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Sheila: Yes, to Barry Fitzgerald!! LOL!! In The Quiet Man! I love that movie. You are in my prayers as you go into your next chapter.... I'm praying for a miraculous chapter.... I'm praying for help for you to stop smoking.... You are such a wonderful person and bring us such good advice... It's time for healing for you.
Prayersareanswered: So happy you posted!! You sound great. Thank you for the St. Anthony prayer --- another GREAT Franciscan! ;-)
Lovemyfamilysomuch: God bless you!
Traci: LOL!! Glebe is a challenge. Our whole commute is a challenge... I bring my Liturgy of the Hours book and do morning prayer (I drive in the afternoon)... Been doing the novena too. It helps keep my mind off the crazy drivers out there! I hope you get to feeling better. What is TEs?
For the local ladies: Fr. Sam is having another Saturday retreat in December at the San Damiano retreat house in White Post, VA. They also have over-night rooms. He's a wonderful presenter. DD and I are planning on going. I can send information to you if you wish.
Laura: Do what you need to do. You are in our prayers and will be here when you can stop by again! :-)
Has anyone heard from Torigirl? She hasn't posted in awhile and I know she was doing chemo.
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Hello sisters! I've just been catching up reading. Do you realize that we've added 26 pages of posts since Oct 15!!!? I had noticed we're on page 126 and seems like yesterday Paula said we had hit 100.
Theresa - where is White Post?
Instead of trying to answer so many posts, here is my prayer for us all tonight...
Lord, we bring You our basket of troubles tonight. Lift us up from all pain, worries and afflictions. Give us strength when we feel weak. Give us courage when we are afraid. Protect our health and our families. Send the Holy Spirit to show us the way and Our Lady to comfort us. We know that You alone are our only salvation. Amen.
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Thank you for offering the prayer, Janet!
White Post is in Clarke County in the Shenandoah Valley... just south of Winchester and west of Berryville, near Dinosaur Land.
125 Old Kitchen Rd.
White Post, VA 22663Here's a link to the Retreat Center
http://www.arlingtondiocese.org/offices/spirituality_center.php
This is what our bulletin says: Advent Day of Prayer and Recollection, Saturday, December 11th from 9:30am-3pm, Fee = $30, RSVP by Monday, November 29th.
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Oh - the fee includes morning coffee and lunch. They had a nice lunch the last time (not a boxed lunch).
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Squid dear one ,please, have an ortho doc check your rotator cuff as a rule out? So, glad you are feeling better. I have been laying hands on all body parts that I know hurt you as I say your intention. Please, do the same. I have done the same for all others. It's like the macarana. Laying the hand on my head is not only for a relief of any pain , but to help our memories---God knows this is an issue. LOL, by some that would be considered sacriligeous. But God made all things, analoguos to the spider for lack of something, I think more dangerous than ugly. Don't know if it fit there, but was trying to think of the ugliest thing in the world. God made that for a reason. And it's mate doesn't recognise it as ugly. Yes I beleive in Darwin----I beleive that Darwins ideas just recognizing of Gods creativity.
Theresa--Favorite--Quiet man, How about The one with james stewart and the white rabbit whose name is____________(SPLAT)? Yankee Dooddle Dandie About George M Cohan with________(SPLAT) ...."Whatverer happened to Harry" with Forsythe and______(splat she was really young---found it Shirley Maclaine. I'm not and I know your not as old as these movies , but i love old quality movies. My demise is that I loan them and forget to whom. Same as with books.
Laura thanks for the good words about the Intention site. It was Guided. I hope all goes well with what is happenning with you now. What I pm'd you about though appropriate to this site and may have been a learning tool for someone else was just way to personal thanks.
BUT folks new idea There are so many wonderful prayers given to us by so many here. What if we had a thread where they could be reposted. They get "LOST" as the pages move on. I have confidence that the consensus is there ,I'm going to go and "DO IT" instead of waiting. I'm not suggessting that the Prayer not be included in your post. When included in your post , they are so very often directed at a specific person's need. If a separate thread was there and you were so inclined to be patient enough to repost or for those that are adept at cut and paste it would be a breeze. So many of you are adept at bringing the right prayer at the right moment of need. I'm so humbled by that. I find it such a great blessing. But I will wait until after prayers on WEd. For concensus on the name. I suggest that we include all faiths as we have in the past. In trying to locate how to do the topic thread for Intentions, there are many other faiths that have there own prayer threads. What I like about us is that we are ecumenical(receiving all). Those that limit themselves to only their own aren't wrong, but there sentences are closed. It's the BUT that get in the way. This is how it is phrased---I believe or accept or understand what it is that you are saying, BUT.....................
