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Hiya gals!
Well, tomorrow I start my last week of teaching. I'm trying to get everything together for my sub. It's quite overwhelming. so much of what I do is automatic or just in my mind....kinda like moms! Putting it ALL on paper and trying to explain it is...... next to impossible! She's a great sub, though and i have all the confidence in her.
Went to my old chemo nurse's son's Eagle Scout Ceremony this afternoon. Didn't think I'd know anyone, but was surprised that I did! Nice to catch up with some old friends!
trying to get all my ducks in a row this week. Getting kinda nervous. Surgery will be next Tuesday, March 14th. Got a couple of nice books from barnes and Noble as "treats" while I'm in the hospital. It's so hard not to read them now! LOL!
Didn't realize it was after 11pm! Gotta get some sleep! Will keep ya'll up to date as things progress! I know it's going to be a busy week.
Beth
Well, tomorrow I start my last week of teaching. I'm trying to get everything together for my sub. It's quite overwhelming. so much of what I do is automatic or just in my mind....kinda like moms! Putting it ALL on paper and trying to explain it is...... next to impossible! She's a great sub, though and i have all the confidence in her.
Went to my old chemo nurse's son's Eagle Scout Ceremony this afternoon. Didn't think I'd know anyone, but was surprised that I did! Nice to catch up with some old friends!
trying to get all my ducks in a row this week. Getting kinda nervous. Surgery will be next Tuesday, March 14th. Got a couple of nice books from barnes and Noble as "treats" while I'm in the hospital. It's so hard not to read them now! LOL!
Didn't realize it was after 11pm! Gotta get some sleep! Will keep ya'll up to date as things progress! I know it's going to be a busy week.
Beth
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Beth and Kelly....good to hear from you and prayers/positive thougths going out as usual 
And Donna...you sound great...send hugs to Monique too.
TheHat~ welcome (but sorry we have to welcome you
KWIM??)
Waiting is the most difficult part.
Linda...I'm OK....trying not to get in a funk unecessarily.
Trying to decide about driving down to Westwood MA tomorrow after work for a wake ....wife a childhood/highschool/college friend/classmate of mine died suddenly of a massive heart attack
She was only 48, thin, athletic.
My biopsy is early Wednesday morning.
The sun is out and the week is supposed to wartm up here
finally
GAGWTA!!
And Donna...you sound great...send hugs to Monique too.TheHat~ welcome (but sorry we have to welcome you
KWIM??) Waiting is the most difficult part.
Linda...I'm OK....trying not to get in a funk unecessarily.
Trying to decide about driving down to Westwood MA tomorrow after work for a wake ....wife a childhood/highschool/college friend/classmate of mine died suddenly of a massive heart attack
She was only 48, thin, athletic. My biopsy is early Wednesday morning.
The sun is out and the week is supposed to wartm up here
finallyGAGWTA!!
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You are all in my prayers for good test results and strong healing. My sonogram results should be in, but they aren't. The doctor's office is going to call the sonogram office to see if they can fax the results soon. Maybe I'll get the results tomorrow.
GAGWTA!
laurabelle
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Well, it looks like I spoke too soon. I had exactly 2 days of feeling good, and now I'm not again. My doc put me back on 40 mg Prednisone. 
GAGWTA!
GAGWTA!
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I agree Linda...so sad about Dana Reeves!
Laurabelle....any better today??
Pixie...any results??
Another sad note...the Nurse Prac at my Breat Care Center lost her husband very suddenly Saturday....he was only 50. That on top of my high school friend losing his wife at 48 last Friday.....I am just reeling from all this.
Saw the surgeon this morning...her manner was very reassurring, the words factual...that my history means that the odds for these new microcalcs to be benign is not as high as someone's who doesn't have the history.
My stereotactic biopsy will be at 7:30 tomorrow.
GAGWTA!
Laurabelle....any better today??
Pixie...any results??
