ladyleen4

Good Afternoon Ladies,

Today is day 4 after tx#2 and I am feeling a bit fatigued.  My hair continues to fall out, though it is short hairs now, but still annoying!  Had the Neulasta shot on Tuesday and seem to be tolerating it alot better than first time.  (keeping my fingers crossedxxxx)  Going to a Look Good Feel Better class this evening so that should be fun I hear.

God bless all,

Eileen

Hello ladies,

I have been feeling soooo bad Wed, Th and today!  Had to miss my class on Wed and Today because I felt like I had the flu.  Wednesday evening I began to feel the achy, all over pain in my joints, just like when you first get the flu.  What misery!!  I ended up taking the vicodin the dr. had prescribed and that helped a bit.  Wow! it was horrible!  I feel like I am getting back to "normal" this afternoon, whew!  I believe it is from the Nuelasta shot.  I go on 10/7 for bloodwork and to see dr.

I was taking Claritin, but it didn't seem to help with the pain.

Eileen

Hi Sandra,

I will get 4 TX.

Had my Neulasta shot today and so far am feeling well. 

My husband and 2 sons have been so supportive and attentive.  Thank God for them!

Eileen

Hi All,

I too posted on the Sept. thread, but should be here instead because my first treatment is Monday, Sept. 29th(also my dh's 50th birthday)  He will be spending it with me and the onco nurses, poor thing.

Will have 4 cycles of TC and maybe radiation. 

I have 3 sons, 31, 19, and almost 16, and wonderful husband.  Unfortunately, all of our extended family lives in New Mexico, so we must fight this journey without their support.  This website is a GODSEND to me.  The support here is the best! 

Am beginning to get a little nervous about starting chemo on Monday.  Good luck to everyone and God bless you all.

Eileen

Hi again,

So I had an axillary dissection done last Wednesday, Sept. 3.  BS removed the malignant lymph node, which measured 4cm, and 10 additional nodes.  I am happy to report that ALL 10 were negative!!!!!  YAHOO!!!  So, now they are studying the one malignant with the tissue removed from left breast and biopsies to see if they are the same cancer.  Oncologist has posted my case to her national oncology site to get additional opinions as to how to treat me.  She said she about fell off her chair when the one came back malignant, so it threw a wrench into her plan for me.  Prior to this, her sole plan was to put me on an AI.  Now she is not so sure....DARN!!!  She will see me again on Sept. 22 and hopefully  have a plan in hand.  WHEW!!!!!

Thank you all for your help.

Eileen

Hi,

I was diagnosed with DCIS in 1997 and had a right breast mastectomy 0/4 nodes and no other treatment.

In June 2008 I was diagnosed with IDC in left breast, 1.8cm, 0/4 nodes ER+PR+ and am still trying to figure out where I am.  Today got a call from BS to say that CT guided biopsy of a RIGHT lymph node has come back malignant!!  This lymph node had a mild uptake on the PET scan that was done before my mastectomy, but BS said she LOOKED at it and didn't feel it was unusual, so she didn't remove it at that time.  The pathologist wasn't comfortable and insisted she do an ultasound and if necessary, a ct guided biopsy.  She didn't see anything on the ultrasound, so she decided to be safe, let's do a ct scan of the area AND IF it is still enlarged, we will biopsy it......well, well, well, much to her shagrin, the radiologist found that darn enlarged lymph node and did the biopsy.  MALIGNANT!  The pathologist would like for bs to GO BACK in and remove MORE nodes to see if anything else comes out.  Now I would think that this would NOT be considered a metastisis right?  Anybody????  I mean when they did the PET scan, the only uptake was on this lymph node---but mildly--a couple of spots on spine, which were MRI'd and found to be arthritis.  The onc said something about a metastisis, but isn't this a separate cancer?

Help!!

Hi,

I was diagnosed with DCIS in 1997 and had a right breast mastectomy 0/4 nodes and no other treatment.

