Calling all TNs
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Spica- That picture is priceless!!!!
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Heck if I know what I was talking about....24 what? Bottles of Wine???
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A man met a beautiful lady and he decided he wanted to marry her right away.
She protested, "But we don't know anything about each other."
He replied, "That's all right; we'll learn about each other as we go along."
So she consented, and they were married and went on a honeymoon to a very nice resort.
One morning, they were lying by the pool when he got up off his towel, climbed up to the 10 meter board and did a two and a half tuck gainer, entering the water perfectly, almost without a ripple. This was followed by a three rotations in jackknife position before he again straightened out and cut the water like a knife. After a few more demonstrations, he came back and lay down on his towel.
She said, "That was incredible!"
He said, "I used to be an Olympic diving champion. You see, I told you we'd learn more about ourselves as we went along."
So she got up, jumped in the pool and started doing laps. She was moving so fast that the froth from her pushing off at one end of the pool would hardly be gone before she was already touching the other end of the pool!
She did laps in freestyle, breast stroke, even butterfly! After about thirty laps, completed in mere minutes, she climbed back out and lay down on her towel, barely breathing hard.
He said, "That was incredible! Were you an Olympic endurance swimmer?"
"No," she said, "I was a hooker and I worked both sides of the Tennessee River."0 -
yes, lory....of course i will add her to my thoughts.
spica....i have friends in Ellensburg and Yakima and they are in high alert right now. If only my sprinkler would reach that far!
not that i want to wish an accident upon anyone, but my mom was the same and that would have been just the funniest thing ever. i know, sick humor, what do you want from me? oh and speaking of sick humor, there is a shirt in there somehwere. i don't know.....the funny side of cancer? come on ladies.....any thoughts? I can have my husband make one with those iron-on numbers and Spica you can remember that part of your treatment forever. or at least until the iron-on comes off.
Titan.....since I can't drink on this chemo I'll take that answer. Now if you said bottles of tequila I might be on the plane already.
bernie.......hahahahahahahahaha...thanks!
hope everyone is having a great day! love
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Just had to put this on. Isn't this baby just bloody gorgeous. I would love to cuddle him.
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Absolutely bloody gorgeous cocker... what a beaut.
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Whoa! That's one big puppy dog!!!
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I love my circle of sisters!
(((Inmate))) we all need to vent, cry, freak out or whatever sometimes......I've certainly been doing my share. Wishing you luck for your scan tomorrow...I hope to hear your your relieved, joyful shouts all the way out here on the East coast.
Cocker - thinking of you and Mandy and sending positive thoughts your way.
Bernie - please keep the jokes coming...I think we all need them.
A big hug to anyone else who needs one tonight!
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Yesterday I saw my MO for a check up and had a clean bill of health. Today I had my first reiki appointment, my new nephew was discharged from the hospital after a bit of a rough start and I booked an appointment for my first tattoo. Riding the rollar coaster high today
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born- Happy for your clean checkup!!! Go celebrate!0
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Born - happy, happy! Glad to hear the new nephew can go home, that's always good news!
I have been busy this afternoon and evening doing research on clinical trials and/or traditional chemo. I have an appointment with my MO tomorrow and I suspect we'll narrow it down to a couple of choices. This is complicated stuff, and there's lots of it. You can read my blog to see just how complicated... My DH and DD are going with me. Right now I'm leaning towards the trial involving MK-2206 because of the additional genetic testing that will be done. It's also an oral chemo and won't require a port. Eventually, I'll need one. But we are going to Hawaii in October, come hell or high water. So being on IV-chemo would be rather inconvenient, to say the least.
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Hope - I missed your post...sending good wishes to you!
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I will be listening here in FL for the sound waves INMATE.
So frustrated...I really hate LE. my "good" arm has had severe cording now for a few weeks and today it looks as though it is starting to swell...going to the therapist on thursday and hoping that I will not be told that I now have le bilaterally. I could just cry about it...sounds petty compared to what some of you fine ladies endure but I really hate LE soooo much. i cannot do any of the things I used to enjoy...wa wa wa...end of tantrum
Maggie
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Spica, the smoke is so bad!! the fire is now roughly 25 miles from us. I just learned they are planning evacuations of Featherville and Pine (where we were supposed to set up our trailer for 2 weeks). have so many frieds on the firelines, as well as law enforcement friends and medical folks working the civil side. All we can do is pray for rain!
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cocker....now that's a lap dog! I want one.......can you talk to my hubby for me??
Born......That just made my heart a little lighter. Thank you for that. Especially today. I think I could have ripped the head off any slow moving living thing today. Slow moving only because I'm so dragass. God help me and those around me within arms length.
Luv.....It is a bit mind boggling isn't it? Did you also check out the vaccine trial. I believe it's heading into phase 2 right now. I thought I saw they were doing it in Chicago as well as Seattle, but if not you can always stay here. As a matter of fact if you end up looking at a trial in this area and it fits your needs, please don't hesitate to tell me your move in date and I will put fresh sheets on the bed and flowers on the nightstand.
