After Radiation
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jo1955 wish you the best! congrats! good morning..!
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I had surgery almost a year ago my breast is still numb with no feeling (lumpectomy) except for the permanant nerve damage pain. For some reason I can feel that pain but the meds help control it so for the most part I don't feel that either.
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jo1955: Congratulations! I hope every day will be a good day for you.
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Congrats Jo1955! Have a wonderful day!
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Well sistas I did make it through the storm but now!!!!!on thurs i have to go for my first mammo.yeah im still in pain.im one of the ones that could/might have the pain for yrs.or even a lifetime.thanks again bc.another gift.and yes im scared shit!!!!
JO JO-----congrats sista....be happy today...and ever day for the rest of your long long life.
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Today I start the next chapter of my life and I take with me all you wonderful gals that I am so very much honored to call my friends/sisters. I could not have made it through the last year without all your love and support.
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Congrats jo1955! A day to celebrate. {{HUGS}}
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Granny-Take some ibuprofen about an hour before that mammogram. That's what I do and I find it helps a lot with the pain. I won't lie and say that it doesn't hurt at all, though.
Mary
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I cannot take ibuprofin but i do have pain killers left over from my surgery a yr.ago.i have not touched them but i will that day.i have all different strengths..i am tryin not to take them..EMERGENCY ONLY....well if this is not an emergency what the hell is?????
Ill be ok...i tend to obsess as most of you know by now...
gotta just get the damn thing over with...
and the beat goes on..WILL WE EVER STOP THE WORRY????? I say NO.not me anyway.
i keep goin back to the original thread AFTER RADS. Im still in shock what really happens after rads....dont get me wrong im not sorry I did it but i wish i knew then what i know now...
Thanks all my sistas for all the info,help and support you gave all of us.each and every one of you gave someone something.The one thing i dont regret is starting this thread.I met the most wonderful sistas right here.God bless us all.hugggggggggggs K
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I hope you have many more healthy years Jo! God bless...
Grannydukes....I'm hoping and praying that all goes well with your mammo...
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thanks Barb--betta get used to it...gonna be doin it for probably the rest of my life.
I was one of the ones who never went for yearly mammos.they always hurt sooo much.maybe i had 3 in my 70 yrs.guess i can consider myself lucky.yeah right....THIS BETTA COME OUT GOOD!!!!
soooooo after the mammo i start playin the waiting game once again.
bc the gift that keeps on giving.
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Now that rads is finished it's time for my annual pap test and I don't want to go! After all the BC I just don't want to hear any possibility of problems. I don't want to wait for any more test outcomes so I understand you grannydukes. I had my first mammo one month after surgery and was scared to death to have it. I wanted to cry thinking of the pain I would have but it didn't hurt but a tiny bit. I was so freakin happy!
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Fitz33 - Boy, do I know what you mean. I had my first mammo since dx in June and then the next week had to have my annual pap. Had my gyn do a transvaginal US - I am on Tamoxifen - and he found a 1.5 cm fibroid tumor and very thick uterus. Three days later I was back at the hospital for a hysteroscopy D&C. I couldn't believe it - was so stressed out over it.
Tell you what, let me know when you are scheduled to go and I will be ready that morning and will jump in your pocket and go with you. You are going to be just fine and this will be another annual routine visit.
Hugs
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Welcome back Granny! Soooo glad to have you back safe and sound! Good luck on Thursday! Lemme know what time you go, okay! I wll be praying real hard for you that all goes well!
Fitz33-I have to go to my yearly pap as well...I was in the middle of rads when I was supposed to go, and now I'm dreading it as well....also worring about my first mammo after active treatment that is coming up in October...Ugh...
Love you ladies!
Tori
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Yaaaay! Jo! Hope you felt my hug all the way to your house! Many, many happy years of good health!
Granny, you're in my thoughts! I know you're going to get good news!
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Tori - Just let me know when you have to go for your annual pap and I will jump in your pocket and go with you. That is, if I can survive granny's purse. You should see the crap she has in there - I really have to be careful. LOL!!!
rohanna - Thanks for the hug - now I know where that was coming from.
