Class of 2009 - Sisters in the same time frame
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txstardust, I know exactly how you feel since I was in the same boat last week. Turns out my note that I called about never reached the nurse until Friday after my appointment. Praying that is your case too.
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Happy birthday Mary, hope you had a great day.
Shelby, hope you get your results soon. I hate to wait, I think they should be better about that. But that is only me.
My business trip was just fine. It was dark, dreary and cold there. The sun never came out and it didn't get above 35 until the day I left. I don't have the right clothes to wear in that kind of weather. You would have to be crazy to live there. My DH is doing great. He goes back to work on Monday. I think he should wait, but he is tired of sitting home. He still can't stand for long periods, but I am sure with time that will all clear up.
I finished my Christmas shopping today. Have it all wrapped and under the tree. I can just sit back and relax for the rest of the holidays. We will have Christmas with the kids next Saturday and I will be officially finished. We are gong light and just having snacks and stuff, so that will be really easy.
Hope all is well with everyone and you are able to have a relaxing weekend.
Juannelle
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Oops, I posted this in the wrong thread so copied it over here...
5 wrote:Gosh, seems as if the whole country is freezing. It is even cold in Florida! Drizzly, grey - looks like it could snow but not cold enough. It has snowed here a few times. Once it was enough to actually make a layer on a car. Usually it just shows as light flurries. I was supposed to leave this coming Friday to visit DD in So. California for 6 days, home on the 22nd. BUT DH was riding his bike yesterday and got hit by a car! It was a slow motion wreck but kind of a head on collision. Driver did not see him coming and she turned into his oncoming path. He refused to go to the ER but is skinned and sore today. Mostly hip pain so will see PCP tomorrow and get xrays. Even if nothing is cracked he is going to have to feel A LOT better by mid week or I need to cancel my trip. Well, at least I have most of my Christmas stuff done since I thought I was leaving. Maybe not as organized as Juanelle but getting there. So many of us take Arimidex or other AIs without serious problems. Sure aches and pains abound but who knows what we might be suffering even without the drugs. Our poor bodies have to go through so much in the course of treatment, it's hard to single out one particular cause of trouble. Not to mention stress !!! I have stopped Arimidex and now take Tamoxifen for complicated reasons... but still have not ruled out the possibility I will go back to an AI in the future. By the way, I was on Arimidex about 16 months and it took about 5 weeks for me to feel I was no longer experiencing the negative SEs. Of course that probably also means I was no longer experiencing its positive effects
Everyone is different and you can only know how your body will respond by giving it a try. Bottom line: even though I stopped Arimidex I am glad I took it as long as I did and grateful for whatever good it did while I was on it.Our neighborhood has been invaded by flocks of vultures! They sit on the roofs of houses and it sounds like men stomping around up there! They tear open garbage bags and strew food all over the street. Even the neighborhood cats are afraid of them. It's kind of depressing to see big buzzards sitting on your roof! Like a dire warning of something Someone suggested they are attracted by the cat food left out for feral cats by some animal lovers. ??? I don't think there are any dead bodies in back yards!Better go see if DH needs anything...Wishing everyone good medical reports!P
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Pam, holy crap...sorry about your dh...at least he is good hands with you. take care...those buzzards sound kind of funny...take a pic and show us.
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I don't think I would want buzzards sitting on my roof. At least they are not predators. But maybe you should look out for a dead body. One never knows.......
Pam, hope your DH gets to feeling better. I am glad the wreck wasn't worse. He is a very lucky guy, if you want to call it luck.
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To quote Pogo, "Look Alive!"
Thanks for the good wishes for DH. He says his hip hurts less tonight. Maybe I will still get to visit DD. We'll see. He is used to being taken care of even when he is not injured
so can't abandon him in his hour of need!Pam
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Pam, that shoulds like the typical man. Glad he is feeling better. Have a good time with DD.
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Pam... WOW! Can't believe that someone actually hit your hubby. Glad he is doing o.k. though banged up a bit.
Juanelle - Kudos to you for being done with shopping and wrapping for Christmas! I'm semi-done but nothing and I do mean nothing is wrapped. LOL!
