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4.12.2008

time again to check yourself or someone you love for signs of breast cancer

this week i had an echocardiagram to see how much my heart has recovered + a bone density scan to see how much bone i've lost or gained. did you know that breast cancer chemotherapy causes 8.8% bone loss in the 1st year + a few % more every year after that than you'd normally lose? that's an important reason to keep doing weight bearing exercises during chemotherapy + as part of your lifestyle. i do a cardio weight training class 3 times a week, plus a
cancer survivor dance class 2 times a week.

next week, i have a mammogram, ultrasound, + lymphedema therapist consultation/evaluation. i'm excited to meet the lymphedema therapist + get my treatment started to reduce the lymph fluid that swells my right arm, underarm, side, back + front. the lymph fluid from that whole area is supposed to drain to my right underarm lymph nodes, but they were removed along with my mastectomy, so the fluid collects + it's painful.
the treatment will involve daily massage for a week to drain the area + redirect the lymph to other lymph nodes, then compression bandaging for another week, changing the bandages every day. then i'll wear an arm sleeve from the time i wake up til i go to sleep for the rest of my life.

i'm grateful for my arm + excited to get the swelling + pain under control, so i'm not limited in what i can do, including computer time. i'm also really excited to be planning my daughter's birthday party + figuring out her school plans for this fall. i registered her at a nearby public school, but her papers were returned + we were told we had to go to a different town for public school, which turned out to be in an epa top 20 superfund cleanup site for asbestos, so we applied to the school district lottery for the allowed 2 other schools, but we didn't win, so i'm in a hopeful panic for kindergarten opportunites for her to begin in the fall. i think all the private schools are probably booked by now + homeschooling sounds really rough, but so far i've found a web based math class for gifted children through a university, + i'll build her schoolwork around that + keep trying for a private school.

the moral is, catch breast cancer early, so you can concentrate on living :)

illustration: alexander girard

by ~mod*mom~ at 12.4.08 ©

23 Comments:

Oh wow- I wish you very well at your checkup and with the schooling!! I know it will all work out in the end!

Steph

By Blogger Stephanie Wilson she/her @babysteph, at 4/12/2008 4:26 AM  

I'm with Steph - you are one of those people who deserves all good things in the world. Sending you best wishes that everything turns out as it should.

By Blogger Mom101, at 4/12/2008 5:49 AM  

Be strong, and I will cross my fingers that Mod*Tot gets into a clean school and doesn't have to worry about her health or her mommy's...

By Blogger Superdumb Supervillain, at 4/12/2008 7:46 AM  

Hoping everything would come up roses, ModMom! It doesn't sound like a picnic, but I hope all works out:)
Home schooling is a tough job. I hope you find a good private school for ModTot.
b.t.w.: That is the best pillow ever created! I just LOVE it!!!

By Blogger orange you lucky!, at 4/12/2008 8:09 AM  

good morning pals!
thank you so much for your kind support + well wishes :)

By Blogger mod*mom, at 4/12/2008 8:17 AM  

Thanks for the reminder...I find myself saying, tomorrow, tomorrow. It's one of those things that can't/won't wait. Thank you again...I wish you the best!

By Blogger Sky, at 4/12/2008 8:24 AM  

its an incredible pain that you have to go through, the thought of the procedures makes me a bit squeemish, its a terrible thing that anyone has to go through that. in addition,. im a little freaked out about the future of schooling.

By Blogger Hold the Gluten Please, at 4/12/2008 10:41 PM  

You are so positive on your blog, I had no idea you had problems like the rest of us and worse!

I'm praying for the best for you !

By Anonymous Anonymous, at 4/13/2008 11:29 PM  

Ugh- the school lotteries and new systems are terrible for everyone. Sorry you're having an especially hard time, but I'm sure it will work out in the end. Glad to hear you have a treatment plan for your arm! Sounds like you have much to look forward to with birthday parties, and all. :)

By Blogger Laura, at 4/14/2008 7:04 AM  

thanks for the support :)

i'm excited about my 1st appointment with the therapist tomorrow!

the treatment won't start for 3 weeks though, because they had to have a 2 week block of appointments. i can't wait to get this done :)

By Blogger mod*mom, at 4/15/2008 1:05 AM  

Let me just join the choir of well-wishing people above. And also say that I like that pillow!

By Blogger Martin Klasch, at 4/15/2008 1:30 PM  

thank you for your well wishes all the way from sweden p-e!

i went to the consultation + they measured my arms + hands. the affected right arm is 1" bigger than the other, yikes. i'm going to start the massage on my own + with another therapist while i'm waiting for the intesive 2-week degongestive therapy.

By Blogger mod*mom, at 4/15/2008 2:38 PM  

thinking of you and all that you are going through and wishing you well. is there a public virtual school funded with preset curriculum available to you as an alternative while you wait and see? here in florida i did just that when my son was in 6th grade and we were waitlisted for private schools. our florida version is http://www.k12.com/flva/.

By Blogger Popsicles & Lollipops, at 4/15/2008 10:08 PM  

wow popsicles & lollipops!
that virtual school is amazing!
i didn't know there was such a thing.
i'd better go search the california schools website. that would be awesome.

By Blogger mod*mom, at 4/15/2008 10:20 PM  

thank you so much p&l!!!!
there is a california virtual school + i signed her up! thank you!!!!!

By Blogger mod*mom, at 4/15/2008 11:46 PM  

MM- This moved me to tears. You're so fabulous and sweet. Just sending some big hugs. XOXO

By Blogger Ms. Mamma, at 4/16/2008 11:20 AM  

you're so sweet ms.mamma!
sorry to make you cry with my challenges. i try to keep it to myself most of the time :)

By Blogger mod*mom, at 4/16/2008 11:37 AM  

Ahh! Good thing you checked yourself out, keep on theraputing!
And good luck with the virtual school.

Hugs all the way from Sweden (I'd better check my arms too?)
P-E

By Anonymous Anonymous, at 4/18/2008 5:35 AM  

hugs back to you p-e!

i had a mammogram + breast ultrasound yesterday while my daughter was at nursery school (she was mad, because she said she wanted to see inside my booby + hear the ultrasound. i told her no one could be in the room with the mammogram, because it zaps me with radiation. and the ultrasound doesn't make a sound we can hear. maybe dogs can hear it? she would have liked the echocardiagram last week though, because you can see the contractions inside the heart moving and beating) anyway,,,,, drumroll please....... NORMAL, no evidence of disease!!!!! i don't have to do that again for 6 months. yay!!! what a relief

By Blogger mod*mom, at 4/18/2008 8:19 AM  

Great news, mom!! *hitting the crash cymbal* That's really good to hear!!

By Blogger Martin Klasch, at 4/19/2008 8:20 PM  

that is GREAT news!!!

By Blogger Hold the Gluten Please, at 4/20/2008 6:59 PM  

http://www.myspace.com/livelifeavonbenefit

I am helping to org. this benefit for breast cancer. If you click the link at the bottom of our myspace page you may donate mammograms at no cost - just a click away.


CHEERS!

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