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Hello Ladies, I was just diagnosed this week, so my head is still kinda spinning at how rapidly things are changing in my life. Im new to all of this and trying to learn as much as I can. I am a lover of Jesus and have complete peace that He has me!! I'd love to connect. I am 50 and just had my first granddaughter 3wks ago 💕
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tw4444,
Welcome to the group, though it’s one non of us ever expected or wanted to be a part of. I was diagnosed in April; lumpectomy, 4 weeks of radiation followed by Letrozole and Kisqali. I’m on hold on the Kisqali after one course because of chest pain and irregular heartbeat. I see the cardiologist next week and we’ll see where it goes from there.
My faith and my family have gotten me through this. I’m in God’s hands. This group has also been a Godsend. 🙏
Congratulations on your new granddaughter. I have 3 - age 8, 2 and 1 🤗
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@tw4444 tw4444 Welcome to our group and congratulations on the birth of your grandchild. I have four - ages 12, 11, 9 and 7. I was diagnosed stage IV from the beginning, de novo, in May 2016 so I have been walking this path for 10 1/2 years. It is different for each of us. Through all that time God has sent me many blessings and His presence gets me through. Please feel free to ask any questions, or rant and rave any emotions. We support each other here.
Blessings
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TW4444 Welcome to this thread. I have found that so much of my life has been dealing with great things and difficult things all at the same time. Your situation seems to fall into that category. The Lord will get through this. He will be right by your side as you speak to your oncologist, your surgeon, during your treatments and during your flucuating emotions. He will be right by your side when you are able to spend time with your precious granddaughter.
We have a wonderful community here of sharing hard things, being open about our emotions when dealing with cancer and lifting up each other and praying for one another. We love to answer questions and BCO in general is a great resource for all thing breast cancer related.
Love,
Nancy
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I received the results from today's PET scan.The wording is:
1. Favorable treatment response with similar to slightly decreased metabolic activity of osseous metastatic disease.
2. Unchanged hepatic metastatic disease.
3. No new metastatic disease.So that means the chemo is working to keep me stable and/or with slight improvement to my bone mets, no change to the liver, and nothing new. The rest of the organs all look normal. I was thinking of stopping the chemo but now I will keep it. Apparently God isn't finished with me yet.
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Chris, that is good news!!!!! I am glad I saw this tonight. I definitely believe God is not finished with you. How are you feeling after your chemo on Tuesday?
I finally gave in and went to urgent care today. Remind me to NOT go on a Monday in the future if possible. I have not felt well for over a month and I just kept going because I just wasn't sure if it could be allergies but this is not my usual response to allergies. I do have an ear infection and I think he said sinus infection as well which I was fully expecting since I was not getting any better. So I am on antibiotics nowr and I hope they work fast. I have a busy next coupld of weeks with quite a few doctor apt, my neck procedure and dentist. This same doctor always refers me to an ENT and then I get my own apt and since I don't make it through MyChart it stays on my record which appears as if I am ignoring his referral. I did express my disappointment that it takes me so long to get into an ENT that by the time I finally get in my symptoms are gone. I was diagnosed last year with a Eustachian tube malfuction. I know Medicare will not approve a simple treatment which I believe would solve my problem unless an ENT could see it at the time I am there. I have had so much problem over the last few years that I may do some compiling of evidence of recurring ear infections and then present this to my ENT and see if he could use this to prove to Medicare that a procedure is medically necessary.
I hope everyone is doing okay.
Love,
Nancy
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Nancy, I am sorry to hear you still are not feeling well and that you have been ill for a long time, but your documentation solution sounds like it will work. It is difficult enough battling everything else but having to battle the insurance companies is just wrong.
I have my next chemo infusion tomorrow. It has taken me all week to feel better this time, and having to be on a no-carb diet yesterday before the PET scan this morning sure made everything tougher. But I made it. I know I eat too many carbs, but it seems that on days I have to limit them I struggle because I drink milk and eat yogurt. I think it is all in my head! I know I will be fine tomorrow and Wednesday, and I have an oncology doctor appointment Thursday and usually squeek by before the side effects start to hit Thursday night. Since the chemo is working I shall continue…
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Chris - Praise the Lord for a good report, we are continuing in prayer for you feeling better and less side effects.
