Hi, i'm new

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hey everyone, i'm new to the group & have had a particularly hard

day. i hope you don't mind that i am going to use my introduction as

a time to " whine " to you all who understand & may be able to help me

out. here goes my story: i'll start by telling you i'm 30 yrs old.

in aug i found a lump in my left breast & asked my sister in law if

she thought it may go away after my menstrual cycle. she said yeah,

that sometimes happens so just wait. in sept the lump was still

there so i went to my primary. she said she didnt think it was

anything but sent me for a mammogram. a few weeks later i had a

mammogram that didnt show anything so they did an ultrasound-which

also didnt show anything. although all cases seemed to say that the

lump was nothing, my primary wanted me to see a breast specialst. i

saw her in oct & she also said it was probably nothing but since she

could feel it, it had to come out. the next week i was scheduled for

an outpatient lumpectomy. it was fairly easy & i didn't think much

more about it. the following tuesday i was to go back for the

results & i got a call late morning from the specialist. of course

that was a bit startling but she said " we found some cancer & i just

don't want you to come to the appt alone " . of course this was a HUGE

shock (even to the dr) so i called my husband to come home & go to

the appt. i found out i had a .5 mm tumor & it was classified as

DCIS. the next step was to get clear margins which would remove the

nipple on the left side. for symmetry they did a reduction on the

right side as well as a sentinal node biopsy. i was told after the

surgery i'd start radiation at some point. after that surgery plans

changed a little more. seems 2 of the 3 nodes had .2 mm cancer

cells. 2 weeks ago today i had the rest of the nodes taken on the

left side. i have to say out of all of the surgeries, that one had

the most pain. i have been doing some exercises the past few days & i

feel things kinda losening up, so thats encouraging. maybe some day

soon i'll get to sleep on my side again! luckily all of the rest

of the nodes came back negative. my visit with the oncologist was

lengthy (he talked to me for an hour) but was less than informative.

he said my case is unique (aren't they all?) bcs the size of the

original cyst usually doesn't spread so quickly. i THINK he said

most likely i'll have chemo (dont have ANY idea how long), radiation

& then be on hormone therapy for a few years. you KNOW i'll be happy

to be alive after all this but i must admit that all this really came

at a bad time---here's what i mean. i was married 8 & 1/2 months

ago...i should be enjoying the newlywed portion of our marriage!

also, a week before we found out i had cancer we had gotten all our

ducks in a row so we could start getting pregnant. i'm sooo worried

that chemo is going to take that " woman's right of passage " from me.

i'm 30 yrs old, its not like waiting a few years for all the

treatment is exactly convenient for fertility, ya know? i'm praying

that if God wants us to adopt while i'm going thru all the treatments

He make it explicitly clear to us. i'm all for it but my husband

wants us to try for our own 1st (you know what i mean--our flesh &

blood kids, so to speak). i'm just so READY to be a mom, i've wanted

that (i'm sure like all of you) since i was a girl. i have no doubt

in my mind that God has a plan for all this & if i'm a vessel than

definitely so be it. but i can't help getting overwhelmed with all

of the information & questions i have. i'm kinda freaking out bcs my

upper leg bone has been aching the past few days & i'm already

like " oh no, i've got bone cancer now too " ....has anyone else been

like that? i just dont want to die, not be able to have kids, or

lose my hair--in that order! i just bought my 1st post surgeries bra

today...i went from a EE to a C---i havent been a C since jr high!!

but actually it wasn't as bad as i thought it was gonna be--God bless

inserts! ugh this got a bit lengthy-sorry!! Thank you all for

letting me vent in a major way. i've been encouraged reading

everyone's posts. i look forward to getting to know you.

Jeannie

Mt Holly NC

[Guest guest]

Jeannie,

You whine all you like! You are entitled. However, the rule, after

whining, is to have some wine. Take care and God bless.

Ruth

>

> hey everyone, i'm new to the group & have had a particularly hard

> day. i hope you don't mind that i am going to use my introduction

as

> a time to " whine " to you all who understand & may be able to help

me

> out. here goes my story: i'll start by telling you i'm 30 yrs

old.

