Sonofabitch!!
I had my yearly mammo this morning. They "saw something" in my right breast that "wasn't there last year," and NOW I'm going in for an ultrasound. sonofabitch!
to repeat - sonofabitch! That sucks!
As we say here up north...sumbitch!
Keep us posted Bri.
I hope it's nothing serious, maybe just a male tech drooling on the screen... but I'd be happy to take a look, just to make sure. ;)
Oh crap. Hang in there, Bri. I hope it's nothing.
Dammit. Hope it's just a fibroid or something.
thanks, all, for your unending support. The ultrasound showed a 'solid-ish' thing (as opposed to a cyst-ish thing) and it's cauliflower looking on the spot/mag films.
Yep. I'm going down Biopsy Road once again.
If it is cancer I am going to get a double mastectomy and new boobs and fuck chemo as I am NEVER going thru that again. grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
You don't need 'em, you'll be Ms cool no matter what. :joylove:
Designer boobs all the way! Can you give some models a squeeze-test before you choose?
... at any strip joint, for a price.
That sucks so bad, Bri. But if you get designer boobs out of it, I guess that's the silver lining.
oh bollocks on a fucking shit trolley, Bri. Here's hoping it's not cancer again.
Biopsy on tuesday morning - results in 1-3 days after that. Like Tom Petty says, the waaaaaaiting is the harrrrrrrrrdest parrrrrrrrt.
We're waiting with you, Bri. Man, this sucks.
Did you tell the Bastids we're all waiting?... and we've got pitchforks & torches? Well, after that wait, the sigh of relief will be all the sweeter. :thumb:
Yeah what Bruce said! And what Pie and Dar said x100!
As I said after class, feel free to call me if you need anything. I actually mean it.
make her some of those kick-ass brownies, juni!
Food day tomorrow in my writing class. I ought to have some pumpkin bread leftover. :)
Hey! Juniper! YOU SKIPPED CLASS!
Oh baby.
Was it us?
When we said Fuck Cancer, did it like the idea?
Many fingerers crossed.
And much more hope and fear under the surface.
It is what it is. I just reckon we'd never lose you to something as prosaic as some random cells. I vote you Dwellar Most Likely to Go Out with a Bang, okay? First vic of a serial killer when you're in your 90s and rich as Croesus and having sex.
I skipped class Fri. because my son was sick again.
Anyway, I wanted to say....
GOOD LUCK BRIANNA
We are thinking of you today!!!!!!!!!
Ah fuck. I totally hope the biopsy comes back clear. I also totally think the mastectomy is the right choice if it doesn't. You'll still be cool as fuck with designer bewbs. Don't put yourself through that chemo nightmare again.
Chin up honey. You beat this thing once, you got form for being a kickass fighter and frankly the cancer don't stand a chance against you. *hugs* here if you need a shoulder.
:fingerx:I'm thinking of you, Bri.
I'm thinking of you this morning, Bri.
I forgot [hangs head in shame] til Mum said something just now about me checking up on my friend in America.
She doesn't really forget anything. Which is good and bad.
My thoughts with you.
Fingers crossed, happy thoughts, big hugs.......sometimes lumps are just lumps......love ya!!!
Was thinking about you.....
The suspense is killing me. I'm praying every day.
Keeping my fingers crossed for you, Bri. Please let us know how it turns out.
hey guys! thanks for all the good vibes. the biopsy went just fine - no problems and the radiologist who did it said, "Oh, it looks like it's collapsing! that's good!" so that IS good news! He said cancerous tumors don't usually collapse on bx so this is probably nothing!! YAY! of course, I'll get the official word on friday. thanks everyone!! you guys rawk!
I'd be glad to have a look at it... just to make sure, ya know. ;)
Good to hear Bri. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for a clear result. Pilau's also crossing his toes.
Sounds promising, Bri. Awesome!
bugger missed the beginning of this so am sending my extry strong powers of fuck cancer to keep the damn thing collapsing. NOW
The Cellar's healing powers at work!
Great to hear Bri - Keeping fingers crossed till Friday . . . just in case.
Thank goodness! I hope the great news continues on Friday!
