After Radiation
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grannydukes
Yes, that answers my question about the sizes,thank you for replying.I think I will give the bras a try.Mine are so uncomfortable
I knew I could count on you for an answer.Thank all you ladies for being here.It really helps alot.Have a great weekend!
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Happy dance, bedo! Yay!
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Congrats Bedo on being done done done!!!!!
Cindy
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Congrats Bedo for being done with rads - doing the Happy Dance. Like Tori said, be kind to yourself and don't overdo it at first.
Hope everyone is having a great Saturday.
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Hey Granny..................yea, my Potty Mouth, might just get me kicked off, but guess what..................Let the person kicking me off tell me they don't feel the same way, but doesn't drop the F bomb when angry..........well its that, or kick the neighbors "cat"..........................oh great, now I'll have Pita after me..............................I'm gonna go find my Vodka, and Jo, doing one for you,....................and one for you too Granny..........yowza yowza.....................
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ducky - You are a load of laughs - as far as I am concerned - go ahead and speak your mind. This is the place to get things out. If you get any grief, just jump over to my Bonfire of the Goddesses thread and really get it off your chest.
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I LOVE it DUCKY.
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well Ducky---if we go down we are goin together.ha.I dont think so tho.
A while back i cursed on a thread and i got hell from one of the sistas sayin it was really not necessary to use foul language.that was when i first came on here.....i think things have changed since then....now i see PEOPLE SAYIN THE BIG F word kinda loosely....hey thats us!!!!!!!
I made my friend read your last post exactly how you feel.she is one who always says think positive and believes in the pink shit.after she read what you said she shut up.thanks.....
Im still in pain under my arm.the BS said it could take up to 2 yrs but dam that thing is soo sore some days.yeah fuck cancer...FIND THE DAMN CURE/VACINE....
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Your welcome Granny, girlfriend........................I think the older I get, the worse I get, and trust me, getting cancer didn't make me any nicer.....................I take that back...........I just have no tolerance for people who think BC, is the "good cancer"..................the "cancer" if you get it, your considered "lucky".....................well honey......................PADDLE MY BOAT A FEW NAUTICAL MILES UP THE RIVER, AND SEE HOW IT FEELS WHEN THE CURRENT TAKES YOU DOWNSTREAM, AND YOU HAVE LOST YOUR OARS.....................YEA............DIDN'T THINK SO.......................
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FORGOT TO SAY.....................LOVE YOU LADIES.....................
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I have a question - I finished rads on Dec 3, 2010. I live in deep South Texas where the weather can be really hot in the summer. Before bc the heat and humidity did not bother me that much. Now it seems that I can't be out in it as long as I used to. I play golf with DH and it seems I tire out before we are done - just lose energy all at once. Has anyone else experienced this or is it just me? I find this frustrating since I love to be outside.
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JO, outside or inside, I just poop out fast. Even inside doing housework, I work for 20 minutes and then SIT. I never had to do this before rads and BC surgery. 0
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stage1 - Give it some time - that will pass. You will get your energy back eventually. I have lots of nenergy now and can go like I did before BC surgery and rads. It is the sun I can't tolerate as well.
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The weather has been beautiful here, CA. Fall is bringing us mild temps, but sunny. But I have been staying inside because my house has suffered also. I feel so unorganized. I am going thru all the cabinets and getting rid of stuff I don't need. I have let the house go, surgery was 6 months ago, and finished rads in July...it is time to get going on lifeBack to "normal"??? 0
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I finished rads in August and my BS told me two weeks ago that it takes around a year to get back to "normal".
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I finished rads a month ago, and feel pretty much back to normal, but I did not have the fatigue that is a common SE. Sometimes I do have the craziest dreams, though. Last night I dreamt that there was not enough Xeloda. There wasn't any, anywhere. And that is not a drug I had to take. Probably saw that drug name on these boards....
Jane
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I finished rads in August and I find that I tire easily now, too. I start a project full of energy and then I get exhausted halfway into it. I flew to a wedding this weekend--arrived the day of the wedding and spent one night in a hotel before flying home the next morning. I ended up napping yesterday and sleeping ten hours last night. I know I would not have been that tired pre rads.
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Ladies same thing.................I start out ok, but I poop out quickly..........finished June 15h, 2011...........I was warned this would happen, but thought it would be here and gone by now, but no.........everyday is another ailment.......nothing serious...........just that annoying "shit" that says to you...............your not as good as you thought you were...........I'll just give it time............On WW, now and trying to knock off the lbs.........sure that is more of the problem then anything else.....................for me its a lot of back issues................oh well.............guess I better pull out the "big girl panties" again.........................
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Hi everyone back from retreat - Jo I'll mail you the article tomorrow, sorry I didn't get it out sooner.
I have a call in to BS not sure where to start, but I am in some pain - so tender to the lightest touch under my arm at SNB, and over to my other incision. It feels like muscles so tight they will pop. But I'm also tender all the way down the side - in the Rads area....
