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Hi all
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Got (and gave) an anniversary card at 6:00 am this morning, which is when I ahd to wake up so I could be ready to leave the house by 8:15 am!

My anniversary present will be a sub to findmypast. OH got a new camera (as I think I said a few weeks ago).


Going out for dinner tonight to our favoruite restaurant, the one we love to go to but can't afford to do toooooo often :-D



Update after seeing the surgeon:-


Official diagnosis .............. Invasive Lobular Carcinoma

Treatment ............ Mastectomy on September 20, with examination of the Sentinel lymph node to make sure no cancer cells have excaped into the lymph system.

No further treatment ........ unless cancer cells have reached the Sentinel node.

I will be in hospital overnight, so have asked for a semi-private room (2 beds). Its expensive, but our Extended Health Insurance should pay for ............. and I still think it's worth it if they don't.

I will be released with drains and staples in, so we will think about paying for some nursing care at home, if it is not offered. I do remember that we had a nurse visiting after OH had his colon surgery, to change dressings etc., and that was arranged by the hospital before he was released.



It was found almost by accident .............. she was very pleased that the mammogram clinic had taken the option of trying to determine the calcifications they had spotted on the May mammogram. They could have told me to come back in 6 months for a further check-up. Instead they did more mammograms and the biopsy, still thinking they were benign but with uncertainty.

It was not until the radiologist did the detailed examination of the core biopsy that they found the carcinoma cells


So ................... very early, and so small that they have been unable to give a size determination.


She asked what I would like to consider as treatment.

I said, "My druthers would be a mastectomy, and I've thought that for years, since 1995 in fact."

Her response? "Good choice. It's certainly small enough for a lumpectomy to be perfectly acceptable, but you would always be worrying. The simple solution to it."



so, we live life as normal until September 20.



sylvia
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A HAPPY BIRTHDAY FOR TOMORROW ANN, ENJOY YOUR SPECIAL DAY. love Mo and Roly xxx
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Sylvia, I hope and pray that they sort things out for you sooner rather than later. That way you will be a lot better by christmas,to enjoy your time with M.J and the family. God bless you my love.
It's most unfortunate that your appointment coincides with your anniversary, but congratulations to you both.
Love and all my best wishes Mo xxx

What a way to spend your anniversary. However, better than having to wait until september. Thinking of you and hoping they sort something out quickly for you.

Sylvia, wishing you all the best for when you see the surgeon today. I will be thinking about you and waiting to hear what decision she has made. Sending you lots of hugs and positive thoughts. Best wishes!

Congratulations and Best Wishes to both you and OH on your 44th Wedding Anniversary.

Only two weeks before Alun and I will catch you up.lol!!

Take care.


Love, Sallie.xx

Happy Anniversary, Sylvia and OH, hope you have something nice planned, lots of special love and hugs ((((((((((((( x))))))))))))))))

Love Jean xxx

Congratulations on your wedding anniversary, and best wishes for a quick decision tomorrow.

Huia.

Appointment has been changed ........ there was a cancellation, and I will be going tomorrow morning (Friday) at 9 am, to see the surgeon in her office.

She will assess me, examine me, and then determine when to fit me into the operating schedule.


So I should know by mid-morning when the next step is to occur.





it is also our 44th wedding anniversary tomorrow!




sylvia
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I am sure we will all be thinking of you Sylvia on the 6th, although for me it will be the 7th and I will probably be asleep as it will be about 2 or 3 a.m. my time! (if my calculations are correct). All our love and best wishes.

Huia.

Hi all
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Glad all is quiet Mo!



Thank you everyone
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The treatment WILL be surgery .......... lumpectomy is the usual, but I want a mastectomy.

It will then be followed by prescriptions for Tamoxifen. Hopefully, no chemo or radiation ......... which is ONE of the reasons I would prefer a mastectomy.

The other reason is ..................... it would even me up again!



