MIDDLE-AGED WOMEN 40-60ish

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  • robbiedrums
    robbiedrums Member Posts: 14

    As usual, the man in the group is way behind and foolishly lost.  Upon reading Paulding's B9 post, I was initally thinking, "Why is everybody so excited about vitamins?  Can only certain people take B9s?"  Everybody was so happy, that I became happy, but I was still confused about all the fuss over vitamins. Then I actually Googled it.  Yes I Googled B9 and came up with....more vitamins.  So then I Googled B9 and BC together.  Still lost.  So I said it a couple of times trying to make sense.  Nothing.  But then a Google link led me to a link on BC.org and found someone asking about having a B9 tumor on their leg bone.  And I thought, "Oh, that does not sound good.  A tumor with a letter and a number must be really really bad."  But then a voice in my head said, "Excuse me, Dumbass.  May I call you Dumbass?  B9.  Be nine.  Be Nine.  Benign.  BENIGN!!!!"

    Congratulations Paulding ten days later.  Laughing  Hope this made yall chuckle.  Sadly, it is a very true story.  Men.  Gees. 

    Wink

  • Twylight
    Twylight Member Posts: 27

    Sound just like my DH!  LOL ... cute!

  • elimar
    elimar Member Posts: 5,886

    robbie, the secret decoder ring is actually a thread called "Abbreviations for Newbies."  Tongue out

    OG, Can they drain the seroma?  Why do some women get these and not others?  I imagine it formed in the space that had the Mammosite.  I wonder if seromas are more common in women that had the balloon brachytherapy or SAVI (comment theresap?)  

  • chrissyb
    chrissyb Member Posts: 11,438

    Robbie you are a crackup and don't worry you will learn fast.  Oh by the way, welcome to the club!

  • valjean
    valjean Member Posts: 1,110

    hilarious robbie!!!!!!!!

    Laughing     

    OG56 ~ Good news on the mammo! What is in the works for the seroma!

  • PauldingMom
    PauldingMom Member Posts: 392

    Sorry for the confusion Robbie. Your post cracked me up. I posted the same results on facebook and I realized that not everyone things in terms of cancer abbreviations. 

  • Meece
    Meece Member Posts: 10,618

    Patoo's thread of abbreviations saved my dignity when I first started here.

  • leisaparis
    leisaparis Member Posts: 326
    Don't feel bad Robbie. I've been on here for awhile and still get confused. But I blame it on chemo brain.
  • 3jaysmom
    3jaysmom Member Posts: 2,604

    thanks, valjean..i'll get it yet.. still waiting for computer to get fixed. at least ill know WHAT to say, imho...light and love, 3jaysmom

  • Meece
    Meece Member Posts: 10,618

    I blame it on chemo crain 7 years out!

  • eph3_12
    eph3_12 Member Posts: 2,704

    So E-I didn't realize we were all posing for the camera when we got into our positions at karate last night.  I also didn't realize that my pants were down so low (that's me on the far right); I'm jailin'.

  • theresap60
    theresap60 Member Posts: 849

    elimar & OG: What I've read and was told is that seromas can form with any cavity, even after surgery removes the lump. If it's not infected, then there is no treatment. My surgeon called it fluid or edema. My mammogram didn't show up anything out of the ordinary. My breast still feels lumpy/clumpy at the site of surgery/SAVI but it doesn't bother me now that I know what it is.

    I can't find Abbreviations for Newbies! I can see myself making the same foible as Robbie! Someone provided a link in another thread, but it didn't work for me.

    -Theresa

  • elimar
    elimar Member Posts: 5,886

    Abbreviations For Newbies...See if this link will work:

    http://community.breastcancer.org/forum/62/topic/735716?page=1

  • heymoose
    heymoose Member Posts: 682

    Robbie you cracked me up.  Thanks for the laugh. Ireally needed it today.  Have a nice night all.

    (((((Hugs and Prayers)))))

    Cheryl

  • valjean
    valjean Member Posts: 1,110

    Joni ~ You crack me up! I was looking all over to see what you were talking about & then spotted the newer pic elimar posted. Good form sista! Actually, I forgot to wash my "whites" so I took the picture instead!

