2013 Survivors!!!
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Have a great vacation Jo... only a little bit green.
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I love all u ladies ..I can go name by name but u all offered great advice and words of encouragement. . I am trying to keep down all ur notes for surgery but it is the positivity and inspirations really what is helping me now before BMX and ALND.. Having surgery by my parents so I am going to let them spoil me and take care of me and baby me. Hahha .. I am concerned about arm exercises.. Who is going to tell me what to do.. PS said I couldn't do much for the first few weeks but I also heard its better to start sooner rather than later.. Don't want lymphedema...
TRyjng to remember that this is just a bump in the road and soo life will be good again.. Sometimes I just let the fear take over.... And I need to remember the positive and be thankful for now0 -
http://www.cancer.ca/Canada-wide/Publications/Alphabetical list of publications/Exercises after breast surgery A guide for women.aspx?sc_lang=en
Shari, this is a good resource for exercises ... Maybe you can find it helpful.0 -
Shari, my guess is you will be informed which exercises and how many you must do. I received a booklet from the surgeon which explained everything. As far as I know, the latest is that patients wait a little longer before starting the exercises. Your parents' home is the best place for you to be. Nobody loves us like our parents do, and I'm glad they will be taking care of you.
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Thanks!
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Liefie.. Ur words r super kind and encouraging.. All ur posts to me have been super sweet a d helpful.. Everybody's has...
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Shari, you are so welcome. Sleep well!
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You are loved and can lean on this wonderful community of people at any time. Be brave, stay strong and know that the good times are yet to come for you. Peace Sister!
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My PT eval is not until April 1st, but that is the first available for the person that specializes in PT after breast surgery. I have waited this long already so what is one more week?
Thanks Jo for the link to exercises. I am going to ready it and may try some of the exercises while I wait for my eval. Have a great vacation!0 -
Thanks ladies and good Morning!
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Shari...good morning to you and all the gals.
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Good morning all
oh oh Scotties back, girls- we have to behave! Scottie would you believe that when we say cookies it's really our code word for spinach, cake really means broccoli and beer really means a green smoothy ?
Oh yes and Liefie shared her gym routine with us so we have ALL been working out like her. SO exhausting lol Love the cartoon Chrisrenee. Do I recall we are having a pocket party for you today?
Tazzy, yes Believe is slim but dang she said she lost her sweet tooth when she started her arimedex. Not fair I guess I found hers and added it to mine! Arimedex just increased my desire for sweets so I really have to watch it. I think I add a pound everytime I even hear about everything she is baking. But if I ever make it to California I'm going to raid her freezer where she stashes all the goodies she bakes! Believe maybe you should add your baked goods to your website!
Shari - so glad you have your parents to help you through thisbecause as liefie said, a parents love is like no other. Like Liefie, I also recieved a booklet of exercises but when I saw my BS for the 1st time after surgery, she advised me of which ones to start doing. Since you are having the DMX though, I think some of the others that had a MX would go along with the advice to make sure you have a couple blouses or mens shirts that are button down, not see thru, and atleast a size bigger than you would normally wear. Everyone seems to get sent home in something different, bandages vs surgical bras and it's surprising how bulky those drains can seem. Depending on how and where your fasten them, the big shirts keep them camoflaged when you go for Drs follow ups and getting out and about. Did your doctor say how many drains you will be getting ? I had 4; 2 they took out after a couple days but the other 2 lasted about 3 weeks-seemed like an eternity though. lol. They really are no big deal at all; just a nuisance that you will be so glad to get rid of when the time comes. Another thing I unfortunately didn't do, if you normally have skin allergies of any kind, make sure you make your surgeon aware so they can watch out for steri-strip allergies etc. Just trying to think of a few things that made it a bit easier. It will be here before you know it.
SwgeeWi I'm sorry I missed your post the other day. Welcome to our great group. I sure as heck don't envy the weather you are having right now; it's been in the 60s here and I've been freezing lol
Have a great day all.
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TGIF!!!!!!
I'm heading out the door to my MO appt and #18 rads today.
I'm tired because my DS drove up from Tennessee last night and hit some pretty bad road conditions. He called and said there were cars in the ditch everywhere, transports on the side of the road but as far as he could tell the roads seemed fine. He was pretty shook up and not sure what to do. He finally found a gas station and was told that a heavy snow squall just blew thru. He missed it by minutes!!! No visibility at all but only lasted 20 min. He got back on the road and with in minutes, he called back to say that he just witnessed a bad accident and he was stopping to help. The car in front of him lost control and flipped a few times. He ran down the ditch and found a young family with the mom screaming to help her little boy and the dad unconscious!!! He got the mom and boy out and into his car and by the time he got back and made sure dad was breathing the OPP and EMS arrived. I was up till 1 when he finally made it to his gf in Toronto.
Big breath!!!! I'm so proud of him but at the same time I just want to see him now and hold him. I was scared out of my mind!!!
Gotta run, thinking and praying for everyone!!!0 -
OMG Shianne, how awful but so wonderful that your son was able to help that family. How scary for both of you. Thank God your DS is ok
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liefie- yes ma'am pocket party today! Drinking tons of water today for that hidious blood draw. i feel like i could float to the Dr today.
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Luanne god bless ur son and u should b so proud! 2 fried eggs.. I don't know anything about anything.. Drains exercises nothing.. I go in Tuesday to sign some papers prob find out a little more then
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Just read on this board about a 27-year old, just diagnosed Stage IV with mets everywhere. It hit me between the eyes like a sledgehammer. How is this poor child supposed to handle a verdict like this? She is on the threshold of her life . . . it makes me so sad, and my tears are flowing freely for this girl I don't even know at all. A cure has to be found. This is so cruel and so unfair!
