TracyinKS

NOT CANCER!!!!!! They don’t know exactly what it is, but between the Surgeon and the Pathologist they found NO evidence of malignant tumors and NO evidence of Inflammatory Breast Cancer. The PRAYERS WORKED! She gets her stitches out next week and then she will have yet another doctor look at her. Funny side note: While we were in the room, the doc excused himself while she dressed, and she was joking about how that side of her body was a wreck… (Talking about her prior surgeries, scars, radiation.. and then my step dad remembered that she even had SHINGLES on that side of her body) When the doc returned she mentioned the Shingles and he was amazed that he had never heard that particular piece of her medical history, said it was VERY interesting and that he would note it in her file and make sure that it got passed on to the other doctors who would be treating her. (So for all we know this event is related to the shingles family!) I can not begin to thank everyone for the continued prayers and good thoughts. The entire MOTHER HOUSE OF Sisters is praying for her, and all of you and all I can say is that God answered them. From the bottom of my heart, I thank you.

Great post! It is TRUE... you will not be able to eat an entire pizza! For Volume eaters its a HUGE learning curve, but doable. For emotional eaters, you will have to find another outlet, but doable. For people looking for an easy way out........ IT'S NOT..... YOU must work WITH your band.....very doable. I love my band.... and I LOVE wearing size 10's!

Congrats Tonya on making it through the cruise un bruised! :tongue_smilie:

Good morning.......... I am with you all on INDUCTION type of eating.............. I'm getting back on track today! I just finished a glass of milk for breakfast and I stopped by wallyworld on the way to work and picked up 6 of those tuna lunch kits.... So yeah... milk has carbs and so does the crackers in the lunch kits, but this will be FAR BETTER than Taco's and Blizzards! Managed to hang on to 178 this morning... so I know that if I got my ass in gear it would look more like 172.......... (and 172 would be 100 lbs lost) Everyone I deeply appreciate the words the hugs the prayers... I am so glad to read all the updates.. even if I don't respond to each one.. they really help me to keep my mind off things. I just love my V's

OK... I want to punch the Kimkins girl on the ad........

Misty: YOu look great! and your face fuzzed out was THE first thing I noticed as changed.. GOOD LUCK with the new job!

Michelle: you look GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!! (I meant to say that earlier) BAD TRACY! Robby just had his Kindergarten Physical.. was the first time he had to Pee in a cup! LOL... he was AMAZED! We had to have a lonnnnng discussion about it on the way home! Hey this is ONE area where boys ARE easier!

Sure, why not.... thanks!

I'm pb'ng popcorn now.................. mom bought more life insurance today and put me on the beneficiary list... (just typing it is making me hiccup)

HELLO V's! Sunday night and I'm getting ready for bed..... I am sooo tired. My mom asked me to attend her appointment on Tuesday as she and my step dad are basket cases... my sis will also be with us. She looked at many IBC pics and a couple looked like her boob. She is pretty sure that it.. but we can hope for less serious diagnosis (but I have the gut feeling) First would be Chemo then breast removal..... I am so stinking emotional thinking that this could be the last year of my mothers life....... I'm not ready to lose her yet... I'm not ready for Robby to lose her.. (she is only 62) crap.. my emotions are so raw... positive thoughts, positive thoughts.... I start crying at the drop of a hat.... its pretty pathetic, but will find out for sure on Tuesday...... its going to be a long couple of days. TracyK: HOW DID YOU KNOW?????? LOL...... Taco's and Icecream.. a nutritionist nightmare and the model BAD BANDSTER behavior! and 178 today....... and old navy NON STRETCH size 12 regular jeans that I wore all day.... (I did have bacon and eggs this morning) Laura: good luck to dad! Cute pic of him. One of my favorite LC deserts was cream cheese, cocoa, dash of vanilla, and splenda.... either lighly heated up for easy mixing... or mixed and then frozen for a really rich desert.... I've also put cinnimon and splenda on plain pork rinds........ but this is the person who has made a pizza crust from pork rinds! LOL oh.. and my step dad is down 42 lbs on LC and he is swearing by these WRAPS found in the Walmart Deli section under the brand of Josephs....... 4 net carbs and they don't taste like cardboard of the LC tortilla's........ might try them out. OK.. I'm getting off here......... thanks so much for all the prayers and well wishes.Talk to you tomorrow.

