nonnie917-98021

I get you-- just take the good from Barry, and ignore the rest. He's holding onto his diet like some hold onto a Bible and their faith in God.
Because of my stomach, the only fruit I eat is an avocado once or twice a year. No apples, peaches, etc for about 10 years. About 6 years ago, I tried to eat an apple, and I began cramping after 3 bites. I bit it, then set it aside after 3 bites to see if it made me sick. About an hour later, I threw the apple out because I got bad cramps, and then later diarrhea.

I'll eat a few spoonfuls of green beans or peas once every few months. For some reason I can eat a tomato slice on a hamburger, and a few teaspoons of chopped tomato about once a week. My grandson has made several smoothies for me, and all I did was get so sick, and hurt so much.

Can you imagine being like I am, and having doctors, nurses, counselors, people at support groups tell me specifically to eat the indigestible? It's a fine line between saying, "Ja,ja" but not getting it on my chart that I'm complying. If they get too bossy, I just leave. Sometimes I go and they have the Barry food out. They say help yourself. I say, "No thank you, I ate before I came here." If they get obnoxious, I tell them that the food will put me in the ER. Talk about the Paleo diet---meat, potatoes, rice.

Nonnie, I'm just glad that I can eat. I'm so blessed that I have a family that understands this. As children they had to find a neighbor to take me to the military ER. I'd try to eat a little fruit -vege each day- and then after several months- my stomach seemed to collapse on me. So eat what you can- eat what you can afford-and you won't get any argument from me.

Hiya Nonnie: Remember, I'm HER2 + too. Herceptin is a miracle drug for us because it ONLY attacks the HER2+ cancer cells, not ALL cells, good or bad. I think they say it's a "bad" kind of cancer (really, WHAT kind of cancer isn't bad?!), because it is fast growing. But you are Stage 0 and I'm Stage 1; both were caught early, which is good. I think a much more difficult to treat b/c is triple negative, which Herceptin does not help. I've heard w/triple negative, docs need to bombard the patient with LOTs of different types of chemo in the hopes that it will work, whereas w/HER2+, we are lucky to have Herceptin on our side. But that is just my take on it; I'm certainly no expert on anything!

Hi Nonnie -mistake on my wall - no chemo or rads - just choosing lumpectomy and follow ups with MRI and bi-annual checks. Small tumour - 2.9mm - clear but small margins. Agree about the living in fear part. Am going for a breast dedicated MRI to ensure there is nothing missed. Good luck with the double mastectomy. Take care

Hi Nonnie! You know, I saw the doctor today who will be doing a DIEP flap for me sometime after September. Coincidence! (Separated at birth?) Yes, coffee sometime--I could go for that!

I decided I'd try to lose some weight before recon--and there really isn't enough time to get it all done (for sure) prior to my son's wedding in September. So I've put it off w/the doc's blessings. He is at Virginia Mason in Seattle.

For me, it was lumpectomy first breast cancer (trying to save breasts), then mastectomy this time around. So I've had both. (PLUS reduction before either of those surgeries!) So I'm kind of experienced in boobie surgery, LOL.

Yes, let's keep in touch. Good luck w/doctor's visit. :-)

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