Hello everyone!

[duga35]

Just wanted to pop in and tell everyone hello. I haven't been here for awhile.

Well.......HELLO!!!!

[Jackie07]

Good to hear from you, Duga. A 'Hello' back to you.

[Chelee]

Hi Duga,
It's nice hearing from you. Let me say a big hello right back at you. Hope all is going well for you.

Chelee

[chrisy]

hello! hope you're doing great!

[Sheila]

Duga
You have been missed...hope things are going well with you! Welcome Back~~~

[Patty F]

Hello Duga

[schoolteacher]

Glad to hear from you Duga. Hope you have been dong well.

Amelia

[Mary L]

Hello Duga, Hope all is going well for you!!! Mary L

[KDR]

Hello, Duga
Nice to meet you. I was dx'd in June 2010 with liver mets, and continue to fight the fight.

[krisvell]

Hi Duga,
Nice to meet you. Hope things are going well.
Kris...

[Bill]

Hey there, Camptown! It's good to hear from you. Whatcha been up to these days?

[Soccermom]

Hello again Duga!
Hope all is well with you and yours!
Marcia

[1rarebird]

Hey Doug--

It is good to hear you checking in with the group again. Everyone is wishing the best for you.

I mostly lurk in the background on this borad, trying to soak in as much of the powerful information that is freely shared here. But my eyes always light up when a fellow brother in the fight signs in. Sometimes I feel a little lonely but you have made my day today by just stopping in to say hello. Thanks.

Well, good luck.

Phil (aka bird)

[Laurel]

Hey there, Duga! I have been off site a good bit lately myself. I am so glad I popped in for a mo. and saw your post. Hope all is well!

[KDR]

Phil & Doug, from now on, promise to post to my brothers and sisters, hope you are well--your new sister,

[tricia keegan]

Hi Duga,

Good to hear from you, how are you????

[Jean]

Glad to hear from you!
I was wondering about you.
Let us know "how the heck are you?"

Hugs,
jean

[Paty]

Duga!

Hope everything is going great with you. Welcome back!! We would like to hear from you more often!!

[duga35]

Hello everyone! I'm sorry that I've been awol for so long now, but all of you are never out of my mind! If it wasn't for the support and wealth of information that I found here when I was first diagnosed I don't know what I would have done!

But, ok, here goes. I've been doing well although I had a "scare" a few weeks ago. During a routine visit to my oncologist he felt that I had "something" on the scar line where my cancer was, so he sent me for an ultrasound. They found that something was there but it wasn't quite visible enough to be sure so he sent me to see my surgeon. He looked everything over and felt that it was just scar tissue but with my history he didn't want to take any chances. So, last Thursday I had my 4th surgery. I also was able to get a plastic surgeon to be there also to do a bit of reconstruction while I was in there. He did some liposuction and tried to reshape me the best he could like I was before all of the surgeries. I went yesterday to see the surgeon for a followup and the pathology report said I was all clear, and it was just a lot of scar tissue. After my first mastectomy I got a pretty nasty infection and I think that was what caused the scar tissue. I also told them before surgery that I was in constant pain there for the last three years. The plastic surgeon couldn't believe how much scar tissue was there plus a pocket of fluid and he told me he didn't know how I delt with that much daily pain! I told him what other choice did I have? LOL. But anyways, I'm still in a lot of pain from the lipo and I'm bruised all over. I don't recommend liposuction! It has good results but VERY painful afterwards! LOL. I still have 2 drains in each side because I still have too much fluid coming out. Hopefully those will come out next week. He doesn't want me going back to work yet but I've been off a week now, going stir crazy, so I'm going in today for a half a day and I'll go from there. On March 14 it will be 3 years since I started chemo so I guess now I'm a 3 year survivor? Can't wait till that 5th year though!

But anyways, just wanted to see how everyone is doing and send my love and prayers. I will TRY not to stay away for so long.


Doug

[Jean]

Doug,
Sorry to hear that you were in pain and had a scare.
Glad that is all behind you and I am sending you hugs and fast healing wishes. Yahoo on the 3yr. anniversery. Wishing you many many more of them.

Jean

[Jackie07]

Ouch! I could almost feel your pain.

So glad it turned out to be just scar tissue. I had had a scare one time and the surgeon took the 'clip' out - she's the one implanted it for radiation marking purpose.

Thanks for the update. Be sure to come back and visit more often.

[AlaskaAngel]

Hi Doug, glad to see you clock in here while you are taking a break from work. I was surprised to see that it has been 3 years for you already. Thanks especially for providing more detail, because it is the sharing of that kind of info that helps others figure out their own situations better, I think.

My SO doesn't have cancer, but has always "managed" pain much in the same way as yours -- What other choice was there? He is soon to have knee surgery, and I only hope it will result in some relief for him but it is something of a gamble.

It is remarkable how much of life gets spent dealing with medical matters! I'm very glad to hear that there was no recurrence for you.

A.A.