ebann

Well ladies my mother crocheted me some foobs. She knew I was sad about losing my breasts and that I could not have reconstruction for a year. So my mother decided to surprise me one day with a set of foobs. She made them of a soft pink yarn and added glitter flower buttons as the nipples. I love them. They look good, feel good, and are colorful. She has added more to my collection. I especially like the hippie color ones with smiley faces as nipples. Then she made me some red ones with green hand buttons as the nipples. She is having a lot of fun with  them. Now we are coming up with another plan for them. Who knows what will be next. They make me feel extra good.

In God's Grace; Elizabeth

Hi Amira: I am so excited that you maybe able to come after all. Is the change in chemo treatment a good thing? 

Hi Karen: Your welcome Karen...I love doing this kind of stuff. If I had it my way I would be planning events and organizing things. It is a lot of fun. I am so sorry to hear that you have a skin infection and may need to have your expanders out. It actually sounds painful.

Okay here is a list of ladies that have joined our group so far!

Elizabeth - ebann

Tracy- friend 

Sue - suemed8749

Teena -TNT

Jerri - PinkLaddy

Karen - KinAZ

Pamela - sweeeeetpam

Amira - proudafwife00

Kath - azsun

Melody - MelodyinAZ

Neesie - Neesie (when she is visiting in AZ)

Hi Everyone;

RockFan; I do recall losing my hair about the 17th day. Walking is a good thing to do. To keep up with some form of exercise really helps with side effects as well. My hair started growing back after I had surgery. We thought I was done with chemo, but they found more. So I am doing it again along with radiatoin. I am wondering if my hair is going to fall out again now that it has started to grow. I even have my eyelashes and eyebrows back. It is very exciting. Let's see if I can keep the excitment going.

Unique I am so sorry to hear that you are having problems with bruising. I agree that you need to discuss this with your onc,  Here is some information on bruising. http://www.chemocare.com/managing/bruising.asp I hope that you find this helpful and may raise some questions to ask your onc.

Bourschild: I agree spoil yourself. I say an outfit is not complete without your earrings. I go bald all the time and I have to have my jewelry on. I sale jewelry so I definately wear it. I love that bling. So you go for it and make yourself feel special. Cause you are!

Fammy5: I had a reaction to AC and they premedicated me each time I had to use it. I am on Taxol and they  premedicate me for that too. I do Taxol/Carboplatin every Thursday for 3 weeks and one week off for 3 months. I am doing radiation  with it too. I understand about a normal life. I do pray that is so for all of us. I hear it is never the same though. Which I think is expected. I wish you the best with your chemo.

I get this week off from chemo. Yeah! Isn't that nice of them? LOL

In  God's Grace; Elizabeth

Oh yeah Pam who just came into our group lives in Gilbert.

Welcome to Our 1st Phx BCO Sisters Meetup

What perfect timing. Just in time for the holidays. For this special meetup please bring a ornament wrapped for under $10. Meals vary in price. $8-$15. They also have a glutten free menu. Here is their website if you would like to check them out. http://www.osf.com/  I look forward to meeting up with everyone.

Please bring a friend, ask them if they would like to participate in the ornament exchange as well. Please check your email for your evite. Please list rather you are bringing a friend or not so I can plan accordingly. If you did not receive an evite in your email please PM me with your email address so that I can send you one.

Host: Elizabeth Fugate

Location: The Old Spagetti Factory 1418 N. Central Ave. Phx, AZ 85004

When: Monday December 1st, 2008

Time: 6:30pm

Looking forward to many more get togethers.

Hi Jerri;

Here is the run down where everyone lives in the Valley.

Elizabeth: Glendale

Armia: Buckeye

Teena: El Mirage

Karen: Chandler

Sue: Phx (Ahwatukee)

Melody: Tempe

Jerri: NW Phx

Hope this helps you out. I am not sure where Tamara is. I have not heard from her since her last message letting me know she was interested. Everyone please check your email for your evite. I know some of you can not respond until later. I will post the information for our meetup here as well. I will keep everyone posted.

Sue:

I am doing alright. Very tired doing radiation and chemo  together. My side effects are mild so far. The one thing is constipated though I believe I have that under control now with SenKotS.  It works wonders. So glad bourschild told me about it. Thank you for the offer Sue in helping. Right now I do have everything covered so far. Though I may need help in future gatherings.

Amira:

I do know someone on this site named Sue/Susan13. She takes care of her daughter who is 2 yrs old. I do not have a little one anymore. I do pray that your will not have to experience vomiting/nausea. The medications for that are pretty strong. Which is great. I will PM you a site Susan13 started and you can either PM her or discuss it on the discussion board. Maybe you can start a topic and I am sure that other women have young children. I wish I could be more helpful to you.

Pam:

Welcome to our group. We are so happy to have you. I look forward to getting to know you as well. We are having a get together on December 1st, 2008.

In God's Grace; Elizabeth

I have to say that the most irritating thing for me was the staples. I wanted them out the most. But the tight feeling is still there. Like I have a bra on 3x smaller. I sometimes want to adjust it and then realize I do not have one. LOL  Getting my staples out felt good. I had no problem getting the drains out. I took a deep breath and she pulled and out they came. I know it was more bothersome to remove the stitches and that was nothing really. So overall my experience with it was good. I have no idea about expanders and reconstruction. With the type of cancer I have I can not have reconstruction for about 2 years. My tumor they removed was 12.5cm. So I am glad to be here. It is nice to know that things can come out good and does not always have to be surrounded with pain.

In God's Grace; Elizabeth

Hi Penny;

I know how it is to have an infection and be hospitalized and not even know that you have one. I am sorry you had to experience that and miss the birth of your grandson. It is great that you are spending time with them now. They make such a difference. So precious in his sight.

As far as the nuelasta shot goes it is good cause it brings up your blood counts. It is like a boost. I can tell you that you get flu like symptoms, and it makes your bones/joints ache. They told me to take claritan and alieve in the morning before you go in. They say it really makes a difference I do not know. I will find out tomorrow. I did nuelasta shots the other times I have had chemo. They did not tell me about what else to take. So I really hope this helps, cause I hated how I felt with it. http://www.neulasta.com/ Here is their website I sure hope this helps.

In God;s Grace Elizabeth

I get the privilege of having radiation and chemo at the same time. I think it depends on your circumstances. They informed me because I am doing them together to expect to burn and blister faster than most. I am on my 10th day of rads. I have 23 more to go. I have chemo every week for 3 months. So the one thing I really have noticed is how exhausted I am from it all. One day at a time. I am grateful for each day the Lord has given me. I hope everyone is doing well with their rads and it will be over for us all real soon.

In God's Grace; Elizabeth

Neesie;

So nice to hear from you. I am glad that you have been enjoying 'AZ.  The weather right now has been fabulous. I will keep you in my prayers while you are traveling back home. I look forward to a day we get to meet. Blessings to you and your family.

In God's Grace; Elizabeth