When you open yourself to all , you open yourself to understanding others and the universe. We all bring to the table a different view of God an his meaning and at that table we can begin to discuss what we believe and why. We can listen to what others beleive and why. Similar to what we are doing here. We have not once asked each other "What religion are you". Squid has volunteered that she is Presbetryian. We have invited others who have chosen not to come. Though I so wish Ronna had, being Jewish she would have been able to enrich us with stories of the old testament that we have no or limited knowlwdge of.
If I am stretching this to far for anyone to accept, all that has to be said is a word by PM and it will be private. Remember I said I observed that there are many different threads for all faiths. Each may feel comfortable on to there own. So, we would do as we have done --invite and greet, and ask to join us and offer prayers that can be referrenced at will On the new prayer thread. Be advised our quiet friends now exceed 33000(I THINK that was the number i saw). That is humbling. They wouldn't re quietly coming by if something different wasn't happenning here.
A thread to post actual prayers? Talk about it.
When I told my pastor the wonderful story of Namaste as told by Nurse Karla --Sherpas -Greeting each other with hands folded, translating a buddihist statement --Namaste --I salute the God within You---His response was I wish we had thought of that first. We have things to learn from each other. ---May god keep you in the hollow of his hand , may the wind be always be at your back, may you be in heaven a 1/2 hour before the devil knows you are dead. Whole bunch of mixed up Irish blessings. Love sheila
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I know folks and elevation of alakaline phos in the absense of other factors isn't good, but it could be worse, i could have waited three months like BS wanted . Instead we are ahead of it vs behind. That's the way this whole journey started. What ever Gods plan is i'm prepared. Heart , soul, mind.
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Ladies, Again so many posts, I love it. All though I read them all and pray for each one of you I don't always post. But I am here with you all. I love all the prayers you offer.
PS I will be so glad when election day is over. I am sick of all the garbage were hearing.
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Betty Dear we are all including you in our novena to ST JUDE. Doesn't matter how many times you are posting , once someone has you on their list by name you are here Honey, we gotcha.
There is a new list. Forum> prayers and spirituality> Catholic Intentions---Add it to your favorites list. Our intent was not to forget who we were praying for. Since we have chemo/anesthesia/drug brain that is quite eazy. Read the instructions and you will quite understand
WE have all been praying for you L&H&P sheila
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Everyone seems to have gone to bed. I can't . So I shall tell a story. I was young and in love, quit nursing school because I couldn't stand to be separated from the guy I married. He was in Cleveland and i was in Detroit. After afew months in Cleveland , I applied to a school there. The tuition was 100$. we didn't have it. This was 1972. Sounds like a small amount , but then it was still considered a large amount of money. My MOM calls and says she wants to pay my tuition. I say no because I know they are always robbing peter to pay paul. She says " No its Track money" I said "ok". Mom& DAD usually went to the last 2 races because you didn't have to pay to get in. They would go to the track---ponies/racehorses-- or trotters- with 10$. If she won, she would put her 10$ back in her pocket. Any bet with a win made after that was known as track money. If it was won or lost she still went home with her ten dollars. Well when she told me the money she was offering to pay my tuition was track money, it communicated right away that it wasn't taking away something from them---hence the real fast ok. Her act entirely changed my life. I went into nursing school and BECAME a nurse and all after commenced because of her one act of kindness. GERTRUDE SHINE DUGGAN.
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Sheila ~ nice job on the Intentions thread. I love it!!!! To your post earlier today, no, I didn't have fun & relaxation. Although my sister is in town to help and teach us cooking, we have been eating very well. No more processed foods. I am on week #4 of rads, I completed #13 out of 33 today, yeah. I've noticed that the nipple is more swollen and 2 shades darker than the other side (it is to be expected).
Theresa ~ no, you are not a broken record at all, in fact I appreciate anyone who will continue to nag at me so that I will do something better. But guess what, the Lord has spoken. I received a phone call from my insurance case manager this afternoon, she is asking about my well being and I told her everything from my LE symptoms to the breach of privacy issue last week. She wanted to document everything in her database regarding the privacy breach and told me that the rad office will be getting an inspection. I told her that I will withhold the date that happened and give her full details until ALL my rads are done. She assured me that even if I reported them, that the rad's office cannot treat me badly or I will do another report on them. I told her that I'm not that kind of person and rather that I sail along now and let her have the details when I'm done. I do not wish to get retaliation and then report people again.
