CRAZY TOWN WAITING ROOM - TESTS coming up? All Stages Welcome.

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  • proudtospin
    proudtospin Member Posts: 4,671
    edited August 2019

    yeap, pocket party!

  • readytorock
    readytorock Member Posts: 51
    edited August 2019

    I just got the all clear! September 2nd, I celebrate FIVE YEARS CANCER FREE!!!!!!!

  • beaverntx
    beaverntx Member Posts: 2,962
    edited August 2019

    YEA!!!


  • octogirl
    octogirl Member Posts: 2,434
    edited August 2019

    Wonderful news Ready!!!

  • Lucy55
    Lucy55 Member Posts: 2,703
    edited August 2019

    Ready...great news !!! We were diagnosed only a few days apart !

    I have my mastectomy booked in for September 16 th ..I will be happy to have it done ..but feel very nervous at the same time !!!!!

    Hugs to all

  • beep7bop
    beep7bop Member Posts: 45
    edited August 2019

    I am in crazy town tonight because they told me I can't have my reconstruction done in September. But I am having more surgery for another area of cancer.

  • Lucy55
    Lucy55 Member Posts: 2,703
    edited August 2019

    Beep 7..oh no ! So sorry this has happened to you . When do you have your next surgery ?

    Hmm..just thinking ..I forgot to ask my doctor if I should stop taking Tamoxifen before my surgery ..and he didn't mention it ..

    Hugs





  • chisandy
    chisandy Member Posts: 11,408
    edited August 2019

    Ready, great news! Beep7, so frustrating to have to wait for reconstruction. But it's a reminder that breast cancer doesn't make us immune to everything else.

  • proudtospin
    proudtospin Member Posts: 4,671
    edited August 2019

    ready, congrats, hoping you get to celebrate

    Well, ,met with new doc, urologist who my onc referred me too, i have for been dealing with bladder control issues for more years than i can remember and they have gotten worse

    So met with new guy, nice guy, told him my tale of woe, he is suggesting a pacemaker which is inserted in your butt! I knew someone years ago who did it although never really spoke to her after the proceedure. So reading up on it and seriously considering it

  • beaverntx
    beaverntx Member Posts: 2,962
    edited August 2019

    proudtospin, hmmmmm a pacemaker. Please keep us updated. My bladder issues are worse on Tamoxifen and my uro-gynecologist found no structural issues when she did a bladder check during surgery. Might be something I should consider...

  • octogirl
    octogirl Member Posts: 2,434
    edited August 2019

    Iris, glad you are looking in to the pacemaker thing...and in your pocket Lucy! Let us know how it goes!

    Octogirl

  • proudtospin
    proudtospin Member Posts: 4,671
    edited August 2019

    beaver.....my bladder issues are awful! I am reading up on the pacemaker thing and preping some questions. In the meantime, he suggested i use the otc Azo, i do believe it helps! Look into that if you have issues. My big question is will the thingie affect my thingie in my head that works on my hydrocephelus, have to check on that as

  • chisandy
    chisandy Member Posts: 11,408
    edited August 2019

    A pacemaker in the butt? I would love to see the look on the TSA screener's face when you tell her you have a pacemaker, and then the body scanner lights up your rump instead of chest!

  • proudtospin
    proudtospin Member Posts: 4,671
    edited August 2019

    gee sandy, never thought about that one! It has been around for years and my current issue means i am open to all, currently it is between botox and the pacemaker but leaning towards pacemaker, i do have some questions yet to ask before proceeding

  • m0mmyof3
    m0mmyof3 Member Posts: 9,757
    edited September 2019

    Routine scan coming up on Friday morning. My dog is still with us. My Grampa is still with us too at this point. Has his good days and bad ones. Hoping to get up to where he is soon to see him. Don’t want my last memory of him to be at his funeral.

  • Lucy55
    Lucy55 Member Posts: 2,703
    edited September 2019

    Mommy ..in your pocket for Friday !


  • m0mmyof3
    m0mmyof3 Member Posts: 9,757
    edited September 2019

    Thanks


  • Molly50
    Molly50 Member Posts: 3,008
    edited September 2019

    Hi everyone,

    duckyb, good to "see" you. Lucy, I will be in your pocket for your mastectomy. Are you doing reconstruction? Is this bilateral? iris, glad you blood work was good. Sorry about the urology issues. I found that atrophy causes mine. I also have a prolapsed bladder I am not interested in fixing. I am using a tiny bit of estrogen vaginally and have found a lot of help with a hemp balm to use down there as well. M0mmy, sorry about your doggie and your grampa not doing well. Di have a great time and happy anniversary. Beep7, so sorry about the bad news. Pull up a rocking chair and relax here in CT. I am hanging in there. Healthwise I am pretty good except for the tummy issues. We are very close to the one year anniversary of Wyatt passing. I can't believe it has been nearly a year since I looked into those soulful eyes. ScaredHave you all been reading the articles about tamoxifen and AI's putting cells to sleep while they possibly spread?

