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Re: Can we have a forum for "older" people with bc?
LOL. I was born blonde and have been many shades since. I let it go gray, now white, since I was 62.
Cindy you look great and what a fun picture. Thank you for sharing.
petite1
Re: My Husband, My Life, My Love, My Family, My Cancer
Happy Anniversary
Hope you had a lovely dinner and memorable day.
yay Celebrex. So happy for you. It works well for me too.
Think of your frenzied schedule and sending healing thoughts. hope that the ablation will cure the pain.
eleanora
Re: Brain Mets Sisters
…scans. I did notice that it became crazy itchy once when my husband was messing around with amateur radio and antenna stuff but I made him turn it off and I was fine, weird.
Here’s a pic (looks worse than it was).
illimae
Re: My Husband, My Life, My Love, My Family, My Cancer
My rose of Sharon bush.. hummingbirds like it.
Miss Cat Tiger is comfortable.
@shanagirl sorry about your summer from hell ugh.
I'm just cruising on in a kayak full of time bombs with a goserelin shot today. Speaking of kayaks, I did get to go on a little paddling trip. Highlight of the month.
mkestrel
Re: Brain Mets Sisters
It’s been quiet on this thread, which I hope is a really good thing! I’m writing today looking for advice, tips, positive stories, questions to ask the neurosurgeon, anything you want to share about prepping for, and undergoing, a craniotomy.
My last gamma knife treatment on one small spot was July 2024. The post-treatment MRI showed what they initially thought to be inflammation. It’s been on watch since then and they’ve recently decided I need surgery to remove it as they now say it’s unlikely to be inflammation since it’s continuing to increase in size. As of my MRI on August 2, it’s 3.4cm x 1.7 cm. It’s on the left cerebellum and is “superficial” or “more easily accessible because it’s not deep”. I meet with the neurosurgeon tomorrow. I have had no additional new mets in over a year and my body has had no evidence of disease for almost 2 years.
I flip flop between feeling like this is the beginning of the end and I’m not going to live much longer, to feeling a bit of a sense of calm that they’re going to cut it out and then any others that should pop up can be treated with gamma knife. I am currently asymptomatic although sometimes I think I feel something, whether it be a headache or weakness, but it could be just my anxiety taking over.
I am scared. I am scared I won’t make it through the surgery. I’m scared of deficits this could cause. I’m scared of the surgery causing seeding. I’m scared if this increases the risk of developing LM. I’m scared of having to tell my kids.
I need to stop googling. Thank you for listening.
harrow
Re: My Husband, My Life, My Love, My Family, My Cancer
@mara51506 Well that certainly was an interesting PT ride lol. Kudos to you for sticking up for the driver. Glad appt went well!
@mkestrel Love your pics…especially your pretty kitty.
@chicagoan Great news, we all know finding a good PC who listens is like a needle in a haystack. Hope your walk to the gym was more enjoyable with NSAID on board
@shanagirl In your pocket for scans this week and may Sept 16th come in a blink of an eye!
@goldensrbest Happy belated Anniversary, hope your dinner was delish!
Rainy here today went to Aldi and they had adorable Fall decor out. It's a bonus to food shop and pic up some great Aldi finds too! Currently burning a Pumpkin Creme candle as I look forward to Fall. I love summer and boating but by this time I'm ready for some beautiful weather. MO tomorrow ,had my thyroid labs for endocrinologist yesterday and Vitamin D is very high. Still the ongoing difference in opinion regarding my low blood calcium. Endo checked ionized calcium level and that was good. Had some weird lip twitching for 2 days and tingling around my mouth which can be related to low calcium. Sometimes I think I'm crazy lol, always some weird crap…oh well we'll see. Nothing earth shattering just annoying..
Hugs to all here♥️
cookie54
Re: My Husband, My Life, My Love, My Family, My Cancer
@mkestrel as always your artistic gifts show thru in your photograhs. I love the little tortoishell kitty sleeping against the leopard fabric.You should frame this picture my talented friend😊🩵
@candy-678 @chicagoan @cookie54 @goldensrbest @mara51506 @irishlove @intolight @snow-drop @threetree @micmel @tanya_djamila. I know your struggles as I read along and my heart and breath Prayers are always with you in your pockets. 💖💝🌸🌹♥️🩵
Tomorrow NM Bone Scan,. Sunday, head MRI then September 16th Radio Frequency Ablation to Cervical Spine And hopefully the Summer from hell will be over😊🌷
Re: My Husband, My Life, My Love, My Family, My Cancer
Well, busy day at cancer clinic. Waited about 90 mins to get in but I listened to music and watched some you tube, was laughing aloud but doing best to cut the volume of that. After appointment, it was close enough to the pick up time I did not bother phoning for earlier one. One call from PT said bus would arrive 204pm which gave time for a 20 min in hospital BUT then got a call from PT saying the arrived, hurried up the hallway, right foot dragged and almost caused a fall, I did manage to catch myself.
All in all, good appointment, had cheese and ginger ale and watch youtube. I am hungry as usual so will order Mcd's. Probably a mcdouble and junior chicken. I like those a lot. Only thing to take caution about is just to keep lifting up feet as I do and pay attention to them as well. I am happy I caught myself too.
Re: My Husband, My Life, My Love, My Family, My Cancer
Saw my new PC doctor yesterday and really like her. After a good discussion, she agreed for me to go back on an NSAID with monitoring. It was really nice to be listened to by a doctor and for us to discuss alternatives. After only one day, my hip pain is almost gone! Such a relief after 2 months of almost constant pain. I'm getting the pain under control and then am going to try to take as few pills as possible but this is lifechanging. Even being able to wash my dishes and brush my teeth without my leg aching makes such a difference. I'm going to walk to the the gym now without feeling dread. All summer walking 2 or 3 blocks has been agonizing but today it feels doable.
Re: Starting Chemo July 2025? Gather here for support!
Hi Everyone, Thinking of you All!! 💗
