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you ladies are looking awesome! Phoebe, sending big hugs and prayers that every little weird twinge turns out to be nothing. Marian, yaay for your surgery date. Fingers crossed that it doesn't shift. Beachlife - Hi! Hope all is well with you. Keep on trucking everyone! Sorry if 'm a little exuberant - chilling with my guy and a glass or two of wine lol..feeling very happy and content to have my life back hugs
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Great pictures Marian. I followed your trip on facebook, looks like you had a lot of fun
I am good with getting together in January ( as long as we dont get a major dump of snow)
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hello BC gals - are you enjoying the Vancouver snow?!
I got my stage 2 date finally
Jan 12 so am pretty excited to get my origami swan nipples and have the little kitten ear dealt with, but otherwise things are looking pretty good so don't know how much I want to mess about. Thanks Stellamaris - twinges seem to be nothing - tender rib spot likely where they notched it for diep. Glad you are happy and content.Marianelizabeth - your surgery date is very soon. Sending you healing wishes and hope your stuff is finally resolved.
Sadly, I think I will miss the get-together by a week
I will be down there for a pre-appt on 10th, and then possibly staying for a follow-up the next week. 0 -
yaay Phoebe, finally getting your swans! Vancouver is looking pretty sparkly these days! Let me know how your nipples turn out, I am thinking about getting one instead of the tatoo. Will see my PS on Monday. Hugs
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Phoebe, text me if you have time to meet up 😃
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Surgery tomorrow at UBC 2 PM to change out contractured implants, cut out lots of connective scar tissue in part a result of contractures and also cording, then fat grafting and new implants. I have been on the waitlist a long time and can't wait to have this done!
No get-together until spring due to the surgery and also because I am going to NZ in January to March to sail with my husband who made it across the Pacific in November. Sailing and hiking and home for more hiking and then swan song trek in Nepal in May!
Happy holidays to everyone!
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so happy for you MarianElizabeth! All the best for a speedy and uneventful recovery, and then a fantastic trip! 🙋
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I hope things went well yesterday Marianelizabeth, and you are starting on the road to healing.
Enjoy your various travel adventures too!0 -
wishing everyone a wonderful jiggle bell Christmas (no, not a typo, lol). MarianneElizabeth, hope you are recovering with as little discomfort as possible.
On the wait list for my final phase - fipple, tattoo and removal of kitten ears in the spring. My PS almost doesn't want to post my after pics, my new set looks so good. I even ended up with a 6 pack and in her words, one of the nicest belly buttons. Too bad it is all wasted on the 66 year old ha ha (although, if I am honest, I am loving the new look). Never in a million years thought I could go braless in a Tee. I feel like I have won a karate contest and kicked that cancer all the way down to the Fraser River....cheers and all the best to every one.
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Happy holidays everyone - I am off work now for 2 weeks yippee! So glad you are happy with results Stellamaris -- never wasted
Hope your recovery is going smoothly marianelizabeth
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Going smoothly if one could call it that! I did metamucil and laxatives religiously and not quite as bad this time! Now my foot/boob feel like they did 3 years ago~~for those who breast fed it is kind of like that filling and hardening filling as the baby latched on. I think it is still the swelling. I see Dr. Lennox on Tuesday but think this is going to be OK~~or at least the best it can be given Dr. Lennox blames it all on radiation~~cording/scar tissue, everything! But it is done and I bet I will get a few years out of this lot. Plus the new implants are not cold and perhaps not as hard.
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Hi marianelizabeth - just checking in to see how your recovery is coming along [ok I won't use 'smoothly' again
)) but liked the laxative comment!! ) Glad new foobs are warmer and softer. Also, are you getting ready to head off on holiday soon?And stellamaris - I read a book over xmas [The Birth House - great read] and thought of you - the term Stella Maris was referenced -- Star of the Sea … I had no idea. What a lovely beautiful concept
I am back at work this week only, then fly down late in day next Monday for my Tues pre op office appt and Thursday stage 2 surgery. If either or both are free on Wednesday - any time during the day [but I have evening plans] I would love to catch up. If not, I am down again later Feb.
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oops…... I meant to add best wishes for a Happy Healthy Hopeful New Year to all of my fellow BC bcers……
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Hi Phoebe - do you mean Wednesday, January 18? I could probably get away early and we could meet up. Happy, Healthy New Year to you too! I am on the wait list for stage 3 (new fipple in the spring - woohoo!) lol.
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hi Stellamaris - I leave for home on the 18 Wed, so I was thinking the Wed before surgery - 11th… I will pm you
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Don't have calendar upstairs as in bed but will check for wed.
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phoebe:. Thinking of you today!! Hope all went well. Sending you many healing hugs. Hope we can catch up in February. You have been so thoughtful and supportive. Really have appreciated your input and advice through this journey.
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Phoebe, hope it went really well! I saw Dr. Lennox yesterday and all is well but mx side still very hard and stiff and a bit bruised. Wish I thought about asking him to lift the augment side when he changed the implant out as of course over 3 years it has sagged to quite a bit lower. More down the road I guess! But I am off to NZ tomorrow for 2 months with my husband and though not at all ready, I will be.
