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Re: Zoom Meet-Up Bonded by Breast Cancer: Place to Keep Chatting
Mindy and Margaret in Florida
collijr
Re: Stage IV MBC Fitness
@chicagoan I hope you get to start playing pickleball again soon, it's so much fun and great exercise. Speedy recovery with your hip. 😊
bigred62
Re: Can we have a forum for "older" people with bc?
Winter is back. The wind started blowing during the night. My wind chimes out on the patio woke me up with a jangling noise. Normally they make a mellow, lovely sound.
I went to exercise class today. It tired me out. Back home, I got out the 12 qt. stockpot to make turkey noodle soup with the turkey carcass from Christmas dinner. It was a huge turkey. My sister invariably overcooks a turkey. Then her dh butchers it. He doesn't have a clue about carving up a turkey. The platter of turkey meat is less than appetizing. LOL. I brought home some of the breast meat and managed to make a fairly tasty salad with it by adding ingredients with flavor.
Tomorrow I have an appointment to have an ultrasound of my carotid artery. Arteries? The cardiologist I saw recently asked if I'd had that testing done, and I said no. He scheduled it because of my age, I assume.
I'm glad Christmas is over. It will take me 15 or 20 minutes to undecorate. That includes taking down the lighted wreath and returning it to an outbuilding
Cindy, your boat trip sounds like fun.
I love my Christmas present to myself and dh. The 17 inch digital picture frame. I bought some more flash drives from Amazon. My next project will be putting photos from the Viking river cruise on one of the flash drives.
I hope everyone is doing well.
Re: Can we have a forum for "older" people with bc?
He can who thinks he can, and he can't who thinks he can't. This is an inexorable, indisputable law.
betrayal
Re: Can we have a forum for "older" people with bc?
If you're lucky, I think you know what you want to do with your life. I think that's a greater gift that any of the gifts you might have when you do know, if you know what I mean. It must be awful to not know what to do.
betrayal
Re: Life does not end with a stage IV diagnosis (really!)
@forza - I agree ! We did not have a shuttle and we were in a smallish group . However, I did see large buses that took people from place to place . That was not how we wanted to walk our section . We came a fairly far distance (from Seattle WA) so I didn't want to have to plan all the hotels / inns . I my would have overwhelmed me to take on all of that and I think it's ok to modify the Camino to each persons ability. I could not have completed the 100 km if I had to carry my own belongings - but I can walk long distances, still - despite this cancer dx.
We enjoyed meeting people from all different parts of the world. Each person walks their own Camino and has their own journey , much like life .
Re: Stage IV MBC Fitness
@bigred62 I'm a pickle baller too! I haven't played since June due to hip problems and an eventual replacement but I'm looking forward to starting back in a few weeks. Hope you don't get HFS so that you can keep playing. It's such a mood elevator!
Re: Er+ Pr- her2- survivors?
Yunakagome, IMHO, your ER+/PR+ BC was caught early, you were treated aggressively, your recurrence risk is low. Believe the science, trust your doc (NOT Google), and try not to worry so much. May 2026 be the year of new modern technologies and medicines to prevent and treat this disease once and for all!
Peace and love to all!
murfy
Re: Radiation Questions
Hi @jes_2007 and welcome to Breastcancer.org.
We're so very sorry for the 2 new reasons that bring you here, but we're really glad you've found us. You're sure to find our community a wonderful source of advice, information, encouragement, and support — we are all here for you!
We don't have any information regarding targeted radiation after already completing radiation therapy. Have you talked about this with your doctor? Could mastectomy be considered this time vs. lumpectomy and radiation? Likely, once you have more information about the type and diagnostics of the biopsy you'll get a good plan in place.
Please let us know what you decide and how else we can help!
—The Mods
Re: 🌟Starting radiation in January 2026? You don’t have to walk this road alone.🌟
I just wanted to mention a side effect that I had this year from Rads on my C7/T1 vertebrae last year, I am not sure if this is the right topic/forum for this but here goes.''I was having hoarseness and a cough at the beginning of June this year and notice my voice was getting worse, I started having choking and swallowing issues and mentioned it to my Oncologist who then set up a scope to be done to see what was going on. It turned out that I had scar tissue built up from the radiation on the back of my neck which is apparently quiet common and this was causing the issue, I had two scopes done and they stretched out the blockage with a balloon and now I am back to feeling great without any issues and my voice has returned to normal.Hope this helps someone with similar issues.
bigred62