After Radiation
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Awwww Jo...thank you so much!! Love you to pieces!
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Now where is Granny hiding? She hasn't shown up in a while.
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Hi Ladies ... its been a while since I've been on....I've been hanging around a bottle of tamox. My question today; I am four months out of radiation and recently my whole radiated area has started to itch. Really itch! Like I wonder what the other drivers think when I'm on the road! I noticed this am that it's also hot. Anybody else? Naturally this started after my last BS visit and I'm due back until December when I go for the mammo. I'm putting BioOil on and that seems to help temporarily...
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BlueLily, this happened to me too. Very itchy, hot, red, especailly when I was hot and sweaty ( this was during the summer ). No matter what I put on it, it didn't help, but it did go away after about a month, and now my skin is back to normal. I finished rads last Feburary, and you can't even tell anymore. It will go away, just keep using the BioOil if it helps.
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Panmars - THANK YOU! Major Anxiety relief! I have been exercising alot more.
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Im here---got a call from my friend who asked me to take a ride with her to PA.all in 1 day....3 hrs.each way...I DID IT....saw my 2 GDs.GS and baby GGson...my back is killin me but it was soooo worth it....
Ducky---I hear the same shit all the time how lucky i am low stage,no chemo yadday yadda yadda and me with my fresh mouth i answer YOU BET YOUR ASS IM LUCKY...YES I KICKED CANCERS ASS.These people are close friends and family...They really have no clue.My best friend always tells me YOU DONT HAVE CANCER ANYMORE...and my answer to her isIll aways be waiting for the other shoe to drop....I dont even get angry anymore over those comments.
At my GS engagement party people were comin over to me with that look in their eye askin how do you really feel????All i said was LIKE A MILLION BUCKS...DONT I LOOK IT...and of course they all said yes....AND I DID AND FELT LIKE A MILLION BUCKS.I have bigger fish to fry.I posted on fb anytime you can control your reaction YOU are in charge....im workin on it......ha.
JO---I hope i didnt offend you with that pinktober and the wig....I just hate the way it fools the public...the2% kills me....
Tori----sista/friend...always bringing a smile to my face....I remember when you went for your first chemo tx.Look at ya now!!!!!Always so uplifting.
To all my other sistas/friends I love each and every one of you.I pray for all the sistas on BCO every day.....
FIND THE DAMN CURE.FIND THE VACINE....BC SURE DOES SUK.
huggggggs.God bless.K
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Panmars and bluelily, I itch too, but on my stomach mostly, not the radiated part. I am two months since rads. I hope I don't get more, but i am glad you posted that, I will not freak out if it happens to me.
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I really don't get offended if someone says I'm lucky.....There are many ways that I feel fortunate, and they are as follows:
I had my annual mammo and the cancer was caught early.
I have good insurance coverage.
We live in a time where the treatments for this horrid disease have advanced. I had the Oncotype test, which wasn't done just a few years ago, which let us individualize my treatment.
I feel fortunate for the great doctors and nurses and technicians who have supported me in this journey.
No, I will never be "over it" but maybe I can get it in my rearview mirror.
I challenged myself to not let this disease get me down. I work with people who whine if they get a cold. I was at work nearly every day, and have been as active as before I got diagnosed.
On a side note, Komen may not be perfect, but it paid for a co-worker's sisters diagnostics and some treatments. So I am wearing pink, but i like pink anyway!
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sweetcorn, Wonderful attitude. I feel fortunate too, that I was diagnosed at stage1. However, no onotype test for me. I did not even know about that until after surgery. I just would prefer more information as we go thru this journey. There are a lot of things I am thankful for, but there are also a lot of things that we should be more advanced with. Like information. No one went over my path report with me. I had to do my own homework. If it weren't for this site, I would know so much less about everything having to do with BC. Good to know that Komen helped your friend. Pink is nice.
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Granny - You did not offend me at all. A good friend of mine has a 16 year old grand daughter and she and her friends did pink hair last year at school in support - they asked me if I would do it this year with them - they are doing it for ME! I was touched - these girls do not even know me. So, yes, I am going to have pink hair the entire month. I might even posta picture - you will just have to wait and see.
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HI sWEETCORN----what a wonderful way to put every little piece of this ugly puzzle in its propper place.Yeah we are lucky...sonetimes we just forget how lucky we are.you put it sooo well.thank you.
What i dont like about Komen is that they are suing all the lill mom and pop bc org.that are using the word FOR THE CURE.they feel those words belong to them.The lill mom and pop org.are the ones that really hep with the $$$$$$$$.Komen does very little except the freemammos. I still hate pinktober.
JO JO---sists/friend...how touching...and all for you....that is sweet...ok tell what day(now just 1) and i weill wear pink just for you...fair?????I bet you will look great in pink hair with hot pink LIPSTICK!!!!!!!
love you sistas.God bless.huggggggs K
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Granny - I don't know about the lipstick - don't wear it now as it is. But I will hold to you wearing pink for one day. I will even make an extra effort to have someone take a picture and I will post it on here - just for you.
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JO JO____I promise you dear sista just for you...tell me the day that you want me to wear the pink and I will.what a great honor it will be from me to you....ILL WEAR THE HOT PINK LIPSTICK!!!!!I even have pink lill dancin shoes...ill wear them too...
