Summer Rads 2014

Thanks for the responses, I will make it through. Especially yours, izzysmom it's easy to forget to be kind to myself. I took a four day weekend to get back on track and enjoy the beautiful fall weather.

I have a question...has anyone experienced a feeling of tightness in your lungs since completing your treatments? My last treatment was July 11 and a couple of weeks ago I felt this tightness, especially at night while lying in bed. I'm not particularly worried about it, but I don't see my MO for another four months, so am wondering if I should have it checked out.

Hope everyone is doing well.

Super tired. worked too many hours Sat Sun Mon =  23 hrs OT. had a deadline to submit prelim budget to our council. Good news is I'm taking all day tomorrow off / sleeping in. Then getting blood draw for annual testing and flu shot. Anyone else getting back on track with regular annual stuff? I need to do the Gyn too!

stephaniege, I called my MO who told me to get to the hospital right away as she mentioned the possibility of blood clots. I had a chest x-ray, ekg, blood draw, and a CAT scan. Everything came back negative. I have an appointment with her tomorrow morning so I am anxious to discuss this in detail. I was on Tamoxifen until May of this year when I had a recurrance so she switched me to Femara. I can't wait until there's a bit more normalcy in my life, if that can ever happen.

Ann

Louanne, I did a post Lx mamm and had no issues. They wanted it before I did rads. It was all clear. I did 33 rads and finished 9/10. I see BS 10/29 and RO on 11/13 for follow up, then should be done for awhile. Glad to say "I'm cancer free and a suvivor!!"

Mari, Iyzzy, mammo was clear. Yay! cancer free also Mari!! I need an eye appointment also lyzzy haven't had one in a long time. Working on the computer all day isn't good for the eyes either. See the surgeon this month, also the RO. Next month is primary care, and MO. Hope that will be it until the new year!! All of the ladies on this list are wonderful. Hope all is well with everyone. Thinking of you sunshine!! 

hi my friends!  Well, hell yes to moving on !  I finished chemo June 2nd and rads august 13...full speed ahead back to teaching k august 18 and took a day for a long weekend in the mountains to celebrate life!  Just took another day today as my old friend Daniel Baldwin brought his movie Wisdom To know the Difference, to our theatre here as a benefit for breast cancer research as his mom is also a survivor.  His life is devoted to helping others especially addicts ....a super special guy!  Before BC I would probably not have taken a day off for visitors but I realize now how our moments with special friends...our memory making moments...are far more important!  I don't worry as much and feel at peace....

As for checkups...I see my MO October 21 st...RO November 13...gyno December 4 for yearly exam amd BS December 23 when I will also have a diagnostic mammo....December 17 will be a year from my diagnosis.  

I recently went to our urgent care for a throat/ laryngitis bout that happens each October....wasn't sure if I needed to see my MO for that but urgent care was closer.  I am not as comfortable going to someone else but I guess it was ok...anyone else have that question? Do we always need to see our MO in the first few months after treatment is over??  Hope all is well....sunshineinky....hope life is getting back to normal for you too...Rosie

Hi everyone, been away from the boards for a little bit just trying
to live life with so much going on in my family both good and bad. I do
have a question to throw out throw out there. A lot of you are C/O
fatigue and weight gain which I am also going through. I saw my MO just
before I finished my rads and had blood drawn. Today I had my follow up
appt. with my MO and my TSH (thyroid levels) are through the roof and
just so happens fatigue and weight gain are symtoms of that. I know
pre-cancer my TSH was within normal range. She told me it most likely is
a side effect of rads. I showed her how high up my neck I had
discoloration and she really didn't understand why he (the rads doc)
went so high above the clavicle. I am sure they will get together and
talk about that but in the mean time I got put on synthroid, starting
off with a very low dose then increasing it little by little. I go back
Dec. 1 to have blood work then see her again a week after that. You
would not believe but one side effect of this med is MILD HAIR LOSS!!!! I
am praying I don't loose what little hair has come back!!! Just wanted
to know if anyone else has found out they also have high thyroid levels
post rads?

Char

Hi Char, I haven't checked the boards for quite sometime. Strange about the coincidence here. I found out today that my thyroid levels are sluggish. I see the Dr. on Tuesday. I'm feeling very tired with brain fog, but, not anything like the fatigue with rads. I just chalked it up to the tamoxifen. I was just reading up on the connection. It seems like tamoxifen is found to increase levels more than decrease, but I've read it can do both. My rads were just centered on the whole breast. The last time my hair was falling out anywhere near how much I'm losing now was after the birth of my son.

This board has really died down! Maybe we should start something new? Hope all of you ladies are doing well. Got an all okay from the surgeon. Next appointment in 6 months! 

hey girlfriends from summer rads! I also haven't been on boards....back to work, living life BUT would love to start another thread to keep in touch...we went through so much together...how do you start a board? I just got a book which I saw on someone's post on another board...Dancing In Limbo:: making sense of life after cancer...that's how I feel..in limbo....when I let the past year experience creep into my brain, it's super depressing...maybe others feel that way now after treatment is over...trying to get back to normal (ha!)...I think we were in warrior mode to get it done....year cancerversary coming up for a lot of us...still need support through the aftermath of our storm! Also, to keep in touch and share our bucket list adventures! Dancing in Limbo from summer rads 2014....just not sure how to start the board...peace to all of you brave warriors! Rosie

awesome Louanne! Thank you! See you all on the new board as we enter the next phase of this "dance" in limbo...Rosie...btw...the name credit is given to the book with that title Dancing In Limbo!

Greetings, have not been on this thread in a long time, I too finished rads on 7/7/14 and I am defiantly going to get Dancing in Limbo, sometimes I feel like the aftermath that people don't see is some of the hardest to deal with...... Wishing everyone a blessed day.