Love to you all and I hope we can pull a get-together here in late March/early April.
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marianelizabeth have a wonderful trip!
Phoebe, thinking of you and sending speedy recovery hugs.
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Hallo Ladies wanted to wish you all a happy and healthy 2017 may all your wishes and goals be fulfilled😊.
If anyone is interested in joining the dragon boat team this year please let me know. It's fantastic Excerise and the wonderful woman you will meet are fantastic.
Cheers
Wendy
Yes I'm still around and feeling really fit yeah medical MJ
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Hello everybody, I am sending lots of positive energy to all of you! I have a question where would you recommend me to go for a second opinion. I had benign papilloma removed recently I have very complex breasts tissue and had some lumpectomies already with lots of Bi Rad 4 but nothing else so far and I am just considering it is the time for prophylactic mastectomy. I am not happy about long long diagnosis time here in BC and the attitude to patients I mean maybe only I am not lucky and it is my experience but we have to be strong whatever they say and advocate for ourselves. So I am working on it:-) If you please can help me. I am trying to get information where to go to really good Breast specialist, professor here in BC or USA or I dont know anywhere in Canada possibly on MSP. Will I need refferal? Do you know is Langley Breast clinic good to go for second opinion? How much would be prohylactic mastectomy if genes mutation is negative?Thank you very much.
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Happy New Year Wendy! So good to hear from you and glad you're feeling good! Do you have a contract number for the dragon boating?
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Hi Stella,
If you are interested you need to act fast I think they are closing soon for new members . My boat goes out of false creek practises are Wednesday's evening and Saturday mornings. Denise Patterson is the liaison for new members you can email her at denisepatterson63@gmail.com. 😊 If your interested do it today you won't regret it.
Wendy
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I'm also in Richmond, BC. Have had all treatment so far at Richmond Hospital, and start chemo there next week. Just though I would post so this thread comes back up to the top. Hoping there are others near me that will see it.
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hi everyone - back from Vancouver -- my stage 2 went well and was relatively minor compared to what some go through - tidying kitten ears and adding 3 D nipples - I was awake and chatting with PS the whole time -- the original problem side with the central crop circle of belly skin seems to have a slightly smaller headlight as the belly skin was thinner than the areolar tissue on the other side, but still I am thrilled to have modest protrusions again … they create that finishing touch of realism instead of barbie mounds
)) and I will get my tattoos started in May - she does an initial lighter 'wash' of colour and then darkens it later to your preference thanks for the healing wishes Stella and hoping it may work for a Feb catch up -- if not I am down in mid May. I will pm you.
welcome Zaranth and best wishes as you start your journey - I live in central BC now, but visit Vanc from time to time
Happy dragon boating Wendy3 and so glad you are feeling fit
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Vancouver bc. Thank goodness for the speedy responses with us, mammogram, lumpectomy, and now radiation.
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Cathcan, we are lucky here. Glad for you that it was mammo, lumpectomy and rads and no more!
Phoebe58, your surgery sounds as though it went well. Mine in December dealt with all the cording and scar tissue but Lennox forgot to do a lift on good side when he exchanged the implants. Only a guy would not consider that I think~~LOL! He says we can do that some day but since he has so little surgery time these days I think that is a pipe dream.
Wendy, I am so impressed that you are dragon boating!
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No Dx, but still concerned... so thought I'd post here. I live in Surrey, BC.
Went for my first routine mammogram on March 24 and was called the following work day (Monday) for another mammogram. That was done on March 28 (they wanted it done within the week). I had that done on March 29. I was called the next day saying that they saw a suspicious area and wanted me to come for an ultrasound which was done on Wednesday, April 5. After the u/s, I was told that my doctor would be sent a report with my results within a week or so. I was called the next day by the Breast Health Clinic saying they wanted me to come in for the doctor to review the results of all the tests with me. They said that they do this will all women who have additional images taken. They also want to do a breast exam. At first, I was relieved that I wasn't send for a biopsy. I figured they just wanted to do a breast exam to show me how to do regular self breast exams, which I do regularly already. But, now, I've had a few people friends say that when they were called in for that appointment, that is when they were asked to go for a biopsy. Sigh.
I'm feeling a bit anxious and trying not to think about it. I tried to get into my eHealth online to see if I could see any results, but I can't get in for some reason.... can't register. I'm obviously doing something wrong. lol
What is everyone else's experience .... have you gone to a follow up appointment like this just to be told everything is fine and here's how to do a self-exam? Or, should I be concerned?
Thanks!
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TazzyT, when do you go of the appt. mentioned? Keep taking keep breaths and try to keep the anxiety down. There may be nothing other than checking more. In Vancouver normally if the mammo and ultrasound are suspect, then an appt. is made with a doctor at the breast clinic also to discuss. In my case those results were enough to book a biopsy and skip the appt. Keep us posted and hope that some more recent surrey women chime in too. This site has kind of gone quiet and I hope that for you and all the newer concerned women can use it as many of us did a few years ago!
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Hi Marianelizabeth,
I go tomorrow (Tuesday) afternoon so at least I don't have to wait too much longer.
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