January 2017 Surgery Group
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Happy birthday bevmomduck!!0 -
starting to get a little stressed about SNB .. In reading about it on definitions section here. It says some small tumors can be aggressive and some larger could be the opposite. So being a small IDC 3 mm could mean trouble??? Anyway, don't want to ruin anyone's Sat. Just starting overthink everything including waiting for pathology again and wondering if the worst is behind me or not! I was told I will need radiation after this .I have not ever met yet with the oncologist . I have scheduled an appt. but it will be after I heal up and all the reports are in . I suppose that us why I feel stressed. I am planning on radiation , but worried about any unkowns. This BC sucks and messes way too much with the mind! So many variables!
Happy Birthday Bevmomduck and Happy weekend to everyone and your furry cuties. 💗🌈🌴
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Loving all the fur-baby pictures! They are all so precious!!
Vargadoll: the white male is Enzo & the black female is Cella (pronounced Chella). He's the largest pug ever, I swear! (25 lbs & not overweight!) & she's a puppy but I doubt she'll get as big as him. She's 6 mos old & only 7.5 lbs by comparison! BFFs for sure....
Pyrrh: looks like Claire knocked herself out with all that chewing! Lol
Fightingirl: how adorable he is with that red bow...so dapper!
Shellybeans & Bevmomduck: I loved reading about your outings, having fun & get away from all this BC BS for a while! Happy Birthday Bevmomduck. A-boob: still laughing at that picture! Lolol...
Win-chimed: sending positive healing thoughts your way!
Happy Saturday everyone!
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thanks to everyone for sharing fur baby pictures- They all made me smile! Here are my two goons
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We all have such adorable furbabies!
Guess what girls....I made that call I was dreading!! DONE!! IT'S OVER! Of course I wasn't 100% honest. I didn't tell them it was BC. If needed that can come after surgery.
I feel like I have been set free! Now to tell my parents. That's not a big deal on the time line. I can tell them a few days before the surgery.
You ladies gave me power. All my strength to make that call came from here!
MUCH LOVE TO YOU ALL!
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yay Vargadoll! Good for you!!!!
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Good morning ladies. Here's my boy Trask. He has been by my side through this crazy scary journey. He knows something's up.
I love waking and reading everyone's posts.
We all sure have a circus of emotions flowing. Thank goodness we have each other and of course our fur babies to comfort us!
Xoxoxo
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Good for you Vargadoll . Anything liberating on this journey is a plus . Much love and hugs to you
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Hi all - just checking in on post op day #2. I had a weird reaction to the dilaudid they gave me in my IV the night of my surgery; very woozy, heart started racing BIG time (they had to call in the rapid response team to do an EKG on me). But, I was totally fine. Realistically I think I had a panic attack because I felt "weird". So, I have been trying to go easy on the pain meds. I took a Percocet yesterday at 4:30 pm and just have stuck with the Valium since. Which is helpful for me since I have a tendency to get panicky. So, all that to say, you all who are still waiting for surgery are going to do great!!
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Yay vargadoll!!0 -
dcis - I'm sorry about your reaction. I know panic all too well, and it's scary when your heart races like that. It might be worth meeting with someone like a psychiatrist if you haven't already. For me, a combination of medicine, mindfulness, and certain visualizations have been very helpful. There is this thing called cognitive behavioral therapy that is also great - you can buy workbooks on Amazon if you just want to go it alone. Hopefully, just a one-off from the stress of surgery and medicine, but if panic continues, there is treatment out there!!!
I love each and every floofy picture posted. I think we must have the cutest dogs around!!
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oh no DcisinAz,
Sorry you had a bad reaction . But very happy all is well now . Panic attacks are such a scary thing especially when they get out of control. Sometimes , I sweat and perspire uncontrollably when I get one. I do meditate ,and if necessary take a lorazapam to calm myself . But being in a hospital , already drugged up , I would probably not do the anxiety pill on top of it. Take good care and enjoy your weekend.
