Winter rads 2014-2015

Wondrwoman, just a quick note. Do they still have the carousel in Aix- en- Provence? My son lived there for his junior year in college. My daughter and I went to visit him at the end of that school year and travelled a bit. Him speaking fluent French helped a lot! But Nina and I did ok on our own too. We too all went to Nice and spent Mother's Day in Paris. Wonderful time! Enjoy the rest of your trip!

An update... Saw the NP at the! Wound clinic today. The boob still looks infected so I get to do wound irrigations repacking and dressing changes for the next 2 weeks while they get Medicare to approve hyperbaric treatments for 2 to 6 weeks, 5 days a week for 2 1/2 hours each. When they probed in the wound it went the same depth as the PS did to remove the necrotic tissue from the methylene blue. With some necrotic tissue left in there and then rads the cavity under the skin never healed completely and when the skin sloughed off after rads it opened up. So much for not concentrating on the boob! I remember someone else talking about hyperbaric treatments for a seroma a while ago. Will need to go back in the posts. Thanks for listening. Only you ladies can possibly understand my frustration at this moment. I keep reminding myself that this too shall pass.

mqt, I am deeply sorry you are going through this. I believe the person who had treatments in the hyperbaric chamber was meanmomto3. I hope that helps.

Mqt64, that is really rotten luck that you're having to go through this. I certainly hope you can get the Medicare issues sorted out very soon and get on with the treatment you need and finally heal. It will pass; try to be kind to yourself and vent here whenever you like.

Rads DONE! Now all I want to do is sleep for a month! It has ny quite sunk in yet. Almost feels anticlimatic. Love, Jean

This is our list of Winter Warriors as of April 24, 2015 - We made it to the finish line.  Just look at all of us! Remember when we thought we would never get there?

October / November Start

MeneK – Oct 24 .................... MagicalBean - Oct 28......... Mmtagirl - Nov 3

MarieBernice6234 - Nov 4  ... Hope50 - Nov 5 ..................  dennyvol - Nov 5

CAS4 - Nov 6 ........................ Beachbaby65 - Nov 4 .......... CoyoteNV - Nov 10 

Lush61 - Nov 13 .................... Rosa54 - Nov 13 .................  Beachlady28 – Nov 17

Nomatterwhat - Nov 17 ......... LMVerma  Nov 18 ................ katieC12 – Nov 18

Lorrilynne - Nov 18 .............. Gongshow18 - Nov 20 .........Yikes1 - Nov 20

Birdgirl11 - Nov 23 .............  Perfectlyimperfect39 - Nov 23 Singsing1020 -

December Start

Pita119 - Dec 1 .................. SandyLovesLucy - Dec 1......... AnasNana - Dec 1

 HockeyCat - Dec 3 ......... . CanuckMom Dec 4 ................  MeanMomto3 - Dec 4

JustJean - Dec 5 ...............  runningcello - Dec 9 ............... carynbrit - Dec 10

 ForHisGlory - Dec 10 ........ Davida58 - Dec 10 ....................SCMom - Dec 11

eileenpg - Dec 16 .............. Linzer – Dec 16 ....................... WndrWoman - Dec 16

 sweetbanker - Dec 16 ........  labelle - Dec 17 .......................  Slavrich - Dec 27

InGodshands - Dec 18 ....... Catie57 - Dec 18 ........................ lilactulip - Dec 18 

 PoppyK - Dec 29 .............. kpmacmill - Dec 29 ....................  Jlynn13 - Dec 29

 gretchy - Dec 29  ...............Bellegirl - Dec 30 

January Start

reader425 - Jan 2 ................ILCMom - Jan 2 ....................... Purrrrana99 - Jan 5

Cath57 - Jan 5  .................. Professor50 - Jan 5 ....................fossf - Jan 7

Lulubelle1 - Jan 8 ............. lescover - Jan 8 .......................  Nancy6540 - Jan 12 .