I have an appointment on Sept 6, at 8:00 am



sylvia
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Sylvia, what more can I add to what the girls have said.
If our love and strength can bring you through this damned thing, then you have it . We are all behind you, willing you better.
Stay strong and positive love.
(((((((((((((HUGS xxx)))))))))))


Hi everyone, from a quiet Kent( at the moment ) I hope everyone is safe and sound.

Love to you all. Mo xxx

Sylvia, I'm really sorry to hear your news, and like Huia I hope that they will make the right decision on what to do very soon.

It's nice to see that you are very positive about it. Sending you lots of positive thoughts and hugs. GOOD LUCK!

Love and best wishes. Sallie.xxx

As I said in the PM Sylvia, I am sorry to hear the news, I had the feeling that you were not surprised. It is good to see that you are feeling positive about it and I will hold you in my thoughts while you work through this. All the best.

<3 <3 <3 <3 <3

Sylvia, Sorry to hear your news, Jeff and I will hold you close in our prayers and positive thoughts, we send all our love and hugs,
((((((((((((((((((((((((( X ))))))))))))))))))))))))

Love Jean xx

Thanks Huia
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Sylvia, I do hope a decision is made soon on what to do about your cancer. I hope it is the right decision and clears all the cancer out forever.

All my best wishes <3 <3

Huia.

Now for the good news / bad news.


The financial advisor this morning told us that we will run out of money .............. if we live to be 136.



This afternoon ???


Have phoned daughter, and told her

I'm also going to post it on the various threads ........... I'm not shy about it!




I have invasive cancer of the left breast, Stage 1

invasive ..... not too good


Stage 1 ........... very good! That's a very early stage


I now have to wait for the surgeon to be contacted by my GP, and an appointment made for me to see her ...... fortunately for me, the surgeon of choice of the doctor who saw me today is the same surgeon I would have asked to see, the one who operated on me in 1995. The GP considers this woman to be the best surgeon, and very honest and capable. Which is exactly as I found her to be.



so I am now in a waiting game. My desire would be another mastectomy, but obviously that has to be discussed.



I'm feeling pretty good about it ......... taking it in stride. I was more than half expecting it for some reason.



sylvia
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Good evening everybody.

To introduce a lighter note, I went to see my husband's nuts last night. It was quite funny. The trouble is I had trouble getting to sleep afterwards so took half a sleeping tab at 1.30 a.m. and slept in this morning. Just as well I am not going anywhere today.

Huia.

Hi girls just a quickie to say I hope Sylvias' result will be good. I've been watching the riots and it's awful, they want to bring back borstal or something like it, there is no deterent nowadays, even in prison it's like a hotel they live better than pensioners do. I hope my son is not sent down there if they send police from round here.
Marie I do have a lot of bruises but they are fading now, my knees still hurt because I went straight down on them and they are not good at the best of times. My arthritic hip is giving me gyp now so I can't win, lol, good job for Powergel there.
Teas out so better go, hello to everyone.

Love Caz xx

Hello girls.
I do hope Sylvia got on o.k at the doctors today. Well I believe it's today she is going. Thinking of you Sylvia love.

Jean, my son got home by 6.30 last night,thank the lord. The business is supposed to open late tonight, as they have got a sale on. I am hoping the bosses use their heads, and close earlier.
I haven't heard how thing were up in the vicinity of his shop last night, so fingers crossed that there was no more looting up there.
They would have a job if they broke into my sons place of work to loot it, as it's a furniture shop, so they would need to take a good sized vehicle, to carry their ill gotten gains away with them. lol But it is still frightening that yobs can do these things, and scare the pants off of innocent people.
As I have said before, the use of water cannons filled with permanant dye, would soon make them think twice, well perhaps it would.

Ann, they sent some of our police up to london as well. Then what happened, we had trouble locally. I suppose the police can't really win,can they.

Hi Marie, I hope you manage to get a few good nights sleep soon. All will be o.k after you have had the reunion party, I bet all the worry about it all coming together is causing the lack of sleep.

Love to you all. Mo xxx