Wellness

[HerRoyaLioness]

Have heard from my PCP, but my oncologist's office mistakenly called my home number instead of my work number and left a message. There I was waiting to hear from them all afternoon at work and now I still don't know what's up with my lung.

This is driving me crazy, but I will find out tomorrow what my onc thinks of it. I do know that it is small, which is a good thing. But I also know the lungs are one of the 4 main places breast cancer likes to travel to. Bones, brain, lungs and liver. If it turns out to be the big C I know I am catching it early and am ready to fight it with all I have, like littlemo evidently did and has survived all these years. Well, tonight that's how I feel anyway........ I feel for those of you who have had to go through this more than once.

Besides the organic Chaga mushroom powder and Reishi extract powder with cracked cell Reishi Spores (you can read about these on Sloan-Kettering website) that my naturopathic/chiropractor Dr put me on, he also gave me a Boswellia complex to take for my arthritic symptoms. He also really emphasized how important vit D is and wants me to take 10,000 IU. I got some liquid vit D today - he says the best way to take anything and have it absorb (besides transdermal) is liquid, so we will see. This is where he has started with me.

He seems very knowledgeable and has a lot of experience even though he is only 39. I have a lot of labs to get done tomorrow that he gave me an order for. Because I can do them through my clinic they will be in plan and get paid for. Well, I'll have to pay my co-insurance %, but that is fine with me.

He is for organic, but says if your systems are not functioning as they should what good will it do, so our goal is to get my body systems back functioning better and get me started on just feeling a little better - get me on a roll as he put it. He showed me my thyroid on the x-ray and how damaged it has gotten. He will know more after he gets the tests back and sees what they show. The motto of his Clinic is we don't guess, we test, which is one of the reasons why I trust him a little more than I normally would for this type of Dr.

He said more that I want to share with you all so that maybe you can benefit in some way, but I'm tired - didn't sleep good last night, can't imagine why. Will let you know what tomorrow brings.

I hope Kathy is doing ok and gets back to us on her biopsy results when she can.

Lannie

[JackieHN]

Lannie, thanks for all of the information. Your headed on the right track. Your oncologist is going to say that he wants you to have a chest CT. Either that or he'll say we'll watch it. If you had radiation on your left breast and the nodule is on the left it could very well be artifact or adhesions. My radiology oncologist told me if you ever decide to have a chest xray you must tell them about your radiation or else they are going to find all sorts of crazy things and it will only be adhesions.

I know your petrified. I would be too. Go have a drink. Tomorrow will come soon enough.

Oh Bow, I watched that program that you recommended. I was laughing my head off.

[wagirl]

Lannie--your guy sounds pretty good to me and being young is a plus in my book. Fresh ideas and not stuck on the old ways. Not knocking the old ways--just want someone more up to date. I find the liquid supplements being better than the solid form very interesting too and will adjust to those when I have run out of all my stuff.Also about the organic not doing you much good till you are functioning better, that is good too. It's so expensive to buy organic totally. I try but yikes!!!

Glad to hear about the small nodule but would rather you not have any size nodule at all. I read what Jackie posted earlier too, about the various things it could be and agree that with all your early trouble after your surgery and I have no medical training what so ever but you did go thru some pretty gnarly stuff; you'll find out soon. This waiting absolutely drives me insane!!!!!!!

Jackie--good to know about letting everyone know about radiation treatments, one more thing to add to the list. Dang--that list is getting long!!!!

[bow regard]

On 3/18/2014 akaGoldie said:

On 3/17/2014 Lannie said: Goldie, thank you. I'm afraid my imagination has already run the full course with me. I actually called my lawyer to have my will updated today, haven't done that since 1995 so it needed to be done anyway. You have showed yourself to be there for us yet and I appreciate it and I know you know what I mean. Jackie , I'm crazy already, you know that though. The last thing a breast cancer survivor wants to hear is that you have a nodule in your lung. I'm trying to tell myself it could be benign, but with my history I know my risk increases. My new dr was so supportive and I felt better after seeing him. He basically told me I'm a mess internally and my systems are not functioning the way they should and that I am full of cr@pp- literally. He took X-rays and showed me some interesting things in my bowels including the pills I had taken that morning (this was at 5pm) . Anyway, for now he put me on Chaga and reishi mushroom powders, more vit d and some other stuff I don't know. Then I will see him again after some blood tests he ordered that I can have done at my clinic I work at. We talked a lot and I will tell you more when I can. Right now I'm beat and going to bed. Lannie

Lannie, I think I know what you meant. I AM here for you and all the others. As ive always been. I'm glad you can now , see me for what I am. And that is committed to helping any cancer survivor that I can. Thanks Goldie

Goldie....just wanted you to know that I share Lannie's feelings....glad we all have moved forward. Thanks for being there/here for all of us....<3

[bow regard]

Lannie...Am anxiously waiting with you for your drs. to figure out what's going on in your lungs...hope that they will know something conclusively without invasive procedure.....hoping that you don't have to wait. You are handling this well..... May God bless you with peace every moment....remember to take those deep breaths. (((Lannie)))

I take Dr. Mercola's Vitamin D...it's liquid...in a small container and I spray into my mouth. Also take his B12 in this form. Thank you so much for sharing all your good info with us.

