CALLING ALL STAGE I SISTERS
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So sorry you had to join us Donna, but welcome. I'm sure you are in a state of shock. That will last a bit, then start fighting!! What have your doctors suggested? I'm sure lots of us will be able to help you but we may be be a bit slow to reply due to the Holidays. Hang in there!
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Ariesrottie I am so sorry you had to join our club but this is a terrific group of women and there is a wealth of information is available here. Make sure to ask for a copy of your pathology report, once you know what type of cancer (DCIS, IDC, IBS) and your receptor status' (ER/PR and HER2) you can start to prepare questions to ask your oncologist regarding treatment options.
There is also a thread 'Abreviations for Newbies' that will help you understand the codes used here.
(((Hugs)))
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Merry Christmas to all my Breast Friends!!!
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Well, Merry Christmas! It's 9:30 PST so that means you east coasters have got Santa in your neighborhoods right now!
Have a very, very very blessed time with your family & friends today/tomorrow!
Joni
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Hello Donna ~ So sorry you had to join us, but you are so welcome here. Ask us anything at anytime, we will be here for you. The ladies here are so knowledgeable & caring.
{{hugs}}
Valerie
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Hi Donna..We all gonna be there for you every step of your journey.
Joni Santa clause was good to me this year. Usually we do it on the day but this year there was a change so we celebrated on the Eve.
Hi Michelle. Hi Valerie.
Merry Christmas to all my Breast Sisters.
Sheila
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Ladies, have a wonderful Christmas! We hosted for 20 people this evening! I truly am a blessed woman with so many loved ones surrounding me. I wish you all a very Merry Christmas, we all deserve it!
Tommorrow, Santa will come and then we will host a dinner for 10, prime rib, so much for sticking to a diet!
xoxo
Nicole
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Merry Christmas to all!!
Love, TCK
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Hope all enjoyed/are enjoying this most wonderful of a Blessed Christmas.
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Merry Christmas, Sheila and all! My name is Lynn.
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Hi Lynn.....Welcome to our group.
Sheila
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MEERY CHRISTMAS TO ALL MY LADIES OUT THERE! I overate but enjoyed every minute of it with great family and friends! Now, I am sitting back with my kids and hubby enjoying the end of the football game and playing some games we bought for the day...
So, we bought the Wii Fit Plus, I will definitely be needing it later next week.
We will be leaving to go to the snow, YES, we DRIVE to find the snow so we can ski. I know so many of you ladies on here are in snow storms and talking about the snow, us Californians need to go find it!
Have a safe and healthy New Year!
Nicole
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I hope everyone of my BC Buddies has a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
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Ariesrottie: Welcome, I, too, am a Stage 1er. I joined this specal group of people when I was first diagnosed in beginning of Oct. 09 When making decisions please try and have someone with you regarding what suggestions are being given to you. There are options for you and make sure you have faith in the doctors you chose.
We are with you. This site has been a blessing to me as I am sure it will be for you as well.
My thoughts are with you.
All BC sisters: Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas. I saw Avatar yesterday in 3D, Good movie, effects were out of this world, great music, however, Titanic was Cameron's best.
HUGS and warmth.
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Welcome, Lynn.
Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas day!
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Donna,
Welcome to the club that no one wants to join! All the others will be on, but as Linda said, they may be slow to log on here due to the Christmas holiday.
Yes, I was in a state of shock at first. But you do move through it, and get on to the next step, fighting this beast.
Please post here often, and if you have any questions, the ladies here are very knowledgable, and will be able to help. This is a wonderful group of women.
Hugs!
Harley
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Thanks Everyone... I'm going to need all the help I can get.. Thanks again for being there.
Merry Christmas!
Donna
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Make sure you keep us updated Donna. I hope you are feeling a little better today. I remember being in shock and then all of a sudden I was MAD!!! That's when I decided I would fight this battle and WIN!! You will too!!
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Hi all,
Just diagnosed a month ago, lumpectomy a week ago and waiting to meet w/rad & onc. Never thought I would be going through this. Weird and scary roller coaster ride. My tumor was 1.8 cm and very aggressive.
Sending you all wishes for good health in the new year!
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welcome teemee! Sorry you had to join us, but you've come to the right place, for support and answers.
Linda, I guess that is the normal progression of things, because I too was in shock, and then I got mad, and I decided that I was going to kick cancer's butt!!
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teemee I hated the hurry up and wait mode that we get stuck in at the beginning of this journey! Welcome and you will learn so much here.
Hi also to the few other new to this thread! When I have a few pages to read, I forget to welcome people.
Kimberly
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Hi teemee. our diagnosis sound similar. Are you having an onco test done? My score was 38 so I opted for the chemo. I was praying I could get away with only Arimidex and rad, but that wasn't the case.
