Arimidex

[Linda49er]

Cj i'll try and show it better here lol but will do it un bolded format

Ok the above sentence should be in bold. You typing has to be between the two different brackets. You always close something you open. So the first bracket opens the request, the second one closes it

First bracket looks like this without the spaces I hope it works
[ B ]

The second bracket is [ /b ]

i'll submit to see if it worked lol

woo hoo it worked! lol. Now in what you see you just have to get rid of the spaces in them both...then you will see bold but no brackets

Good luck!! lol
Linda

[Teresa 51]

My whole spine hurts especially upper and lower areas. I have neck,shoulder
and area around ribs-lungs that hurt very badly. I am trying to get these areas checked out now. The area around the spine is very tender and almost feels as though it has knotted-up. I have had my hips and lower spine diagnosed as arthritic in nature with bone cycts and of course we can't forget the feet.

My cancer was not her2 positive, only estrogen receptive and to be honest I don't remembe if it was IDC or the other. It was caught early, so if I continue to take the hormone therapy, there is a good chance I can stay cancer free.(I think!) My dr. didn't even tell me about not having soy products but darn if he didn't always ask me if I was drinking my green tea!

Now I want to do something positive.(Spring, help from you guys, etc) During the winter I was in a funk and I didn't think I was coming out. I didn't keep my dr. appts. or anything...But I'm on it now. I want to take care of my self, I didn't necessarily think the cancer was going to get me as much as the inactive lifestyle I have developed due to the pain. There is heart disease in my family on father's side. There are support groups here ,but honestly somehow I just can't get there. Hopefully I can make dramatic change in the future.
Take care.
Teresa

[Teresa 51]

Linda thanks for your help. You know, I thought [ B ] woo hoo [ /b ] was a southern thing. I bet it is universal! (imagine smiley face here)

[Teresa 51]

Well mine did not work. boo hoo Although now I have tool bar.
I obviously do not have the hang of it quite yet.

[Linda49er]

Hi lol. you guys are cracking me up. didn't u have a tool bar before? or maybe one of you said you used quick reply thingy. Teresa couldn't you use smiles before? Your boo hoo is great!!! It worked perfecto lol.

Well if the ques was directed to me as to my type of cancer I had infiltrating ductal and tubular BC. My prognosis is good by taking all the treatments she offered me she said. My her2 was positive so am able to take the arimidex. I had one cluster of nodes removed which contained 10 nodes and 5 were positive out of the 10 which put me at Stage 3. I found the lump so requested the mammogram and it showed the cancer after confirming it with an ultrasound.

Yes, I have arthritis in my feet, knees, hands, wrists, elbows and spine. Why leave any part out?????????? lol One nite when getting ready for work back in 2003 every step I took it felt like a knife twisting inside me so I went to urgent care. They took xrays there and that was the first time I was ever told about my spine. They said I had no disc between L1 and L2; no disc between L5 and S1. Then they told me they didn't know what I did to L2 as it was totally destroyed. Said I must have had a terrible accident. Soo, I told them I've never had an accident but my job of 38 years included lifting on a daily basis and they said then thats the cause of my back problems. I spent the next 3 days sleeping from the meds they gave me but my pain went away. Then after contracting valley fever I was sent to an arthritis doc who is now treating my arthritis. Then one nite after falling at work I was seen in ER and this PA jerk came in after looking at my xrays and bluntly said "I think you have bone cancer" I was devastated. Then the doctor who the PA worked under came in and said her PA told her I was upset and crying. So all I could say is "what in the hewq would you do if someone came in and told you you had bone cancer? She then told me she didn't think it was as bad as i thought it was. So I asked her how she would take it. I saw my primary and he ordered my first total body bone scan and thats where my arthritis was confirmed and bone cancer (multiple myeloma) was rule out. I was very happy to say the least and very angry at that PA who had no business saying that to me.

Now that I was dx with BC I always wonder but all my tests keep coming back negative and I am now in remission I see a neuro-surgeon on the
27th to get an evaluation from the orthopedic standpoint. Surgery might be recommended but I don't want back surgery unless its the last choice I have. I was also recently diagnosed with a sliding hiatal hernia which I blame for my abdominal pain. By the time I get done I might have a new bod!!! lol. That might be good too

Did you guys lose any hair?? Mine was down to my waist but I had it cut 3 times so I was in control. It felt better for me to be in control of something. I had long straight brunette hair and it is coming back now as probably curly salt and pepper hair lol. I like the color. lol

Hey I keep looking for sticky notes, do you know what they look like?
Welp, going to lunch with some girls from work in an hour so I'd better get dressed? lol. You guys have become addictive to me lol. Yup I blames ya for me being here! I love it!!! lol

Take care and talk to ya soon
Linda