Sept 2012 chemo

Hi Florbo - I'm hoping for an easy time for you today.  I wish you all the best. May the good boob force be with you!

Hugs : )))

LOL!  Ya'll make me laugh and made the boobs jiggle!  TMI!  The first session went well.  I felt slight tenderness around the breast bone.  The adjustments they made while I was on the table made me nauseous.  Other than that it was fine.  I just took a shower and felt that the armpit area is a bit sore.

I am still here and reading through the pages of posts I missed. I haven't been postin  ecause I can't ever catch up so I'm skipping ahead. I can't sleep. I'm nearing the end of my rads and I am in so much pain. The underneath fold is torn open and weeping. They gave me today off to try and heal before they give me the last 5. I don't think it helped. It hurts like hell, the stinging. I've got silverdene and feels so moist and the nurse said I should keep it dry so I put on cornstarch and the dry ness makes it hurt more and pull. I have to use a mirror to look at it and it so gross under there. I don't know what to do with myself. I got up and took another pain pill. My kid is going to up soon and I have slept at all. I have to go in the afternoon for the treatment tomorrow, well it's pretty much later today. My harddrive crashed on my laptop so am borrowing DH's til it comes back in 3-5 days. I think this post is going to be one long whine. Honestly, this is not even close to as bad as the pneumonia & the chemo. At least my head is clear & I can breathe. Spring is coming, I know it is and there are better days ahead for all of us.

I want to go see the ponies swim. I wish I could see a whale. 

Thank you to anyone who read that. I am grateful for your posts & your strength. Back to lurking.

I signed up for the facebook site, but now don't know how to get to it.  Help.

Queen...sorry your having so much pain. I wish I could do something for you! I didn't have rads so I don't know what it's like. You have been through so much already. It will get better. Hang in there...Hugs to you!

Queen, I'm sorry the rads are so bad. Have you tried the saline compress? That helped me while it was on. I also bandaged myself up pretty completely once I put on the silvadene, which reallyhelped a lot. The rubbing from my clothes was harsher than I realized. But nothing works likes those blessed opioids. Rads was possibly the worst pain of my life. But once it starts healing it does progress pretty quickly. Sending you healing thoughts and very gentle hugs...

re swimming ponies...are you planning a trip to Chincoteague? (Sorry if you already mentioned that and I missed it.) That sounds so wonderful and magical.

ToastieCat, I have not tried the saline compress. I soak bandages in saline and place them on my breast? Where's the recipe? I am going to try this tomorrow. I'll get over to the pharmacy.What do you mean wrapped up after Silvadene? Whatever it it, it sounds like a good idea & something that might help. I'm going to do a search.

I'm not supposed to exercise & make sweat for a few days to help it heal. Feeling fat & not wantiing to break my walking routine but ok.

Glad you found the recipe! Hope it helps.

When I was using the silvadene, I would slather it on really thick (using a few q tips) and then cover what the biggest gauze pad I could find, around 5 inches square. It you open up the fold on one side you get twice the coverage. It took 2 - 4 to cover the whole area. Then I would use paper tape to tape the bandages down to unburnt skin, or if you can stand the tightness on your skin, a tank top with a built in bra might be enough to hold them in place. Or you could also wrap an ace bandage around your whole chest, which is what a friend of mine did.

Pm me your email address. We gotta get you in our group!

Cindi... I PM'ed you a message it was me but issues... no worries though!

Queen--swimming with the manatees is over in Crystal River, FL.  It's about an hour north of Tampa.  I was suppose to go in May, but then found out that I wouldn't have the experience I'm hoping for because the manatees leave the area around the end of February.  

Hi Cindi...So glad your doing well with the rads so far.

I'm starting to feel like myself again....more energy...love it!

Cindy - great news that rads is being so kind to you. What cream are you using? Or perhaps it is simply that different people react differently. I have had 11 treatments and only a bit itchy so far - keeping my fingers crossed. I am using lubriderm in the morning and kukui nut oil at night on my breast to moisturize. 

Oh yes,  I didn't start using the cream untill a week ago. and now I put it on two times a day.

Cindi so happy for you that rads is going well!...



It is interesting that most of us Sept. girls are fast approaching our 1 year anniversary since DX. I know I am going for my first mammogram since DX the end of May. I imagine I will have anxiety going in. It was the end of May last year that the Radiologist basically said it was picture perfect BC, but I didnt get the official pathology until June 12. We have all come so far, this damn disease sure does create havoc in our lives. Not a day goes by that I don't think of cancer.



We are strong though, and coming out the other side. We have been bald, sick, sore, but we have been there for each other. I hope you are all doing well.