I guess I should have read your first posts before the others. I am sorry you have had to go through all this. My husband had a primary tumor in his lungs but bone mets was terrible. Daughter Carolyn...
Jo-Ann is still fighting. Her daughter said she is terribly weak and will probably need care all the time. I can barely walk so I haven't been able to work out getting over to see her. I'll keep you...
Hi Candy and Janice! Yes a whole year has gone by. Losing my daughter this summer was difficult. Thanksgiving will be held here for her family. My son in law says he wishes we could jus fast forward...
Just wanted to offer my good wishes to both of you. I hope you get benign results. I had a biospy 14 years ago. I had signed papers for a mastectomy if the results showed cancer. I had my mastectomy...
I've not kept up on the latest news, so I used the search box at the top right corner of this page and found many references in the Healingwell sources. I suggest you read those and any others you...
Wed am J-A still on ventilator and they will try again today to get her off. I don't understand the reasoning to get her off. Does it hurt to stay on the ventilator for awhile. Seems to me it would...
Monday evening. I just talked to Jodi and it is really touch and go at this point. J-A woke Jodi Sat morning saying she couldn't breathe. She called 911 and Jo-Ann actually did stop breathing when...
OUT now and you will know for sure what you are dealing with. It may be benign and you won't have to keep worrying. If it is cancerous they can tell from the lab work all about it. It is simple day...
I guess I messed up by not posting here the latest on Jo-Ann. She went home Friday and was bac k in the hospital on Sat in ICU with Congestive Heart Failure and is on a respirator. Not looking very...
Jodii posted on Facebook that she could possibly go home in two weeks. I have not talked to her and no nothing more. I can't imagine she can go home without a caregiver. She has been in the hospital...
I agree, no one should dismiss anything if you previously had breast cancer. And you do need to be assertive and look out for yourself. Sometimes NP are super good. My husband had lung cancer and I...
You are so right, ccancer or no cancer, no dr should play guessing games. I'm sorry you did not get a response sooner. What has happened since your post?...
I have had this happen the last few years, too. I have gone to the same place all the time so they have records way back before my mastectomy. All is fine, I am assured....
Can they feel it? Drs order sonograms when they can feel something and it is not seen in a regular mammogram. Even Xray tech will call the dr and suggest a sonogram. How big is the lump by your...
Mood changes are common. I think I would have mood changes even without all the meds and chemo just because I woould know my time is limited. Just love her and let her handle it all in her own way....
Good news! We always like to hear good news. Be sure to keep getting mammograms and be aware of any changes in your breast. I had two benign biopsies, 20 years apart and then ten years after the last...
Here is a copy from Jodi's post on facebook about her mother this morning. Jodi Bates (Jodi Glaze Bates) Just got home from seeing my mom in hospital. There's nothing that could have prepared me for...
Jo-Ann tonight she called me and sounded terribly weak . She has been moved to Denton Regional Hospital to be treated by a special cardiologist. ICU Room 21 There is a hole in her sternum from the...
Thank you all so very much! I am going to print your posts for Michael and her kids to read. I have quite often told them about you all and how wonderful you are. I wish Carolyn would have felt...
It has been eleven days since your surgery and I am eager to know how you are healing!!!! My thoughts and prayers are with you that you are much, much better. Hugs MK...
Thanks to all of you for your kindness and love. And yes, Debbi, she did do it HER way. Her oncologist called Michael and said she had to have set a world's record for surviving mets to bone marrow....
Carolyn has a very peaceful smile on her face in her new life in heaven. 8:00 p.m. CST...
is in her final stage. It is so very hard. She has fought long and bravely. Her oncologist just called and she woke enough to talk to him and even called him by name. Now this is the kind of...
Jenny, please go to the website I am giving you and read about contaminated sutures. I had this problem ten years ago and although they have been recalled they are still showing up. Talk to your...
Bev's advice is exactly what I would say! Biopsy is the best way to find cancer. Come back and tell us results. We all like good news> Hugs MK...