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Chrisrenee - in your pockets. I can see us all arriving in your float!
Liefie - after I read your workout, I wanted to kiss my Beast. You made Scottie and all of us proud. You go girl!
Isn't today weight in day? I'm not posting until I see numbers.
Tazzy - you must have a small computer. I'm not thin! Yet - I'm working on it. I must just be under tall for my weight. No calories when you don't eat what you bake.
I bought a cookie book last year and my goal is to make every cookie in it. Such a fun hobby! My house smells great and people love to stop by. I'm having company next week too. I want to fatten them up. They've had their own challenges this past year.
Shari - hope you are staying busy and making lots of lists! So glad you are able to go home and have your parents spoil you.
Shianne - what a scary stressful night. Thank God your DS is ok, sounds like you have a hero in the family.
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Shianne, glad he made it safely but was also able to help that family. There was a 300 car pileup in Albertsa yesterday in a crazy snow storm. Can't wair for good weather for all of us. There have been so many stories over that past few months of bad conditions, yet treatments and chemo and Doctor visits....
Just came from my second PT visit since surgery. He was pleased and I have 40% more ROM. Coming along well! Just feelong so tired though. My DH is going in now for a colonoscopy and I need to drive him there and then pick him up this afternoon. This is a routine one~~his mom died of colon cancer many years ago.
Good luck with the weigh ins!
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Hello all, quick check in from work.
Happy to read that your DS is OK Shianne.
Super busy here - so happy its Friday.
Weigh in day today ladies.... I haven't weighed myself yet... will do in a couple of minutes.
Have a wonderful Friday... am I looking forward to the weekend. Hope the weather is nice enough to do some yard/greenhouse work.
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The chief doc at Sloan Kettering did a lecture on Tuesday I didn't go bc I couldn't handle it but he repeated how there are new medicines make ing way in community..there is still no cure! Sad
Liefie.. Was this girl stage four right out the gates? Or did she progress0 -
Marian, my son told me about that car pile-up on the phone yesterday, and how much snow Edmonton got. Wow, and here we thought it was spring . . . Drive safely when you take DH to his colonoscopy. We also go though that every few years, as DH lost both parents to colon ca.
Shianne, I'm always worried when my children or DH go on the road in these conditions, but good for your son for helping these people. He sounds like a keeper!
Believe, baking every cookie in the book? What a nice goal, in more ways than one! You remind me of that Julia Child movie where that blogger made every dish in Julia's book. It's just a pity I can't taste those cookies with you!
Shari, she was stage 4 from the get go. Unbelievable.
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My weight was 159.6 this morning. So happy to be under 160! Wish the scale was showing more improvement. Sure is easier to go up than down.
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liefie: that is so sad - I fucking hate this disease.
Woo hoo Believe. No change for me - still 154 - which considering I have wings and beer on Wednesdays I am OK with
I think I would like to become part of the African Tribe where fat is beautiful and a fat wife is a symbol of wealth and riches.
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i will weigh in after my appt today or i might just take a week off. who knows been so stressed i think i have eaten everything under the sun. haha
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Tazzy - if i weighed 154, I'd be doing a happy dance! That's not the tribe I want to be part of. I like the one where people judge a mans prosperity by his wife's jewelry. My husband used to spoil me with diamonds. Now I have to make my own jewelry.
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Hi guys....I know I'm going to get flack here, but here goes.....did any of you read the
report about high fat dairy products and BC ?......
bottom line.....low fat for us....I think the
next step for us will be bread and water😜
Liefie.....how sad ...I almost feel I'm "lucky" that I got it at 64 !!!!!....so young.....makes me
cry.
2Friedeggs....I am designating you as the "joker"....not..lol
Believe....congrats
Shianne....good news about your DS...
Tazzy...it's good ....no loss ...no gain...I'll take it.....lol
Will check in tomorrow as I'm having guests for dinner...a little busy in the kitchen 😜0 -
Hi All,
Beautiful day here in Fl yest as hubby in Ohio said it is snowing...I took a few hours for some me time at the pool area. Weigh in 168 but lord help me the next few weeks with Passover foods and the croissoints dad has for breakfast each day now. Check in again soon as son flew in last night from Knoxville for a quick visit. In your pockets today and Monday...with the sunshine!
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Hey texas ladies how far are you from Dallas! I have a work thing April 8th and going to a dam baseball game with my co workers but I might have one night free? Let me know
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Tazzy, I'm 160 lbs. The holiday has taken its toll, but I'm working on it, promise.
Later this morning I read on another board here where a mom posted about her five-year old - yes, five-year old (!!!) daughter diagnosed with bc. Then this same little girl had a recurrence at thirteen, and is now wearing prosthesis. Can you imagine? I have no words for this. Like Scottiee said, it seems we now just have to be grateful that we got it at an older age.
Scottiee, bread and water. . . sounds like a prison diet - hahahaaa! But yes, it seems we will now have to stick to lowfat milk, lowfat yoghurt, lowfat cheese, lowfat butter(???), lowfat everything. And I so have a love affair with cheese . . . will just have to eat smaller pieces. Dang! One of these days we will be told that the air we breathe gives us bc . . . crazy.
Aruba, the sunshine and that pool look beautiful and alluring. Enjoy your time down there! I hear you about Easter weekend, and the eating that goes with it - SIGH!
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