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threetree Exhaling with you! Your MO sounds like a wonderful , attentive man glad it all is ok.

Mel I'm excited for you! I know it's difficult for you in many ways and I hope this adds a spark in your weekend. Enjoy!

Mara Ugh flies are soooo annoying not to mention nasty too! I don't have any tricks up my sleeve for you but I hope you find a home remedy that works. As far as the shopping trips go, follow your heart on this. I understand how you may feel that you don't want it to be a chore for them. Maybe just a visit and a cup of coffee with good conversation could feel fulfilling to all.

So we start our summer rental on Monday through Labor Day which is a nice escape from reality. I do love waking up by the water with a big cup of coffee. I'm trying my hardest to just live in the moment but as you know it's not always that easy. Especially now with the possible bone mets beginning which I think I will wait til after the 4th for an MRI. I also still feel down about the losses here. I wish we could stop time and all stay here chatting it up forever. Hugs ❌⭕️

threetree~keep your mind busy. Sometimes it makes me so mad that people use different phrasing or nomenclature to express the same things. I read mine through as well. I wouldn’t panic too much yet, the fact that she reached out to you, may be to calm any fears or answer any questions If there is a gap between reading the scan and actually seeing the patient. I am in your pocket for support and snacks. Hugs. I’m still bummed about spookiesmom, and Emac. They were great gals . 😞this is all so hard.
Mae~ hear you’re already planning your next excursion! That’s awesome !
hello to KBL. !
love to all.

Turned out to be a c. diff infection and I got antibiotics. I KNEW that was going to happen after they kept dumping antibiotics into me for no reason at the hospital in April. After I clear this its time for a solid probiotic to level things out, so if anyone has any good ones from the US let me know as I can get them in a few weeks. So SO annoyed, this is so avoidable like everything else but no, lets practice 30 year old medicine.

I saw the spookiesmom news and will also miss her little photo. May she rest well and in peace.

@threetree Im late with the reply but my neuro radiation onc has called me with good results a couple of times. This was early on with brain mets when I was having frequent progression. Once is was stable or better for some time, that stopped but she insists on seeing me in person when she has news she’s excited about. Hopefully, the call was to ease your mind or better.

Mel, thanks so very much for your advice, concern, and hugs. I really appreciate it.

Want to let all know now that while I was reading Mel's message here, I got a MyChart message from my clinic. I had messaged them late yesterday afternoon after I missed the phone call, telling them how freaked I was about it and if they could tell me anything. This morning the doctor told them to tell me that there is nothing urgent on his part. He said he was calling because he thought the time lag between the scan and my next appointment was too much and he wanted to know if I had any questions about the scan in the meantime. He said most appointments and scans are better coordinated with far less time between, so he wanted to let me know he was available to talk if I had any concerns after seeing the results myself. This MRI was scheduled "offbeat" so I see what he was talking about. I just wish all that had been part of the original voicemail. Needless to say, I am greatly relieved that nothing is seriously urgent at this point, and I am extremely grateful to all of you for weighing in and helping to assuage my fears and give me coping tips. It's wonderful to have you all!

Very sad - The Ibrance thread is noting that Spookiesmom has died.

Carol, I am so sorry to hear about this latest emotionally and physically draining setback.

I just want to scream at medical science to get its act together for you. They've been researching cancer for something like 5,000 yrs, according to this book I'm reading, and some of the techniques (ie. radical mastectomies, x-rays) go back something like 150 yrs. Ok, yeah, there have been some significant gains, but yeesh. I am told that cancer research is "dynamic," much more dynamic than for heart disease, so hopefully we will see more significant gains in our woefully shortened lifetimes.

I am not in a good mood because my scan showed a second break in a rib. Maybe (ok probably) I have been foolish, but I did reformer pilates all through chemo, which is the first time I broke the rib. I never stopped. And it's hard, with a lot of weight pulling and stretching. Most of the people in there are 20-30 yrs younger than me. It made me feel strong and I figured it was strengthening me. My attitude was f**k you cancer (pardon my french). Are my bones too brittle for any of this now? Boo. I haven't seen my onc yet to discuss all this, but I guess I'll try to work with a physical therapist now to see what I can still do. All of us oldsters know what's ahead, the inevitable decline, but that doesn't make it any easier. Still bargaining.