After my surgery I had excessive drainage, too. I don't know what the extra precautions are but I will tell you that the contaminate is extra strong I wore IV antibiotics for almost a year before the...
A suggestion, find out what kind of sutures were used on your original surguries. Contaminated sutures were put out several years ago causing problems much like yours. If you were healthy before all...
Strange I take Neurotinen every day, for diabetic neuropathy. I read about its side effects but it hasn't bothered me so far. Keeping my fingers crossed. Hope I get to see you, but if not there is...
Bev, life just gets crazier and crazier. I will be in KY from 10th thru 18th. Actually I could meet you anytime during the 14, 15 or 16th. Ben gets married the 12th and we have rehersal dinner on the...
Oh Luci it is good to see your name here. I don't check in as often as I should. I don't think I have your email without having to dig through paperwork that I don't even know where it is. I had to...
Sorry that you lost your friend. I agree it is way past time to find a cure and to find out what is causing so much cancer. Hugs MK...
Great advice. Cancer is indeed a mysterious disease. One never knows exactly what is ahead. At 58 I had a lump and elected to have a mastectomy, years later I think I may have been better off doing a...
I'm also of the opinion it is better to be sure. If you are willing to have the test, why not? The last dr did. I found a lump 40 yrs ago and the dr sent me immediately for a biopsy. There seems to...
My thoughts, too! I know how scary it can be with the call backs, etc. One day at a time! Hugs, MK...
Thanks, Kylie, these women are a remarkable group!!! We have lost many, but have many great survivors still hanging here together some from 12 years ago when we first began posting. I was diagnosed...
As usual, Joyce, Carolyn is being strong. The onc told her that her markers are down so something is working and he doesn't want to give in, sooooo the plan for next week is a half dose of chemo...
Well, today Carolyn was going to go to work. Her distended abdomen is down some and the fluid is out of her legs but she still does not feel very well and eating is difficult. We had an easy Easter...
Sara, so sorry to hear about your Mom. Is she about my age? You know it is usually easier for old gals to accept cancer. I sat and wrote a big long answer about Carolyn this morning on my netbook and...
Went to see Carolyn yesterday afternoon. Her counts were up a tiny bit and she told me she was going home tomorrow (today). Well, she can hope but I don't see it happening. Her doctor was to see her...
Carolyn's blood counts are worse and she is in the hospital. We spent yesterday afternoon with her. Her spirits are good as usual, and we all cut up and laughed and had a wonderful visit including a...
Sunday when I was in KY I called Carolyn to check on her and she was having nose bleeds. I told her she should call the Dr but of course she wouldn't until Monday morning. They had her come in and...
Oh yes, I agree with everyone a biopsy is necessary to get an anwer. Needle biopsies are done quickly and easily, but personally I like surgical biopsies to be sure enough area is tested. My...
Yeah, the news is not good. The onc is calling it Numb Chin Syndrome which is a signal of "deterioration" of metastatic cancer which lodges in the meninges and lower spinal part of the skull. It hits...
Thanks Bev, for suggesting this possibility. I don't know how you remember details so well, but I am thankful that you do. I sent the suggestion along to Carolyn for her to check out. For the others...
Did you have a mastectomy or radiation? Neither of those cause you to ache and hurt all over. Maybe either of those would be an option? My aunt had a lumpectomy and radiation years ago and did just...
Yes, it is very rare but a teen can get breast cancer. In view of your family history I suggest you find a doctor who is really knowledgeable about breast cancer and who will take your history into...
So Ellen what do you know about the lump? Waiting to hear!!! Hugs MK...
Yes Bev, Carolyn is one tough cookie alright. She doesn't tell us much of anything. I went through the sleep study and found I quit breathing a lot but I just couldn't wear the plastic stuff. The...
Slowly, step by step. The carpet man/construction owner/realtor/remodeler came by with his painting foreman to give me a bid on the painting. Painter looked around and said "there are all different...
Well that stinks! I hope it is nothing!!!!! I hate cancer more and more everyday! Once yoou have it, it tears you up every time you find anything strange! I will pray for good news Tuesday! Hugs MK...