CRAZY TOWN WAITING ROOM - TESTS coming up? All Stages Welcome.
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mysunshine, that's way too many scans. Sounds pretty miserable.
Sula, that chocolate. A thing of beauty. Or several things.
As for canning tomatoes, you don't need a pressure cooker. They're in the high acid category together with most fruit, which means you can use a boiling water method. I usually make a light sauce, mostly just to cut down on the amount of liquid. Seasoned with fresh oregano and basil. You add citric acid or lemon juice, then seal them and boil them in a canner--essentially a very large, deep stock pot--for about 40 minutes. When I cook with the canned tomatoes, then I make a proper sauce with onion, garlic, whatever. I dry any tomatoes are left over after I run out of jars. I'll also freeze some small packages to flavor soup.
Our household's caloric needs are wide and deep. Tonight the kid was home. Ate a full supper: corn, several pieces of fish, sautéed greens. Then an enormous slab of pumpernickel with butter. A huge glass of milk. Anise biscotti. An hour later, two granola bars. This after a lunch of three scrambled eggs and several slices of salami, more slabs of bread. Meanwhile, DH is 6'5" and still eats nearly as much. We NEED those canned tomatoes.
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Chloesmom, I'm so sorry to hear about Devin.There really are no words that can comfort when we lose one of our fur family members. Truly heartbreaking. Gentle hugs to you.
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Rain, Like you, I also forgot about the 9/11 anniversary. I try not to watch the news too much - too depressing. I bet most of us can remember where we were though when we heard about it happening. I was home getting ready for work. I called in sick that day (something I rarely did), and took my kids out of school. Such an awful event for all involved and their friends and family.
Ducky, Thanks for posting that picture. Gave me chills as well.
Gaia, We will all be praying for a good response for you!! The Herceptin/Perjecta combo has had some wonderful results. I just know you'll be dancing with NED in record speed!! What is all this talk about bone broth??? Does it have healing powers like homemade chicken soup?? I always put a beef bone in my chicken soup broth. Not the same??
PTS, I'm so encouraged by your progress with PT. It's making me excited to start mine!!
Rose, WOW. You have sure been through the wringer. Way too much for one person to have to endure. It's no wonder you're been in Crazy Town. I will join you in Margaritaville next time you go!! Plus, I'm sending you great big hugs. I'm glad you are here with us.
Rain, I've always wanted to learn how to can. I'm assuming that can be done with homemade sauce/gravy?? I typically make a big batch and freeze it. But canning sounds like a great option too. Does it last longer when you can?? You made me smile when you said "stoop." I haven't heard that since I left NY. Here in CA, they call it a porch. Wine & chocolate....what a great neighbor!! So nice of them to coordinate food for you. My niece made a ton of split pea soup for me when I was going through chemo. It was one of the few things that tasted good to me.
I'm beginning to feel very inadequate hanging out with the creative crazies!! haha.....I think I need to learn how to do a few things. I've been taking notes!!
Ducky, You are not going ANYWHERE. If we all have to go through all this nonsense, SO DO YOU!! You've got a good 20 or 30 years left in you. Haven't you heard??? 80 in the new 50!! So yes, you will be around long enough to see the house sold - PERIOD.
Katy, Where do you live in Oregon? My DH and I hit a dear on a trip home from Washington State, right outside of Klamath Falls. The kids were young at the time, and we had Baylee with us. He was so good in the tow truck. Such a beautiful area....are you anywhere close?? I agree....that's too much testing for Sula. We should all help!! I'm willing to sacrifice some time. haha
Italy, I know what you mean about keeping a garden here in CA. I'm even having a problem keeping my plants alive. We need water!!
Sula, Once again I'm drooling. I'll have the Mexican spiced chocolate mousse, please!!
mysunshine48, Welcome to our CT thread!! Ahhhhh....the delicious barium concoction!! Been there and done that!! YUK!! Glad to hear the scans were clear!! Sending best wishes for a B9 biopsy. Pull up a chair and hang with the crazies!! We will try our best to keep you out of Crazy Town!!