Love the pics of everyone's furbabies.
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These are my babies. I'm glad to see we are all thinking happy thoughts about real life again. That's how you know we are healing! All your pictures of animals made me laugh so much! I love them!0 -
here's my dog. I don't know why she didn't come through the first time0 -
DCISinAZ, goodness! That had to be frightening for you! I know it's so easier to say remain calm and actually carry it out. Hopefully you will have calm days ahead of you. The article on PTSD after a BC dx really got my attention. I know PTSD is real just never associated it with illness.Then again cancer is trauma right?
Keep the pet pictures coming. They all are adorable!
Annoyingboob -YES! The picture was excellent!
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My little boys Sacha and Stoli!
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I have lots of posts to go back and read. Sorry I have been abcent. I was hoping to have the surgery recovery that a lot of you have had but I had a really rough time. Only 4 days out but it feels like a million. I don't do well with medicines and my body through a fit. Down to just Tylenol and my body is much happier. I had my first night terror last night on Valium they gave me to sleep. I NEVER want to do that again and I never want to take oxycodone again. Nasty stuff. Hope everyone is doing
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Boy,do we have some good-looking pets! So darn cute! I'll try to get a good pic of my puppy-14 yrs old) later today.
DCISinAZ - sorry for the scare!
Vargadoll - Yay for weights being lifted off of your shoulder! I haven't really looked into the estrogen blocking drugs yet either, although my MO mentioned he would probably have me start during radiation. So many people have different reactions, I'm hesitant to read about all of the SEs in fear that I will cause them to happen.
Annoyingboob - Your pics are awesome! Always make me smile.
Dafne - I hope that you are able to get on the schedule ASAP. The waiting game is the worst! I hope that your help with the scans are able to improve diagnoses for future patients! Feel good about doing something positive! Try not to get down, just check off each day as it comes.
laastra - Glad everything went well! CLEAR NODES! Take it easy while you can.
3bears - I am so sorry about the expander issue. I have a feeling that I would have had issues if I had gone ahead with a BMX - just my luck. I wonder if my family name should actually be Murphy sometimes!
jinmo - "mutant uprising" is a perfect description -I'm glad you shared it (and tried to give credit). Of course, now that gives those X-man movies a completely different meaning. I laugh when I read all of the theories of how we managed to get cancer (Did you keep your phone in your bra? -NO, Do you eat sugar?-of course, etc.)
pyrrh - Watch out for those drawstrings! Isn't funny the weird ways we manage to hurt ourselves? Like when you see a bruise and you can for the life of you remember how you got it.
Win-chimed - what type of cancer do you have? Some of us (myself included) have already been down the chemo road and may be able to help out with some of your questions.
Becmomduck - I hope that you had a wonderful birthday! Sounds like you raised those daughters right. My kids have kept me sane through all of this. I love them more than they will ever know!
Elem - Try not to get stressed! (I know it's easy to say and harder to do). The aggressiveness really depends on the type of cancer (from what I understand). Mine was very aggressive, but we managed to kick it's a$$ anyway!!!
Cowboy-up - Sorry that you are having a rough time, but don't be hard on yourself! Our bodies all react differently. Glad that the Tylenol helps. I try to stay away from the Rx unless absolutely necessary.
I hope that everyone is staying away from the dark place. I've been lucky and managed to avoid it, but I know sometimes you find yourself starting down that fork in the road...That's what we are here for! Have a great weekend, don't overdo, hug your furry baby and have a bowl of Tillamook!
