CMF Question
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HI
Annie, what a great pic. You are beautiful! I couldn't exercise during chemo. I envy those that do. I had my tx on Wed....worked Thurs and Fri....I started feeling crappy late in the day on Friday. Most of time I vegetated in my recliner and watched movies...saw some good ones. I did drag myself out on Sat.mornings. I love garage sales so I would drag myself in the car, drive until I saw a couple and park the car and pull myself from house to house. I would have to consiously (sp) tell myself to put one foot in front of the other--I actually get a chuckle abut it now. Have to find laughter in all this crap.But I have to say that did make me feel better. Always had to wear a hat cause the cold air would hurt my head and wind...omg....the hairs left on my head would hurt.
Rita, magnesium and D3--I take Calcium with D now--gonna try magnesium. We have had days in the 50's this week...gonna rain for most of the weekend...as long as it doesn't snow!!
Hi Ginny.
Harley, good luck at your appt this coming week. A few days ago was one year I stopped rads...a year ago today I has my heart catheterization. Haven't been to an emergency room in a year...lol..wahoo!!!
Have a great night,girls,
Hugs and prayers,
Candie
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Annie! What a neat picture! You're a doll!
Candie..I wish we lived closer. You'd have a permanent yard (garage) sale companion. I love them, too! Isn't it amazing the wonderful discoveries you can find?
Carol...hope you're feeling better. It won't last for long and you'll be back on that chemo holiday! LOL
Harley, I think that sitting for extended periods of time aggravates our backs. When I needed to sit at the computer and write questions for hours on end, I had to force myself to get up every half hour or so and move around or my back really acted up. I guess it all has to do with moderation!
Well, I'm tired so I'm out of here tonight! Have a good day tomorrow everyone!
Rita
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Morning Fellow CMF'ers,
Just a quick note, heading to work TGIF!
Annie, thanks for sharing your pic, its so nice to put a face to the words we so often see.
I had noted that I met a woman at my txt center. Called her last night, had a good chat. Found out she works at the anethesia (sp) office right next door to the onc center. She is doing her txt all via i/v twice a month. She wasn't feeling too chipper last night. We exchanged war stories of the last few months, I found out she has a good support group with co-workers and two grown sons. Needless to say I felt good that she was not alone in this journey.
I wasn't feeling all that chipper myself yesterday. I definitely can tell the difference between month 1 and 2 and this last go around. Hoping to re-group before month number 4 comes around. Hoping that AZ sunshine charges my batteries a bit!
Today is the 48 hour period that usually is my worst, wish me luck today ... off to the shower!
Have a great day ladies, will check in this evening.
Carol
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Hi girls,
I am having a bad day today. Insurance issues, and now I can't even find a good leave-in conditioner for my hair without SOY in it!
Oh, and guess what? I found a MOLE on my left butt cheek!! It is raised, and feels kind of "rough". It is always something! I guess it won't hurt to have my surgeon look at it when I see him on April 4th.
....sigh...
And to think, tomorrow is my anniversary of the bc being taken out. When I had the mast., on May 2nd, the pathology report found NO more cancer!!! Therefore, I guess since it was taken out on March 15th, that means tomorrow, I will be ONE year cancer FREE!
Annie,
I can't believe that you are having the same "nipple" procedure that I'm getting. He used the nipple from my "good" breast, and when I had the bi-lateral mastectomy, he sewed it to my leg.... YICK!
The ps office called today and they are scheduling the surgery to put the nipples on for May 22nd! The aureola tattoo, of course is March 20th. Why does this have to take SO LONG?? At this rate, I'll NEVER be finished!
Thanks everyone for listening to my vents and my rambling...
Harley
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Hello CMF girls, Just checking in after keeping up with your posts. A reminder to all those getting CMF now- this will end! The last treatment will be over and you will look back on this time and wonder how you did it. I for one was always grateful that I did not have to have Adriamycin and some of the other more toxic drugs. So hang in there and soon you will be posting as a former CMF gal.
I had my yearly mammogram last week and my appointment with the radiation onc yesterday. All is well, knock on wood, and I just keep praying that it stays that way. I take my Arimidex faithfully and thats all I can do. I still get some shooting pains and dull aches in the radiated breast but he assures me that and the fullness is normal. The Dr. said I have some breast lymphadema from the rads which is why the radiated breast is fuller. I assured him my pole dancing days were over so it does not matter!
