After Radiation
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Jo and Everyone, thanks for the support. Some days are difficult. But with all the kind thoughts, reminds me to BUCK UP and see the positive. I know I am lucky, really, just venting.
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stage1 - You can count on us to be here for you anytime. We all have our good days and bad but we always manage to get through them. Come back and see us often.0
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JO always looks at the positive and she yells at me when i look at the negative!!!!!!0
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granny - Someone has to look after you. I do try and see the positive in everything. There is always a bright light at the end of the tunnel.
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first of all I dont like to take the local.EXPRESS.And that damn tunnel even on the express is sooooooooo damn long......in my travels I saw the devil along with a piece of hell....Yeah im at the end right now(I think) glad I have a wedding on Sat.Not thinkin too positive today and I dont know why....guess its just one of these days.....
Keep lookin to the end of the tunnel....IT IS THERE!!!!!!!!
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Hi all,
It really does get better with time. I felt particularly horrible during the couple months AFTER finishing radiation - I think the emotional stuff finally hit me. My breast stayed swollen and sore until a couple months ago, but it finally is back to feeling like "normal" tissue. I do still have some fatigue problems, but my mood is definitely better and I don't think about cancer all the time. Personally, I prefer the term "in remission". Most people have some understanding of what it means, and it is possible to stay in remission for the rest of my life - and that's what I'm hoping for.
Karen
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I have to say I must be weird or just the exception to the rule. I did not have a swollen breast at all with the exception of the first week after surgery and then I had to deal with a seroma.
Karen - I agree with thinking in terms of being in remission.
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Ladies I hope you don't mind - someone wrote me a funny and I want to share it... I hope you laugh as much as I did...My kids always try to text me and I have no clue so this really was funny to me.
MIDDLE AGE TEXTING CODES: ATD -at the doctor. BFF -best friend fell. BTW -bring the wheelchair. BYOT -bring your own teeth. FWIW -forgot where I was. GGPBL -gotta go, pacemaker battery low. GHA -got heartburn again. IMHO -is my hearing aid on? LMDO -laughing my dentures out. OMMR -on my massage recliner. ROFLACGU -rolling on floor laughing and can't get up. TTYL -talk to you louder!
I 'borrowed' this from a friend
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GmaFoley - OMG! LOL!
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Jo1955.......I am so proud of him....he is an distinguished honor student...........a fantastic golfer...........and my little sweetheart......I have taken care of him since he was born while my daughter worked 3 days a week..........I am going down the shore with him and his little sister tomorrow along with my daughter.......I am blessed.
Granny I'm going away too..........back to Cape May Beach for 5 days..........Haven't been down much this summer, seems like the house has been empty more then full....................you enjoy your trip, and be careful........................hugs.
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My whole goal has been acheived - get at least one person to laugh
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I laughed!
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Me too!
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BTW ladies I needed a laugh... on my birthday (tues) my sister informed me she has breast cancer... I think they caught it early though... her onc said that she probably won't have any lymph involvement and she doesn't recommend chemo or radiation just anti-hormone therapy... but it has been a rough week for me...
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Wow, Gma - I'm so sorry for your rough week. Prayers said for you and your sister....
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Gma.............not again......................what a shame..........My prayers for you and her too................Does it ever stop
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gmafoley that was funny thanks for sharing, and so sorry to hear about your sister. What a rough week, we really needed the laugh. I have had a rough week as well.
Jo consider yourself lucky that your boob was not swollen. I am six months out and my breast if finally feeling normal again. It is still swollen but I think all the Celebrex that I take has made it feel better like not so full feeling. Hard to describe.
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Sherry know what you mean.................I look like Dolly Parton on the right boob, and Floppsy Moppsy on the left................I'm 5 months out on Aug 14th.....guess there is still hope for normalcy..............Well not quite.............the LE is anything but normal...............hugs
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I'm so sorry to hear about your sister GMA...saying a prayer for both of you.0
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GMA - Not another one - this damn beast is relentless. Sending prayers for your sister.
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GmaFoley,
I'm so sorry to hear/read about your sister. Hugs to her and you and you both can get through this. We'll help.
