Tampa area BCO sisters II

I'm Blessed. NO cancer!!!

Galsal- Great news!

Movers happened yesterday and I'm in the new digs.

Question? Any recommendations on a Cardiologist? Saw a Neurologist today to learn what was causing my big memory troubles. Nope, nothing from the Dementia realm. Instead, I've had quite a number of TIAs over the years.

Thanks. Hope to see you all soon. Well, maybe not as soon as we'd like, given the scope of the CVOID and all.

Sally

Thanks. I now live here in Countryside so that's good. I'll see if he's in my Plan. We might have, then again my memory isn't good one bit. At times I forget things from two hours ago!

Prayers for ALL that you stay healthy and virus free during this global mess!

Hi all, sorry I’ve been absent, had to take a break!

Galsal, I’m in Eastlake, just down the road from you:)

Hope everyone is doing well!

lol, I haven’t done anything with my hair but shampoo and deep condition for 3 weeks! No heat, no styling products, nothing. My hair must be so confused! 😂

Also doing tons of beauty/skin treatments that I have a hard time doing when I’m working and need to look decent lol, yay for self care in isolation!!

Great to hear from you!

Galsal, same here:)I still feel new and we’ve been here almost 5 years. But I lived in the same place I was born and raised in until moving here so it was a shock. We absolutely love it here though:)

My MOs practice has an office in Holiday in Pasco. Dr Hansalia. There is an office in Trinity too on 54 I think. comprehensive hematology and oncologist is the practice name

My BS is at Morton Plant in Clearwater. That would really be far for you. He did both my surgeries. I guess they could recommend someone more up your way, or you could consider Moffitt in Tampa.

Glad to see everyone is doing well. I was on break for a while too, but I'm back. My hair has grown a lot during the pandemic. Lots of root touch-ups for the past couple of months but I just came back from my hair stylist's loft. Got some color, yay!

Oh, and I feel like Darth Vader when I wear my face mask in public.

I miss all of you! Looking forward to meeting you, GalSal.

I found Dr Torr Carmaine as a surgeon in Inverness. Went to him for a biopsy, and he is very calm, patient and gentle. Very happy with him and the office. Going to see Dr Fausta at FCS in Lecanto Monday. He is recommended by a friend and also by Dr Wright in Tampa. So comfortable with that choice as well, tho I havent met him.

Going to Carmaine for results this afternoon. I did already get an email from Quest which turns out to have the results in it. ILC, looks like grade 9, unknown stage. Hard to understand much of the report. Looks I think like ER+, PR and Her2-. Possibly. Will hear more later. Shocked, but not shocked. Just wonder if it is a recurrence, with an Oncotype of 2 and bilateral mastectomy seems really unlikely. Feeling bummed.

Thanks, SpecialK!! Good to see a friend on here. I go to my Onco, correct name Fonseca, Monday afternoon. PET scan Mon morning, same FCS location, so hopefully he will have the results. According to surgeon who had already spoken with him it will be a more systemic treatment, with drugs first, to see if can shrink tumor/s. So chemo for me, something I am pretty scared of. But I think the newer pill form. Possibly radiation or the surgery to remove down the line. Still in shock from the news. He said that because it is a recurrence it is automatically Stage 4, which I wasnt prepared for.