  • Lucy55
    Lucy55 Member Posts: 2,703
    edited September 2019

    Molly ..good to hear from you ..hard to believe nearly a year has passed..((hugs ))..I had just a single mastcetomy last time ..so having the other side done now to even things out ...I'm not having reconstruction ..just going to go flat ..and have some soft prosthesis ..I can change what size I want to be each day .!!.HaHa 🙄...Actually I am really nervous this time ! I just read the article on Tamoxifen and Al's...scary stuff !!!!


  • m0mmyof3
    m0mmyof3 Member Posts: 9,757
    edited September 2019

    Results from my CT Scan just came. Everything is good!

  • proudtospin
    proudtospin Member Posts: 4,671
    edited September 2019

    mommy....good for you for good test result

    Me my urologist has suggested a cysto....somthing ,,need to find out why my bladder is so messed up, feel better with a plan

    Hey,, hope all are safe from the storm

  • Lucy55
    Lucy55 Member Posts: 2,703
    edited September 2019

    Mommy ..yay for great results !

    Iris ..hope the urologist can sort the problem out for you ..and quickly !

    My surgery is getting very close ...next Monday ..I have been cooking and freezing lots of meals so Hubby doesn't have too much extra work when I come out of hospital.

    Hugs

  • m0mmyof3
    m0mmyof3 Member Posts: 9,757
    edited September 2019

    Thanks. Yesterday was not a good day in my house. My beloved 12 yr old Sheltie, Jackson, crossed the Rainbow Bridge.

  • beaverntx
    beaverntx Member Posts: 2,962
    edited September 2019

    So sorry, Mommy. The loss of a beloved pet truly hurts.

    Can identify, our 12 year old dachshund is currently our vet's mystery dog as he (the dog not the vet) is losing weight while eating and drinking more with totally normal blood work and ultrasound reports, with one exception -- an elevated value that indicates something is going on somewhere but is not specific as to where! We really already knew that so we just keep watching him.

    Take care of you and yours as you mourn your loss.

  • chisandy
    chisandy Member Posts: 11,408
    edited September 2019

    So sorry, M0mmy, for the loss of your faithful furbaby. It never gets easier how many pets we have over our lifetimes.

  • m0mmyof3
    m0mmyof3 Member Posts: 9,757
    edited September 2019

    Thanks gals. At least I can take comfort in his being reunited with his angel kitty brother Charcoal and he is at peace.

  • proudtospin
    proudtospin Member Posts: 4,671
    edited September 2019

    ladies, sorry for folks with aging pets, my cat Sasha went to the great beyond a number of years ago. He had a thyroid issue and would eat like a little piggy and drink like a fish but got skinnier as he aged. Vet used to give him thyroid pills, i forget the name but it was a people med. I used to hide the little pill in his food but he used to eat around the pill or play with it on the kitchen floor! We argued about those pills but he lived till about 18 and was on the pill for at least 6 years. Since i am alergic to the cat hair, i never got another cat though would like one.

    Back from early morning dentist visit, tired! Do have a manicure visit this afternoon but seriously thinking about a short nap!

  • di2012
    di2012 Member Posts: 871
    edited September 2019

    Mommy so sorry for your loss...

    I Iost one of my Boston terriers in late July...he was days short of 14 years old...Drummer was a good boy....

    He was in my first litter of Bostons...when they were born I was suctioning, rubbing & reviving him, his brother, and sister as my vet finished the C-section of his mother, which I owned.

  • di2012
    di2012 Member Posts: 871
    edited September 2019

    I am recovering from steroid injections in my lower spine in my ortho doc's operating room....did not sleep much last night, painful could not get comfortable ....drank 6 bottles of water today....and still have red rosey Santa cheeks today...this shall pass as this is not the first time for this....and now I feel I am getting a UTI...ugg!

    Di

  • m0mmyof3
    m0mmyof3 Member Posts: 9,757
    edited September 2019

    Thanks gals for your kind words.