me more than once unless things get significantly worse.



I like my MO less and less - at my 6 month post-chemo check, she was very judgmental when I requested a sleep aid for chronic insomnia (which I haven't been able to start, thanks to the antifungal), and was even hesitant to write me a new script for neurontin.



BS won't do anything over the phone.

She did give me the neurontin (I was surprised the script was a full years worth), but I had to practically beg for it. She said my neuropathy "should have" gone away by now (it is mild but still there, guess it didn't get the memo), and the prickly pain in the lx scar area was "nothing to worry about." (I guess it's the nerve endings. It's painful in exactly the same way the tumor was painful, so that was terrifying. Going back on neurontin at least took away that pain.)



My first post-cancer mammo is in March, I'm supposed to see my BS directly after. Since I can't see anyone in January, I'll probably just wait until March.



This weekend I'll try the lower dose of Percocet to see if that helps, an if the lower dose doesn't make me nauseous. If I cut them all in quarters, I've got enough to last until March.



The constant pain is really dragging me down.


I didn't have a PS. I didn't care for the one that was recommended by my BS- All he talked about was mx reconstruction, and when I said I wanted lx with a reduction+lift on both sides, he not only refused to do it at the same time as the lx (I've seen several ladies on this board get that and be happy with the results), then he said surgery on radiated skin was "too difficult." I saw him before my lx to talk about a time line to get the reduction/lift, and he was still just pushing me to get mx instead. So I'm just skipping that altogether. I've wanted a reduction for years but I'm tired of surgeries and procedures now. My BS says he's "the best" in town, but he lost me as a patient. Maybe he was already overbooked and didn't want another patient?