Nancy - praying that you are soon on the mend and so sorry that you haven't been feeling well for quite some time.
tw4444 - welcome to this thread, we will be praying for you as the Lord walks beside you all the way! How exciting to have a little granddaughter, she will bring much joy.
l1ttlec - praying for your cardiologist appointment and that those issues may be resolved.
teka - praying that you are doing well.
Hershey - praying that your dental work is nearing completion and going well, also for Pastor John.
I was able to get in right away with the broken tooth and get a temporary crown and then the permanent one last week. I did get another UTI last week and took an antibiotic called levaquin for 3 days, however it caused tendon pain which is one of the side effect warnings that can be permanent in older people. So I'm praying that is not the case here. I don't quite understand how I seem to come up with these UTI's frequently in the last 2 years. My nurse friends sister went back home for a couple weeks and will be back by time I leave for AZ the end of October for a week. My nurse friend deals with a lot of abdominal pain off and on and no one has yet found a solution. We are having some beautiful fall weather here this week and wish it could stay for awhile.
Praying for all of you,
Love, Wheatfields
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Chris - so thankful for a good report for you. Praying you can get through the next chemo without too much trouble. I’m glad you’re continuing with the chemo, too.
Nancy - praying that you start feeling better soon. That’s a long time to be feeling sick.
Wheatfields - I hope the tendon pain resolves itself. It seems like the SE of medications anymore are as bad as what you take them for.
We got our flu/Covid shots on Thursday and I had my usual bad reaction starting Thursday night into Sunday. I think it has to be from the Covid because we’ve gotten the flu shots for years and I never had any reaction to them. Yesterday we finally had the follow up for my husband’s PET scan. She said there was no significant uptake of the solution anywhere, including the nodule itself. She’s encouraged by that, but he’s to have another follow up CT in January. If it has increased in size again then they’ll biopsy. So thankful for good PET scan results.🙏
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Sent too soon. 🙄 I took the dogs to daycare early this morning and then got on a roll when I got home and couldn’t stop. We didn’t have any appointments and I didn’t have my granddaughter so I just kept working on things that I haven’t been able to get too. Browned ground beef for lasagna and made a meat loaf to freeze, cleaned my oven, washed a rug and then shower curtains, cleaned the small bathroom and scrubbed both tub and shower. My husband sprayed weed killer below our fence line. We try to keep the woods/brush cut back at least 6 feet below the fence so things don’t start growing over. I have a feeling neither of us will be able to move tomorrow! There’s still so much I want to accomplish.
Praying for everyone! Take care
Love, Cheryl
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Chris, I hope you are getting out of feeling the SE's and are starting to feel better now.
Wheatfields, I'm glad you were able to get your dental work done. I bet you and Hershey could compare notes on that whole procedural ordeal. I have been on that antibiotic I am pretty sure before but it has probably been a long time ago. . I used to react to so many different antibiotics. I also went through a period of having many UTI's and I remember my doctor at that time saying if you have one more we are going to have to do some extensive testing. Maybe that scared me to the point I didn't have any after that warning. There was never any real explanation why it all happened but I will be praying that you can get some relief with hopefully a new med that you will be able to tolerate. I continue to pray for you and your nurse friend. I know she has sure had her share of issues these last couple of years. I hope you will be feeling 100% before you go visit your sister again. We too have had some really great weather for October. Some days you would swear it was the middle of summer.
Cheryl, I'm glad your husband's PET scan didn't show anything. That is great news, I hope the follow up CT in January will only be for precaution and hopefully no more growth. I got my flu shot last Thursday. If I had known then that I had an ear and sinus infection I would not have gotten it. I had convinced myself that maybe it was only allergies. Hopefully my flu shot was not wasted. I am waiting until Nov to get my Covid shot. I am actually convinced that I had Covid in May through June of this year. I was so very sick and I lost my sense of smell for quite a long time and had a cough that took forever to get rid of.
Boy I wish I had your energy. This illness has really caused me a lot of fatigue and I have had very little energy to do much of anything by the time evening comes. I try to eat healthy and I do many good things but this whole month I have had carry out almost every single night because my get up and go has got up and left!!!!
Even on a good day I would not be able to do all the things you mentioned. Yes, you both may be sore tomorrow if you are like I am.
