tips for better mammogram?

[margo49]

Yoga is good (I'm no expert just bought a bright purple mat and copied the gorgeous women on tv and as glad they couldn't see me)
Yeah, the nutrition is key.
What's the story on sweet potato??
Tho' My Onck reckons that soy products are not a problem but I keep away from them. I was craving soy back in the 90's before my first "incident" and ate it like crazy. It means something I am just not sure what.
Took a week off my Aromasin (aromatase (estrogen pre-cursor) inhibitor) and back on it yesterday so feel really CR-P today . I just got tired of feeling 85 years old and gave myself a 7-day pass. Naughty but not medically significant ...

[malkin]

Aw ((red)).
I wish you got to spend this much thought and energy planning some spectacular ride trip. Maybe you get to do that too.

[marni]

according to my sources, sweet potatoes and soy contain natural estrogen and similar phytogens that are not good. I figure now that I am on the tamoxofin except for the 24-36 hours once a month menopause symptoms recurrence I might as well stick to it, I can't imagine taking a week off since it would take me at least ten days to get back on and not feel like killing myself or someone else. Good for you for being able to take a break though.

I am aiming at doing a cross country ride with my sister going from New Orleans to Lake Itasca MN along the mississippi in may to celebrate an almost one year anniversry. Of course with all the stuff that is going on with 90 year old FIL right now, all of this might change but I am determined to stick with the original plans as long as I can.

Pick a dream trip and start planning for it red, and then make lound long and frequent comments. Stranger things have happened.

marni

[redrhodie]

I got a call from my NP yesterday telling me to stop taking the pill until I talk to my Oncologist. Ugh. I've been on it for a long time. There were a lot of perks to the pill, and I liked being on it, but if it's the cause of the problem (will I ever know?), of course now I'll regret it.

I'm open to suggestions about alternative methods of birth control. PM if you're shy. Ha, that's funny...like there's anything too personal for TE!

[OakLeaf]

I'm past that now, but I used a cervical cap for years and loved it. I had to go to Planned Parenthood to find a practitioner who could fit one.

[malkin]

I used a cervical cap for a while too. Not bad for a barrier method.

I hope you can let go of regrets and carry on from here. Maybe it was the red candies or the neighbors' pesticide or the smog or the sun but then again, maybe it wasn't.

My granny always said "Ain't life grand?!"
My uncle agreed and said "Nobody ever said life was fair."

[redrhodie]

What made you choose the cervical cap over a diaphragm?

Life is grand! You know, as bad a thing as this is, I know some good things will come out of it. I'm already seeing my body in a new light. I've been so critical of it all these years, and really, it's pretty great. I'm done obsessing about the tiny flaws. It all looks good to me now.

I stopped looking at the breast forum for now. I got spooked last night reading some horror stories. I took today off and didn't worry. At this point, there's no reason to worry. There's just discover and repair. I'm lucky to have these options.

ETA: My father's mother died at 51 of some kind of cancer. He never knew what kind. He was very young. I never thought about it being BC until my diagnosis, but it makes sense.

[OakLeaf]

The cap is a lot smaller than a diaphragm - more, um, uncovered surfaces = more sensitivity and less to get in the way. The only downside is that mine was so comfortable it was possible to forget about it. Ewwwwwww. Geez, maybe some things are too personal for TE!

At least the kind I had (the Prentif cap which I don't think is imported into the USA any more) could stay in for 24 hours or longer which allows for spontaneity. IIRC a diaphragm has to go in pretty much right before sex.

Hang in there red. This is tough - you're allowed to feel whatever comes.

[snapdragen]

I stopped looking at the breast forum for now. I got spooked last night reading some horror stories. I took today off and didn't worry. At this point, there's no reason to worry. There's just discover and repair. I'm lucky to have these options.
.

I found that the people that frequent the illness/physical problem forums are usually the ones that are not doing well, having issues, etc. Those that have recovered and are doing great drift away. At least that's how it was on the spine forum I was on.