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nipple reconstruction
Just letting all of you know that yesterday I had my nipple reconstruction surgery. So now I have nipples (I still have to have the aereolas tattooed on in a couple of months)! I am happy. Ohilly
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Happy New Year
Well, its a little past midnight and a new year is upon us. I hope that 2009 will bring much good health, happiness and peace of mind to everyone here on the site. Many more to come:0) Much love, Eil
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2D6 Article in the New York Times
Thought I would share this with you as I was one of the women interviewed but not quoted. (boo hoo) The topic is interesting and we'll probably be hearing more of it in the future. Called: The Evidence Gap…
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Breast Implants
I just had a silicone implant put in my right breast four years after my mastectomy. We did not stretch the skin with an expander as I had a skin save and it was ample enough to put in a 450cc implant (about a C cup). It is wonderful to have a breast again, but I wonder what it will feel like in the future since it is…
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Femara and Glucosamine
I started taking Femara a couple of weeks ago. Oncologist recommended that I also take Calcium + Vit D (have been taking this for 15 years) and Glucosamine/Chondroitin twice a day due to the possible side effects of muscle/bone aches and osteoporosis. There are so many choices for Glucosamine. Double strength, triple…
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My hair is gone and it's OK
I am 19 days past my first chemo treatment and for the last two days, my hair has been falling like snow. So today I went to my beautician and had her shave my head. I had a crying fit before I went (my poor husband), but I took two friends with me--one to hold my hand and one to take pictures--and I made it just fine…
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Recurring breast infections after lumpectomy, chemo & radiation
I just had my third breast infection in 6 months - and this is 6 years after treatment! Has anyone else had this issue? Fran
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A thought about depression
Recently, I have been reading about depression on this board and the possibility of it being a side effect of aromatase inhibitors. I was also wondering how many of us who are experiencing depression just completed treatment during this past year and suffered a tragedy like the loss of a loved one. I lost my dad, with whom…
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what to say to my mom...still
hello, it's been a long road. My mom went for her first lumpectomy on Nov 24, we were called back to Albuquerque we live 135 miles away; the next day for news that the Dr did not get all the cancer. My mom had a lumpectomy again on Dec 15...and a chemo port put in on Dec 16 and yet again we were called to drive 135 miles…
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Using this site
OK. I'm a ditz. How do find something specific in the Expressions Gallery? How do I send a private message. I know it says that I've been a member since June, but it's only been very recently that I've actually been coming here and I'm not sure of the etiquette and can't find the manual!
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Hello from Holland!
We (I) installed our new high-speed internet today (Sunday afternoon...lol). I LOVE it that I am connected!!! As I have shared, I wasn't looking forward to this trip...so many memories from when my beau's mom was alive... Our trip was good...when I checked in the night before, I changed seats...to seats in Business…
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plz help me
i got hives and a rash a few days ago dr said didnt know what caused it . 2 days ago i started getting white flat sores inside my on my cheeks. theyre sore. im kinda shaky too dont know if its stress or what. i hate to go to er and sit all day. i had a port flush 2 days before the hives and started diflucan the day before.…
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Wishes
Hello to All my Friends here on the board.....Well, I had my surgery last Tuesday at UPMC Mercy in Pittsburgh. That hospital is one of the best I have ever been in. Everyone takes the time to answer questions. And the views at night are awesome. I met many other cancer patients, heard many stories. I have an incision from…
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depression/Femara
Lately I have been very, very depressed. Maybe it's circumstantial: my mother died three months ago and I have had many other problems this year, but I started wondering if it could be the Femara? Has anyone had this side-effect from Femara, and if so, what did you do? I want to stay on the Femara because I believe it is…
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Merry Christmas from a Survivor
Merry Christmas to all. I remember the first Christmas after I was dx'd. It was so hard for me (mentally), to get up that morning. But, for the sake of my husband and three small children (7, 4 and 3 month old), I put on a brave face and faced another uncertain day. I had just recently been dx'd, Stage IIb with 16 positive…
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MERRY CHRISTMAS
Wishing each of you a Very Merry Christmas and a Joyous and Healthy New Year. RE
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woke up yesterday with hives
merry christmas. happy birthday jesus. dee again went to oncon yesterday cause i had haives. he say dont know whats wrong ill give you vistaril 25mg. i said i dont want another pill i want to know whats causing this dr says dont know. i told him i had a sore throat for about wk now he looks says i dont see anything. i dont…
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I wish you a..........
