Im bitchy, I moan, I groan.....anyway.
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Connie...just popped on at lunch and saw ur post, I had a fatty necrosis too and YES -it was painful...massaging it made it break up and go away after about 8 weeks...it was about 3cm. Hope yours is too and nothing more than a good rub gets rid of it.
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Crap, my DH has been massaging my chest at least 3 times a week since my surgery almost a year ago. Could a fat necrosis grow with that kind of action?
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EIGHT WEEKS!!! I have to admit that I would not look forward to an invasive procedure. I've had skin cysts before, removed, one came back and caused a bigger hole. If this is anything similar, I might end up with more scars and more potential for cysts.
Rather a damned either way sceniaro. Seems to me.
I know DH would love to massage that spot daily. HA, he says that is his favorite one. But I'm not letting him touch it again, it hurts too much.
Barbe - I'll bet that it could happen even with that kind of 'action'. it's just dead fatty cells that didn't get any bloodflow during or after the surgery, and the fact that I'm still a D cup and (one site said) light skinned. I really shouldn't be complaining. I have two boobs.
~Connie
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Hi Connie -- I hope your DD will get things back under control. You're a good Mom and she'll look to you as an example.
I have this big, hard lumpy-bump between my original lumectomy scar and the reexcision scar. Been there since the get-go and my BS thinks it's there for keeps. I did massage the whole area but it really didn't help much. So I have a mutant boob that looks like a meerkat...yeah, sounds weird but I suppose it could be a conversation starter if I ever go to a nudist camp...
I hope you can get your lump taken care of Connie -- no fun if it hurts.
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Kathleen - my markers have been on the low side of normal from the beginning and I have stage 4! can't tell just from markers. Hope it all works out ok/
So sorry for all the new lumps .. heres hoping they are just fat (who would have thought we'd be rooting for fat?!)
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Now, THAT'S FUNNY... rooting for fat. Dead fat, at that!
Figures that I didn't get a call back today.
The Doctors are overloaded, their staff is understaffed and overloaded. Seems that by now, after all the layoffs, all the good employees should be the ones left and any new hires will be experienced and competent. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH. I crack myself up.
My Pain Mgmnt doc, I guess, isn't mine anymore. I have two appts this week, one with my Therapist, which is priceless, and on Friday a.m. with the neurosurgeon that did my neck in Jan. We're going to look at the lumbar and I'm going to beg him for relief. There's a herniated disk in there, been there since July. I wanted to try an epidural, as I haven't had one directly into a bad disk.. those shots are terribly painful for me but they usually work. I had one in my elbow, years ago, never needed another. I know it's steroids, but it if works, Bring It On!
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Connie, I've had 4 epidurals, two in my lower spine and two in my neck. When I went back for the second one in my neck they said they knew I was really bad, as most people won't consider it, never mind go back for another one in the neck!
Keep us posted on your progress...you are in my prayers.
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EWB - thanks for that information. As soon as I know what's going on I will research her kind of cancer so I can be informed to give her the straight scoop.
Connie - prayers that the doctors can find some relief for you. That's terrible to always be in pain. It definitely gets on your nerves after a while (for me, that would be a very short while - I tend to think of illness and pain as affronts).
Barbe - What we won't do when we are in pain! Do you still have the pain? I know my aunt has had a number of injections to her spine as she has spinal stenosis, the last in June. When they get them in the right spot they help her tremendously.
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Oh YES I am still in pain! I take Tridural 300, Celbrex, Demerol, Torredol and Tylenol every day! I even have a handicapped license plate....sigh. I am getting re-scanned next week. I hope they just find that I have calcium crystals in my joints as I am hyper-uremic
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gentle, gentle hugs
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Hello girls,
I got a call back today and they are having me come in at 8:45 tomorrow morning!! I'm guessing that my Doc will suggest some sort of procedure, doubt she would do anything in her office. I guess it's back to the waiting room, again. yippee.
oh.. and Go Fat!! Be all there is in there. Just fat, just fat, just fat.
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Hey Connie -- good they're taking care of you quickly! Yes, one of the few times we hope to have fat!!! Good luck tomorrow!
