So....talk about.....CANCER SUPPORT THREAD !!

[EweSheep]

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I am 45, will be 46 in two months. Yep, they are sagging and bagging....as Bill Cosby quoted about his wife's age for her birthday LOL.

Oh yes, it felt like it lit a match, whoa, painful and achy. My mom have dense tissues and so do I.

I dont drink caffeine, maybe ONCE a week, a glass of Pepsi for a nice supper or eat out. Other than that, I love to drink hot tea on cold days and iced teas for warm days. About 80% of the time, its ice cold water!

Well I can not give up on meats....I love steaks, and hamburger or anything "beefy". Chicken and pork give me the "trots" bad. Maybe try organic chicken more often would stop the trail to the bathroom. Had it once and it was delicious. I love my bacon! Won't eliminate it entirely from my diet but I can make do by cutting back.

After a few reading, it is not all that bad but only 1% DX cancer......how accurate is that number?

I wanted to smack the doc for giving me pain after examination. He had to make sure and he was not putting much pressure on it but boy, does it hurt!

 

[EweSheep]

 

[dewey]

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have you beaten it? Are you doing well now? I am just a rooter

. a cheerleader, well, I don't jump as much as wiggle, but We try to think good thoughts for everyone. When times are difficult and you can put your focus on your children and get 'er done, that shows some serious determination. But we all need someone to talk it out with, so if you need some shoulders, we are here for you too.

That's really sweet, thank you much! Takes a special soul to be a cheerleader like that. My initial tx was very aggressive and painful and the initial healing from tx burns took over a year to become managable. My kids know I'd walk through fire for them (like all parents would) because they witnessed me do just that, without complaint because, live or die, my goal was set in stone.

I'm not totally healed and won't ever be mainly due to the nature of the injuries from treatment, but I get on ok and just quietly deal with each day as it comes. Internally it ain't so great for me, but I look like a million bucks on the outside, lol. Cancer precautions were not taken during my first surgery, so cells were spilled into my blood stream...post tx there's a dusting of cells in the radiation field which led to more surgery (which I limited due to personal quality of life wishes) to remove some troublesome areas. I rarely say anything to anyone including family regarding the daily ills/side effects, etc., since it'd just be a needless stress on them...heck, I've had body parts removed that even I didn't know the names of at 44 years old, no less trying to explain why things aren't quite right on any given day!LOL

Good thoughts going out for everyone here.

 

[Lunachick]

Good thoughts going out to you too dewey. Thank you for sharing your story. I hope it all turns out well for you.

That's what it's all about, sharing info and giving each other support. That's what we're here for. Support.

I've got an update pic of my hair progress, but I've got to update my status on BYC in order to do that......................be back in a bit!

 

[Lifesong Farm]

Hope you guys don't mind me intruding. Feeling kinda bummed even though I have 2 new chicks hatch today. Just got a call from my great aunt and she is sick again. She has terminal cancer. Started out as breast cancer but has matastasised (I know I didn't spell that right) she has been sick fo just over a year this time. She now hase around 15 tumors that we know about. It is wreaking havoc with her immune system and no sooner than she gets rid of one bug than she gets another. Tonight she has what sounds like a flu bug. She can't seem to keep anything in.
That and my uncle died at the first of the month from lung cancer. We still haven't been told where he is buried. Aunt wendy has left people out of the loop. She is just not taking it well and she really only talks to people in fl right now. So anyway we don't know if they are using the plot in Arlington or somewhere in FL.

 

[Lunachick]

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Ewesheep - I believe fibroids are a "potential" for cancer, not necessarily a "cancer diagnosis". You're taking care of things.....just keep a positive attitude, it worked for me! I know it's hard to start thinking about your own kids and stuff...........I try to avoid that, with the hope that things will get better with knowledge and preventative care etc. what else can we do? Letting each other know what's going on with all this stuff is very helpful in my opinion......what can it hurt? It helps emotionally and with tidbits of info that may help someone with the smallest question about what's going on. You can google stuff into your nightmares, but when you come here and reach out and a bunch of compassionate people reach right back to you with their experiences......it helps a lot!

Many hugs & prayers it's just a normal fibroid thing.

 

[Lunachick]

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There's no such thing as intruding.......this is an open forum.

Know that we're here for you and understand. Let us know how it goes and many

coming your way. Please keep in touch!

 

[EweSheep]

Thanks Luna!

My doc does not think it is cancer but he wants to make sure it is the "right" thing to do is to go for mammogram AND ultrasounds if possible. I have to keep a positive outlook because I do have a six year old daughter to think about.

 

[dewey]

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Thanks so much, Lunachick.

Please forgive my ignorance, Lunachick, is your hair status due to tx? For whatever reason, bald is beautiful in my eyes.

Mine is grown back now. When it started falling out in clumps one day after a couple of weeks of radiation I called my hair stylist (pre arranged) to have him come shave it off, but my oldest son, a very tough 28 year old at that time with his own family and children, was tipped off and insisted nobody but himself do it, so that's what we did although I protested for obvious reasons. So, that's what we did, just my son and me on my back porch at sunset, shaving my head while we talked about happy things past and to come. He wept while he did it despite my assurances that all would be ok. What a journey.

 

[EweSheep]

Yes, bald is beautiful particuarly on women!