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  • americanpinay
    americanpinay Member Posts: 30
    edited October 2009

    Jess...congrats on the clear mammo...hope you get the blood count issue resolved...take care...

  • konakat
    konakat Member Posts: 499
    edited October 2009

    Mary - re tumor markers -- they are quite unreliable -- depends on the person.  For some people they are great for monitoring how they're doing.  For others, such as myself, my tumor markers have always been normal even with my mets.  Strange...

  • candie1971
    candie1971 Member Posts: 2,467
    edited October 2009

    Good morning, all

    Americanpinay, good luck with the MRI today.

    Mr PCP gave me another antiinflammatory to try. I hope this works. Can't wait to go to new orthopedic surgeon on Tues. 3 Dr's so far can't figure out what's wrong. I am a wreck!!

  • bettelou68
    bettelou68 Member Posts: 151
    edited October 2009

    Waiting right now for x-ray to see if right ankle is BROKEN. I have bening told for three weeks that it was arthritis.

    On Wednesday have an appointment with a surgeon who may do kyphoplasty of compression fractures at T9 and T12 to relieve the pain until chemo is over and they can do rads.

    And on Monday is yet another trip to VA!

    A few more magazines and a martini please!

    Bette 

  • candie1971
    candie1971 Member Posts: 2,467
    edited October 2009

    Bette,

    I am bringing some new magazines to read...and a slew of martinis.

    hugs and prayers

  • Britt
    Britt Member Posts: 81
    edited October 2009

    Hi everyone -

    Jess, one martini coming up!

    And martinis and a slew of new magazines for all -

    thanks for everyone's good wishes - thanks for being there with me while I was sweating this out -

    Bette, you deserve a special martini and a special selection of magazines - which of each do you prefer?

    Prayers and blessings to all!

    Maria

  • americanpinay
    americanpinay Member Posts: 30
    edited October 2009

    Hello all...

    Thanks, Candie...hope the new ortho is able to get you some answers...

    Got the bone scan and MRI done yesterday with no problems...hopefully, no problems with the results either... Smile Aaackkk...I hate waiting for results...

    Bette, I wish you the best and hope that you get relief from the pain..take care...

  • jezzy234
    jezzy234 Member Posts: 127
    edited October 2009

    BetteLou--yes, you definately deserve a martini and the best magazines.  how about a massage??? 

    i went away for the weekend and totally enjoyed myself.  It was a much needed break.  I went to an island in Michigan called Mackinac Island.  It is essentially the last weekend before the island closes down.  There are no cars on the island; I was amazed at how quiet it was/is.  During the winter the locals who stay there snow mobile or walk.  I loved it.  I looked seriously at a store that is for sale-hey, if I lose my job, maybe I belong at a resort!!!!

  • OG56
    OG56 Member Posts: 377
    edited October 2009
    So, I am at the Dr's office waiting to meet my new Onco, they call my name I stand up take a step forward my heel is stuck on my bag and splat I am on the floor.  I am too chubby to fall so henceforth I cracked the head of my radius! Cast for 6 weeks, I am beginning to think I am an accident looking for a place to happenUndecided Might as well sit in here with all of you and sip martini's lol
  • jezzy234
    jezzy234 Member Posts: 127
    edited October 2009

    Omigosh Omaha--Ouch.  So here it is:  clink, clink cyber toast!!!

  • bottkota
    bottkota Member Posts: 22
    edited October 2009

    I am having a PET scan done tomorrow and want to know what I should expect from this.  I am going to have a relaxent before (1 mg ativan, does this work to relax a person?).  I am nervous for the scan more so than I am for the results although I really don't want to have a recurrance of my breast cancer.  I have been 4 1/2 years of NED and I want it to stay that way.  Tumor markers are elevated to 94 and my bone scan showed a small spot on my sternum (been having a lot of pain there).  I really hate the waiting game, but have such a better perspective on life this time around then the first time.  Not as much a basketcase this time just want answers.  Any advice?

  • americanpinay
    americanpinay Member Posts: 30
    edited October 2009

    omaha...ouch...hope you feel better...

    bottkota...I had a PET/CT scan three weeks ago...nothing to eat the night before the test...30 minutes or so before the actual scan, the tech would inject you with radioactive sugar...supposedly, cancer cells love sugar so that when they scan you, the cancerous areas light up BUT sometimes areas light up because of benign conditions (for example, infection) so the results need to be compared to other tests...hope this helps...good luck to you...

    be well ladies...

  • OG56
    OG56 Member Posts: 377
    edited October 2009

    Americanpinay what if anything does your log in name mean? I feel like I should know but can't quite get there.

  • jezzy234
    jezzy234 Member Posts: 127
    edited October 2009

    Hello everyone.  I hope all is well.  Though my mammo came clear, my dd has the swine flu!  It is scarey because it hits so fast and her fever keeps climbing and climbing.  I am very nervouse about this.  I wish the tamiflu would kick in.  Hugs everyone.  I'll probably need a  couple or three martinis after this!

  • americanpinay
    americanpinay Member Posts: 30
    edited October 2009

    Omaha...pinay means "woman born in or from the Philippines"...Wink

    Jess...hope your DD gets well soon...