In the midst of not feeling well I had so many hours of work I had to do with a time limit hanging over my head that I didn't realize was going to happen until it was too late. I got all the landscaping bids for my HOA had many walk throughs of our neighborhood and God worked what I would call a miracle for us. I was able to get the numbers into our financial person so she could get the budget to our homeowners in the nick of time. I am now walking the neighborhood every Wed with our new account manager who saved the day for us. I have many doctor apts and dentist app and I have my fourth botox injections for cervical dystonia on Monday. It seems like everything got crammed into a two and a half week period. I do appreciate everyones prayers. It seems like this year has not been a stellar year for good health but it has been a year of so many blessings which outweigh the other stuff. God is good.
Hershey I hope you are doing okay. I bet you are enjoying some cooler weather now.
Teka, I bet you might be taking a break to enjoy the fall season while you can. We miss you when you are not posting. Your cheery little cartoon like posts we all enjoy.
TW4444, I hope you have been able to start planning out your next steps after your shock of a bc diagnosis. All of us have been through this and understand just how challenging it can be. I have always believed that once you have a plan in place and know when things are going to happen it seems to become a bit more managable when you feel like you have some control over things. Of course we know that God is in control of our lives and every single aspect of it and He will guide you every step of the way and be there to comfort you and cheer you on and give you the strength you will need for every step of the journey. We will be there to lift you up and prayer for you as well.
Have a good rest of the week dear sisters.
Love,
Nancy
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Hi Everyone! My name is Jen and I was diagnosed in March of this year. I have enjoyed reading so many comments from all of you ladies who love the Lord and have trusted Him through this journey. I saw that someone (I can't remember who - I have enjoyed reading lots of comments) say that she feels peace knowing that God has her through this and I feel the same way! I have Inflammatory breast cancer. Does anyone else on here have that specific type? I think it's pretty rare. I am doing well, having gone through chemo, surgery, and now radiation plus targeted therapy. I also loved reading where one of you ladies likes to have a God moment each day. I love that! I am reading through the Bible this year with a course called "The Bible Recap" and it has been wonderful. I hope to find some ladies to chat with and ask questions of, etc…, as I have many wonderful Christian friends, but not many who have gone through what I am going through. Thank you for this!!
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@jlo0806 Hi Jen. Welcome to this forum that no one wants to belong to! You are welcome to chat with me and ask as many questions as you like. I do not have your specific diagnosis, but I am sure there are many questions I can help you navigate through since I have was diagnosed 10 1/2 years ago. God has been my constant companion. I often pray, quote scripture and sing songs when lying on scan tables or going thorugh procedures (all in my head of course) and it really helps keep me calm and passes time. I am an avid Bible reader too and since I rarely leave the house, have plenty of time to chat. You can private message me if you don't want to make something private or want a long post that is not BC related. Most of the ladies on this thread may also want to join in any discussion. Yesterday God placed me next to a lady in the waiting sitting alone who was in the process of being diagnosed and we had a lovely chat. That and prayer are my ministries now.
Blessings, Chris
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Hi Jen,
We would all prefer that we met for other reasons but we all came here for the same thing. Welcome to our Christian community. I have been on here since 2014 and I do think there was one woman who had imflammatory breast cancer but that was a long time ago. I don't believe any of the ladies active now on this thread have it but you might do a search on the BCO website and find out if there are any posts regarding your type of cancer. When my church got a new Pastor right during Covid he was such a big proponent of reading through the Bible. I had read through it a couple of times and would always read devotionals but now I read every day and this will be my 5 or 6th year of reading through the whole Bible. I drink my breakfast smoothie and read my Bible every day. I use an app called You Version. Initially the whole church was reading the same thing but this year there was a menu of options. I decided to try the chronological Bible for the first time as it was always difficult for me to place people in their certain places in history. I will have to say that it was tough going. I am now in the New Testament. I am not sure why my profile is not showing up but I am from Naperville, a suburb of Chicago. You sound like a warrior who has overcome some very difficult things lately. We are here to pray for you and support you. We have a lot of smart and well informed ladies here so if you ask a question someone will either know the answer or point you to where to find answers. I looked up your type of cancer just so I could better understand it myself. Keep hanging on to Jesus.
Love,
Nancy
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Nancy, good afternoon. How are you feeling?