Freezing is not the word for what it has been here in North Alabama but I really have loved it so much. We have had snow the last 2 days and it has been so beautiful to watch. Winter is truly my favorite time of year when it snows. I don't really care for ice and rain though.
Got some worrisome news today. My rad onc office called me and the chest xray I had done last Thurs shows a spiculated opacity on the right middle lung which is directly behind the area of my right breast where I had breast cancer and radiation. He thinks "it may be scar tissue" at least that is what his nurse told me, but he wants to be on the safe side. I am really worried. Please keep me in your prayers. I will be having a Chest CT tomorrow morning at 9:45 am and should have the results late tomorrow evening or Wed morning is what I have been told.
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Renee, I do hope this is just the doctor being cautious and it turns out to be nothing. I just wonder if there will ever be a time when we are not scared to death, no pun intended. Saying a prayer for you. Let us know as soon as you can.
Juannelle
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Renee, hope it all works out ok...those docs sure do scare the crap out of us sometimes...lets just hope it is him being cautious...
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Thanks so much ladies! The more I google the more worried I am... so I'm stopping and trusting in my lord Jesus Christ and Savior! He said when the load was to much for us to carry and we saw only one set of footprints that was when he was carrying us... Well I am letting him carry me right now my friends!!! Amen!!!
Renee
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Renee: Thinking of you and sending good vibes your way -- with surgery and all that radiation, how could anything nasty possibly pop up there? Breathe in, breathe out... (((hugs))))
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Dear Renee,
I so hope you get some answer quickly. The spiculated part is worrisome. But these oddities do show up and turn out to be nothing or nothing that anyone can pinpoint. During my pre-lumpectomy work up a spot in a lung was found. Almost two years later I still do not have an answer. I get a CT scan every 6 months with the promise "this one will be the last." But something always changes... not for the worse really, just a shadow or a shift, and I am scheduled again in 6 months. I figure the BC will not get me... it will be all the CT scans
This is a terrible time for this to hang over you. Wishing you some quick results that are 100% good.
Pam
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Thinking of you today Renee. Praying all goes well.
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Hugs to you Renee, as you wait for the test results.
Pam, I hope DH gets to feeling better soon.
My test results are back (mostly) from last week. Clear x-ray and normal pulmonary function. The nurse wasn't sure what the report from the CT scan meant, but said it looked good too from what she could tell. I've decided that I'm not going to worry myself over it any more. I've had so many tests and scans over the last several months that I'm actually starting to relax and believe that I might just get past bc yet. Even though I still have to figure out what to do about hysterectomy/oophorectomy, my gyn said there's not a big rush for that surgery, whatever i decide. So, unless I'm bleeding out of every orafice or breaking a bone, I'm not going to any more dr appointments until March for my next Zometa infusion. And I'm even starting to reconsider that based on the results of the newest study showing limited (if any) benefit for premenopausal women.
Now, it's on to the holidays. I have done no shopping - can't afford gifts this year for anyone but my kids, and it's even tight with them. But on Wednesday, my mom and I are getting together to do our Christmas baking, and I'm making tons of cookies to give out as gifts.
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What could be better than homemade cookies as a gift?! And it is not an inexpensive present. I have made Paula Deen's cherry - white chocolate - macadamia nut cookies and the ingredients cost a fortune. They are good but not really any better than good old chocolate chip. Tomorrow is a baking day for me. Maybe 12-23 too
DH is feeling much better so my trip to CA to see DD is back on. I'll be home 12-22 and it will be panic time. What was I thinking planning a trip a week before Christmas? But I miss DD and since she went back to work it is too hard for her to come here to visit.
I am for putting breast cancer on the back burner until after Christmas... maybe til after New Year's too! We deserve a break from all of these tests and Dr visits! Wishing peace and comfort to everyone!
Pam
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Thanks so much to everyone for all the thoughts and prayers that are being sent up. The waiting as we all know too well is the hardest. My mom use to work in mammography with some of the radiologist and tried to get some favors called in to get my CT read sooner but no such luck she was too late getting the call through it appears because I didn't get a call this afternoon.