Merry Christmas Happy Honnika (sp) Happy Holidays Bah Humbug ................And a Happy New Year! Jadie
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I'm blushing....
Thank you all for the very flattering responses to my new pic. Keep in mind, this is 'all dolled up' so that I could go the medical staff Christmas party (Man! It's like Prom...never can wear the same dress twice, not even the same jewelry, or you get whispered about...). Two more days till Holland....does anyone know the…
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Speaking of worry....
So, a big question: how do you go on with your life with all this worry about cancer, recurrence, death, etc.? How do you feel happy again? How do you not feel that you are suffocating? I have been having a lot of ups and downs since my diagnosis. Sometimes I feel just fine, that I will beat this thing and that I will go…
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Christmas Gift...
My wife was just diagnosed with breast cancer two weeks ago. She just started her first cycle of chemo on Monday and its been pretty hard on her. I have no idea what I can get her for Christmas. I've always showered her with Victoria's Secret items, jewelry, etc... She is the love of my life and besides me being there for…
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Grrrrrrrrrr! I am SOOOOO mad at my insurance!!!!!
I just called to get my Tamoxifen refilled, at bit early. It was called in as a 'vacation override'. About 2 hours after, my pharmacy said it was denied. I called Health Net...and was told that they only authorize one vacation override per year, and that I had had one in August. I said to the gal, quite calmly, "So, Health…
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Anyone died of old age waiting for the chatroom forum to open?????
Whilst I was waiting for the chat room forum to load this afternoon (10 seconds, Hey I tried it every hour) I Did all my christmas grocery shopping, Fed the cat Tripped over the cat Tried the reload button Delivered cards to all my neighbours, Re-Painted the bathroom Tripped over the cat twice Tried that reload button…
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Still here
Hi Everyone. Have been gone for a while, due to chemo complications, I would be the one to have them, ended up in ICU got home yesterday, total of 10 days in the hospital. Back in November I was in the hospital due to bronchitis and for some reason it was not getting better, put me in a dark place as I was frustated, angry…
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Ridiculous worry
This is SUCH a little thing...but, since I am still sitting home with this dang drain in place after implant expander surgery and must be going off the deep end, it really bothers me. I got a notice in the mail today of an appointment scheduled for me by my onc. in February. She seemed to initiate this. I haven't had any…
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A special Christmas party....
at my treatment center. I went, and was reminded as I walked thru the doors the first time I walked thru these doors, 4 years ago. I was hurting, and scared, and my head was spinning! THIS time, I found so many familiar faces, all covered with joy at seeing me 'looking so healthy'. I managed to find all of my special…
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Pneumonia after chemo treatment
I joined this site on behalf of my sister. She was diagnosed to have a stage4 breast cancer and her chemo treatment was finished first week of October 2008. A week after that, she began to complain that her side where they took her breast is kind of sore whenever she cough or laugh a little. The Doctor told her that it's…
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Finished Reconstruction
Well girls, I think that I am through with the reconstruction. Had my aerola tattooed on Wednesday and did some fat graphting to fill in the concave space above the breast on my right side. To say the least, they still don't match and I still have a somewhat hollow indentation above the breast. I am afraid that when the…
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OK, you have 24 hours to laugh.....
UPDATE: This is my Christmas party pic...the hot pool pic is in my Expressions pages, along with some other ones from Turkey.... I found the picture of my beau and I in the hot pools in Turkey, covered in mud. You all have 24 hours to laugh, the squemish, turn away!!! LOL, ROFL... Hugs, Kathi (Sort of brings to mind those…
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Still waiting, nervously....
I am still waiting for the chemo to hit. It is now day two post. I've some GI problems, brief and very slight fatigue and nausea, but that's about it. Also, cheese tastes very bitter and burns my throat. The symptoms seem to get worse at night, but I've woken up refreshed and energized both mornings. Of course I am happy…