Starting Chemo March 2015

My musings for the day...

14-yr-old girls are difficult to raise! My DD is great 90% of the time. But the other 10%...OMG!!!! She is so independent and stubborn that she won't listen to me and she loves to argue. I swear she will make a great attorney some day because she has an argument for everything. Sometimes I just look at her and wonder where I went wrong LoL. Other times I am beaming with pride at the lovely young woman she is becoming.

My chickens are finally laying eggs. I had to start with a new batch of chicks about six months ago and they have finally hit egg-laying maturity. I love going out to the coop and collecting eggs every day. It just reminds me of a simpler time. Plus eggs are getting expensive so it's nice to get a little break there.

We did a game night last night and played a new game for about an hour. Had a really good time with DH and DD. Then the phone rings and it is someone wanting a donation for breast cancer research. I politely said that in the past year I've already given both my breasts, over $8000, and countless hours to breast cancer and I just don't have anymore to give. She wouldn't give up and kept asking for smaller and smaller dollar amounts so I hung up on her. I don't usually hang up on people but she just wouldn't take no for an answer. The thing that pissed me off the most is that after playing a game with the family I managed to forget about cancer (for an hour) and then she had to go and remind me!

That's all...just rambling because I'm bored at work

Beka

Today is my cancerversary. I'm ok with that. Except I have a pea-sized lump under my jaw line......I'm going to try to get an appt with my primary doc on Monday since I'm off.

E- what a year, eh? You made it. I had so many emotions last month. Let them flow and enjoy your new job. In your pocket for that stupid GD lump tomorrow how annoying that it just never ends.

Karen I hope tomorrow is the most boring dr appt EVER!!!

Hugs to all had my second cataract preop today. Procedure is Friday. Much less nervous this time.

Hi all, I've been thinking of everyone. It am behind in reading far back posts. Eileen, thinking of you today. I do like having some of you as friends on Facebook! It reminds of the only good to come from my cancer which is our new friendships/bonds. I'm looking forward to someday meeting all of you. We are getting ready to travel to Florida for a soccer tournament and Disney/Universal. It was hard to give myself permission to go on vacation after all the time I've been off work but I am pretty sure I deserve a nice vacation! We all do for that matter! Maui is a dream for me....enjoy. 😊 Has anyone else flown with TE's? Just not sure what to expect at airport security. I have a notefrom my doctor.

Warm hugs to all!

Carrie, I flew w my TE. I was very concerned - had my documentation in order. It was uneventful. :0)

My lumpy thing is new, but I'm not going to worry. I'll go in but not fret until there is something to fret about - at least that's the plan. I let my breast lump linger because it never occurred to me that I would have cancer. This lump is getting checked out.

So my daughter did her ob/gyn rotation recently and we were talking about mammograms and their use diagnosing cancer as part of routine screening. My question for you - were you diagnosed via a general mammo or did you feel something?

Good medical vibes to all.

Mammogram on one side, then MRI on the other (not visible on mammogram). Neither was palpable; they were both too deep.

Eileen, for me it was mammo which found "architectural distortion". There was nothing palpable.

Architectural distortion sounds so fancy!

I found mine by accident. I was still 2 years before even the earliest mammo recommendations. I get why they don't want to be doing unnecessary tests that can be costly and scary, but I would always prefer the stress and inconvenience of having them to nothing.

For those of you who have had your port removed, was it full sedation? They're telling me I need a driver afterward but my MO made it sound like they'll only do local anesthetic.

I found mine. Spent a week telling myself it was a normal perimenopause change after finding that on Google, but eventually the "what ifs" got louder, so I scheduled an appointment and you know the rest. I'm one of those with dense breast tissue and had a history of clean mammograms.

I drove to and from my port removal.

I found my lump both times, but my good friend who just finished chemo found out about hers at her first screening mammo at 40 years old.

I had my port out with conscious sedation, or twilight sleep. I would have rather been out, as I was paralyzed with fear, even more than the first surgery and chemo. I think the stress accumulated. Anyway, the twilight sleep was fine, I was able to communicate during the procedure, but wasn't bothered, and I don't remember much about it.

Mine was found on a routine mammo. It was very deep and neither the Drs. nor I could feel anything. I had a baseline mammo at 35 due to family history, and mammograms every year since 40. I was 4 months overdue for the mammo that found my cancer (16 months since last one). I often wonder if I had done it on time if would have been found, or if would still have been too small to detect. Probably would have been found and may have been under 1 cm. I was 57.

I had my annual physical today and my PCP talked me into a pap. I have never had a non-gyno do a pap. Boy, did the PCP lack the skill of a gyno. Hurt like hell!!! Even bleeding afterward.

And then she tells me I need to have a colonoscopy. Been 5 years since my last and they wanted me back in 5 years. Geez, I know screening saves lives but what a pain in the ass---literally!!!

Add me onto the list. I am one of the ones who might have an issue with April. But don't let that hold you back.