MIDDLE-AGED WOMEN 40-60ish
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Eli, loved that story! I don't think you can handle the real thing yet, but what girl doesn't love a good lip gloss?0 -
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E~ Lol on your Fall Risk bracelet commotion! How crazy they are!!
No results today for the mamm. Never on the day it's done. I will call Wed morning (gone tomorrow) or I'll get that silly letter notification in the mail. Had my DXA also; those results should be received by my Dr. in a week I was told.
Good to have you back E~
I have my toolbar up above but it doesn't work for me. I can highlight each square but they don't work. I really miss the Bold.... oh, well.... certainly not the end of the world! lol
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ha, Cheetos lip gloss!
E, glad you are home, out of the risky place to fall down.
barsco, I know, we always had chores when I was a kid too. Every Sat morning. No fighting you knew what you were suppose to do and did it. My kids use to argue over whose turn it was to do the dishes until it was too much for me and I sent them to their rooms and did it myself. Wait, that might have been their plan all along.
My DD is trying to help me by cleaning out my shop, but she is "allergic" to dust. So she worked 3 hours yesterday and is now too sick. These kids!! It was a nice thought.0 -
Mar, How thoughtful of you to recognize the delicateness of my digestive system right now. That is the perfect solution!
I would like to be able to say I am back to wolfing down my favorite orange snack food, but that would just be wishful thinking. Although Cheetos ARE "low residue" (which is the kind of diet I have to be on for a while,) there's no need for me to push it. I'll get around to them soon enough.
It would be another story if the Cheetos Cannon qualified as a home medical device though!
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Those strawberries look like they've had the jam scared out of them!0 -
Lol Eph - I thought you were losing it until I scrolled to the top and saw that Eli had changed the picture.0 -
That is not out of the realm of possibility however!0 -
El .... I am so happy that you are back and loved the bracelet story! I hope you continue to get better each day!
Love all the new posts.....who would have thought cheetos lip gloss????
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Those strawberries are so cute! Gonna copy that idea for a future Halloween party.
Elimar - nothing like a good hospital policy debate, eh? And so typical of them to come in when everyone is just going to sleep!
I had my 3-month MO appointment today and UGH! She scheduled me for a brain MRI next week. I knew if I mentioned the pain I sometimes get in my temples that this would be a possibility. I said something to my son last night about being reluctant to say anything and he said "Wouldn't you like to know that everything is alright?". My doctor said the exact same thing today so that's the way I'm going to try to look at this.
The close monitoring is good, but it's bad... I don't want to do it! I sense an Ativan moment coming up!0 -
H&S >>> please be sure to let us know when the looksie is, okay?
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H&S - I am one that likes to know for sure what is going on. Although it causes some initial anxiety, I always feel better about getting the test done. Let us know when you are scheduled and so we can jump in and be there with you.0 -
HnS, I guess you have to have it checked out, but I would suspect that it is something common and benign taking place. Do you know if you are a teeth-grinder? Have you had dental work that could have altered your bite and irritated your TMJ? Possibly something stress related? Try not too feel too anxious about this. It is a shame that, now that we are in the B/C club, every minor ache and pain requires further investigation, but that is the "new normal" for us. Let us know when you get scheduled. I like those noisy MRI's and I'll tag along.
More than ever, I can appreciate "scanxiety" now. As I move from my active treatment for CRC into the period of interval scanning, I am really terrified that (after all I have been through) some nasty little cells might have decided to stick around and take up residence in my liver. To calm myself down, I have to remind myself that I take a bigger risk each day when I get behind the wheel of my car (and I am a good driver!)
I have to check something out...I am thinking that in the case of B/C, the most likely spots for mets are bones, liver, lungs and brain, in that order. Want to see if I can find a percentage breakdown on that. BRB.0 -
O.K., that took a little more digging than I thought. I found a medical abstract from earlier this year that broke it down...
The 4 most common anatomic sites of distant metastases as the first exclusive event were bone (41.1%), lung (22.4%), liver (7.3%), and brain (7.3%)
Want the link? Here you go: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23218473
Guess I was wrong about the liver being the second most likely site.
Another interesting, tho' longer, article about B/C mets was this one, if you feel like reading more: http://www.nature.com/nrc/journal/v5/n8/full/nrc1670.html#f1
It had the following chart of places mets were found in autopsied people (so it is an accounting of either one or multiple places the mets were found:)
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I have an inquiring mind that likes to know these things (even if it won't help me with the questions on Jeopardy!)0 -
Eli, thanks for all that. I had seen before that lobular, "my" cancer, likes the ovaries, which might explain why my surgeon was VERY supportive of yanking mine.0 -
interesting chart Eli, thanks!