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Oh Connie, thank goodness they're going to do something. She COULD do something in her office I suppose. I've heard of others getting "debrided", but I don't know if that has to be on an open wound with necrosis. Have a great night's sleep knowing that you are moving forward in this. You will be in my thoughts tomorrow! Please let us know how you do.
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Connie, my surgeon was able to do a fine needle biopsy on what turned out to be a fat necrosis in exactly the original site of my tumor. That was an in office proceedure, and once she confirmed that it was fat, no more worries. A year later, it is finally starting to get softer and smaller. Hopefully you will have a "fat" answer in a couple of days.
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Hospital care can SUX.
I have not fallen off the face of the earth, I'm hanging on to the edges. Having older loved one in hospital is quite draining.
Dad's appendix is out. They wanted him to come home today, but he didn't feel steady enough.
They moved him to another room this evening, and he is pi$$ed.
It will be a long time before he will be convinced to have another hospital procedure. (sigh)
Something about the night shift at hospitals makes you believe they are playing poker down in the employee break room. The nurses and aides "disappear" and don't come around as frequently. Some might say, "Oh, you were sleeping," but that's not it 100%.
sessna1
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I forgot to share my good news with everyone here. DH doesn't have the BRCA mutation. One in five siblings. We can't stop smiling at each other. I can't imagine watching my girls go through any of this.
<<<<<<Uncoordinated Happy Dance>>>>>>>
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Hugs Sessna. Joining in the happy dance Renee.
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ARGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!!
I hate Breast Cancer and what it is doing to all the nice people in the world. Today just suxs ....first I hear about dear Saint and then just found another post from someone else that I know who has found more shadows...what next????????
Am going to a Breast Cancer Fundraiser tonight to see Menopause...the musical. But thinking if I hear the word Breast Cancer one more time today will probably stand up and scream or just start crying. Should be interesting.
Take care all,
Viv
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Barbe - you poor thing! You are such a strong woman, it just amazes me and on top of everything else, you work!
Renee - wonderful news!
Sessna - glad your Dad is okay - its simple - they don't have as many follks on duty at night as they do in the daytime and they aren't dispensing medicine (usually) nor setting up procedures to be done (x-rays, MRI, Cat Scan, etc).
Connie - good luck at the doctor today - I don't think I have every prayed for fat to be the culprit!
Vivvy - hang in there GF.
Elizabeth - how is the move coming?
And finally,
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Connie....any news yet? Just checking in....
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Hey - Prayer Works.... IT WAS FAT!! ALL creamy colored, thick, liquid FAT ! ! ! She did an US in the office, it looked huge on the screen. She started with a numbing injection, tried one needle then got a larger one and pulled out all the fluid. I didn't look over until after she was done. She said it was not even going to pathology. . .OH!, Sweet Relief was almost instant. YAY!!!! I took a Hydrocodone upon leaving her office, then had a short visit with my therapist for which she didn't charge me a co-pay! I should get a lotto ticket today. Lucky, lucky, lucky ME!!
FYI - just knowing that I have friends waiting to hear what happened was a huge comfort. THANKS to everyone. Sure is nice, having all of you that understand the pain, the exposure, the pressure and especially the fear. There really is NO ONE else that gets it. And I'm so glad that YOU DO and Very Thankful for your care!
Tomorrow, I attack the herniated disk at L4-5, with a visit to the Neurosurgeon.
~Connie
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YAH CONNIE!!!!!!!!!!!!! You done good! 0
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I got my hair cut yesterday - just to clean it up...first one. I HATE IT!!!!! It's worse than the uneven yuck I had before. I know it had to be done to clean up the unevenness and that it'll make it come in better, but I HATE IT!!!
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Jane: congrats on the first hair cut - how long has it been since you finished? I can't wait until my first hair cut. I know I'll hate it too. I've had long hair my whole life, and wearing these head coverings is really getting to me. Also, the eyebrows and lashes could come back anytime soon.
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Connie -- I've never been so happy to hear about fat!!! Good luck on the disc -- you're on a roll!
Hair -- uggh!
