Illinois ladies facing bc
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Happy Birthday Donna!!!! CELEBRATE!
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Happy Birthday Donna!!!! CELEBRATE!
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Rita and my Happy Birthday posts look pretty lame after Wendy's and Laura's. (I think that is why Rita posted her twice he he he). My tech skills are pretty bad, but here is my best effort:
Happy Birthday, Donna
Honey, I spent an hour getting the the tongue to move. If you watch it very carefully, you will see that it is moving very s-l-o-w-ly to the beat of "Happy Birthday". Pretty clever, huh? Anyway, Happy Birthday!
Susan
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Hopefully I will meet many of you tomorrow! I can't wait!
Sarah
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O.K. Susan, I deleted one of the Happy Birthday messages! LOL
Maybe it's our age....we just haven't caught up to the technology generation yet! (and probably never will!!!!) :-) I have to work for hours just to post regular pictures on the site!
You gals have fun at your luncheon tomorrow. Give our new Sarah a hug for me!
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I'm new to this forum. I have a consultation on 8/18 due to a mammogram where I was told I had additional calcifications from the one I had six months earlier. They classified as 4a BIRAD so I have to get a biopsy. Someone gave me a link to the Illinois group ... so here I am. Has anyone out there used Lynn Sage Breast Center? That's where my consultation is.
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Happy Spectacular Birthday Donna....mine too is not so colorful either but it comes from my red heart and it's the best I can do. Lots and lots more along with great health.
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Happy Birthday Donna...Wishing you a wonderful happy day!!!!!! Enjoy your cake.
BJ
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barbgale.....I don't know anyone on here who has mentioned that particular center, but hopefully they will soon chime in if they have. Until then, welcome to this thread. I did have to read up on your classification. Goes w/o saying that I hope the calcifications turn out to be nothing to worry about for now. No matter what we are very good at hand-holding and lots of other forms of support and so welcome aboard.
Hopefully some of the others will get on here in a bit....it is sometimes quiet here at times so don't give up and just keep coming back.
Hugs, Jackie
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barbgale - Lynn Sage/Northwestern U is a FAB place for treatment or diagnostic tests. Mayor Daley's wife is being treated there... HANG in there... keep in mind the odds are in your favor (I think you posted in a different forum that you're in your early thirties?)... you are welcome to hang out with us here... we will help you through this. Best wishes to you on the 18th... in the mean time... if you have any questions... please post them here and we will try to answer them.
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Morning! 56 on the deck this am....nice for sleeping last night.
Barbgale....I went to NW for my 2nd opinion (Dr Kaklamani) but I had all my tx out here at Delnor in Geneva. I thought it was a great place. You will be fine there and get great care. Just remember....at this point it's just calcs, nothing more. My biggest heartfelt wish for you is that after your appt on the 18th and any further look-sees after that....you never need to come back here to chat with us. But if you need us for anything, or just to talk thru your fears...you won't find a better bunch women to help you thru the scary, dark places. Whatever you might need, just ask....someone here will have an answer, or a suggestion, or just a shoulder.....
Susan....I stared at that smiley for an hour last night and I did see it move!!!!! Really!!!!! Of course that image is now burned into my retina...AND....
HAPPY 3rd Anniversary! You go girl!!! Seems strange that it was 3 years ago that you heard those words...and now look where you are! Gorgeous hair, retirement checks coming in, a new career as an author just around the corner. Life is sooooo good, isn't it!!!!???
Laura...so is it 11:15 or 11:30 or 12 today????
Sarah...looking forwad to meeting you! It won't be a huge group, but we are a chatty little bunch so set aside a few hours.....
Donna....so how was the BD? I hear you got a facial/massage????? Nice!
Jo....DONE!!!!! NO MO CHEMO!!!!!! YAY!!!!!!!!! (Your hair grow back yet???? I know I was looking....)
Time to boogie....hope you all have a great day...see some of you guys later!
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Good Morning Ladies. Its hump day. I am still getting back to myself. It really does feel great. I am car shopping. I think other than laundry its one of tHe worst jobs. I have it narrowed down to 2 makes. Now we start the quotes....
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DONNA!!!!!!
I GET MY PORT OUT ON TEH 17TH. i AM SO EXCITED. I am suppose to start rads that day also. Hopefully I can do both.
Have a wonderful day. Try to enjoy it, summer is almost gone.
Love Buddy
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Welcome barbgale to the Illinois thread. We are here for you if you need us. We are also here to sound a loud cheer when you hopefully find out that these calcifications are nothing to worry about! :-) This is a scarey time and we all understand the emotions that you are experiencing right now. We will help you through this. The ladies on this site are fantastic. We'll just keep our fingers and toes crossed that you are a visitor who will continue to pop in and chat with us every so often. Please keep in touch and let us know how your consultation goes! HUGS!
Buddy, it won't belong and we'll be singing NO MO' PORT FOR BUDDY! You're on the countdown now. I think you'll find the rads are much easier than anything you've been through so far on this journey! I hope you find that perfect car for you. I guess I'm strange because I love to look for cars once I get the "trade me" fever.
