MIDDLE-AGED WOMEN 40-60ish
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Good for you SNS! Welcome to the anal club. Glad you got a quick CT and response. So that is another item checked off your not-so-bucket-list.
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If you liked the spreading warmth, you probably won't mind the Depends years too much. Too bad there was a pushy little polyp in there. If it is not on the appendix or the colon, is it just in the space between the two? The rest is just grand news!!! I wonder why K-P is bending the rules and not screening right at 50?
F.Y.I. (and anyone else's information)...never think of the fecal occult blood test being remotely comparable to the colonoscopy. By the time the FOB detects microscopic blood in there, you could already have a full blown cancer (I did!) Whereas, the colonoscopy can spot a polyp before it becomes cancer. Colonoscopy = preventative; FOB = not preventative.
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Staynsane--wow,
sounds like you've had quite a day!Sounds line someone at Kaiser needs to get their facts straight and get
their paperwork lined up with their actual policies.Not broke, don't fix it sounds like a good
approach to the fibroid issue.El--good point about
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Barbe, Eli, Native- Thanks for the support, ladies! I think the fecal occult test is probably fine for most people, but with my sketchy family history of polyps and various cancers, I just knew I wouldn't feel right without having a more thorough check.
Eli- I sincerely doubt that the "spreading warmth" of the Depends years will leave me with the highly sensual feeling of the CT dye! That was just the strangest, most unexpected and pleasurable feeling I've had in a while. Am I alone in this?
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staynsane.....It certainly was a feeling I didn't expect yet seemed quite soothing.......
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staynsane: friday i had a breast mri with, and without contrast, and as i was lying facedown on the table and very relaxed, i certainly did feel the warm flushing instantly when the contrast fluid was remotely injected into my arm, and i don't know if anyone else has felt that, but i was amazed at how instantly i could feel it coursing throughout my body. for me, that one has kind of a warm flush feeling too. and its inside, not on the outside, like wetting yourself would be. i like it too. i was supposed to have the pet/ct scan, but it is delayed for a couple of weeks, so i am going to pay very close attention on that day! i remember the first one i had before surgery, i found it to be an exquisitely interesting sensation!
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SnS, I don't think the FOB test is fine for most people, family history or no family history. Not anymore. I had three of those (at least two with full blown cancer present.) The third time micro-blood was found, indicating trouble. I'm saying the FOB is usually TOO LATE. Many pre-cancerous adenomas do not bleed, so FOB doesn't detect them. A few might bleed before becoming cancer, leading to c-scope and removal but not too many. While FOB detection can lead to a person getting surgery and treatment of cancer and a chance at survival; colonoscopy can nip a polyp in the bud before it becomes a life threatening disease, and whereby surgery and further treatment can be avoided altogether. So much better. In other words, a FOB can save your life, maybe. A colonoscopy can save it so much sooner and better. The screening is way more costly, but we are worth it. I've written this a few times now, but the saying is: Not all polyps are cancerous, but ALL colorectal cancer arises from polyps. Get a colonoscopy and get them OUT!
I don't think the colonoscopy is perfect. I think it is 95% great and the other 5% someone bungles it. Like with me.
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All you CT contrast lovin' ladies: You don't need to wait for your next scan for your pleasure. Just hop on down to the drugstore...
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love ya, elimar! but one word: parabens. that stuff is so greasy feeling. not saying i WANT cts, or anything else, just if you have to do one anyway. as a matter of fact, after all of these follow up tests i have to do, i am seriously thinking about never seeing any drs again, ever. EVER. with the exception of pcp. i don't want to know, don't want any more "special effects", (SE's)!!!
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kathec, I didn't think of that. Paraben buzzkill. And don't think I am mocking the CT contrast warmth. I felt it too, but part of my mind was anticipating whether I would have any allergic reaction despite taking the precautions beforehand. So, the mood was wrong. Haha! I do love my ultrasound gel though.