  • GracieM2007
    GracieM2007 Member Posts: 1,255
    edited October 2009

    Hi, waiting on scans here also, PET scan last week, Bone scan yesterday, dexa on friday.  I'm two years out on Arimidex.  Hoping and praying for the best, but will deal with whatever comes.  Bott, you will do ok on the PET scan.  The Ativan really does help to relax you.  Waiting to hear on everyone else.

    Blessings,

    Gracie 

  • lexislove
    lexislove Member Posts: 277
    edited October 2009

    Update on me...had my 3 month check and blood work last Wednesday. Onc said if you don't hear back from me....no news is good news. Well I have heard nothing!

    I have my mammogram on the 27th. Joy....that place is the worst! I always leave in tears running out the door. It brings all the horrible memories of diagnosis back....<sigh> Im wondering how long I can deal with the anxiety and mammo's. Thinkin about removing the healthy breast, but still on the fence. Does this BC crap ever REALLY go away?

  • prayrv
    prayrv Member Posts: 362
    edited October 2009

    lexislove,

    That great!  The adage "no news is good news" however has been in my experience has been "no news is good news but the lab is slow!"  LOL  Cool

    Update from my TVUS that was done on October 1st.  Dr. office called on the 6th and says "Dr. X" would like for you to come in and discuss results.  Nothing to be alarmed about."  Well Crap, thanks for making my day!  Anyway, my appt is this afternoon - someone please pass me a drink!

    Hugs to all!

    Trish

  • jezzy234
    jezzy234 Member Posts: 127
    edited October 2009

    Lexislove--I know what you mean about the tears during the mammogram.  When the techie came out and said the radiologist found nary a sign of cancer, I almost broke down in tears right then and there.  I was able to wait for the dressing room , and then I just cried and cried.  I gotta say that waiting room was so quiet!  Not like this super duper , very cool room. 

    Btw, DD's fever broke and she is doing so much better.  Doc said she can't go to school till she hasn't had any fever or motrin aid to bring the fever down for 24 hours.  Her fever broke last night at 103....gosh that's pretty darn high. 

    American pinay--thanks for your thoughts.

    Trish, here's a tasty drink--clinkclink!!

  • OG56
    OG56 Member Posts: 377
    edited October 2009
    I knew I had heard that before, our friends are from the PhillipinesSmile Hope everyones testing is   Boringly B9, I think I stole that little saying from Leaf, but I had to because it is the best. I am leaving some Pumpkin Sugar Cookies and a years worth of Real Simple magazines.
  • Ozzi
    Ozzi Member Posts: 13
    edited October 2009

    I love  Ativan!   used to get it via IV prior to chemo.  Have taken it orally - it does work!  Could use some now as I wait for results.  Actually freaking out because I have to go to a new lab to have the bloods drawn.  Don't want to do anything different.  I never knew I was so superstitous (sp?).  Everyone hang in there - the sun will come up tomorrow. 

  • lrm216
    lrm216 Member Posts: 534
    edited October 2009

    Omaha Girl - No martini sipping until we strap you into your chair!  Quick recovery to you!

    Linda

  • GracieM2007
    GracieM2007 Member Posts: 1,255
    edited October 2009

    I know, Ozzi, I don't know how I would get along during the PET scans without ativan.

    prayrv, am hoping it's something simple.  Let us know.

    Blessings,

    Gracie 

  • prayrv
    prayrv Member Posts: 362
    edited October 2009

    well all - the cysts have resolved and are no longer a concern (at the moment)

    However, with the endometrium triple the size of a normal one, the fibroid and the polyp -  I am having a D & C tomorrow.  I'll post when I find out the results, until then - just is where is that cabana boy with my drink?!

    Hugs to all,

    Trish

  • OG56
    OG56 Member Posts: 377
    edited October 2009

    It would be best if the cabana boy held me down while I sipp on my martini LOL

  • lrm216
    lrm216 Member Posts: 534
    edited October 2009

    OmahaGirl - you got it, girl!

    Linda

  • Ozzi
    Ozzi Member Posts: 13
    edited October 2009

    Got my blood test results.  They are posted online now.  CA15-3 elevated out of normal range (just a little bit) and ALT quadrupled (liver enzyme).  Freaked out and called Doctor Friday.   She says more often than not it is nothing.  I was on medication for a UTI that I finished a week before the test - and had some type of reaction.  I am hoping that is it. . . . . . . . . . probably will take blood test again tomorrow and again in a month.  Another month of anxiety. . . . . . . oh well. . . . ativan and chocolate. . . . . . . .another reason not to go to my weight watchers meetings. . . . you would think after nine years I would have a greater comfort level with this. . . . . .  

  • bettelou68
    bettelou68 Member Posts: 151
    edited October 2009

    Home from hospital! MRI showed broken heal with mets. Now beng treated with rads to spine and heal.

    In much pain.

    Bette

    Thanks for prayers, cards for relief from pain. 

  • OG56
    OG56 Member Posts: 377
    edited October 2009

    Awww Ozzie and Betty hope all goes well for both of you. I don't know how I would have survived all the waiting this summer without all of you and Valium.

  • americanpinay
    americanpinay Member Posts: 30
    edited October 2009

    First...best wishes to everyone...especially you, Bette...hope you find some relief from the pain...

    Second, I want to share some good news...I got my bone scan and MRI results today...NED...yay for me...med onco finally gave me a referral to the vascular surgeon to get the port removed...

    Thanks so much ladies for your company in the waiting room...

    Be well.

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