Good morning ladies! Hope that you are all well. Sorry I didn't make it in yesterday. Was obsessing all yesterday arvo and last night and before I knew it, it was way past my bedtime....
FGS, wishing you every good thing for your scan today. I'm praying for you and for your FS, that their knowledge and skill will translate into your follies giving up some fabulous, healthy eggs.
MC, same goes for you. Praying that your FS has a steady hand and that your ET goes well. My ET was a snap and by that, I mean the bones in my hand! I put my hand out for DH to hold (whilst FS was at my business end) and he held on so tight, I thought my fingers would break! I, however, was as cool as the proverbial cucumber. for you my dear and I look forward to seeing you swim over to the tww pond. (C'mon in, the water's fine....)
As for all you other gorgeous ladies, I hope that you are all doing well. I am sending you all peaceful, happy vibes and I look forward to hearing great news from you all.
hi ladies i hope you are all well.sorry no persies at the moment since i havent had a chance to read back.just wanted to pop on and update you all whats happening with mum.
SHe saw the surgeon last friday and she had a second lump in her breast too that surgeon said would be cancer (now confirmed) and she suspects there is some around her nipple as well but still waiting on biopsy results of that. the verdict is mum is to have a mastectomy in about seven weeks time.the surgeon wants her to have a few sessions of chemo first to try and halt the cancer spreading further before surgery.she had to have a bone scan monday and a ct scan tuesday to see if it has spread.biopsy was done last friday around nipple.she saw oncologist on wednesday and only the ct scan was back.it showed that the two big lump in her breast have joined up, kinda like a peanut shell.she has a benign cyst on her liver and the ct scan did show a spot on her lung but at present they are saying inflammatory until its investigated further.weird thing is they are saying it may be from a cough even though mum doesnt have a cough and hasnt had one for a while.she starts chemo this morning and we are hoping rest of results are back.when she has the mastectomy if it turns out she has hormone receptors then she will have additional medication for about 12 months as the receptors make the cancer grow quicker.she was given paperwork wednesday to order her wig as dr said the strength chemo she will be on she will be bald in 2 and a half weeks.so its still a bit of the waiting game for the rest of results. also last night i found out a former neighbour passed away from breast cancer leaving 3 still young sons.R.I.P debbie. the lumps that are joined are now 5-7 cms.its growing so fat as when mum was diagnosed a month ago there was only one 2.5 cm lump found
thank you rob. i did a google seach of the symptoms that sent her to dr in the first place and they all came up as a rare form of cancer that starts around nipple-inflammatory breast cancer.i didnt like what i read either.given that she has the classic symptoms of this type as well and that dr thinks biopsy will confirm her suspicions its likely mum already has two forms of cancer and it can be more complicated to treat the inflammatory one.i just want results to be back so we know what we are fully dealing with
MissK, I'm not sure where you FS is getting the medicare info from, but I just copied this from the MBSonline website:
13200 Amend Emsn Fee
ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGIES SUPEROVULATED TREATMENT CYCLE PROCEEDING TO OOCYTE RETRIEVAL, involving the use of drugs to induce superovulation, and including quantitative estimation of hormones, semen preparation, ultrasound examinations, all treatment counselling and embryology laboratory services but excluding artificial insemination or transfer of frozen embryos or donated embryos or ova or a service to which item 13201, 13202, 13203, 13206, 13218 applies - being services rendered during 1 treatment cycle - INITIAL cycle in a single calendar year
Fee: $2,940.00 Benefit: 75% = $2,205.00 85% = $2,870.90
(See para T1.4 of explanatory notes to this Category)
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