Lumpectomy Lounge....let's talk!
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Mary, sorry about the shingles!!! Peggy, glad you got your stuff. I went and got all my pre op stuff out of the way today. My ekg was slightly irregular so the tech did it twice. The doctor said it wasn't concerning enough to not have surgery . I wonder if I have some damage from radiation .
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Molly, anything is possible but if the surgeon isn't worried, I don't think I would worry either. Perhaps you had an "off" day. Sandy will know better.
I had a hard time getting rid of the kids' stuff. They also are never having kids (they are in their mid-40s to early 50s). All the stuff I saved that I thought grandkids might enjoy and I'd like to share with them, gone. I gave all the ancestral stuff to my brother since his kids could marry (or not) and have kids (I hope). I kept some things but not much. DS and I got a lot done today. I'd made progress and he helped do more. I'm ready to re-heat my pizza from last night. Hope that works, I never do that but it was actually good, not a $5 one from Little Caesar's
Dara, how devastating that flooding must have been since you had done so much work on your new home. I can't begin to imagine what that would have been like. Did you have flood insurance? Way back when we bought our house in 1967 we could not get flood insurance since we didn't live in a flood plain/zone; it just wasn't allowed. My how things change. Now even if you live on top of a mountain you can get it. If it floods where I am, then I expect to see Noah floating by - I'm up a very long way from the Spokane River.
HUGS!
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Sandy- nothing like having company (and, a great block of uninterrupted time) to get to work de-cluttering! Good luck. Yes, I DID stop the antibiotic last night. Not a lot of pain- swollen, itchy and exhausted- entire breast and rt side of ab affected. Actually stayed in pjs today and did a lot of nothing but rest, nap and take meds- 5x/day is a lot! Hoping to do a bit more tomorrow
Poodles- I hate that you are having so much trouble with numbness- scary since you could fall. Be careful with yourself!
Molly- sorry abt the abnormal ekg- don't we always wonder if things are cancer or treatment related!?! Glad it isn't going to delay your surgery!
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What the doctor said was it's sometimes indicative of an old heart attack which I have never had. If Sandy is reading it says borderline 1st degree av block and R wave progression
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HH, I remember the 5 X day regimen with meds with my husband. I finally made a chart so we could keep track of all the shingles meds and eye drops he had. The fatigue is so common and did last about 2 weeks, but the first week was the worst. Hope energy returns quickly and the pain and itch subside quickly. Of course, then it tends to form scabs that take a bit longer to leave.
Peggy, no, no flood insurance. We live in almost a desert climate so never thought we'd have a flood. Insurance said if the rain punched a hole in the ceiling and it came in there we'd have been covered. We have a corner lot with the back bordering a protected canyon and the side bordering a golf course. I'm including a picture of the just one of the piles of mud that accumulated in front of our house in the street. It was quite an introduction to the neighborhood!
Molly, I'm so sorry for the heart report. I'm glad though that at least your surgery can proceed. Good luck!
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Dara, that's terrible. I was going to say you don't need flood insurance in the desert but obviously that depends on what's near by and who knows what else. It must have been a low blow financially too. I'm all depressed for you suffering that. And I agree that waiting over a month for your oncotype is terrible. Waiting itself is terrible.
HUGS!
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Mary, sorry you're having to deal with shingles, but glad it's not breast issues!
Molly, hate that you have extra worry about possible heart issues, but glad you can still have surgery.
Dara, that must have been scary watching the mud pile up.
Even though it was a short week, it was very long at work. Having trouble sleeping, sometimes can't get to sleep, other times wake early. When I'm busy at work, have trouble shutting brain off. So tired from both work & rads. Good news is that have only 2 days of rads left. Will be glad to be done with this part of the journey. Hoping that to work on some of my quilt projects this weekend.
Have relaxing weekend everyone
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Trish, sorry you're so tired but understand. I love that you're a quilter. I'm not but my cousin is, a classmate is and an author I know on FB is. If you're on FB I'll introduce you to them all and you can swap quilt stories!
HUGS!
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Poodles, my mo's nurse recommend B complex to help prevent/contain neuropathy.
Peggy- so glad to hear that you're finally able to begin settling in.