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HI Chris,
Wednesday, after walking the neighborhood with our new account manager for landscaping we came back to my place and made it official by us both signing the contract. My body just totally had a meltdown of fatigue and feeling awful the next day. Thankfully I just had to get groceries and then came home and slept for over 2 hrs. My good friend from church and my friend who enjoys classical music as I do had got tickets for us for a concert tonight We planned this weeks ago. I have laid around all day so I could feel like going to the concert tonight. I would have of course preferred it not be tonight but the tickets were already purchased.
I am not contagious but have just felt unwell for over a month. Now that I am on antibiotics again hopefully I will start to notice a difference. This doctor I have seen often at this urgent care insists on me following up with an ENT. I followed their protocol and was able to get into this new ENT I went to last year. At that time I had to wait so long to get in I was well by the time I saw him. This time I will see him on November 18. I want to make the case with him that I NEED this eustashian tube procedure and I don't know if he will ever see me at the moment when I am sick. I have my botox treatment on Monday for my cervical dystonia, my oncologist on Thursday the 29th and my dentist on Friday the 30th. My pcp the following week. Not a great time to be sick.
I am praying that this antibiotic will do it's job. I am on a 10 day course so hopefully this will work. Thank you for asking.
How are YOU feeling? Did you ever get to discuss the almost passing out again with any of your doctors? Have you been able to ditch the leg brace now?
I hope everyone has a good weekend. It has been a beautiful last few days and the leaves are finally turning. Yesterday was a tense time. I had gotten out of the bathtub and was working on my computer at the back of my house. I got a call from another board member who was asking me about all the commotion. I didn't know what she was talking about. I looked out my front window and there were three ambulances and a firetruck on the side of my house and across the street. I saw them take a stretcher out of one of the ambulances. I was sure it was my neighbor directly across the street. Long story short she had texted me asking if I was okay and I was doing the same to her. We never did figure out what in the world was going on but I was so upset thinking it was her that I had a hard time shakinig off that feeling. I knew she had a precious little dog that would be so scared but thankfully neighter one of us had any emergency. She said there was a tow truck maybe hauling one of the ambulances away. So strange.
Love,
Nancy
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Hi Nancy. I am so glad you were finally able to sign up a Landscaper. I know this must be a relief! I am sorry you are still feeling sick and hope you can get into the ENT and get things straightened out. The more I am forced to deal with all this medical stuff the more I understand about my parents when they were both so ill with cancer at the end of their lives (they died four months apart.) I didn't live close so that didn't help me understand and I wasn't dxd yet to know much.
My leg is all healed and I didn't even need PT. My doctors mostly believe my passing out was from straining with constipation and it was a vasovago syncope thing. In other words, sudden low BP and/or heart rate. At least I hope it is that simple. I have had scans and a holter monitor and my heart and brain seem to be healthy. My only problem there is my pulse always runs fast which adds to my fatigue. They can't find a reason. We are working hard to correct the constipation problem.
It sounds like you have a busy week coming up. My sister arrives the 29th for a short visit and I am so excited. We plan on doing nothing other than giving out candy on Halloween! My DH bought an outside heater so we can sit on the deck, drink coffee, and solve all the world's problems…well, just to chat. She is coming at a good time inbetween treatments and appointments so hopefully we can just relax. Our weather is predicted to be nice, in the low to mid 60s, with no rain or snow predicted. The best time to come.
I hope you enjoyed your concert tonight.
Love, Chris
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A very belated welcome to TW4444 and Jen! I'm glad you both found our little group. Please post as much or as little as you wish. We are here for support, encouragement, and prayer.
Nancy, I do hope the antibiotics are addressing the ear and sinus infections. You are such a trooper, fulfilling all your HOA duties while not feeling 100%. Walking the neighborhood with contractors was a big commitment and accomplishment. I'm thankful contracts are signed, sealed and delivered and you can now focus on other matters.
Chris and Cheryl, I'm glad that the PET scans brought some good news. Chris, you must be getting very excited about your sister's visit. Handing out Halloween treats together sounds like good fun.
Wheatfields, you are a wonderful sister. Your sister's disease may prevent her expressing appreciation, but no doubt she is grateful for your visits and regular phone calls. I pray your trip to Arizona is safe and your visit is peaceful.
Teka, you may be away on a new adventure. Praying for safe travels and good cheer.
United Healthcare will no longer be offered in our area beginning January 1, so we're shopping for a new 2027 Medicare plan. Choices for 2027 plans are limited here. So far we're leaning toward a Humana plan. Does anyone here currently have Humana? I'd really appreciate hearing your experiences with this company.