All this is as if I'm not listening and God again intervened and have another person call me. Also another good news is that the rad tech #2 is out of town on vacation, and I got a male tech (who did my CTs) to help out. He's gentle and caring and I liked him and my #1 rad tech working together. I told him that I wanted to see the doctor and have my arms measured, and he said that the female doctor is very detailed (she will be there tomorrow). So he's like saying to me, I could see the doctor today, but without saying it outright, I should see the lady doctor tomorrow instead. (I got the hint). So thank you all for reminding me that I need to push forward. The insurance case manager said the same thing Sheila and Traci asked. "So, you really don't have a definitive diagnosis about your arm?", I told her "no". Sharon said that I need to push again to get a name for my condition. Once that's in place, then she can get my pre-auth to get a PT specializing in LE to work on me.
Thank you Lord Jesus, I hear you loud and clear. I know what I must do now. Thank you for having everybody remind me what to do. I totally get it
Torigirl ~ I hope you are ok!
Good nite~
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Paula why are w e up so late?
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gambling sometimes pays?
you are a helpful nurse SAS, so yes, I'd say it does. Had a delightful piano lesson with my adorable very Catholic teenager. She is such an inspiration.
Prayers for everyone.
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Paula,
again, Wow! You know, and maybe others can steer me, but I have not heard of an Insurance case manager just calling put of the blue! That makes me very happy for you. excellent! And you see the Rad onc tomorrow, a new one for you. And just a little pinch in your side....I don't want you to fear retaliation by the med staff for making a complaint...if anything, the opposite should occur, and that would by hyper-vigilance on their part to make sure all is perfect. the machines have a memory for all rad doses etc...think of them as a set of footprints. but I do understand your hesitations.
Sheila,
It's my wrist/hand that still is an issue...I have good ROM in my shoulder compared to the days after my fall. The other pain was some shooters down my side, but mostly around and under my TE. I'm up early BLECH! to go see my PS today, get my script for my sleeve and glove, which may help my wrist a bit. the wrist is not swollen, it hurts mostly when I try to turn a doorknob or a medicine cap (or course.)
Oh, Sheila, I LOVE your idea of having a thread for individual prayers....so many I have wanted to see again
So hopefully we would see them here, then they would be "archived" to the thread? very sweet story about your Nursing tuition found at the races. Angels have a sense of humor too ALL>>>What time are we meeting here for prayers on Wednesday?
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Good morning Ladies, On weds I can't make it until 9 o'clock pm if you meet sooner, I Will catch up. I wound't miss the preyers.
I love the pray thread, it makes it much more easyer to remember. Thanks Sheila.
Well I just found out my DD is having a baby girl. Praise the Lord! Her first one is a boy and the love of our lives. I can't wait she is due the end of March.
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Good morning sisters,
I've been MIA for a couple of days and for that, I apologize. My husband came home Friday night (after 12 days gone) and my dad and brother came for a visit (left this morning). It was great to have them here and because I was feeling like my "normal" self, we were able to do some fun things for the Halloween weekend.
Now, it's quiet in the house again and I am feeling blue....
I head for treatment #3 this Friday...then, I will be halfway done with chemo. I'm getting nervous already, because I fear the accumulation of side effects (that may happen), I have my 4th treatment the day after Thanksgiving and found out my husband will be going out of town again that following Monday for 9 days...I'm already getting antsy and it's not even close to being here.
Why is it so hard to give everything to God? I'm always telling God, "Okay, I can't do this alone, please take it...take it all!" Then, a little later, I'm telling God, "Okay, I can handle this part of it, I'll deal with it." Then, before I know it, I"m dealing with it all by myself once again. It's a vicious cycle for me...
Geez, I'm a whiner today, aren't I? Sheesh...
At any rate...weather is getting colder, but I"m determined to make it outside for my walk and rosary...lifting you and your prayers and petitions up once again...
Have a blessed day...
Tori
DE COLORES!
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Tori, I wish I lived close to you, I would be there for you. I am so sorry you are alone again. I was so blessed bc I had family and friend around me all the time. But I am with you in spirit and prayer. You will be fine with all our prayers going out for you.
