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Hey there wonderful woman!

      I see that this bump is a little higher than your others.  I am praying that you will get around this bump and what the doctors have told you is not totally the case.  Keep fighting.  It is our fighting spirit that keeps us here.

                                     Thinking of you,

                                                    Barby

Hey there,

      I am pretty close to your dx.  I did the chemo.  I have researched like crazy about triple negative.  My Pet Scan was clear.  My nodes were clear.  Finished treatment June 25th.  I am now going in for a Cat Scan because I have a knot on my Mastectomy Scar.  I hope it turns out to be scar tissue.  Triple Negative is a very aggressive cancer.  Any and all treatments need to be done---even at an early stage like ours.  For me....I had to know I had done everything possible.  If I had not done chemo  and then had this lump  I would have been very upset with myself.  But this is a very personal decision that you have to make. I have a friend who did the total natural stuff and never did chemo.  She is still alive today.  One day at a time is my motto and I never look back anymore. Just keep jumping over the next obstacle.  I am sure that you will look back and be amazed at the decisions you have made in the next few weeks---and feel you are stronger because you have survived making them. Let me know how it all works out.

                                     Barby

I meant the weather in Florida---I tend to believe we are all survivors.

                                                                         barby

Thank-you so much for responding.  Yes, it was caught early. If people had listened I don't think I'd had chemo---but then again since it was triple negative I think my doctor would have been aggressive in the treatment. People love my doctor but he doesn't talk much.  But he seems to know what you are thinking which is fine with me.He wanted me to join a clinical trial to do avastin for those who are triple negative and have not metted yet.  But, all I could think of was making it through the year and still working so that I could retire affter this year teaching if I had to. I did have a modified mastectomy.  Just thought---get rid of it all ---and I kept myself from having radiation. I don't know whether you are married or not but I have been a single mom for 17 years. Drove my daughter to Washington for her station in the Army and Married off my son within the same month and was diagnosed with cancer a month later. I could not move my right arm after surgery---now I have full range of motion---just pains in the funniest places.....under the arm, my side, my back, my shoulder. My incision site looks kinda funny, but ask me if I care right now. I do realize how fortunate I am to have found it so early.  Cancer is so unpredictable, though.  I have read many of your posts and you have such a reassuring voice even though you are staged later than many and have been through so much.  I really hope that your treatment allows you to be around for many more years. Thank-you for your encouraging words. I will check out the web site. If you are still in Florida---I hope you guys weather the storms.  I know we are getting rain even in Oklahoma.  Take care,

                                                Barby

               Barby

I don't think you should wait to go to the dr.

                                               Barb

I have always had joint pain---but after chemo---before it rains----it hurts a little worse than before. Definitely makes you wonder......but my doctor told me I would get aches and pains and may jump to conclusions immediately and to recognize those feelings when they came for what they were----fear.

           Barby

Thanks Susan,

          I am 50 and I would just as well not deal with periods again.  They were kind of sputtering before chemo.  I think the 4 years you have out the gate is encouraging to people.  I am ready to get back to normal

                    Barb