Chemo in Sept 08

it is interesting to "walk" through the posts as the group changed, evolved and bonded over the course of treatment. Who knew in the beginning where we would all be today. The thing that strikes me is looking and making note of the dates..differing dx time, differing surgery timeframes, chemo before, chemo after...we all had different stories but somehow we all ended up in this group in the fall of 08 and things just rolled from there. The posts are a mark of our 5 yr journey since dx...we will all mark lots of 5's this year. It has been quite a ride..and I do feel that Jane is watching over us, laughing at the crazy things we do. Lifting us up..Love my fall girls. YOu all have made a HUGE difference in my life!!!

Happy Dancing as the days roll forward to fall and to meeting up with a bunch of wonderful friends!

Greetings! I have searched for you all for a while. I am your sister-in-spirit, started chemo Sept. 08, didn't know bc.org existed. Joined once I got into rads in Jan or Feb 09. and hey , ya, I'm still here! despite my humungous , aggresssive tumor. For a very long time I would not let any dr. tell me my stage, for fear of being caught in some sort of statistics mind-set and falling into depresssion.

I drank pure cabbage juice upon being dx, which prettty much gave me total diarhea through surgery & for 6 weeks until the digestive lining renewed its cells. But I like to think it was so awful the cancer cells just had to run away. I secretly took milk thistle tincture, preapred by a local organic herbalist, right after each chemo. I had no port. My veins shrank in fright. I hated that disgusting red colour of the E in FEC. But I worked at my own job, which I did at home, all through. I would get up at about 3 am, start work, collapse at noon. I detested the taste of water. Improved my gums a lot by flossing & brushing about 5 times a day as mouth tasted like a garbage pit. Once made the mistake of trying to take our garbage to the dump, in winter. I got out of the car, looked at the frozen field of mud, snow & garbage, and let out a retch that could be heard for miles. They had to get the most experienced infusion nurse to play a little "blow out the birthday candles on the cake" game with me to get the friggin needle in by the end. Ah, memories of chemo! but you know, the whole time I was on such a high to be alive people asked my dh if i was on drugs.(happy ones)

I thinl I will read up on your bios from time to time today. Have a lovely day - nice to see your 5 yr meeting pic from Tennesee.

late to the party but glad to meet you, Arlene

I do have a question about aromatase inhibitors. since most of you, if ER+, would be close to finishing 5 years of it, or of tamoxifen. How many are going on to more years of arimidex? that will soon be coming up for me.

! more year of Tamox for me. My onc wants to switch me to an AI for a couple years, then Evista.

Juli

Happy Thanksgiving, right back atcha! xoxox

Merry Christmas to all my beautiful sisters! Love you all! xoxox

6 YRS girls! Most of us have hit the mark this summer or are coming up on it. I Love you to the moon and back! Happy Cancerversary to all of you!! 

Hey sweet gal, I just wandered in here out of the blue.  This fall weather has definitely got me feeling a longing for the mountains. We did say we would aim for next year, right?  Love you, much...

Love you girls and hope Thanksgiving is good to you. Love and Hugs. Missing our laughter.

Almost Christmas again. The clock spins, the calendar turns and each day is new. Love you girls and hope your holidays are awesome.

Missing you girls, missing laughter and smiles and fun memories. Love you girls and hope that all is well with you.

It seems that the depression that began after we had such a great time together continues to grow. 2 yrs of pain and anguish. I wonder some days if I will ever laugh again, ever cry..(nope even i can't drum that up) an empty shell walking through life and I don't know exactly when it began. Don't know if I will ever recover from this round. I am surrounded by circumstances beyond my control, filled with anger that I seem to be just floating in the wind and wishing I had a friend to share it with. Life has become SO hard. For so long I have tried to keep my head above water. Think of me girls...life is swallowing me alive.

AWWWW that time of year, the mornings are cool, the evening sky is vibrant and the wanderlust for the mountains begins....