I am also a golfer and so keep up with Rita and Golfer on their games. I have been fortunate to play lots this winter when I go to Florida because I sure wouldn't be playing here in Ohio! I have been playing for many years and continue to challange myself on the course.
Stay well, everyone and chins up. The anxiety truly does not end but life will get back to normal. Hi Candie!! Lots of love, Susan
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Hi girls, just checking in on TGIF...Harley, I guess that means you are doing nipple sharing procedure? I think that is where I am headed too....never mind, we'll be done and we will have fabulous boobs. Eye on the prize, girl, not the process! I knew it would be forever going in, but chose to go there anyway.
Redken makes a leave in w/out soy I think. Good luck!
Thanks Rita and Candy and Carol for the nice words on my pix..you will note it's a long distance photo (ha ha) helpful at 52! Carol, i like to see faces too, makes it more friendly. I'm sorry this time was tougher, don't they say the half way one is the worst? I hope that all the others are easier for you. I seem to remember reading something about your body becoming "used" to it or some such. Hope so! Hugs and feel better!
I'm so glad you found someone to help out...it helps us to take it out of ourselves and help someone else out of this jam, doesn't it? I am going to talk to a lady my ps is having trouble working with, she is so upset and frightened by all the surgeries...I said I would, it's good to "pay it forward" and help someone. Hope I can be of some use to her.
My 48 hour period is the worst too, then a quick come back at 72 hours. I'm sure the AZ sun will help you, it's got to be wonderful. When is your trip?
Susan, hi! I had a go around with radiation the first time of cancer in 2001, i continued to get stabbing pains mid month of my cycle and fullness for about two years. It does leave, eventually.
Everybody have a nice weekend.
love
annie
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Hi ladies,
Carol, you are now passed the half way mark---wonderful! Your post was touching about your son. What a blessing! Great photo! You really suit short hair.
Rita, what a lovely photo of you and your cute grandkids!
Nice to see you too Annie!
Harley, it truly is par for the course to get down sometimes. Support groups are really helpful, maybe it is worth at least a try. I'm doing one called "The Healing Journey II" and I find even listening to the other ladies healing for me, as well as sharing my feelings, concerns...Funny you talked about thyroid and autoimmune problems---I have had that too for 10 years (I'm 45 as well). I have chronic urticaria (horrible massive sore hives that keep reproducing for months on end----only prednisone in high doses seems to stop them, taking months to do so!) Just adding this info because I have wondered about the connection of this autoimmune problem with thyroid---and possibly even cancer? Unfortunately I have had recently a couple breakouts of hives (haven't had an outbreak in over 5 years!) so I'm a little nervous now. Any prayers, ladies, would be greatly appreciated. Sorry for getting off track----hang in there try and take each day as it comes (me too). There is still a lot of joy and happiness for us no matter what is going on.
So happy spring looks like it maybe coming (birds singing, snow starting to melt...)
Going on a retreat this weekend. Haven't done this in awhile, should be helpful.
Take good care everyone,
Ginny
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Hi gals!
Susan...congrats on the good check-up! YEAH! She's good to go! Breathe in, breathe out! I seem to let my imagination get away from me that last week before the check-ups and I'm a mess. It's my own fault as it certainly isn't going to change anything. but.......good news is always so welcome.
What part of Florida do you go to and how often do you get down there? I can't wait to hit the links around here again. I need to start early and practice on my short game which seems to take forever to come together. (and then...just when I'm getting good on the greens....I can't even hit a ball off the tee? Ever had that happen? LOL) Anyway, good to hear that you golf, too!
Carol, I think that everyone is a little different with their side effects and when they hit. My worst day was the third day from treatments. Then I usually just rebounded and had a few really good weeks. I think that the sunshine will lift your spirits and help you rebound faster. Keeping busy also helped me. I never turned down an opportunity to have fun. Then I regrouped inbetween the fun things and that kept my morale up. It seems like such a long haul........but it will end!
I need to try to do something with my hair. Hey, Harley, after our adventures, as long as we have hair, there never IS a bad hair day anymore. Some are just better than others. Hang in there. Sometimes we have more speed bumps to manipulate than others and you just seem to be in a poor stretch of the road right now. HUGS!
Rita
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Annie,
Thanks for the tip about Redken hair conditioner... I bought one that is Aussie, and it has silk protein, so I will check for the Redken product. It will probably have silk also.Oh, and thanks for the encouragement about the reconstruction, too.
