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Post by TheOtherMe on Dec 4, 2018 15:46:25 GMT -5
I haven't really written a whole lot since I mentioned I was going to see a hematologist. Someone on here had mentioned starting low dose aspirin - that is what she had me start doing. She also recommended that I have an EKG and a mammogram because of the cancer treatments I had when I was in my 20's. I had the mammogram yesterday. They found something in my left breast. I will have to have an ultrasound to see if it is cancerous or a cyst. The woman who did the mammogram said she had been doing them for 20 years and thought it looked like a cyst. Hopefully she is right. I really do not want to deal with this right now. I haven't told my DH yet because he flips out about minor things (with his mental health issues), but my mom knows. I want to see what the ultrasound says first before I say anything. Hugs. I just went through this. The woman who did the mammogram didn't give me any reassuring words, nor did the one who did the ultrasound. Like you, I have gone through cancer treatments way back when. I freaked out completely. For me, it was a benign cyst. I hope you get the same news I did.
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Post by WholeLottaNothin on Dec 4, 2018 16:01:53 GMT -5
I haven't really written a whole lot since I mentioned I was going to see a hematologist. Someone on here had mentioned starting low dose aspirin - that is what she had me start doing. She also recommended that I have an EKG and a mammogram because of the cancer treatments I had when I was in my 20's. I had the mammogram yesterday. They found something in my left breast. I will have to have an ultrasound to see if it is cancerous or a cyst. The woman who did the mammogram said she had been doing them for 20 years and thought it looked like a cyst. Hopefully she is right. I really do not want to deal with this right now. I haven't told my DH yet because he flips out about minor things (with his mental health issues), but my mom knows. I want to see what the ultrasound says first before I say anything. Hugs. I just went through this. The woman who did the mammogram didn't give me any reassuring words, nor did the one who did the ultrasound. Like you, I have gone through cancer treatments way back when. I freaked out completely. For me, it was a benign cyst. I hope you get the same news I did. Thank you. I appreciate the perspective of someone who has a similar health background. The possibility of having to do chemo again makes me want to cry.
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Post by MJ2.0 on Dec 4, 2018 16:02:55 GMT -5
hopefully it's just a cyst.
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Post by TheOtherMe on Dec 4, 2018 16:04:24 GMT -5
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Post by steph08 on Dec 4, 2018 16:10:28 GMT -5
Sending you good thoughts, nuttin!
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Post by taz157 on Dec 4, 2018 18:16:18 GMT -5
Awe nuttin. Hugs and prayers for you. Yeah that. ((((Hugs))))
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Dec 4, 2018 18:21:23 GMT -5
Just found out my best friend's son died. He was a couple years younger than Gwen. I know he had a seizure disorder but nothing beyond that.
If there is a wake I will attend and send flowers.😰
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Post by CCL on Dec 4, 2018 18:43:33 GMT -5
Just found out my best friend's son died. He was a couple years younger than Gwen. I know he had a seizure disorder but nothing beyond that. If there is a wake I will attend and send flowers.😰
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Post by taz157 on Dec 4, 2018 18:47:28 GMT -5
Just found out my best friend's son died. He was a couple years younger than Gwen. I know he had a seizure disorder but nothing beyond that. If there is a wake I will attend and send flowers.😰 I’m so sorry. ((((Hugs))))
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Post by NastyWoman on Dec 4, 2018 19:38:32 GMT -5
Awe nuttin. Hugs and prayers for you. x1000
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Post by TheOtherMe on Dec 4, 2018 20:08:35 GMT -5
Just found out my best friend's son died. He was a couple years younger than Gwen. I know he had a seizure disorder but nothing beyond that. If there is a wake I will attend and send flowers.😰 So very sorry.
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Post by Sam_2.0 on Dec 4, 2018 20:52:09 GMT -5
Oh heavens! Biggest hugs to Nuttin and Drama ♡♡♡♡
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Post by Works4me on Dec 4, 2018 21:00:55 GMT -5
Nuttin - sending prayers and positive thoughts. I did two rounds of chemo for lupus several years ago and am not happy that I may need to again. I just keep reminding myself it beats the alternatives.
Drama - I am so sorry but I am glad you will be there for your friend - hugs.