Another sad note...the Nurse Prac at my Breat Care Center lost her husband very suddenly Saturday....he was only 50. That on top of my high school friend losing his wife at 48 last Friday.....I am just reeling from all this.
Saw the surgeon this morning...her manner was very reassurring, the words factual...that my history means that the odds for these new microcalcs to be benign is not as high as someone's who doesn't have the history.
My stereotactic biopsy will be at 7:30 tomorrow.
GAGWTA!
Dan Murphy
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Stopping by to say hello, to a bunch of winners. 
Love y'all!! 's
Love y'all!! 's
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Back from my Sandestin trip. Nice place, good weather, beautiful beach, warm pool, good food, fun with mom, Sis and BIL. Really recuperative trip for all of us.
I did find out Wed. that my brother Jim made it to Arizona safely. Don't know anything else about his state of mind or body but at least he did not meet up with an axe murderer while hitch hiking.
I kinda feel like a new person. New leaf, I am taking things as they come. I am just done stressing out. That is the deal.
Wow, I was only gone 4 nights and a lot happened here. I am so sorry Ann about calcifications showing up again. I'll be thinking about you tomorrow at 7:30. I hope you can get some rest tonight.
Sorry to hear about the flare up Laura. Is the pred. med helping yet?
Beth, what a selfless person you are, keeping things running like a top for your class. No wonder they love you so. Hoping for the best for you.
Kelly, I was hoping you would avoid complications with the lat surgery.
Do you still have the drains in?
Welcome, the Hat. We will be behind you during this. Please keep us updated after your ultrasound Thursday.
I did find out Wed. that my brother Jim made it to Arizona safely. Don't know anything else about his state of mind or body but at least he did not meet up with an axe murderer while hitch hiking.
I kinda feel like a new person. New leaf, I am taking things as they come. I am just done stressing out. That is the deal.
Wow, I was only gone 4 nights and a lot happened here. I am so sorry Ann about calcifications showing up again. I'll be thinking about you tomorrow at 7:30. I hope you can get some rest tonight.
Sorry to hear about the flare up Laura. Is the pred. med helping yet?
Beth, what a selfless person you are, keeping things running like a top for your class. No wonder they love you so. Hoping for the best for you.
Kelly, I was hoping you would avoid complications with the lat surgery.
Do you still have the drains in?
Welcome, the Hat. We will be behind you during this. Please keep us updated after your ultrasound Thursday.
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Ann, Good luck tomorrow. My thoughts and prayers will be with you, hugs too. I'm sure that you will be able to feel all the love from everyone on this board as you await your results.
I spoke to Monique on Sunday, and she was awaiting a drs. call. Having a problem with the drains. Have not heard anything else from her. I will be calling tomorrow a.m. My usual Wed. a.m. call to her. I don't go into work until later on Wed. mornings, so I will usually call. Hope all is better with her.
Laurabelle, sorry to hear you are not doing well, prayers for you too.
Hugs to all, Donna
I spoke to Monique on Sunday, and she was awaiting a drs. call. Having a problem with the drains. Have not heard anything else from her. I will be calling tomorrow a.m. My usual Wed. a.m. call to her. I don't go into work until later on Wed. mornings, so I will usually call. Hope all is better with her.
Laurabelle, sorry to hear you are not doing well, prayers for you too.
Hugs to all,
Donna
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Ann, I woke up thinking of you this morning, I am praying for you, dear.
You have been going through so much with your family, taking care of others. It is hard, but let the dotors get you through this. You will survive!!
Donna, I am glad your treatment is working. Thanks for updating us on Monique. You sound like another one like Ann, very much helping others.
My sister is like that.
She had the calcifications on her mammo two weeks after I was diagnosed.
Her breast specialist was very concerned about hers, she had a large surgical excision type biopsy, but she was clear. She had had a stereotactic a few years ago, also clear, but it is hard to keep going through this. You really
start to doubt the earlier stuff.