Bedtime for this crazy. Hope you all have a pain free, peaceful night.
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Bep- I'm just inland from Coos Bay. Collectively known as the southern coast. I just recently moved a bit inland. It's s bit warmer, but still very moderate, with less wind and fog. I like it so far. G'night my crazies
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Rainn,
Thanks for the tomato tips... I've done a lot of canning but never tomatoes. I have all the canning equipment so I'll have to try tomatoes too.
Gaia,
Yes, the herceptin perjeta combo is powerful!!!!! You are going to do great with it
I have to go to the dentist Monday .. crack in a filling allowed a bit of decay so... I really don't like having to go to the dentist. Then later this coming week... It's herceptin time again.
Slow and Italy,
I think we're going to be getting a LOT of rain possibly sooner than we think from the El Niño that's building up. I remember the big one in 97 ( we lived in Malibu) and yikes! Rolling boulders, mudslides ( not the drink) but we do need the water no mistake.
Well fellow crazies... I know I'm forgetting names and people.., this thread is long and moves fast and I'm on my iPad which always scares me about losing what I've typed. Take care, and have a restful rest of the weekend
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Slow and Chloesmom, So sorry about the loss of your furry babies. We love them so much and they are such a big part of our family.
My youngest son wasn't born when the 9/11 terrorist attacks happened. Now that he is in middle school, he has a homework assignment regarding 9/11. He came home from school and turned on the history channel. It was awful to see the disbelief and horror reflected in his eyes. He interviewed me about that day.... Questions like what was I thinking while watching the news reports? What did I feel? Was I scared? I told him I wasn't scared, but I was concerned and very sad... horrified. I was thinking that the world had just changed and that my children wouldn't ever feel as safe growing up as I did.
BTW, I think I have neck cancer because my neck hurts a lot when I wake up. It can't be due to me clenching my jaw while I sleep.... that would be too simple.
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Sunshine......................welcome, you came to the right place.................hugs, and hopefully all the testing is done, and with good resuls............
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Hi Crazies- I love this forum...Nowhere else can I get wise advice balanced with hysterical witticisms and recipes to boot! Some of you have posted recently about losing socks and pillowcases...Not that I have to "top" you, but I still can't believe I somehow lost my heavy duty stand mixer six months ago and thought I'd share. That's pretty much it; I went to my pantry closet to pull out my mixer, and it was not there! I thought, hum, did I move it to my lower cupboard? Nope. Closet, other cupboards? Nope. Storage shed? (Don't know why I would have put it there, but it was not there). Talk about crazy! I purchased a fixer-upper in CT when that happened (I never pay full price for anything).
I used to make fun of my daughters and husband for losing keys, notes, books, whatever, but I've been mum since my mixer disappeared. Seriously. Are there burglars out there breaking in and stealing 20 year-old mixers? That's the only logical explanation... Logical?!? Ha!
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Good Morning Crazies!
It's Sunday, finally feeling more civil outside in NYC and bone broth will be ready to strain and pack up this afternoon. I'll reserve some to make a pot of soup for us to have on hand this week.
Thank you all for wishing me well on this new leg tomorrow! Just to clarify, I am getting Herceptin ONLY. We are aiming to keep me as 'medically naive' as possible, since with mets I am on this ride for the long haul. Right now I m actually in CT more around my left hip and am considering requesting an MRI just to be sure nothing is fractured.... mind a bit of a blur over that being possible. ANYWAY
Sula, My man would devour every ounce of that chocolate in 5 sec flat, recipe testing is fun and also a little harrowing to through product out. Oh an what about that earlier guitar shot? Yours?
Rain, Katy, Sula- I grew up canning and am envious you're all situated to make that happen in your lives. Usually there are a few days each summer I truck out to my mom's and she her sister and various others all congregate and can everything from peaches to green beans to tomatoes. Jam making too. Next year.
Also Rain, that's great that your 'posse' is going to support you with food over the next period of time. When you settle in LMK and we can make a plan to meet up somewhere.
