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For all those who have made inquiries about our missing leaders, apparently this is the answer: ...

Just when the caterpillar thought her world was over, she became a butterfly! Don't give up five minutes before the miracle!!

Posted by Rachael67

For all those who have made inquiries about our missing leaders, apparently this is the answer:

Forbes news release of Dec. 11, 2012:[br>[br>CIO NETWORK | 12/11/2012 @ 9:29AM |244

WebMD Cutting Staff 14% - 250 Jobs - In Cost Cutting Program

WebMD this morning disclosed plans to cut 250 jobs — about 14% of the company's staff — as part of a plan to reduce annual operating expenses by about $45 million. The company said the plan is designed to "streamline its operations, reduce costs and better focus its resources on increasing user engagement, improving customer satisfaction and driving innovation."
[br>The job cuts at the Web-based health information provider will be effective at year end.
[br>"WebMD's value proposition for users continues to be very strong," CEO Cavan Redmond said in a statement. "Becoming leaner and more nimble will enable the company to extend our leadership in this highly dynamic and increasingly demanding marketplace. In addition, anticipated changes in U.S. healthcare will provide meaningful new opportunities to link the needs of patients, consumers and healthcare professionals to enable them to navigate their care. We are moving swiftly to implement these operational changes and new market initiatives."
[br>The company expects to take a pre-tax restructuring charge of about $6 million to $8 million in Q4, mostly for severance and related costs.[br>WBMD this morning is up $1.06, or 7.7%, to $14.91.[br>

Sadly, it appears things have turned a corner, and what we once knew will no longer be the case. Why they deemed it unnecessary to share this with our communities is a question which remains unanswered, but I wanted to let everyone know so we did not continue to expect their reappearance (much as we had always awaited a promised "expert" for this board!)

Sorry the news isn't better. We wish Caprice and Haylen and all the gang our best...They will be missed.

Blessings.
RachaelView Thread

Just when the caterpillar thought her world was over, she became a butterfly! Don't give up five minutes before the miracle!!

Posted by Rachael67

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Mass in Breast- The Process

I was experiencing some pain in my breasts and, after a little delay, I finally made an appointment to get...

Posted by MeanMickey

I was experiencing some pain in my breasts and, after a little delay, I finally made an appointment to get myself checked out. I went to my GP who sent me for a mammo at the end of Dec. The mammo came back clear. However, I was still having pain in my breasts and discovered a mass in the left. It is a thin elongated mass, feels hard to me, and also doesn't feel mobile to me although no doctor has told me that in fact. I saw the GYN on Mon, who also felt the mass in the breast. It is at 1:00, so near the armpit.

I was sent for an u/s today. The radiologist said that it did not look concerning. He said it appears to be a lymph node and, the way it lights up on the sonogram, it does not appear unhealthy (low concern is what he said). He said the ones that are troubling to them show up dark.

My GYN had already scheduled an appointment for me with a breast surgeon. I also went today. He gave me a breast exam and told me it could be a lymph node but there is no way of knowing definitively about the identity and safety of the mass without a biopsy. He recommends a lumpectomy, which I have agreed to. I want the thing out.

This is the thing....they don't have an opening until Jan 31, so about 2 weeks. I am in agony with worry. I try to keep my mind in a healthy place, but I have an 8 year old and a 6 year old and my mind of course races with the what-ifs. Is this too long to wait? Is it normal to wait this long for a biopsy?

The other thing that is sending me off the deep end is that the surgeon noticed my left nipple is inverted. He asked me about it, of course. This is not something that's new. I had the flattest of the flat nipples prior to having my first son. Through breastfeeding, they eventually came out, but one has always been shyer than the other. I know this isn't a new thing and one of them has always retracted, but my mind is now telling me that maybe my memory is wrong or this is new and I have inflammatory breast cancer. UGH.

