Hi,
Sorry for the delay, I've been busy with the kids sports.
I saw my Oncologist and the bumps on my right bicep arm isn't anything serious. He thought they were in an odd area and usually occur after surgery. He called them cording which normally there are several bumps in a row which I only have two. Here's some information I took off the site.
Axillary web syndrome (AWS), also known as cording, sometimes develops as a side effect of sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) or axillary lymph node dissection (ALND). Both procedures involve removing just a few (SLNB) or many (ALND) of the axillary, or underarm, lymph nodes. Most people with breast cancer need to have at least one of these surgeries. Scar tissue from surgery to the chest area to remove the cancer itself also can contribute to cording.
If you want more info please see the following site:
http://www.breastcancer.org/treatment/side_effects/aws
He suggest to take Motrin and watch them. If they don't go away, he would send me to a Lymphedema therapists which will message the area to break them down.
My doctor did an exam since I was there and everything was good. He spoke with me about my treatment. He mentioned how nice it is to see me but he will be releasing me soon. I only have a year left on my Tamoxifen. I will only need to see him probably one more time. I will do one more complete round of blood work and see him in about six months. That's great news! As for my treatment going forward, he explained that I will need to see one of my doctors (Oncologist, Plastic Surgeon or my Cancer Surgeon) at least once a year for an exam.
Since I have seen him my bumps have decreased in size but I still have them. They are not bothering me.
Stay warm this winter no matter where you live everybody is experiencing some strange cold weather.
Take Care and make sure everybody stays on top of their health and see the doctors when needed.
Monday, January 21, 2013
Monday, January 7, 2013
4 Years Cancer FREE today!!!
Great Health and Happiness I wish for everybody in 2013!!!
Today, I am 4 years Cancer Free and many more years ahead of me! I continue to see all of my doctors who are involved with my cancer treatment. I am still taking Tamoxifen and should have only one year left to take the medication. I only have one slight side effect which is night sweats but it usually only happens in the Summer otherwise no other issues, which is great.
I had my blood work done in November and all my numbers were good. My CA-125 which measures Ovarian markers were 14. My CA 127-129 for Breast cancer markers were 19. These #s are down from 6 months ago. The reason why I still check these markers since I had the cancer removed and a hysterectomy is that you can still have cells floating around in your body.
My cholesterol was 178 which is higher than 6 months ago which was 155. I need to get back to exercising. My vitamin D was 44. My Calcium was 9.1 which 6 moths ago was 8.8. I had several other blood test and everything was normal. I will re-do my blood work in about 6 months.
I also had a Dexa Bone Density exam done. My last test was two years ago. I am considered in the normal range for my bones. My test was alittle down from 2 years ago but I am not in danger. I need to be more diligent about taking my Calcium. My Oncologist explained that its difficult to get your numbers back up but if I exercise, take vitamin D and Calcium that will help a great deal.This is the magic combo.
I found two small bumps on my right bicep under my skin last week. I believe they are fat deposits or cyst but because of my cancer history I have made an appointment with my Oncologist for Wednesday January 9. I need to be able to relax and know what they are. I text-ed my Oncologist to see if I should see him or another doctor and he said "he would see me but believes its not related to the breast". I will keep everybody updated.
Talk to everybody soon, stay warm :)
Today, I am 4 years Cancer Free and many more years ahead of me! I continue to see all of my doctors who are involved with my cancer treatment. I am still taking Tamoxifen and should have only one year left to take the medication. I only have one slight side effect which is night sweats but it usually only happens in the Summer otherwise no other issues, which is great.
I had my blood work done in November and all my numbers were good. My CA-125 which measures Ovarian markers were 14. My CA 127-129 for Breast cancer markers were 19. These #s are down from 6 months ago. The reason why I still check these markers since I had the cancer removed and a hysterectomy is that you can still have cells floating around in your body.