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congrats to all of the January surgeries so far. My reconstruction stage 2 was moved from January 26 to January 31st. I am so ready to get the next (hopefully last) surgery behind me. Rushing in to the first surgery was so much less concerning for me as I just wanted to get the cancer out of me. Now that this is ahead of me I am more nervous than having the bilateral mastectomy. Very strange. I am thinking of each of my sisters on this. Board as you go through each of your surgeries. Stay strong and be kind to yourselves. This will soon be behind us all. Hugs hugs hugs
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Cowboy-up - very sorry to hear that your recovery from surgery has been difficult. Dang! I pray you never have to go through that again. I've read that everyone reacts differently - you just don't know until you get there. Sending positive thoughts for much deserved relief from here on out. Hang in there
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Hello awesome ladies!
Just spent a few hours getting caught up on this group, when I was last on I think there were only 5 or so pages! 31 now! So nice to hear all your stories and not feel so alone. I was supposed to get my BMX w/recon end of January but I caught C. Diff. in the hospital when I had my hysterectomy early December and have been sick ever since. Ugh, I had it all through the holidays and then it got so bad I went to the ER and found out I had blood sepsis from the c. diff. Just got back from a week in the hospital. I'm still sick so don't know when I'll be able to get my surgery. Very frustrating. Feel like my whole life is on hold—gets my mind off the BC but not in a good way. I just want to get back on track with my BC recovery plan.
Love seeing all your furry babies, really filled my heart with joy! Still smiling. I'll have to post one of my baby soon.
Thanks for all the sharing, it helps so much to not feel alone in this process.
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LisbethS - wow you have been through a lot lately! I truly hope your journey changes course. I'm fairly new to this thread but am sure many will be thrilled you were able to post today! Sending positive prayers your way
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welcome back lisbeth! Sorry to hear it's been a rough road for you but I hope that things just start getting better and better everyday. It's not fun to feel like your life is on hold which we've all probably felt to some degree but you have been dealing with too much. Take care of yourself and keep us posted. ❤️
Cowboyup, I'm so sorry for you too but now that you're off the hard stuff, I hope recovery goes much more smoothly. You got this!
Mombytheriver, i can certainly understand you being ready for hopefully last surgery! I hope all goes well and we will be thinking of you.
Bevmomduck, happy birthday friend! It sounds like you have some amazing girls!
DCISinAZ, so scary. I am glad you are doing better now.
For myself, I think my little armpit seroma issue is getting better finally. Unfortunately, to take its place, my upper back is driving me crazy. I promise it's not from laying in bed too much yesterday!! Haha! It's been the last few days so perhaps just from stress? Don't know. I'm going to have to sweet talk the Mr for a massage tonight. I'll pull the cancer card if I have to. 😁
I hope you all are enjoying your weekend and I really enjoyed seeing all the fur babies!
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LisbethS you have been through a lot lately. Hope things start to resolve so that you can get on with your treatment.
Sorry your back is giving you grief Fightingirl. I have had stress back myself for the past couple of days . I believe it is brought on by tension from over thinking so many things that I am unsure about.
I too, am enjoying the pics of our furry partners. They are beautiful all of them .
DcisinAz hope you are doing ok . I had Ptsd after a thyroid lobectomy a couple of years ago . That is when I started ho get the anxiety /panic attacks . Luckily , it is more under control now. But nonetheless a scary feeling . At least now I know what it is and when I feel scared and anxious , I am able to do deep breathing and meditation to help bring myself into a calmer state. Take care of yourself .
Cowboyup , I hope you are feeling better and as time passes your , recovery will bring more relief.
I wish there was a way to stop thinking about this 24/7 . My husband and family are all supportive, but sometimes I just don't want to scare them by me being scared or stressed by the unknown . I just hope all systems will be clear after SNB and that I can move on quickly from this place. If it wasn't for the commeraderie we have here , I am not sure what my state of mind would be. I never feel alone when I come here, but I still get nervous with each step and phase of it.
Thanks Beachbabyk for the reassurance in your earlier post . Everyone with their input give me strength, faith and hope.
I feel like I am just rambling on here , so I will let you all off the hook! Thank you all for being my friend . It means the world to me to have this group .