Saltygirl - Jan 12  ...............aj103014 - Jan 12 .................... Fionascottie - Jan 13  

Magdalene51 - Jan 15  ...... quiggy - Jan 19  ....................... Annie88 - Jan 19

chtease - Jan 19 ................ Bippy625 - Jan 20 ......................Dacre - Jan 20

feelingoverwhelmed - Jan 20 ....KYBLUEEYES - Jan 20 ......Beachbum1023 - Jan 22

Cavalier - Jan 22 ................ mqt64 - jan 26 ........................... Sjacobs146 - Jan 26  

Windgirl - Jan 28 .................. Hotrodmommy - Jan 29

February Start

JeniferE - Feb 1 ..................  LARock - Feb 2 .............  Chrissie29 - Feb 2

gemmafromlondon - Feb 2 .keri71 - Feb 6 ....................  ladyb1234 - Feb 9

Mm68 - Feb 10 ................... CassieCat - Feb 12 ............ Texas94 - Feb 16

Leslie58 - Feb 16 ..............  farmerma - Feb 23 ............. Dotwithkitties - Feb 23

SunnySydeUp - Feb 23 .... Allmodestyisgone - Feb 24 .... brandyrose - Feb 26

Scubawoman - Feb 26

March Start -

sybilskelton - Mar 2 ............gtlucky - Mar 2  .....................  Viceroy - March 3

Kayfry - Mar 4  .....................  WheelyGirl - March 5 ............ Booklady1 - Mar 9

Hygeia - Mar 13 ....................  zjrosenthal Mar 16 ................. Shelleym1 - Mar 16 

Rad Sisters transferred to the Spring Group

Redhead01 - Mar 23

cbooklvr - April 13

Special Sister Warriors and Warriors who stopped for a visit, but for various reasons didn't stick around. No start date determined.  We wish them well.

Minnielee; surrrana99; Coloradocancermom; Shuf; bjeaneg, knittingPT, Shayne36, KGotThis, ckr1956, funthing42, MaggieCat, intothewoods

No Rads needed !! Hooray!!  ThinkingPositive .....................Mary59G

= Reported Complete

 = Should be Complete by now.

That's a Wrap!

Best of Luck to All my Winter Warrior Sisters!  Love, Hugs, and Prayers to you all.

Jana aka "CoyoteNV"

Congrats jean. Enjoy the free time and yes sleep, rest, sleep, rest and oh yeah eat.

Congratulations, Jean!

mqt, Hope this next step goes smoothly!

Thanks, everyone. Now on to rest and recover. Still have neuropathy in my feet, loose bowels and very little hair but no cancer medical appointments this week. Yeah! \●/ Love, Jean

Congrats to Jean and to everyone here. We all did it! Here's to healing and good health going forward!

Jana aka "CoyoteNV, THANK you so much for keeping track of this wonderful group of women and posting the smiles for us. I'm sure there were times you didn't feel well or energetic but you just kept working on the list and sharing with your WW sisters.

To all my winter warrior sisters... We made it!!!! What a journey we've had.

Thank you all for being part of my journey and for your never ending support. In my darker moments, you helped me find hope. We may never meet but I'll remember all of you. As time goes by our WW group may fall away, anyone wanting to keep in touch, remember the Winter Rads Facebook page or PM me.

I wish good health, healing and happiness to you all.

Thank you to breast cancer.org for giving us this board.

😁😊 🙌

Congrats, Jean! So happy for you!

Mqt, hope you feel better soon.

To all the Winter Rads Warriors, congrats on finishing this part of the journey. You've been such a source of courage and inspiration. We are stronger now than we've ever been. Wish you all the best of health and happiness moving forward

So glad you have finished and can rest Jean.

We have all finished the daily appointments yet I think of all of us with mild to more significant effects that linger. Hope healing comes to all. Such a wonderful supportive group. Great appreciation to Coyote. You did not start us but became our center.

mqt64, sorry you're going through this. Please keep us posted. Sending you gentle hugs.

Hi, I'm from the spring thread, but have a question for you Ladies. I just finished radiation treatment today (28 full breast/ 5 Boosts). I was told by both the RO and Nurse NOT to use sunscreen on the treated area (the breast all the way up to the collar bone), and to instead keep the area completely covered for 6 months! When I asked why, they said all the additives and ingredients in sunscreen can cause skin irritation to the treatment area.

Has anyone else been told not to use sunscreen? I might try to find a more natural sunscreen without a lot of additives. I definitely do not like the idea of no sunscreen, or keeping the area completely covered all summer long. What have others experienced with the use of sunscreen? Thanks!