laureniris

I'm a leftie at heart, and haven't made up my mind between Obama and Hillary.   I don't FEEL connected to either of them, and I have always felt a bit turned off by Hill's personality ( but NOT by her stance on most issues, except her initial take on Iraq). 

I would really like to hear how people are distinguishing between the two of them on policy issues.  I want to vote on substance, not just style. Thanks.

Deja vu on this conversation (I asked everyone about sinus pain last year, and you made me feel better by validating the situation). YES to all of the above.  Last spring/early summer, I had a sinus headache and stuffiness that lasted for months.  It terrified me.  I started to get anxious, dissociated, dizzy because I was obsessing about my sinuses.  It felt like one of my sinuses was ALWAYS plugged, but which one it was jumped around.  One day it would be near the left brow, the next day the right brow, then the bridge of my nose.  My eyes have been tearing and red for two years now, and it's embarassing to go into a shop and watch my eyes (and nose) drip all over the merchandise.  And I'm always swabbing at myself with my gloved hand, like a 5 year old with a runny nose.  Horrible.  Some of this I've attributed to the AIs, rather than the chemo, simply because I've assumed that my sinuses dried up, like all the other canals.  Also, my eyes have been super light-sensitive.  In the evening, I can't tolerate the tv if a light is on.  And if I go outside and my eyes adjust to the dark, then I feel blinded by neon signs or headlights. 

Thank you for starting this thread.  I'm still  hoping these SEs are temporary and that one day they'll abate.

Hi,

Can someone advise me of the web site used to order volteran on-line?

Thanks.

Lauren

I kant spel eether!!! Plus i used to bee a good riter. not anymor. snif.

Hi, You've received lots of great suggestions, here's two more:

1. Smuggle home some hospital robes (probably ok with the nurses -- they helped me round them up).  They're comfy and dispensable if your oozy in the beginning.

2.  Ask the tall people in your life for their OLD t-shirts.  My dad is 6'3", and I relieved him of 10+ year old, stained t-shirts, where you can barely read the words anymore.  they're super soft and I wear them around the house still.

Good luck to you!

Did nips today!

Of course I haven't seen them yet, but am getting bandages (and under bandages, some sort of hard, little devices) off next wednesday.  Was told I could shower, but to avoid getting the bandages wet -- you know, the I don't-want-to-get-my-hair-wet dunk and dive.  Here's the weirdest part -- i felt GREAT after the surgery, even though I also had a boob revision (moved more into the middle of the chest from the armpit). And I mean GREAT. Must have been the drugs. Have a prescription for pain killer, but haven't used it yet. Getting a minor anesthesia hangover,which I hope will be gone tomorrow.  So my PS uses a twisty technique: imagine a seagull flying in a picture, and then imagine one wing being twisted one way into a little swirl, and the other being twisted around it the other way. Evidentally PS makes a sort of seagull shaped cut.  HUH? I know, but that's the picture that was drawn for me of the technique.  Anyway, if anyone is nervous, consider this a pep talk. I feel better than fine!

Ok, my last comment:
One is, you'll know when you are clean during the prep because, as a friend put it, "you start to pee out of your ass."

Hi Fitchik. Here's some more support for the colon prep (you always give me lots of great support!).  I had to do it twice this past year -- once for ooph and once for colonoscopy.  Both times I thought it was a much better experience than your typical stomach ache (i.e., diarrhea (sp?), spoiled food  , or using laxatives for constipation).  Yes, you GO alot, but it was that crampy, sweaty, horrible kind of going.  Everything came out a lot faster and with much less wear and tear. 

I had lots of that air/gas AFTER the colonoscopy and felt too yechy to go back to work. I had one polyp removed and -- probably because I'm BRCA2 -- will be going back in a year for another colonoscopy. All in all, though, I'm SOOO glad I did it. I didn't expect to have a polyp, but since I did, I'm sooo relieved that it's gone.

Good luck Fitchik!