My cholesterol was 178 which is higher than 6 months ago which was 155. I need to get back to exercising. My vitamin D was 44. My Calcium was 9.1 which 6 moths ago was 8.8. I had several other blood test and everything was normal. I will re-do my blood work in about 6 months.
I also had a Dexa Bone Density exam done. My last test was two years ago. I am considered in the normal range for my bones. My test was alittle down from 2 years ago but I am not in danger. I need to be more diligent about taking my Calcium. My Oncologist explained that its difficult to get your numbers back up but if I exercise, take vitamin D and Calcium that will help a great deal.This is the magic combo.
I found two small bumps on my right bicep under my skin last week. I believe they are fat deposits or cyst but because of my cancer history I have made an appointment with my Oncologist for Wednesday January 9. I need to be able to relax and know what they are. I text-ed my Oncologist to see if I should see him or another doctor and he said "he would see me but believes its not related to the breast". I will keep everybody updated.
Talk to everybody soon, stay warm :)
Friday, December 28, 2012
Happy New Year
Hope everybody had a wonderful Xmas and a terrific New Year for 2013.
Everybody here is doing good just very busy. I will update my blog next year with all my test which were good.
Everybody here is doing good just very busy. I will update my blog next year with all my test which were good.
Thursday, November 15, 2012
last few weeks
Hello,
The last two weeks have been busy but it could of been a disaster. Our daily schedule has been adjusted but we have survived a few obstacles due to the weather but that make us stronger! Our hearts go out to those who have lost everything.
October 20, 21, 2012 weekend was wonderful. My birthday was on Saturday the 20th and my husband and kids gave me a new Nikon camera which all of you know I enjoy taking alot of photos. (which I need to start scrap booking again).
On Sunday the 21ST was a great day! The walk for Making Strides Against Breast Cancer through American Cancer was on. It was a beautiful weather day. The walk was along the water and the turnout was Hugh!
My team Bossom Buddies walked at 10:15 instead of 11:00. My daughter had a soccer game to attend and several of my friends had their kids activities to attend as well. Gene and AJ weren't able to attend since AJ had a hockey game around the same time. We have been lucky in the past as far as conflicts. It was a hectic morning but was amazing to support this great cause! Thank you to all who donated! It was crowed! This location for the walk alone raised $348,779.42! We will back next year!
October 29 - November 9, 2012 It was scary to know Storm Sandy was coming to our state! We pre-pared as much as we could. We had extra food, cleaned up the deck and put away all materials that could fly outside, filled our propane tank for the grill to be able to cook, washed all our clothes, and made sure we had several batteries for our flash lights.
We couldn't believe it. We lost power at 3:20 in the afternoon on Monday before the storm was really bad. Wow, in the last few years we loose power right away. As the evening approached and there was no heat and lights, it did start to get dark. We played monopoly for a few hours and made the best of the night. under lanterns We heard the noise of the wind but lucky we had little rain. Our house is surrounded by trees and we were scared of them coming down. At one point, Gene asked for the kids and I to go outside to experience how loud the wind is and to see the sky. It was cool experience but never want to have this again!We moved the kids mattress into my room to sleep.
We were very fortunate and didn't have any trees fall down except for branches, wow we were shocked. The next day we saw several large trees and power lines down around our neighborhood. We were able to get a generator by the afternoon. That was a great help to run the refrigerator, have some lights and heat! We were out of power until Friday evening. The kids didn't have school all week. It was a long week without power but we made it.
The second storm of snow came a week later. This is crazy. The weather man said in my area we will have rain and some sleet. Wow they were way off. We got 8 inches of snow! The kids were off of school again. In the 2 weeks they only went to school 3 days. They enjoyed playing in the snow from their day off. The snow was heavy and wet but didn't cause any issues on the house.
November 13, 2012 I went and had my annual 6 month blood drawn. I have an appointment next week with my Oncologist to review my medical. I will post the updates. I am feeling good and still taking my Tamoxifen.