> in aug i found a lump in my left breast & asked my sister in law

if

> she thought it may go away after my menstrual cycle. she said

yeah,

> that sometimes happens so just wait. in sept the lump was still

> there so i went to my primary. she said she didnt think it was

> anything but sent me for a mammogram. a few weeks later i had a

> mammogram that didnt show anything so they did an ultrasound-which

> also didnt show anything. although all cases seemed to say that

the

> lump was nothing, my primary wanted me to see a breast specialst.

i

> saw her in oct & she also said it was probably nothing but since

she

> could feel it, it had to come out. the next week i was scheduled

for

> an outpatient lumpectomy. it was fairly easy & i didn't think

much

> more about it. the following tuesday i was to go back for the

> results & i got a call late morning from the specialist. of

course

> that was a bit startling but she said " we found some cancer & i

just

> don't want you to come to the appt alone " . of course this was a

HUGE

> shock (even to the dr) so i called my husband to come home & go to

> the appt. i found out i had a .5 mm tumor & it was classified as

> DCIS. the next step was to get clear margins which would remove

the

> nipple on the left side. for symmetry they did a reduction on the

> right side as well as a sentinal node biopsy. i was told after

the

> surgery i'd start radiation at some point. after that surgery

plans

> changed a little more. seems 2 of the 3 nodes had .2 mm cancer

> cells. 2 weeks ago today i had the rest of the nodes taken on the

> left side. i have to say out of all of the surgeries, that one

had

> the most pain. i have been doing some exercises the past few days

& i

> feel things kinda losening up, so thats encouraging. maybe some

day

> soon i'll get to sleep on my side again! luckily all of the

rest

> of the nodes came back negative. my visit with the oncologist was

> lengthy (he talked to me for an hour) but was less than

informative.

> he said my case is unique (aren't they all?) bcs the size of the

> original cyst usually doesn't spread so quickly. i THINK he said

> most likely i'll have chemo (dont have ANY idea how long),

radiation

> & then be on hormone therapy for a few years. you KNOW i'll be

happy

> to be alive after all this but i must admit that all this really

came

> at a bad time---here's what i mean. i was married 8 & 1/2 months

> ago...i should be enjoying the newlywed portion of our marriage!

> also, a week before we found out i had cancer we had gotten all

our

> ducks in a row so we could start getting pregnant. i'm sooo

worried

> that chemo is going to take that " woman's right of passage " from

me.

> i'm 30 yrs old, its not like waiting a few years for all the

> treatment is exactly convenient for fertility, ya know? i'm

praying

> that if God wants us to adopt while i'm going thru all the

treatments

> He make it explicitly clear to us. i'm all for it but my husband

> wants us to try for our own 1st (you know what i mean--our flesh &

> blood kids, so to speak). i'm just so READY to be a mom, i've

wanted

> that (i'm sure like all of you) since i was a girl. i have no

doubt

> in my mind that God has a plan for all this & if i'm a vessel than

> definitely so be it. but i can't help getting overwhelmed with

all

> of the information & questions i have. i'm kinda freaking out bcs

my

> upper leg bone has been aching the past few days & i'm already

> like " oh no, i've got bone cancer now too " ....has anyone else been

> like that? i just dont want to die, not be able to have kids, or

> lose my hair--in that order! i just bought my 1st post surgeries

bra

> today...i went from a EE to a C---i havent been a C since jr

high!!

> but actually it wasn't as bad as i thought it was gonna be--God

bless

> inserts! ugh this got a bit lengthy-sorry!! Thank you all for

> letting me vent in a major way. i've been encouraged reading

> everyone's posts. i look forward to getting to know you.

>

> Jeannie

> Mt Holly NC

>

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Jeannie,

Welcome to the group. It seems as though ladies are getting diagnosed younger

and younger. I am glad yours was caught when it was.

There were/are a few ladies in the group that did have children after having

chemo. Hopefully someone will answer you on that. Our daughter was not able to

conceive and had to have a hysterectomy at age 28 or 29. Can't remember which.

So they decided to adopt. They adopted an adorable Korean baby boy when he was 3

or 4 months old. He is the light of their life and he just adores his Mommy and

Daddy.

Its normal to think that every ache and pain could be more cancer. As you go on

it will get easier. But if something is bothering you 24/7 its best to talk to

the doctor. I will keep you in my prayers.