Slow, the main aim with the 'bone' broth is to extract as much gelatin from the bones as possible, so it's a pretty high volume of bones to water. You can make with chicken or beef or fish ( I like fish in the summer). This batch was 4 lbs, knuckle bones, 2 lb neck, 2 lb marrow and I always add beef shank because I will use the 'braised meat' in a soup right away. . Yesterday I added 2 lbs of shank, which first gets roasted in the oven to extract more flavor. This proportion of meat was for 10 qts of water. One also add various aromatics and basic stck veg like onion, celery, carrot, bay leaf, thyme peppercorns, etc. I like too add mushrooms and I often add kombu as well. It is actually a great brew for healing the gut, inflammation, strengthening bones, beautifying skin.... but it didn't keep the beast away! Ah well we live in a flawed universe after all. Anyway I make it because I find it nourishing.
Rosex thinking of you and sending a gentle hug your way.....
Sunshine, yes welcome, that was a lot of crazy over the last month. This is the best thread for that!
Octo Hope you are feeling good and you got away from the smoke for the weekend.
Ok off to seize some of the day.... may be zooming around CT later tonight. Hope everyone has a great, pain free day.
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Morning crazies...hard to be too crazy as I escaped the Central Valley smoke and we spent a truly lovely evening in Monterey: seafood dinner, walk by the breakwater pier just after dark enjoying the lights and watching the night divers, off to hike a bit at Pt Lobos this am. Katy, will tell any whales we see that you miss them. I did have some bone pain from the Neuprogren (third shot last night) that is part of my current C/T regimen. Didn't stop me from getting a decent nights sleep though there were some bad moments at around midnight to one am. But, seven hours of sleep felt like a gift, as did the Starbucks breakfast in bed hubby went and got for me this am. Yep, he's a keeper.
News says that air in the Valley will be back down from unhealthy to moderate by the time we get home tonight. (Late, if I have my say :-)) Thank goodness and pray for rain and for our firefighters!
Sending hugs and cooling ocean breezes to all! You are always in my thoughts and a lot of the time, you keep me going!
xox
Octogirl
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Hi Crazies--
Staynsane, did the mixer ever turn up? I'm completely fine with the theory that a burglar might break in to steal a mixer (socks, pillowcases, canning jars). In fact, this morning, DH opened the refrigerator and pointed out that the missing canning jars were holding the pickles I'd made a few weeks ago. Oh. Um.
Slow, I do make homemade tomato sauce, mostly just to evaporate some of the water. I did 14 pints last night and will try for the same today. I've gotten through about 2/3 of the 50 lb. Just about out of canning jars so will need to freeze and/or dry the rest. I wish I could freeze more, but we're in an apartment, and the refrigerator is a standard size. That's why I started canning in the first place! I've not noticed a difference in flavor between freezing and canning.
Sula, for tomatoes the proportion is 1 Tb lemon juice or 1/4 tsp citric acid per pint, double that per quart, and fill to 1/2 inch of top. Now you know everything I know!
Gaia, the broth sounds great. When the weather is cool, I buy chicken feet at the greenmarket and make stock. DH and DS get grossed out at the sight but the very much like the result. It's full of gelatin. And yes, I'll be in touch once I'm on my feet. Good luck with the Herceptin--it has been by far the least intrusive of the drugs I've had, and no pre-meds necessary.
Friday was the first in 4 months that I had no chemo--and no pre-meds. I really enjoyed the break from steroids in particular. It was lovely to be my usual, cranky self without that jittery, hopped up feeling. Have a delightful Sunday, everyone!
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I have never made bone broth but do make stock from my used chicken carcass. My DGM also used to make an awesome veggie soup using beef bones so maybe I need to trot out the old canning stuff
sitting here stuffed, decided to head to the coast for a seafood brunch while looking at the bay, course I ate way too much, well they had a special of oysters so I could not resist, leftovers for dinner
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Sure I'm going to be getting lots of use with my crock-pots starting really soon. Love crock-pot cooking.
