The Hermit Club

Beautiful posts Teka

Great quote Teka!



Sending good thoughts and hugs to all.

Hermits all safe?  Crazy world.  My students all want to talk about the eight year old victim.  They always zero in on whomever they can relate to within a tragedy.  So sad.

Se's everywhere.  Hoping everyone is able to manage...  Thinking of you all.  Be safe.

thanks Cam I am, but tired it was so informational....can't wait til next year...

sorry Jazzy.....{{{{{{{{{{{hugs}}}}}}}}}}}

beautiful flowers, love them!!!

me too...turned it over, they were looping, it was making me dizzy

Hi ladies....Skittle, how very difficult.  My daughter is an adult, so she understands...my son however cant see to grasp it. Boston is his favorite city in the entire universe (his whole room is Redsox) and I can see that he doesn't know how to react.  I told him just to pray for everyone. 

I hope you are all happy and peaceful today.  I found out that my MRI results are ready for me to pick up today. You can be sure that I am going to frantically rip open that packet AS soon as I get into the car.   I will be relieved to finally have more answers.  I know your hearts are all with me. I will post later today or tomorrow after I see the BS.  

Love to you all,

Laurie

Camille...hugs and love to you. Thank you.

Ladies...Ok...I believe it is good news if I am understanding the MRI report correctly.  Here is what it says:

Right Breast: Biopsy changes of the upper outer right breast with associated small seroma or hemotoma 9mm.  Low signal focus centrally probably represents a biopsy clip. There is only minimal, wispy linear adjacent enhancement superior to the biopsy cavity. This is located within 2 cm of the superior margin of the clip.

There is no discrete mass or suspicious enhancement elsewhere with the breast to suggest multicnetric disease. However, in situ malignancy may not exhibit significant enhancement as evidenced by the minimal enhancement seen associated with the biopsy changes.  The breast consists of scattered fibroglandular elements. No parenchymal enhancement elsewhere. No morphologically abnormal lymph nodes..

Impression:  Biopsy changes along the outer breast. There is no evidence to suggest multicentric or contralateral disease. However, in situ may not exhitbit significant enhancement on MRI. Continued mammographic followup recommended.

BIRADS : 6, knowsn proven malignancy, right 2; 2 benign, left.

The only thing that I was confused about was the last line that says "right; 2". Does that mean there is another spot other than the known DCIS?

ANY help with interpreting this report would be appreciated. I couldn't wait get home to share this with all of you. Thank you for helping me. I see the BS tomorrow am.

XOXOXO

Laurie

Markat,

Taking the time to respond to me with all that you have going on just touches my heart. Thank you.

My prayers continue to be with you and your mama.  Thank you so much for keeping us updated. I will continue to be there for all of you through every life journey you chose to share.

Hugs and love,

Laurie

Hi ladies: Busy week at work, started with the personal trainer too (so far so good).

Markat- I had a nurse when I was in the hospital last year for abdominal surgery that I fondly referred to as Nurse Rachet. The nurses would come in to give you that shot in the stomach at night for blood clots and most would pinch the skin to deliver the shot, she plunged it into my stomach! I am constantly reminded not everyone who works in healthcare is nice. I am sorry that nurse was mean to your mom and glad you fired her.

Teka- love the crocuses! Love the photo!

Laurie- your MRI report sounds good, nothing on the other side. Can you ask someone about that section you need clarity on? 

Cami- you are always filled with such kind and supportive words for us all.

Skittle, Blondie, FLWarrior, B girl, Grover, Whaeva, Lily, and everyone else, hope you are hanging in there!

I am doing better since monday. My friends double loss touched upon my own from the loss of my mother and my aunt (her sister) two months apart last year. I am in the zone now with the year anniversary of both of their deaths and it is very much on my mind. So my friends loss sort of threw me back into my own grief again on monday. 

I decided to detach from the whole marathon bombing thing but saying prayers for the lost lives, people injured and all those who have been traumatized by this. I just cannot handle watching the news about it.

Laurie, I'm glad these grils are availbe to u for advise--Ive never read anything and don't understand one word of u'r report, so that's why I'm glad they are there for u.

