Winter 2013-2014 Rads

Marie - congratulations.  I understand about the post-treatment blues.  I've been prone to unexplained weepiness for no reason.  Hope the group is good.  Do let us know.

Thanks Red for the verification.  I signed up for Look Good/Feel Better.  I just didn't feel like going during treatment so I'll go in May.   Also I'm signing up for 'chair yoga' whatever that turns out to be.  And I got the OK from my BS to do water aerobics w/my port in place.  Hope I'll get the OK from MO tomorrow too.  Onward & upward!!

Hope you're feeling better Flagirl.  I too got sick with cough and fever immediately after rads, not during.  By immediately I mean the very night I finished.  I thought I was having hot flashes from the Arimidex I started that night.  Turned out to be 102 fever.  Not associated with anything but flu, but it's so hard to tell in the middle of all the other treatments.  Healing thoughts for you tonight.

Flagirl, good luck with the last 4 treatments. We'll have a pocket party on your last day, to cheer you on. 

Mimi, long time no see. Missed you.

BigD, missing you too babygirl. 

Yay for only 1 poke Mimi. Don't fret, it probably is just nerves repairing themselves. I asked about it at my last tamoxifen meeting and 1/2 the girls there were experiencing the same. 25% were getting it in to good breast too. Not sure why, but tests showed nothing there. Wear something with big pockets and we'll come with you Monday.

Mimi I have had 32 RAD treatments and not one blood test.  Not one blood test from surgeon, oncologist or radiologist.  I find that very weird.  On my last treatment tomorrow and I will be ALL DONE!  Cough is subsiding and I am getting my energy back.  Good luck everyone only two more days before the weekend break.  I will be checking in now and then.  I thank all of you for your support and good info.  This site has helped me a great deal and given me the courage and the where with all to get through this.

Have a great weekend all, I will pop back in and let you know how I do post RADS. HUGS

I'll sip a little wine to celebrate for Flagirl.  Soon you'll forget you ever went for those treatments.  Hurrah!

Flagirl, I found it took about 2 weeks after rads finished before I just looked tanned and not burned, and before the majority of my skin problems were gone. Glad to hear that the Epsom Salt baths are helping. I found the underside of my breast took the longest to heal - maybe another week after all else was good. By then I had switched from the Glaxal base lotion to the cream. I found it eliminated the friction better thus allowing my body to continue healing. It's thicker and hung around a lot longer too, without wrecking my clothes. Totally topless is the best, no creams or lotions at all, but it disconcerts people at the mall. lol

Hope your appointment goes well, we'll be there for you. Hugs.

Happy Mother's Day! Today my puppy was born (yorkie).  We named him Pips, he weighs 3 oz at birth. 

So happy, can't wait to get him home - July 6th. He is local so I will be able to visit him weekly til he is old enough to come home.  I now have something else to focus on besides BC!! He should be about 5 lbs at maturity.

red LOL too cute, hope you enjoyed your day!

Mimi, what kind of dog do you have. I have an incredibly dumb Blond Lab who weighs in at about 80 lbs and thinks she is a lapdog. I am told however, that they get smarter and calmer around 3 yrs old, so only another 4 months to go. I hope. Next dog is going to be smaller for sure Flagirl. I had Yorkies the whole time I was growing up - until I met my husband who constantly bamboozles me into believing that this dog or that is only going to be 35 or 40 lbs. You think I would have figured it out by now, eh? This Lab we have now, Cleo (short for Cleopatra, she does think she owns the world) was acquired thusly....

My husband says, want to go for a burger? I said, certainly. Into the car and we drove and drove and drove. Finally, I said, where is this burger? He replied, Cambridge (about 20 miles away) and continued driving. Once in Cambridge he drove up and down little side streets forever it seemed until I said, where are we going? He replied, it has to be around here somewhere, and gave me the address. I found the place, townhouses. Hmmmm. O good, he says, and jumps out of the car, runs over to one of the townhouses and knocks. She greeted us at the door holding the cutest bundle of fur you ever did see.

And that's the story of how I went out for a burger and came home with a puppy.

The end. 

Lol, MinusTwo - it does make a good story, but boy, I am almost as dumb as the dog.

red cute story! You will get you yorkie lap dog some day; plenty if time for that!

Red - I have a female golden retriever named Peggy, so that makes her Peggy O'Neill.  Maybe you know that Irish drinking song that was special to me and my DH.  She is just a year old.  I had to have my precious dog put down and could not live even two days alone.  a female golden was supposed to be smaller.  She is one big girl, long legged and slender even at 75 lbs.  Even the vet is surprised at her height.  Maybe she was a Las Vegas showgirl in her previous life.  I however an barely 5'2" and no one ever called me slender.  The advantage here is I don't need to lean down to pet her back, and she can rest her head on top of mine while sitting on the front steps.  

Sorry Slow Deep Breaths, I cannot help with the under arm symptom.  But surely somebody can.

I edited to correct crazy auto corrects. My computer is in for repair and I'm stuck with a very old iPad.

Hello all,

It's been about three and a half months since my radiation ended and I'm having some serious pains in the area under my arm and on the side of my breast. My range of motion is also very limited now. Anyone else having this pain? It started about a month ago. I'm doing some arm exercises, like making large circles with my arm, which seems to help a bit.