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Well, I realize I don't want to stress my husband and friends out and this may be a place I can freak out without people knowing that I'm not as cool and calm as they would like me to be. Have been lurking here for quite some time, looking for people with situations like mine. In early August I had an overdue mammogram, called back for diagnostic imaging, "small developing spiculated mass" -- never heard the word spiculated before. Now I look around and everything seems spiculated... flowers, stains on my shirt, stars in the sky... ultrasound came back "hypoechoic mass." Then the 14 gauge ultrasound guided biopsy results showed up in my online chart as benign . . . "fibrofatty tissue" and "mild proliferative changes." I was over the moon with happiness for 15 hours. Then the call from my GP, whose mom had a double mastectomy last year, I guess I remind him of his mom, because he's just been awesomely supportive pointing me to the best specialists and calling me right away on most of the test results. Except this one, he wasn't in his office that day, so he called me first thing in the morning to tell me those results were "discordant." Apparently, they grabbed ordinary breast tissue. Then the report came back with additional comments that the ultrasound person was very sure she got the sample from the mass, it was demonstrated to have pierced the mass, and I was downgraded from Birads 5 to Birads 4. But my GP urged me to have a surgical excision biopsy rather than try again with another MRI guided biopsy or anything else. Which we just did last week. I was shocked how big my scar is... rather disappointing really! And then Tuesday I got the call from the surgeon, even though the rest of the pathology is not in, the initial report is 7mm of IDC, the margins were good. And so we need to do MRI's of both breasts since I have heterogeneously dense breasts, and then sentinel lymph node biopsy and possibly mastectomy if we find more cancer. During this time, I have done a lot of research, and as it happens my half-sister (we share a father) just had a mastectomy due to a relapse of DCIS (we both came back as BRCA negative, although I have three mutations in there that double my risk and she has stuff like that also). She was 50 when she first had DCIS, I am 50 now, she is 62 now with the recurrence. I wish I had DCIS now. Because after talking to quite a few people, I think with the stress this has put me through, my struggle with anxiety and obsession, I wish I could wave a magic wand and have both of them gone and some cute perky ones in their place. But I am afraid of the pain, honestly, morphine, vicodin, codeine, etc. have all either not worked and some have had side effects as well that weren't good. My few prior surgeries I just tough it out. I don't want to tough a double mastectomy out. So just one more thing, and the main reason I am posting, if you are still reading, God love you, I just looked in the mirror and noticed my left breast that had the mass has a lot more veins showing, seems like more visible and just more veins. Could this be caused from having the surgical excision? Also, should I ask for the needle track to be removed from that first biopsy? I have to say I feel better writing all of this and knowing I am not burdening people around me who are already worried. I already just resigned from one of my clients that I was thinking didn't make sense for a year or so, so that feels good. Moving in the right direction. Life definitely becomes more vivid and sweet when you are confronted with your mortality, even though this looks like it's early, ultrasound showed lymph nodes look fine, you still can't help feel like your life is going to be probably shorter than you had hoped . . . and so every day seems more precious than it did before.
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Rainny- I am so pleased for you, getting this break from tx and the dreaded steroids. I am amazed at all you do, cook, can, feed men, from a fire-escape garden and a regular size fridge. But I've always thought New Yorkers have a special way of living. I think I've told you that before.
So glad you found your jars! Oops that they already had pickles in them! No sign of my pillow case I guess..
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Hallooooooo Crazies,
so, back from a hike with Patsy and Alan...
Gaia,
Good luck on the herceptin..it's really a pretty easy drug. I have always had them give it to me in a 90 minute infusion rather than 30 minutes. A friend on these boards suggested I do it that way. She told me that it makes it easier to tolerate and doing over 90 I've not had any problems.
The bone broth looks similar to what I make with lobster and crab shells. I get the shells for like a dollar at the Sonoma Market, then roast the empty shells in the oven.
I then place the roasted shells in water and bring it to a boil
then take everything and put it in a powerful blender, grind it up and strain it....crab or lobster stock..it freezes great.