Is it a rad problem, or a surgery problem, or a chemo problem...Maybe I should start playing spin the bottle with the doctors to see who I should call first? LOL
ducky - I live in big girl panties, literally, so much so I have to call them underwear, panties sound too small!
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sagina start with who you think will help you and if they don't move to the next one. I went through my MO, then RO and finally my BS gave me a solution. And I like all my doctors but I just think they hear pain so much they really did not get how much pain I was in. My MO gets it now.
OH and what kind of retreat did you go on? Hope it was fun.
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Gina - I agree with Sherry - start with the one that will give you some answers. Let us know what you find out.
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My last surgery was last sept.And yes i still suffer with pain...where i had the surgery under the arm and where i had the rads AND on the inside of my arm....I told ya my DRs all said the pain could last 1-2 yrs and/or forever....yay...just what i needed...
Gina--tell us about that retreat you went on...please...
Ducky------dontch feel like we are in the biggest fight of our lives.fighting like im in a gang.All that is missing is the guns and knives....i could bit e someones head off if they dare mention pinktober.grrrrrrrrr.my back is killlin me.Still doin the breast massages and using the emu oil after one yr.....cranky is me....not making too much sense today either.
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I had my last chemo 9/2010, radiation 11/2010, herceptin 5/2011, and I still have no stamina and lots of pain - the fatigue just hits and I have to stop what I'm doing and rest. I figured it would take a little bit of time to heal, but nothing like this. They've tested everything they can think of, I was slightly hypothyroid, but that was all. So I guess this is just the new normal.
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Oh Linda---it could be your thyroid/OR you could be one of the unlucky ones that my /drs were all talkin about that it takes a long time to heal.Be kind to yourself and drink lots of water.Do you do any exercises?walk?stretches/deep breathing? all those things help somewhat.I do mostly all of them and still feel like shit sometimes.FIND THE DAMN CURE/VACINE.I hate bc.huggggs to all my sistas.K0
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Granny, I could not agree more...............each day is something different....one thing feels better, then something else hurts...................still swollen, got LE, backches.............what the hell..................sick of it all....................
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Hi Granny! The retreat was with with 39 other women and about 30 retreat leaders. The theme was peace - finding it everywhere. The premise of the retreat is to focus on Adoration, Community, Theology, and Service. The whole weekend was wonderful, contemplative, restful, prayerful etc. But you know I said on another thread, that I kind of felt sorry for alot of the women there, that they hadn't found the support of other women that I have found here. Each of you is an amazing women facing amazing things everyday. We hurt, we laugh, we cry, but it's all about the WE in it. I really don't feel alone in this battle.
I go for my first scans (since completing treatment in june) the week of thanksgiving....so peace is good right now.
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Gina that is so cool you went on an ACTS retreat. I went on a Walk to Emmaus which is the same thing but in the Methodist Church. I went in 1998. I have lot's of friends who have done ACTS and one of my brother's and SIL work as leaders. I went through a period where I did worked as a leader doing several different things but have not in along time. I do try to go to the monthly get togethers and always come away feeling renewed.
So my newest rant is that I went to PT today and she tells me my pec muscle is pretty messed up from rads. She said it is a good thing that I have been active in yoga and trying to stretch it this whole time or I would really be in bad shape. But the good news is she thinks she can help me to develop a stretching program that will work better for me that I can do at home. She also is going to teach me self massage and wants DH to come in so she can teach him the proper way to massage me. Of course she wants to keep doing yoga as she said that is good for me and I like it so no problem there. I thought it interesting that she asked me if any of the doctors had educated me on LE. I told her of course not. Everything I know about it I learned on the boards here and Dr. Google. She laughed and said that is usually the way it is so she said she is going to do some LE education with me as well just to make sure I know what to look for in the future. One thing she said is that you can get it years down the road from something as simple as a mosquito bit. The joys of BC that seem they will never end for us.
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Sherry, I've been procrastinating but you might be my motivation now - The Thrive Well program here has a DIVA program - can't remember what it stands for , but funded by Komen Foundation. It's free to BC patients and survivors - it's yoga, nia, and zumba, and nutrition classes. I think my muscles are in bad need of some TLC.
The BS PA never called me back yesterday, really strange, but I'm going to call my MO. She's the one that can make me feel better anyway, just with her hug!
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Gina I have seen the DIVA program on line and if I lived closer to SA I would take advantage of the programs. Yoga is great for stretching. When I started out I had a really great teacher who really worked with us and made us understand that we are all individual and you will progress differently. Sometimes I would get frustrated with a pose and then one day there it was and I could do it right. The first time happened I quit being so hard on myself as I knew it would just take time. Go for it girl
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Wow, where has the summer gone? It has been a while and I am glad to see you are all doing well. A big welcome to all the new gals; you have come to the right place! I am doing well, too; just starting back to work this week (gradual return) and trying to get part of my life back. Had appt with MO and she doesn't need to see me for 5 years!!! YAY! Sending a great big (gentle) hug.
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