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hey, tho, the woman who has done my last two trans vag ultrasounds? did slip me a tube of THAT stuff,that they use to insert the wand? bliss. i found it at the drugstore too. not that we as a couple visit down there anymore. no wonder im always pi$$ed off. we used to love to....and 54 is way too young to not, anymore. Los angeles is heating up, folks.
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but, elimar, do you have some of the stuff they use on the outside? that stuff feels really thick.(edited to say 'slippery!') i always worry about the allergic reaction,too, and also if they will find a vein easily...
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elimar...thanks for making me laugh.
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No, I don't have my own US gel supply. I wasn't even thinking of the TVUS, which I have had twice (uterine monitoring while on Tamox.) I was just thinking how smooth and glidey it feels when I had US on a breast. I even liked that feeling when I got US for a thyroid nodule. I think it might just be more relaxing and comforting than sensual. I usually get these US done in a dimly lit room too. When you think of how loud, jarring, rattle-y and pinchy many of the scans are, getting a US done is so peaceful by comparison.
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true!
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good morning! Just catching up on the thread with a smile and laffs
Hubby and I went to Barrie Ontario over the weekend to see races at Barrie speedway. Very cool! There was a cancer car there. I spoke with the driver - he was very cool!! The weather was beautiful - so nice to be outside!
Last week was a great week for me - my SEs seemed to be over and here we are on Monday - time to get my bloodwork and see my onc. I usually do this on tues but since tomorrow is canada day they pushed me back to today
The SEs with my last round of FEC were the worst. Dry mouth, the roof of my mouth felt like sandpaper, food tasted like cardboard and all of my tummy troubles for the first 8-10 days.
I am just dreading starting taxotere this wed. A friend of mine told me that a year later she still has trouble with energy and feels tired! Others have breezed through it. I think that herceptin will be started as well. I was told by others that herceptin was nothing with no SEs
I'll be talking with my mo about all of this today then get prepared for returning to the chair this wed at 9. My hubby's cousin will be with me on wed. It will feel strange not having my hubby there. 😒
I hope that I'll be able to continue my exercises!!! I know that this sounds stupid but I am very concerned about gaining weight. I've been trying to knock off a few pounds in prep for this
I hope that everyone has a great day!!
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SNS, I know what you mean about that lovely rush the CT scan dye causes, but not only did my technologist blow the surprise for me by telling me it would happen, she further went on to describe it as a feeling of having to pee. So that's what I was anticipating and even though it doesn't feel a thing like that to me, subsequent CT scans have also been ruined by her visual!
FBN - you are just way out and about during chemo! Good for you! Hopefully, that bodes well for the taxotere coming up and you'll be one of the ones that breezes through it.
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FBN, TOO cute! Thanks for sharing!
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MameMe, love your,"there's gotta be a pony etc'....funny and apt!
Whoa, Miss FBN! you DO get around! i for one think you are gonna do the next phase just fine!
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I, too, was warned about the "having to pee" feeling so never found it sensual. I have a CT booked for Thursday and I'm going to think better thoughts this time....
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just popping in for a min to say hi. I haven't been here in so long. Been sick for months. Docs kept relating it to my cancer, but for months I have had a either a food or water borne bacteria. Just about did me in. I basically with help from my daughter and dr Google figured it out. Finally did a culture to get me on the right antibiotic am doing so much better. On the down side, hubby and I are having issues. He is so insecure he has put tracking devices on my car twice, threw out one of my shirts because he thought it showed skin, has a actual list of things I can and can not do. Are you f'n kidding. Not working for me!
Hope everyone is doing fine and welcome to all the new ladies. Sorry you are here.
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Barbe, I guess it's probably more pc for a technician to say that CT dye will give you a "have to pee" feeling, rather than a somewhat erotic interlude...there I go again, but honestly, it's probably a good thing that I don't have access to using CT dye at home!
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Barbe, Maybe we should all start bringing mood music and candles to our CTs. Ahahaha!