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Ok...tomorrow is the mammo and my breast is killing me....cant even wear a bra.is it in my head????dont think so but i am scared.12:45 ...so come in my handbag...yeah lots of crap in there but ill make room for all.AND my GYN is on the 14th of this month too.
Soooooo we play the waiting game once again....think I betta get used to it because this is gonna be FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!!
And in between my GD is getting married on the 10th and GS getting engaged on the 17th....and im a wreck!!!!!!
I know this is a bag of mixed blessings...I just wish they would give us the results right away..I hate bc...i hate the white coats and lately i have a shit list a mile long.
end of rant....hugggggggsK
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I know what you mean Fitz33 and Tori. After radiation, my MO told me I had to go to a gyn/ob before the next step and I dreaded it more than anything I've had to do with this stupid cancer so far. It had been 15 years since I had gone and my old doctor had thankfully retired. So I went to a new one last week and he was very nice but I still hated it. It's one of the reasons I don't want to go on Tamoxifen...I know I will have to go on a regular basis and I loathe the thought. I was nervous the whole time before that he would find something else wrong and nervous for five days after waiting for the pap results (thankfully nothing wrong!) But I am afraid that the Tamoxifen will cause me problems like you had Jo...
I'm saying a prayer for you!
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Barb - I have a long history of fibroid tumors dating back to 1995. When I retired from the Air Force in 1996, I went to a civilian doctor who put me on hormones to shrink the fibroids and regulate my periods. I did that until 2008 when my current gyn put me through menopause. In mid - 2008, he then put me on Prempro - Aug 2010 was dx'd with bc. My MO assured me the Prempro was most likely the culprit for where I am today. Because I can no longer have hormones, the fibroids are rearing their ugly heads again. I am already thinking that next year when I go for my annual pap I am going to ask my gyn if he will go ahead and do a hysterectomy. I certainly don't need the plumbing anymore or the headaches that go with it.
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Granny-Is this your first mammo since the end of your treatment?
Now that I have had breast cancer, I get the results of my mammo about 15 minutes after I have it. The radiologist does a preliminary read right away and lets me know before I leave. Maybe this will be the case for you now. I hope so. Waiting is awful.
Mary
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Granny - Mamo's at my imaging facility used to really hurt. When I went back the tech said as I entered the room, "Isn't it the right breast? Don't worry, I'll be gentle. And she was, on both breasts, no pain. When we were through she told me to just wait in the dressing room for the Doctor. He came in in about 5 min. and gave me the all clear. All that stress for nothing--I was so happy. Hope you have a similar experience.
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Granny: Thinking about and praying for your visit tomorrow!!
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Hi Ladies..............................Fed up with all the bullshit......................I'm tired of the boob still swollen, numbness, uncomfortable bras, LE, f/n sleeve that is so uncomfortable I refuse to wear the f/n thing feel like a friggin whale, and just tired of trying to be the good soldier..................my boob is so f/n hard it doesn't even feel like it belong to me.........................I know I'm getting swollen in the back now, honestly I a sick and tired of all the shit.................all I want is for some normalcy in life again........................I take the bra off, and it looks like I still have it on........I'm a D cup, so I can't go without a bra......................I see all the ladies on here with the same complaints, and I think...............................Jesus, does it ever end............................yea when the close the lid for the final time...........................F--k it all..............................sorry ladies, guess its just a bad day................
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ducky: I understand I'm a DD but you know what - I go without a bra and even if I flop around - it doesn't hurt as much... I am hard too and it comes and goes and today it hurts .... but I am here for my kids and grandkids, so I keep on going - at home by myself I cry and cry but when they are around I have a smile on my face... I sure hope your night and tomorrow is better....
