TRIPLE POSITIVE GROUP

Nicky,

I am SO happy to hear from you. I have been thinking about you and praying for you!! Please keep us all posted.

On the MRI subject, my onc has asked me if I want scans at my upcoming 5 year mark. Part of me does and part of me doesn't. I don't want the radiation of a ct/pet but an MRI....hmmm.

I have noticed the studies that show an uptick in recurrence in triple positives at the 5-6 year mark. UGH!!! SCARY!!! I am renewing my commitment to living healthy - cleaning up the diet and lacing up the sneakers a bit more. It's probably time to fish through my supplement shelf. I go through phases and forget to take something when it works it way to the back of the cabinet. Sometimes I forget why I am taking it all together. My naturopath said to just shove it all in a box and bring it into him I just may do that!

I put some new blueberry bushes in that were graciously given to me by an organic gardener who grew them from seed. I didn't realize that pesticides could be systemic.  I had intended on buying some stuff from the nursery to get some tomatoes and basil this summer. I tend to kill almost anything I start from seed. In the winter I grow parsley -it's so easy, its like a weed. We make tabouli about once a week and I throw it in smoothies. Oh, and mint. LOL. I am good at growing mint. Stop on by and take home a truckload. It's ridiculously invasive.

The vast majority of GMO plants for agriculture do not have systemic pesticide engineered in, rather they are modified to withstand a larger dosing of pesticide that kills weeds but not the crop.  If you buy non-GMO certified plants, or organic seeds/plants, you should not have a problem.  Consumer awareness has spurred demand for more non-GMO options, so these should not be hard to find.  GMO seeds/plants are prohibitively expensive so it is fairly unlikely that you will find GMO plants in places like Home Depot/Lowe's/Walmart garden centers.  Most GMO is used in commercial agriculture, here is some info:

http://www.nongmoproject.org/learn-more/what-is-gmo/

rozem - had implants removed, new allograft mesh installed, pocket work, implants put back. I have a couple of areas of skin defect that I am worried about right now - applying Silvadene, taking antibiotics, and staying very still. Things look great, PS does not seem overly worried, but I'm nervous. I feel fine and am off pain meds, just keeping my fingers crossed.

Eileen - thanks, other than fat-grafting I won't do any more revisions, my skin is just too fragile.

Specualk. I am praying those spots go away fast and you heal well. 

Thanks everyone!  I was reassured by my post-op visit to the PS yesterday - he did not seem concerned although he tried to put Neosporin on it first - doc, I'm allergic to that!  Then wanted to put on a Band-Aid - doc, I'm allergic to adhesive!  By the end we agreed that I need a bubble to live in!  Silvadene has worked well for me in the past so I now have a vat of it.

rozem - fwiw - fat-grafting was the easiest of my surgeries - you aren't really under the knife, it is a super teeny knife!  You do have that hit-by-a-truck feeling for a few days and also have to deal with 24/7 compression for a number of weeks, but it made such a huge different in the aesthetic for me that I felt it was the best thing I did in the whole process.

Also why give bone scans if mris will suffice?   There must be something different in what they pick up,  no?

SpecialK U sound good and I hope u'r even feeling better just don't move, well u can use the computer and remote.

Nicky I'm so glad to hear from u, but sorry all didn't work as planned sending (((PRAYERS))) for u and hoping too the next surgery does the trick.

And I don't garden so no tips.

Oh AWESOME about the organic seedlings ---I will see if I can find some. Sadly most of the gardening centers near me closed.

Lago, I think this is the study my onc showed me. Although I am not entirely sure. And I also gained 5 pounds in 6 months so he could have been trying to reign me in by scaring me. It worked...like we need provocation to be even more scared with bc. I personally would like to see a straight line to the bottom of the graph at the 1 year mark, lol. It's about hormone positive recurrence, not necessarily her2. I see him in a few weeks. I will see what it was that lit a fire under me.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3787911/

GOOD LUCK Special K!! Fingers crossed for you!

Cyher - I agree completely. I would prefer an MRI. My center has this new open type machine with BEATS headphones. You can choose an mp3 of music specially prepared for the occasion. I chose Classic Rock and WOW, did time fly.

cypher I think they do cat or pet then MRI. Cat being the cheapest of the 3, MRI being the most expensive. But as you go up they show more detail. It's just insurance won't always pay for MRI out of the gate.

SpecialK you are "special" I'll see if I can google you a bubble home. You will get through this.'

Geewhiz. THanks will read the study.

Had Mri waiting for results! Increase Dentisy thoracic spine 5 places so needed MRI& yes Im so scared but nothing I can do

lago - I would like to be a little less "special" right now, lol! Thanks for bubble shopping for me. That would be a great inside joke Halloween costume!

lol!!!! It's me!!!

ashla - thanks!  I'm doing ok - just praying that I don't lose the left implant after all this time, and doing the 20/20 hindsight thing like I should have just lived with the problems instead of trying to correct them.

dance - thanks, you know that is what I am doing!!!  Trying to appreciate how good it all looks and eat mass quantities of protein and willing the spots to heal!