Newly Diagnosed And Frankly, It's Scary

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  1. Beth Gallagher

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    Thanks, Gloria. I'm going to need to start drawing eyebrows on next. :D

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    I don't mind the gray and it's a lot less work. (Especially now since I don't have any hair, lol.)
     
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    I have had to draw mine on for years, have never been very hairy.Always got compliments on them an most people could not tell. Lots of practice in diffrent lighted areas.
     
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    Most of the time my glasses frames cover up my lack o'brows so I'm not too concerned about it, but I will drag out the eyebrow pencil to play with. Yours look really natural.
     
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    Thank you ..:)
     
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    My prayers and thoughts are with you all the way with this Beth. Love those wigs. Really attractive. Keep those positive thoughts in the forefront. I had a deep basal cell removed from my back over my left kidney and they used electrolysis to go after it. Have had a lot of back pain in that area. I'll be mapped for my radiation a week from Monday and then begin that therapy. No ultrasound yet. My oncologist will be livid.

    Keep the faith.
     
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    I'm so glad you checked in, TC. You are always in my thoughts. Glad they got that basal cell removed and I hope that pain will go away soon. So you'll be getting the radiation mapping tatoos; that's a good thing because they don't want to "overdose," particularly around your vital organs. I can't believe they haven't scheduled your US yet... have you called to yell at them? I know that some facilities are really backed up due to Covid, but they won't be able to do an US while that skin is tender from radiation.

    I have an ultrasound on Wednesday and it's working on my head. I'm sure they're checking whether the chemo is working and if it isn't I'll be devastated. So more anxiety for me. Also, a meeting with my surgical oncologist; I keep trying to ignore the mastectomy but it will be happening so I need to come to grips. Cancer SUCKS.
     
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    Yes it does and I resent its intrusion in my body.
     
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    Amen, sister. I wish I could give you a hug tonight.
     
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    Tomorrow I have Taxol #7, and I have a visit with my oncologist. The chemo doesn't start until 6 p.m. so a really long day. :( Then on Wednesday I have an ultrasound and an appointment with the surgical oncologist. So the Never-Ending Anxiety is back. I'm really nervous about the ultrasound... what if the chemo isn't working??

    And of course I have been avoiding thinking about the mastectomy, but apparently the surgeon has other ideas. I'm so scared.
     
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    Well, that was random. I met with my oncologist today and in the course of the conversation, I asked why I was having the ultrasound tomorrow. He looked puzzled and said, "I haven't scheduled any ultrasound." So I showed him MyChart with the appointment and he said it wasn't time for that; it will be scheduled after I finish Taxol and was likely a "scheduling error". :mad: The appointment with the surgical oncologist will also be postponed until that time.

    I'm really glad I mentioned that. Nothing like having a pointless, expensive scan that no one needs at this point. [​IMG] So I wasted a couple of perfectly good days having hysterics for nothing.
     
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    What a crock. I wonder who made the "scheduling error" and what's been done to fix him/her?

    You spoke early on about seeking other opinions/this facility being a 5 Star place/the process being nearly identical. Has that changed in your mind at all or have you decided to stay on this roller coaster?
     
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    I think the surgical oncologist had her head up her ass and scheduled that scan; it was coincidental to the appointment with her. I think my oncologist was secretly steamed; he got a bit terse (not toward me) when he said he'd take care of it and there "will be no appointments tomorrow." I really like him, but he is definitely a scientist and academic, and you know that type.

    I met with a nurse practitioner before the oncologist, and she made the mistake of asking me how things were going with my treatment, and I unloaded on her. (This was before the "scheduling error" was noted.) I gave her an earful. I realize that the pandemic has them short-staffed and scrambling to cover all the patients, but they certainly don't reduce their prices for reduced services. Honestly, I feel I'm getting good treatment but as I've said before, I could get good treatment in a lot of places these days (as far as standards of treatment for IBC.)

    I have no plans to move to a different treatment facility at this time. I feel the Covid BS is permeating all the medical providers and I might be jumping out of the frying pan and into the fire. Many people on the BC forum complain bitterly about difficulty getting ANY treatment these days.
     
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    THAT is horrifying!!!

    So do you trust the surgical oncologist you have, or is it too soon to tell? You got time to make a change if need be, don't you? Or are you just gonna stick with her?

    As far as surgeons are concerned, operating skills trump personality or other abilities, that's for sure.
     
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