Markat of course it's rime to run into a nirse from hell, but for u'r mom its not acceptable. And I know u'r spreadig u'rself thin right now, OK so u put off the school for a while, and concentrate on u'r mom and family and work too. Geeze But do me a huge favor take care of u'rself along the way. U'r mom would not like it one bit uf u get to overwelmed and u know that. So give u'rself u'r time sometime so u can recharge, And of course tell us everything about u'r mom.

Jane I'm glad u'r treatments are so doable but rest and drink alot of water--Loads as I say. Rest whenever u can.

Jazzy sometimes we think back and it's sad, what we lost and the time went so fast. allow u'rself u'r sad time, why not.

It's Friday eve everyone so most Mon-to Frid peeps are looking forward to the weekend--I still do cuz Joey's home from school--that's my bonus. So have a good day, and rest, relax or work whatever u need to do but always be good to ur'selves, u al deserve it.

Hi Cami- wow, lots of rain your way? Joey is home from school, your buddy!

It got very cold here and hard freeze warnings. Brought my potted plants inside, and covered what I could not bring in from outside. Worried about my tender new trees that are budding out right now.

Markat- I feel like I do alot all the time and don't do much of anything very well. I think it is the lot of women in this world as we wear many hats, caring for husbands and children, our jobs, homes, etc. I have tried to just spend my time on what I really must do- things for my health, my work, my home, and my relationships. You have a lot on your plate and now school too (which is great) so you take care of you too.

And thanks to those who hear my grief. So much happened at once in my family and in my own world last year. I ended up putting a lot of my grief "on hold" with my own health problems, but feel some of it returning. And that is okay too, learned long ago that grief has it's own process and works its way through you. My mom and aunt lived good full lives and I am grateful for that. It was just a shock to loose both so close together (we expected my mom's passing but my aunt went very suddenly). Despite that, I am trying to be there for my friends who have lost loved ones recently too.

If I have learned anything this past year with all I have gone through (including bc) it is not to take anything (or anyone) for granted and live each day to the fullest! 

For those working this week, two more days to go!

Welcome!  

Really not important that no one gets it, just get out and refuse to discuss BC. 

Oh.,,,,I am off to my son's baseball game, so I may not be able to respond until tomorrow.

Oh Laurie have fun now--I really don't know about a lumpectomy--but u sound determined so it WILL work out the way u want.

lwood--u'r in the same pace as almost everyone has een, but we made it known big time--so don't feel alone at all. Well actually we do want to be alone but thst wil slowlu leave. Most os us have gone back into our world but I've retired so I do my choosing when I won't to go out and see people--it just depends on the day for me. But we all get it here so come and rant, vent or be happy whatever u want we're with u.

Hermits- oh boy, I am watching Hannibal for the first time. I know a couple of you have talked about it previously. 

Lwood-welcome. We hermits are a safe place for you to share and we get it. In a world that often does not. I know the hair thing is hard, I did not have chemo but my sister did and is now just at the point where she can go wigless with a super short hair cut. 

And Teka is right, sometimes you just have to do what you want to do and sometimes make the choice not discuss anything around your BC. Once you create that boundary, most people will just stop asking questions. 

Laurie- wondering about the shots of radiation thing? There are two basic types of radiation- external with the beam and internal (like I had). Sometimes the do a big of internal with surgery, sounds like that is what you may be having. Lumpectomy surgery was not bad for me, I had one on each side. The closer to the nipple area, the more pain you may have because of the nerves there. My scars have healed up nicely. What bothered me more were the sentinental node biospy incisions. You will get through this just fine.

Skittle- yes, I stay busy, too busy but I live alone so spending too much idle time does not do me good. Trying to still strike a good balance with work, and the rest. 

Going to a memorial service tomorrow afternoon for one friend's loss, sat afternoon for the others.

The West seems to be getting a big blast of winter again with cold temps and lots of snow north of here in CO.

Jazzy I'm sorry for all this that u are going thru now and u memories of sadness.  I call that aftershock--I think we tend to do that so we can worry later. Well I do anyway.

Laurie I'm glad u got some answers to u'r questions and u feel better about everything.  See it will bw fine.