How do I control these anxieties, and does anyone know how the inflammatory cancer is diagnosed? Now, I feel like I should be pursuing this as a possibility as well.View Thread

Posted by MeanMickey

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Oncotype Dx scores & decisions

I'd like to hear from women who have made the chemo / no chemo decision based on their Oncotype Dx scores. My...

Posted by mbhinsc

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Test results for Roberta

Hello all I am home and feel pretty good I got good news the lump I felt under my arm is scar tissue due to...

Roberta

Posted by brcansur

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About this FLU that is going around

Has any one heard or had this new case of the flu they are talking about so much on the news it has me worried...

Roberta

Posted by brcansur

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Prophylactic Masctectomy - What to expect?

Hello Ladies, I am thankful that I just found this group online. God bless all of us strong women! Wishing...

Posted by 555Lindsey

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Went to the Surgeon today

Hi Ladies, I went to the doc today. The test didn't show what it was. He says the lymph node is near it,...

Posted by cindy12345678

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Thanks so much for all your support.

You are all the best. Thanks so very much for all your posts. Thanks Rachael, for letting our friends know...

He who laughs at himself--never runs out of things to laugh at!! quoted by Me.

Posted by GGrandmaJan

You are all the best. Thanks so very much for all your posts. Thanks Rachael, for letting our friends know about my Mother.

Very sad to report she passed away on Sat. Jan 5th in the hospital with her G'kids and family around her. She died the way she lived with courage and dignity. She would have celebrated her 93rd BD on Feb 14th this year. She enjoyed her life to the max. My DH and her played pool on Thanksgiving day-- again on Christmas Eve after we had taken her out to dinner. She had spent Christmas Day with us and family and really enjoyed herself.

Please do not be sad for her or I as we shared a very long happy life together. I am so thankfull she did not suffer, was in no pain, and the hospital was awesome.

Thurs night the assisted living place called me about 11 pm told me she was vomiting and diarrhea--- could I come down and sit with her as they had 10 other residents with the same thing. I thought it was the flu but after helping her back to bed my heart knew it was something pretty serious. The Day shift RN (who was my very favorite) had come in to help the staff with this crisis. Amy kept coming in and checking on us. I laid down on the bed with my Mother, talking to her and asking her if she knew who I was. at that time she said yes, my daughter. I read to her from the Bible and was just talking to her. Amy kept coming in and taking her vital signs. About 2:30 my Mother vomited pretty violently. I rang for the nurses. Amy came rushing in and accessed the situation. Called me out into the living room said very sternly to me, "Jan, I HAVE to send her to the hospital. I can not have your Mother dying of the flu" I knew both of us knew it was more than just the flu. I begged her to let me have a little more time but I knew she was right.

After they got her to the hospital did a CT scan found she had had a massive stroke and there was no hope of recovery. The ER doc was super nice. He said it could be hours or a few days. Very caring and oh so kind. The hospital was over-flowing so had to wait for a private room. Around 5 am I started calling family before most of them left for work. She was surrounded with love from her family.

Again I so rely on this board for support and I thank you all for your kindness. As my Mother lived her whole life in another town that is where her service will be a 150 miles north of here. Yesterday I went down to her apt and found in her file cabinet exactly what I was looking for. Her funeral plans.

She had her whole service planned out even to what she wants the Pastor to say. Including songs, details of who does what and etc. One think that just cracked me up was her statement.

"I request a NO drinking party!!!! If any of the survivors has a problem with this THAT is just too bad." Then she signed the paper.

Yep, that was my Mother still giving me instructions and directions from heaven!!!!
Thanks,
JanView Thread

He who laughs at himself--never runs out of things to laugh at!! quoted by Me.

Posted by GGrandmaJan

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An addition to our collection of cabana boys

Jon Bon Jovi - can you believe he's 50? Ooolala!!!

Michelle
Read my blog at www.mch-breastcancer.blogspot.com
Smile and the world smiles with you!

Posted by mhall6252

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Feeling alone

Happy New Year everyone, I thank God I am here. I have breast cancer this is the first time I have wrote...