I start my chemo on New Year's Eve. I swear, if it weren't for the hair loss I don't think I would even give the chemo and radiation a second thought. I was diagnosed with Stage 3 colon cancer 6 yrs. ago. I had a complete hysterectomy, colon resection, 8 months of 5FU with leukovirin and 28 days of rads. Except for extreme atomic explosive diarrhea I felt ok.
I went out to the food store today. I forced myself to wear a hat with just my bangs hanging out. Since I am not a hat person it was really hard even knowing all my own hair was under the hat. I can't even begin to know how it is going to feel when it starts falling out.
Is there anyone out there who didn't completely lose their hair on TC?
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When I first started all this on Oct. 1st, I was under the impression that Drs. would tell me what I needed to do. Silly me! I soon found out that I needed to find out everything I could to help me make the right decisions because they ultimately leave the choices up to you. So I was on the internet and at the book stores, etc.. I wish that I had found this site earlier because these ladies who are going through the same things are way more informative than the doctors.
You really are in the right place to get support. These girls are the breast friends I ever had!
Karen
p.s. Ya gotta laugh every chance you get
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Hi Ladies;
I keep hearing from you about making right choices. How do you know? I start my rads. on the 4th and then I will meet the techs. that do it. The more I hear about mistakes the more I wonder about quality of life. With rads., hitting a vital organ or a breast that is worse for the treatment. Tomoxifen your looking at blood clots, endrometritis and hysterectomy.I want this cancer GONE but ........I know that the drs. have a "standard of care" that is proven to make sure the cancer does not come back but what kind of health will you have after? I don't feel I have choices if I want this CA gone and I worry about what might go wrong. Any and all comments PLEASE
Flo
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grama5 I don't think your doctors will let you make a bad choice.
Each and every one of us has a different scenario. I know for ME the best choice was to have a bilateral mastectomy with reconstruction. I chose tissue expanders then implants.
I was perfectly happy and willing to settle for the radiation & lumpectomy that I had had after they already took out a milk duct and before that - a biopsy. It seemed like my condition was snowballing out of control.
I clearly remember going over the lumpectomy pathology report and having the surgeon tell me I had 3 options. What they were I could not tell you if my life depended on it today. I stopped her mid speech and told her to take the whole breast and take the other one while she was at it.
I wanted to be as aggressive as possible in my treatment. I have a family history and 3 very close women to me have died from breast cancer - each one only had one breast removed. I could not live in fear of this the rest of my life.
I eliminated the radiation from my treatment by having the BMX and pathology showed that I had two primary cancers in my right breast as well as DCIS in my left. I always knew I would get BC it was just a matter of when for me. I was diagnosed at 43 years old.
I am meeting with the genetics counselors in January to talk BRCA1 & BRCA2 testing as I have two daughters and a strong family history.
I am on Tamoxifen and will be watched for endometrial cancer since my gynecologist calls me a polyp factory! I am still having my periods and have not noticed any bothersome side effects - I take it after 9 p.m. and must sleep through them?
I knew I was making the right choice because I felt a peace wash over me as I said it out loud to my doctors. I know in my heart I had made that choice a long time ago.
I am so sorry you are feeling like you don't have choices. I chose to be aggressive and have not looked back once.
Let me know if there is anything I can help with.
Kimberly
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Welcome to all the newbies. I am sure sorry that any of you had to join our "club", especially this time of year.
Hope everyone has had a good day to recover from yesterday.
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Welcome teemee.
Look at you Meece what a beautiful avatar, I guess we no longer represent our trees.
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No, the tree is out. I actually started taking a few decorations off mine yesterday. Getting them all put back in their boxes takes a long time. My avatar is a picture DH took at my company Christmas party on the 16th. I thought I'd stay dressed (in my avatar) for the holidays for awhile. Have you been cutting out paper-dolls, Seyla? I used to cut them out at my Grandma's house, using one of two tiny blunt tipped scissors she kept hanging behind her kitchen door. Sorry for the side trip down memory lane.
Meece
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Hello ladies,
I don't remember if I have already joined this thread but, if I have, here I go again! Sorry! I have been following a lot of you, my new sisters, on this and other threads like a stalker lately, and I have learned so much! Because of you I feel that I am so prepared for my long journey including all the bumps I know I'll be encountering on the road!Thank you ladies!
I have finally come to terms with my decision and I'm so ready for my BM even if it means I'm spending new Year's eve in the hospital! My surgery will be Dec. 31 starting at 9AM and hopefully by 10PM I'll be sleeping again and through the night with lots of medication!
I am not looking forward to my recovery but am looking forward to start the new year without cancer!
Happy New Year ladies!
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Welcome to the newbies...
Erika,
Glad that you have come to terms with your surgical decision. I know that once I had committed to a treatment plan, I felt so much better. Even if you had decided about the bmx, it still takes time to get emotionally adjusted to the idea.
YAY... to starting the New Year, Cancer-Free!!
Harley
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