CALLING ALL STAGE I SISTERS
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im just googling Dancing Smileys Animation
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ohhhh ok thanks
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You guys are such a hoot! Love all the dancing critters and smiley faces!
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I love you guys. Thanks for making me laugh!
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Awwww - cuuuuute Valerie.
Rae
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Is there a website somewhere with free flashing clipart? I want to post something, too!!!
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Sugar...just google it. Not all the images are flashing but you can find them often.
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Hope ya'll can see these I thought the superheroes dancing were just too cute!
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Sheila you are too funny... love, love, love the cat!!!
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Dancing Bananas.
And I have to stop this but im really having good time........
.If we have a newbie she will think thats what happens after treatment is over.
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That's so funny!!! I can't find those little animated banana's or giraffe's I've looked and googled. I don't know what web site you go to. But I was about to get off and saw you had another post checked it and now I'm laughing...
Renee
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Google Dancing bananas animated. If you want to see a dancing fish then google that.
Now i will look for dancing monkeys.
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I had fun. Thank You to all the participants.
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Hello everyone, I'm Anna. I am two years and 2 months or so post lumpectomy and 1SN removal. I am a stage 1, and had mammosite radiation back in May '08. I feel very fortunate to have been diagnosed. I hadn't had a mammogram in about eight years until I was diagnosed. It's good to have others to talk with about this. While my family is supportive, they just don't understand. I was doing well until about two weeks ago, when my incision became pink and warm, and now I have this ping pong sized "scar tissue" that is very painful. Saw my surgeon in June 2010, and my mammogram was normal. Its the end of July and I am very discouraged with all that is going on. My surgeon says that I can have surgery to remove the "scar tissue', but I feel that may add more scar tissue in the future and I will have to go through this again. Anyone out there with the same problem, and do you have any suggestions?
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Hi Anna, did the surgeon tell you why the incision was inflamed? what did he say about your fear of more scarring? I had another lumpectomy for a questionable mammo last summer that was scar tissue, and an MRI of that breast this summer to get a better picture of what that place is, I really feel better knowing is not cancer again. Are you comfortable with your surgeon?
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Hi Susan! I saw my doctor this past Tuesday as well as the previous Friday. She did an ultrasound and did find a seroma I've had since the surgery and drained 1 cc off. She says that its not cancer, but scar tissue. I am very comfortable with her as she is a specialist in breasts only. But I'm not getting better, in fact it seems to be getting worse. I guess I better call her on Monday and update her.
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Love the smileys!!!
Anna - maybe removing the scar tissue will help. It doesn't mean you'll get this again. What did your surgeon give you as other options? Maybe it's infected?? So strange to have this happen 2 years later. Good luck!
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Hi everyone,
I am part of the way through radiation (didn't need chemo). My oncologist has told me that they will wait about six months after radiation before I have another mammogram (so I heal enough not to make it miserable). I'm okay with that, but they don't do any other follow-up tests. I have researched this, and understand that this is typical (and I truly get what he means about false positive and false negatives). I just hate waiting 6 more months to get the "all clear". The radiation oncologist has tried to tell me all is well (good margins on the surgery, low grade, etc.) and that the radiation and Tamoxifen are "insurance". Still, I remain worried and fret over every little ache and pain.
At what point do you start to relax a little and feel healthy again?
Thanks!
Karen
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Kittycat, this is really strange. My scar was perfectly white and had no problems over the past two years. Everything has been good, until this happened. I plan to call my surgeon again and update her. Maybe she will suggest something else. Thanks for your help.
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Welcome Karen, 6 months is the normal time for your next mam. You will probably have mams every six months, that of course depends on your breast surgeon. For me it was the left tata, then both tata's so on and so forth. June 11th was my mam after waiting 1 yr, I had butterflies in my stomach, but all is clear. I will have an MRI in November then another mam in June.
This room has been my therapy, you will find a lot of support here.
Keep in touch♥
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Hi Karen! I have been feeling exactly what you described in your post! I'm still healing from my post-lumpectomy hematoma surgery, so I haven't started radiation yet, but I'm having the same fearful thoughts & anxiety that you are. I also hear it from my cancer patients (I'm a Rad Therapist). They feel like they are actively doing something to fight their cancer when they're coming to the clinic every day, but on their last day, so many of them tearfully say, "Now what?" The waiting, the wondering, the worrying.... I've been looking for support groups, complementary treatments, anything I can get my hands on so I don't sit & stew with these scary thoughts. I want to be present in my life & I feel like cancer is a big, black cloud of nasty thoughts that follows me around like a shadow. I start a support group tomorrow night. I NEED to be with other women that "GET IT". We cannot do this alone! This website is very helpful, too. My family & friends & boyfriend are great, but they don't have cancer, so they don't understand the feelings & thoughts that I have; the rollercoaster of emotions! UGH! Laugh 1 minute, cry the next. I need other women's experience. I also have an appointment at a complementary health center--massage, yoga, support groups, help with anxiety, spiritual healing, etc. I'm so grateful that I have these resources near me. I'm going to try different things and find what works to keep my mind calm.
I hope that helps a little! It helped me to talk!
Julie
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Karen and Julie
I didn't have chemo or rads but started on Femara a month after surgery. I recovered well from surgery and was back at work and my sport in a couple of months but for me the biggest hurdle was May through Jan post BMX surgery in late Feb - I was very 'down' and preoccupied with worry about 'it' coming back etc - just where you are at the moment and it felt like it would never get any better. We all have to go through this grieving process though and for each of us it will take as long as it takes. I found it was quite different from what I had gone through when my Dad died 18 months earlier. Then I had a sick feeling and tight knot in my stomach all the time but with BC it was just a terrified numbness interspersed with moments of panic. Now 18 months dx I am still numb emotionally in some ways (post traumatic stress syndrome I believe and I hope it will resolve itself eventually) but the terrified feeling and the panics have mostly gone - I don't feel threatened by BC anymore but the sadness remains. As my funeral director brother says to his families - 'time won't heal your loss but the pain will lessen'. You will never forget this experience but you will find a way to cope as you have found a way to get through treatment. The ladies here are such a support - talk to us - we understand.
Rae
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Thanks everyone for your input and comments! I appreciate it,
Karen
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