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  • jo1955
    jo1955 Member Posts: 7,545
    edited July 2011
    Granny - 
  • Sherryc
    Sherryc Member Posts: 4,503
    edited July 2011

    groovygirls TE is Tissue Expanders

    Here is a link to the thread  Abbreviations for Newbies

     Sherry--lump left breast 9/30/10. No chemo, oncotype score 23 with 14% recurrence rate. 34 rads. No family history, BRCA neg
    Diagnosis: 9/27/2010, IDC, 1cm, Stage Ia, Grade 1, 0/3 nodes, ER+/PR+, HER2-

  • CorinneM1
    CorinneM1 Member Posts: 317
    edited July 2011

    Hi there. You will learn all of the lingo really quickly.  I was diagnosed at the end of May and just had my surgery on June 23rd.  I had a double mastectomy (BMX) with immediate reconstruction and had tissue expanders put in (TE). 

  • groovygirls
    groovygirls Member Posts: 100
    edited July 2011

    Thanks for the link!

  • Melmes
    Melmes Member Posts: 38
    edited July 2011

    welcome Corinne and Cookie!

    My shingles have FINALLY stopped itching, today is the first day I really feel  normal again... just in timefor the next round of chemo on Friday! Blergh. ;op

  • Sherryc
    Sherryc Member Posts: 4,503
    edited July 2011

    melmes so glad your shingles are better.

  • FireKracker
    FireKracker Member Posts: 5,858
    edited July 2011
    melmes---i hope you checked the shingles thread...there is lots of good info on there....ouch.that sure does hurt.glad you are doin betta.hugggggggs K
  • tinat
    tinat Member Posts: 2,235
    edited July 2011
    Melmes:  Oh, the fun just never stops, does it?  Glad you're over at least one hurdle!  Cool
  • sheila888
    sheila888 Member Posts: 9,611
    edited July 2011
    Good Morning
  • annettek
    annettek Member Posts: 1,160
    edited July 2011

    HIya:) still a bit of a crank..so i am gonna go read:)

  • jo1955
    jo1955 Member Posts: 7,545
    edited July 2011

    annette - Sending big hugs!  Hope you feel better soon.

  • Chadneyann
    Chadneyann Member Posts: 12
    edited July 2011

    Hello to all my stage 1 sisters-- surgery is on the 21st-- the waiting is getting to me-- I want it done with. .. I'm so emotionally exhausted. . . started working out again- makes me feel better-- getting more anxious & scared as the 21st creeps closer-- 

    getting SLN the 20th-- hope it doesn't hurt too bad (so sick of docs sticking things in my boob) I feel like a pin-cushion 

  • tinat
    tinat Member Posts: 2,235
    edited July 2011
    Chadneyann:  Waiting is the worst!  Take one day, one step, one breath at a time....
  • tinat
    tinat Member Posts: 2,235
    edited July 2011
    annettek:  Tongue out
  • mimi1964
    mimi1964 Member Posts: 851
    edited July 2011

    Hi just popping in.  Been a rather long week all ready... seems I never make it home before 6:30 or 7 lol!  By the time dinner is done and I watch my fav shows it's bed time (which it is now).  Have a happy Weds.  I will try to check in tomorrow.  Hugs.

  • FireKracker
    FireKracker Member Posts: 5,858
    edited July 2011
    ((((((((((((((((((((((((((ANNETTE))))))))))))))))thinkin of you.Prayin too.xoxoxohugggggggs K
  • barbaraa
    barbaraa Member Posts: 3,548
    edited July 2011

    Hi gals! Just dropped by to say {{{GROUP HUG}}}.

    Hi GD!

  • FireKracker
    FireKracker Member Posts: 5,858
    edited July 2011

    IM IN >>>>>>>group huggggggggggggggg.

    Hi Barb....come on sistas we need a group hug.havnt done it in a long time.xoxoxoK 

  • tinat
    tinat Member Posts: 2,235
    edited July 2011
    ((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((Kiss hug Kiss)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
  • duckyb1
    duckyb1 Member Posts: 9,646
    edited July 2011

    ((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((Kiss)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))

    Buncha, buncha, buncha, hugs...................................to my favorite gals...............Hey does that make us Groupies.

  • jo1955
    jo1955 Member Posts: 7,545
    edited July 2011

    OKAY EVERYONE - BIG GROUP HUG!!!

                          

  • Sherryc
    Sherryc Member Posts: 4,503
    edited July 2011

    (((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((GROUP HUG)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))

  • annettek
    annettek Member Posts: 1,160
    edited July 2011

    <<<<<group hug>>>>>>>>>

  • FireKracker
    FireKracker Member Posts: 5,858
    edited July 2011
    hey Barb...we used to do this all the time.....glad you brought it back....we needed it....im feelin the love....thanks sistas and God bless.We are gonna win this damn battle one sista at a time.hugggggggggs K
  • duckyb1
    duckyb1 Member Posts: 9,646
    edited July 2011

    Back at cha Granny................................hugs.............

  • Just_V
    Just_V Member Posts: 436
    edited July 2011

    {{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{HUGS TO EVERY SISTA!  }}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}

    GROUP HUG KITTENS

  • sheila888
    sheila888 Member Posts: 9,611
    edited July 2011

    Good Night♥

  • Sandeeonherown
    Sandeeonherown Member Posts: 1,781
    edited July 2011

    Chadneyann- welcome. So sorry you have to experience all this but glad to hear they are moving fast on it all!

    Anette- you are not a whcak job lovely!!! You are a stressed out survivor who is allowed to have her bad days...I burst into tears on the stationary bike....going slow so I get the feeling like a whack job and unstable thing...but it was ONE MOMENT in a very long week....a very long year....it does not make me a whack job....just a stressed out survivor with one thing too many going on

    Sherry- so tedious going to all these appointments, hmm??? I am grateful that these specialists are around and accessible and I am able to go to them but SO tired of it all too...I get it. Maybe a week without any appointments would help?

    Jo- hugs to you!

  • Sandeeonherown
    Sandeeonherown Member Posts: 1,781
    edited July 2011

    Met a gal ...she is on my training course....after week one (ie this afternoon ) she said "well this is nothing. If I can beat breast cancer, I can do this damn course!"....hear hear!!! another gal on the course piped up with something along the lines of "don't get me started on that subject"....and I sudeenly realized we are everywhere!!! Was I just totally unaware of it all a year ago or was I just not coming in to contact with folks? I did not say anything to her about my survivorship as she seemed to need to talk about her experience two years ago....surgery and chemo...but I think I will invite her to come and paddle on the last week of the course...good way to destress after the intensity of it!

  • jtderyan
    jtderyan Member Posts: 1
    edited July 2011

    Hi all. I'm new to this forum. I just finished 33 tx of Rad after 2 lumpectomies and 6 rounds chemo. Im still on Herceptin until End of Oct. My OC wants me to do Tamox 5 years. I do not want to do this drug. I feel that for a stage 1 I have done plenty! I am already having terrible chemo induced menopause at age 42 - including hot flashes that make me feel ill every hour day and night. Has anyone else said no to Tamoxifen? I am VERY sensitive to meds so side effects are a big concern for me. I am now looking to natural healing for my maintenance program (Vit D3, Lignans in flaxseed, low sugar and high raw veggie diet) My OC will not listen to any of the natural healing methods to reduce risk of re-occurance. Thanks Ladies!

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