Cancer Support and Caregivers Who Are Trail Blazers!

mustangjeano · 01-10-2012, 02:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Tommi

It is amazing.. A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down. Just maybe JustJo you and yours are a sweet spoonful for your Mom.

Just piggy-bagging on Tommi's post. Jo, thanks for sharing this joyfull news.

deb_U_taunt · 01-10-2012, 06:38 PM

Another piggy back...amazing how some love makes things better.

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Originally Posted by mustangjeano

Just piggy-bagging on Tommi's post. Jo, thanks for sharing this joyfull news.

deb_U_taunt · 01-13-2012, 10:53 AM

YEEHAW...all the biopsies came back benign!!!! I cried out of joy.

I am not ready to do this crap again. So, surgery next month or so to even out my tits and then its just playing 'where's waldo' for the next 5 years, but as long I take ownership of my body (get tests and eat right), there is NO reason I can't live as long as my grandma did.

Jagg, thank you for sending your angels.

JAGG · 01-13-2012, 12:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Debby

YEEHAW...all the biopsies came back benign!!!! I cried out of joy.

I am not ready to do this crap again. So, surgery next month or so to even out my tits and then its just playing 'where's waldo' for the next 5 years, but as long I take ownership of my body (get tests and eat right), there is NO reason I can't live as long as my grandma did.

Jagg, thank you for sending your angels.

My angels said you are one awesome and incredible woman. And that cancer knows not to mess with you, they don't ever want to face your wrath again! :-) I'm so happy, that 2 peeps in a row now. I'm shooting for 1000 in a row. Its my year !

deb_U_taunt · 01-13-2012, 03:08 PM

It is your year! I truly feel this this is going to be a great year.

Cancer must know it wasn't on my to-do list for this year.

1. siding and painting house
2. plant hummingbird garden for nana
3. go to burning man - new decorations for the bike for the trip
4. add to raised garden beds
5. mosaic front porch

Nope, not on the list. lol.

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Originally Posted by JAGG

My angels said you are one awesome and incredible woman. And that cancer knows not to mess with you, they don't ever want to face your wrath again! :-) I'm so happy, that 2 peeps in a row now. I'm shooting for 1000 in a row. Its my year !

julieisafemme · 01-13-2012, 10:32 PM

Hello All! I spent the day with my Mom today. It was the last day of her second round of chemo. She is doing well. Next week she is preparing for radiation. She has a small lesion in the frontal cortex of her brain. It has shrunk from the chemo but they want to try to get rid of it with radiation. She is a little scared about that and so am I.

They will be tapering her off the steroids they have had her on for the brain lesion. She is very worried about this and thinks that it means she will then experience some side effects from the chemo. She has not talked to the doctor about this so she does not have any real facts. Does anyone know about this? I don't know what the results will be of her going off the steroids. The main thing I worry about is the pain coming back.

She has to have 6 rounds of chemo instead of the 3 she initially thought. She is not super happy about that. She will be done in May.

In general she is doing really well and is in good spirits. We just don't know what is coming next and that is anxiety producing!!

I am sending refuah shelimah (complete healing) to you all.

deb_U_taunt · 01-14-2012, 11:51 AM

I didn't have any additional pain or side effects coming off the steroids, but everyone is different, too. I felt better after no more side effects from the steroids, actually.
With the radiation, she will have a hard time tasting food. I recommend plastic utensils, the stainless seems to have a taste. I know it sounds odd, but it did help to use plastic.

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Originally Posted by julieisafemme

Hello All! I spent the day with my Mom today. It was the last day of her second round of chemo. She is doing well. Next week she is preparing for radiation. She has a small lesion in the frontal cortex of her brain. It has shrunk from the chemo but they want to try to get rid of it with radiation. She is a little scared about that and so am I.

They will be tapering her off the steroids they have had her on for the brain lesion. She is very worried about this and thinks that it means she will then experience some side effects from the chemo. She has not talked to the doctor about this so she does not have any real facts. Does anyone know about this? I don't know what the results will be of her going off the steroids. The main thing I worry about is the pain coming back.

She has to have 6 rounds of chemo instead of the 3 she initially thought. She is not super happy about that. She will be done in May.

In general she is doing really well and is in good spirits. We just don't know what is coming next and that is anxiety producing!!

I am sending refuah shelimah (complete healing) to you all.

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deb_U_taunt Senior Member How Do You Identify?: ........ Join Date: May 2011 Location: ....... Posts: 1,748 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 5,324 Thanked 5,255 Times in 1,361 Posts Rep Power: 21474852	YEEHAW...all the biopsies came back benign!!!! I cried out of joy. I am not ready to do this crap again. So, surgery next month or so to even out my tits and then its just playing 'where's waldo' for the next 5 years, but as long I take ownership of my body (get tests and eat right), there is NO reason I can't live as long as my grandma did. Jagg, thank you for sending your angels. Last edited by deb_U_taunt; 01-13-2012 at 10:54 AM. Reason: addition

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julieisafemme Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Woman Preferred Pronoun?: She Relationship Status: Married to Greyson Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: In the present Posts: 828 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 3,156 Thanked 3,434 Times in 660 Posts Rep Power: 21474852	Hello All! I spent the day with my Mom today. It was the last day of her second round of chemo. She is doing well. Next week she is preparing for radiation. She has a small lesion in the frontal cortex of her brain. It has shrunk from the chemo but they want to try to get rid of it with radiation. She is a little scared about that and so am I. They will be tapering her off the steroids they have had her on for the brain lesion. She is very worried about this and thinks that it means she will then experience some side effects from the chemo. She has not talked to the doctor about this so she does not have any real facts. Does anyone know about this? I don't know what the results will be of her going off the steroids. The main thing I worry about is the pain coming back. She has to have 6 rounds of chemo instead of the 3 she initially thought. She is not super happy about that. She will be done in May. In general she is doing really well and is in good spirits. We just don't know what is coming next and that is anxiety producing!! I am sending refuah shelimah (complete healing) to you all.