NAKED HAPPY DANCE!!!!

KathiM
KathiM Member Posts: 8,028 Member
edited March 2014 in Colorectal Cancer #1
I went for my mammogram today. My center has the latest technology...digital...so I got the results right then and there....

NO EVIDENCE OF DISEASE!!!!!!! NED!!!! The breast beast has been vanquished!

Thanks for all the support, and I AM getting my 'neck to knee' CT scans done in November for the rectal cancer...(after we return from Turkey).

I am SO dancing naked right now!!!!

Hugs, Kathi
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  • CherylHutch
    CherylHutch Member Posts: 1,375
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    DANCE!! DANCE!! DANCE!!!
    Oh Kathi.... I am soooo excited for you, you'd almost think it was me dancing for myself!!! I am sooo friggin' (are we allowed to say that here??) happy for you, I could just cry!!

    In one of your other posts, you had mentioned that you were 53 yrs. young... and when I read that, two things immediately jumped to my mind:

    1) You do not LOOK 53 yrs young!!! If we were to have a guessing game, I would not have put you past 30 yrs... and even then, I would have thought "Am I being mean? If she's 25 yrs, then she is going to hate me for guessing 30 yrs!" :):)

    2) We are the same age... well, we were born in the same year. I was born in January so I'll become 54 early in the new year, but still... it was a very good year for givin' birth to babies :):)

    So, I can so relate to you when you talk about the fears, the scares... and then to find you have been battling a few of these beasts, not just one! And you DID it!! You slaughtered them and made their friends back off. You are truly an inspiration to me!!

    I would do the nekkid dance for you, but that might cause an evacuation of my neighbourhood

    Hugggggggs,

    Cheryl
  • Buzzard
    Buzzard Member Posts: 3,043 Member
    #3
    Dancin' like nobodies watchin'
    Congratulations Kathi...I know how you must feel now.................Absolutely Wonderful !!!!!
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  • Faith4Cure
    Faith4Cure Member Posts: 405 Member
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    congratulations Kathi!
    So happy for you! You have great reason to celebrate. I am glad you are getting the scans done in November----it will give you more naked dancing! Take care...and enjoy!

    Faith
  • tootsie1
    tootsie1 Member Posts: 5,044 Member
    #6
    Yay, yay, yay!
    Great news! Celebrate all weekend and then some!

    *hugs*
    Gail
  • CherylHutch
    CherylHutch Member Posts: 1,375
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    CT Prep
    Hey Babs... what prep do you drink for the CT Scan? The only thing they've made me drink is water. 500ml before I leave home and then another 500ml bottle which they give me when I get there.

    I haven't had the CT Scans with dye... is the prep stuff the dye?

    Hugggggs,

    Cheryl
  • msccolon
    msccolon Member Posts: 1,917 Member
    #8
    Dance till your legs give out!
    Great news, Kathi! I am sure the November scans will be just as joyous!
    Mary
  • kristasplace
    kristasplace Member Posts: 957 Member
    #9
    Wonderful News!
    That's so wonderful, Kathi! I'm so glad you're doing well!

    November will bring more good news!
    Many hugs,
    Krista
  • claud1951
    claud1951 Member Posts: 424 Member
    #10
    Congrats!
    Kathi,

    I'm so glad for you! Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

    Claudia
  • ldot123
    ldot123 Member Posts: 272
    #11
    claud1951 said:

    Congrats!
    Kathi,

    I'm so glad for you! Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

    Claudia

    Awesome!!!!
    Great News,

    I enjoy your responses to my posts. Keep on rockin!!!!

    Lance
  • Unknown
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    CherylHutch said:

    CT Prep
    Hey Babs... what prep do you drink for the CT Scan? The only thing they've made me drink is water. 500ml before I leave home and then another 500ml bottle which they give me when I get there.

    I haven't had the CT Scans with dye... is the prep stuff the dye?

    Hugggggs,

    Cheryl

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  • KathiM
    KathiM Member Posts: 8,028 Member
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    'Readycat'......mmmmmm...
    I HATE this stuff, especially since they are always pushing the bananna!!!

    The berry has better flavor....

    Hugs, Kathi
  • msccolon
    msccolon Member Posts: 1,917 Member
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    KathiM said:

    'Readycat'......mmmmmm...
    I HATE this stuff, especially since they are always pushing the bananna!!!

    The berry has better flavor....

    Hugs, Kathi

    I love the banana smoothie!
    LOL! I can eat/drink pretty much anything when required, but I always actually like the banana smoothie taken with the CT scan! Weird, especially since the first time I had to drink one was shortly after that first colonoscopy and hearing those 3 awful words! I suppose it's so much better, for me, than is the PET, since I am claustrophobic!
    Mary
  • Unknown
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    msccolon said:

    I love the banana smoothie!
    LOL! I can eat/drink pretty much anything when required, but I always actually like the banana smoothie taken with the CT scan! Weird, especially since the first time I had to drink one was shortly after that first colonoscopy and hearing those 3 awful words! I suppose it's so much better, for me, than is the PET, since I am claustrophobic!
    Mary

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  • kmygil
    kmygil Member Posts: 876 Member
    #16
    Yeeeeee Hawwwwww!!!!!
    Congratulations, Kathi! You are "da bomb" fighter! Naked happy dancing all around!!!

    Hugs,
    Kirsten
  • CherylHutch
    CherylHutch Member Posts: 1,375
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    CT Prep
    Interesting... I've heard of the CT scans with contrasting dye, but I've never had one. I wonder what the criteria is to have a CT scan with the prep and the ones without? I'll keep my fingers crossed that whatever the difference, I don't need one :)

    Hugggggs,

    Cheryl
  • CherylHutch
    CherylHutch Member Posts: 1,375
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    PET Scanner
    Babs... the PET scanner is like the CT scan... only a bit longer on the inside. There's an opening at both ends.

    If you get claustrophobic during a CT scan, then the PET scan may not be any different. What I would suggest is that when they send you into the machine... close your eyes. Just go off into a little dream world of your own... and don't open them again until it's all over. You may even fall asleep, except the voice of the technician comes in over the sound system to keep telling you how much longer you have.

    The scan takes about 30 minutes.

    Hugggggs,

    Cheryl
  • rrob
    rrob Member Posts: 158
    #19
    NED!!!!!
    Kathi,

    Congratulations! Celebrate and enjoy every minute. You are a warrior!

    Rebecca
  • msccolon
    msccolon Member Posts: 1,917 Member
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    PET/CT/MRI
    yes, the PET is in between an MRI and a CT. It's longer than a CT, so your entire body can be encased in the scanner without having your head hanging out the end. I suppose if they didn't jam you so darn close up to the top of the scanner it wouldn't be so bad! I take Ativan to relax me and I do just fine. The first time I took one I thought I would be tough, how bad could it be? I spent the entire time in the scanner, which felt like 2 hours, imagining myself freaking out and demanding they get me out NOW! I tried to position myself so i could keep an eye on one or the other of the openings, but you can't move or the scan doesn't work, so it was tough! With the Ativan, I am able to close my eyes and relax, as Cheryl says, and it goes quickly with no problems! I figure we have enough anxiety with this whole beast, I don't need any unnecessarily added!
    Mary
  • Kanort
    Kanort Member Posts: 1,272 Member
    #21
    Great News!
    Super news, Kathi!!! Enjoy your trip to Turkey and don't worry about the CT. It will just comfirm your NEDNESS!!

    Hugs,

    Kay

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