Single life after a mastectomy
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Ive been on this for almost a month now https://www.drugs.com/cdi/exemestane.html Doing fairly well. BAD hot flashes the first day. Like felt like I was going to pass out bad. First 2 weeks, I was angry angry angry. My main emotion was just unfiltered anger. I hate that we have to go through these 'new dances' all the time. Really just sucks and Im in a woe is me mood so.
Tuna steaks? Both y'alls meals sound delicious!
E, you said something I wanted to comment on but can't remember! O geez.
Nite to all. I am exhausted. And 5:30 comes too dang quick
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hi hi girls
I need to share something with you all.
I had a dream last week that I was having a stroke. And the wierd thing is that I didn't remember the dream In the morning .so today after work I went to the gym I did legs then I started feeling a strong pain in my left arm. Wile I was doing legs I was using a bar with 25lb in each side but it started to feel too much so I stopped then went downstairs and did my spinning class .wile I was in the spinning class my dream came to mind and I do remember it. Now I came home and left my hair curly cuz I have that pain in my arm so could dry my hair. Usually takes me 40 minutes with arms up and down . Anyway do you guys think I am freaking out? Should I be concern? Did I do something wrong at the gym or maybe I slept over my arm ? Humm it is freaking me out I ll keep an eye on it and keep u posted I may try to see my doctor this week just to check on my blood pressure? I am really freak out about the dream and now this wierd pain on my arm like inside as if is tender inside.and I can't lift any weight
Bb I wish I was skiny I dont eat much and yet if I don't watch I gain lots. Specially in my rear end lol
Ok I ll go to bed I want to watch game og throne season 6 again till July cuz that when fun ll be back in July 17th
Ll let u know how I feel
Here is my curly hair lol looks so crazy oh and bands are finally growing bb
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Enerva- pain in the arm can be a sign of heart problems. I would go get checked out and don't wait. You can get an inexpensive BP cuff at any pharmacy and check your BP. If it is high, you may need some meds to help with that. I had to go on high BP meds after my ruptured appendix and on a low dose now. Take care of yourself friend, don't wait!
Simplicity- I take the same drug. My doctor put me on the arimidex generic to start in March 2013 and switched me to the aromosin generic early last year. He thought it would be easier on my joints and feet. I will say things like my elbows and feet are better, but the hip joints have some soreness sometimes. And I do feel more tired on this one. I can't wait to be done with these, 9 months left!
Also the fatigue from surgeries and treatment can last for years too. It did for me, and I just had no energy for a long time. I saw a photo of myself from three years ago and could not believe how bad I looked. That was a year and few months after treatment ended and my start of the AIs (and a really awful project too......)
BB- I am not one for bigger parties these days. My last bigger get together here was 2009 (pre-bc) and found it to just be too much work for one person to have the house ready, deal with buying food, set up, clean up, etc. I even had part of it catered. It was zero fun and told myself that was it. But I do like to have small groups of friends over and can pull off a nice dinner party!
I have a good amount of the peach crisp left over and going to bring it to my music class tonight where it will undoubtedly get gobbled up. Although I did have some (despite not eating sugar), not something I can have again.
I also have a hard time with the heat. Last week was brutal here, it cooled down over the weekend here thankfully!
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E - or may be you just pulled your muscle??
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BB - have fun with the boy!!
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hi humm I have no idea but I ll call my doctor tmw. Plus I ll ask at the pharmacy
Thanks jazz
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E- let us know what you find out. June is right in that you may have only pulled a muscle. If your arm hurts when you move, that is likely it. But if it is hurting otherwise, not good.
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Benign!! Woohooooo!!!!!
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Simplicity- whew, congrats girl. That is GREAT news!
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hi hi
Simplicity I am so happy good news.
I made an appointment tmw at my lunch time to see my family DC just to tell her how the pain is but I think it should be only a muscle I must have pull. Is more like inside the arm as in the vain but only hurt if I carry something on my arm or if I gran something heavy so wierd I am not able to describe but I figure it must be just muscles. I ll let her check my heart or blood pressure tmw. Honestly I don't know exactly what it is and the fact that I had a wierd dream last week is freaking me out .it was like a real thing I was not able to articulate half of my face in the dream I was not able to talk cuz my speech was not responding and it was cuz half of my face was paralized and I remembered woking up scared but how in the morning I was not able to remember it?
