Hi everybody. I had my bil mast with lap dorsi recon Wednesday and I came home Saturday. The pathologist said the sentinel nodes looked good which was wonderful news. Having quite a bit of pain but I...
Thank you all for your words of encouragement the other day when I was having a meltdown. I'm much better now. I finally have the date of my surgery. January 19 I will have a bilateral mast with lap...
Just have to vent before I break down and ball in front of my kids. I am still in the "wait" mode as far as when my surgery is. Waiting to hear from insurance and I see plastic surgeon on Monday....
Tamara, I have been checking everyday for your posts about your results and praying that they weren't this. I wish I could give you advice but since I am also newly diagnosed, I can only empathize...
Im sure alot of you gals have been through this and i wasnt planning on quitting smoking so soon after my dx but I found out that the kind of reconstruction I want, depends on whether or not i am a...
Ellen, Thanks for your words of encouragement. I am doing a little better as far as eating. I am at least eating one, although small, meal a day. Hubby took me out for my birthday Friday and did...
Saw my onc today. She said I definetely needed the mast. We are going to wait until results of gene test to see if i can do the bilateral. And she verified that i will be going through some chemo...
I have no new news but have had a couple of good days until today. I guess the problem is is that since Dec. 1, I have hardly eaten ANYTHING. I'm sure stress is the cause but i know the importance of...
Kathy, My thoughts and prayers are with you and hubby right now. I know from experience that men are the worst patients sometimes. 4 years ago my husband was at work and had their boiler blow up on...
Would like any input on this miracle of modern medicine. It sounds complicated. I have some info on it from my surgeon but I can learn more from people who have done this testing and see how it...
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To all of you wonderful ladies, thank you so very much for your support and encouragement. I felt empowered enough this morning and got on the phone with my family doctor who sent me for my mammo and...
Hello again and unfortunately, I am a new member of the club. I still don't know all the technical jargon for this disease so i'll do the best i can. I got the results earlier today but have not been...
Tammy, i posted a note to you under my thread "blindsided" before i realized it. Hope you take a look.......Sherry...
Tamaralynn, hang in there this waiting is for the birds. I was lucky. I went for my mammo and they set me up with a surgeon that very day but only because I told them that i wanted to be seen NOW. I...
Thank you so much. My appt is at 2:00 CST today and I am or im telling myself, i am prepared for what he says. I am a nurse and have worked in doctor's offices, cancer centers and i am afraid i just...
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Thanks so much for your support. Right now, I am just trying to keep things as normal as possible and trying to stay busy. I have given my kids (according to their age), bits of information just to...
I am new to this site and hoped i would never have to look for support in this area but it looks like i might. I am 37 and my doctor said lets go on and get a baseline mammo since i was getting close...