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Tori: Good to hear from you again!! Yes, family is important and I know you miss them. I play tug of war with God sometimes too, just as you described. I'm trying to get better at turning my day over to him right from the start. It's hard, though.
Sheila: you are full of good ideas. I like the Prayer thread. I love old movies too.... they usually had a good ending instead of the dark and heavy movies made today. I can only help you with one of your SPLATS .... Harvey was the white rabbit! I like just about any movie Jimmy Stewart made. I enjoyed your ponies to nurse story too! It's the dividend that keeps paying! :-)
Paula: God works in mysterious ways and listens to our very loud novenas!! ;-)
Hi Betty!: I'm sick of the political commercials too. All those commercials do for me is think, why would I vote for such a mean-spirited person?
Hi Apple Mary!
Traci: Are we meeting tomorrow night at 10? 9:30 would be better for me (bedtime), but I know the west coasters might do better with 10. Are we doing the novena together or some other prayer(s)? Enquiring minds want to know! ;-)
My sister, who was supposed to have an MRI on Monday, had to postpone it b/c her insurance is not willing to pay. GRRRRRRRRRR Why do insurance companies do these things?? She's not being passive in this and is still working to get it done... she works at a doctor's office. I have really good insurance, but even they screwed up and the night before surgery, my BS called me and said insurance was needing more information as to why I needed surgery... come on!!! BREAST CANCER!!!! I had to reschedule and had another week of worry. Ins Co ended up fessing up to their mistake, claiming it was a new person on the job. BS assured me that the delay would not affect the growth, but he didn't say that to them.
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can we do tomorrow evening (Weds) at 9:45 or 10 I am a west coaster and I just can't get to computer until closer to almost 7 with 3 little kids and dinner and sports
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Hi everyone
Sheila ~ I'm always up (and I'm a west coaster), I don't sleep until about 1'ish and I wish that I wasn't a night owl. No, I'm not a gambler, I was up last night looking for a prayer for Mary about her sister. I got too tired to type and I was dozing off. Been feeling tired lately especially this stupid L arm. Thanks for clarifying your sis. of Faust story.
Traci ~ the insurance case manager was assigned to me when I was first dx with BC. It was the ins. customer service gal that was very informative and she hooked me up. That was a God sent. Without that gal, I wouldn't have known about case mgr and BCO. That was the positive domino effects that I received. I hadn't spoken with this case mgr for over 1 month and she called me out of the blue and I mentioned the privacy breach and my rad SE. But I considered that as a way God is leading me to the right direction.
Theresa ~ thank you, and I can't say it loud enough that I know by praying and being sincere about our intentions that our prayers are answered. We just need to realize it (at our own different level) and no matter how minute the improvement is, we need to recognize it.
Tori ~ so glad that you're back online and that you had family visits. Good luck with tx and you know that we are all here routing for you and holding you.
Janet ~ thank you for your encouragement to look into some other facility
For the month of November ~
(during the month of November, the Church celebrates the communion of saints, intercedes for those who have died, and prepares to welcome the one whom St. Francis called "Sister Death". These prayers are appropriate all through November. The Litany of the Saints, and other appropriate prayers (which I've typed below) :
Prayer for the Dead
Into your hands, O Lord, we humbly entrust our brothers and sisters.
In this life you embraced them with your tender love; deliver them now from every evil and bid them enter eternal rest.
The old order has passed away:
welcome them into paradise, where there will be no sorrow, no weeping nor pain, but fullness of peace and joy with your Son and the Holy Spirit forever and ever. Amen.
Mary ~ please see Psalm 35 vs. 15-28, Psalm 36.
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I would be up to 2 AM every night if my body had it's way. You should see me trying to get up and moving in the "early morning..." I am so excited fall back this weekend, just to get one more hour of blessed sleep.
I am in a bit of a funk...today I had my follow up with the PS to plan ahead for my implants, and show her how great my skin looks after Rads..and then I got my usual bit of news that didn't fit into my plans.
