Guest guest Posted January 6, 2005 Report Share Posted January 6, 2005 Welcome aboard Hazel. You sound extremely dedicated. I know that you will succeed as you wind your way back to the weight goal you've set for yourself!! Tina New Member Intro I joined this group yesterday afternoon and I would like to thank you for letting me being a part of your group. I lost 24 pounds with WW in 1981. After going through maintainance and becoming a lifetime member I let myself slide back into my old habits of snacking on things I had been denying myself. The program has changed so much in those years, now I don't have to deny myself an occasional snack. Now 22 years later and 41 pounds heavier than my original starting weight I am hopefully wiser and know myself better that I will take the excess weight off and keep it off. That many years ago I didn't have any specific exercise program. Having a 2, 7, 14, and 16 year old at home + helping dh on our dairy farm was all the exercise I needed. Now there are no longer dairy cows nor children to keep me active I must get real about an exercise program. Today for the first time in a long long time I stepped on the treadmill for a grand total of 5 minutes. I know I have to up that to many more minutes but it's a start. I tried WW in a town 50 miles away about 2 years ago but I didn't get motivated with them. Monday night I went to the first meeting in of the year for our area. I have the confidence this time that I can make it work. I know it will take me a lot longer this time to get to my goal weight. Last time it took 16 weeks. The weight probably won't come off as fast when one is 66 as compared to a 42 year old. Anyway thank you guys for letting me be a part of your group. Hazel in East Central Minnesota --- http://USFamily.Net/dialup.html - $8.25/mo! -- http://www.usfamily.net/dsl.html - $19.99/mo! --- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 6, 2005 Report Share Posted January 6, 2005 Welcome, Hazel (I love that name!) Sounds like you are a sensible lady! I'm sure you will do well on the new WW. Crystal > I joined this group yesterday afternoon and I would like > to thank you for letting me being a part of your group. > > I lost 24 pounds with WW in 1981. After going through > maintainance and becoming a lifetime member I let > myself slide back into my old habits of snacking on > things I had been denying myself. The program has > changed so much in those years, now I don't have to > deny myself an occasional snack. > > Now 22 years later and 41 pounds heavier than my > original starting weight I am hopefully wiser and know > myself better that I will take the excess weight off and > keep it off. > > That many years ago I didn't have any specific exercise > program. Having a 2, 7, 14, and 16 year old at home > + helping dh on our dairy farm was all the exercise I > needed. Now there are no longer dairy cows nor > children to keep me active I must get real about an > exercise program. Today for the first time in a long > long time I stepped on the treadmill for a grand total > of 5 minutes. I know I have to up that to many more > minutes but it's a start. > > I tried WW in a town 50 miles away about 2 years ago > but I didn't get motivated with them. Monday night I went > to the first meeting in of the year for our area. I have the > confidence this time that I can make it work. > > I know it will take me a lot longer this time to get to > my goal weight. Last time it took 16 weeks. The > weight probably won't come off as fast when one > is 66 as compared to a 42 year old. > > Anyway thank you guys for letting me be a part of your group. > > Hazel in East Central Minnesota > > > --- http://USFamily.Net/dialup.html - $8.25/mo! -- http://www.usfamily.net/dsl.html - $19.99/mo! --- > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 16, 2007 Report Share Posted January 16, 2007 Hi, My name is . I live in Union County N.J. I recently had my annual mammogram at a new radiologist's office (insurance change) and she requested an ultrasound to follow up. There are 4 cysts in 1 breast, and she recommended a consult with a surgeon. Any advice as to what I should be asking? There is a family history of breast cancer in my family, although not direct lineage. My Mom's sister and two of my dad's sisters. Also 3 cousins have been diagnosed pre- menopause. None of the cousins diagnosed have direct lineage to the aunts or each other either. They are the daughters of my Dad's other siblings. So much for statistics. P.S. they are all doing well. Any advice is greatly appreciated. Thanks in NJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 16, 2007 Report Share Posted January 16, 2007 Welcome to the group . Here are a few questions to ask your surgeon. What type of biopsy will I have? Please explain what you will be doing. How long will the biopsy take? Will I be awake? Will it hurt? Where will you do the biopsy? Will I be able to drive myself home? How much tissue will be taken out? Will you do estrogen and progesterone receptor tests before the biopsy? Will the biopsy leave a scar? Will it change the shape of my breast? How soon will I know the results? This should give