Hugs

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Hi, i'm new

hey everyone, i'm new to the group & have had a particularly hard

day. i hope you don't mind that i am going to use my introduction as

a time to " whine " to you all who understand & may be able to help me

out. here goes my story: i'll start by telling you i'm 30 yrs old.

in aug i found a lump in my left breast & asked my sister in law if

she thought it may go away after my menstrual cycle. she said yeah,

that sometimes happens so just wait. in sept the lump was still

there so i went to my primary. she said she didnt think it was

anything but sent me for a mammogram. a few weeks later i had a

mammogram that didnt show anything so they did an ultrasound-which

also didnt show anything. although all cases seemed to say that the

lump was nothing, my primary wanted me to see a breast specialst. i

saw her in oct & she also said it was probably nothing but since she

could feel it, it had to come out. the next week i was scheduled for

an outpatient lumpectomy. it was fairly easy & i didn't think much

more about it. the following tuesday i was to go back for the

results & i got a call late morning from the specialist. of course

that was a bit startling but she said " we found some cancer & i just

don't want you to come to the appt alone " . of course this was a HUGE

shock (even to the dr) so i called my husband to come home & go to

the appt. i found out i had a .5 mm tumor & it was classified as

DCIS. the next step was to get clear margins which would remove the

nipple on the left side. for symmetry they did a reduction on the

right side as well as a sentinal node biopsy. i was told after the

surgery i'd start radiation at some point. after that surgery plans

changed a little more. seems 2 of the 3 nodes had .2 mm cancer

cells. 2 weeks ago today i had the rest of the nodes taken on the

left side. i have to say out of all of the surgeries, that one had

the most pain. i have been doing some exercises the past few days & i

feel things kinda losening up, so thats encouraging. maybe some day

soon i'll get to sleep on my side again! luckily all of the rest

of the nodes came back negative. my visit with the oncologist was

lengthy (he talked to me for an hour) but was less than informative.

he said my case is unique (aren't they all?) bcs the size of the

original cyst usually doesn't spread so quickly. i THINK he said

most likely i'll have chemo (dont have ANY idea how long), radiation

& then be on hormone therapy for a few years. you KNOW i'll be happy

to be alive after all this but i must admit that all this really came

at a bad time---here's what i mean. i was married 8 & 1/2 months

ago...i should be enjoying the newlywed portion of our marriage!

also, a week before we found out i had cancer we had gotten all our

ducks in a row so we could start getting pregnant. i'm sooo worried

that chemo is going to take that " woman's right of passage " from me.

i'm 30 yrs old, its not like waiting a few years for all the

treatment is exactly convenient for fertility, ya know? i'm praying

that if God wants us to adopt while i'm going thru all the treatments

He make it explicitly clear to us. i'm all for it but my husband

wants us to try for our own 1st (you know what i mean--our flesh &

blood kids, so to speak). i'm just so READY to be a mom, i've wanted

that (i'm sure like all of you) since i was a girl. i have no doubt

in my mind that God has a plan for all this & if i'm a vessel than

definitely so be it. but i can't help getting overwhelmed with all

of the information & questions i have. i'm kinda freaking out bcs my

upper leg bone has been aching the past few days & i'm already

like " oh no, i've got bone cancer now too " ....has anyone else been

like that? i just dont want to die, not be able to have kids, or

lose my hair--in that order! i just bought my 1st post surgeries bra

today...i went from a EE to a C---i havent been a C since jr high!!

but actually it wasn't as bad as i thought it was gonna be--God bless

inserts! ugh this got a bit lengthy-sorry!! Thank you all for

letting me vent in a major way. i've been encouraged reading

everyone's posts. i look forward to getting to know you.

Jeannie

Mt Holly NC

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Dear Jeannie, You'll be in my mind & prayers. Accept me as your friend. God

bless you...

Ghanieh

Jeannie jeanniennc@...> wrote:

hey everyone, i'm new to the group & have had a particularly hard

day. i hope you don't mind that i am going to use my introduction as

a time to " whine " to you all who understand & may be able to help me

out. here goes my story: i'll start by telling you i'm 30 yrs old.