My PS swears she told me I was going to have to have a Lat Flap on the BC side. I know we had discussed the possibility of the need for a skin graft, and that was only in relation to the expected radiation burns that did not happen. I am truly bummed. When PS and I first met, we talked about my multiple abdominal surgeries as making me ineligible for any fat to be taken from the belly (lack of blood supply.) Then we talked about my laparoscopic thoracotomy in 2001 which was on the left side (BC side), which also included a chest tube. I had a pneumothorax after I fell horseback riding. So she said I would not have a good blood supply there, and this was when we were talking about an elective Tram Flap. So we decided I was just going to have the TE's...but then the MD's recommended Radiation after my BMX as I only had 1 mm clear margin from the chest wall. So we did my radiation over my tissue expanders, and so my implants were delayed one year. (waiting the one year for the elective side too)
Now I hear my skin won't hold up the implant due to the radiation... and there is a 6 + week recovery time, which for me will be 8-10, because that's how I roll. This will interfere with the Spring/Summer start of outdoor swim season
I Reallly don't want another big surgery, and I had so much pain after my thoracotomy. I just wanted something to be "easy," for once. This won't be until the first week of April (she is going on maternity leave in December.) I do like her, I have heard very positive feedback from medical professionals that have seen my scars, so I don't have any issues with her, just the surprises that pop up, and my deep disappointment. and............then I felt scared when later on I was thinking about my PS visit, and realized, I have some LE. I will need PT after the Tram Flap, but what are my risks of exacerbating the LE?
can anyone share their experience if they had Tram Flap? I know there is a thread too, but I am tired, just like we all are, and don't like surgery that much! And insult to injury? No lipo on my hips, she's taking fat from my back, and that's not an area of concern for me. Can't catch a break.
thanks for listening....and I do appreciate the bottom line, that I am able to have reconstruction, as well as several other parts of this journey that have been better than they could have been. I just need to stomp my feet a bit.
off to go get my 4 legged monster some food...
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Oh bummer, bummer Squid.... cancer makes everything so complicated... as if our lives weren't complicated enough before BC! Would you feel comfortable getting a second opinion or talking it over with your BS? I wish I could give you some good advice...
My four legged monster keeps getting into the candy even though we have it up. Yesterday was laffy taffy day and she spit out the smarties, today she found a little bag of M&Ms that GS left on the table. Any other time, she doesn't bother a thing. Two years ago DD left out gummy body parts and we found those all over the house. :-\
Paula: Yes to answered prayers... sometimes the answer isn't what we want, but it's for the best.
Ugh, I had another humiliating afternoon with my work nemesis. I don't think she's a sister of Faust, just strange and seems to delight in letting everyone know how smart she is and her way is the right way. Another meeting with supervisor tomorrow. I do not want friction at work, but I don't want to be a doormat either. :-(
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Traci, This is what happened to me. I had TE at the time of mast. july 08, Exchange Sept 09. I had rads also my rt TE sifted so I could only expained. 300cc so when I had my surgery I only got 300cc implants. Lt side had bc, The right still shifted into the middle, now I went to another PS and he will shift the rt one back in place. They can't put bigger ones in bc of rad skin. I am very disapointed with my results bc they are so small, But like you I don't want a major surgery with a long recovery time.
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Theresa,
Since your 4 legged is naughty like mine, can you hide the chocolate? do you think she just got a few pieces? (I'm sure you know it's toxic, but I'll say it just in case.) My kiddo ate my roomate brownies once, and she was o.k., but drinking a lot of water and peeing a lot.
I will consider the second opinion, yes. I am going to do some research too. I actually was talking with my BC friend in post-op today after she had her ovaries removed due to BRCA, and her PS who is the colleague of my PS was there to say hi to her. My friend was telling her PS how much she loves her girls, she told her PS that I still had my TE's. So that's when I told them both that I learned today from my PS that I needed Tram Flap, and her PS didn't skip a beat and said, oh you had radiation? So that did give me a sense that this is standard procedure after radiation. So I was thinking I would be having "a procedure," and it is now "a surgery." That will make 9 big surgeries in 12 years, plus an assortment of epidural steroids and nerve blocks. sigh.
so enough of me. are the meetings with your supervisor to help smoothe things out? Your supervisor is getting more aggravated with her right? People like that are just nughtmares..sort of borderline behavior. Please come here if you need to find a place to vent/share the stress you are under. My advice, which you didn't ask for
is to play your hand close to the vest so to speak. she may be looking for a reaction from you, may have low self esteem and be compensating..but if she is willing to put all of this out there, she will push some buttons that can not be unpushed...from a client, or her supervisor. I appreciate a comment one of the MD's made that I work with, and that is people will eventually declare themselves. Try and surround yourself with Angels to protect you and keep you balanced. Perhaps there are some prayers that you can say that will help you center and protected?0 -
Betty,
Did they stay at 300 cc implants as a way to avoid Tram Flap for you? I am at 650 cc in both TE's right now, with the plan being a large C for my height/weight.