Hope she lets us know soon. At class time - noonish - she hadn't heard yet.
Any word Bri? Hunh? Hunh? (Fingers still crossed...)
Worrying . . . anyone else?
Best wishes, Bri. Let us know when you get the official all clear.
Well hopefully I'll see her in class tomorrow, and be sure I'll give her hell for making the cellar wait!
Here I am late to a serious and important thread yet again. Man, I gotta learn to scan better.
Bri, we're all behind you here in KC as well...so could you bend over just a bit further, please? :D
WTH is going on? Bri, please update us . . .
my apologies! My computer at home crashed and I had an 8 page paper due today in civil war - sooooo....I used my sister's laptop but due to security on it (it's a hospital laptop) it wouldn't connect to the interwebz...so, I am sorry.
well. I got a call from my oncologist on friday around 2.3 and they said they couldn't really discuss it over the phone and could I come in tuesday to her office at 4.00? so, that is what I am doing tomorrow. I am ALSO getting a brand new computer tomorrow so will be up and running from home once again. gonna get a laptop.
so. that's the news. I guess if it was good news they just woulda told me over the phone, huh? so. sonofabitch. at least I KNOW this thing is little.
oh man, Bri. stoopid fucking cells like fricking teenagers, always gotta be doin' something they shouldn't, creating new nasty trends like wearing their pants around their ankles and walking on my damn lawn and bein' in ur bewb when the didn't oughta be....
Probably just wanted you to come back so he could grope you some more, that's all. :fingerx:
Probably just wanted you to come back so he could grope you some more, that's all. :fingerx:
I'll 2nd that!
Hopefully they're just being overly paranoid about hipaa... :fingerx:
They do give bad news by phone. Especially cancer bad news. Maybe this is just weird news ....like there's an alien transmitter in there or the doc wants a bj or someone died and left you a winning lottery ticket and a bald cat.....
Maybe it looks just like the Flying Spaghetti Monster? Or was made of strawberry jam and wants to know exactly what you've been up to?
it's a trap! They're going to kidnap you and turn you into a mormon.
the doc wants a bj
Well I'd imagine that goes without saying.
Hopefully they're just being overly paranoid about hipaa... :fingerx:
They just want to collect another copay.:cool:
They just want to collect another copay.:cool:
And we have our winner. These Ins Co's are gonna hammer people for the next few years... while they still can or just cuz they're pissed off.
Seconded.
(and Pilau thirded it)
Yep. Usually all about the $$$$$$
Whatever happens, people love you. That's what matters. :D
If all our good wishes could be cancer killers you'd be in good shape! :)
I hope it can be that way IRL! Fingers and toes crossed for you.
[I would have crossed my eyes but my typing sux as it is! :eyebrow:]
you all are so funny! thanks for all the uppers! I got back from doc (am having probs hooking up the 'wireless' part of puter and am working with it WITH the wire tonight.) anyway - she said just a LEEEEEETLE surgery prolly. She is co-ordinating with the surgeon who did my other side. It is "precancerous" and they want to take it out which is fine with me.
thanks, all, for all the good vibes. I feel much better!! :)
oh, and fuck cancer!
Oh cool. And I believe you have cancer firmly fucked. Sorry about the surgery, but sounds like it's precautionary more than anything else.
Yippee! Now get to work on your Brit Lit essay. :D
Wooohoooooooooooooooo!
You kickin' some cancer's fuckity fuck fuck ass!
Yay, Brianna! You tell that nasty cancer to go to hell where it belongs!
:cheerldr::jig::juggle: happy dance happy dance happy dance happy dance happy dance happy dance happy dance happy dance happy dance happy dance happy dance happy dance happy dance happy dance happy dance happy dance... :D
Whew - great to hear it Bri!
fuckeroo!
2nded. Good News Bri.
Sounds like great news to me! Glad to hear it. :D
whew....glad to hear it.
oh and happy you have a brand spankin new puter too
So wait, y'all. Please don't just brush this off as a false alarm. It isn't. What has been found is potentially pre-cancerous. It's good that it's not actual cancer and has been caught really early. But it sounds like Bri will probably get more surgery. And need our support. And will need to be super-vigilant for the rest of her life. Which may also need support.