Well I scheduled the pancreas surgery for Dec 3rd.....then I had my 3 mo check with my MO who seemed very upset that I opted for the surgery by my 2nd opinion doc....her words,
"If you are going to have the surgery, do it right"....well THAT messed with my head! She shook her head when I explained my decision was to 1. Reduce the time in the hospital and in recovery by opting for a laproscopic type surgery and 2. To save my gallbladder for the time being. She seemed to really think I'm making a mistake by not having the first surgeon (who she says is one of only a few surgeons who specialize in this.....and laproscopic is not the way to go for the pancreas, being a "deep" surgical procedure. So now I'm really confused. She backed off from saying there was anything wrong with the second surgeon when I pressed her as to why his suggested surgery wouldn't be "right". .....just thought the first guy would do the best job....then said "well you made your decision", "good luck"
I went from feeling good that I had made a decision and had a surgery date.....to questioning if I was making the right choice. I came home in tears and my DH thought my BC was an issue. No....just tired of making slice and dice decisions and then second guessing. I made another appt with the first surgeon to ask some of the questions the 2nd opinion brought up... Oct 30th I will hopefully know whether to keep my surgery date or cancel it and get a new one. So tired!0 -
chachamom, So hard to make an informed decision, when the information you get can be so different. I would have been in tears (of frustration) too. All I know is that laparascopic surgeries help limit blood loss, make smaller openings which reduce instances of infection, and give a quicker healing time. What is the supposed downside? Did your MO mention what that was? Or what the big up-side was to have an open surgery? Just because something is "deep" doesn't really rule out laparascopic, I don't think. The robot went pretty deep on me. Uteruses aren't exactly on the surface either and those get laparascopic all the time. Maybe I don't understand how she is using the word "deep." Who knows what her agenda is. Look, if laparascopic was not a reasonable choice, would they even offer it to you? All surgeon's have their way they like to approach a surgery, usually with the same technique they have used time and time again. If your second opinion surgeon has done many of them (find out) and has a good reputation, then go for it. Face it, we can't give ourselves surgery, so it always comes down to trusting somebody else not to eff it up.0 -
Quick tale from the hospital: They give you those plastic toilet thingys to collect your urine in, to measure output, but then the aides will let them go for hours without coming by to measure and empty them. Well, on the first night, when I was on my IV hydration bag, I had to use the bathroom about every hour on the hour, so by 3 a.m. mine had no more room so I just grabbed a styrofoam cup and used that. The next morning, the aide seemed a little surprised by my improvisation. Whatever. I can tell you that they checked more often after that.0 -
I hope I never have to go to a hospital when I am TRULY SICK. I could not handle it.0 -
HnS, hugs and more.
Chacha, that just plain sucks. Hope your visit with doc helps clear things up. Agree with Eli's points above.
Eli, the styrofoam cup story might top the risk bracelet story!0 -
hmmm...24 hours no other posts? Me thinks our page may be experiencing problems0 -
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I'm here.
Went to PCP for R shoulder pain yest. He punted to ortho which I have appt with on Monday. Recept. wanted to know if I'd had an MRI. Gosh, sounds like more fun is in store for me. My insurance has not balked at anything - so far.
Elimar - I think I was remiss in not welcoming you back home, you quick healer you.
Chachamom - Hope you get the answers from surgeon for your peace of mind.0 -
Thanks for all the encouragement, ladies, and you are all exactly right. The last couple of days I think I've worn myself out physically just from stress. Scanxiety is a real thing that unfortunately we need to learn to live with, and I obviously need to work on that. I know your attitude is the right one for me, barsco, because I worry, worry, worry and then as soon as it's over I'm all, "I'm glad I did that." Yes, I even annoy myself. :P
Elimar, thanks for those links about metastatic BC. I'll look for something important like this and get distracted along the way and end up nowhere. I've added them to my Evernote notebook about BC stuff. My son, like most young people today, likes storing everything in "the cloud". I've never liked it - being old-fashioned I just feel like one day something's going to happen and everyone's precious stuff will be lost. I sure as heck am not putting my old photographs in there!
For example, just today Disney has removed at least three of their top movies from the iTunes & Amazon video store. People who bought them spent as much as they would have on the DVD, but now they have nothing. So far, no comment from Apple or Disney but deep in the licensing agreement language they have "reserved the right" to remove them at any time. This is one of them:
Chachamom - First of all, I hate that you're having to do this whole thing and second, that they're making it so confusing. I hope you can get it all sorted out soon and not have to think about it any more.
luv - the fun never stops, does it? Hope that can get squared away soon, too!0 -
Okay, this is a terrible Halloween costume, but still kind of funny. Might be good to have handy year-round:
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thanks ladies for the support! LOL, Eli re the pee patrol! I'm definitely with you on wanting to stay away from the hospital as much as possible!0 -
have to share something positive: my DS....incredible, loving and talented, wrote this song after my initial BC diagnosis. One of his band members also had a mother fighting BC at the time. She has since passed. :-(
The band is promoting this song to honor all BC survivors and memorialize those who have gone. Check it out, it's a free download, and if you buy a shirt, all proceeds go to fight cancer. I'm a proud momma!
From my incredible and talented son, Robyn
"Last year I wrote a song for my mother a week after I found out that she had breast cancer. Download the song "Out Of Body" for free in honor of breast cancer awareness month and all of the women we have lost and for the ones still fighting. "
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