Text 19803, 93 rader
Skriven 2007-08-29 14:26:09 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 19776 av Carol Shenkenberger (1:275/100)
Ärende: Casa rolles
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Hi Carol,

 CS> Let us hope for the best then.  Early caught I gather which is good
 CS> news, or at least, better than late caught news.

For sure!  It's very localised and encapsulated right now.


RH> Latest news--I called last Friday and the radiologist gave me a
RH> diagnosis of "ductal carcinoma in situ", IOW cancer, but localised to
RH> just one duct.  I was down today to get another picture of it and set
RH> get the duct and a bit of the surrounding tissue. They are happy that
RH> was caught at this stage of the game--only thru a mammogram as I
RH> couldn't feel anything yet.  Good reason for getting them done annuall

 CS> Wow!  I am so glad you caught this early.  That can be real bad late
 CS> but 'on situ' means good right?  Localized totally?

As far as they can tell, totally localised.


 CS> I'm sure you are freaking out a bit morethan your calm message
 CS> indicates but we are all with you.


I'm not freaking out too much (yet); it's just one more issue I've got
to deal with.  I had to let folks here know because I've been around the
echo for so long--I didn't want people wondering what happened if I
need to drop out of sight for a bit.

RH> term outlook.  I talked to a lady yesterday who had the same diagnosis
RH> 18 years ago & hasn't had any problems since.

 CS> My sister had to have a hysterectomy.  She chose a more radical one
 CS> 'to be sure'.  That was 10 years ago.  Zero problems since with the
 CS> cancer although she wasnt able to try for one more kid (hoping for a

Sometimes more is better, tho in this case, it's small enough that I
don't need major surgery.  The procedure I had done earlier this month
has left me lop sided; I'll be even more so after the next one. (G)


 CS> Your situation seems to need lesser surgery than my sister and
 CS> obviously not the same area.  Thank God.  But my sister is fine too.

Good to hear she's doing well also.  Did she have chemo and all that? I
may have radiation but as of now, no chemo is thought neccessary.

 CS> to sneeze at, they are the most simple to fix if caught early.  These
 CS> look to the eye, pre-cancerous.

RH> Better to get them early; I had a cousin pass away from a malignant
RH> melanoma.  I guess it had gone too far before he got help.

 CS> Don's had them off now and we are awaiting results. What scares me is
 CS> they are on the hands and so close to the bone tissue.  If they stayed
 CS> localized ike they looked, all is well.

And hands are so important; I would be so frustrated to lose part of
mine to something that could have been caught early on.


 CS> My sister had precancerous cells and many other problems (fibric
 CS> tumors) but Don's mother died of cancer.

It's not a nice thought but by getting treatment now, I should have a
healthy long term outlook.  I'm just as glad I don't do some things that
could be detrimental to a better outlook.

 CS> <smile>.  I'll see if I can make some tomorrow.  Right now, I'd
 CS> probably put in 2 TB salt and 1 TS sugar.

RH> (G) Dymo label makers has several commercial on TV now with things
RH> getting mixed up.  One's a birthday cake even the dog rejects for too
RH> much salt; another is an old couple wearing each other's dentures.

 CS> Wel,, win some, lose some in baking!  Thats about the only time I
 CS> carefully measure stuff.

I'm pretty careful too with baking.  But, now that we are using raw
sugar, there's no chance I'd mix it up with salt.  OTOH, I could see it
done very easily with refined sugar. (G)

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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