I posted several photos so check out my website! Take Care and Happy Thanksgiving.
The last two weeks have been busy but it could of been a disaster. Our daily schedule has been adjusted but we have survived a few obstacles due to the weather but that make us stronger! Our hearts go out to those who have lost everything.
October 20, 21, 2012 weekend was wonderful. My birthday was on Saturday the 20th and my husband and kids gave me a new Nikon camera which all of you know I enjoy taking alot of photos. (which I need to start scrap booking again).
On Sunday the 21ST was a great day! The walk for Making Strides Against Breast Cancer through American Cancer was on. It was a beautiful weather day. The walk was along the water and the turnout was Hugh!
My team Bossom Buddies walked at 10:15 instead of 11:00. My daughter had a soccer game to attend and several of my friends had their kids activities to attend as well. Gene and AJ weren't able to attend since AJ had a hockey game around the same time. We have been lucky in the past as far as conflicts. It was a hectic morning but was amazing to support this great cause! Thank you to all who donated! It was crowed! This location for the walk alone raised $348,779.42! We will back next year!
October 29 - November 9, 2012 It was scary to know Storm Sandy was coming to our state! We pre-pared as much as we could. We had extra food, cleaned up the deck and put away all materials that could fly outside, filled our propane tank for the grill to be able to cook, washed all our clothes, and made sure we had several batteries for our flash lights.
We couldn't believe it. We lost power at 3:20 in the afternoon on Monday before the storm was really bad. Wow, in the last few years we loose power right away. As the evening approached and there was no heat and lights, it did start to get dark. We played monopoly for a few hours and made the best of the night. under lanterns We heard the noise of the wind but lucky we had little rain. Our house is surrounded by trees and we were scared of them coming down. At one point, Gene asked for the kids and I to go outside to experience how loud the wind is and to see the sky. It was cool experience but never want to have this again!We moved the kids mattress into my room to sleep.
We were very fortunate and didn't have any trees fall down except for branches, wow we were shocked. The next day we saw several large trees and power lines down around our neighborhood. We were able to get a generator by the afternoon. That was a great help to run the refrigerator, have some lights and heat! We were out of power until Friday evening. The kids didn't have school all week. It was a long week without power but we made it.
The second storm of snow came a week later. This is crazy. The weather man said in my area we will have rain and some sleet. Wow they were way off. We got 8 inches of snow! The kids were off of school again. In the 2 weeks they only went to school 3 days. They enjoyed playing in the snow from their day off. The snow was heavy and wet but didn't cause any issues on the house.
November 13, 2012 I went and had my annual 6 month blood drawn. I have an appointment next week with my Oncologist to review my medical. I will post the updates. I am feeling good and still taking my Tamoxifen.
I posted several photos so check out my website! Take Care and Happy Thanksgiving.
Friday, November 2, 2012
walk/power outage
Hello,
The walk went well and I will update photos and information as soon as I can.
We haven't had power since Monday October 29, 2012 in the afternoon from Storm Sandy. We were lucky and no trees fell on our house.
We were able to borrow a generator on Tuesday which is great. We run it in the mornings and nights.
Hope for power soon but could be worse like the people in NY & NJ. The kids have been out of school all week due to trees and power lines down. We wish for safe and quick recovery for all the states! Take Care
The walk went well and I will update photos and information as soon as I can.
We haven't had power since Monday October 29, 2012 in the afternoon from Storm Sandy. We were lucky and no trees fell on our house.
We were able to borrow a generator on Tuesday which is great. We run it in the mornings and nights.
Hope for power soon but could be worse like the people in NY & NJ. The kids have been out of school all week due to trees and power lines down. We wish for safe and quick recovery for all the states! Take Care
Monday, October 1, 2012
Breast Cancer awareness month
Please remember to schedule a mammogram if you haven't had one this year! October is the month to support and honor individuals who have been affected by Breast Cancer
Please support the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk: My personal link is below:
Thank you for supporting!
