Anyone want to sit and wait with me?

Colleen, just dropping by your Waiting Room to say hi and congratulate you on the good idea.

I'm not waiting for anything in particular just now, but Ive done my share of waiting and I know how neat it would have been to have a place like this.

I can't help noticing the comfy chairs, all velvety, and those fluffy pillows, and oooh, the coffe table made of ancient wood, and the fresh wildflowers. While I'm here I'll grab a mocha latte from your bar, and I've brought some cashew nuts for your guests.

I'll be thinking of you, and dropping by for any news, I sure hope for the best possible news.

See ya!

Waiting is the worst Coleen! {HUGS} What a fantastic idea to wait together. Question, wouldn't Rads take care of any stray cells left in the breast? Hoping that all will be ok. 💞

My wait is long, I have a CT scheduled in November to check my lung. I am hoping the spot is gone or the same as the previous CT.

For me I spend my days with the twins and looking for ways to improve my energy levels and combat this new nausea that has developed. Yay cancer!

I am leaving quilts for the chili days or to just curl up with. A few paperbacks as well... whoo couldn't use a good book to get lost in?! 😉

Colleen,

At what sort of facility have you been receiving tx? Have you felt confidence in your MO up to now? Even as you wait for their tumor board to meet, you can still arrange for a second opinion elsewhere. My tx was somewhat similar to yours, but they kept palpating the area to check for response during chemo. Me, at this juncture I would absolutely want a second opinion asap, even if I had to pay out of pocket.

I'd want to know if two independent expert sources tell me essentially the same thing. It is essential that you receive the benefit of the best possible advice asap.

Don't worry about seeming like a difficult patient, go for what you need, if I learned anything during tx it was to stay strong even when I felt like mush and to (politely) stand up for what I thought was right.

I notice that your waiting room has an adjacent gym, great, those bench pressing machines are top of the line, I'll go try them.

Cyn - did you have an Oncotype test done? It was a deciding factor for me with the Chemo decision. My score was somewhat low 21, so I opted out, did Rads and now Tamoxifen.

A gym - oh the dream of having the energy to use something, anything in there!!

What have you got there now, Colleen. A 24-hour bar, with iced teas and juices and frappes and spring waters...Oh, you shouldn't have [she says as she grabs a 32 oz berry smoothie and a handful of pretzels ].

It's really cozy and relaxing in here.

Love the breathing page that I see on the 48 in. monitor.

Gotta say, Vampeyes, after one of these special smoothies, you'll have energy like Popeye.

I think I'll call it a night. Good seeing everyone, good night.

There's meditative breathing time, and then there's the big dance. Party in the waiting room!

Now is the time on Sprockets when we dance!

@cjzach10

I'm with you.i don't trust doctors. For a variety of reasons.

Oh, I found the pretzels, but now I got crumbs all over the waiting room floor sorryyy

*waves hand dismissively** Don't worry, the hunky pool boy* will clean that up. He's paid well and happy to have a tangible way to show he loves and supports you.

*For some of us, the pool girl will be by later this afternoon.

Oh Colleen, stop that googling! How do they know you didn't respond well? All the cancer is gone from the breast, correct? So maybe an MRI to make sure it has not spread, get you on Tamoxifen to help stop that estrogen. Are there any other treatments for Her2 positive?

Here's a picture of my dream pool boy to bring a smile to you. {HUGS}

love him. yummy! lol

Colleen-I'm so sorry you had a terrible night that has rolled over into today. I wish I was one of those people who didn't spend so much time researching every word in every report to try to glean additional information, but here we are, stressing about things we have read and feeling immobilized because there is nothing we can do about it.

Amica- I'm so sorry that after all of this time this shitty disease is re-interrupting your life. I hope this doesn't come out wrong or that I break some kind of cancer decorum rule (I'm new here) but I look at your signature and it looks like my stats and if someone told me I would have 20 years ahead of me before a recurrence I would cry with joy. I'm so afraid I won't get to see my babies grow up.

I've always been a positive grrl-power kind of woman, and every single thing about this cancer diagnosis has made me aware of one word. Submission. We have to submit to tests, test results, to the unknown, to doctors schedules and timelines, to our bodies being cut up, radiated, poisoned, neutered. submit submit submit. I'm not sure when the fight emotion comes into play but right now I just feel like I am nodding my head ok to whatever anyone says and just trying to get through the day. I finally got my surgery date and now I have just over one week to get my life in order before I get on the scary part of the ride. Everything up until that point is pretty much just me standing in line watching what is in front of me and trying not to freak out. Too much negativity??? Sooooo, I'm pretty certain I am bringing some fruity cocktails to this waiting room because I certainly could go for a drink right about now.....

Colleen,

Being HER2 positive, I too found it terrorizing to hang around Dr. Google.

Each situation has a unique set of circumstances, and now more than ever, oncologists tailor tx to the individual.

Now, THAT particular oncologist, I have misgivings about, and given the choice, I'd get someone else.

HER2 is tough and there is a reason I sit here with you in this waiting room, even tho nominally I am done with tx. I am waiting for the day when her2 is no longer a Damocles sword hanging up there somewhere.

As I received tx, I came to know some of the great minds in the field, and it is heartening that as we speak they are putting their minds and their souls into outsmarting her2 one variant situation at a time, one patient at a time. Progress is truly happening all the time, in part because effective meds bringo mucho dinero and raise stock values.

Let's see what the Vanderbilt people say, meanwhile, dear Colleen, I see you got busy and hired quite some pool boy. But hey, why only one? Perhaps you could ask him if he has some friends from his gym that he can bring along? We could use some baristas to fix and bring us our drinks poolside.