Donna, hope you birthday was super! Now....onward and forward to another great year.
Well, it's the grandmother's tournament at the club today and I need to get moving and get that Cubbies cart down the lane to the golf course. I hope you gals enjoy your lunch today!
Rita
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Laughter is a tranquilizer with no side effects. - Arnold Glasow0
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I got all the dreaded marks and had to delete the first quote. Big day today....going shopping again around St. Clair Sq. and going to the gambling boat for lunch. It will be a really full day as I will come home...take one of my pooches to the vet....then back home for a very brief time and then on to Bunco. Bet I sleep good tonight.
Buddy....new car. What fun. I usually know what I want long before anything else. I have some that are all time favorites like Chevy Impala....just would not be the best car for me out here in the woods....so that is why my Blazer but at least that too is a Chevy. Dh ( former Mercedes mechanic ) generally only goes for GMC products.....says motors are better etc. Guess I'm not quite that picky....I say if I get in....turn on they key and it moves forward or back I can get somewhere.
Hope you all have a great lunch and someone is bringing a camera....right. See you all later.
Hugs
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WENDY/GIRLS - Sorry for the corn-fusion:
blackjack and I will be there at 11:15 - because I have to leave at 12:15 to accompany dh to a 3rd neuro appt.
JanC won't be able to meet until 12:00 - SO - I listed all the arrival times.
If you or any of you want to come at 11:15 that would be great!
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Actually I'm 51 years old.
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Thanks Wendy for your comments. Everyone keeps telling me it's nothing to worry about, but I keep reading all this informational stuff about calcs and some of it does sound scarry. I guess I should just stop reading about it because it drives me crazy and I can't help but be panicky. I'm a single mom with a 12 year old and no other family in the area and my friends that I talk to just say it's probably nothing and I tell them its easy for them to say because they aren't in the situation. So I am glad I found this site. Everyone seems so nice and supportive.
Barb
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Barb....it probably IS nothing. But of course....it's your boob that they are talking about. And yep, you are now in panic mode. Goes with the territory. Whatever it is, we will be here to help you in any way that we can because ALL of us, every single one of us on this thread....have been exactly where you are today, right this minute. And we know how dark and scary it is....but there is a light at the end of this tunnel and all of us are hoping and praying that after the 18th (or after your bx that is)...you will never need to check back in. We will do the dance of joy for you!
And if your news isn't perfect....well, we will help you learn to dance again! We all dance here....every one of us.
Hugs!!!!! And hugs to your daughter as well.....and we will be your "family" too, if you'll let us!!!
Laura...OK...now I understand the times. I can do 11:15...I'm just sitting around here anyway, eating bon-bons and watching soap operas as usual....
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Hi ladies -
Sorry I have been MIA - just having a fun summer, I guess. I feel like I have not been home at all the last month. Kids go back to school next Thursday and I think they are looking forward to it. Even though "school stinks" it's still fun to get to see friends that you lost touch with over the summer.
Yesterday, we went to Kiddieland. I grew up about 15 minutes from there and went there all the time as a kid. It's closing at the end of the season so it was very sad to say goodbye. The kids had a good time and it was VERY crowded.
Welcome to Sarah and Barbgale!
Elfsong - your boys are precious and your hair is looking good.
I've got to get back to work - so short but sweet today! Hope everyone is doing well. Hope you lunch bunchers are having fun.
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Hi there...here's some pix from our "little" lunch bunch...JanClare on the L, Sarah on the R (welcome, Sarah.....we loved getting to meet you and chatting with you), yours truly in the middle. Blackjack took the pix and then refused to let me take hers! Laura had to leave early but I got this before she left....
and here's a pix of Blackjack hiding behind the umbrella pole...she's not home so she won't see this in time to kill me....
Blackjack......sorry! But she looked gorgeous, let me tell you!!!!
We had a great time...I think Sarah thought we were "OK" as we were on our very best behavior, altho Blackjack did show her scar (what you can see of it!).
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FIRST and foremost... I sincerely believe that our dear CarolBerry would not mind me posting this:
Her Mom passed away... so sad... so shocked... please keep them in your thoughts and prayers. CarolB - I sent you a message at FaceBook... Hon... hang in there! We are all sending you hugs!
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Wow... what a crazy day! My visit with you girls today for the lunch bunch, was short but sweet!
SARAH - It was GREAT MEETING YOU! It is so nice that you found us... and it's great that you will be able to find comfort knowing other girls who have dealt with the same thing. And isn't it great to know that we aren't serial killers! lol Just a bunch of talkative bc girls! Welcome - Best wishes with the next steps of your journey...hang in there!
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Unfortunately... I could only stay for about 45 minutes... had to take dh for our 3rd and FINAL opinion relating to his Cervical Spinal Stenosis... This 3rd Dr (neurosurgeon) said he will definately need surgery at some point... but not until the pain is unbearable... the surgery is too involved to do it before absolutely necessary. So that's what we're going to do... wait! In the meantime... he will have PT to help slow the degenerative process and hopefully delay a very painful/chronic situation. It's all scary stuff... but we feel very confident with the opinions of the Drs we have met with. It could be worse, it could be better.