Linda, I hope your husband gets through this job search thing with flying colors. My DH went through a period in the 90's where the firms he worked for downsized or were bought out. It was hard, but I was traveling and working mega hours for my employer at the time. He really stepped up to the plate with the two kids we had at the time, went back to school to get his MBA (at 40+ years of age). We ended up withe our bonus baby, DD10 at that time. He could not find anything decent in New Orleans jobwise so we ended up in Baton Rouge with a great employer. It was all definitely for the best but try telling that to us at the time. I honestly don't think we would have even had DD10 if things had been different. I love your attitude that what is important in the the big scheme is your family's health.
GAGWTA, especially you this am Ann.
You have been going through so much with your family, taking care of others. It is hard, but let the dotors get you through this. You will survive!!
Donna, I am glad your treatment is working. Thanks for updating us on Monique. You sound like another one like Ann, very much helping others.
My sister is like that.
She had the calcifications on her mammo two weeks after I was diagnosed.
Her breast specialist was very concerned about hers, she had a large surgical excision type biopsy, but she was clear. She had had a stereotactic a few years ago, also clear, but it is hard to keep going through this. You really
start to doubt the earlier stuff.
Linda, I hope your husband gets through this job search thing with flying colors. My DH went through a period in the 90's where the firms he worked for downsized or were bought out. It was hard, but I was traveling and working mega hours for my employer at the time. He really stepped up to the plate with the two kids we had at the time, went back to school to get his MBA (at 40+ years of age). We ended up withe our bonus baby, DD10 at that time. He could not find anything decent in New Orleans jobwise so we ended up in Baton Rouge with a great employer. It was all definitely for the best but try telling that to us at the time. I honestly don't think we would have even had DD10 if things had been different. I love your attitude that what is important in the the big scheme is your family's health.
GAGWTA, especially you this am Ann.
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Praying for each of you.
My sonogram results are at the doctor's office, but the ladies at the front desk said that I have to wait until the doctor calls me to get the results. She didn't call yesterday. I see this as good news. If it were bad, they probably would have called right away or already have set up my follow-up appt. Though, after 2 rounds of antibiotics, that lymph node lump is still there.
May each of you undergoing procedures and tests this week come through with flying colors. For those healing from surgeries, may you feel stronger each day.
GAGWTA!
My sonogram results are at the doctor's office, but the ladies at the front desk said that I have to wait until the doctor calls me to get the results. She didn't call yesterday. I see this as good news. If it were bad, they probably would have called right away or already have set up my follow-up appt. Though, after 2 rounds of antibiotics, that lymph node lump is still there.
May each of you undergoing procedures and tests this week come through with flying colors. For those healing from surgeries, may you feel stronger each day.
GAGWTA!
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GAGTWTA! We are having a beautiful, spring like day here New England. I love this time of year when the good weather is headed our way!
Dan, thanks for keeping abreast of our thread (pun intended
). It is always nice to hear your good thoughts.
Ann, lots of going out to you this morning. Sorry to hear about your friend and your friend's husband. It is so hard to hear these things sometimes. I also get upset at work when I see bad things happen, and the other night I saw a fatal accident on my way home, it was so sad.
Someone I know just developed a brain mets which I was also upset about. She had BC a little after me, but they didn't do surgery, instead they "sucked out" her cancer. At the time I had quite a disagreement with the person telling me this story, a family member, actually, saying in all the reading and research I've done, I've never heard of breast cancer being sucked out instead of cut out. Anyway, I had enough of my own troubles to deal with at the time so I just let it go. It never ceases to amaze me that people in this area are minutes from some of the finest health facilities in the world yet stay with their hometown hospitals for major procedures like this. (Off soapbox now, it just upsets me to see things like this - all too often).
donna, let Monique know we're thinking about her. I've heard those drains can be such a pain. Hoping others who are waiting get good results.
snappy, glad you had a rejeuvenating trip. I felt similarly, though we'd gotten the job news weeks before our trip. (I don't know if I mentioned it but the friends we traveled with actually buried their loved one the day before we left, so none of us were completely sure we were even going to make it there). Where is Sandestin? Sounds nice.