Oh well maybe by tomorrow lunch with a B9 results ... yeah that's all I want for Christmas this year, keep the diamonds, the snow, the mistletoe. I just want a miracle of B9 chest x-ray - no cancer or anything else!! Renee
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Hugs, Renee. And Shelby, too. Hope you both get good news on your tests.
It is so hard to be patient. I heard a story about training horses for battle. Sorry I can't tell you more about the history - apparently that part didn't stick with me. The soldier and the horse trained together night and day, and became close companions. Before they were released for battle, the soldier got on top of the horse. Then someone with a torch walked all around the horse. At one point, the torch was passed under the belly of the horse. If the horse even flinched, it was off to the glue factory. The point is, can we get to the point where we can stay focused and calm, even when the flames are near? I've been mulling it over. It's something to aspire to - peace and calm in the face of anything.
We've all made it through a LOT. People on the outside looking in probably thank their lucky stars that they didn't have to endure what we've been through. But what we know is that you can go through it and still have good days ahead. Family to love, cheeseburgers to eat, and the thrill of snow falling. We can do ANYTHING if we have to.
So try not to flinch. And if you do, we're all here for you. No glue factory. Just encouragement to be stronger with every test that lies ahead.
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Mary you are such an inspiration to each of us. I don't know where you find it within yourself... God sent you to us to help us in our time of need and lift us each up and give us your miraculous words of wisdom.
I would like to share something that my brother posted on another forum on the internet... I have the best brother "I think" in the whole world and I love him with all my heart!!
"A Christmas miracle is what I need, I'm not asking for me so its not out of greed, My sisters been sick and been thru alot, we thought she was well but maybe not, she's had the test done so now she sits and waits, I know this part we both really hate, So if you're listening LORD above send back good news and your LOVE" (this is what my brother said about me...who would have thought)
I just wanted to share some Christmas joy and I hope it touches your heart as much as it did mine.
Renee
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Very sweet Renee! Give him a big squeeze from me!
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Oh Renee: I am so happy for you! What a relief - enjoy the holidays!!!!
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What happy news! ((((HUGS))))))
Pam
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That's terrific, Renee!! You and me both...thank goodness!
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Just what we were all hoping for, B9 results. You have an amazing brother.
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Renee, you go girl....
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Renee ~ so HAPPY for you !!!
Pam ~ sorry to hear about your husband, but glad he is feeling a bit better.
Mary ~ you are so sweet, loved reading your post.
Shelby ~ great news about your tests, enjoy Christmas... and it is not about gifts. I think there is no greater gift than something homemade, and COOKIES yum ! I am sure your kids are just thankful there mommy is here, YOU are a gift !
Juanelle and everyone else ! GROUP HUG !!!!
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Renee-EXCELLENT NEWS!
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OK, shopping is done, DH is feeling well, bills are paid, house is clean, laundry is done, easy-to-fix food is in the fridge... I am out of here! On my way to CA to see DD and her family for 6 days. I am going to pretend I am healthy and not think about doctors,etc the whole time!
But I will check in... can't miss out on you guys!
Pam
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Pam you have a wonderful time with your DD! Enjoy the holidays and don't think about the doctors.
Alicia I agree a big group hug is in order. {{{{ Group Hug }}}}
My recon surgery is now scheduled and official for Monday, Dec. 20th at noonish. It was just going to be a reduction and lift on the left breast to try and get some symmetry with the right one, which was greatly reduced by my partial mastectomy and rads, but today he told me he would be willing to do some "skin" reconstruction to the right side and areola as well to try to straighten it up and make the symmetry and appearance look better. Woo Hoo!! God is good and this is another miracle because the radiation had done so much damage to the skin and was hardening it he told me at about my 2nd visit that even though he thought he could do this to start with it wasn't going to happen that there was just to much damage and it was to big of a risk. Over the last few months things have changed and the skin and scar tissue have improved and now it is possible.
It is amazing how things can change when we let GOD take control. Renee
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Only a very small amount of scar tissue and all my blood work was normal!! including my tumor markers. Yeah! Got my Christmas Miracle this year and so did my brother Eph3_12! God is good all the time! 