Please support the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk: My personal link is below:
Thank you for supporting!
Click
here to visit my PERSONAL page.
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Thursday, September 13, 2012
photos, BC walk, dr appts
I have updated my site with new photos, check them out!!!
I have signed up my team to walk for breast cancer on October 21, 2012: Making Strides Against Breast Cancer.
please visit my site and help to find a cure by donating. Thank you :>
Click here to visit my PERSONAL page.
If the text above does not appear as a clickable link, you can visit the web address:
http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR?px=11611219&pg=personal&fr_id=47436&fl=en_US&et=hadZNu2Px1uApdx7MiEzZQ&s_tafId=1078911
On September 4, 2012 I went and had my follow-up ultra-sound. The technician examined the area the doctors were watching from 3 months prior. She also found another bump. When she was done, she had the doctor come into the room to review what she had recorded on the computer. Some of the bumps went down in size and some were the same. She suggested since I been monitored for 6 months and there were no major changes that they will speak with my cancer doctor and suggest to have an ultra-sound done perhaps in 6 months to a year.
On September 6, 2012 I went to see my plastic surgeon to follow up from my ultra-sound. Since I went to Advance Radiology a few days prior, I e-mailed her to look at the report on-line so she can have the results when I am at the office. She confirmed and review my report that the bumps are fat necrosis which has been the same results. She agreed with the doctor and said I don't need another ultra-sound for one year unless I feel any changes or have any concerns. She explained that the fat necrosis forms when I get new tissue that is forming in my breast and when it interacts with the cells that had radiation it thinks its bad and forms the fat necrosis. She thinks I will not get any more bumps since the new tissue has settled in the breast since the surgery. She took some photos of my breasts for her files. She was amazed how well my breast look like real breast and not implants. I asked her how she files the photos, I was just wondering and she explained by dates. She laughed and said "you won't believe it but I could pick out each of my patients breasts". I was amazed, I know she did all the operations but that's amazing!!! I made an appointment for a follow up in March 2013, 6 months.
I will post more information soon. I will need to get my blood work and go see my Oncologist.
I have signed up my team to walk for breast cancer on October 21, 2012: Making Strides Against Breast Cancer.
please visit my site and help to find a cure by donating. Thank you :>
Click here to visit my PERSONAL page.
If the text above does not appear as a clickable link, you can visit the web address:
http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR?px=11611219&pg=personal&fr_id=47436&fl=en_US&et=hadZNu2Px1uApdx7MiEzZQ&s_tafId=1078911
On September 4, 2012 I went and had my follow-up ultra-sound. The technician examined the area the doctors were watching from 3 months prior. She also found another bump. When she was done, she had the doctor come into the room to review what she had recorded on the computer. Some of the bumps went down in size and some were the same. She suggested since I been monitored for 6 months and there were no major changes that they will speak with my cancer doctor and suggest to have an ultra-sound done perhaps in 6 months to a year.
On September 6, 2012 I went to see my plastic surgeon to follow up from my ultra-sound. Since I went to Advance Radiology a few days prior, I e-mailed her to look at the report on-line so she can have the results when I am at the office. She confirmed and review my report that the bumps are fat necrosis which has been the same results. She agreed with the doctor and said I don't need another ultra-sound for one year unless I feel any changes or have any concerns. She explained that the fat necrosis forms when I get new tissue that is forming in my breast and when it interacts with the cells that had radiation it thinks its bad and forms the fat necrosis. She thinks I will not get any more bumps since the new tissue has settled in the breast since the surgery. She took some photos of my breasts for her files. She was amazed how well my breast look like real breast and not implants. I asked her how she files the photos, I was just wondering and she explained by dates. She laughed and said "you won't believe it but I could pick out each of my patients breasts". I was amazed, I know she did all the operations but that's amazing!!! I made an appointment for a follow up in March 2013, 6 months.
I will post more information soon. I will need to get my blood work and go see my Oncologist.
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