Hi and hugs to everyone. Thank you all for your congrats on my 1 year cancerversary.
I wanted to add that I too was told by the PA at my surgeons office that my breast was still swollen from the radiation. My rads Dr. is one of those who won't admit to anything that radiation causes. He said rads only cause skin reaction and no pain, nerve damage, etc. He tried to tell me that the stinging, sharp pains, etc was from surgery. BULL $&!t !!!!!!! I like him a lot and trust him but he is so wrong.
We are leaving too. We are driving out to our daughter's in Maine in a month or so. I've got a coastal cottage rented and we'll get to be there for our newest grandsons 1st birthday and baptizing. I'm looking forward to this trip so much but am tired already. I do a good bit of the driving (but refuse to drive through Cleveland and hate it with a passion. We both would just as soon Cleveland not be there! LOL.) and I can't believe how tired I have been this week with just normal life going on. I am doing a lot of sleeping which is not usual for me but I am catching up from everything I think. I've been to busy planning everything plus keeping up with daily things and keeping my grand daughter 1 day a week.
We've got a Sweet 16 party to go to for my great nieces birthday on Saturday. Guess we'll go as I want to see my elderly parents but that niece is a typical 16 year old. Rude, haughty, uppity and doesn't know we exist. LOL.
Have a great weekend ladies and here is hugs to hold you through the weekend (((((((())))))))
Hugs,
Juanita
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Hi everyone! I had my last boost this morning! Whoo Hooo Done! I don't know if I should laugh or cry (I feel like doing both) lol I took today off from work to just relax.. started to feel tired just yesterday but very calm Oh well ..let the healing begin!
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Gma Foley so sorry to hear about your sister. Will she have surgery? It is hard enough to experience this thing, but to have a sister go through it too? That is tough. I have a sister that is very high risk and I am working hard to get her to get tested. She had two biopsies in the past, when we were much younger. Will you keep us posted about your sister. She is in my thoughts. Thank you so much for giving me hope that my skin situation didn't have to get worse. So far it has been staying the same. 19 down 14 to go!
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Gmafoley: sorry about your sister...Does this disease ever stop? She is in my prayers...
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Ann731: congrats on finishing! Whoo hooo for you...I almost burst into tears during my last boost, it's very emotional...because, now you're done and now what? Hopefully the beast won't rear it's ugly head again...healing ((((hugs))) to you...0 -
Ladies - the weird thing is there was only one of my aunts got breast cancer in her 90s other than that there has been none until me... My sister is 70 - she is 13 years older than me.. She is going to have a lumpectomy I think and hopefully clear margins.. we shall see - she hasn't told me how her appt went..I don't want to call her too soon..she might need time to digest things and talk with my other sister... I hate being far away at times like this...
Oh the nerve pain came back and the doc upped my gabapentin - hopefully it goes away while my grandsons and mommy and daddy are here... they are with us through the weekend until tuesday.. My counselor at the cancer center got us free tickets to the fair
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Ann congrats on finishing. Doing the happy dance for you. glad you are able to join us here.
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Since I finished rads 10 days ago I'm watching the skin peel and wearing gel strips over the really sensitive parts to allow them to start healing. My breast is particularly sensitive and I can't stand having a seat belt over it so I have that part under my arm when I'm driving. I'm just hoping I can get a prosthesis soon but I know I'm a bit swollen towards the back. How long has it taken for anyone here to grow their skin back when it's peeled off completely?
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Fitz-my skin was completely peeled off under my breasts at the end of radiation, and I, too, had to use the gel strips. I was amazed at how quickly my skin came back once the process started. I remember my radiation onc said it would look like white patches that would gradually join together, and it did. I think it took about 2 weeks.
Now, I'm 16 months out, and you would never know how much damage I had under my breasts at one time.
Mary
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Fitz I had a pretty bad burn and it took 3 weeks to heal on the outside, but you will still have uncomfortable times on the inside... For the seat belt issue I bought one of the shoulder pads for seatbelts and put it across my breast instead of the shoulder.
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Fitz it took about two weeks to heal my raw skin. the inside is still healing and I finished the end of jan.
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