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calling Woodsygal
We need you to check in as per your last post you were on your way to the Er please check in tjhay
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**** WE NEED A MOOPY UPDATE ****
Hey Moopster! We haven't heard how you are doing in awhile, and, inquiring minds want to know. ( well I do anyway lol ) So, how are you doing? How are the treatments going? How is your skin holding up? Are you getting rest? Feeling ok? Ok, I know, a lot of questions, but, it is only because I love you and am concerned!…
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Dirty Secret
(Big Sigh...Deep Breath...) Okay, Friends, this is difficult but, here goes... I have set my quit smoking date. Yes, quit smoking. Yes. I have Breast Cancer. I am on chemo. And I smoke. I understand to non-smokers how ridiculous this statement sounds. But it's true. I am who I am. It is what it is. I have done it a long…
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OK I'm here I'm fine...........
I move out next tuesday/weds/ thurs...........I'll keep in touch...........He is very upset..........he says...........Not my problem! Hugs All Jxxxxxxxxxx
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support
I need an advice. I am a breast cancer survivor. I have been deserted by my husband who is an MD just after I finished all my cancer treatments. He hasn't provided me even with health insurance. Now he is asking me for a divorce based on the grounds that I abandoned him, which is a lie. Can this organization help me with…
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First TAC treatment today
It was my first TAC treatment today.....so far, pretty good. I'm keeping my fingers crossed and tootsies too that it stays this way. Everyone was so nice and helpful at the treatment center. I'm starting back to work next week, so I'm hoping to get through the next 5 treatments fairly easy...at least I'm hoping for that!!…
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Get the kleenex
I got this email this morning and just had to share .... "Lucky" Anyone who has pets will really like this. You'll like it even if you don't and you may even decide you need one! Mary and her husband Jim had a dog named 'Lucky.' Lucky was a real character. Whenever Mary and Jim had company come for a weekend visit they…
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Finally got pathology results
Hi all, After returning to the doctor for the second time to get the results they were finally there. Two out of three of my biopsies showed cancer. One is lobular carcinoma in situ involving the margin and the other one is invasive carcinoma with ductal and lobular features. So I have two different kinds of cancer in one…
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Claudia, I am thinking of you----how are you doing?
Hi Claudia, I have been thinking of you and hoping you are holding up ok these past couple of days. I know how terrifying the waiting can be, but you are a strong person and I know you can make it through no matter what happens. In my heart I feel that you will be ok and your symptoms will turn out to be benign. I know…
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Price of Arimidex
I was diagnosed with breast cancer the end of March of this year. Since then I had a lumpectomy and they found 3 tumors, 2 different cancers so I had to have a mastectomy. I just finished my radiation treatment yesterday, do not have to have chemo, but the doctor gave me a prescription for Arimidex which I will have to…
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Info for new memebers.. Disability January 1, 2009
Just as an FYI, January 1, 2009 congress passed a new section on the disabilities act. Cancer has been classified as a disability (including breast cancer) and therefore your employer must make reasonable accomodations for you. I am pasting a the following link... It has a lot of information on this topic. Even if your…
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Day 9 of Pammy's Rads
TGIF!! I actually had a few minutes to sit down today and low & behold there was another woman in the waiting room. She was buried behind a newspaper and all I could see was her hat sticking out over the top. I sat there admiring her hat. It was rather stylish and wide brimmed and I would have like to had one like it for…
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Should I be angry or hurt??? Not quite sure....
Okay... I trying to figure this out... part of me is really pi**ed off... and the other part is hurt.. I should have known, it really has been this way for years.... So, I live near my mom and one of my sisters... the rest of my family lives in Washington...(the ones in WA I am very close to).... So, I am getting my…
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Living Proof Movie
I saw where someone posted wanting to see that movie. I haven't seen it, but, that guy on here, Bill, posted and said if you would PM him, he would send you a free copy. Apparently, he had downloaded it and then made copies. Hope this helps you out Jackie.
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"Living Proof" DVD available
Morning ya'll, I was able to download the movie and convert it to DVD format for television. I have a limited number available for FREE.If interested,contact me via the email feature on this site and I will mail you a DVD for FREE. After you watch it-pass it on to someone else who is HER2 + . Bill S.