you an idea of a few things to ask. I am sure some of the other ladies can come up with some more. I will keep you in my prayers. Hugs nne Breast Cancer Patients Soul Mates for Life http://www.geocities.com/chucky5741/breastcancerpatients.html BreastCancerStories.com http://www.breastcancerstories.com/content/view/433/161/ Angel Feather Loomer www.angelfeatherloomer.blogspot.com Check out my other ornaments at www.geocities.com/chucky5741/bcornament.html Lots of info and gifts at: www.cancerclub.com New Member intro Hi, My name is . I live in Union County N.J. I recently had my annual mammogram at a new radiologist's office (insurance change) and she requested an ultrasound to follow up. There are 4 cysts in 1 breast, and she recommended a consult with a surgeon. Any advice as to what I should be asking? There is a family history of breast cancer in my family, although not direct lineage. My Mom's sister and two of my dad's sisters. Also 3 cousins have been diagnosed pre- menopause. None of the cousins diagnosed have direct lineage to the aunts or each other either. They are the daughters of my Dad's other siblings. So much for statistics. P.S. they are all doing well. Any advice is greatly appreciated. Thanks in NJ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.410 / Virus Database: 268.16.12/630 - Release Date: 1/15/2007 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 17, 2007 Report Share Posted January 17, 2007 Hi , I can't really think of any more questions to add to the ones nne gave you, but I want to tell you about a really great website that one of the ladies gave to me that I have found to be so useful! It's http://www.breastcancer.org I have found so many answers here, it's an incredibly extensive site! Just keep you eye on the box to the left because everytime you go somewhere it seems to give more options. Don't forget to breathe during all of this. Waiting is HARD work, in fact, I found waiting to be the hardest. Try to find things to distract you while you wait, watch funny movies, go out and have fun, etc., try not to sit and worry, because it's probably not cancer anyway. And don't let anyone make you wait any longer than absolutely necessary. I had to wait two months from the time I found the lump (went to the gyno, had a mammo, ultrasound then biopsy) til the time I got the news from my doc and in retrospect realize now that was way too long - if I had been insistant it wouldn't have been so awful. Good luck sweetie, and if you need any future help, come back to this site, the ladies here are great resources. Peace and love, Cealy GIFREE4243@...> wrote: Hi, My name is . I live in Union County N.J. I recently had my annual mammogram at a new radiologist's office (insurance change) and she requested an ultrasound to follow up. There are 4 cysts in 1 breast, and she recommended a consult with a surgeon. Any advice as to what I should be asking? There is a family history of breast cancer in my family, although not direct lineage. My Mom's sister and two of my dad's sisters. Also 3 cousins have been diagnosed pre- menopause. None of the cousins diagnosed have direct lineage to the aunts or each other either. They are the daughters of my Dad's other siblings. So much for statistics. P.S. they are all doing well. Any advice is greatly appreciated. Thanks in NJ --------------------------------- Need Mail bonding? Go to the Yahoo! Mail Q&A for great tips from Yahoo! Answers users. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 17, 2007 Report Share Posted January 17, 2007 Hi , I am in Bergen County, NJ. I may be wrong, but I thought " cysts " means that they have liquid, and are not " lumps " which may be benign or malignant. So, the surgeon may only want to drain the cysts (I hope!). Regardless of whether lumps are cancerous or not, they usually want to remove them, because they just do not belong in the breast. You'll know a lot more after you have seen the surgeon. If you are ready to hear it, you can ask him before any test results, what it looks like to him. My experience was that everyone who looked at me suspected it was cancer right away, and it was. Because of your extensive family history, you may want to aks about getting genetic testing for BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations. So glad you went for your mammogram! > > Hi, > My name is . I live in Union County N.J. I recently had my > annual mammogram at a new radiologist's office (insurance change) and > she requested an ultrasound to follow up. There are 4 cysts in 1 > breast, and she recommended a consult with a surgeon. Any advice as > to what I should be asking? There is a family history of breast > cancer in my family, although not direct lineage. My Mom's sister and > two of my dad's sisters. Also 3 cousins have been diagnosed pre- > menopause. None of the cousins diagnosed have direct lineage to the > aunts or each other either. They are the daughters of my Dad's other > siblings. So much for statistics. P.S. they are all doing well. > > Any advice is greatly appreciated. > > Thanks > in NJ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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