nothing on mom............. my step dad told my sister and I to back off casue it is freaking her out... I can understand, but damn it.. she fiddle farted around for 3 weeks and it went from the size of a quarter to the size of a HAND! We won't know anything more until TUESDAY.. blah... (don't get me ranting on this). Laura: TELL MAMMA TO STAY HOME!!!!!!! and good luck to daddio Pamela: LOL!!!!!!!!! When in Germanz to what the germans do!!!! I LOVED the post card. Eat some good stuff for me please. Haydee: are you crazy??? you want my taco recipee.. YOU ARE THE ONE WHO MAKES ALL THE HOMEADE STUFF!!!!!! all I do it throw the meat together and then fry the shells......... ( I love flour shells fried ) Lots of cheese, tomatoe, and grease... yum yum! :thumbup: I like crispy steak and pork chopfat too... so.... there ya go! (grossed out yet????) I'm cracking myself up.... Have a great day and weekend.

Good morning! I saw 178 for a flash today.. then went back to 179.... Last night, I ate TWO tacos, a few chips, and 1/3 of a fried icecream for dinner....... weird huh.... Laura: how exciting... pls update. Its friday, boys are coming tonight... yippee (not) too tired to hear the fighting...... I'm whipped, and I need to eat something.

HELLO ALL! Thanks Jane for the Text message yesterday!!!! It was so sweet. I also got a post card from Pammie..... My sis and I are researching breast cancer specialists in the area.... I thought her surgeon was an ass...(he got REALLY annoyed with me questioning him) but as surgeons go.. sometimes the more arogant ones are the best.... BUT it pisses me off that the last time he saw her the "

Boobs, Hips, Knee's, Pins, Stints, Plates........... all things that go into the body commonly. Think of your band along those lines... You don't see it but its there making your body work better..... Its not nearly as freaky as one might think........ what you are feeling is normal pre-band jitters.

WHOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOO! I love posts like yours! Congrats on MAINTAINING 80 lbs lost! I know you will make your goal.

Good Morning all! Thanks for the prayers.. She keeps calling it surgery... so my guess is that she has already had biopsies.. I don't know.. I know that I will be asking the surgeon some questions. They moved it up to 1:30p.m. so I won't be at work very long this morning. I must be strong for her.... I keep asking her questions and she jsut says "I don't know the answer to that" The only thing I ate yesterday was a blizzard..... nothing else would even try to go down.. (stress, emotions) I went to bed at 6:30 pm because my eyes hurt so bad..... so I was up taking a shower at 2am..... Have a great day.. and I will let you all know what happens.

OK gang................ I've been a total wreck today...... LONG story.. but the short of it is.. my mom has been shielding my sis and I from this because she didn't want to ruin our Vegas Trip and other "plans" This how my day started.. (right after I checked the board crap hit the fan) Hello…. Until a few minutes ago I was pretty upbeat about moms breast issue………. To recap, Mom admitted to feeling a new lump on her breast earlier this month. She had it checked and the doctors thought it was scar tissue from her prior radiation treatment. She being “MOM”.. has downplayed it to Denise and I and pretty much tells us its fine, and that she doesn’t need us to go with her to any appointments.. She sends one sentence emails about it………… but it is not fine. Terry calls us on the sly and says she really is upset about it all. Short Version, she is having two biopsies tomorrow at Providence Medical Center and they are putting her out for it. (the same breast she had cancer in 7 years ago) Life has been busy and until I had time to sit down and talk to her on the phone for an hour did I get the entire story…….. The lower part of her breast is hardening and discolored and it seems to be spreading. It has not responded to antibiotics or creams, the last I knew it was a little lump but now it is the entire portion of her lower breast. She said it is painful to go with out a bra so she doesn’t. Denise saw it on Saturday and said it looked really thick and seemed a bit discolored.. she actually drew me this picture, scanned it and emailed it to me. Denise is of the mind that it is NOT cancer, but I’ve been googling it and to me it sounds like IBC (Inflamatory Breast Cancer) I hope to God I’m wrong, as it is described as silent and deadly. I’m actually pretty upset writing this all down. At any rate, I know that you’d want to be aware. Please PRAY that it is NOT Cancer.