We have been through this before also when DH's company was sold, twice, actually. He also went back to school about 12 years ago and got his degree when it occurred which was great. Since we've been down this road before, we feel fortunate we have the knowledge that things have a funny way of working out for the best oftentimes, so aren't too worried (just yet ). I only work 24 hours a week so if needed I can increase my hours, and we also get out major bennies through my work so those are ok, thankfully. The only thing is that this has been kind of a sad week because DH and his coworkers had to say goodbye. It is a fairly small group, they all went out to dinner on Sunday night, I guess it was very emotional, they are a tight knit group. So the coworkers are done, but as the manager, DH is there the rest of this week closing up the place. I'll be glad when he's out of there because the new owner has been hanging around and has not shown one ounce of sensitivity toward the people who are losing their jobs, just running around complaing about everything. I have very little tolerance for people like this (me, me, me 
) so I'm staying away, LOL. In the meantime DH has interviewed for two positions that seem promising, so we'll keep our fingers crossed.
I have to take DD8 to see an ENT, the pediatrician thinks she may need her tonsils out. Now, here's a cool story which once again, I feel as if our guardian angels are watching out for us. My mother often "sees and hears" things. I think she's psychic but to her it's just one of those things, and she doesn't make a big deal out of it. Several weeks ago she was resting in her living room (which is actually part of our house since we have an in-law apt). She opened her eyes and she saw the side profile of a little girl. When she blinked, she was gone. She mentioned this to me, and I found it a bit unusual for her to see a child (though it did happen when I was pregnant also). Sometimes these stories don't make sense at the time, but usually they do later I've found. So a few days ago, DD mentions to me that when she came into our house that day, she heard someone say "hello Suzie" and that it happened a few other times lately too (has never said anything like that before). I said who's voice did it sound like (expecting my father's voice) and she said it sounded like her friend Alice from school. Ah, a little girl.
Fast forward to yesterday. Before we even went to the doctor's I somehow felt we were going to be told she needed her tonsils out and of course, the mother in me started to worry, as I remembered my 4yo cousin who died during eye surgery. Then bam, I put two and two together. I wonder if that was her that was seen and heard around here in the past several weeks somehow letting us know that she's watching out for my DD? Well, I suppose maybe it's a stretch, but it's given me a little peace, because I really do believe in that sort of thing, and even through my own ordeal I've strongly felt the presence of loved ones watching out for me, and had tons of God Winks to help me know it for sure. Thought you guys might like that. We'll see what happens over the coming weeks and whether she is seen or heard anymore. 
We are having a beautiful, spring like day here New England. I love this time of year when the good weather is headed our way! Dan, thanks for keeping abreast of our thread (pun intended
). It is always nice to hear your good thoughts. Ann, lots of
going out to you this morning. Sorry to hear about your friend and your friend's husband. It is so hard to hear these things sometimes. I also get upset at work when I see bad things happen, and the other night I saw a fatal accident on my way home, it was so sad. Someone I know just developed a brain mets which I was also upset about. She had BC a little after me, but they didn't do surgery,
instead they "sucked out" her cancer. At the time I had quite a disagreement with the person telling me this story, a family member, actually, saying in all the reading and research I've done, I've never heard of breast cancer being sucked out instead of cut out. Anyway, I had enough of my own troubles to deal with at the time so I just let it go. It never ceases to amaze me that people in this area are minutes from some of the finest health facilities in the world yet stay with their hometown hospitals for major procedures like this. (Off soapbox now, it just upsets me to see things like this - all too often). donna, let Monique know we're thinking about her. I've heard those drains can be such a pain. Hoping others who are waiting get good results.
snappy, glad you had a rejeuvenating trip. I felt similarly, though we'd gotten the job news weeks before our trip. (I don't know if I mentioned it but the friends we traveled with actually buried their loved one the day before we left, so none of us were completely sure we were even going to make it there). Where is Sandestin? Sounds nice.
