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Re: Can we have a forum for "older" people with bc?
hi friends! You’ll get a kick out of this. I DID join the starting chemo in December group. I am the ONLY ONE THERE.
so can y’all sub in for a while on my questions?
carole - I am SO IMPRESSED by your ambition! Cleaning carpets is so far from my mind right now… enjoy your golf! It looks like a beautiful picture postcard here we’re getting an inch or two every day here right now, crisp and crunchy under your feet, darkly in the light, makes the world so sweetly silent. Our snow here is teeny flakes that you could sweep with a sidewalk broom. It’s like powdered sugar. Almost like the beach at siesta key - only way colder and no waves.
Petite - welp, I’m right there with you I live in a 120 year old home and one of the cabinet doors came unjoined at a trim connection and just fell off the other day, so we are paying a guy to fix in and rip the shag carpet out of the master bedroom (previous owner’s cat pee inspired my cat - not safe for chemo even with carpet shampooing my home will also be a chaos nightmare for a very short while.
Canary - would you like to come visit and fix up my house? I am terribly short of the skills to DIY it, but I am an excellent gardener, I do some watercolor, and I’m a great cook! Labor swap? You’d be really well fed!!
first chemo yesterday - keytruda, carbo, taxol. In at 7am, out at 11:30. Not bad, with labs and all. And the outpatient pharmacy delivers to your chemo suite, which is super nice. Well staffed, efficient, very clean. (I’m a nurse - this is the stuff that tells you a LOT about how care is).
I’m getting my port Thursday. Since I’m at a university cancer center, I keep expecting to be treated by fellows and residents, but so far it’s all clinical professors. My IR doc who’s putting in the port, finished up two fellowships in the 2010s.
No side effects so far. I was burpy last night and took a Zofran before bed just in case.
so far, things are kinda sorta well in hand.
Love to you all.
marti
My daughter in the corn at the pumpkin patch…
Re: Repeat surgeries? Please share your experience -
Hoping more people post in this. I am going in for reconstruction on left implant after recurrence with rads 2nd time around. Right implant looks, feels great. Left side that got roasted is hard as a rock and climbing up my chest towards my shoulder. Hoping to clean out scar tissue, replace and redo with just similar match to right side. I do NOT want to do a flap (from my poor back muscle or God knows where else). Dr is giving this 50 - 80% chance of matching or improvement. Oh hell, and I'm going to be 46 so happy birthday to me...I'm getting a chin / lower face lift to boot. Feel like the last 5 yrs show on my face bad and I'm getting the family jowls. Hell with this...you only live once!
7of9
Re: Afinitor/Aromasin
Hi @norah2024 welcome to this thread. I had 3 weeks of no treatment when I switched from Verzenio & Letrozole to Afinitor & Aromasin. It was due to communication and delivery issues. So 3 weeks no meds. I have been on this now since late Sept and so far so good. Minor improvements. PET this week and bloodwork next. So fingers crossed again that still improving.
Side effects have not been terrible. They took their time appearing. But nothing that cannot be dealt with. Good luck and keep us posted please.
does tumor size increase after biopsy?
I had a biopsy 3 months ago, and did a follow up ultrasound last week to make sure the treatment was working. The US report showed the tumor had grown, and by volume calculations it was 150% larger than the ultrasound done 3 months ago (in August) right before the biopsy. For comparison, the tumor had increased only 60% from the 6 month period of Feb - Aug. If it makes a difference, this is invasive ductal carcinoma, HER2 negative. I didn't have any complications like excessive swelling or infection with the biopsy.
The tumor growing 150% in only 3 months seems like a lot for me, especially since I've been on Arimidix to shrink the tumor for 2 months. Is this normal?
Cambria 1 and 2 clinical trials, Camizestrant
Hi, I would like to know if some one takes part in this trials? Is Camizestrant better medicine than letrozol? Are there people who take it?
truska
Re: My Husband, My Life, My Love, My Family, My Cancer
@mara51506 Sorry to hear of your fall and sickness, glad you are feeling a little better. Agree you have to do what works and you feel comfortable doing! You can always adjust plans etc later after you speak with disability. The important thing is that you feel safe. Hope you feel better with each passing day.
@goldensrbest Awww adorable doggie pic glad she likes the snow! Buster loves the snow too, we"ll see if we get any measurable amount this year.Sounds like you had a fabulous Thanksgiving and bonus with quick travels. In your pocket for MR's this week🤞
@tanya_djamila Fingers crossed that the broken blood vessel is nothing.
@intolight Glad the roads are clear for you to get to your party, how was it? Dotto, God Bless all firefighters. Amazing and valiant people.♥️
All ok here, hoping for a quiet week! Wishing all a peaceful night.
cookie54
How do I move on
I was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2023 I went through treatment and had both breast removed however my life has changed drastically since then and I don’t know how to deal with it
neshia41
Re: thread for middle age to older Christian women.
Cake, will pray for Allie. Did you post on the prayer thread as well?
Reading through all the posts has truly moved me. It's a blessing to have so many of my sisters here who love and follow the Lord.
I am 61 but was not raised in the church. A friend introduced me to the Lord (she has since become a backslider) and I finally got into a healthy church around 2003, after following a wolf in sheeps clothing (a toxic church) for about 6 years. However, I've been in a true Bible-believing/teaching church where I have grown tremendously in my relationship with Him. Started 2 ministries this past year - one for older (50+) single/widowed people to fellowship (lunch after Sunday service once a month) and take day trips (theater; boardwalk; etc.) and the other is for the congregation to help one another with small projects in and around the house so we don't have to always pay big bucks for minor jobs (paint a room; change a lock; patch a hole, etc.). Yes, Barbe, God does have a huge sense of humor because these 2 ministries require you to be outgoing and I am the biggest introvert going; a natural follower and He has me in a leadership position - go figure!
patoo
Re: Phesgo - Clinical trial
Yes - with God nothing is impossible and Isaiah 41:10.
God bless.
coachg