You know its been 3 days off arimidex and my headache isn't as bad but my emotions are all over the place!!! Ducky for some reason when I read your post - I cried...I was angry and mad about things like this yesterday and all I am doing today is crying - what a yo-yo -- Love you Ducky (((((((((((((HUGS))))))))))))))))
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Gma...............thanks, not that misery loves company, but sometimes it helps to know that this is one of those days, that will eventually "pass".................I would never want to upset you, but this is the only place where you can get things off your chest, and not be looked at like your a "head case"...............People actually think this is over...............I don't want to dwell on this either, but good God, facts are facts, and some days really suck..................am I glad to be alive, "of course I am".............do I appreciate all my chldren do for me (most of them), absolutely, but like John Denver said "Some Days Are Diamonds, Some Days Are Stone"........I think we are entitled to our "day in the rock pile" now and then..........I am headed down the shore tomorrow with my daughter, and the 2 kids........................Thank God I have something to take my mind off "today"........................Your a good friend Gma, and I treasure sharing our good and bad days.....................love ya too.
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Well its 7am.....................not sure what time we will be leaving for the shore, waiting to hear from my daughter.
I'm having coffee, and going to do a few more things around as I call it "the hovel"....my grandkids think that is funny.....................
so far I have filled my pill box, started the dishwasher, put clothes in the dryer, put dry clothes away, made the bed, rolled my bandages (LE), and have to pack...............................Pack.....................that's a "funny"..............I throw a few pairs of pants, and some tops,underwear, curling iron (heaven forbid the hair should look bad), I'd leave the toothbrush home before the curling iron (just kidding).......................and now its in for a shower, and putting clothes on.
Looking forward to this weekend, since it is officially the "close of summer".....kids go back to school, so its serious business from here on in......................Possibly going down for "Irish Weekend", but that would be it................of course there is closing up the house for good, not sure when that will be................up to the kids.............Oh it is going to be a long winter....................living alone sucks (sometimes), especially when your kids all work...........the lonliness can drive you crazy.............
Ok, ladies, you all have a great weekend, and I will be back on Sunday..............(son-in-law, hates the Labor Day traffic, so he comes home a day sooner, plus the kids have school on Tuesday, and they really need to get to bed on time.........no more sleeping till 10..............have a fun Labor Day..........................hugs.
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Ducky - Sending gentle hugs to you - I am so sorry you are having such a difficult time.
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Ducky~ thinking of you and sending lots of positive thoughts your way. I'm a triple D (looks better that way than DDD lol) and I got a Cami going into rads. It zips up in the front and offered just enough support to keep me from flailing around braless. It comes with drain pouches and fake pillow boobs, but without all that it really does the trick. Here's the info, you can buy off the web - Amoena Hannah Camisole w/drain management, Vitamin E & Aloe #2860
Hope you get a much deserved relaxed weekend.
Hugs to you~gina
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Thanks JO.......................guess i better just pull out the "BIG GIRL PANTIES", and stop my whining.............................Pity Parties can only be temporary , but it seems like I'm on a Pity Party marathon.
Tomorrow my husband is dead 20 years, so maybe its the loss that still rings loud in my ears................at 56 you expect to be planning for retirement, which he was, and then someone pulls the rug out from under your feet, and your entire life changes..............you might say "well you were young, at 56.......its your fault you chose to remain alone".............I don't mind......"alone"......................I just hate "lonely"..................my kids have families of their own, so I don't expect them to "keep me happy" even though they try.......................well I'm gonna enjoy this weekend down the shore, and try to come home with a whole new attitude..........................yea, like that is really going to happen"..........haha................I always say "want to see God laugh"...................make a plan...................hugs.
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Thansk, Gina..............will check that out..........................Good heavens what a whimp I am................Gotta stop the "so sorry for me" crap........................I'm not the only one with problems...........................Good heavens, "shit happens".....................I better learn to suck it up.........................earthquake, hurricane, shore house worries, Pa. house worries................LE, swollen boob...............................well guess what "bucko".........................that's called "life", and no one ever said it "would be easy"................................I guess I need to remember the saying ............."I cried because I had no shoes..........till I saw someone who had no feet"............................A beautiful new home in Pa., a shore home , 6 wonderful children, 18 grandchildren, 2 twin great-grandaughters..........................and I woke up this morning....regardless of how many aches I had.............................I guess life is good after all...........................I'm ot gonna let "small shit" get me down............................OK, LADIES.............................'I GOT A NEW ATTITUDE'.................well at least I'm gonna try............................hahahahahahahaha
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