Anyway I ll let her be the judge plus I need to tell her my period came back and was like 10 days long so annoying but again as long as the flashes are gone then I am ok
I am worry about Venezuela now my home town MARACAY IS IN chaos and is very uncertain what will happen over there
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E- a dream about having a stroke would be upsetting. Maybe your subconscious is just telling you it is time to get checked out and to be sure you are okay. Simple checks of your BP, etc. can yield a lot of helpful info. If something is not right, they can get on top of it. I hope it was just an anxiety dream and nothing more.
I saw some photos on FB about VZ and send you hugs. This country seems to be starting to come apart at the seams too. Nowhere to run and hide.....
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simplicity - oh what a great news!!
E - i love your hair..
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hi friends. June thanks I have few updates
So my doctor did not even listen to my heart lol instead she grabbed my arm and asked me where was the pain as she pushed on it and she says is a tendon? She claims I must have done too much and now I hurt the tendon middle one which goes all the way along the center to the shoulder any way I trust her .she gave me a muscle relaxer and a cream and she said if it does not improve in a week then she ll look to see what is it but she says it should not be my heart. She says my mind just goes wild cuz of all I went through with bc. She also gave me an order for an US for my abdomen and pelvis cuz she is more conncern about my ovaries which has been acting out with the long period and the no periods cycles so she says she does not expects anything mayor but just so we are on the clear.
Also she had a look at my face I have been having some dry rush on my face that makes me look like I wear blush but I don't and it is annoying and I never had it in the past she says it could be rocesa or something like that not sure she says no more hot tea .no more hot beverages and gave me a prescription for a cream also she thinks it could be all do to the hormones been at not normal balance but anyway she says no arm excerscises and shoulder for a week. So to see if the arm pain goes away. She says I haven't been to a gym for like 10 years then bc then all and now I must go at it sllow and she knows me that i don't do anything slow lol
I must say this lady over all kinds of knows me now and she is nice she does not get mad at me she acts as if she is more like a friend? She asked me if I wanted an order for phisical therapist I said nop I had enough with my rad side 3 months therapy. So tmw noon at lunch I ll get the us done and we then wait. I ll get the prescriptions and that is it for now.
June yes Venezuela is in chaos and my family in the middle of it.
Papi s funeral is tomorrow .
I can't wait for Friday as per I ll be off and I want to relax a bit
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E- I have hurt myself more than a few times going to the gym when I have not been for awhile. I think I tore some of the fascia on my T-band when I did the personal training a few years ago. I remember it hurt for a long time and has never quite been the same. I have my massage therapist work on it now. I see him again this Friday. Just start with lighter weights and increase the amount and reps with time. So glad you are back to the gym!
Keep us posted on your ultrasound results. Praying for clear films!
I start my follow ups on July 14th again.
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jazz time goes so fast.
It seems as if it was yesterday u had your follow ups. I hope all is ok Jazz I admire how you get all the follow up done. For me last year was just a visit and then this yes was more due to my complains . But now I won't see them till next year. Yes it is good to be back at the gym even though I want results fast and is so slow lol
Good night all I ll keep u posted on the ultrasound
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E- yes, time does go quickly. I was listening to NPR this weekend, and they mentioned half the year was over, how were we all doing with our New Year's resolutions? I thought, eeek, I need to check in on that. Well, I have had a good year in some respects, need some other things to balance out the rest of the year. The best thing for me has been the space to take my health and fitness to a new level and loose some weight. I am regularly swimming 3X a week, usually 3 miles total. I have not done that since 2011. Feeling physically stronger again.
My follow ups are every six months and do come up quickly. This may very well be my last 6 month mammo and ultrasound. I have to ask the BS when I see her. I will be on the AIs through next March and do expect that I will see my MO again in January, and next summer and then go to yearly after that. He sort of implied that last visit. I also expect to be back to yearly mammos and a yearly check in with the BS but will ask her too. The five years felt daunting at first, but that also has gone quickly. I know it can still come back later. I have read too many stories on this site about women who have had a reoccurrence 15 or 20 years later.
BB- you were doing some pool fitness, are you able to do anything with any still?