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Thanks to all/ cycle 3 of a/c today
Hi Thanks to all regarding the neuropathy in my toes. I find its better if I keep my feet warms so I have slippers on and its better. Maybe its circulation... not sure... Anyway< I did tell the nurse practioner today. She says it can happen with these meds and she thinks Im hypersensitive to meds. I had my 3rd round of a/c…
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one week since chemo found out my counts are really low.
Hey Guys! I am kinda bummed. Just got back from dr. My counts are really low. They put me on an antibiotic and told me to stay away from people. I wanted to go to my daughters softball tournament this weekend. She only has a couple more and I was really looking forward to something fun this weekend. I am so tired of all of…
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Thank you so much for all the help (from new member) - Full of anxiety.....
Thank you for all the responses. I did not expect so much information in a short amount of time. You are all so amazing and inspirational. As each one of you know, this is soooooooo very difficult. Thanks for being there for me.
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July 30th Today is the day
Good luck to all the New non smokers today.
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I hope it was at least non-fat !!!!
I forgot to tell you something which I THINK will make my sisters in pink laugh~ all things considered. Not that I am breast obsessed or anything!! ( much!) So, as it is terribly hot here in my California Valley, and I am in a Jazzercise class with 20+ women in a too small room, yesterday I liberally doused myself with…
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Prayers
I met a beautiful BC fighter/sister - Stage 4 - and her Mom today in the lab for blood work. I saw her last week, too. She is young...very close to my age, I'm sure (39). We talked about her children being very close in age to mine. The words were sparse but the intimacy and bond was immense - I'm sure you all know this…
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RAD B's 2
Ok i started a new thread cause the other was confusing me, could not tell what was new and what was old, threw a Tantrum, but hay that is what i am known for. Anyway, i finaly downloaded the drivers for the scanner and if they actualy work i will be posting our band tat tomorrow after my appt Part of this tat is what i…
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EMERGENCY MEMO RE: THE RAD Bs !!! (Revised)
TO: ALL Effective immediately (7/30/08)... All members/crew/staff MUST POST to the most recent thread (which is actually the third one), as follows: RAD Bs 2, by tjhay, dated today 7/30/08 ANYONE who posts to either of the previous way-too-long and way-too-much-time-to-load threads(*) WILL BE FIRED! IMMEDIATELY! All…
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Chemo or no chemo? - help
Hello, first time on the boards here but I am confused. Here are the basics after meeting with the oncologist today. I have invasive ductal carcinoma (already had lumpectomy), did not spread to the lymph nodes, ER+, PR+, HER2-, Grade 1-2 (told 2 initially), Oncotype score of 21 (intermediate), 8 mm tumor, and I am 42. I am…
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GREAT NEWS!!!
That subject line was for you mimi...hope it made you smile...and it is true! I saw my onc yesterday for the first time since starting my tamox, and he said i'm doing GREAT!!! actually said, "you're looking like your old self!"...yeah!!!! and the chemo nurse saw me in the waiting room and said...why hello stranger!!! Can…
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My birthday was wonderful...
It's almost over...but WHAT a DAY!!!! First, I got breakfast in bed. Then, opened presents. Then, off to a town called Staphorst, where they were having 'tradition days'. All the ladies wore beautiful, period outfits, and there was a 2-hour 'fashion show', complete with VERY little ones...blond and blue-eyed, of course!…
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Doctor Appts
Well they are finaly going to do somthing about my hormoal rage, I will be seeing my phycologist on Thursday, and she wants me to talk to the phycatrist about some meds to even out my moods. (Don't worry I won't let it interfer with my Druming) I also got the big cat scan on Friday for the spot on my lung on Friday, so I…
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It is not my year
I'm shell-shocked. Rumours have been flying in my company that people are going to be retrenched. I've been a bit distracted from this with all the other stuff going on. I guess I knew what was comming. I'm a C#. Net contractor... and guess what, my contract expires end of September. I was fooling myself that my company…
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New Dx last week
Hi to all I first have to say I am so happy to have found a positive discussion board I have "lurked" on other sites and have found them to be not as positive. From the few discussions I have read it seems this is a good fit for how I am choosing to fight this, with a positive upbeat attitude! Last month I went in for my…
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another quick question
I am having my reconstructed breast re excised mid august due to a recurrence. Have done the biopsies, know the tumors are er postivie and that the femara works. Why will they do a biopsy on the stuff they remove at surgery? We already know it is cancer and what will work. Will they be able to discover something else? What…