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barbgale - I'm so sorry... I got you mixed up with someone else here... BUT, still hang in there and still know that we are here for you!
Rita - Hope you had a great time at your golf outing... you should post that awesome photo of your Cub cart!
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Tomorrow... I am having lunch with a girl from bc.org...she lives just over the border in WI... we have talked on the phone - and plan to meet tomorrow in Rockford. She's so nice... and she's been through a lot! I look forward to meeting her in person!
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So much going on these days... my sister may possibly have skin cancer... BUT everything is crossed that her bx will be B9! Will know more after Sept 8th... please keep her in your thoughts and prayers!
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Laura, thanks no worries about getting me mixed up with someone else. I'm hanging in and the waiting is making me crazy ... I guess part of me being so scared is because I watched my brother go through years of treatments for Hodgkins and he passed away last September after months and months of aggressive chemo treatments. By the way, does bx mean biopsy?
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Hi: You all look wonderful. Sorry I missed this one.
I went to my first writing conference at Northwestern and I loved it. A student I had (like 15 years ago) was also enrolled and we spent the day together as we both were signed up for the "Young Adult" writing workshops. What a wonderful surprise! She is a corporate lawyer and disillusioned with all that. She would like to be a writer, but her 70-hour work week at her prestigious firm, does not allow that. She was a gunner. I remember her so clearly. I wasn't surprised when she told me she was in law school at age 20 as she pushed and pushed to be ahead of the game. Now she is disillusioned with all the hours and the no life! I guess better to have a mid-life crisis at 30 than at 40!. So today was really good but I am tired!
Donna, hope you had the best b-day. Sarah, you look so healthy! Is it just me, or can you see JanClare with a spiked, punk( I see purple) hair style that works with her very young and cool face? The glasses just fit into the whole hair-do picture I have. Then again, I just spent a whole day with creative people that look like what I descibe, and man they looked good! I was the only girl with gray hair!
Have fun tonight!
Susan
Susan
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barbgale - YES - bx is BIOPSY... I just added it to my list of abbreviations on the previous page of this thread. Hang in there... no one can truly understand our fears other than those who have been faced with them. That's the beauty of this thread...
Susan - You are amazing... best wishes with your writing conferences! Don't forget... I told you that, before you know it... you will be saying: "When did I ever find the time to have a full time job". Enjoy your retirement... to the fullest... but then again... I have no doubt that you won't!
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You gals ALL look gorgeous! Wish I could have joined you! I'm really glad that Sarah could join you!
Susan, I'm so glad that your writing conference went well and that you reconnected with a student. The same thing happens to me every so often and it's so nice to see what they have done with their lives and how they have changed.
My golf outing was fun but I really golfed poorly. I think I'm still overcompensating for my back but I have to admit that my back really didn't bother me on the course today. It bothers me more when I sit for any period of time. Strange, eh?
Carol, my heart goes out to you as you deal with the loss of your mother. I am so very sorry! It soundsl like you two were pretty close. You will have many great memories to comfort you in the days ahead. HUGS!
Well I need to see if Grandma Lee made it into the semi-finals of America's got talent. I just look at her and laugh!
Tomorrow is my bloodwork and then the weekly wait for the results. YUCK!
Catch you later tomorrow.
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Carol-I am very sorry to read about the loss of your mother. May the love of your friends and family comfort you during this difficult time.
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I'm now finally getting to the computer. I had a WONDERFUL time having lunch and meeting Wendy, BlackJack, Laura, and Jan. Wendy, I thought you were better that"OK". You are a great group of women and I am so excited I've found you and this site. I am anxious to continue to get to know you all, including those of you who could not make it today!
Have a magnificent evening. The kids and I are headed outside to try to spot a meteor. There are supposed to be meteor showers the next couple of nights.
Be well - Sarah
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Morning....
Carol....there really isn't anything I can say to comfort you at this time except to say I know exactly how you are feeling as I lost my Mom over 9 years ago. Just know I am thinking about you and sending you love and comfort, and a hug.
Sarah....I had to laugh over Laura's previous post about us NOT being serial killers, and that after Blackjack told her story about "killing" her tamoxifen with a meat cleaver!!!!! Glad you had fun and I do hope you will be able to join us again, and often!
Blackjack....hopefully by now you have seen the pix and have put down that meat cleaver! I figured you wouldn't mind this pix of you as you can't tell it's you anyway!!!!! BTW, you looked so cute yesterday in that top.....I loved it! And the shoes as well......
Laura...glad DH's appt went "well" and you have a path. Sorry our lunch with you was so short, tho.
Susan....YES!!!!! JanClare with PURPLE SPIKED HAIR!!!!!!!
JanClare.....are you listening??????
Time to boogie....will check back later....
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