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So I went to the US and the lady, was taking a long time and I got nervous then she went to get another lady
The second one said something about see the blood supply is not connected to the ovary is connected to the fibroid
And they were talking to each other I was listening and then. At the end of the visit she told me she will send results today as she knows is a long weekend and she will try so is done as urgent to the radiologist so tmw my dr will receive it.
Now I am freaking out I Knew something was wrong ;(
I ll pick up the cd tmw.. what worries me more is that my dr is on vacation now. Also when I picked up the prescriptions from the pharmacy I realize there was none for my muscle relaxer she mentioned so I called her and the secretary told me she is actually on vacation now. So I made an appointment with another dr whom is supposed to cover for her just to get a prescription cuz my arm and neck hurt .
So I read in the internet and it says most cases fibroid are non cancer but the face of the woman was so alarming and their talk regarding some blood supply ? As if it is something large or really ugly I am not sure I am freaking out guys
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E- oh these techs can never hide their faces when they see something. Dang it. Well, fibroids themselves are benign, I had a bunch of them that showed up in an ultrasound. That would explain the bleeding (I was having 2 periods a month with mine at one point).
We will be waiting to hear E and will be here for you regardless of what the new is. Praying for good outcomes here sister.
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I know it's hard not to, but try not to borrow extra worry E, until more is known. The human body is complex. Will be thinking of you. Let us know and we're always here if needed.
Joining a Dragon Boat team, and I am so in love. Funny how we forget things, but being a part of a team, all survivors, and then being on the water too? Heaven. I jumped in the lake after practice last night lol They all looked at me like I was crazy Here is a link to the local one http://www.healing-dragons.org
They have a meetup group and I also found a ladies fishing group
And a hiking group but hiking, don't mind it, will always partake, but just not my thing. I also joined a river kayaking group. Trying to be busier as my house changes as the kids age. 0 -
hi . I just got out of class .
Simplicity love your new sport.
I research a little and yes I know it maybe benign. What I did not like was the faces and comments it kind of terrify me cuz I have been uneasy since my period went missing. I had symptoms like lower back pain and such which I mentioned to my Dr. But she said it's normal over all the fact that my body changed starting the beginning of the year I did not like it. The truth is that I saw rapid changes and I felt like a red flag this is crazy but every since I had the bc and all the struggle I am extra aware of my body and as soon as I started the mayor change was March right a before I got the MRI done . The first change was the constipation. Then the insomnia came back then hot flashes then lower back pain. Now last week my arm this morning my neck as if crap is going on one after another to get me to push for checkup? So yesterday I told her my perid came back and lasted almost 12 days and no a normal bleed also lower pain comes and goes not normal in me. So she said hummm let's have a look with an us. Then I said thats great cuz it can give me piece of mind .
Now this technician really got me worry with all the talk as if I was not there. Off course I play stupid as if I had not idea and I did not listen but inside my mind I was freaking out.
Tmw I ll drI've myself crazy with those images
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ok I found a great video.
I feel like 4 years ago when I had to research so much
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E, deep breathe.....i know it's easier said than done. high level panic is not good to the health. go out, take a walk, eat an ice cream or a coffee. you will probably need a biopsy anyway...so don't drive yourself crazy.
i also just had my blood work , OB gyn done...something abnormal. yeah follow ups on multiple stuff....but we just need to shake those off and go w how we feel actually instead of what the doc said. people in the old time, lived happily and just die. they didn't have to go through all these kind of anxieties....
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lol June yes you are right . I git the cd and a copy of the report . They want to follow up in two months ha ha ya right . I DONT THINK SO
Hear me out . I spoke to a Dr. Who is on call at the place where mine works . Since mine is on holiday and I asked him to get me a referral asap to see a specialist. He then said "but they don't seem to be too concerned with this , they are suggesting to monitor in two months". I looked at h and I say " yes I understand that but I know that my tumors tend to grow extremely fast. I had none in march and now I have a mass which has its own blood supply which is about 3cm. So thanks but I do not wish to wait 2 months."
So he said " ok I will try my best to get a referral but u know it is a long weekend so I can't really assure u we will find one for next week."
I said "ok that is ok at least you will try."
Ladies this is the same US place which asked me to wait 6 months when my b tumor was small.