  • elimar
    elimar Member Posts: 5,886
    I put that picture up, thinking of smithlme, and you would only have to see her signature line to know why.  With a little luck she will visit the thread before I change it again.
  • PauldingMom
    PauldingMom Member Posts: 392

    Wow, we all really had a bad hair day that day. Must have been 102 degrees with 99% humidity.

  • CherylQ
    CherylQ Member Posts: 42

    hello everyone,  Doing well after second round of chemo. Also got the report of PET/CT scan, still have some enlarged nodes but the chemo will shrink these nodes. 

    Ladies, As I have read these posts, I can see the concerns over delays, waiting time and poor communication from healthcare provider.  This sucks and should not be happening.  You have to be annoying, whether the drs or nurses like it.  ALWAYS follow up after a test or biopsy and demand a copy of the report.  CALL, CALL and keep CALLING for information.  After you have been diagnosed there should not be months of delay.  Find a good friend to go with you to appointments or call your BC nurse navigator every 2 days so help in keeping things moving.  Remember this is your body, not their, but also there is a lot of us out here and drs do get overwhelmed, so just push thru.  You do have choices, I warned all my onc specialists that I was a very pushy nurse and I know what has to be done and the timelines, so they should be prepared for me.  So far they just laugh and agree!!!

    Love you sisters, Peace and laughter, and kick a......sss.

    Cheryl

  • Meece
    Meece Member Posts: 10,618

    Way to go Cheryl, can you come to my onc appointment with me tomorrow?

    PM, what do you mean bad hair day.  I worked hard getting all that  fluff nice and even (Me second from left)

  • Kleenex
    Kleenex Member Posts: 310

    Cheryl: I try to be annoying every day. :) I'm pretty good at it, and I've been applying it to my healthcare professionals lately, much to their dismay. So far I've worked over the oncology nurse and a woman at the mammogram imaging center. Next on the list is the dentist. Fun, fun, fun!

    I'm not in the picture up above, as my Toni home permanent didn't take as well as y'all's did and I was embarrassed. I also couldn't find my big glasses from 1988.

    You all know that these are actual pictures of Elimar's real friends and family and pets and Cheeto art projects, don't you? :)

  • 3jaysmom
    3jaysmom Member Posts: 2,604

    the laughing kitty is one of the funniest i've seen. thanks fo making my day brighter..light and love, 3jays

  • 3jaysmom
    3jaysmom Member Posts: 2,604

    the laughing kitty is one of the funniest i've seen. thanks fo making my day brighter..light and love, 3jays

  • Meece
    Meece Member Posts: 10,618

    Can you believe how big our glasses were?  And the colored plastic frames were so in fashion!  Sally Jessie Rafael

  • Kleenex
    Kleenex Member Posts: 310

    I miss the big ol' frames. The small ones are cuter and trendy, but I have no sense of what's on the ground right in front of me. Thank goodness for contacts, or I would be injured daily by falling over marching shoes and Lego and instrument cases...

  • Meece
    Meece Member Posts: 10,618

    I had Lasix a few years back.  I don't miss my glasses at all!

  • nativemainer
    nativemainer Member Posts: 7,925

    I'm a firm beleiver in the call every 15 minutes approach.  Stay nice to the receptionist, but call every 15 minutes.  When the doc gets to his desk or picks up messages there will be a HUGE pile, and your name will very likely be on top.  Even if he flips through the pile trying to avoid your message he's going to keep hitting on more messages from you.  Squeaky wheel, and all, you know. 

  • Meece
    Meece Member Posts: 10,618

    I'd still like Cheryl to come with me.

  • nativemainer
    nativemainer Member Posts: 7,925

    Absolutely!  Then you can BOTH call every 15 minutes!

  • theresap60
    theresap60 Member Posts: 849

    The link worked!  Thanks!

  • Kleenex
    Kleenex Member Posts: 310

    My oncologist's nurse's outgoing message specifically says NOT to leave multiple messages "as this will only delay our response to you." Just sayin'.