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  • Pashe309
    Pashe309 Member Posts: 16
    edited August 2013

    I hate that I will not be able to make lunch with you wonderful women. I'll be visiting family this weekend. Have a great lunch.p

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  • odie16
    odie16 Member Posts: 1,882
    edited August 2013

    Never too late McKatherine....



    *** Reminder - luncheon tomorrow at Bungalow Alehouse in Woodbridge at 12:30 p.m. Reservation is under the last name Quick. Looking forward to it....

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  • relocatedtarheel
    relocatedtarheel Member Posts: 159
    edited August 2013

    I'm tempted to try to come...if I'm very very still my pain is manageable...I think the drive would tire me too much :-(

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  • McKatherine
    McKatherine Member Posts: 300
    edited August 2013

    Relocated - if you think you're up for it, I'd be happy to come pick you up! PM me your phone number if you decide to go. I'll leave around 12:00. :)

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  • odie16
    odie16 Member Posts: 1,882
    edited August 2013

    Had a good time today though we missed some friends. Our next lunch will be September 7th at Coastal Flats in Fairfax Corner.

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  • relocatedtarheel
    relocatedtarheel Member Posts: 159
    edited August 2013

    I am so hopeful that I can attend next time. .should be in the sweet spot...post surgery, pre chemo. tomorrow will be one week since my surgery. Off meds except for antibiotic and one pain pill at night. Can't believe just 5 weeks ago my life was happy and normal

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  • odie16
    odie16 Member Posts: 1,882
    edited August 2013

    We would love to have you join us relocated. You have a path to follow but will get back to normal (May just be a slightly different normal)...hugs

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  • LuvSnow
    LuvSnow Member Posts: 229
    edited March 2014

    Darn, I'm so mad I missed it! Unfortunately I had an unexpected laparotomy almost two weeks ago...left me with a 9" vertical incision, making standing straight up a challenge. Still waiting on path, but am hopeful.



    Potomac Mills is just a few miles from me....I can't believe I missed lunch with you ladies :(

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  • relocatedtarheel
    relocatedtarheel Member Posts: 159
    edited August 2013

    Hey ladies. I feel back in the real world a bit finally. Surgery Was Aug 5, bilateral mastectomy. They found a tiny bit of cancer in one of 4 nodes. My incisions aren't healing well and I may have to have them cleaned out and restitched. I hope to have the drains out soon. Getting super nervous about the impending chemo...its all syncing in. I'm definitely looking forward to lunch next month...I feel pretty isolated

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  • Cuetang
    Cuetang Member Posts: 575
    edited August 2013

    Sorry I had to bail out of lunch at the very last minute, but I'll be there for the September lunch! 

    Relocatedtarheel -- hope you've gotten your drains out now and that the stiches are starting to heal properly.  Please do join us at the next lunch!

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  • Cuetang
    Cuetang Member Posts: 575
    edited August 2013

    Hi ladies-- I just had an acquaintance diagnosed with DCIS. Unfortunately, my BS, Dr. Vargas is not accepting new patients. Anyone have a BS in the Fairfax area that they would recommend? Thanks!

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  • mary625
    mary625 Member Posts: 1,056
    edited August 2013

    I would recommend Dr. Elizabeth Feldman at Reston Breast Specialists -- office in the complex near Reston Hospital.

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  • placid44
    placid44 Member Posts: 497
    edited August 2013

    I would recommend the Inova Breast Care Center (multiple surgeons).

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  • Cuetang
    Cuetang Member Posts: 575
    edited August 2013

    Thanks!!

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  • relocatedtarheel
    relocatedtarheel Member Posts: 159
    edited August 2013

    I can't say enough good things about Dr Sebastian...with Reinsch Pierce Family Center For Breast Health at the virginia hospital center. She took so much time with me, her office is soooo responsive and she made excellent recommendations for oncologist and plastic surgeon.

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  • relocatedtarheel
    relocatedtarheel Member Posts: 159
    edited August 2013

    I have to go back into surgery on Monday to remove some skin from and around my incisions that just didnt get good bloodflow back after my mastectomies. It will be exactly 3 weeks past my initial surgery. Don't know if this will push back my chemo.

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  • mary625
    mary625 Member Posts: 1,056
    edited August 2013

    Relocated: Sorry to hear this. Perhaps it will just be a minor procedure. Is it skin necrosis? I had that but did not go back to surgery for it. However, it was a 3 month (yes, that long) healing process so maybe it would have been better if I did. I hope it doesn't delay your chemo. I know that it was hard for me to have anything delayed or rescheduled as I just wanted to get it over with! Where are you going to have your chemo?

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  • Cuetang
    Cuetang Member Posts: 575
    edited August 2013

    Hang in there RelocatedTarheel!

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  • odie16
    odie16 Member Posts: 1,882
    edited August 2013

    Hope everyone is doing well and ready for a holiday weekend. Relocatedtarheel, hope your surgery went well and you are feeling better....



    ~~~~ Reminder, the next luncheon is on September 7th at Coastal Flats in Fairfax Corner. Please RSVP to me by next Thursday so I can make the reservation....

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  • dessert1st
    dessert1st Member Posts: 190
    edited August 2013

    Hi Odie, I am a maybe - it all depends how much I get done for the shower I am hosting on Sunday! 

    Want to join you all to see you and get your thougths on your PS recommendations.  I think I need a second opinion on whether I need to exhange my implant. I am sooo not happy.

    Enjoy the long weekend!!

    Judy

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  • relocatedtarheel
    relocatedtarheel Member Posts: 159
    edited August 2013

    Odie I am a yes for lunch and I can't wait! My surgery Monday went well, the incisions look so much better and he only had to remove a small section of just dead skin.I am supposed to get my last drain out tomorrow...that will make me feel like a new woman.



    Judy-Dr. Bedri is my PS and he is incredible.

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  • mary625
    mary625 Member Posts: 1,056
    edited August 2013

    I will attend on September 7th. Can't wait to meet you all!

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  • Cuetang
    Cuetang Member Posts: 575
    edited August 2013

    yay, I can't wait either (reconfirming again here!).  Odie-- are you setting a time as well?  I'm going to extend the invitation to two BC friends that aren't on BCO and see if they are interested in joining.

    relocatedtarheel--yay good news!  hope you are drain free right now!

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  • McKatherine
    McKatherine Member Posts: 300
    edited August 2013

    I think I will be able to be there on the 7th! :)

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  • odie16
    odie16 Member Posts: 1,882
    edited August 2013

    Why don't we say noon and I will let everyone know if that changes once I call for the reservation....



    Looking forward to it.

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  • PeggySull
    PeggySull Member Posts: 686
    edited September 2013

    Odie,



    I will be there Sept 7 at noon at Coastal Flats. I will be having revision surgery on the following Monday so it will be especially helpful to see you all before!



    Hugs,

    Peggy

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  • placid44
    placid44 Member Posts: 497
    edited September 2013

    Odie,



    I will be there on September 7...Thanks.

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  • fredntan
    fredntan Member Posts: 1,821
    edited September 2013

    there is vegfest in DC sept 28 a sat? from 11-6. one of the speakers had thyroid cancer. no treatments but diet and exercise for year and tumor gone. 

    www.dcvegfest.com

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  • relocatedtarheel
    relocatedtarheel Member Posts: 159
    edited September 2013

    I can't wait to see you all on Saturday! Have any of y ou read/follow 'The China Study'?

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  • Pashe309
    Pashe309 Member Posts: 16
    edited September 2013

    Hey, if its not to late , Odie sign me up to attend lunch. I would love to attend.

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