HH- I am so sorry you are dealing with shingles. I had shingles in the trigeminal nerve when I was 30, and was originally misdiagnosed with Bell's Palsey then they added a diagnosis of an external ear infection when I had so much pain in my ear. The anti-virals, when I was finally started on them, quickly took the pain away. Unfortunately, due to the delay in treatment, and I suspect the uniqueness of the disease, I have had some lasting nerve damage. Maybe the B complex I'm taking for the p.n. Will help with that, although that would be surprising.
Hugs and prayers to all.
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Peggy, I only started quilting (machine piecing) about 5 yrs ago. Before that I did counted cross stitch. I still like to do hand work like wool applique & embroidery. I'm on fb, Trisha Williamson Balding. How do I find you on fb?
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Molly, if your surgeon isn’t concerned then you needn’t be. I can’t interpret EKGs, and Bob is down in Oak Lawn tonight. (The only anomaly I can recognize is “long Q-T interval syndrome,” and if you had it your surgery would probably been postponed in favor of some sort of heart procedure). Both my 2013 treadmill EKG and my 2015 pre-op one were labeled “slight LVH" (left ventricular hypertrophy). But both Bob & my primary said, “no way.” Doctors in the real world are used to seeing all manner of abnormal EKGs and know which ones are and aren’t significant. Even if at one point in your life you had a silent heart attack, that’s no reason to assume you’re having or are in danger of having a major one. (The reason my primary sent me for cardiology testing was, he said, because “an EKG can tell if you’re having or ever had a heart attack, but not whether you’ll have one.” When all imaging (radiation and echo, aka sonogram) came back normal, he had a hunch and diagnosed intermittent mitral valve prolapse with just a stethoscope, his ears, and his fingers on my wrist. (He had me do a Valsalva maneuver and then release--he listened to my heart immediately on release).
Dara, where we live is not a designated flood plain, so we can’t buy flood insurance at any price. (This is one instance of risk management being bass-ackwards: only those in greatest danger of flooding can buy it). Our insurance agent had us buy a “sewer backup endorsement.” Because of that, when our basement flooded along with everyone else’s on our block after an all-day torrential downpour, ruining the carpeting, the adjuster checked off “sewer backup” rather than “flood” as the cause, and we were fully covered. After the second time, we had the basement floor painted and had a sump-pump & check valve installed. And when we had leaking ceilings, the adjuster termed it to be the result of “high winds causing horizontal rain” because plain ol’ vertical rain through that 30-yr-old hex-shingle roof wouldn’t have been covered.
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Peggy Coppersmith Tabar on FB, Trish. I have a friend who does exquisite counted embroidery. I'll look you up and put in a friend request! How fun! (done!)
HUGS!
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Sandy, my Pontiac house sure wasn't in a flood zone but I could get it - at a price (way to high for my budget). Glad you got the right insurance and a good adjuster. Very helpful.
HUGS!
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Thank you, Sandy. I am really not worried about anything other than if radiation caused some damage because I have never had any problems with ekg's or any heart problems that I am aware of. This will just be what pushes me to finally meet my pcp and get a physical. Cancer has become such a focus everything else has been set aside.
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Thanks for the welcome!
Peggy I live in the Lansing area. I have been reading about your move. Dishes are a good start on your progress. I think it's exciting to have a whole new adventure!
HH so sorry about the shingles! I think our immune systems are not operating as well due to treatments and stress. I'm getting cold sores which I haven't had in a very long time.
LG so glad to be done with rads as well. I still check in as well. I will be starting Tamoxifen later this month. I see MO on the 19th. We decided to get through rads and discuss again. I am very appreciative of her calm low key approach. She clearly could tell I was on overload and gave me time. I am post menopausal and hope it doesn't throw me back there! Once was enough! Tamo instead of an AI probably due to osteopenia and arthritis. At least I will still have some estrogen for bones,brain,and heart!
I am trying to get rid of stuff before I hit the age where I can't/won't. I kind of think it happens to most people
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PlanB, I'm sorry I didn't know you sooner because you could have joined our SE Michigan get togethers! Maybe they will continue on - I hope so. It is rather exciting to have moved across the country at 70. A whole new life. Good luck with your rads!
HUGS!
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My daughter is an insurance agent in PA. If I remember my last discussion with her there are three type of rides for water. There is flood insurance. Very expensive and you must be in a flood plain. There is sewer back up. Last there is water penetration. That is for when a water main breaks in the street and your house gets water damage or that rare rain storm that floods a neighborhood.