This scripture was included in one of my daily devotions today. It lifted my spirit. I hope it lifts yours as well.
LORD, You are my God;
I will exalt You and praise Your name,
for in perfect faithfulness
You have done wonderful things,
things planned long ago.
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Chris and Hershey, I wrote both of you very long posts and they have disappeared. I am so sorry. I will post maybe tomorrow.
Love,
Nancy
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I'm back……hersheykiss - Nancy - Chris - wheatfields - l1ttlec - tw4444 - jlo0806
hersheykiss,
Yes, the scripture lifted my spirits. 😊
No new adventure.
I planned to take a time out from posting on the threads until November 18th.
However, lurking on the threads drew me back to posting on the threads.
Nancy,
I didn't remember you considering a Eustachian tube procedure.
I read prior posts and found…you were diagnosed last year with a Eustachian tube malfunction.
Good seeing ENT on November 18th.
I now do daily sinus‑relief exercises along with daily prescription Fluticasone Propionate Nasal Spray USP.
My left ear feels better when doing the daily sinus-relief exercises. 🤗
Chris,
A fun time with sister on Halloween. 🎃
wheatfields,
I'm feeling okay! 😉
l1ttlec,
Were you able to move the next day? 😯
tw4444 and jlo0806,
Pleased you joined the thread. 😍
In my prayers one and all. 🙏
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Hi everyone,
I have a bit of an emergency. I am going back to urgent care this afternoon. I don't believe the antibiotics have knocked anything out yet and I am nearing the end of a 10 day course.
I woke up yesterday morning with what looked like a black eye. I have a blood blister right under my eye and it looks worse today.
I have been have some concern about my surgery breast. I thought I felt fluid in it a few days ago. I had to have a seroma drained immediately after my surgery in 2014.. Yesterday it became quite painful. I see my oncologist on Thursday. That is my annual….good timing.
I had my botox injections yesterday in my neck. Not fun this around so I couldn't do anything yesterday about these other issues. This neurologist is very hard to get into so I would probably have had to wait until Jan and I sure didn't want to do that.
So I hope I get a good doctor today as there are many issues to address.
I will have to write later. Sorry I didn't get to do that sooner when I lost my post.
Teka I have considered this eustachian tube procedure for a long time. Convincing Medicare and my ENT that it is medically necessary I have to somehow retrieve many past records showing repeated sinus and ear infections. I am not sure how far back my medical records go and I have almost no history other than last year's initial visit with my upcoming ENT for his own records even though he can access my chart. I had sinus surgery in the 90's and I remember my ENT at that time said I would probably be a candidate for ear tubes. Knowing what I know now I doubt if that would solve the problem. My eustachian tube doesn't open and close like it is supposed to from my understanding. Therefore fluid gets trapped in the middle ear and causes an infection which maybe then travels to the sinuses. Not sure about that later part. Well I have to run. My apt is out of town and coming soon.
Hershey, I was mentioning SHIP to you. You will have to look it up as I only had the specifics as I was posting (the one that vanished). For those many people that their medicare advantage plan got canceled you can call SHIP and you would be able to get a Medigap extra insurance with no questions asked. Sorry all that info was in my phone and is now gone. I'm really sorry to hear you have to go through all of that again. I know how much time you spent finding United Healthcare. My Mom was on Humana Part D and I think we were all satisfied with that. My sister and I took care of her financial affairs. Drug pricing as we all know can be erratic.
Chris, so glad your sister is coming soon. I hope you are feeling good so you can enjoy her company.
Love,
Nancy
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Nancy, was the urgent care able to help you? I am real concerned as you have been sick with ENT stuff for a long while.
Hershey, As far as insurance, I am on Aetna for Medicare and Humana for Part D. We have to pay a bit but in the long run it is good as we don't have any co-pays other than prescriptions, but they are low. I pay nothing for my chemo or oxygen. It is important that you get the correct medicare plan for your state and area. My suggestion is to use a medicare broker. The legal ones are ALWAYS FREE so don't let someone make you pay. I did mine over emails. I used "Boomer Benefits" and they were/are wonderful. Just contact them (boomerbenefits.com) and they will put you in contact with the correct one for your area. I think they are out of Texas, but that's okay.