Leads to this Salmon chowder than I made for us after every chemo, husbands reward for capping me..the cracklings ar roast salmon skin
Stay,
wow, that missing stand mixer would have blown my mind. Losing something that big??!! I lost one of my foobs during the move to the new house last year. It was in a box at the time not on me, so....who knows where it went and any light fingered mover would have gotten a big surprise.
Proud....
I love oysters..and all shellfish but my husband is not a shellfish kind of guy and he saw me attack a crab with a hammer and those tong tools one uses once many years ago..he hasn't eaten crab since.
Rainn,
thanks for the tomato pointers, as soon as they're ripe I'm trying it though I have nothing even close to 50 pounds!!! I canned everything this summer except my usual pickled cherries and spiced cherries. I never got around to them as I was busy with the chutneys.
Octo,
oh that smoke yes!!! we have fire north of us in Lake county. Something that started on Saturday and now is over 40,000 acres. Sonoma has a big haze of smoke over it, and that's with the fire 55 miles north of us. Are you near the valley fire? Stay safe.
Poppy,
I can't imagine having to talk to a kid about that time, had he not seen the footage before? From a historic point of view it's a very interesting assignment having the kids interview parents. My dad was a fireman in San Francisco so that also had a big impact for me as I really know that life and those sorts of guys.
We were talking about that this morning, we had been up in Sonoma for the Summer up til two days before 9/11, we drove down to LA because we had a meeting at Disney that Monday. Business as usual. Then 9/11 and we were all shocked, LA was fairly crazy because one of the planes that crashed was headed for LA and some people from our neighborhood were on it. We had to go back to the studio for another meeting a few days later and the place was like an armed camp. There were cops, security, they looked under our car with mirrors, they went through our trunk, totally id'ed us even though we were working there. Everyone was panicky because Disney had been threatened. I couldn't wait to get out of that meeting and back to the house and then we decided to get out of LA for a while, hit the road running and zoomed back up to Sonoma.
Ducky,
stay put girl and stay the course! You will be dancing for many years yet. I know about the weight ER connection but there are a lot of us who have never had any sort of weight issues that still come out ER positive. Go figure!
Well I am baking another Chocolate mocha gluten free vegan tart to take to the restaurant people today, along with another thing I made, Double Dark Chocolate Dipped Shortbread cookies..tomorrow back to my real life writing..oh and then the dentist for my ex tooth cancer (turned out to be a cavity).
Oh and yes the instruments are mine..I play uke, guitar, mandolin and banjo
See you crazies later!!
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Eggroll.. Welcome to our Crazy group..You've already been through the wringer during your dx.. It's so, so stressful..feel free to come share whatever is worrying you with us.. I'm very similar to you.. My IDC was 7mm as well.. and I also have trouble taking morphine, codeine etc.. I had a UMX, but made it through with a couple of endone tablets, and tylenol every 4 hours.. any questions please ask any time.. ( Hugs)
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Sul......thanks for the encouragement............and another thing...........would you like to come to Pa. and be my Chef....would love to have you.................hugs.......
Eggroll...........try to calm down........we are here for you.........this is my "go to place"........when I want to tell my entire family to STFU..............cause I don't feel as good as you say I look.....................and I think.......
"Screw all of you and the horses you rode in on"...............and I am in one of those moods with all the people who really don't understand........................
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Dust off my chair, I'm back in town.
Welcome to Eggroll. The residents of Crazy Town are often busy making each other hungry, but can be so very supportive. I'm sorry you've had to get an advanced degree in breast cancer.
I'm a big canner of summer's bounty, too. Jams of all sorts every year. This year's favorite has been strawberry/rhubarb. I'm hoarding that batch. I sometimes make blueberry marmalade using frozen berries that come in the bags. I grow blueberries, but we eat those as fast as we pick them. I can never can enough apricot jam, also hoarded. This year did several batches of peach/pineapple. My daughters make lots of PB&J sandwiches for their kids so they get most of the jam, but I reserve some for gifts at Christmas.