We have been through this before also when DH's company was sold, twice, actually. He also went back to school about 12 years ago and got his degree when it occurred which was great. Since we've been down this road before, we feel fortunate we have the knowledge that things have a funny way of working out for the best oftentimes, so aren't too worried (just yet
). I only work 24 hours a week so if needed I can increase my hours, and we also get out major bennies through my work so those are ok, thankfully. The only thing is that this has been kind of a sad week because DH and his coworkers had to say goodbye. It is a fairly small group, they all went out to dinner on Sunday night, I guess it was very emotional, they are a tight knit group. So the coworkers are done, but as the manager, DH is there the rest of this week closing up the place. I'll be glad when he's out of there because the new owner has been hanging around and has not shown one ounce of sensitivity toward the people who are losing their jobs, just running around complaing about everything. I have very little tolerance for people like this (me, me, me ) so I'm staying away, LOL. In the meantime DH has interviewed for two positions that seem promising, so we'll keep our fingers crossed. I have to take DD8 to see an ENT, the pediatrician thinks she may need her tonsils out. Now, here's a cool story which once again, I feel as if our guardian angels are watching out for us. My mother often "sees and hears" things. I think she's psychic but to her it's just one of those things, and she doesn't make a big deal out of it. Several weeks ago she was resting in her living room (which is actually part of our house since we have an in-law apt). She opened her eyes and she saw the side profile of a little girl. When she blinked, she was gone. She mentioned this to me, and I found it a bit unusual for her to see a child (though it did happen when I was pregnant also). Sometimes these stories don't make sense at the time, but usually they do later I've found. So a few days ago, DD mentions to me that when she came into our house that day, she heard someone say "hello Suzie" and that it happened a few other times lately too (has never said anything like that before). I said who's voice did it sound like (expecting my father's voice) and she said it sounded like her friend Alice from school. Ah, a little girl.
Fast forward to yesterday. Before we even went to the doctor's I somehow felt we were going to be told she needed her tonsils out and of course, the mother in me started to worry, as I remembered my 4yo cousin who died during eye surgery. Then bam, I put two and two together. I wonder if that was her that was seen and heard around here in the past several weeks somehow letting us know that she's watching out for my DD? Well, I suppose maybe it's a stretch, but it's given me a little peace, because I really do believe in that sort of thing, and even through my own ordeal I've strongly felt the presence of loved ones watching out for me, and had tons of God Winks to help me know it for sure. Thought you guys might like that. We'll see what happens over the coming weeks and whether she is seen or heard anymore. Just stopping in with good thoughts and prayers for those of you going through surgery, waiting for results, worried about family, friends and self. The courage and caring I see from your posts are truly inspiring!
I'm doing fine. Life with Tamoxifen isn't as bad as I thought it would be. The side effects are really minimal so far. I really can't complain.
Greetings and good wishes to you all.
I'm doing fine. Life with Tamoxifen isn't as bad as I thought it would be. The side effects are really minimal so far. I really can't complain.
Greetings and good wishes to you all.
laurabelle
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~~~***GAGWTA sistas***~~~ Ann- I dropped by for a second this morning, not even enough time to post and it was just after 7:30, and I saw this was when you were scheduled for your biopsy...I hope you felt those prayers surrounding you sista. Post when you can and I hope you have a time to rest this afternoon.
Laurie- I'm so glad to hear your trip was not only recuperative, but renewing!
Donna- I'm sorry to hear Monique is having trouble with her drains...please let her know she's in my thoughts and prayers and I hope she's up to posting soon.
Pixiedust34 Kelly- That sounds like good news to me too...waiting with you to hear it absolutely is good news!
Linda- I'm glad God showed you to have peace about your dd's surgery...I hope a new and better position is very near for your hubby.
Susan- It's good to hear from you! I had very few side effects from Tamoxifen, it was a cake walk compared to everything else!
This morning I went to church for an hour of healing prayer. I was prayed over by a group of dear friends who are strong prayer warriors.
I feel fabulous!!!
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