I am afraid I may have another UTI brewing as I am extremely fatigued and have other SEs, so it looks like I may need urgent care tomorrow for a UA. Other than that I am doing pretty good. My PA suggested I try smooth tea and it worked. I only had to drink it one night, and now I am back to my daily colace and it all works. I will drink it again when I need it. It actually tastes pretty good. Of course I am doing all the other things too.
Love, Chris
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Chris, I am so sorry to hear you may have another UTI. I am glad to hear your smooth tea worked. I have never heard of that but glad it worked.
I was hoping I would get the same doctor I had last week at urgent care but I got a PA I have had one time before. She put me on a Prednisone pack after I finish my 10 day course of antibiotics. I will finish that med on Thursday morning and then I start the Prednisone. She took a picture of my eye and my arm. I showed her my forearm which had a similar blood blister as I call it. I get them on my arm periodically but have never had one while at the doctor's office. She recommended I see my dermatologist. She is very hard to get into so by the time she sees me unless another one of these "things" appear I am not sure what she will do but I have needed to have a full body check anyway so will make an apt. The nurse tested my eyes with an eye chart so I guess I must have passed that. I just saw my eye doctor last month. The breast issue is my biggest concern and the PA said she knew nothing about breasts. I told her I was to see my oncologist for my annual visit on Thursday. She said I could have you do an ultrasound today but she said your MO may want you to do an MRI. I have a feeling my bc surgeon will be seeing me in the near future but today I was not having the shooting pain that I was yesterday. I know the botox injections in my neck can cause a whole array of SE's but I doubt if breast pain was among them. I was having issues several days before my botox injections anyway. So I am up in the air on the big issue until my MO weighs in. I am supposed to have fasting blood work done tomorrow for my pcp. I see the dentist on Friday so that will mean I have seen some type of doctor every single day this week. No wonder I am ready for another vacation!!!!!
After my botox injections in my neck I just had to take a photo of these pretty mums at the entrace to the clinic.
Love,
Nancy
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Nothing much to say but just that I’m praying for all of your specific issues. Take care, all.
Love,
Cheryl
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Jen, welcome to this thread, we will be praying for you and so glad you found us.
Nancy, I am so sorry to hear you haven't been feeling well and just praying that all these concerns can be resolved quickly. So glad you were able to get in to urgent care and pray that the new course of prednisone will work well. Thank you also for that beautiful picture of the mums. Tell me about your breakfast smoothie some day :) sounds good.
Chris, glad to hear your leg is healed and pray that you are feeling well and enjoy your sister. Also, glad you found a remedy in smooth tea. Praying that this isn't a UTI and it would disappear.
Hershey, I have had Humana for Part D for a couple years and have been pleased, although I have a short list of prescriptions and nothing major fortunately.
I'm leaving this weekend for AZ for a week, and my nurse friend's sister is returning from TN Thursday. I got over the UTI but had a reaction to the antibiotic, which for me is par for the course but not good as I have a very long list of allergic reactions. I may have to return to PT about my lower legs especially the right one give me trouble when trying to stand longer than a few minutes at a time. That may be part of the reaction to the last antibiotic, not sure yet.
Praying for each of you.
Love, Wheatfields
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Cheryl, were you able to move after you did all that work that day?? 😊
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Cheryl, thanks for your prayers. I take no news to be good news. Are you having this beautiful weather like we are. We have people whose spring plants are coming alive again. They are probably so confused or will be when winter hits!
Wheatfields, I am glad your UTI went away. I have a lot of reactions to meds too so when the PA at urgent care talked about a different antibiotic I was thinking NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. Then she mentioned the Predisone pack and I said I have tolerated that. She wants me to start that after I finish my antibiotic which will be tomorrow morning. I am having blood work done today and I hope this med that is already in my system won't skew the results. I messaged my pcp's office about that last week and they said go ahead and have it done. I am glad you will get to visit your sister very soon. Have you had an MRI of your back which would affect your legs? I was prepared to bring that up to my pcp next week but right now I have all of these other issues that have cropped up I am not sure if I will do that. I know that must be very disappointing with all the PT you have done and all the walking you do.