Oh Mags.......I'm sorry that sucks. You can get it bilaterally. Seriously? Ugh.....this cancer fucking onion just has tears and surprises with each layer.
Oh and have I mentioned I've turned into some kind of O'douls swilling potty mouthed longshoreman. I could embarass the paint off of a brothel with my language right now. I must say some of the looks I've gotten have made me laugh. I will take the chuckles wherever and whenever I can get them these days.
Again ladies, I would seriously be in the loonie bin if it were not for you all. I will now go try to medicate my way closer to sanity. Wish me luck!
Has anyone heard from Minxie?
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oh lory......please take care of yourself over there.
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A Scotsman, an Englishman and an Irishman want to get into the Olympics but they haven't got tickets. The Scotsman picks up a manhole-cover, tucks it under his arm and walks to the gate. "McTavish, Scotland" he says, "Discus", and in he walks. The Englishman picks up a length of scaffolding and slings it over his shoulder. "Waddington-Smythe, England," he says, "Pole vault," and in he walks. The Irishman looks around, picks up a roll of barbed wire and tucks it under his arm. "O'Malley, Ireland," he says, "Fencing."
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Hello everyone! I have missed reading so many wonderful posts - all because of my eyes. I have a hard time reading, got a new pair of glasses, find out that it is good for reading only (on paper), even though I had told the optometrist that I want something to help me read from the computer screen. The Retina Specialist recommends surgery for my eye condition, called a "macula pucker", a thin layer formed on top of the Retina making my vision distorted. Going for a second opinion on Friday. I am just so sick of diagnosis's and doctors. Anyway, ladies from the posts, I gather that we have lost 3 sisters. My heart just breaks at the news of beccad's passing, my goodness. I am wondering who the other two are. I am sorry laides, I am not able to read all the prior posts, too much strain on my eyes. I always thought that Beccad is a wonderful avatar name, and I will try to go and check my PM's with her. I am sure we had spoken via PM a few times. I had no idea that she was not feeling well and that this ugly horrible disease would take her life.
Luv - I am so very sorry to hear of your scan results. Like someone said, there is a huge range of chemo's to choose from.
We are all on our own journies, each one's is unique to themselves, their destiny.
While I make a decision whether to have a surgery in my eye, one of you will be making a decision as to which chemo would be better for you.
God bless everyone today! Love, love and love to you all.
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Can I join in on the hug?? Enough is enough!!! Inmate keep pushing my sister keep pushing.
CS-thinking of you and your daughter Mandy. Things will work out and I so glad she is following up on this.
As for me I am dealing with the heat and trying to enjoy the rest of the summer. I just need a vacation this whole summer has been all work and no play. I am trying to rebuild my leave again from multiple Dr. appts.
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Geez, I'm busy for one day and I come back to find out I missed Porn Day!
Spica - that picture is priceless! The swelling under your armpit made it even better. After I composed myself and stopped laughing my thought was that the caption should be: I'm calling 1-800- Lawyer! I went in for a mastectomy and got a penile implant instead!!!
Inmate - we had a thunderstorm this morning--hope that was shock waves from you yelling for joy.
Mags - LE isn't a minor thing, it must be a 24/7 kick in the ass from FC. I'd be doing more venting than that!
Born - ride that roller coaster! Congrats.
Lory - hoping for some rain for your area.
Lovely - hoping surgery will solve the problem
LuvR - waiting to hear what they had to offer.
Got to spend the day at the beach with friends yesterday. ( we usually camp down there for a week, but I'm not comfortable leaving Mom for long periods). It was a great day and we even got to provide our fellow beach goers with some comedic relief. It is a rock beach, and only has sand at low tide. Close to shore is rocks and a steep incline. We forgot about this little problem and went in to swim close to high tide. When we tried to get out it became a comedy show. Every time we tried to stand up either the rocks would slide out under our feet, or if we did manage to stand up a wave would kick us in the ass and knock us over. Of course I was laughing my ass off, but it went on so long that one of the woman who had been laughing at the spectacle initially, sent her husband down to help us get out. It must have been quite a show because we got applause when we finally made it out. We've been going there for years, you'd think we'd have been smart enough to remember that high tide was a problem!0 -
Ok help me!! Went to see surgeon yesterday. She says that I will probably only need a lumpectomy. I need opinions from others with triple negative bc. Tell me your thoughts on lumpectomy vs mastectomy. I am IDC grade 3 and am on 38 years old. She doesn't think the cancer has spread won't know for sure until all tests are done...MRI, chest xray, pet scan, lab work, genetic testing. Any advice...I want to make the best decision.
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5owens - Luv will be the best at giving you the stats, but from what I remember the results for both LX and MX are very similar when it comes to survival rates. It comes down to a personal choice of what you are comfortable with. My surgeon recommended LX, so I accepted her advice. The ladies who had MX's will be along soon to give you their advice.