I guess we all feel down sometimes, and I noticed that at least for me, at every different phase of my tx, I had a period of depression for a couple of days.
We'll have to model our "new" breasts when they are done... I will definitely wear clothes for the photos!!
Harley
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Ginny,
Thanks for the advice. I don't like to talk in a group; I feel very awkward and self-conscious.
Wow! Those hives sound HORRIBLE!! I think I may ask my dr. if they can check for any other auto immune disorders, as my cousin told me that she has Celiac's disease, and that can run in families.
Keeping you in my prayers,Harley
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Rita,
You are right! I didn't like my hair before bc, because it was very fine, and limp... but, I was feeling kind of sad, because the short hairdo was forced on me. But, I think I'm getting used to it, and the new color has perked me up. So, I will try not to think about the chemicals they used to give me this new color...
It seems that I get a little sad or depressed at every different phase of my bc journey. I was surprised to feel sad when my chemo was finished, because I thought I would be overjoyed!
Happy Weekend to all!
Harley
It is kind of funny about this mole, because I am picturing me, going to see my general surgeon, and he walks in, thinking he will be examining my breasts, but instead, I'll be sitting there, buck naked, and I'll say, "hey, would you like to take a look at this mole..."
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Good Evening
Boy I sure appreciate the supportive words you all have to share. On a positive note, I wasn't so wiped out today, slept great last night. On the bummer side, the dreaded diarrhea hit me big time this afternoon. I've never had such a quick gurgle of the tummy and then whammo, the big "D" almost instantly. Thank god I know where most of the restrooms are on the naval base I work at are. Sorry for the details, figure someone else can relate!!!
Harley, glad to hear that your going to have your "butt mole" checked out. I go in annually for a skin check-up, lost my mom to melanoma in 2000. Kinda gave me a wake up call, although I still like to get some color. Hoping that I have my dad's genes in the skin dept.
Hooray for the one year anniversary. My thought as well as my docs is that the cancer is out when they did surgery, the txt's to follow are all preventative meds.
All this nipple talk had me shaking in my slippers, looks like I'll be sporting a high beam only on my left side. I did get my swim boob in the mail the other day, kinda cracked me up as DHL could not deliver it without a signature. If he only knew!!!
Susan, thanks for posting, I got a hoot out of your pole dance comment. I had heard of possible lymphedema from rads., have you had any problem with it prior to the rad?
Another golfer, I love it ... I've only golfed in Florida a couple of times, my dad winters in Leesburg FL (kinda in the middle of the state), I'll never forget my dh getting out of the golf cart to take a pic of an alligator. The gator was alongside a pond, the dh walked towards it, quite some distance away, the gator darted to the pond and the dh darted back towards the cart. Thats cool your able to get out of Ohio and warm your bones in FL. Wish Dad would winter in AZ, so much closer to Wash and I prefer to be in the dry heat over the humidity.
Got a gift cert (green fees for two) from the bro for b-day to a new local course called White Horse, looking forward to whacking the ball around that course, might wait for some nicer weather though. Will hit our regular course on Sunday weather permitting.
Annie, sounds like you may be able to provide some support as well to a local patient. I remember my surgeon back in Nov telling me about a support system "Reach for Recover" or something along those lines, he told me back then how you can get support 24/7 and then told me that he thought I could actually be someone who might want to get involved with the group to provide the support to others. I have just tried to do a little something when I can, I feel for anybody that is going this alone, or with little support. In fact I really can't imagine not having bc.org to rely upon. I have become like my teenage son and spending all this time on mySpace, except my time is spent at bc.org.
Hitting some warm weather in AZ on the 22nd, planning on meeting Jill (who should be getting back from Hawaii) I think this weekend. I'm so ready for a vacation.
Rita and Ginny, I'll have to say thanks for the pick me up once again, you always have your pom-poms pumped to get some of us through the day, week or month. I'll never be able to quite express what your words of encouragement mean to me, so once again thanks for hanging in there with us that are still plugging along.
Hoping for a smooth, se free weekend ... hope you all enjoy yours as well,
Carol
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I just want to thank everyone for all the support! Since I have been going through a rough time recently, you are the only ones I can 'talk' to, who understand about the fear of bc recurrence.
I also want to try to help all ya'll in any way that I can. You are a wonderful group of women, especially on the CMF thread! I am proud to be an honorary part of this group!