[JackieHN]

Pam he gave me a list of what might happen before I had radiation. Of course I couldn't have radiation on the right breast. It had to be the left one. He said there will be adhesions in the upper part of the lung as hard as they try to prevent it. Could affect my heart but he doesn't think so. I just follow my blue dots. I swear I'm going to connect them one day. Or make little flowers or something.

I ordered the mushroom complex from Amazon. The brand that I bought was recommended by several Dr's. It wasn't too expensive and it's organic. We'll give it a try.

You have to watch this show Crimsley knows best. on the USA channel. I think that's the name.You folks from Georgia are a rip. This man cracks me up. Move over Duck Dynasty. I think this is a winner.

Lannie, we're with you today. The reason I say what I do is because a friend of mine had a nodule in his lung. Went to Sloan and they did a chest CT and said it's nothing but we'll watch it. I know when you have the diagnosis of cancer everyone thinks of the worst. But I'm optimistic here.

Jxx

[AkaGoldie]

On 3/19/2014 bow regard said:

On 3/18/2014 akaGoldie said:

On 3/17/2014 Lannie said: Goldie, thank you. I'm afraid my imagination has already run the full course with me. I actually called my lawyer to have my will updated today, haven't done that since 1995 so it needed to be done anyway. You have showed yourself to be there for us yet and I appreciate it and I know you know what I mean. Jackie , I'm crazy already, you know that though. The last thing a breast cancer survivor wants to hear is that you have a nodule in your lung. I'm trying to tell myself it could be benign, but with my history I know my risk increases. My new dr was so supportive and I felt better after seeing him. He basically told me I'm a mess internally and my systems are not functioning the way they should and that I am full of cr@pp- literally. He took X-rays and showed me some interesting things in my bowels including the pills I had taken that morning (this was at 5pm) . Anyway, for now he put me on Chaga and reishi mushroom powders, more vit d and some other stuff I don't know. Then I will see him again after some blood tests he ordered that I can have done at my clinic I work at. We talked a lot and I will tell you more when I can. Right now I'm beat and going to bed. Lannie

Lannie, I think I know what you meant. I AM here for you and all the others. As ive always been. I'm glad you can now , see me for what I am. And that is committed to helping any cancer survivor that I can. Thanks Goldie

Goldie....just wanted you to know that I share Lannie's feelings....glad we all have moved forward. Thanks for being there/here for all of us....<3

Lannie and bow, you guys made my day! Thank you. Goldie

[AkaGoldie]

Lannie, I know you're bouncing off the walks, all this waiting is just awful. But let's take Jackie's lead and be optimistic. She has a lot of knowledge, that the rest of us don't have. We are so lucky to have her as a part of our group. Lannie, just get through it, the best you can. We are all here for you. Kathy , we haven't forgotten about you, please come back and let us know how you are. We will support you in any way that we can. I hope it's warming up where you are, I'm in Oklahoma and it was 70 yesterday, and supposed to be in the 60's today. I have daffodils and hyacinths blooming. So happy that the worst of the winter is over. I heard on the weather channel, that they are predicting the hottest summer in 20 years! I don't like the sound of that either! I go today for my acupuncture today, and run a couple of errands. Will check back later for any news . Goldie

[HerRoyaLioness]

On 3/18/2014 akaGoldie said:

On 3/17/2014 Lannie said: Goldie, thank you. I'm afraid my imagination has already run the full course with me. I actually called my lawyer to have my will updated today, haven't done that since 1995 so it needed to be done anyway. You have showed yourself to be there for us yet and I appreciate it and I know you know what I mean. Jackie , I'm crazy already, you know that though. The last thing a breast cancer survivor wants to hear is that you have a nodule in your lung. I'm trying to tell myself it could be benign, but with my history I know my risk increases. My new dr was so supportive and I felt better after seeing him. He basically told me I'm a mess internally and my systems are not functioning the way they should and that I am full of cr@pp- literally. He took X-rays and showed me some interesting things in my bowels including the pills I had taken that morning (this was at 5pm) . Anyway, for now he put me on Chaga and reishi mushroom powders, more vit d and some other stuff I don't know. Then I will see him again after some blood tests he ordered that I can have done at my clinic I work at. We talked a lot and I will tell you more when I can. Right now I'm beat and going to bed. Lannie

Lannie, I think I know what you meant. I AM here for you and all the others. As ive always been. I'm glad you can now , see me for what I am. And that is committed to helping any cancer survivor that I can. Thanks Goldie

Goldie - I see that you are and I thank you for that.

Tried to post back to you last night several times and could not get through.

I will be going in for a Pet Scan tomorrow at 7 am - never had one before, so another new experience. Will get back to you all later, am at work right now.

Lannie

[JackieHN]

Pet scan sounds like a plan. Oncologists are big on those. Let's just look at everything and get it over with. It's just a scan nothing more. Let's just take 20 years off our lives with all of these tests.

Jxx