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Posted my last (hopefully) cancer blog on my 67th birthday yesterday. Happy Birthday to me!
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Happy Birthday and Congratulations!
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Happy birthday, Brit!
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Happy birthday, Brit!
It's sunny & 80 here in Central Illinois. DH & I are going for a ride on the motorcycles. Got my rash guard shirt on & sun block on my face. Ready to go.
Hope everyone has a good day!
Trish
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Brit, Happy Birthday! I hope it's your last post too. Know your day was fantastic!
Trish, have a fun ride! Maybe it will be 70 here in Spokane
HUGS!
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Happy birthday, Suzanne!
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Gosh is it really a train or more like a roller coaster? I don't think it ever stops. I am interested in anyone with BC, a lumpectomy and the aromatase inhibitor anastrozole
and if it has helped and how do you really know unless you get another mammogram. I am new to the site so if anyone out there can help I'd appreciate it. Thanks
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Molly, so glad they will still do the surgery!
Dara, it's something how nothing is covered under insurance you pay so much for. I'm having to pay a few grand to put roof on moms house since her roof started leaking and she has mold growing on bedroom wall. She only gets 900 dollars a month to live on, so she sure can't afford it. Of course isn't covered under insurance lol!!! It wouldn't have been so bad if she had told me, I only noticed when I went to visit that her bed was pulled away from the wall. She was so worried about me with cancer stuff and surgeries that she didn't want to worry me. Love my mom but wanted to strangle her. She loves me so much and is the best mom I could ever ask for! I sure pray your oncotype is low!
Tbalding, I remember all too well how tired I was between working full time and going daily for rads. Stress of work plus driving 2 1/2 hours a day. You're so tired, it's hard to be interested in anything else! Yay for finishing rads!!
Plan b, that's also why I'm going on tamoxifen instead of AI, for protection of heart and bones even though I just had hysterectomy. I just hope it doesn't make my horrible hot flashes and headaches worse! Hope you don't go through that again!
Brit, happy birthday!!!!!!
Hubby got me out of house today and I splurged on coke icee and Starbucks frappuccino! So good!!!!
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Sorry you need this site, but welcome Rozz! I'm quite new to the online support, and even the whole bc journey as well! I had lumpectomy on June 16th and now waiting to see if I go straight to radiation or need chemo first, then aromatase therapy. I don't see your diagnosis or history listed. Have you already had surgery? This site is so great, and I don't think I'd be holding it together as well as I am without knowing I can talk to others who have been right where I am. You'll find so much information and support here. The women are lifesavers.
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Welcome Rozz, I am sorry you need to be here but you found the right place. Most of us had lumpectomy and radiation and later AI. What's your diagnosis? Did you have surgery yet?
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Rozz, Welcome! You have come to the right place for information. We run the whole spectrum of treatments but all of us started out with lumpectomies. I had a lumpectomy, 33 radiation treatments, and have been on anastrozole for about 21 months. I'm 71 tomorrow if that is helpful. No problems with anything so far.
Please do help us help you by entering all your information: treatments, diagnoses, probably treatments, etc., in your profile and then make it PUBLIC. It's not exactly intuitive to do. We cannot remember what each gal has gone through and we want the right person(s) to answer any questions you have.
Though you didn't want to be here, you'll love that you found us. We are funny, crazy, helpful and just plain wonderful.
HUGS!
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Brit, Happy Birthday! Whether God does or not, I think you are a badass!!
Rozz, sorry that you are also a member of "the sorority that no one wants to join" but glad you found us. I once asked my medical oncologist about how a recurrence, whether in the breast or elsewhere, is diagnosed. One of my high school classmates was diagnosed with stage 1 breast cancer in her early 40s, had chemo, a bilateral mastectomy and reconstruction, and a hysterectomy. Four years later when she was training for a triathalon cancer was found in her bones, liver, and lungs. My MO said that we just really have to pay attention to our bodies, and be alert to any changes. She said that there really aren't any diagnostic procedures that don't give too many false positives. The example she gave was that even if you did have an MRI of your lungs, if you'd been sick recently and had some lingering mucus or other schmutz it would show up as an irregularity and cause undue concern.
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Happy Birthday,Brit!
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