Hi Simmy! Thanks for keeping us up to date!
I know what you are feeling just now....I've been through it! I'll keep you and mom in my prayers! And Ladies - NEVER put off a mamogram! If I had I would have faced quite a different situation! Cheers Bethanne ----- Original Message ----- From: Simmy Bredal-Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wednesday, November 5, 2008 10:11 am Subject: NailTech:: Mom & Me - off nail topic but on our minds.... To: [email protected] > I just wanted take a moment and update all of you on Mom. > But first I want > to thank all of you for your support. I've been on this > list almost since > Deb started it and through the years I've met and corresponded > with so many > people and made so many wonderful friends. Thank you for > all of your > support. Believe me, even short emails letting me know you > are thinking of > me and my family help a great deal! > > So Mom is still in the hospital. They are treating her for > Pneumonia even > though there is no infection present. She has had a cat > scan and ultrasound > and what they suspect is that she has been aspirating fluid and > possiblyfood into her lung. Tomorrow they are going to > drain the fluid. While > doing that they are checking for cancer. This is routine > due to the fact > she had clear cell carcinoma 4 years ago. We and the > Doctors are very > optimistic that she will recover nicely and be better than > before this > happened after removing whatever is in the lung. She will > be going to rehab > for 2 weeks for PT. > > This brings me to the lovely news I received 2 days ago. > > Breast Cancer awareness is everywhere and we have our two > "sisters" Karen > and Pati battling this HEAD ON! (You go girls!) Up until > last year I never > went for a mammogram. Of course, I got called back for a > recheck...ultrasound, MRI. Six months later, I felt > something in my > arm...back I went for an ultrasound...2nd mammo...MRI. I > went for a second > opinion...another mammo, ultrasound, MRI. > Determined to be dense tissue. Whew! A sigh of > relief. Very thankful I > went! But, they could see my thyroid on the last MRI and > thought they saw > something. > > I went for another Ultrasound. I have two nodules, one > large, one small. > Doc wanted an needle biopsy to make sure it's benign. I > was expecting to > have to wait for days for the results but they told me right in > the office > that the cells are benign. But the type of tumor it is > (FollicularNeoplasm) and because it's the size of a golf ball, > it needs to come out. > The only real way to be sure it is not cancer is to remove and > examine it. > I just learned by doing research that they do not "just remove" these > tumors. They take part or all of your thyroid with > it. > > So on top of my poor mom being so sick, I'm having surgery > too. My spirits > are up, there is lots of powerful "woman mojo" going around and > I have > support popping up from likely and unlikely sources. I'm > not one to air my > personal things in public but I have found that sharing the good > AND the bad > with the people in your life takes some of the stress out of the > way. I > also need some "super-woman mojo" to help continue my positive > attitude! > Although Mom is in a "local" hospital and will be in a "local" > rehab, my > surgery will be done in a hospital over an hour away so it will > complicatethings for my family. But we've dealt with this > before so we'll manage. I > really can't complain since poor Karen had to go up to > MIAMI!!!! See, > "super-woman mojo" at it's best! LOL! > > I just want to say one more thing before I finish. THANK > GOD I GOT MY > MAMMOGRAM AND WENT FOR A SECOND OPINION! Had I not done > that, they would > not have found this so quickly and I could be having a cancerous tumor > removed! Had I not known Karen and Pati so well or at all, > I probably would > still be putting my Mammogram off! > > OK, I feel better now! ;) > > Thanks for you support again! > > all the best, > > Simmy Bredal-Bell > Vicki Peters Nail Products > Team Vicki Partner > E-File Certification Specialist > Private Tutor / Mentor > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Bethanne Nail Sculptress Edmonton, Alberta, Canada 1-780-237-0396 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NailTech" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/NailTech?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