Harley
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Good Morning Ladies, Rita, I go to Naples, Florida in the winter. I go back and forth from Sandusky, Ohio to Naples from January to April. My husband is still working and so when I am in Naples without him I feel guilty and when I am in Ohio, I complain about not being in Naples! Go figure! I enjoy golf more in Ohio because I don't like the grass in Florida. The short game is so different and much more difficult.I never thought we would end up even going to Florida. I used to call it God's waiting room.
I am with you- the anxiety a week before each appointment or test is overwhelming. My imagination goes into overload. I really need to work on that.I will be glad when these appointments are spaced out more.I hate the anxiety over the tumor marker blood test the most.
Annie, thanks for the feedback on the swelling. I kind of hope the fullness decreases over time but if not, so be it.
Carol, I love to go to Arizona and play golf. We usually go each year to Scottsdale and I love it there. Wonderful courses and restaurants!
Candie, each time I see a post from you I think of us going through everything at the same time. Almost two years ago, but who's counting! Me, all the time. Stay well.
Have a good week-end all. Love, Susan
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Hi ladies, checking in to see how everyone is doing........
Carol, I sure hope this too passes, and that you feel much better very soon! I did, however, get such a laugh out of the UPS story...
and the "high beam" comment ..there are times when I just want to say the hell with anymore surgery but i'll cross that bridge when I get there, can't do anything during chemo anyway. so we'll see in July if I still feel I need a nip or not. I did enjoy a fleeting moment of wondering what if I'd gone with prostheses or not and the plusses to those....ie, buying two and wearing both of them so I had three and enjoying peoples faces....it was a bit tempting i must say. But since we paid the whole fee upfront for all the surgeries, i suppose i'll follow thru. When all is said and done, these are just chunks of fat on our chests, not worth dying for, lamenting over, etc. at least that's my take on it, everybody has their own. I figure one of these babies is gonna hit my hip bone in a few years, anyway, might as well make the other look good. At this rate, i'll need a pulley and a joist to haul it up to the ps's perky job. DH and I have dubbed one "miss Hollywood to be" and the other "saggy aggy." You have to laugh at this stuff or you'd cry.
Harley, I 'm glad you are getting the mole checked out...but everyone is right , the anxiety stays. I was a wreck the week before each and every time only to make it to six years, figure, "oh I'm fine" put it off, and then of course.........grrrr. I do have some friends, who are almost ten years out, and they don't feel the anxiety anymore.
Which is good to look forward to.
Ginny, i've been thru the hive thing, mine lasted about six months. then it just ebbed away. They never did figure out what it was due to, but interestingly enough, soon after that, got hit with hypothyroid, so it may be intriguing to look into the auto immune issue...good luck and heal soon. remember too, sometimes hives are just hives...nerves, anything can make them come up, and allergy season is beginning. But i'll send some prayers your way for a speedy healing too!
I'm with Harley, this board is a bonafide lifesaver and so nice to have friends who know what you are going thru...not that i'd wish it on anyone else, but you guys know what I mean....thank you!!
Cuz no matter how loving, how supportive our families and hubbies are, they cannot relate. I'm so glad to be included in this stellar group of some of the bravest ladies i've ever met.
xoxo
Annie
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Hi again ladies...been playing with photobucket and i think i have it right, wanted to share this photo of my 50th bd party with my nephews (I have 11 and 4 nieces) Jack (21 year old godson) and Kurt (youngest nephew, 10)...hope you enjoy it! My other photo was too small and I like to show the kids off when I can
http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh72/anniebelle_photo/anniebdpartywithjacknkurt.jpg
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Annie,
What a lovely picture! What a wonderful family you have! And, you are just beautiful!You are right... no one can understand what we are going through, unless they have been there... It's nice to have this wonderful group of caring women who truly understand!
HugsHarley
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Harley, thank you, I love my nephews and nieces so much! I have one cherished daughter so I fill the house with plenty of kids, some related, some not. Keeps it happy!
As for me. ....well a couple of pounds of makeup can do alot, but thanks! You will also note that I am holding my crazy little guy in front of me to hide my sizeable butt.
Hope you are hanging in there today and feeling a little bit better as well as having fun with your jewellry making!
love
annie
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Annie, hey great pic, and as I told the dh, your another great looking lady. Whats up with all the pretty women getting the big "C". Gotta love boys being boys ... oh how I can relate to the pic!!!