Now back to business..im goin for a vaginal US tomorrow...It seems that bc and ovarian cancer along with anything down below are cousins.i did have lots of problems before bc and its betta to be safe then sorry.Ill keep you all posted.
huggggggggs K
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Granny - Please keep us posted. We know you are coming back with good news.
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you know i will...just hope i get the results right away....You all need to know this info anyway.as i said before its all onccected with the bc.....and everyone needs to know about it.....gotta drink 32 oz of water 1 hr before the test....should be a lot of fun for the bladder.ha.nite nite everyone...sleep well.huggggggs K0
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stage1--I am so sorry that you did not get the information when you were diagnosed on your path report. My breast surgeon took a lot of time explaining everything. I also got lots of info from the radonc and the medonc. And I met with the nurse navigator from the cancer center twice.
But I have also done quite a bit of reading and research on my own, including the forums on this site. One of my friends who is also a bc survivor, says she doesn't do any reading or research on her own!!
Jane
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Hi Ladies.................It was gorgeous here in the Philly suburbs this morning, but now it is getting cloudy..........just what we need.........."more rain"....
Sweet Corn.....when you put the "luck" part in that perspective it changes the whole meaning of "being lucky"...............however............I know that is not what people mean when they tell us we're "lucky"................we know why we are "lucky", they haven't a clue.
My husband had Pancreatic cancer.............am I glad mine was not that...........of course I am..............but people will still say "well at least you didn't have Pancreatic cancer"..
I guess I'm just tired of trying to find out why people say such "stupid things"...................I don't care if you get "skin cancer".................its cancer for heaven's sake...........its all ugly............so don't tell a "cancer patien" how lucky they are..................
THE ITCH........................yes I had it on my chest area, especially from my neck down to my clavical, and after 3 months out from Rads.......it still itches soemtimes................I use Cortisone cream which is what the RO recommended during Rads................it helps some, but it still itches at times....................
Granny.........wish yo luck girlfriend with your US..................will keep you in my prayers.......................
Guess I better get my sorry ass moving, and do someting around this "hovel"..............damn it sure looks like rain out there......................rain, rain, go away................
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Hey ducky tell them all "well at least I have a brain" with the emphasis on the I in the sentence!
Would you kindly send some rain our way? We need 18 inches by December just to hit under our average for the year....
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I have to say that the massage I got last thursday has worked wonders on me. My pec muscle is not near as stiff as it was. I am still having pain but not as much or as intense. I think it is because the pec muscle is not constanly pulling on the scar tissue now.
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Ok, Sherry, thats gonna be my next appointment then!
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Gina it really does feel better. You being in SA you could probably go to a LE specialist and they could do the massage otherwise find you someone that will massage your breast. Not all massage therapist will but if you explain your situation they will tell you if they will do it or not. I happen to have a really go one locally.
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ducky - We will gladly take some of your rain. We are over 6 inches behind and none in the forecast.
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yea, you Texas ladies are really needing the rain...............here it has been ridiculous, and most of it has only been since August...............I said on another thread....my son put in a gorgeous garden in the front of my house...............he had it done in June.................no rain, then or in July, so I guess I don't have to tell you what happened..................a hose did nothing...........well at least it is all guaranteed..........better luck next year..............I love to dance, so maybe I'll dedicate the next dance to Texas...............I'll make it a rain dance..............hahaha
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did the US today at the hospital where i had my surgery...drank the 32 oz of H2O and nearly peed my pants....no results for 2-3 days....im gonna call my dr tomorrow as she belongs to that hospital and i know she can get the results right away.
i have a smashing headache and i think ill go to bed.
Rain,rain go to Texas...we dont want anymore here....we are overflowing!!!!!
hugggggs sistas K
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goona go to a leture this thursday night and my radiologist is offering a yoga classes on saturdays..yoga and cancer care...and then an all day workshop on october 29th..so progressive ....combining alermativ emedicinces tho those that they know work...a good thing and it warms my heart that he is generaously contributing. All good.
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Ducky we will take the rain dance for Texas, we sure need it.
SAndee some of the cancer centers in SanAntonio offer free yoga classes. Sometimes I really miss living closer to the city.
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glad its over granny, praying for b9 results. texas please take our rainfall,
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I do wish we could send some rain to poor Texas! Last night we got 4.5 inches in just a few hours. It was crazy!
I hope you get good news soon on your US granny.
Today we celebrated our youngest son's birthday....18 years old! So now all of my children are legal adults...how did that happen so quickly?
I hope everyone has a good week.
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Barb58 - Happy Birthday to your son. Hope he has a great day.
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Wow...............does anyone here remember being 18....................Happy Birthday to Barb's son................
Granny , had one of those US vaginal things done, and I remember saying "excuse me", I can't hold this any longer".............the clown behind the desk saying "well you can go pee a little, but don't let it all out".........................I said "lady, you show me how to pee a little when I have over 32 ounces of water in my bladder, and I wi ll gladly do it for you".........................I peed it all, and the "guy", yes I said "guy", who did the US, said.............its fine, that is really to eliminate "gas pockets"..............................so Granny, I feel your pain...................I did more "kegals" that day then I have done my entire 76 years......................hahahahahha
Hey Texas we're getting more rain today ................now what the hell did I do wrong with my "rain dance", that it came here................
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