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Re: I am grateful
Pets are such comfort sometimes. We have a bird feeder right our front window on the ground outside and love to look at it. We live in a bi-level house so we are up a level and almost to the leaves on the tree and look down on it. We have had such a variety this year including these tiny little things we have never seen before. We have suit feeder next to the seed feeder with two perches and we will often have 6 little ones on the suit and 2 larger ones on the seed out there at the same time. It happens a few times a day which we call 'feeding time' for breakfast and afternoon snack and then dinner time. We can see them fly out of the tree down there so get up to look out the window and not spook them. So fun. We call it the wildlife show here. there is also the piggy squirrel that hangs out under the feeder to get what the birds knock out. Not our own pets which is a short haired Aussie and so sweet. Our doggie not only gives us loving but is a lover dog for everyone who may come to visit as well.
Re: I am grateful
For passing my screening this week and got the official notification stable and ok to wait for another year before going again! We were worried when called into the consult room afterward it was not good news. Such a relief though.
Re: Can we have a forum for "older" people with bc?
I swear I posted and see nothing. Nothing from anyone!
We’ve had nice sunny days with cool nights. Pool closing is tomorrow. Even though next week it’s in the 80’s.
A close friends mom passed away today. We’ll have a wake to attend next week, and we leave on Thursday for DC.
On a weird note, today is 40 days since the fire took out the fences (theirs/mine) and the side of my garage. As I was getting dressed to meet a gf for lunch my Ring doorbell went off. I only had a robe on, but doubled it over and thought it would be the postman or Amazon. I peeked out and saw my neighbor who started the fire. Needless to say I didn’t go to the door. I couldn’t imagine at 40 days later it would be an apology, and really couldn’t imagine what else he’d have to say. I finished getting dressed, and left for lunch.
Have a great weekend!
cindyny
Re: How are people with liver mets doing?
@vik2ri - If you are in Calgary, Seattle isn't relatively all that far away. You might want to check with Fred Hutchinson/UW. They are an NCI facility and have so far been very good for me. Wishing you all the best!
Re: My Husband, My Life, My Love, My Family, My Cancer
Got my fulvestrant shots on Wednesday - ugh, and getting scans later this morning. Hoping everyone else has a good day!
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Re: Second time around questions
Bit of a different profile, but I am nine years out from my recurrence and I am just here to tell you hang in there and I am cheering you on. I had had a double mastectomy too, and spent far too much time calculating my risks. I encourage you to go with the treatment that gives you the best chance at the best outcome, but not to spend your time on "what ifs."
Having said that: absolutely, get the second opinion, because being comfortable with your treatment plan and your doctor means everything for your peace of mind. The second opinion may be different than the first (mine was), but air them thoroughly with both doctors and you will know what feels right to you. If they are the same, you have a plan.
All the best to you. You've got this.
Yuuki
yuuki
“Going flat: rethinking life after mastectomy" - great article on flat closure and quality of life
A picture of me in one of my swim designs was featured in an Australian article on flat closure! It's an interesting read. Instead of just declaring, "You won't feel feminine without breasts," someone actually asked women who had gone flat. A massive 92% were happy with their results. Respondents also reported a lot of pushback and resistance from their care team when they asked for flat closure - some doctors even demanded a psych evaluation before they would listen to their patient! Hopefully, this article will help reassure surgeons and oncologists that going flat is a reasonable option that should be offered along with implant and DIEP options.
Re: Can we have a forum for "older" people with bc?
holy purge city while unpacking Sandy!!! Feels great to get it done though. Don’t worry about the ties at least they don’t take up much room!!! My brother is an ex -DJ. His giant speakers and sound boards have been stored at my mom’s for a very long time. Well mom tells me know that he’s home owner he gets them back or they go out on the road.
I’ve had a very adventful September so far. Heading to celebration of life #2 in less than a week. This one requires a boat ride. 30 min to the boat and the ferry is 1 1/2 hr then another 45 to my destination. Phew. Rehearsals are going well for Agatha Christie’s The Hollow. Next week we start runs to tighten up the show before we get our first audience on Sept 29.
We had an electrical engineer come out to our complex. He deemed my unit a fire hazard and our system archaic. Ahh the complex is 30+ yrs old. When we pointed out the heat pump certified electrician decommissioned two of my baseboards in order to draw power he the. Added unit 8 as a fire hazard as they too have a heat pump. He will only adjust his report if we get the overload addressed. As Unit 8 says “ what overload” and how does he want it fixed? He also told me we need to convert over to gas. I asked the question how because there is no gas line on our short street which is close to the water. He flustered when I said that being an A-hole saying well I saw at least one unit with gas. I corrected him and said unit 5 had propane. Never a dull moment dealing with idiots.
So next week my unit and the boys in unit 8 are contacting the company that did our install to get a letter. So unnecessary. I hate this level of stoopid.
