Stage II w/Lymph Node Involvement
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Furfriend, whenever you come down to Fort Lauderdale! boat is ready to go out!
A week without Tamoxifen and hope my body got reset for tomorrow when I start it again. I was so fatigued my MO told me to stop taking it for one week. We'll see.
And this coming Friday is my surgery exchange to my permanent implants. I am so excited!
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Furfriend, love the coffee graphic. Exactly how I feel.
Thank you for all the good wishes with chemo ending this week. Back in September, it seemed like this time would never come. Now, on to the next episode. Wish I didn't have to do rads, but hey, throw the kitchen sink at it, right? have a great Sunday everybody.
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hi everyone, still hanging in, although i had a bit of a meltdown yesterday, my nose started to bleed so i thought why not start crying, my hubby kept saying are u sick, whats wrong, i just need to cry, i told him i was fed up of being fed up, oh boy , but im OK. Sometimes we need to release.
Oh yes i have face fuzz, WTF! Glad i am not the only one seeing some of the posts. Jeezs, what next, no wonder we break down, feel like we're evolving from the primates LOL. Thk god no back fuzz!
Yes i am super fed up with winter we are back in deep freeze again. Oh well it is sunny at least. Having happy dreams of the beach right now..........
Furfriend glad you are doing well.... I'm right behind warrior on finishing taxol.
Cheryl
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Dear Mercedes, it is OK to cry
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Evolving from the primates ROFL
What do you mean no back fuzz???LOL
I am having nosebleeds as well. Not severe for about 2-3 weeks. the last 3-4 days have been the worst. Thank goodness you are just about DONE- Happy DaNcE, Happy DaNcE Lady!!!!!!
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Dear Headeast,
Congrats on your next procedure. I know all will be great & I would be excited also. I will be in your pocket for support {{{{Squeeze}}}}.0 -
mercedes, these are the times that try women's souls. It's totally OK to cry. I was having frustration with California Disability, even drove up to SF today because I couldn't get through on the phone/via email, and lo and behold, this afternoon, I got an email from California SDI saying that my benefits will be paid within 48 hours. Yes! But you can bet before I was pretty upset.
I have my last chemo on Thurs, and on Sat night my dear friend is hosting us up in Napa overnight to celebrate! I know there's still rads to go, but it was chemo that I dreaded the most...and now it's almost over.
Headeast, I will be thinking of you Fri when I wake up to a week (and hopefully, a lifetime) of no more chemo. Best wishes on exchange!
Fur friend, hope the nosebleeds hit the road.
Enjoy your week, all!
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thank you, Warrior70 and FurFriend!
And W70, congratulations on your benefits getting paid! And cheers at Napa!
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thank you guys, even though our families and friends sympathize with us its not the same as when we are helping each other thru this site, you guys know what we feel is so different than someone who broke an arm or revovering fromsmall surgery, its epic what we feel mentally and physically. Ok enough of that........
Headeast good luck on your exchange friday i will be thinking of you And your double D's. Lol just kidding!
Warrior. Take a pic of you gettiing your last taxol and post. Lucky you going to Napa to celebrate, awesome have a wonderful time.
Furfriend i think our nosebleeds are mainly cause of the elevtric heat in the house a d extreme cold, blahhhhhh winter.
Anyone having sugar cravings! I am i baked a marble cake on the weekend and we finished that on monday, well i had to do groceries yesterday and yep bought another cake and ice cream too! Yum couldn'twait til after supper with the gang had some after my lunch. All i can think of is eating even though my taste hasn't fully returned. Must be the cold. Lol
Have a good day.
Cheryl
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mercedes, I will try to post a pic...do you need Photobucket or another hosting service to do it? I also want to post a pic of my fuzz, so if anyone has any wisdom on posting pics, let me know.
Can't wait for Thursday, or this weekend! And, I got an appointment with my PS next week on the very date and time that I wanted it to be,without asking! Woot!
Gonna finish this...the end is in sight!
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Warrior, I post photos from my iPhone. This is what I do: Go to the icon above that looks like a landscape in a rectangle. Choose upload and it should take you to your photos. Choose the photo and it will post. You can type a comment then.
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Thanks Jeannie57! Will do.
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Warrior,
Congrats are in order!!! That is great news and benefis paid in full, Whoo Hoo
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Mecedes,
Nope, no sugar cravings here ......unless you call gummy bears, M & M's , Lindor chocolate, Twix, peppermint patties..........
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furfriend, too funny, valentines day chocolates already hitting store shelves! Love those hearts. I think we deserve a little sweetness now snd then, more now than then. Lol. Enjoy
Warrior will be thinking of you tommorrow, btw i post pics from my camera which i load onto my laptop, and my laptop crashed a couple of months ago again, so i think i will be going this weekend to buy a new one, its my pre-finish chemo gift. I haven'tmastered transfering pics from my phone yet, i think my daughters probably know how, seeing that ones always taking pics of herself.......
Taxol #9 later today. Countdown.....
Have a good day guys.