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SQUIDWARD.......... THIS MIGHT BE ONE OF YOUR MOST IMPORTANT LETTERS TO READ.
I am a 2008 girl here.... I am kinda known around here... with one thing:
RADS AND IMPLANTS
Sister.... are you on our PICTURE FORUM??????????? If you are not... you need to PM me... I am one of the Managers/Moderators there. YOU NEED TO SEE......... MY RESULTS.... girl.. YOU NEED TO SEE MY BOOBS AND READ MY WHOLE STORY>
Lat Flap can look amazing ! BUT...... unless your rads breast is FRIED and your muscle is KNOWN to be fried....... WHY NOT TRY IMPLANT ALONE FIRST??????????
Please sweety...... get on this.
LOVE LOVE LOVE
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AND SQUID
AFTER YOU SEE MY RESULTS......... THEN YOU NEED TO HOOK UP WITH OUR
" Breast whisper" around here.... MY DEAR FRIEND.. and Christian woman... WHIPPITMOM.
SHE CAN HELP YOU PICK THE IMPLANTS SIZE YOU NEED FOR YOUR FRAME>
OH sister...... I hope I am your messenger in this...
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Laura,
I will PM you straight away. I actually did Great with my skin after rads. I would love to try the implant first...but I got the impression that my PS would not even consider it...but our conversations do twist around a bit.Betty, did you get a similar message? or something along the lines of anything above 300 cc requires more muscle support? I am 5 10 1/2 and my "good weight" is 160. I am at 175 now after chemo. Actually I made it up a little over 200, so I am working my way back to me
I was a small C before BMX, and always love my boobs, but admittedly, gravity was starting to set in.I love your enthusiasm Laura and you all remind me that my boobs ARE important to me. Betty, I know, for a minute today, I thought about just not putting an implant in the the BC side...but if I imagine myself living on, and TRULY re-starting as well as CHANGING my life for the better, then that may involve a partner/hubbie in the future. Not that a relationship is dependent on boobs, not by any means. But I also chose the BMX to have symmetry as well as not wanting to get BC in the other breast (I have since learned that is not a guarantee, but as a triple neg Sister, I am glad I chose BMX.)
So Laura, I am all ears and eyes, and appreciate your willingness to show me your results. (Betty, no pressure
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Traci, Yes I was under the impression that I would be a full B like before I was told this at the time. So when I went for the exchange I was so disappointed. PS said my implant fit tight. They are very small for my weight and height. I went for a second opinion and that DR said he would do it but not until March. Well My daughter is having her baby in March so I can't be laid up. Now I went to my third PS and he agreed with the first one that my implant is too tight to put a bigger one in. I prayed very hard about this bc I don't want to screw what I have up. Do you know what I mean? I could go for the flap but not intrested in such a major surgery.
I would love to see the pitcure of different implants. I don't know how I compare.
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betty,
sorry for all the questions, but did you have your TE's inflated above 300 cc's before your exchange? oh, I just remembered more of my conversation with the PS, she said I would most likely end up with capsular contracture and other issues if I didn't have the extra support of the Tram Flap. I seriously went blank for a bit while we were talking.
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I'll ditto what Laura said about whipettmom being the breast whisperer. her knowledge is amazing. I so wish I had known about her before i had my exchange. Frankly, she works so hard, i have no idea how she keeps up with it.
Theresa-----james gagney for Yankee doodle, -------
Squid - sad about the curves going your way.
Paula--prayers are answered ---squid is right when a complaint comes in you get vip treatment, the staff is put on notice when someone is unhappy. So, glad your CM called, she will stay ontop of it.
Tonite our parish had a 7 pm Mass for All SOULS DAY. They remember each parrish member that died this year by date and name. Any family member that wanted to could stand around the sanctuary. After each name a bell tolled. It was very special. This may sound crazy, but after GReg's funeral in late Aug, I left a Peace Lily for the altar because the one there looked a little>lot ragged. Gregs Lilly is still looking beautiful with the fronds reaching for the ceiling.
To tired to post to all, but you are in my prayers and FR. Tony, blessed our Intentions after Mass. He's the Priest that was Gods instrument in my return to the church.
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