in aug i found a lump in my left breast & asked my sister in law if

she thought it may go away after my menstrual cycle. she said yeah,

that sometimes happens so just wait. in sept the lump was still

there so i went to my primary. she said she didnt think it was

anything but sent me for a mammogram. a few weeks later i had a

mammogram that didnt show anything so they did an ultrasound-which

also didnt show anything. although all cases seemed to say that the

lump was nothing, my primary wanted me to see a breast specialst. i

saw her in oct & she also said it was probably nothing but since she

could feel it, it had to come out. the next week i was scheduled for

an outpatient lumpectomy. it was fairly easy & i didn't think much

more about it. the following tuesday i was to go back for the

results & i got a call late morning from the specialist. of course

that was a bit startling but she said " we found some cancer & i just

don't want you to come to the appt alone " . of course this was a HUGE

shock (even to the dr) so i called my husband to come home & go to

the appt. i found out i had a .5 mm tumor & it was classified as

DCIS. the next step was to get clear margins which would remove the

nipple on the left side. for symmetry they did a reduction on the

right side as well as a sentinal node biopsy. i was told after the

surgery i'd start radiation at some point. after that surgery plans

changed a little more. seems 2 of the 3 nodes had .2 mm cancer

cells. 2 weeks ago today i had the rest of the nodes taken on the

left side. i have to say out of all of the surgeries, that one had

the most pain. i have been doing some exercises the past few days & i

feel things kinda losening up, so thats encouraging. maybe some day

soon i'll get to sleep on my side again! luckily all of the rest

of the nodes came back negative. my visit with the oncologist was

lengthy (he talked to me for an hour) but was less than informative.

he said my case is unique (aren't they all?) bcs the size of the

original cyst usually doesn't spread so quickly. i THINK he said

most likely i'll have chemo (dont have ANY idea how long), radiation

& then be on hormone therapy for a few years. you KNOW i'll be happy

to be alive after all this but i must admit that all this really came

at a bad time---here's what i mean. i was married 8 & 1/2 months

ago...i should be enjoying the newlywed portion of our marriage!

also, a week before we found out i had cancer we had gotten all our

ducks in a row so we could start getting pregnant. i'm sooo worried

that chemo is going to take that " woman's right of passage " from me.

i'm 30 yrs old, its not like waiting a few years for all the

treatment is exactly convenient for fertility, ya know? i'm praying

that if God wants us to adopt while i'm going thru all the treatments

He make it explicitly clear to us. i'm all for it but my husband

wants us to try for our own 1st (you know what i mean--our flesh &

blood kids, so to speak). i'm just so READY to be a mom, i've wanted

that (i'm sure like all of you) since i was a girl. i have no doubt

in my mind that God has a plan for all this & if i'm a vessel than

definitely so be it. but i can't help getting overwhelmed with all

of the information & questions i have. i'm kinda freaking out bcs my

upper leg bone has been aching the past few days & i'm already

like " oh no, i've got bone cancer now too " ....has anyone else been

like that? i just dont want to die, not be able to have kids, or

lose my hair--in that order! i just bought my 1st post surgeries bra

today...i went from a EE to a C---i havent been a C since jr high!!

but actually it wasn't as bad as i thought it was gonna be--God bless

inserts! ugh this got a bit lengthy-sorry!! Thank you all for

letting me vent in a major way. i've been encouraged reading

everyone's posts. i look forward to getting to know you.

Jeannie

Mt Holly NC

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[Guest guest]

Hi: i read your case, so similar to mine, but you was lucky your primary send

you to a mammogram and specialist. my told me the same as your friend, and next

time i feel something there i was thinking was nothing until i saw my nipple

going inside, i am 32 i had a mastectomy in july in that moment i just had 5

months with my boyfriend, we going to marry in 2 weeks, my cancer is hormone

dependent and also they found pre-cancer cells in the other breast, i am in qy

7th quimio, lost my hair 15 days after my first quimio but i have many wigs. Ask

your dr. if you could be pregnant, usually you have to wait 2 years when you

finish treatment but each case is different so, let know your oncologist all you

expectations in order to know what you can do, maybe frezze some eggs before to

begin quimo.

Good luck, Anggy.

And don't worry about your life almost all women with breast cancer are

survivors., i hope i help you.

__________________________________________________

[Guest guest]

thank you so much Anggy, everyone's stories have really helped me this week.

i'm so glad to be part of this group---thank you all for telling about

your experiences!!

In a message dated 12/16/2006 10:56:48 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,

anggymanu@... writes:

Hi: i read your case, so similar to mine, but you was lucky your primary

send you to a mammogram and specialist. my told me the same as your friend, and

next time i feel something there i was thinking was nothing until i saw my

nipple going inside, i am 32 i had a mastectomy in july in that moment i just

had 5 months with my boyfriend, we going to marry in 2 weeks, my cancer is

hormone dependent and also they found pre-cancer cells in the other breast, i

am

in qy 7th quimio, lost my hair 15 days after my first quimio but i have many

wigs. Ask your dr. if you could be pregnant, usually you have to wait 2

years when you finish treatment but each case is different so, let know your

oncologist all you expectations in order to know what you can do, maybe frezze

some eggs before to begin quimo.

Good luck, Anggy.

And don't worry about your life almost all women with breast cancer are

survivors., i hope i help you.

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Hi Jeannie, Just wanted to tell you that this is a bump in the road in life and

these bumps come in all sizes. I was 33 the first time i was diagnosed with bc.

