Positive Girls Club

Lori,
I pray the best for you. I live just down the mountain from you. Maybe we can try to get together and help each other.

Sheila

Lori--my thoughts and prayers are with you also. I'm so grateful that you started this thread back then, it's given me something to hold on to as I begin my BC journey and has already brought me great comfort.

Sheila--it's so heartwarming to see you jump in and offer to help Lori. That is the kind of thing that makes all of you so very special to me and makes me so proud to know you all.

And now my positive for the week: After the biggest battle yet with my HMO, I will get my 2nd biopsy done at the cancer center where I wanted it done to begin with. That is on Monday and next Friday I see the oncologist for the results so we can finally start my treatment. All that's left for the HMO to approve is the actual chemo itself and I'm sure they'll stall but I don't think they can deny that one! I'm not looking forward to the chemo regimen but I will be thrilled to be taking action against the cancer at last

Holding you all close in my heart and wishing you a wonderful weekend.

Sharon

Hi ladies.

My positive this week - I reached the first anniversary of my mast. I had a lovely family photo taken by a great photographer and it was brilliant. It sort of gently washed away the year, showing my new chemo curls at their best, and surrounded me with such a loving family.

Lori - you are the rose. I will keep you in my prayers.

Valerie and Jule, lovely to see you here, and love your energy Jule - you always make me smile. Val, you have my thoughts too for a difficult time.

Big hugs to everyone and have a lovely weekend.

Lori - I'll keep you in my thoughts and prayers, too. I hope that once all the tests and scans are finished that you know what's going on and, then, you'll be able to deal with it.

My first positive for this week is that I've made it through another week of rads. I'm past the halfway point now, 19 of 35 down, only 16 to go. The doc added 2 more boosts at the end that I hadn't counted at first so I won't finish until after Labor Day, but I've adjusted my mind set to it. I haven't felt the fatigue some people talk about, but I do nod off at the computer sometimes in the afternoon. I'm red only on the collar bone with a couple of pink spots so the aloe gel and Aquaphor are working. The doc said I could use cortisone cream on the red area so I started that, too.

Another positive is that my hair is three-eighths of an inch long. I buzzed it with the clippers last week to even out the fuzz, and now I can actually see it in the regular mirror when I look. I can't wait until I get just a bit more coverage, and maybe I'll go topless.

Ladies I am new here and I am searching?
My sister has had breast cancer now 3x's in the same breast. It has metastesized into her brain and know pelvis, spinal area, left breast, with fluid build up around her heart. I was with her during the WBR, she was quiet tired and sore in her joints the first week. We went everyday for 21 days. Only 40, a mother of one child, with a husband that adores her. She tells me she is okay nothing hurts and she is capable of tending to my newphew. She is so distant and cold sometimes I can not reach her. I want to fix her, she's broken and I can not fix her. She is a warrior for 4 straight years now with no withdraw insight.
Is she telling me the truth, is there no pain?, Is she scared?, or is she at peace? Is there a time you just accept this alien as a friend and embrass it so it won't hurt you? How can I help her, what can I say to comfort her. Why won't she share what her thoughts are. Does talking about it cause reality to come fourth.
After reading so many of your posts, I had know idea that there are so many families effected by this. I am sorry that all of you have experienced such body and self seperation. Maybe I just answered my own question. Is that what is going on with my sister. Does she see her body as a different enitity than herself? Can someone please explain why she is withdrawing.

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Julie for Catherine

Hi you guys. Not too positive this week. I had to have surgery this morning to remove the implant on the left side because the infection just won't clear up. I am back to a drain again, this time named Elvis in honor of his birthday. The bright side spin to this is that the skin tissue is still good and none of it got necrotic. The ps will be able to put a new implant back in after the staph goes away. I may need an expander first but won;t know till he gets in there again.

Time to rest again and take another percoset. Anybody get the name of that Mack truck that seems to have hit me, LOL?

Hi Gals,

Sheila, I was just reading your post from the other day, and zi feel the same way. I have 2 friends with BC, one diagnosed before me and one after. I feel rewarded when I can lift therir spirits a bit or reassure them.
I love Eleanor Roosevelt. That is a great quote!

Lori, you are in my prayers, and I am sending positive energy your way. Thank you again for starting this thread.

Jule, it is always good to see you here. I love the Oregon coast. I bet you will have a great trip.

Sharon, I'm glad you won the battle with the HMO. Crazy that we have to even do things like that. It will be good to get going with your treatment.

Valerie, I'm sorry you had a rough week. It is always nice to have the people you work with notice and compliment you when you do a good job.

Valerie S, what a great idea to have the pic down after your i year anniversary.

Cyndi, I am glad you are getting support from friends. I say my gratitudes at bedtine. It really helps me.

Miss S, how sweet of your sone to say that. Congrats on being almost 1/2 done with rads.

Julie, I wish I knew what to say. My journey has been so much easier that so many of my BC sisters here. I have never thought I was going to die from this, so I honestly don't know how your sister feels or what she is thinking. I will pray for both of you. I do know she is blessed to have such a devoted, loving sister. Hugs and prayers to you both.

Debbie, I really liked what you had to say to Julie.

Beth, I am so sorry you had to have the implant removed. You sure have had a lot of problems. I hope the staph clears up quickly and also that Elvis is able to leave the building quickly.

I am doing great. Monday, I go for another fill. I am working full time and really feeling back to normal. Friends and family continue to be very supportive.

Positive thoughts to you all,
Tricia

HI TO ALL MY BEAUTIFUL SISTERS,
my positive week; went to a class prestnted by a raw foods chef, at our breast center. i would have never thought that these meals could taste so great. so, i am fixing at least one raw meal per day, and having loads of fun and eating well. we have the "go raw cafe" here, so i am taking a friend for dinner to introduce him to raw food diet. so much more than bunny food! huggs....

Happy Friday!

Sheila, two good reports? that's wonderful. The yoga class sounds great. Sometimes I wish I lived in a bigger city that had such things. I hope you hear fro Lori soon.

Biondi, I am interested in doing something like that, one meal a day. Did they recommend a cookbook (or would that be an uncookbook) or a website to get ideas?

Debbie, woohoo for being two-thirds done, and for going 3 times to your class. I only made it 2 times to the gym last week, I need to get there 3 times.

My positive is that when I went to the gym yesterday, my knee and shin started to hurt. I talked myself into continuing a little longer, and made it the whole 30 minutes. Somewhere along the way, the pain let up. I figured that I will probably need to develop the ability to push through the soreness, since that might be something I will have to learn to live with. Been on Arimidex about 6 weeks now, so I am not sure what to expect in terms of SE's.
So I am proud of myself for not wimping out.