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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Member Posts: 942
    edited February 2014

    BUMP!

  • badger
    badger Member Posts: 24,938
    edited February 2014

    bump it up!

  • Nico1012
    Nico1012 Member Posts: 1,152
    edited February 2014

    A bump !

  • badger
    badger Member Posts: 24,938
    edited February 2014

    bump it up!

  • Gardengirl66
    Gardengirl66 Member Posts: 44
    edited February 2014

    bumpity bump

  • badger
    badger Member Posts: 24,938
    edited February 2014

    bump for the March chemo starters!  ♥

  • sas-schatzi
    sas-schatzi Member Posts: 15,894
    edited February 2014

    Hi reposting this on some threads, may be old news to some, but to good of info not to pass this on,Sassy

    Cam00205Bluebird144…NJJoined: Apr 2013Posts: 393

    13 hours agoBluebird144 wrote:

    Knitted Knockers Charities is a non-profit that exists to provide free patterns for knitters and crocheters to be able to make knockers and help mastectomy patients get freeKnitted Knockers made by volunteers.

    I love my Knitted Knockers! They are light and soft and warm. Unlike my silicone prosthetic which is heavy and cold when first worn, then it later causes me to sweat.

    I wear my knitted knockers inside a regular bra or tucked in the pocket of a mastectomy bra. They are beautiful, and a godsend to those of us with an uneven mastectomy scar.

    image

    Knitted knockers website:

    http://www.knittedknockers.info/

    Fall down seven times, stand up eight.

    Surgery 09/09/2009 Prophylactic Ovary Removal (Both)Chemotherapy 02/06/2013 Adriamycin, Cytoxan, TaxolSurgery 07/19/2013 Mastectomy (Both); Lymph Node Removal: Sentinel Lymph Node Dissection, Axillary Lymph Node Dissection (Left); Reconstruction: DIEP flap (Both)Surgery 08/20/2013 Reconstruction (Right)Surgery 08/28/2013 Mastectomy (Right)Radiation Therapy 10/14/2013 3-D conformal external beam radiationSurgery 01/24/2014 Reconstruction: Tissue expander placement (Right)

  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Member Posts: 942
    edited February 2014

    BUMP

  • Gardengirl66
    Gardengirl66 Member Posts: 44
    edited February 2014

    bump

  • Nico1012
    Nico1012 Member Posts: 1,152
    edited February 2014

    bump in honor of Diana !

  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Member Posts: 942
    edited February 2014

    bump

  • badger
    badger Member Posts: 24,938
    edited March 2014

    bump it up!

  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Member Posts: 942
    edited March 2014

    Bumping in March

  • Gardengirl66
    Gardengirl66 Member Posts: 44
    edited March 2014

    bumping it up

  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Member Posts: 942
    edited March 2014

    Bump

  • Gardengirl66
    Gardengirl66 Member Posts: 44
    edited March 2014

    bumping it up 

  • iluv2scrub
    iluv2scrub Member Posts: 16
    edited March 2014

    I was confused by the Bump too...and if one puts the topic in their "favorites", it doesn't matter if it is kept active by a "bump" or not...it's just easy to get to and only the important information shows up on pages...I stopped checking the topic when I was in chemo because of all the "bump-filled pages" that did not help me....alas...I made it and I get my port out in a couple weeks - YAY!!!  I know a lot of you know how that feels!!!!

    For those of you just starting chemo...please feel free to send me a private message - I used that a lot because I found it difficult to follow some threads - I'll blame it on chemo-brain hahaha...I earned it so I'm claiming it!  Chemo is do-able...it sucks and there are a lot of side effects to deal with but it's all do-able!  Hang in there!  Happy to private message or email anytime!

    Kathy

  • RhodyMMM
    RhodyMMM Member Posts: 278
    edited March 2014

    I'm with iluv2scrub......going through chemo is rough but it IS doable. I finished 6 months on Friday. Cumulative side effects are rough but I am hoping they will start to lessen soon. Chemo does REALLY ugly things to your body but I look at the changes as "battle scars." And I am proud of them. I will say Ditto about sending me a PM for those of you going through chemo. I would be happy to try to answer any questions/make suggestions for any of you facing it! My chemo regimen was 4 rounds of Adriamycin and Cytoxan, 3 weeks apart, followed by 12 weeks of weekly Taxol (with a one-week break after dose #3 and dose #6). Each part of the protocol has it's own challenges, I would be happy to share my tips for survival. For what it's worth, I did manage to work full-time through the entire 6 months, with a few days off here and there for the treatments and/or complications. It can be done!

  • minustwo
    minustwo Member Posts: 13,354
    edited March 2014

    I have this on my favorites too - but even though I don't want to open every day for a "bump" - I think the reason for the bumps is appropriate.  Anyone new who doesn't know where to turn is likely going to check active topics first.  If there's no activity for this thread, it won't be readily seen.  

    I do agree, most of us would be happy to PM anyone w/questions - but they have to find us first.

    So bump ahead ladies.  And thanks for your dedication!!!

  • otceb
    otceb Member Posts: 129
    edited March 2014

    bumping for SGC

  • Nico1012
    Nico1012 Member Posts: 1,152
    edited March 2014

    A bump in honor of badger and Soteria205  ~ The best bumpin' buddies a girl ever had !

  • 2nd_time_around
    2nd_time_around Member Posts: 14,084
    edited April 2014

    Smile

  • badger
    badger Member Posts: 24,938
    edited March 2014

    Bumping this thread to the top of Active Topics.  Thanks 'rock' for the original post and best wishes to the subsequent posters, bumpers & readers. ♥ 

  • NWArtLady
    NWArtLady Member Posts: 239
    edited March 2014

    bump

  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Member Posts: 942
    edited March 2014

    BUMP

  • 2nd_time_around
    2nd_time_around Member Posts: 14,084
    edited April 2014

    Smile

  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Member Posts: 942
    edited March 2014

    bump

  • lgoldie
    lgoldie Member Posts: 18
    edited March 2014

    Great list!  The squirt bottle saved my menopausal cootchie

  • Gardengirl66
    Gardengirl66 Member Posts: 44
    edited March 2014

    this list made it possible, I will be doing the third infusion of four this Friday, Thank you to rock and all the great women that contribute to the list and bump it up . 

    Sending love and hugs to all ....thanks ....and bump it up !

  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Member Posts: 942
    edited March 2014

    Bump

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