Glad its "just" busy! Aw I toyally sympathise with you on ur baby turning 18
we have been so busy too, and are taking a mental health break to Disneyland at the end of November. I don't know how WDW compares to DL but at DL the week after thanksgiving is the quietest week of the year, followed by the week before and of course in Feb.... We will be checking out from DL on the 26th and will spend thanksgiving in San Francisco. We are going with our "baby" and her bf who is so awesome and I havent been there with her for 7 years now since she graduated school!! & for hubby its been 11 years! Shocking and not acceptable! We have 2 bedroom suites everywhere except for our 2 night road portion if the trip. We will be doing the Big Sur highway again, Hearst Castle etc. can not wait!!! Have fun planning! 
I hope this time continues to be a bit of a break from the huge crowds.
to all those undergoing testing, procedures, treatment or other procedures. Reading along but haven't had a lot of time to post. 
, but my doctors are affiliated with Harvard Medical School (#1), so they are at the forefront of medical information and I am confident they know how to best proceed with the understanding we have currently of the disease process.
today
Go Red Sox My family is not happy with me. I am the lone RS person right now. I said , heah we need to support the AL. Oh I am sure your ds would be interested to know that we will be in Disney for the baseball winter meetings. I dont think we will be eating dinner next to Hank Aaron like last time though.
Linda -
GAGWTA. Thinking of you all
A big
smiley, interesting what your doctor said about triple negative cases. I like hearing positive things like that. It's not the way they've treated me, though. I'm actually 10 years out, and they still want me on a quarterly schedule between my primary care doc, my oncologist, my mammograms and my MRIs, ie so I either have testing or "hands on me" every three months. Don't want this to come across as
I did some more research after your post, and it's not what I'm seeing in the literature, either. Recurrence rates for TN are well documented. (I did have to step away from it, though, because it scares me reading about things that I spent so many years trying to put out of my mind.) Bottom line is that recurrences can still happen with triple negative cases after five years, unfortunately. As the originator of this thread, it's always been of the utmost importance to me that medical information here is accurate. I would just hate to have someone who's TN and 6 years out believe she's completely cured feel devastated and misnformed if a recurrence happens. We've all heard of cases that aren't so rare of breast cancer coming back 10, 15 or 20 years down the road. Unlike some other cancers, there is no real cure just yet, which is why they call it NED, "no evidence of disease". Also why BC is referred to as "The Beast". I do know that they are learning more and more about TN cases all the time, and that what they know currently has it being significantly different from hormone receptor positive BC. All is not understood yet, though, and we're a long way off from complete understanding and completely curative treatment. Things are changing all the time, though. I have an appointment coming up with my own oncologist in a few months. I'm going to see what she says about it, too, and I'll report back here after I do. I know we have other TN posters here, would like them to weigh in with their thoughts as well.
lmp, are you watching the Series? We've been enjoying it here immensely. What an exciting set of games!
We had a short trip to WDW this month. It was so nice to get away for a while, we'd had a rough year with no vacation in quite a while; over a year. We had a nice time. It was hot and crowded, though, and a lot has changed that made for some interesting moments in planning and touring. A lot to think about for future trips.
Fortwilderness, you are right that a very small percentage of biopsies are positive. Maybe with your history they are just being extra cautious? I will be sending good thoughts your way tomorrow!
Peg, yay for only 13 more radiation days! You are almost there!!
Jillyb, sorry to hear you are having a hard time. I hope you are feeling better soon.
PrincessK, sending good vibes your way!
Smiley, your trip (again!!) sounds awesome!! We have not spent any time in north Cali, but every time you tell us about it and post pictures I get very inspired! We were talking about maybe planning something over Christmas, I will have to seriously look into it.
Snappy, sounds like you've been super busy! What ever happened with your job?
I've been busy of late with doc and dentist apps. Anybody else have teeth problems after chemo? Seems like I always am needing a crown or something lately - it just won't stop!
Thought I got lucky last week when my primary doc caught a UTI (no symptoms yet) during routine screening for my diabetes....only not so much! Took antibiotics, went back for follow up, and the white cell count was higher than ever. So they did a culture that came back negative for infection (seems to me like they should have done this in the first place?). Anyway, they are now sending me to an urologist. I don't like the sound of that at all......
Went for my two month CT scan today, don't see my oncologist until next week. Last two visits my tumor marker numbers were well above 200 (under 40 normal) but the CT scans weren't showing any changes in the mets. I'm really not feeling very good about things this time.....but, we shall see. I've been surprised before.
And so it goes......
GAGWTA!!
He is really loving all of this this year now that he can really understand it and relate as a player. We've been watching the games together every night, it's exhausting! Between our trip, the Series, and having two new drivers in the house wanting to drive everywhere 
we're beat! It's hard to believe that Obama would pick today to come to Boston as a platform for his healthcare program. Of all days. As if our small streets aren't congested enough with a World Series game going on! The City of Boston has implemented major driving and parking restrictions all over the city between his visit and the game. And yes, I wiill be in the midst of it tonight. 
DS's fall team made the playoffs so this weekend will wrap up his baseball season - hard to believe he's been playing since early March, and will even go into November! He's had a great year, though, and played with some great coaches and players, honed his skills and had a lot of fun. We're always a little sad around here when the season ends.