Kathleen -- The weekend in Ottawa was great -- got an apartment, hung out with a girlfriend and got re-aquainted with wine. I woof-ed encouragement to her dog who's on chemo (carboplatin!!). Mom gave me some money to pay 1st and last month's rent, my sister co-signed for me since I'm a broke unemployed bum but with good intentions. Saw my doc, she almost fell of her chair when I told her about the BC but quickly gathered herself together to get me in the Ottawa Cancer Clinic in Dec.
I'm back in Boston, wondering if the rest of my stuff will fit back in the car. Boyfriend is starting to get depressed (about time!) but I'll be back spend Christmas with him. I am so freakin' tired. It's 5PM and I just rolled out of bed, having my "morning" coffee. Chemo the day before driving up to Ottawa, 3 Neupogins when I got back. Oh yeah, will tell Mom about the BC after Christmas.
I just checked the e-vite a friend sent out for my going-away party -- it looks like I'm now hosting over 40 people this Saturday. Friends of friends. Who the heck are all these people? I might hide out in the bedroom with my cat. But it's a potluck so I'll have some food. Yum.
I LOVE the Marge/Martha/Mildred (can't remember her name) comic -- I'm trying to emulate her more!
That's the scoop! Thanks for asking. I seem to be in a good mood today. Could it be the chocolate I just ate for breakfast/dinner?
Hugs and SUX to all.
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Chocolate. Maybe that's what I need.
I am so sad about what's going on over on the Stage IV forum concerning BCO members who are not Stage IV. After reading some of the posts in the "New Start" thread, I now understand that even my offers of love and concern for our Stage IV sisters were not appropriate. I've learned that those wishes should have been posted on other forums -- not the Stage IV forum. But, some of our Stage IV sisters only read and post on that forum. How will they see that we care so much about them?
I went back and deleted (erased) almost all the posts I've made on that forum since I came here nearly 2 years ago. It was so much more difficult than I imagined.
When I got to the 2nd page (yes, there were almost 2 pages), I found the "Northern Lights" pictures I had sent to AlaskaDeb (Deb C) when she was in the hospital, getting chemo for her brain mets. There were my attempts at comforting words for HeatherBLocklear (Annie), whom I had "known" since she was still on sabbatical in Africa and hadn't yet learned that her cancer had metastasized. I had posted on a thread by TripleNeg (Stephanie), to offer her a link to the "Rainbow Bridge" story when she was so sad because her dear dog had been killed. And I found my "hugs to you" post on a thread Fitztwins had started for SunshineSmiles (Susan). I always loved that sweet dog in SunshineSmiles' avatar. I think she told me it was her dog, and she had taken the picture for a photography class.
I couldn't delete the posts to those women, who I knew but are gone now. So I deleted all the others, but I left those. Maybe someone on the Stage IV forum doesn't want to see them. I think AlaskaDeb and Annie and Stephanie and Susan won't mind if the posts are still there.
Gotta find some chocolate...
otter
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Oh no Otter!!!! The women you mention would be sad if you didn't post! I would be sad if you didn't post. You are a genuine friend to so many. Please do not leave the many in Stage IV who love you. Please.
It all blew out of proportion from a mis-step. We get cranky with the rare (most often unintentional) insensitive person. It can happen in any forum or thread, not just the Stage IV forum. We get over it. It has gotten plain silly. But me, Fitz, {{{{{Saint}}}}}, and many more would not want you to leave. You know who cares about you, appreciates you. Please do not cut yourself off from so many of us that love you just because of a few who have issues.
This goes for any BC sister that is befuddled about the brouhaha. Big, welcoming hugs for you Otter.
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My blood pressure and stress is ratchetting up with all these hard feelings and bickering. MOAN! GROAN! And I ate the last of my Halloween chocolate for breakfast!!!!! Arrrrrrgh!!!! Wanna share Otter? Just describe it to me. How rich it is as it melts....
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Otter (and others) ~ I second what Elizabeth has said. There are many of us in the Stage IV forum that do not wish to be isolated by our disease. Your "offers of love and concern" were entirely appropriate.
Lisa
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