Lori, So glad everything went okay for you. Whatever you do --- don't laugh! We are all there for you. (Just think about your roommate ---- did she have pink feathers - even when you were not...
Could you please keep me on the list? Pretty please? No info has changed and the taxes are paid. L & H, Cathy...
I had chemo before surgery. One of the reasons was because the tumor was large - 6 cm. My oncologist wanted to try to shrink it before surgery with the hope that I could have a lumpectomy rather than...
You know, if they would just spend all of the research money that they spend on the why . . . on finding a cure . . . I would never have to mention that I'm a french fry addict, also love the...
We live in west Houston and evacuated to Livingston on Thursday. It took me 11 hours to get there - it normally takes 1 1/2 hours. We stayed at my mother in laws house - they lost two trees that...
MK - the porkchop bone is the bestest thing that could happen to you!!! I am doing the happy dance here - it is really scary!!! So very, very happy for you!!! Love, Cathy...
Thanks! Can you believe it? And you gals have been through it with me through thick and thin! Thanks for that!! Now, let's go snuggle with that new grandbaby! Oh! and YOUR GETTING MARRIED!!! Can I...
and I was the first in my clinic to receive the Neulasta shot. I also had chemo before surgery which was really new back then - it was because I had a 5 cm tumor. On my first Taxotere treatment I was...
Congratulations! I got to snuggle with number 8 grandbaby this weekend - at 3 months old he has turned into a real butterball! Those snuggles just can't be beat! Hugs, Cathy...
Bernadette, With my first Taxotere treatment I wound up in the hospital with low white counts. So I started getting the Neulasta shot the day after chemo. Taxotere caused bone pain for me but when...
Beth, I asked that very same question from the get go - what stage am i? I was told stage 2 - but then 3 years later my onc retired and I had to get my records to take to the new onc and on Page 1 -...
Nope, not really. It is the best thing that happened to me since treatment ended....
Hi Tammy, I'm almost 3 years out from treatment and have had the numbness. It kind of feels like Elmers glue dried on your finger tips. When my hair finally got long enough to curl, I burned my...
Katt, If they only offer you oral drugs (or chemo) you should be very, very worried. L & H, Cathy...
Cath, Hang in there! The worst part of treatment for me was being in the hospital with the low whitecounts. Let's focus on what's important - get you well enough to be at home, not to mention work,...
I also had chemo before surgery. My onc explained that the great thing about it is that we would know what type of chemo would work on my cancer and if the first one didn't work we could keep trying...
Joyce, I never had tattos - but they had that dayglow ink everywhere! Up the neck, down the arm - right when I thought it was safe to come out and play! I do have a funny story. I had the simulation...
Hi Lori! I'm doing great - I've had the ups and downs lately that we all have. BUT we have a new baby! Number 8! And just for the record, he is just as exciting as number 1! (I'll email you pictures)...
I was really surprised that I didn't miss any rads due to burns. I am very fair skinned and totally expected to be burned really badly - but I was surprised to be burned on my back. Something about...
On my last visit to the onc he sent me home with a copy of an article from Consumer Reports on the different brands and types of Calcium. His basic advice based upon this article is that it doesn't...
Every time my hand went to my head and the hair came out - I cried. (During the holidays - thanksgiving and christmas and new years) Finally after DAY 14 (pay attention - this is important!) it came...
Jo-Ann, I just bought a brand new pink feather boa. When and where do I wear it and did I mention that I am seriously allergic to feathers? Ok, so I will be the one on Benadryl sitting in a corner...
Dr. Ellen, You are absolutely the bestest! Keep it up! Forget all of the other people that want to knock you down - enjoy - celebrate your greatness!! (Oh - "I am now hearing 'Granny's' voice - "No...
I have to share with all of you that when we got to the part of the mammogram where she left the room to see if we needed more pictures, I closed my eyes, took a deep breath and I could feel all of...
on Thanksgiving Day. Don't know what to say - neither does mom. My appt is on Wed morning - the cancer board says to be there early for a mammogram and sonogram and to take the films with me to see...
The others have given wonderful advice, as always. There are few things that I would like to add . . . The most shocking and best thing that I heard from a friend was "You are so lucky!" You have...
Hi Kathy, I wear a prosthesis. I had Invasive ductile - 6 cm tumor with 7 positive lymph nodes. I had chemo, mas, rads and then more chemo. My surgeon had me wait until after rads to get the...
Candy, Please don't go away. We are all in this together. Sometimes we don't always agree - but we can agree to disagree. I think that the probelm lies into when we get away from our point....
Luci, That's what we are here for!!!! Let us unite! Trust me, ya'll are what got me through this - every last single one of you. I really didn't care who was controversial (SP?) or not - if I got so...
I also saw the news today. The first thought in my head was "Oh my gosh this is truly a terrible thing to happen to you and your family! Let me reach out and help you simply because I have been there...