Hello Ladies...it has been a couple of years since I have posted to this site, and it was so helpful to me as I went through cancer treatment nearly four years ago. The problem now is that my...
Hello...I have not gone to the HealingWell site for a couple of years, but now may have a recurrent problem and found this site to be so helpful. But, I saw your question and needed to let you know...
Hello Ladies, It has been a long time since I last wrote a note here...but you are never far from my thoughts. I did go back to work in January and loved the job, but I got so tired that I finally...
Hello Ladies, Well, today was my first day at work and I am really tired, but understandably so. I didn't sleep at all last night (sounds like the song!). Just couldn't shut down my mind. We are...
Hello Ladies, It was one year ago yesterday that my husband and I sat in the surgeon's office discussing a date for my biopsy. It was also my birthday. So here I am, now 57, and feeling pretty good!...
Hello Ladies, Thank you all for your comments. I just set up my husband's and my medications for the week, and did not add the Tamoxifen. But, now that I have read all your very helpful comments, I...
Hello Ladies, Here I am, a couple months after stopping my Arimidex....the same medication that I insisted the oncologist prescribe for me! It was not a good experience, with progressively worsening...
Hello Ladies, I have been absent from this site for quite some time now. Guess now that I am feeling better, I am not as alert to others' needs. Sorry about that! On the Oncotype DX test fees...my...
Hi Marianne, I know what you mean about the test being true. I guess it is the chance we take, but I was so fearful of having chemo, especially if it wasn't going to do any good. I am...
Hi Marianne, My tumor stats were very similar to yours, other than the actualy tumor being 1.3cm. Looks like we scored very similarily on the Oncotype test as well. My insurance is Premera Blue Cross...
Hi Marianne, Just saw your topic posted from an old one. Yes, I did have some success in getting my insurance company to pay for the Oncotype DX test. They are covering it as a non-preferred provider...
Hi JUJU I was fitted for a custom made compression sleeve, and I love it. I have tiny wrists, too, and a long arm, so that even the smallest stock size didn't work for me. Insurance covered that...
Hi Gail, When you get home from California, why don't you give me a call. Our meeting is long overdue. I am finished with treatment and feeling so much better, that maybe we could do lunch. Have fun...
Hi again Skeeter, After what you have already been through, radiation will be a breeze!! Really! The people at the Cancer Centers are all so loving and caring, and you will be amazed at quickly the 6...
Hi Skeeter, I haven't been on-line this week, so I missed saying hello. But, HELLO!! Everyone is right...we have all been through this and are doing well now, so your good times are just ahead! I...
Hi Everyone, I had not even considered reconstructive surgery until my insurance representative mentioned it to me yesterday. I had a lumpectomy, although the surgeon took a pretty good sized chunk...
Hi Mia, I had a whole body bone scan a couple of months ago to check out a pain in my back that had been around for a year or so...just to make sure....everything was fine. I took myself and the...
Hi Mia, I can understand your being afraid...I am too. We are going to be spending the next five years together in this "anti-hormone" therapy world, so let's be sure to keep in touch. I just know...
Hello Ladies, I saw that Mia has gotten her prescription for Tamoxifen, and we finished rads about the same time. Seems we will be traveling this journey about the same time together. However, since...
Hi Kathy, It seems as though the first couple of times it took them longer to get me in just the right position. I had a really difficult time keeping my left arm in the position because of pain, so...
Hi Kathy, You will be surprised how quickly the time goes by. As you know by having read all the ladies' suggestions here, be sure to take good care of your skin. "Slather" up with aloe vera gel and...
:yeah: Hello Ladies, Yes, I am a happy camper! My last radiation treatment was this afternoon, and I am feeling very giddy. I didn't know how excited I would feel....I thought I might be a little sad...
Hi Everyone, Just had to had my 2 cents to this conversation. If anyone out there should NOT have gotten BC based on her exercise program, it is ME! Nearly every day of my adult life I have...
Hi Kathy, I am two days away from finishing my 33 treatments, with six of those "boosts". Unfortunately, I had to take last week off because my skin was too burned, according to my radiation...
Good Morning Marianne, Thanks for the thanks! Yes, I was the first that my insurance company agreed to pay for the test. I am still waiting for a final bill from Genomic Health, but expect at least...
Hi Marianne, This is Jean in WA writing about the Oncotype DX test. I had posted a couple of months ago about my experience getting the test approved by my insurance company. They, too, bulked at the...
Hi Janis, I was very much in the same position as you as to whether I should have chemo or not. My original oncologist recommended four chemo treatments (AC), followed by radiation, and then hormone...
Hi Janis, I, too, had the Oncotype DX gene assay done, because I was so borderline for needing chemo. If it wasn't going help me, I certainly didn't want to go through it. The scoring for the test is...
Hi Mia, Sometimes it does seem as though we keep getting thrown these new things at all the time, doesn't it. I just learned I have to have another simulation for the "boost". First, I thought the...
Hi Janis, I am so happy that your surgery went well and you are feeling better. You said you are having a lot of pain and taking medication to help control it. I just can't imagine going to work and...
Fortunately, I did not have to have chemo, which is good since I already have acid reflux. I have taken Prilosec and Prevacid, but they quit working. I have now been on Nexium for the past couple of...
Hi Laure', I agree with all the other ladies about getting another oncologist. My husband and I just couldn't believe it when the doctor said I needed to have four chemo treatments, since everything...
Hello Ladies, I really did feel you all around me on Wednesday as I had my first radiatiion treatment. It was a little longer than a usual treatment, they told me, because they did x-rays too. My...
I added this to another topic about supporting me today, but thought I would copy it here, so you would all know how much your being there means to me. Love, Jean My Dear New Friends, Thank you so...
My Dear New Friends, Thank you so much for your support. I am sititng here crying as I read about Becky's passing, and feeling so sad for her family. And then I saw the note about supporting me...
Thank you ladies...I will be having the first radiation treatment at 3:30pm on Wednesday. Then all the following treatments will be at 1:20pm. My husband will be with me for the first one, so I asked...
Hi Michelle, I have read everyone's response to your question about whether it hurts to have the dye injected for the sentinal node location and felt I needed to tell you what happened with me. The...
Hello Everyone, Well, the "no chemo" news was great, but now I must start radiation on Wednesday. Someone said to be sure to let you know, and you would all be with me that day. So, please send lots...
Just had to share my good news with you! We met with my oncologist yesterday to get the results of my Oncotype DX test...we were very nervous, needless to say. Then the doctor said, "You are in the...
Thank you all for your comments...and yes....my husband and I agree that this is important for the future of women who will be getting an early diagnosis of breast cancer, with digital mammography...
Hello Everyone, This is my first posting to this site, and the reason is to share my success in getting my insurance company to pay for the new Oncotype DX test. The test helps to determine who is at...