Lori You definetly need to go thru all the steps to determine if you have bc. With my lump, when I had my first mamo after the doc examined the lump, the lady that did my mammo told me if my lump...
Janis, my name is Tammy and I will be starting radiation in approx. 3 weeks. I'm really nervous about what to expect. I just finished chemo last week. I hope you do well. Maybe we can compare side...
Hi guys This is Tammy McCaslin. Remember me? I guess you thought I fell in a hole somewhere, huh? There's been a lot going on for me. Today was my last chemo! Yahoo! I sure do miss my hair. I never...
Hi everyone Thanks for all your encouraging words. I really appreciate you guys. I'm doing pretty good actually. I've been working all I'm supposed to. That feels good. I'm feeling better about...
Hi everyone I'm sorry I haven't been on in a while. I had my second chemo and it was worse this time than the first time. I started feeling bad quicker and I was very tired, physically and mentally....
Hi everybody Sorry I haven't been on in a while. There's been a lot going on. Last time I wrote, I wasn't having many side affects. Well, let me tell you, that didn't last long! I had the treatment...
Hi guys I went for my first chemo yesterday and it went very well. I have had very few side affects yet. My pre-chemo meds were Kytril, Decadron, Benadryl, and Pepcid. My chemo meds were...
Hi guys Tomorrow will be my first chemo treatment. I'm very nervous and I'm dreading it. What kind of things can I expect afterwards? I realize it's different for everybody, but will I be sick after...
Hi As far as posting at 3am I just got home from work. I work 6pm to 3am so i was up anyway. I did sleep good last night, just exhausted i guess. My doc gave me ambien just yesterday to help me...
Hey guys I went to my onc today and all my other tests came back clear, it had not spread past the two lymph nodes. I was relieved, to say the least. Also, my heart scan shows my heart is fine and...
Good news, I'm so glad for you, I got results from my tests back today, too. Of course, I'm a newbie too, so i haven't been thru anything like you have. But glad to hear you are boring....
Nature's Spirit It's ok to cry in front of anyone, especially family. Don't try to be superwoman. Also, you can rant and rave here and we've all been there. I'm fairly new to this. I just had surgery...
Lauri You mentioned to me to make sure I do the range of motion exercises? I wasn't ever shown any. I'm curious now. I need to be doing something because I don't have a lot of range to move my arm...
Jenny My tube was in my side behind my breast. It drained out blood and yellow liquid stuff from the surgery site, I guess. It also had blood clots in it. It wasn't really explained to me what was...
Hey guys Thanks for the encouraging words and making me laugh. Nature's Spirit thanks for the cyber teddy bear. MK I've been patient about test results because the onc told me he doubts that it has...
I finally got my drain tube out this past Monday. Hurt like you know what /community/emoticons/sad.gif I was really glad. It was starting to be a pain in the .....well, you know. Anyway, all my tests...
I was also told that painful lumps are usually cysts, mine turned out to be stage II cancer. Removed lump and two lymph nodes, they say they got it all, but I still have to have chemo and radiation....
Hi everybody! I went to my onc dr on Monday and got all the info from him. It's pretty good. I have stage II. The tumor was 2.5 cm. Two nodes were involved. They tested 10 more that were negative....
I'm thinking about you and praying! Hang in there!...
Hey guys Went to doc on Friday, got good news. They got all the affected nodes and a good margin around the tumor. It's all gone according to my surgeon. I go to the onc doc tomorrow. I'll know more...
good morning I had a bit of a shock last night. After my surgery, they put on my sports bra and wrapped a very long ace bandage around my breasts. It's been over two days and I was wrapped too tight....
hey guys today is thursday. i had surgery tuesday. some lymph nodes were affected, they removed some of them. the tumor was larger than the doc thought, but he only did a lumpectomy. i go to the...
Hey everybody I've been up all night reading some of the old threads. It's a bit overwhelming how many of us there are. I have decided I am going to have a port. I've heard too many votes for yes...
Hey everybody I'm having some tests done this week. I had a pet scan today. It wasn't that bad. This coming Monday, I'm having a bone scan, chest xray, blood work, and ekg. Then Tuesday morning I'm...
Hey guys I went to the doc yesterday, and I have breast cancer! I was so hoping the results would be good, but I had a feeling they weren't going to be. This week, I'm having a bunch of tests done,...
Please send my prayers to Luci, also. I don't know the circumstances but my prayers are with her....
Hey guys It is now after 3 am in my neck of the woods which is in central time zone...Arkansas. This is the night before my appointment with the surgeon. I'm very nervous and scared and imagining the...
Congradulations on your test results. You must feel very relieved. I am so happy for you. I can feel it in your post...You sound so happy and carefree. ...
Hey everybody. My doc called today and they've moved my surgeon appt up from jan 12 to dec 22, next wednesday. That scares me! I'm trying to be positive, it's hard. I love this place where we can...
I wanted to tell all you guys thanks for all the support and hopeful words. It helps a lot. It helps to know that I'm not alone in this. And I have people to talk to who have been thru the same...
Hey everybody I went today and had my mammo and they also did an ultrasound. I still won't know the results until Thursday. I'll let you know when I know something. The lady that did the mammo asked...
Hi I had my mammogram set up for next Tuesday, which I will keep, but the appt with surg. called, said they chosen a dr that wasn't in the progam. How could that have happened. Oh, I guess I better...
Thank you guys so much for the emails. They made my day. I've heard the same things from some of my other friends who are trying to reassure me. It is around 3:30 am central time on Wednesday morning...
Hi I'm new here too. I've been reading some of the posts. I found a lump a few weeks ago and yesterday I went to the dr and she is sending me to a surgeon next week on the 16th. I'm having a mammo...
I'll be doing that soon, too. I'm waiting to hear this morning when my surgeon's appt is and when my mammo is. I hope it's soon. I don't know if I can wait very long without going crazy....
MaryK Thanks, that's good to know. I do have a question. I know I posted an answer to Sherry but how do I start a new one that everyone can read? Tammy...
Mary K Thank you for replying so quickly. I'm trying to keep a positive attitude. I guess it is a good thing that I'm going to a surgeon, then I'll know for sure. I was looking at it like oh no this...
Sherry I know exactly how you feel. I found a lump about a few weeks ago. Yesterday I went to get an exam and the doc is sending me to a surgeon. I'm scared to death they are going to find something....