Weigh in: What are the best and worst gifts for people with breast cancer?

Abbreviations for newbies - updated

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  • dkhancock1948
    dkhancock1948 Member Posts: 181
    edited July 2009

    Oh, thank you!!!!! That one has really had me baffled!  Thank you.

  • Mary22
    Mary22 Member Posts: 428
    edited July 2009

    I never saw this when I was a newbie, how cool!!!!!!

  • patoo
    patoo Member Posts: 5,243
    edited July 2009

    Debbie, There is no "silly" on BC.o.  Have you noticed that anytime someone posts a comment/reply/answer that the thread moves to the top of the "active" forum page or to the top if you have that thread as a favorite?  That is the same as using "bump".  It is only to move a topic to the top so it is easy to find.  This thread is valuable to so many that at least every few days someone will come and just reply "bump" which puts it back on page one.  Otherwise it would cycle off the front and be difficult to find.

    Please don't be afraid to ask any and every question on any thread.  The sisters here are all wonderful and someone will help.

  • sheila888
    sheila888 Member Posts: 9,611
    edited July 2009

    patoo, I thank you so much. I feel like its my graduation day finally i should be able to understand everything.

    Smile Sheila Smile

  • patoo
    patoo Member Posts: 5,243
    edited July 2009

    You're welcome but I can't take the credit.  There was an earlier thread from another sister that needed updating. 

    You've been on this journey for 4 years so you already know that we never understand "everything".  One of my earlier signatures read "The more I learn the less I know" because we always come across something else regarding this monster called bc.  Keep browsing these threads because I believe they are a great source of informatin for us.

    Blessings.

  • dkhancock1948
    dkhancock1948 Member Posts: 181
    edited July 2009

    bump

  • patoo
    patoo Member Posts: 5,243
    edited July 2009

    bump

  • Mary22
    Mary22 Member Posts: 428
    edited July 2009

    bump

  • patoo
    patoo Member Posts: 5,243
    edited July 2009

    bump

  • cmharris59
    cmharris59 Member Posts: 111
    edited July 2009

    Might want to add CHF = Congestive Heart Failure - a common side effect from Herceptin and Adriamycin.

  • patoo
    patoo Member Posts: 5,243
    edited July 2009

    Thanks CM - it's added.

  • LynnVA
    LynnVA Member Posts: 44
    edited July 2009

    So what is NOLA?

  • LynnVA
    LynnVA Member Posts: 44
    edited July 2009

    Nevermind, I feel silly.

    New Orleans, LA

    NOLA

  • lvtwoqlt
    lvtwoqlt Member Posts: 765
    edited July 2009

    Lynn, don't feel silly, I wondered the same thing when I first started posting. NOLA is used for the doctors in New Orleans who do the micrografting reconstruction surgeries.

    Sheila

  • MillieD
    MillieD Member Posts: 24
    edited July 2009

    This is great Patoo.  Thank you.

  • lvtwoqlt
    lvtwoqlt Member Posts: 765
    edited July 2009

    BUMP TO THE TOP OF THE PAGE

  • patoo
    patoo Member Posts: 5,243
    edited August 2009

    bumping up again

  • patoo
    patoo Member Posts: 5,243
    edited August 2009

    bumping

  • sheila888
    sheila888 Member Posts: 9,611
    edited August 2009

    Hi Patoo,

    This is not a medical term but I would've loved it if you added to your list.

    SOH=Sense Of Humor

    God Bless you

    Cool Sheila Cool

  • patoo
    patoo Member Posts: 5,243
    edited August 2009

    Ask and you shall receive! - (done)

  • sheila888
    sheila888 Member Posts: 9,611
    edited August 2009

    Thanks patoo. Lot of women on this board can relate to it.

    Cool    Cool    Cool    Cool    Cool    Cool    Cool    Cool    Cool    Cool

    Wink Sheila Wink

  • fmakj
    fmakj Member Posts: 1,045
    edited August 2009

    Bump - Thanks patoo!

  • Momushka
    Momushka Member Posts: 16
    edited August 2009

    This is great, patoo.  Thanks - it's so helpful!  But this one's got me lost - NAC?

  • patoo
    patoo Member Posts: 5,243
    edited August 2009

    Momushka - that's not one I've seen.  Where did you come across it?

  • cmharris59
    cmharris59 Member Posts: 111
    edited August 2009

    Also need to add SOB = short of breath THX

    C

  • Momushka
    Momushka Member Posts: 16
    edited August 2009

    Boy, the boards are active tonight.  Went back to find the NAC reference, and I can't.....will keep looking.  Thought it was on a thread about drains - is that possible?

  • Momushka
    Momushka Member Posts: 16
    edited August 2009

    http://community.breastcancer.org/forum/44/topic/738674?page=1#idx_2

    Here it is - under Breast Reconstruction - Taking Care of my NAC....

     Yeah - I'm not crazy!

  • cmharris59
    cmharris59 Member Posts: 111
    edited August 2009

    I am only guessing here.. but could NAC = Nipple Aereola Complex?

  • kfinnigan
    kfinnigan Member Posts: 490
    edited August 2009

    Hi Patoo, this is great info!  wish I'd have seen it much much earlier!!

  • Somuch
    Somuch Member Posts: 21
    edited August 2009

    Thanks for providing the "dictionary" for this new language. Big Help!!

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