In June 2008 I was diagnosed with IDC in left breast, 1.8cm, 0/4 nodes ER+PR+ and am still trying to figure out where I am.  Today got a call from BS to say that CT guided biopsy of a RIGHT lymph node has come back malignant!!  This lymph node had a mild uptake on the PET scan that was done before my mastectomy, but BS said she LOOKED at it and didn't feel it was unusual, so she didn't remove it at that time.  The pathologist wasn't comfortable and insisted she do an ultasound and if necessary, a ct guided biopsy.  She didn't see anything on the ultrasound, so she decided to be safe, let's do a ct scan of the area AND IF it is still enlarged, we will biopsy it......well, well, well, much to her shagrin, the radiologist found that darn enlarged lymph node and did the biopsy.  MALIGNANT!  The pathologist would like for bs to GO BACK in and remove MORE nodes to see if anything else comes out.  Now I would think that this would NOT be considered a metastisis right?  Anybody????  I mean when they did the PET scan, the only uptake was on this lymph node---but mildly--a couple of spots on spine, which were MRI'd and found to be arthritis.  The onc said something about a metastisis, but isn't this a separate cancer?

Help!!

Eileen 

Hi All,

Hoping everyone is doing well.

I have a question about drain removal.  I went yesterday to ps and had last drain removed.  It has been in since 8/1.  He decided to do a fill and that was fine, except for today I am REALLY sore!!

I was doing fine until yesterday evening, when all of a sudden I got a rush---Started feeling really cold and then hot.  I was miserable through the whole night.  I went to bed at 9pm, I usually don't go to bed until 11:30, so I was totaled by the removal of the drain.  Dr. said it was due to removing drain and body readjusting to being without.  WOW!  I was really feeling great up to that point.  I am just so surprised at how my body reacted!  My mother had the same reaction when she had her drain removed two years ago.   Anyone else? 

8/1 - ladyleen4 (Eileen) - left breast mastectomy with immediate recon/expander and also a redo of my right

8/4 - Jen44 (Jenny) (Newport News, VA)- bilateral LD flap surgery on Aug. 4th

8/4 - Emily2008 - left side mast with immediate TRAM flap recon

8/4 - sunkistmi (Southfield, MI)- lft breast mast w/immediate TUG recon

8/4- trixie0924- (Arkansas)- bilateral mast w/immediate expander exchange with implants

8/5 - lovelife (NE)- expander exchange to implants (gummi)

8/7 - anam262 - pedicle TRAM after a failed implant

8/8 - aurabelle (Louisville, Ky)- bilateral tram flap

8/12 - cocoathunder (Karen) (New Orleans)- implants and LD flap and re-reconstruction with bilateral hip/GAP flaps

8/13 - soonerfan (Raleigh, NC) - expander exchange to gel or saline (undecided)

8/18 - Sam91 (Wichita, KS) - expander exchange and implant-Silicone exchange on right and small implant on left to match

8/18 - Hannahbanana - silcone exchange on my right side-left side done to match the right a few weeks later.

8/19 - Monica1 (Brooklyn, NY and my PS is in NY,NY (Manhattan)) - exchange on my left side and lift of my right breast

8/20 - pamfenton (New Orleans) - Stage 2 (fine tuning and nipple reconstruction)

8/22 - deelar -  double mastectomy with DIEP reconstruction

8/25 - Tigwin (Southern CA) - deip tram surgery and ovaries removed

8/25 - ckr11100 (Carlynn) - revisions to my "one step" (yeah right!) implants with alloderm, Mentor high profile implants

8/25 - Christianne - exchange surgery, the "good" side will be lifted and reduced slightly

8/25 - cleitner (Christine) (Spokane, WA) - right mast. and immediate TRAM-flap

8/25 - ftg (Fawn ) (Houston, TX) - bilateral expanders

changed to 9/24 - Kayree (Johnson City, TN)- LD Flap

8/27 - dontpostponejoy(Denise)(Charleston,SC) -  delayed bilateral DIEP

Monica1

Hope your vacation was fun.  Good luck to you on your exchange today.  Hope all goes smooth and easy for you.  My prayers are with you for a easy exchange.

Eileen