I would be glad to share my breakfast smoothie with you but the odds of you being able to duplicate it exactly may be slim. I did this weight loss program five years ago or so with Forum Health which has an office near me. In fact when my holistic doctor died a few years ago Forum Health took over his office. I have never actually gone there to see a doctor but when I was on this diet program we bought their protein powder which I have continued to use all of these years later. It is quite expensive but I use that with fresh organic spinach, frozen organic mixed berries of strawberries, blueberries and raspberries, I started using Dr. Gundry's MCT formula which I do like ( fairly expensive) and mix it all up with almond milk in my Nutribullet which I could not live without one. I drink that every morning and it really sustains me for a long time with the protein. When I was on this diet it was lead by a panel of doctors and one of them said on one of our zoom sessions that there was so many different vitamins in this protein powder that it could replace your daily vitamins. I get all the veggies and berries at Whole Foods.
I liked those mums too. I'm glad you enjoyed them too. You know how your phone can take one of your pictures and redo it. They did that with mine and when I see it on my monitor it looks terribly out of focus in the back. I don't know if in the redo they mixed things up but my original one looks in focus on my phone. LOL I am very picky with myself in my photography.
I do hope you have a wonderful time with your sister. You are a great sister in traveling so far to see her so often. I will pray for your legs and your travel and your time with your sister and BIL.
Have a good day everyone.
Love,
Nancy
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Nancy - Can’t remember if I posted this before, but I saw the cardiologist last Friday. He said he didn’t think my chest discomfort was caused by the Kisqali but ordered a CTA scan just to rule out anything else. That’s scheduled for mid November. I won’t resume the Kisqali until after we get those results. Those symptoms have stopped for now. I’m going in to the scan thinkingno big deal, they won’t find anything. Of course that’s what I thought with the breast MRI, too. 🙄Once again, I’m in God’s hands whatever the results.
Today I saw my pcp who is retiring. She is the 2nd wonderful doctor I’ve had for pcp and feel so blessed for people like her. I had already scheduled a new patient visit with another doctor who is much closer. My pcp told me that there’s another newer doctor in her practice who will be taking over her patients and said she’s very good. My daughter and I have decided to stay with this practice instead of transferring even though it will mean having to continue going to downtown Cincinnati. She’s younger, too, so hopefully will be practicing as long as I need her.
The weather here has been beautiful, too and the sunrise this morning was gorgeous. I wondered how anyone can not believe in God when you see things like that. I’ve been taking my girls to daycare as often as I can with the weather being so nice since the pup, especially, has SO much energy. We’re having another peaceful evening where I’m not constantly letting them in and out. 😊I’m scheduled for an MRI on my lower back in November, too, because I’m having so much pain in my hips again. All exams and scans so far have shown minimal arthritis in my hips so they think it’s back related. I had L2 to L5 fusion 3 years ago and then right SI joint fusion maybe 2 years ago. I don’t know if I really want to go through all the injections and PT that the insurance requires before surgery and I also don’t know if I want surgery. I know from my own experience and my husband’s that fusion just causes more problems over time with the discs above and below the fused vertebrae take the brunt. Guess I’ll just wait and see what the results of the MRI are.
My girls need to go out before bed (I might have to drag them since they’re so tired) so I better quit running on.Praying for all of you.
Love, Cheryl
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Cheryl,
I guess we are in the same boat. I saw my oncologist today for my annual visit, good timing, and for one that would always downplay my SE's from my meds when I told him about the breast pain he said that doesn't sound good. Then I was very concerned. He didn't think a seroma would appear this many years after my 2014 bc surgery. I will have a diagnostic mammogram and an ultrasound on Nov. 9. I just had a regular mammogram towards the end of April so I just don't know what to expect. I drove home in a fog. I hope your heart tests will be normal. I was going to ask my pcp next week if I could have an MRI of my back too. I didn't do PT as he suggested since it was right before my vacation but I did see my myotherapist which in my opinion know way more about how muscles work that most of the PT therapists I have had over the years.
It is late and I need to get to bed but I will pray for your upcoming tests too. I had a neck fusion many years ago and my neurologist who administers my botox injections in my neck for cervical dystonia, thinks my neck surgery probably caused this rare condition so I understand what you are saying about your back fusions.
I took a picture of this painting that was actually sitting in my oncologists waiting room. Unfortunately I took this on my cell phone and on here you can't enlarge it but the words are SO good and I am a little surprised they posted this for the public to see but I was thrilled they did. This lady who apparently had treatments with possibly my doctor for her bc wrote the most touching words. She said each one of these petals represented prayers for her during her cancer journey. It means even more to me after I had my office visit.
Love,
Nancy
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