Susan, golfed in Scottsdale a couple of times, stayed at the Marriott in North Scottsdale when it first opened a few years ago. At the time it was quite reasonably priced, golfed at Wildfire. Great Arnie Palmer course. Would love to go back, will probably have to win the lottery to afford it though. The last couple of years we have been fortunate to have our golfing buddies invite us to stay with them in Mesa. They have a park model home on a golf course there. I'm a happy camper golfing that course each day were there, although we usually do others in the east valley as well.
Jill, I'm thinking you are probably home from the islands ... I'm sure you had a great time, I'll be giving you a call this week, looked at the weather report for Mesa, looks like it has been a little cool there recently, but the 10 forecast I'm liking!!! Trying on my shorts today, and gearing up for next Sat.
Going to hit nine holes of golf in about an hour, its only 45 degrees out, so I'll be sporting some hand warmers. Figure the walk will do me some good, catch you all later,
Carol
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Hello Ladies,
Am back from our wonderful vacation in Hawaii. It was absolutely beautiful. Spending time with my DH and girls was the best part. We did lots of shopping, driving around the island and enjoying the incredible sunsets. I'm in the process of downloading photos on photobucket to share. Never done it before so bear with me.
Carol- Looking forward to our visit next week. I have my 4th txt on Thursday and should be feeling back to normal by the time you arrive. I did wear my sleeve on the flight and had no signs of LE. I was sure ready to take it off once we landed. Just a very tight feeling on my arm. It did help to keep me warm (airplane was cold).
Well I got alot a catching up with all the posts. Will let you all know when the pictures are ready. I'm hoping by tomorrow.
Talk to you soon
Jill
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Jill, welcome home, did you have re-adjust your internal thermometer ... I guess it was pretty cool in the Phoenix area the last couple of days. Hoping it got it out of its systems before next week, not planning on packing the whollies!!!
Looking forward to the pics, give a holler if you need some help posting, I've fumbled my way through it a couple of times, and it looks like we have some others that have had some recent successs.
Off to work, will check in tonight with my fellow CMF-ers!
Carol
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Annie,
Thanks! You are so sweet, and you do NOT have a big butt! ;-)
My dh and I had some friends from up north today. We went out to lunch together and caught up on the news. I found out that Carol had bc FIVE years ago! But, she never told anyone. We talked about our experience, and it was really nice to chat with someone else, face to face who'd been through bc.I am excited about the jewelry, but I just need so many of the odds and ends, to make the pieces really come together, to look professional.
Harley
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Hey Harley, yeah I sure as heck do, and if Kurt was moved to the side, I'd be showing it off ...I aim to eat as much chocolate as I want over easter cuz chemo #3 comes the tuesday after and i know i won't want it then! Good for me? Nope. Doing it anyway? Yup!
I had bc six years ago and never told anyone either. when I did, they kind of stared at my chest as if to wonder which one it was....I used to want to sport a sticker on my left one saying "hey, over here, this one!" People reacted to it so weirdly, that this website is the best find yet...even family doesn't know how to act this time around. But you guys do!!
I've learned from that, that you need support (sorry, no pun intended) that you need humor, that you need to talk about other stuff. Carol's focusing on her gold is a great thing to do...wish I played! And this time around I went right out there with it............I don't know about you guys, but i sure found out who my friends were real quick. Alot of people are sooo freaked out they can't deal with it. My own sister dropped me like a hot potato. Too close to home, I guess?
anyway, endlessly glad to know all of you guys........hey, Harley, throw a pic in there? I love to see the faces to match the people and feel I really know my great new gfs!
Have fun with the jewellry, it's a great idea!
love
annie
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Hello All, Don't you just love the people that look right at your chest after they find out you had breast cancer? I always look to see where their eyes go and sure enough- right down! Between the peek at the chest and the dumb things people say sometimes I just laugh and other times I get so p----- off! At least I have learned what not to say or do so this whole experience has taught me so much.
Stay well, everyone. Susan
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Annie,
You are so right... I know alot of people who didn't want to talk to me after I told them about the bc dx. They acted like they would catch it from me.
I don't get the stares at my chest...in fact, I find that when I tell people, they avert their eyes, as if they are maybe embarrassed or something. I thought I would get that, especially when I tell them that I have had reconstruction, but they don't even seem to want to look to see how big they are now!
