The Hermit Club
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Mommy- I have gotten bad with remembering birthdays. With the dates of your anniv. and her birthday, easier to remember!
Cold rain and snow around today. Last blast of winter (we hope....)
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So true Jazzy!!!!!!
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We had a late and rather large snow storm this weekend that brought a lot of rain to the valley where I live, and much snow to the mountains (a foot in some areas). The moisture is always good for us here in the high desert. The weather is clear again and temps moving back up again. You can see by this photo all our trees are out, with snow capped mountains in the background. We hope that is the last visit from old man winter.....
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very pretty Jazzygirl....
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5 years mutilation anniversary today.................0 -
Lily- hugs friend. It is not a good day to have to remember. The day that everything changed.
Is it spring where you are yet?
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Lily55:
Hugs to you!!
wallan
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Hey ladies:
I am going for fat grafting surgery tomorrow. Its supposedly "happy surgery" relatively speaking, but I am anxious. The funny thing is, before this second BC, I was never afraid or nervous about surgery. Now I am.
I would say my mutilation anniversary is this second BC, March 8th. I understand how Lily feels. Hugs again to you.
wallan
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Wallan- we will be in your pocket tomorrow with the fat grafting surgery. Sometimes we have such anxiety with surgery, other times not. I hope you wake up feeling peaceful and have good outcomes from this next step.
Hugs to all the women having cancerversaries.
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wallan: you're in my thoughts today! *Gentle hugs*
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Wallan - hope all went well today, the biggest risk from fattransfer surgey is infection so keep an eye on how you are feeling and if you don´t feel normal even if you do not have a temperature then go to the Doctors, otherwise its a pretty easy recovery....I was doing well on self funded fat transfers but then got an infection and lost everything I had plus more, devastating is not the Word, cannot afford to pay out any more as it cost me around 20000 dollars and i am not able to work full time anymore...
Am sure you will be fine, drink lots of fluids and relax xx
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Hey Ladies:
Fat grafting surgery went well. The PS decided to do fat grafting to my right side chest wall and to the left side to fill in dips around TE. She harvested fat from my outer and inner thighs and lower abdomen. You should see me...I have several donor site incisions and places where they put the fat on my chest. I am starting to bruise pretty good.
I did have a weird experience after recovery though. This time my anaesthia went well. I had miminal shaking. Yeah!
But, I had chest pain under my sternum which kept getting worse and my heart starting racing. I was very quickly evaluated for a heart attack. I was given oxycodone, then two does of dilaudid, then 2 doses of morphine to see what removed the pain. Nothing removed the chest pain.
The EKG, chest xray and heart attack blood markers were negative. There was alot of discussion about my racing heart and high WBC though.
They sent me home though and told me to return to ER if any swelling, or short of breath, or fever, or faintness develops. Talk about freaked out, I was. But, once I got home, I took the Ativan my family doc prescribed the other day and slept like a baby. The chest pain has disappeared.
My friend and I diagnosed my symptoms as another panicky episode. Sigh....
I do feel better after this surgery than the last one now. I am very happy I have Ativan.
wallan
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Wallen- glad things went okay, outside of a scary possible heart attack (eek). I had those anxiety attacks with chest pain, very scary. But you had people right around you to help if you needed anything. Glad you slept well. May the healing begin.......
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Jazzygirl:
You had panic attacks with chest pain? Tell me about yours.
wallan
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Wallan- not during surgery or cancer stuff. Just had pains in the past in my chest and was told this when I had it checked out. I was young when it happened. It made me aware of anxiety attacks and what they felt like?
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Happy Mothers Day!
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Happy Mothers DAy....!!!!
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I think the heat of the last two days did a number on my hubby. When the alarm clock went off this morning, he told me he wasn't feeling so well this morning. So I let him go back to sleep for a bit while I took take of our furbabies needs.
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Mommy- I heard it was very hot back there. Crazy for May. Meanwhile we have another blast of winter here in mid to late May with snow in the mountains. I just went outside and it is "brrr" outside. Crazy weather!
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We had two days of 90+. I must have drank two full pitchers of iced tea. Glad to have temps that are cooler and it's less humid.
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Teka- I LOVE the Alien series. May need to go see it in the theater.....
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Teka- there is a mummy movie too? Love all things Egyptian (and have been to Egypt too)......
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Hey ladies:
Having fun I see...
Scary movies scare me. LOL.
The weather up there in Canada is wet and cool. I can't wait until we get the consistently warm sunny weather I am craving. We have only had a few days of warmish weather this spring. My rose bushes are not blooming yet. Sigh...
wallan
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I just wanted to say hey! I'm in the All I Want Is To Cocoon phase and I'm trying not to feel guilty. I turn down social opportunities daily. This is always how I process things...it's just taking a lot longer than it usually does...and people are getting worried. The anxiety is overwhelming sometimes.
It's just good to know there are others dealing with the same thing
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Glowgene- welcome to our thread. Hermits is the place to be when you need to be to yourself.
You are very young friend to have this diagnosis, and sorry to hear that. I see many more young women on these threads as time goes on, and am just reminded breast cancer does not discriminate.
Let us know how we can support you? This was my very first thread here and nice ladies here to support you!
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Hey Jazzygirl; thank you for your response!
I'm just overwhelmed. Two years ago my apartment burned down while I was in the ER with a blood clot in my lung and when that was dealt with I took a deep breath and moved on...and now this. It just currently feels like there will always be Something Worse around the corner. I'm also trying to finish up my PhD and the side effects of the AIs are just kicking my butt in ways I didn't expect.
I feel changed. I used to be so social and out-going and I just can't bear the thought of taking a deep breath, lifting myself up, getting myself back into a social routine and then being beaten down again. It seems easier to just duck my head and get through my degree.
I'm just thankful there is a place to talk about this. Thank you all for being such wonderful and resourceful people. It's a game-changer to find a place like BCO and to feel less alone.
~glow
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Glowgene, I know how it feels to be diagnosed with this crap at a young age. I was 37 when I was diagnosed in 2013. I totally understand what you are going through right now, I was that way for a while. We are always here to talk.
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Glow- the AIs are really tough on a person. I have been on them about 4 plus years and the first six months were the worst. You can request to take a vacation from them and then go back on them. It really helped me. I learned that from some women here on one of the AI threads and told my MO I would not make it through based on what was happening. I asked about the mini vacation and he said we could do that. I went off them for a month, back on and it was better. You can also ask your MO to change the AI to see if you can tolerate a different one. I started on arimidex but he moved to to the genetic of aromosin last year.
Because you are younger, no doubt you get some pressure to be more social. I was always out in my 20s, here in my late 50s, not as much and selective about when I do go out. I remember all my friends traveling and partying in my 20s too while I was working hard on a Master's degree. You have a plan for yourself, don't feel afraid to stick to that despite all this other stuff.....
What are you getting your PhD in? Maybe that is all you need to focus on right now. Besides, it's too "peoply" out there sometimes.....
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Hi Hermies! I'm still here!
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Hey Mags- I love that! I hope you are doing okay sister?
Flower du jour from my neighbors blooming bird of paradise bush. Not in my yard, but this flower was creeping over the wall and the morning sun on it caught my eye
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