Had only been married for about 2 yrs and just had a new born when i discovered

the lump in my breast. No one on either side of my families had bc so had no

experience as what to do. I had to have surgeries, chemo and rad. The docs did

think I could pg right after such intense treatment so my husband and I didn't

practice very good safe sex and six months later after my last chemo I was pg.

Although it was considered by some docs to have the pg terminated that never

crossed my mind. It was a high risk pregnancy and I had to keep an eye on

everything very closely. But, everything turned out great and we had a beautiful

son with no problems due to any of the drugs. He is now 14 yrs old. I did hit

another bump a recurrence at 47 and I am still kicking. Not going anywhere

without a fight. Lots of luck to you and

prayers. be strong and just take one bump at a time. tt

Jeannie jeanniennc@...> wrote: hey everyone, i'm new to the group & have

had a particularly hard

day. i hope you don't mind that i am going to use my introduction as

a time to " whine " to you all who understand & may be able to help me

out. here goes my story: i'll start by telling you i'm 30 yrs old.

in aug i found a lump in my left breast & asked my sister in law if

she thought it may go away after my menstrual cycle. she said yeah,

that sometimes happens so just wait. in sept the lump was still

there so i went to my primary. she said she didnt think it was

anything but sent me for a mammogram. a few weeks later i had a

mammogram that didnt show anything so they did an ultrasound-which

also didnt show anything. although all cases seemed to say that the

lump was nothing, my primary wanted me to see a breast specialst. i

saw her in oct & she also said it was probably nothing but since she

could feel it, it had to come out. the next week i was scheduled for

an outpatient lumpectomy. it was fairly easy & i didn't think much

more about it. the following tuesday i was to go back for the

results & i got a call late morning from the specialist. of course

that was a bit startling but she said " we found some cancer & i just

don't want you to come to the appt alone " . of course this was a HUGE

shock (even to the dr) so i called my husband to come home & go to

the appt. i found out i had a .5 mm tumor & it was classified as

DCIS. the next step was to get clear margins which would remove the

nipple on the left side. for symmetry they did a reduction on the

right side as well as a sentinal node biopsy. i was told after the

surgery i'd start radiation at some point. after that surgery plans

changed a little more. seems 2 of the 3 nodes had .2 mm cancer

cells. 2 weeks ago today i had the rest of the nodes taken on the

left side. i have to say out of all of the surgeries, that one had

the most pain. i have been doing some exercises the past few days & i

feel things kinda losening up, so thats encouraging. maybe some day

soon i'll get to sleep on my side again! luckily all of the rest

of the nodes came back negative. my visit with the oncologist was

lengthy (he talked to me for an hour) but was less than informative.

he said my case is unique (aren't they all?) bcs the size of the

original cyst usually doesn't spread so quickly. i THINK he said

most likely i'll have chemo (dont have ANY idea how long), radiation

& then be on hormone therapy for a few years. you KNOW i'll be happy

to be alive after all this but i must admit that all this really came

at a bad time---here's what i mean. i was married 8 & 1/2 months

ago...i should be enjoying the newlywed portion of our marriage!

also, a week before we found out i had cancer we had gotten all our

ducks in a row so we could start getting pregnant. i'm sooo worried

that chemo is going to take that " woman's right of passage " from me.

i'm 30 yrs old, its not like waiting a few years for all the

treatment is exactly convenient for fertility, ya know? i'm praying

that if God wants us to adopt while i'm going thru all the treatments

He make it explicitly clear to us. i'm all for it but my husband

wants us to try for our own 1st (you know what i mean--our flesh &

blood kids, so to speak). i'm just so READY to be a mom, i've wanted

that (i'm sure like all of you) since i was a girl. i have no doubt

in my mind that God has a plan for all this & if i'm a vessel than

definitely so be it. but i can't help getting overwhelmed with all

of the information & questions i have. i'm kinda freaking out bcs my

upper leg bone has been aching the past few days & i'm already

like " oh no, i've got bone cancer now too " ....has anyone else been

like that? i just dont want to die, not be able to have kids, or

lose my hair--in that order! i just bought my 1st post surgeries bra

today...i went from a EE to a C---i havent been a C since jr high!!

but actually it wasn't as bad as i thought it was gonna be--God bless

inserts! ugh this got a bit lengthy-sorry!! Thank you all for

letting me vent in a major way. i've been encouraged reading

everyone's posts. i look forward to getting to know you.

Jeannie

Mt Holly NC