May all future alarms be false..
Bri, be strong. You've done surgery before, you can do it again, you might not even need the dreaded drains this time. I am very glad that it's not actual cancer again, but I know that whilst that is awesome news, this still needs to be dealt with. Here's hoping the "dealing with" is a walk in the park.
It's a bullshit term. Different types of cells have different probabilities of becoming cancerous, but they're all capable. Every living cell is pre-cancerous or cancerous.
Bri found out hers are in the not cancerous (actually not malignant) category, so if you'll excuse me, it's time to happy dance happy dance happy dance happy dance happy dance happy dance happy dance happy dance...
yes, you are right, but no-one is ever happy about surgery is what i was trying to say. It still sucks. but happy happy happy not cancer.
I follow you... sucks to be in the race, but goddamnit she's winning. Woo Hoo, go girl!
hey, thanks, guys. Funny thing happened last week - was taken in for atrial fib (irregular heartbeat) with - get this- a heart rate of 230 bpm!!!!!!
I've been in the hospital with THAT shit lately. Finals week, too. I don't think the goddess wants me to graduate - and really, with the way I abuse apostrophes' , I can't say I blame her.
Oh Bri! AF is no funz. :headshake :(
Jeez Bri! :eek:
I'm glad you're out of the hospital.
Geebies, Bri!
You will graduate.
Feel better!
/maudlin/ when I dize, I will all my posts to lumberjimz /maudlin/ ;)
:lol: cellr saze ur not allowz 2 dye.
Wow, Bri... A-Fib sucks. Take it easy. Really -- finals will wait, and if any of your profs give you shit, we'll pay them a visit. With a baseball bat.
hey, thanks, guys. Funny thing happened last week - was taken in for atrial fib (irregular heartbeat) with - get this- a heart rate of 230 bpm!!!!!!
Probably caught a glimpse of yourself in the mirror, naked. Think of what you're doing to those poor doctors. ;)
Probably caught a glimpse of yourself in the mirror, naked. Think of what you're doing to those poor doctors. ;)
that would've killed me!
I have basic first aid training. The thought of putting my fingers on someone's wrist/neck for a pulse and counting it at 230 bpm scares the willies out of me.
Operator! Give me the number for nine-one-one!
I have basic first aid training. The thought of putting my fingers on someone's wrist/neck for a pulse and counting it at 230 bpm scares the willies out of me.
Operator! Give me the number for nine-one-one!
the paramedic hooked me up to the monitor and then said, "Oh, shit," and that's when I knew there was trouble. He said, "Have you ever had a heart attack?" and I asked, "Why? Am I having one NOW?"
Believe me, you don't want a nervous paramedic trying to spike your antecubital vein.
I didn't know I had an antecubital vein. :eek:
I have a feeling paramedics aren't supposed to say things like "oh shit" when they see your readings. Reassuring and comforting, or at least being professional, are the go.
Unless you work for Dr House, in which case standard practice is to exchange puzzled/worried/horrified looks directly in view of the patient.
I have basic first aid training. The thought of putting my fingers on someone's wrist/neck for a pulse and counting it at 230 bpm scares the willies out of me.
Operator! Give me the number for nine-one-one!
Call juju!;)
Unless you work for Dr House, in which case standard practice is to exchange puzzled/worried/horrified looks directly in view of the patient.
made me laff out loud, dana.
They also shout things like, "She's bleeding out!!" or "He's CRASHING! Get the CART!" right in front of a worried family member who counters by yelling, "WHAT IS GOING ON???!!!"
perfection.
ditto what everyone said, Bri.
I know what it's like, at least sort of, from that angle. Kind of like being sent to the ER with blood pressure of 220 over 150 and being told by a medic that he'd never SEEN blood pressure like that in a person who was coherent and walking around. Yup, that's me, high-pressurized freak.
Sometimes it does not pay to watch House. I was in the ER, having been given a drug to bring my pressure down, and suddenly I felt like I was dying, had people scurrying around to figure me out and it was so surreal, like a House episode -- what have they done to me? given me the wrong treatment because some asshole doctor wants to make someone else feel stupid? Ack!
Feel better, Bri.