HOLY COW KAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so glad you and yours are OK! What a scarey thing.... HUGS! Happy Bday MICHELLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WARNING! WARNING! DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TASTE A Thin Mint Blizzard!!!!!!!! (I've had 4 over the last week) :biggrin:

HELLO! This is me on my bike on the 4th........ SIZE 10 Levis.. yeah I have the belly.. but it ain't going away til I cut it off! This is the first pic on my bike that I'm happy with......

Oh yeah... HH: to get back to your question a few pages back... I have (by my count) right around 4cc in my 4cc band......... I had gotten up to 4.3cc's but couldn't eat any solid food....... I am at my sweet spot... although maybe a bit too tight for most people..... as I can NOT eat bread in any form, I have on occasion eaten very juicy steak ... but I eat mainly crunchy and extra soft ... I can eat chips and dip till the cows come home.... Yesterday I ordered stuffed mushrooms (stuffed with cheese and spinach) I ate ONE mushroom cap and the fillings out of 4.... I wanted that 5th one, but had the server take it away before I over ate and pb'd.. (YAY ME) Admitedly I am way more tight than most ... but for me I NEED TO BE.. If I could shove pizza down my pie hole I WOULD... not proud of it.. but I kNOW ME. I eat spinach dip a lot.

I'm BACK!!!!!!!!! I skipped a bunch of pages....... but I did manage to see the Drunk pic of me in the hot tub in GRUENE! OHHHH LORD! I had not weighed since before Vegas... so I expected the 182 bounce today........ (not tooo bad actually!) I did have fun in Vegas, I can't really tell any details as I'm bound by a consultants agreement... but we did talk directly to the folks redoing their website and gave them feed back..... I didn't get to do much touristy stuff .. I do have some cool pics on my home puter that I need to get uploaded to Photobucket. Then last week we camped and now I just have a mountain of housework, laundry and cleaning the camper...... (oh yeah.. and work)

Ok... I just got off the phone with TallGrass in Topeka KS... this is the breakdown.. They have 5 doctors that do bands on Mondays and Wednesdays (for the most part. Facility: $8000.00 Anesthesia: $825.00 Dr. Fee: $3500.00 FILL: (waiting on call back from Bariatric Nurse for Fill schedule and prices) Also they use both the Allergan LapBand, and the Realize bands. Lastly, she said they are now affiliated with CARECREDIT.com for financing.

I just posted on the self pay thread......... Dr. Malley 16.5K, and other (big names) in KC are 16-20k I love Dr. Malley and staff and insurance coverd mine with him, but my mom will be self pay.... we are looking at Dr. K Denver or Tallgrass surgery center in Topeka KS.. I am getting ready to call them for their self pay package. Tallgrass Surgical Center Location Topeka, KS Bariatric Surgeons believe to have operated at this hospital: Bernita Bernstein, M.D. Carlyle Dunshee II James Hamilton, MD Brent Steward, M.D.

and Like so many before me............ I am open to Mexico for my ps, and bands........ but my step dad has put a big veto on going out of the country for my mom..... especially because they are planning to use a FLEX SPENDING ACCOUNT to help cover the cost.......