karen1956

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Dear Karen: congratulations on achieving your ten year anniversary. Wow, that is something not to be taken lightly, ya. Good for you.
My great grandfather had two bakeries in Denver. I wish I knew which years and where. But nonetheless, thank you for posting and best to you for continued success! Katie

Hi! I wanted to reach out to you as a fellow school psychologist. I admire you for being able to continue to work! I would have appreciated the distraction if I had been able to concentrate, but I was and still am, an emotional mess. I'm off until fall now.
Any insights and advice on how to get thru this? Any and all info appreciated. Colleen

Hi. Read you post about bummerhood. It took yat another year to get the doctors to wake the f up but, as it turned out, they likely gave me a blood disease when they screwed up the cancer treats. That was a real treat too. then, five years later, I discovered I had toxic mold growing behind the walls & in the attic of my then hiuse. I removed myself from the moldy house and life got a biy better. I finally routed the blood disease and the depression is become more occasional. Just dont give up. I radically changed my diet & life (style, lol, doesnt really describe it) and things are better. best wishes and very good luck

Happy End of August, Karen1956! I haven't seen you on the board in a few months and just wanted to check on you. I hope you are doing well and you've had a fun-filled busy summer! Big hug and best wishes! Judy in Ky

In a post you mentioned that you had taken DIMS and then stopped. I hadn't heard of it until I saw Barry's link and your mention. I'm strongly considering not taking the AIs but will look into the link. Why did you stop taking DIMS?

Hi,

Im not officially diagnosed stage 3, but have stage 1 (but it is a high grade tumor grade 3)...and awaiting bopsy of microcalcificaitons which might bump up the grade. I originally thought I was stage 3 misreading my biopsy report...are there many stage 3 survivors out there? or many stage 2 surivivors out there you have found? I mean surviving more than 1o yrs,,,,and GREAT for you you are s survivor so long !!! WOW! my tumor itself is small size of a dime..but after surgery we are checking lymho nodes..any info welcome..thanks! Ann

Thanks for giving some feedback on my question about sleep. I'm glad you have found ways to improve the amount of sleep you get and I agree that treatments do seem linked to insomnia and sleep problems.

Hi Karen, I noticed you had asked how to access the Pinboard, here is how, Just go to the top of any page on the site, then click on the Pinboard tab in the purple bar at the top of the page.

As I recall, you have had a hysterectomy. Was that after your tx for BC? I have had mastectomy (bilateral), chemo, and radiation. On femara. BRCA negative. Recent ultrasound shows uterine fibroids. Don't HAVE to have hysterectomy, but thinking I want those parts OUT! Especially since my doc does robotic hyst.... Thoughts?

what type of foods did he tell you to avoid. i am on it and having problems. maybe my foods?

I saw where you said you were on AIs for awhile & then said enough!! What kind of side effects did you have? I have been on Arimidex for 1 yr. & am starting to have pain in my hands.

thank you am a surthirvor

Hi Karen, thanks for response re implants. I like you had the 300, surgeon is proposing 250 now. Now you went 200, outside of bra measurements, what cup size do you feel. He was surprised that they came so big on me, not awfully big, just not my style. Tks

I still haven,t lost all my hair I shaved my head because it was falling out all over the place but I still have like peach fuzz I still have my eyebrows no leg hair no underarm hair do you think I will lose it through the rest of my treatments?

Thank you for your response to cumulative chemo question.

thank you I am a big fan of fresh food but when my white count dropped my doc said to avoid them but its back up and has been so I think im going back to fresh they are much better for you. congrats on the the on kicking cancers butt be well be strong.

Hi Karen, yes thats exactly whats happening to me....peach fuzz.....eyebrows going....Wow and here I thought no chemo=no side effects.
How silly was that. I just want you to know you inspire me and assure me that I will be ok. Thank you so so much.

I underwent a double mastectomy in April and then had a second surgery to remove more tissue and the nipple. I currently have spacers in while i undergo chemo, to start next week and then radiation. Did your chest ache for a long time? Were you able to sleep in a bed? I have been sleeping in a recliner for 6 wks now. Also my breasts feel like they are so swollen at times, thankfully it seems to get better with reclining and sometimes ice.

Hi, Karen, thanks for your helpful response about non-narcotic pain relief. I'll talk to my surgeon about it. Glad to hear that Ibuprofen can maybe handle any pain.

Hi Karen...thanks so much for the encouragement . I've been fighting this for 4 years...not ready to give up yet...too much to love for.

Hi karen....am doing pretty good considering i have diaper rash, mucusitis and the "d" word. You were so right, chemo IS doable. And with "friends" like you, I GOT THIS! I so much appreciate you.

Hi Karen, I just wanted to say how much I appreciate you and your spirit......I wanna be just like you when I grow up! I start chemo on April 10, something to look forward to.......NOT! but gotta do what I gotta do, right? Again, thank you so much for all the right things you say and do. YOU ARE still MY MENTOR!

As always you are wonderful! Thank you again. My surgery is sccheduled for March 11 since I caught a heclk of a cold last weekend.

I think in internet. I got 2nd opinion last Friday and he agrees with you. Everthing in moderation. Celebrex is helping.

I'm sorry for electing you as my mentor....without asking first, but you seem so nice and knowledgeable.

is chemo and hormone therapy the same?

Thank you. But does that mean I have a rather fast growing tumor? I dont know the stage but it is Grade 7.

tx for reply, please help me, Doctor said we try all kind of medicine not response in his body. Last one month she feel so weakness, cough during all day. Her treatment is goning on in Gujarat cancer hospital Ahmedabad(file no. F 30523, Manishben Kapuriya). Dr Umesh Kandelav try all type of medicine. His Email id is: dr.umeshkhandelwal.gmail.com and my Email id is kapuriya.jivan@gmail.com

Just stopping by to say hi to one of my biggest inspirations. Hope you have a good day today! HUGS!