Prayer request - Going into surgery in a few hours
 

Hi everyone,

The time has come for my bilateral mastectomy. I'll be going into surgery in a few hours. Please pray for me and send some positive thoughts my way.

Thank you for all the support this group provides. I could not have done the past 6 months of chemo without you and certainly will be coming back for support and enlightenment in my journey ahead.

With much love,

Marcia

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Hi Marcia
You got it!
I will be praying for your speedy recovery. Stay strong we are with you all the way. Please keep us posted about your recovery.
Love Ellie

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Hi Marcia, I will be keeping you in my thoughts & prayers...double duty tonight just for you. :) You hang in there...sending you tons of positive thoughts your way. When your feeling up to it...I'll be looking forward to an update.

(Hugs!)

Chelee

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Oh, Marcia, you got my prayers for a very successful surgery this morning. As they give you your "sweet dreams" drug, know that your Her2 pals will be praying' and believin' great things for you! ma

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Marcia - You got it - prayers and positive thoughts for very successful and easy surgery. Wake up at peace knowing this big step is now behind you and you are another step closer to getting back to strength and health.

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Marcia,
I wish you a smooth recovery. Sending you a very, very gentle hug!
Lori

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Marcia,
Wishing an uneventful surgery and speedy recovery. When you have a moment, please keep us posted.....We'll be here, waiting for an update.

Lori

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Hi Marcia,

Praying for you....asking God to give you His comfort and His peace.........also, asking that all who minister to you will be led by God.

Love and gentle hugs sweet lady,

Mary Jo

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Marcia
Sending prayers and healing thoughts to you today as you have your surgery...please let us know how you are doing.

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Marcia,
Prayers are coming in from California! Wishing you a rapid recovery with few, if any complications or pain. You'll be up and at 'em soon, fighting the good fight for life. Sending you healing energy and love,
Vickie

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Sending all my best wishes - keep kicking cancer's butt!

Rebecca/Cannon (unregistered - on vacation)

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Hi Marcia, sending good wishes your way. I have never regretted my bilateral mastectomy for even a nano-second! Let us know how the surgery goes! XO Suzan

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Marcia,

You are in my prayers for a good outcome and a speedy recovery.

Joan

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Marcia,

Praying for you and wishing you speedy recovery!

hugs,
shobha

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I have my fingers and toes crossed for a speedy recovery for you !!!!!!!!

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I hope the surgery went well and your recovery is swift and not too painful.
Hugs ~ Ruth

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Marcia

I hope you are resting comfortably by now dear one. Relax and get your sleep (as best you can in a hospital). I am thinking about you and your speedy recovery.

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I know just how you feel. I had very similar treatment, and the same surgery recently. I'm doing great now, and soon you will be too. Waking up from surgery and getting home can be tough. The anesthesia was so hard for me to shake off. Just sleep as much as you can. Let everyone do everything for you for a while. The drains are very annoying, but they won't be in all that long, and it feels sooo much better when they get taken out! You've done very well and made great decisions. You're very strong and brave. I'm there with you.
Love, Celeste

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Hello Marcia. I too am sending my prayers and best wishes for a speedy recovery.

Barb A.

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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!

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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)