Dianarose, If it isn't cancer, it's the rest of life, eh? Thank goodness you figured out the problem. Who said Dr., Google never saved a life? (I know it is not really Dr. Google, but it does go to show that only WE can pursue our health in a sustained way at the top priority level. Everyone else is just hired help.) The other news...well, you wrote it so it would not be realistic not to get a comment or two. Here goes: No relationship, no person, is perfect, but this is beyond quirky. Insecure = one thing, tracking devices = whole 'nother level. I know the whole story is more than the few lines you have written, and that you fell in love with the guy for other qualities so I hope there is a way to bring him around to a more stable frame of mind. Would he do individual counseling or couples counseling? Is he so bad that you need to leave? What comes next, D?
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Dianarose, I dated and lived with a guy like that. He would be in another city for business but constantly call, making sure I was at home and not out (before cell phones). He would even make meals and freeze them and then check when he came home to see I'd eaten them!! I got out but it was even hard to leave. It changed my love for him and made me see it wasn't love he felt for me but ownership. Is this the guy you just married (forgive me if I'm wrong or confused). Did you live together first? Thank God, I had lived with this guy first even though he wanted to marry first. And they say "women change"....HAH!!!! We get it. You are in a very frightening and frustrating position. Please keep us posted.
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SnS, I'm sure you can buy CT scan dye at the corner downtown!!! hehehehehe
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Open PM to hannahg:
You don't know us. WE are ALL inspiring.
You have made the worst possible entrance onto a respected resource for women with cancer.Take your unsolicited advice and go away.
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He is not the man I married in February. He is 13 yrs older and very controlling. I think it was there and I just didn't see it. After being single for many yrs I refuse to be controlled. I went shopping with my friend and must have texted me 50 times. When I got home he was bullshit that I was gone more than 2 hrs. Said he could not be alone that long. I had a girl trip planned in October to Florida. All of us are in the same cancer boat. He said I can't go. Watch me! Not spending the rest of my life like this. I filed for divorce. I feel good about my decision. Freedom! I love to read and he hates it. If I was reading in bed he would sit on the side of the bed pissed off. OMG they all say they love you for you and then want to change you I have been through too much to want that. Taking my little sister for a second opinion on her latest mammogram. The tech told her that her lump and dense tissue was due to her losing some weight. Has anyone ever heard that before.
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Eli, Tig is cool though.
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there is a genetic condition called hereditary non-polyposis colon cancer that many doctors are not aware of. There is a strong link to breast cancer as well as colon cancer. Many women think that since there family only has bc, they don't need colonoscopies but the bc may be caused by the gene that causes colon cancer. All the males in my family died of colon cancer but no one ever told me that my genetic defect could also cause bc
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Couldn't agree more Eli. Someone who opens multiple posts in a few minutes to promote something always gets my goat.
Agree with everyone's CT observations. I, too, got the "warm feeling like need to pee" explanation. I had a female tech too. Just for your information bone scan injections cause no such warm feelings neither do nuclear cardiac scans well at least the stress test ones don't.
OK Eli are the 2 soccer balls in the heading resembling 2 boobs or am I just seeing something that's not there?
Dianarose - missed hearing from you. I'm sorry new hubby has gone off the deep end so to speak. Just praying that you stay safe and keep your options open to do that. Has he ever been married or deeply involved? Very glad your "bacteria" situation has improved. Feeling like the proverbial doo-doo (and bet that is literal as well as figuratively) while going thru this couldn't have been easy. (((HUGS))) sweetie.
Sounds like you are covering it well with little sis. Not heard of that situation but then I prob. wouldn't have. Have her check out options for dense breasts. I might see where losing a ton of weight might make them denser but a lump (?). Hope she has other pics to compare.
Hmm - Eli - noted she has deleted all posts now. Some kind of promotion for comidienne?
Lbrewer - not sure when that connection was noted. But do know it is one of the questions asked now. Maybe when you had your initial dx it was not yet realized the interconnection.
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Hi to Dianarose, I notice a similarity between docs who assume most every new symptom a cancer pt gets is cancer related, and spouses who set agendas for their partners. Both characters lack listening skills and respect for their pt/partner. Both invoke a sort of privilege through power. NICE work taking care of yourself, but wish you did not have to persist so strongly to do that. Welcome back.
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