Posted by mommajean54

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Feeling alone

Happy New Year everyone, I thank God I am here. I have breast cancer this is the first time I have wrote...

Posted by mommajean54

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What is the point of having PET/Scans, MRI or any ...

HI All, This is my question, what is the point of having all of these scans. Last year I had one...

Posted by kiwiallright

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Struggling

I had breast cancer in 2005 and have been cancer free since 2006. The recession hit me hard - lost my house,...

Posted by An_249725

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Jan's Mom

Our Friend Jan is going thru a very difficult time right now. Her Mom has apparently suffered a stroke and...

Just when the caterpillar thought her world was over, she became a butterfly! Don't give up five minutes before the miracle!!

Posted by Rachael67

11 Replies | Reply | Watch This Discussion Report This | Share this:Jan's Mom Our Friend Jan is going thru a very difficult time right now. Her Mom has apparently suffered a stroke and...

I'm back...with good news I think

Hello all I posted about a month ago regarding an ultrasound done on my left breast and I was nervous about...

Posted by socgirl

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Had the tests done

Hi Ladies! I hope you all are having a great New Years!! I wish the best for all of us! Thanks for going...

Posted by cindy12345678

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Center Piece for Party.

O.K. Ladies, I put my idea for our center-piece for OUR Party tonight. Who else has some ideas.??? ...

He who laughs at himself--never runs out of things to laugh at!! quoted by Me.

Posted by GGrandmaJan

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Center Piece for Party tonight.

Here is our Cener Piece for our Party Tonight, Ladies.

He who laughs at himself--never runs out of things to laugh at!! quoted by Me.

Posted by GGrandmaJan

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Mice Can Play! Rachael--Right

AHA--Rachael, I do believe you are correct!! Haven't heard from any of them for weeks. Wonder where they...

He who laughs at himself--never runs out of things to laugh at!! quoted by Me.

Posted by GGrandmaJan

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The Mice Can Play!!

Folks, I do believe that we may have been abandoned by the mods and the powers-that-be over the holidays. You...

There are only two ways to live your life.
One is as though nothing is a miracle.
The other is as though everything is a miracle."

Albert Einstein

Posted by Rachael67

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Chemo this morning but a crazy good Christmas

My daughter and hubby have quite a sense of humor. If you've see A Christmas Story, you'll recognize the...

Michelle
Read my blog at www.mch-breastcancer.blogspot.com
Smile and the world smiles with you!

Posted by mhall6252

11 Replies | Reply | Watch This Discussion Report This | Share this:Chemo this morning but a crazy good Christmas My daughter and hubby have quite a sense of humor. If you've see A Christmas Story, you'll recognize the...

Breast Cancer

To all of us combining Christmas and chemo. my best wishes for health and happiness in the upcoming year. My...

Posted by Anon_23988

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Wishes

I wish one and all Magic and miracles... Joy and delight.... Friends and family... Love to end the...

There are only two ways to live your life.
One is as though nothing is a miracle.
The other is as though everything is a miracle."

Albert Einstein

Posted by Rachael67

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hi what is the outlook of breast cancer!! is my grandmam die:(

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Second mammo and ultrasound

I just had a mammogram and ultrasound. My report says: The breast parenchyma reveals evidence of...

Posted by Shysti71

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Found a new lump

Hi Ladies! Yes I am still here. The Job takes up alot of my time. I found a new lump. My blood work wa...

Posted by cindy12345678

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Found a new lump

Hi Ladies! Yes I am still here. The Job takes up alot of my time. I found a new lump. My blood work wa...

Posted by cindy12345678

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New Diagnosed - Any advice

I had my 1st chemo treatment this morning and the nurse said I did very well. Was a little nervous because...

Posted by justkarenc

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Cancer Gone!

I was looking to see if there was an alternative treatment feed on here but did not see one. I just receive...

Posted by Joeybirdie

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