Tomatoes. 8 plants of various varieties this year have kept me on my toes. My DD1 makes spaghetti sauce, salsa, and other such with my surplus tomatoes. Since she lives 5 hours from here, I core, skin, and freeze about 5 or 6 pounds every week and take them in an ice chest when we visit every 4 to 6 weeks. She has a pressure canner for the job. Current thinking is that water bath canning is not safe for tomatoes. See Dept of Ag advisories. My canning is the simple water bath for jams and pickles.
Fires. We have been living in a campfire for most of the summer. The air is so tick with smoke that the sun cannot shine thru. The daylight has a very spooky orange/brown cast and the smell of burning National Park trees is intense. Even down in the valley the Friday night high school football games had to be cancelled. It's just not safe to breathe outside. And fire season is no where near over. When the helicopters and other planes fly over, we just wonder if it is our turn this time.
Crazy Town topography. I just finished a quilt made up of colorful circles. Reminds me of the crazy life we live, going in circles and trying to not fall off. DGD will try to teach me how to post photo. Poor girl has a difficult student.
Thanks for sharing your stories here. Love the bones, shells, chocolate photos. Jan
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You guys, I think I just found a new lump on my prophylactic side under the scar next to my sternum. I just finished chemo 2 months ago! I'm half way done with radiation. Took a left turn out of Crazy town and am headed straight for the asylum! Is this something I should ask my RO about or do I need to wait for my MO? Sorry, freaking out more than a little..now back to your regularly scheduled programing...thanks for listening!
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Welcome egg roll, an appropriate name for CT forum. Vent away. Glad your PCP has an eye out for you. No fun with the waiting process so rant away.
Sula I meant to add your kitchen is lovely. You must have cancer of the taste buds with the aversion to chocolate.
All of those broths and canning recipes sound delicious and healthy. I am so glad to be past day 11 and restart the fresh vegetables and fruits. I have been stuffing my stress with carbs but will wean myself this week. (once I eat it all)
My DB and his gal pal went to Yosemite this weekend and the views were stunning but very hazy with smoke. I cannot imagine it is too easy to breathe. I hope to visit in the spring with them in NV.
Ducky, the pic of walk in my shoes is neat. Will try to add once I get home.
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Hi everybody, you have all been very busy making good things to eat! Welcome Eggroll, yeah, that was the first time I ever saw the word "speculated" too, on the ultrasound, it was my dark star. I am so glad your GP was watching your back! Good man! 7mm is good! I am betting that there is none in your nodes, that would be the greatest! If there are good margins, then why would they have to take anymore? Be careful, MRI's often show all kinds of crazy stuff that is not cancer. Maybe if you do one, and it is 'discordant' like your GP said, you could get a second opinion on the imaging. Unless there was more cancer, I wouldn't do a mastectomy until they find it about three times! I want to give it a place to come back too, besides my chest wall. Me and Bep have talked about that.
I just love how crazy town is growing! I couldn't stand it, and have gone to my man's sisters' little beach house in Ventura. It's hot and humid here too! But not as bad as home. There was some surf advisories, but, I went in! It was the first time I have actually SWAM in the ocean since diagnosis, ( I really have problems with my ca -side arm) And oh MAN, did it feel good! I was totally laughing, i pretty much always do, reveling in dancing with the ocean! Its so alive! We don't have to leave anytime soon, no pressing matters, so, Katy, please forgive, I haven't finished your project, or Blondie's either, (whom I wish would show up here), but I will look forward to finishing when I get home. My neighbor Carolyn always made Santa Rosa plum jam for all of the women of the 'hood, and we all encouraged her to sell it, it was that good! And so, she did! Look up 'Jam I am' and you will see what she can do. She's pretty funny, she is my age, and looks so 50's housewifey, I made a present to her of these great vintage aprons from my grandma, as she is the only one I know who wears them. I kept a couple for me, they are so thin and fragile, I want to frame them behind glass to hang in the kitchen. Okay, not to make anyone jealous, but, I'm gonna go hang at the beach for a bit before dinner, compliments of whole foods tonight, as I have been making dinner too much!