Now, these are people who don't seem embarrassed about the subject of bc... sometimes, they even mention it. Our friends today didn't know about my bc, so when I told Carol, she said that she is a FIVE year bc survivor. It is amazing the women I have met because of bc!
I guess you find out who your friends really are. I have 'met' so many wonderful women through this site! Talking to our friends today made me realize just what a great club this really is!
I have to learn how to use 'photobucket', is that what they use on this website? I am kind of an idiot, so it may not go thru. I'll see if my dh can help me to at least load it on the computer!
Thanks!
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http://s264.photobucket.com/albums/ii164/r62nashmetro/Hawaii%2008/
OK- I hope I did this right. Above is the link to a few pictures from our trip.
Jill
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Jill...What wonderful pictures! Wow! How scenic! Thanks for sharing! I'm so glad that you had a good time and so glad to see a picture of you! Hey, you know, Carol is right! We have some pretty good looking gals on this thread, don't we? LOL
Gotta get moving! Catch you later. Everyone have a good day!
Rita
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Jill, thank you! These are beautiful photos of a beautiful family! You are lovely and I just love your curly hair...so jealous of anyone with natch curls!
Oooh place looks so great! I hope you had a wonderful time. Your daughters are darling, what a pair of cutie pies.
We do have some good looking women on this site, Rita is right, and she's one to know, cuz she is one good looking chick herself. Maybe we can market BC as a beauty treatment? (JK)
Speaking of beauty treatments.........anybody have like a case of acne with this? I've never had zits in my life, and now I look like a moonscape of little bitty ones around my hairline. Yucko! Always something. What do you do for that, any input?
Also feels like I burnt the top of my mouth, is that a sore like they speak of, and do I need to get that Magic mouthwash? Or is it more like a cancer sore type of thing I should be on the lookout for?
Any advice welcome.
Well, everyone enjoy this delicious day...I got a Major Haircut to deal with the shedding and I sort of like it, but like Rita I think put it, don't think about the bumps in the road ahead, look at the road right in front of you. A very good philosophy.
Thanks again for sharing, Jill!
And Harley, yeah, I've had people MOVE their chairs away from me in PTA meetings as tho it was catching. The men always stare to try to figure out if it's like Pamela Anderson type of implants or something; so rude!! No one talks to my face anyway cuz I'm kind of built along the lines of Dolly Parton, tho now one's fake. I usually end up laughing it off but this time it's p****ing me off. I want to say "It's breast cancer, you boob. (pun intended) Grow up, you've seen boobies before." Or ask him if he'd like a closer look or something. Astonishing the behaviors out there. Oh well, people react in the strangest of ways. The family bail out hurt, but you can only let people hurt you if you allow it to. I prefer to believe folks can deal or not deal and I can't take it personally if they don't know how to react. I know with my first go round, I was all embarassed bec. let's face it, it's breasts, that's kind of a no go to area. by now I figure most of eastern seaboard has seen mine, I might as well tie balloons to them and hire clowns or a billboard or something. So maybe it's the subject matter. Who knows, we can only choose to react or turn the other cheek, right? Still, so weird.
love to all:
Annie
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Annie,
Yes, I guess I figure if someone has a problem and feels uncomfortable about bc, that is THEIR problem, not mine.Strange though how NO ONE will look at my breasts!! lol
Ok... I have some photos on my computer, how DO you add them here? Please someone help! I am an idiot! Someone please send me instructions!
Thanks
Harley
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Hi Harley!
I think your friends are just way more polite than the people I know...:)
I am a certified computer challengee and still can't get most of photobucket right, but if you scroll back a few pages of posts, Carol posted very explicit directions that were incredibly helpful.
Good luck! Can't wait to see your photos (and I promise not to stare at your boobs cyber(ly?) if you won't stare at mine. I figure we are "works in progress", right?
On another note: which procedure did you have? I had the weird one where they use a flap from your back, keep it attached, tunnel it thru your armpit to keep the blood flow and stuff it out the front. Rather like socks from the laundry when you make a pair. No, I wish I was joking. On the plus side, if I sneeze I can flex my boob! A party trick extraordinaire! Jumping boobs!
Called a lattisimus dorsi or something, sounded vaguely dolphinlike to me at the beginning, but I had a brilliant and kind plastic surgeon who worked wonders. It did work out fine except for the lack of nipple which is rather sci fi at the moment. ...OK, I have now overshared enough and you probably all feel sick so I'll quit.
love
annie
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