I don't care I ll get this check as soon as possible . I am the one with the symptoms no them.
But for now I ll relax and study for my exam and enjoy the fact that I ll be off a week.
Here is the report
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E- if they have told you to wait before with bad outcomes, you keep on top of them friend and demand that they do something to get answers around this. If we were men, they would be all over it. I hope you can get your referral next week to get to the next steps!
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E- I just wanted to share that it is completely appropriate to ask questions and ask for more than one opinion on the recommendations for what should happen next. I have done it with every major thing I have gotten a dx on, including when I had my fibroid dx back in 2007.
There is a really good site I used called Hystersisters that is great for researching gyn conditions, including fibroids. You may want to check that out to research some of your clinical findings from your US. When I got my fibroid dx and the gyn was pushing a full hysterectomy at me, despite having the biopsies that proved benign, I found this site. It armed me with some good information for my medical apts. There are discussion groups there as well, similar to bco.
Hope this is helpful. Wishing you peace today sister. Been a tough road this week with the loss of your papi and all this medical stuff.
Hugs
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hi friends . Ah bb no at all I love that you guys tell me your experiences son can compare. I honestly will.push to get this thing remove. I don't want to sit and wait for it to become c i just want it out. It does not belong where it is . It's giving me lower back pain and I won't put up with anything that does not belong in my body. The only welcome foreign objects I got at the implants and once those start acting out they will go out too. Ha ha ha I am in a good mood though. Just my internet data was over so I couldn't post till I got data back. Lol sometimes I forget and watch videos in instagram then expend my data too fast.
I haven't watch the cd yet. I know the fibroid or tumor is over 3cm and that is big enough for me to demand it out of me. I ll follow up this week to see a specialist and if she or he doesn't want to do it I ll seak another and another you guys know me well lol
I am so sad about this summer honestly what is wrong with Canada this spring was crap and now summer is bad too . Too much rain and not a hot one at all.
Anyway I hope you guys are ok having a great weekend
Ll.post some pictures tmw. I went to a friend s place and she allowed me to garden around one of her trees I bought a few hostas and planted son begonias and dhalia too and I know it needs lots to fill it but it is a start . I make a nice gedge around with bamboo sticks and added organic soil. As soon as I finished rain came down hard so hope it is ok . I ll go check tmw . She is a senior and never does any garding but I asked her if she could allow me to do some around one of her trees lol she said as long as u come back in the fall to clean it up ? So I agreed it makes me happy to garden but guys honestly I was bending down on my knees and felt the pain in my back and I keep having problem to go #2 etc it is a SE of having that fibroid .
Hope I can get it out of me soon.
Good night I ll go fishing tomorrow with the lady I fixed her tree lol if we go I ll take pictures
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hello everyone!! saying hello from work...i think i am coming down w a flu...i am not feeling sick, just sore throat and coughing and a heavy head....it's so persistent....
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E- glad you got out to enjoy yourself this weekend
June- oh no, and a new job too so chances are no time off. Summer sickness is the worst. Are you off today and tomorrow, or working today? Go rest tomorrow, stay in bed all day. Bummer for the 4th
BB- hi friend!
Artista- you out there?
Simiplicity- checking in with you too? You going to be with E for the 4th or off camping with the kids?
Just a final update on the old BF that was going to visit. Things did not work out for him to come here as planned, but very relieved about it. His life is very unsettled right now, and some of the conversations left me feeling like this visit was not a good thing to be doing right now. He is the one who actually cancelled (or more likely never really did anything to make it happen) and grateful for that. Things always work out for the best.
Still someone else local I am interested in so we will see!
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hi friends I had an amazing time. But still had symptoms. Lower back pain when ever I bend for too long and I was doing some gardening at a friend's place she has a river in the backyard and trees but no plants or flowers .I convinced to let me plant some around one of the big trees I manager to plant 5 hostas 2 dahlias 3 begonias lol I want to plant more hostas but I ll search till I find the right color cuz I don't want it all of the same. Here is what I did to her tree I bought some bamboo sticks and with a hammer sticked them all around them added some organic soil cuz her garden is very much sand base.
It turned out great .
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Oh also ordered 2 owls fake to try and set in each corner of my balcony cuz the dame squirrels still cone and mess my plants even the roses.
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