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Eggroll, God Bless You for having to have this crazy ride to your diagnosis. All I want to say is, I am 66 and had a skin sparing/nipple sparing double mastectomy last April. While it was no picnic, it was doable. I do not do well with narcotics and pain meds either. I tried a pain med for the first day but had such a bad reaction, I only took Tylenol. And, just do you know, my double mastectomy with expander placement was Out Patient! Yeah! 5 1/2 hour surgery, 3 hours in recovery and home. So, you CAN tough it out! It has not been easy...chemo was hard on me, but keep your eye on the other side of the tunnel! I am having exchanges surgery on September 25. Make good choices. You have many happy years ahead. This is just a crumby detour. Ask any questions!
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Littleblueflowers, that is some strong medicine you are on, it may be just swelling from the surgery itself. Maybe some of the fat there died, if it had it's blood supply cut? They call it fat necrosis, who knew fat was living?? But you can ask your doc.
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Littleblueflowers, Take a deep breath, check it out, but keep optimistic. Big hug to you!
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Thanks tomboy...I sure hope you are right! Two ativan and a whiskey say you are...
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Tomboy.. Very valid point about having a lumpectomy and leaving somewhere for the cancer to come back to other than the chest wall.. That thought often worries me in the middle of the night too.. I had DCIS as well as IDC..so had no option but to have a mascetomy.. Bugger.. Cancer sucks!! Enjoy the beach.. It's my favourite place to be.!
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Jen- don't worry but call both the RO and MO tomorrow. It is highly unlikely something has grown duribg your Tx. But best to get it checked.
Tomboy- enjoy the beach! Our project should be the last thing on your mind!
Welcome Eggroll!. Glad to gave you here, but so sorry why.
Tomboy and Lucy- it only occurred to me recently that having a BMX only made it harder for bc to come back in an easy place. It is so hard to know what you need to know when you need to know it!
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littleblueflowers, I just logged on quickly and saw your post. I found two lumps after chemo and surgery....right before I started rads. They did a core biopsy on one and it was B9 - they put a clip in there. The other one they did an US....as you can imagine, like you, I was pretty freaked out. Both turned out to be NOTHING. I just want you to know that lumps CAN pop up after surgery and treatment, and turn out to me nothing but fat necrosis, or just a change in landscape from surgery. I'm hoping that is the case for you. I would definitely tell your MO and the rest of your team. Big deep breaths!! Group hug for you!!!
I see we have a newbie here. I will come back later and give you a proper welcome. Dinner is calling my name!! BBL
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Littleblueflowers, You've gotten some great advice from the ladies here. There are so many reasons to end up with strange bumps and lumps. Hopefully when you talk to your doctors, you will get only good news.
Eggroll, Come here and share, vent, whatever you need to do. When you are first diagnosed, it is so scary. My first reaction was "cut them off! I don't want my boobs to kill me!" Then I calmed down, could think clearly and make better, informed decisions. I had DCIS, LCIS and IDC. All that was medically needed was a lumpectomy, but the BS would do Mx or BMx if that's what I wanted. I opted for a Lx and have no regrets. Regarding your needle scar: that should fade fairly quickly. What doctor performed your excisional biopsy? Was it the radiologist? A breast surgeon? And remember, you can always get second opinions.
Sula, Yes, it was the first time my 7th grader had viewed such graphic video of the 9/11 attacks. He was watching the History channel and it wasn't the usual 60 second clip that the news stations showed. It is an interesting assignment. The first few assignments in this class (history) have been designed to show the kids why history is important and how our lives are part of history. The first assignment was for the student to make an illustrated brochure about his/her life... a type of personal history. How what happened in their past helped make them who they are today. Fascinating assignments.
Some creep broke into our local animal shelter and killed some of the dogs, let others lose, maybe took other dogs because some are missing. Reportedly, the blood is spattered 3 feet off of the ground. I'm so upset. I had just been on the shelter website to view the dogs because I was looking for a new fur baby. One of the german shephards I was looking at is now dead because of this evil person.
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