Sleep well my friends and enjoy tomorrow.
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elem, we are right there with you! I totally get how you feel but we can and we will get through this crazy sh@#!! It's so much to process and personally I think it's almost harder as time goes on. Information and decision overload! Procedures and doctors...blah blah blah. Expect some bad times but remember it's going to be better! ❤️ We are so lucky to have eachother here.
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Thank You Fightingirl , I know you are right . We will get through and definitely see better days again. It is the roller coaster effects of this process that does seem harder as we go along . I was taking research a little slower as I did not want to overwhelm my fragile mind too quickly! But as I roll with these punches , I find myself confused and realize no two cases are alike and that the behavior of these mutant cells is quite variable. Therefore, I get frustrated and sometimes sad all over again. But you are right , we will get throughit and together we are strong . Thanks for your input always . All these women on here rock !
Now back to sleep for me😴😴😴
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My baby, nervous at the vet and in need of a trim.
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what a cutie! Have a great day
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annoyingb- the boob cake pic! 😂👍🏼 Thanks for the 🎉 lol
DCISInAZ and CowboyUp - lord have mercy, the meds! I had hallucinations that my skin was green and peeling off my body when I took oxycodone!! (Broken ankle) and will never do that again. I am looking into MM because it feels more natural and less chemical, that's is if I can be sure of no pesticides!
lisbeth - remember when ppl suggested the comedienne Tig Navarro? She also battled with c dif!
I'm still so disappointed to have to wait until med Feb for my BMX because I feel the lump so much. Sometimes it even burns. Maybe the burn is all in my head but everyonecan feel the lump. Aarrgh
Vargadoll - living life out in the open is so freeing! Thank goodness for small steps. I feel like it's harder to hide something big than to just be real, but that's what works for me.
So grateful for this support group who understands every thought, feeling and crazy reaction! Thank goodness for supportive family and furry friends! Love to all
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Oh my god, I step away from the site for two days, and there are 5 pages of posts to catch up on! But here I am at the bottom of page 31, caught up and lovng this group even more! First, LOVE THE FUR BABY POSTS!!! I've got three cats -- one love and two naughties -- I'll have to post pics asap.
So much to say in response to everyone's post, but its too much to write. Will just ay that I hope cowboy and the others who have had a rough row to hoe this weekend are feeling better... and that each piece of good news (CLEAN NODES!) made my heart jump...
I had the most affirming weekend while I was away -- w/out getting into politics, the march yesterday in DC was amazing. I've lived here nearly 30 years, and I've never been in such a large & packed crowd... and everyone was respectful, positive, loving and calm. It really felt like an enormous outpouring of love. I went with my college firend -- we haven't seen each other in 10 years, but you know how it goes... 5 minutes into the trip and it was like we hadn't missed a beat. She had breast cancer 6 years ago, dx when her twins were only 1 month old. She just came off her hormone treatment, and is healthy and happy... was so nice to be able to spend two full days just catching up, and having an experienced BC wizard at my side for perspective and guidance.
If nothing else, all the upheaval here in DC over the last few days has been a YUUUGE diversion from the upcoming BMX... I was definitly feeling the anxiety rising in a way that I didn't experience with last month's lumpectomy, so getting through three days of nonsense definitely helped to dial it back... surgery in two days, so now in prep mode. Feels a lot like the nesting of pregnancy!
No news yet on a boob party... but down to the last two days, so better schedule my girlfriends for happy hour! We did have a quick toast after the march, and truthfully, I'm os tired after a day of marching that it may have to suffice.
Other news: Feel like the cording in my arm is nearly resolved.... just in time for more surgery... hope I don't have that trouble again. Also, Cowboy, is medical marijuana a possibility? It made a huge difference for my with the post surgery cording and nerve pain -- only had it one time, but even my husband noticed a large change in the way I was carrying myself (and my mood... even days later).
XOXO... really do have love for you all and this group!
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