I too welcome you MissDi, but also am sorry that you have to be here. The good thing is that you said your cancer was stable. Hopefully your lymph nodes will be cleared, mine were and yours can be too.
Carol
I had a nodule that had been in my left lung that had always showed up on my CT and PET scans. I had a PET scan just before my surgery and the little sucker decided to light up even though it had never lit up before. I WAS SCARED SO SCARED! Thank God for Connie B. She told me that it did not have to be bad news, and it was not. My surgeon insisted on me having it biopsied before he would do the surgery. It turned out to be scar tissue. I pray that that is all it is with you also.
Carol
That is really great news. It will be interesting to see what will develp from it. Thank you Fay for explaining the smart cookie and armadillo. I did not know what it meant. It sure makes a lot of sense.
Carol
Unreal, that is all that I can say. The broken rib on top of everything else is no playday. As seriously as cancer takes you and all of us, you, we have no choice but to respond to cancer very, very seriously. Hang in there!!!
Carol
I understand your fear. I have 'been there, done that'. Onn July 1st I had the same surgery that you are about to have. They had me up and walking down the hallway the next day in the hospital. I am back at work now and I am not in pain. You will be okay, try not to worry, I know that is easier said than done. Truly you will be just fine and later you will be able to give support to someone else who like you is very afraid. Take care.
Carol
Hi myrnalu,
I just want you to know that I had the same surgery that you are about to have. The good news is that you are able to have surgery. I had my surgery on July 1st. I had some soreness and pain which was taken care of with pain pills. Now I cannot remember when I stopped taking the pain pills. I am back at work and feeling pretty good. Please do not stress yourself out with worry. Everything will be fine.
Carol
If you are NED does the sugar thing still apply. I mean if there is no evidence of disease does that not mean there are no cancer cells. So why avoid sugar because of fear of feeding cancer cells? Does NED mean the cancer cells are dormant and just waiting for something (like sugar) to kick them into action?
Carol