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Post by Sam_2.0 on Dec 4, 2018 22:41:24 GMT -5
I've been out of town and busy. Trying to catch up. Aly had her first appt with a play therapist for her anxiety yesterday. I missed it. Hope H fills me in on it. Called the kids last night on video chat. All 3 kids started crying h sent me photos this morning of the kids. I am not sad yet and honestly not really missing them yet. If I did miss them, its only the kids. Still no real communication with H. Hes texted me a couple times and I responded, but that was it. This trip is totally what I needed.
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Post by tcu2003 on Dec 5, 2018 0:00:14 GMT -5
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Post by tcu2003 on Dec 5, 2018 0:01:24 GMT -5
Just found out my best friend's son died. He was a couple years younger than Gwen. I know he had a seizure disorder but nothing beyond that. If there is a wake I will attend and send flowers.😰 I am so sorry.
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Post by NastyWoman on Dec 5, 2018 1:22:25 GMT -5
Just found out my best friend's son died. He was a couple years younger than Gwen. I know he had a seizure disorder but nothing beyond that. If there is a wake I will attend and send flowers.😰
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Post by gs11rmb on Dec 5, 2018 9:01:37 GMT -5
WholeLottaNothin I'm really sorry you're going through another health scare. In February, I had a 'suspicious' mammogram and then a follow-up ultrasound. The technician thought it was a cyst but because I was so anxious, and have a family history, they then performed a biopsy. They confirmed it was a cyst but I'm now on the every 6 months check-up plan and have another mammogram scheduled for next week. I'd put your faith in the woman who performed the mammogram. With 20 years experience she probably does have a very good sense of what looks like a cyst and what does not. I really hope the ultrasound puts your mind at rest.
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Post by gs11rmb on Dec 5, 2018 9:02:22 GMT -5
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Post by MJ2.0 on Dec 5, 2018 10:12:35 GMT -5
OMG I don't know what I would do if something happened to DS... Drama
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Post by andi9899 on Dec 5, 2018 11:14:27 GMT -5
Just found out my best friend's son died. He was a couple years younger than Gwen. I know he had a seizure disorder but nothing beyond that. If there is a wake I will attend and send flowers.😰 How sad. Hopefully he enjoys heaven and not being sick anymore.
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Post by andi9899 on Dec 5, 2018 11:16:33 GMT -5
OMG I don't know what I would do if something happened to DS... Drama Same. I bitch about my kids sometimes, but I don't know if I could go on if something happened to one of them.
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Post by muttleynfelix on Dec 5, 2018 11:37:00 GMT -5
Oh Drama. How awful!
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Dec 5, 2018 13:14:30 GMT -5
I feel so bad for her. She hasn't had the easiest time and now this.
She reached out to let everyone know she isn't ready to talk so I'm going to respect that.
She has a daughter around Abbys age. I can't imagine telling Abby her big sister died.
I almost started crying this morning at work thinking about it.
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Dec 5, 2018 14:13:52 GMT -5
Big hugs to Nuttin and Drama.
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Post by chen35 on Dec 5, 2018 15:48:15 GMT -5
So sorry nuttin - that sounds so stressful! Hoping for just a cyst. I also can't imagine losing a child. I don't imagine that anyone who does is ever quite the same.
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Post by oped on Dec 5, 2018 21:32:58 GMT -5
I know we moved on, but i was at the thrift store today for half priced Wednesday to look for books for the little girl i tutor and I realized that i usually don't look in the section where i'd be most likely to find Sunfire books, so i looked at every shelf today and while i didn't find any of those i found another book I'd forgot about The Hot Fudge Sunday Affair which was a sequel to the Banana Split affair... by Cynthia Blair about teen twin girls who switch place, lol. I picked it up ... and Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume and a Madeline L'Engle and Lois Duncan so thanks for the flashback to tween years novel reading i'm going to be engaging in next week Oh, and i found a copy of The Best School Year Ever... was someone looking for that, IM me if you want me to send it to you. I love 25 cent paperback day. Daughter got like 4 shirts, 2 pairs of shorts and a dress?, i got like 30 books... the bill was just over 20$.
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Post by raeoflyte on Dec 5, 2018 22:00:09 GMT -5
I had forgotten about Tiger Eyes. I'll have to look for that one.
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Dec 5, 2018 22:24:18 GMT -5
Got information about the wake. Going to see if mom will watch the kids I'm sure she will. My parents have known my BFF since high school. They will be sending flowers. Which I also need to arrange.
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