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Marcia,

I was just thinking of you last evening and wondering how you were doing. I will have your back in prayer. I know your surgery will go beautifully, and if you are like me, you will feel a weight lifted having gotten it over with.

Many prayers for healing and a speeding recovery!

Re: Prayer request - Going into surgery in a few hours
 

Prayers and hugs coming your way Marcia.
Let us know how you are doing when you can.

all the best
caya

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I wish you well and that you are resting and know
I am praying and sending healing thoughts your way.
Be easy on yourself for awhile.
patb

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I hope that you are doing well and the surgery is behind you on your road to healing.

Will keep you in my prayers.

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May you be blessed with calm seas and following winds.
Brenda

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Marcia,

Wishing you a quick recovery.

'lizbeth

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Marcia,

Hope you are doing well. Let us know how you are.

Amelia

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Dear Marcia, am sending out prayers for your speedy recovery,
HUgs,
DIane

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Hello Marcia,
I have not been on the site in a few days....

I am praying that your surgery was successful and that you are on the road to recovery and that it will be as easy as it can be for you---Loving thoughts to you and your family.

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Prayers going out to you sweet Marcia. Wishing you a successful surgery and a quick and complication-free recovery. You can do this! Much love to you sweet lady.

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Thank you everyone for your prayers, positive thoughts, and support!!! It gave me much comfort going in and out of surgery knowing that I had so many people rooting for me.

Surgery went great and I'm at home recovering. I had a bilateral mastectomy with axillary node dissection on the right, cancerous side. My surgeon told me that he saw two firm lymph nodes (0.5 cm) but no mass in the breast. He felt a dense area that was deep in the breast tissue but far enough from the chest wall that he didn't have to go into the muscle. There was a lot of fluid backed up in the breast and the skin on the lower side was 3 times larger than the skin on my right, non-cancerous breast (as a result of the battle going on inside). He said it's unclear at this point how much (if any) tumor is left (I did chemo first) and I'll find out with the pathology report. Hopefully it'll be good news, but if not, I hope that it's all out from my body now.

In any case, I'm getting stronger every day and tomorrow I go in for my 2nd dose of Herceptin. I hope to take my drains out soon (I have 4 drains, 2 on each side - the Jackson-Pratt kind). So now I just need to rest and pray that my pathology report will turn out well.

Thanks again for all your support!

Marcia

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Hi Marcia,

Sending you strong well wishes, prayers and positive energy. Please keep us posted.

Love, Hope, Peace, Carolyn

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Marcia,

Hope you are o.k. God Bless You.

Amelia

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Marcia - Good to hear the surgery is done and you are feeling well. Let us know about the path report - praying it all looks good.

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Hi everyone,

Just wanted to say a big thank you to all of you who've prayed for me, thought about me, or sent me positive vibes before, during, and after my surgery.

A quick update: my final pathology report showed a complete response in my breast and over 95% shrinkage of tumor in the lymph nodes, even though they found 11/13 nodes positive. So I'm hoping for the best and trying to focus on the positives.

I'll likely start radiation next week (28 treatments) and I'll take Xeloda every day during radiation as well.

Thank you again and may we all beat this monster once and for all!

Marcia (bejuce)