Oh, whats on everyones menu for the superbowl this sunday nit that i want to cook.........
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I have been craving sugar also! Love chocolate. I bought a bag of Giardelli dark chocolate squares that are 60% cacao. Cacao is supposed to be good. So I treat myself to one little square every night.
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Smrlvr,
Oh Wow what self control you must have! OMG I have been going through bags of candy in the past three weeks. I know, I know it is bad
eating M & M's now....Mercedes- the countdown- you are almost done!!! Yippeee!
The new computer sounds great, what are you looking for? Lots of storage space? What do you thinks about Windows 8 operation system? I have an HP and would like a new one as well. I have lots of other things on my "wish list". A new flat screen TV, furniture, books, lol.
Superbowl Sunday is my SIL and nephews Bdays so I will be spending with family. Sooo looking forward to Chili n cornbread!!!
How about you?
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taxol #9 down, i woke again at 2am again this morning and could not get back to sleep again happens after every treatment, gotta be that decadron, so needless to say today im jittery, hope i crash early tonite. Had to take my girls to dentist also today, of course they thought i was acting strange today, i said it was normal. And sure enough coming out of the dentist into parking lot i saw an empty space where i thought i parked my car, i then yelled omg someone stole my car! Mom you're parked over there, are you sure you're ok. LOL what a day.
As far as computer, well not sure about space etc., i will check them out, we bought my daughter a HP sleek notebook for xmas and she likes it. If hubby is coming with me i'll check out the macbooks. Lol.
I'm documenting my journey and also throwing in how my life changed after retirement,raising teenagers etc. put a humourous spin on everything. I love to write, so when this chemo head is under control i can start with a laptop of course, it would take forever on an ipad.
Wow you sure have a lot of things on your wishlist, isn't strange when you speak to other women that have bc or survived, they always want to change, things travel more, i too want to repaint my bedroom my daughter needs new bedroom furniture i'm making lists. Lol. Get your big flatscreen before the game!
Yes had my choco fix today, choco covered mashmallow heart. Yum
Warrior's last chemo today. Yahoo!
Enjoy the game. Furfriend. I will be watching the game with one of my daughters in living room and hubby will be i. His NFL mancave in the basement. Food. Dont know yet........
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I'm done with chemo!
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Me in the big chair for the last time!
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very nervous now waiting for tomorrow's surgery!
I sometimes think I am a pain in expecting things flowing the way they should be, but I don't think it is normal:
-To have to call my PS office and find out the time the nurse from the Operating Room told me to be there was the time of the surgery and now two hours early
- That nobody called me to let me know they change the time and building in where my surgery would be held
- To receive a call the afternoon before the surgery from my PS office asking for my PCP phone number because they never got the clearing to proceed
- To have to change my ride to the hospital last minute because my DH got a last minute meeting and he can take me but not pick me up until later
UGH!
Ohmmmmm... Please whoever knows how many days I have to rest after the surgery please let me know. PS told me by Monday I could drive and work..??? Is that true?
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Congratulations to you! The last one is the best one! Great picture. Thanks for sending it on!
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warrior70, yay!
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Warrior, congratulations to you! You look beautiful!
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warrior great great pic of you and what are you 16 yrs old, lol you look so young. Nice wig too. So glad you're done whats next for you?
Ihad tax #9 wed. Just tired today seems like the chemo is starting to accum in my system and also a little out if breath. Or maybe fed up of the winter.
Headeast, stay cool everything will work out, deep breaths, sending you a big hug for your surgery.
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You are all so sweet! Next, it's on to rads, with a side-trip to plastic surgery for a TE fill. Should be done with rads by mid-March; then it's time to wait until exchange surgery. Doing well and am happy today!
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warrior70
You do look very young and pretty. Congrats on last chemo.
I just had my head shaved today. I have round 2 on Monday. I get rads also. They told me no exchange until 9-12 months after Rads. TE ' s will be in for a long time. Good luck to you.0 -
Thank you all for the warm wishes.
I had my surgery yesterday. Checked in at 5.30am to start surgery at 8. They prepared me, interviewed me, etc. the conventional 7 people in the OR plus me. Left the hospital at 4pm.
The PS saw me and marked me, asked me if I wanted to go bigger than my TE and I said yes and for him to pick whatever implant was better.
My TE were at 325cc and he could not add more. My implants are Natrelle 20, 550cc and the muscle pain is terrible. I am taking OxiCodone every 4 hours and doesn't really help. The cuts don't hurt, just the muscle.
I am wrapped in a large bandage and I am supposed to stay that way until I see him on Tuesday. Only sponge baths without making bandage wet. Instruction says no lifting and if with OxiCodone, then no driving and not making important decisions.
I guess my PS didn't think I would have pain and be able to drive to work, but getting larger implants have made me have a LOT of pain. It is even hard to type.
Good luck for the ones getting surgery this coming week. I am positive this pain is worth it.
I am on the squishy side now! Yay!
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headeast, so glad you have your squishies! You will be beach ready in no time. Lol
Rest, rest give that body some time to heal ok
Big get well hug
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