Here's what cheezed me off today

And my nom-de-grandma is Meme (May-May).

feeling pissy today, I found a hardness in breast. When I went to Dr nothing showed on mammo, had US then Biopsy. So when people find out you have BC why do they say oh glad they caught it early? You dont know its stage III and it didnt show on mammo. No I didnt catch it early.

Freya, Can you donate your unused chemo pills?

Mom cheezed me off once again. When I told her that my older brother has to have his other knee replaced this year, she immediately tried to put me in a tough spot with my brother. They haven't talked to each other for quite some time and my brother doesn't want me caught in the middle. So my brother when he found out asked me for her address so he can write her and to tell her to leave him alone and to stop causing me to be put in the middle of her petty games because he said with what I am going through I don't need the hassle this causes. She knows that I am very loyal to my older brother and that he has always been very protective of me. I do keep them informed of things that I feel is important for them to know like health issues and this is as far as my brother wants me to go for him in regards to her.

I've tried every avenue to donate the drugs, but no luck. I can understand they need to be careful in case they are contaminated or whatever.

One good thing about cancer is that it can help you see what is important to you and your life, and how much stuff is just scenery that blocks your view.

Banning people who have lived and worked, and raised families in this country for decades from returning from abroad simply because they come from countries on an arbitrary list, one that doesn't include any of the countries from which the 9/11 terrorists came? Gee I feel a lot safer today.

This executive order even covers AMERICAN CITIZENS if they hold dual citizenship. I thought I'd seen the height of insanity already, but apparently DT has a more vivid imagination than I do.

Lulu, I can barely keep up on some of the other threads. I have been "cheezed" beyond belief with the situation occurring. My husband is Canadian and although he has lived in the states for 40 years, he never got his citizenship for the fact that he thought one day our kids (who weren't even born yet) might want to get out of here.

Who thought that day would come? Of course we aren't going anywhere, but geez. When Reagan was president he did the amnesty thing. My husband and I were getting married anyway, but we had the option of him getting his green card though marriage (perhaps tougher) or simply paying a few bucks and showing documentation that he has lived in the states for years and was a good worker, etc. Heck, I think he even had an Social Security number back in the day when you just asked for one.

Now I can't say if the states are any less safe now then 30 years ago, but I feel just as safe. I have watched many atrocities in my life and have suffered my own (hence being part of BCO), but now that Trump is sitting on the golden throne, that is making everyone I know feel very unsafe. All I can say is I hope this situation shakes things up and gets the people who had the majoprity vote ticked off enough to do something today, tomorrow and in the future.

You may be just scaring yourself. Some people are prone to keloid scars, and those WILL grow for a while. Myself, I'm Caucasian, over 50 (so not in the risk groups) and I have the tendency to get them if they use surgical glue instead of steristrips so I'm sure to make the surgeon know about this. I hope that's it.

Keloid scars

This didn't cheeze me off - it really made me laugh. I saw some old friends yesterday that I hadn't seen since my BMX (they're unaware of my diagnosis and surgery). They went on and on about how great I looked, so much slimmer (I've gained a few pounds) 10 years younger, etc. I did tell them I've managed to trim a little bit off. Tee hee. Guess all you have to do to look young and healthy is chop off those huge matronly boobs.

I kinda felt bad I never told them about my surgery but I liked having an inside joke.

Haha, when my hair started coming back after chemo, of course I first got the "peach fuzz". The first 3/4" that grew was kind of wispy and whitish looking. I did not cut it, however, hey, I wanted every little milimeter of my hair at that point. Anyway, when it got about 2" long I dyed it for the first time, especially because I'd had gotten a lot of grey hairs and also a strip of darker hair than before going from my forehead to the top of my head, right in the middle. So I dyed it my normal light ash blonde. The thing is, the color got a little different on those tips that were already whitish looking so it gave a very peculiar "frosted" effect, that looked very nice especially with the new ringlet-type curls. For a few months, until I got my hair long enough that I wouldn't mourn the loss of those 3/4" ends, I kept being stopped by women all over the place to ask me what salon I was going to because that "frosted" effect apparently was really nice. I'd always answer "I don't think you want to go to that salon, it's about $17k a pop and I had 4 treatments to get my hair like this."

seachain, I could imagine the look on their faces . I colored my hair when it was at about an inch. The thing is, the color didn't take the same and I ended up with orange hair... yikes. At that point I wasn't sure what to do. I didn't want to try and fix it, but I couldn't stand the thought of looking at it either. I ended up shaving it off figuring I would start fresh next time. I went to a salon when it grew back an inch or so for the first color and all was well again.

Honestly if it were me I'd look for another surgeon. Can you imagine how it would feel if after surgery you'd have any issues and try to get hold of him?

So Cancer sucks big time.My DIL aunt who used to be my neighbor had ovarian cancer, she has been declared NED since Sept. We reconnected and she was going to come to chemo with me and be by my side. She just found out it has gone to her brain and she had brain surgery went to WINE with my BFF who has been by my side since my DX and every dr appt surgery etc support for my kids, her husband just DX with prostate stage 4. WTH? Sorry feeling kinda sad tonite and selfish.

Goingcrzy, You have every reason to be ticked off. Sometimes it seems like there is cancer everywhere we look and go. You are still way too close to your treatment, etc. for things like that to not bother you. I would think you are emotionally healthy. Feel free to come here and vent. We are a pretty good group.

BTW, I just found out my daughter's tutor died from cancer. He had it when I was going though treatment five years ago and we parted ways because he was getting weak and I didn't want my daughter to think everyone had cancer and that it was normal. Sad he passed and glad I didn't. Selfish?

Rohanna, lump results?