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the5owens: Mine was 3.2cms and level 3 IDC triple negative. I was 33 @ diagnosis and 34 now. I opted for the double mastectomy because I knew this was the right decision for me. I wanted to do whatever I could to try and limit the risk of it coming back. I knew if I left a breast that I'd worry with every little twinge, pain or bump. I never wanted to have to make the decision again about what to do and I thought it would give me a good shot. My surgeon said he'd get all mine with a lumpectomy but the double mx was my choice. I felt I owed it to my kids to try everything I could. At the end of the day, it's anyone's guess about what could or will happen so I tried to control what I could in the moment. Just know that whatever you decide needs to be right for you - and will be. It's a very tough call. I just didn't want to look back (if it were to recurre) and said "I should have......I wish I had of". Good luck in the decision and sorry that you even have to make that decision.0
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5Owens..My story is much like borntosurvives.. I took a day or two to think things over. I literally went down a pro and con list for each option. I had a wonderful BS that supported whatever decision i made. BMX is a big operation for sure, but it is doable. It was what I was confortable with. And to add...Make sure YOU decide what you want and need. Keep DH and other family and friends out of it. It is not their body or their life. You are in charge here, even when you feel things are out of control. At the time of DX I was told that survival rates for each option were the same. So I did what I could live with(hopefully)
Good luck and let us know how you are doing.
A BIG hello to everyone! I have been trying to read along, just haven't been in the right mindset to post much. I am sorry for not sending hugs earlier....just in a funk....I hate this fucking disease.
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the5owens I opted for a lumpectomy based on my BS and PS's advise.
The only issue with lumpectomy is acheiving clean margins, and that cannot be known until after pathology. If margins are positive or dirty (my case) the next route will be reexcision, (not advisible in my situation) MX, or a wait and see with chemo and rads. Many have had dirty/pos margins and have fared well .
Each case is different and only YOU can decide what you are comfortable with.
I will not know until my treatment is complete. Just another worry really.
Good luck with what ever you choose.
Hi to everyone
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the5owens- I had 3 lumps in my right breast. Even with that in mind my onc wanted me to have a LX. I spent all my time on chemo trying to figure out what I wanted: LX or MX. I was going crazy trying to decide what I was comfortable with. One day it was LX and the other I wanted MX. First,when I was just diagnosed I was ready for a BMX!!! I wanted everything out! But my onc talked me down and said we would see after chemo. After chemo there was a bit of cancer left inside. So because of my not so big boob, trying to cut away all the sites of the 3 lumps and get clean margins, my onc thought there would not be enough breast left. So he suggested to go for a right MX..I was comfortable with the idea of the MX. It gave me peace of mind when the decision was MX.
I sooo understand what you are going through with making that decision. We all do!!! In the end, it's your decision to take. Do what feels right for you and go for it. Best of luck and big hugs. xx
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I think the statistics are relatively the same for LX with rads vs MX. As for BMX, well, that is a personal decision. I had a LX the first time, then when it recurred I went with the BMX thinking I was going to prevent another recurrence. But that didn't work out for me. I think if you are BRCA 1/2 positive, then going with the BMX is an easier decision. Bottom line - whichever gives the most peace of mind is the one that's right for you, regardless of any statistics. I think I said this before...it either recurs or it doesn't. I have defied every odd with my BC, in a negative way. So statistics are just one small part of the decision.
Inmate - hope you are having a better day today! Weren't you due for a scan?
I had my visit with my local MO today and it was kind of a "non-event" as she is deferring decisions to Dr. Chen at Dana Farber in Boston. So I have an appointment there on Friday at 3 p.m. She did ask me what treatment I would prefer, and I said I'd like to do the following clinical trial:
http://www.dana-farber.org/research/clinical-trials/clinical-trial.aspx?tid=2410
There are some 40 trials underway using MK-2206 including at Dana Farber and MD Anderson. That gives me reason to think that this drug is showing some significant promise.
I asked her what she'd like to see me do if I didn't enter a trial and she said either carboplatin with Gemzar or Ixempra alone. I am going to check out the Stage IV discussions on these options to see how well they are being tolerated. I have an idea that Ixempra is an ass-kicker, which would be OK if it also kicks cancer's ass!
I also have to consider that we are going to Hawaii in October, and I have no plans to cancel or postpone that trip. So any clinical trial will have to be flexible enough to work with my two weeks away, or I'll skip a clinical trial this time around, go with the carboplatin/gemzar routine and take a chemo holiday for Hawaii, get scanned when we return and hope for the best.
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Inmate your hubby would never know you had this one you could just put it in your pocket
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OMG - that is one adorable little dog!!! I want one!!!
Kathy - your beach story is too funny! I can picture it and see you laughing hysterically!
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Ohh My Cocker- that is what my DIL's new puppy looks like!!! she is adorable!
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