sharneu1

Harley,

Do you happen to remember how thick your endometrial lining was?  Mine was 12mm which I guess is a little thick even for someone on Tamox. My onc. said 10mm is normal for someone on Tamox. He wants me to have another US in 2-3 mos. I know what you mean about the sleep aids, I've only tried Tyelenol and Advil PM which helped me sleep but... like you, I felt like crap the next day, so whats the point?  The hot flashes and night sweats have come in waves for me...sometimes I think they're getting better and then they return with a vengence, along with leg cramps!

Basha...what do you do for plantar faciitis?

Thanks for the info gals...I appreciate it!

Shari

I found what I will call a thickening in my rt. breast while putting on lotion one day late Sept. 07.  My Dr. sent me for a "diagnostic mammogram".  After about 10 shots of the area the radiologist said he could not see anything abnormal on the films and sent me to have an ultrasound.  The US showed 2 spots so the radiologist ordered a biopsy.  A few agonizing days later I found out that I had ILC.  After a breast MRI (which found a 3rd spot) and consultations with a surgeon and an oncologist I decided to have a double mastectomy.  The surgeon pushed for a  lumpectomy but the onc said double mast. because lobular is "tricky" and has a tendancy to jump to the other breast.  That's all I needed to hear and I have had no regrets!  I ended up having 3 positve  sentinel nodes so a week later had an axillary node dissection where 5/5 nodes were negative. I started my 8 rounds of dose -dense chemo on New Years Eve 2007.  4--adriamycin/taxol and 4 cytoxin. After the 5th round I ended up in intesive care for 9 days with pneumonia.  After recovering from that my remaining 3 chemo txs. were a piece of cake. I finished chemo on April 25, 2008. I started taking tamoxifen in May 2008.