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Re: My Husband, My Life, My Love, My Family, My Cancer
Oh Candy; I feel for you. I spend a lot of time at home, looking after my special sons. (They will eventually move to a group home, but they currently attend adult day programs.) It can be isolating. I often can't leave the house to have coffee or lunch with others. There might be some volunteer work you can do from home. I belong to a small church-based charity where we help people who are struggling to pay their rent and utilities. Most of this work involves calling people, the utility companies, and landlords/property management companies. It feels good to help people (and to talk to articulate adults) without leaving my house. Just a thought. ((Hugs))
Re: My Husband, My Life, My Love, My Family, My Cancer
irish, I'm sorry your DH won't get himself checked. I'd keep my distance, too.
candy, I've had occasional notes like that. Frustrating. No complaints? Seriously?
mel, I wish you weren't having ongoing issues with your mouth. I'm thankful that the dexamethasone seems to be keeping mouth sores at bay for me.
My blood sugar (FBG) was 122 this am. It's usually between 85 to 98. I'll check it again in a while. Elevated FNG is a SE of Afinitor. Hopefully, it was just a wonky reading. I did have one reading of 25, but my DIL was here at the time and said to retake it. Her dad is Type 1 diabetic. She said I'd be seriously in trouble if it was actually 25. I re-took it, and I think it was closer to 85. I track my numbers on an Excel spread sheet. I added a FBG tab to the CBC, CMP and LIPID panels. Did I mention I love spreadsheets?
Waving hi to everyone.
Carol
Re: Ribociclib/Kisqali with Letrozole - Any one on this combo?
@tougholdcrow, there are lots of posters who have had success with the lower dosage of Kisqali. I agree with you - truly wonder drugs. They have given me 11 months of very good quality of life. My tumour marker increased by one last blood work, but that may be normal bouncing around, the cold I have, or the probiotics I started to take last month. It is still well within normal range. We will see what the next labs say in 2 and a half weeks.
I am peeved at the cold because it has stopped me from going to the gym - working on the better to be safe than sorry principle. I have an immune system, but it is right on the bottom end of the normal range. I am guessing I caught the cold at the gym - a good many retired guys have decided to join the gym, all of a sudden. I am thinking they have been influenced by olympic fever and want to improve their physiques a little - lol. On the downside, they have no idea of gym etiquette - grrr.
In everybody's pockets for good news and a wonderful day.😀
Re: My Husband, My Life, My Love, My Family, My Cancer
Dang, last post disappeared. I will make this as brief as possible.
I am feeling better, had a bunch of lentils with my breakfast meal. It was just a Great Value frozen pasta, added 1/2 cup of lentils, garlic seasoning, all purpose seasoning and sour cream and onion. Added a dollop sour cream. When I use a frozen meal to cook this way, I just pull open the lid and add the stuff right on top of the frozen meal. You can do pretty much anything on top, usually heat for 4 mins and 30 seconds. I am planning to cook up some spanish rice and white rice separately, combine them in the fridge so I have an easy way to bump up meals. Another idea I came up with is instead of making kraft dinner, take the packages of cheese and set those aside to use as cheese seasoning on other meals, I think using these noodles to stretch and having all the cheese is a win win. Later am planning to make a tortilla, put in fry pan, spread some garlic and add rice and lentils, not too much since I also plan to add a precooked egg after it comes out of oven. Just going to crumble some of the old el paso hard shells, the cheesy ones. Should taste good.
I did wind up purchasing a new portable washer and spin dryer, same kind I already have. Already mapped out where to put it. The old washer still washes, the spinner was what died and was simply going to toss the old one but might as well keep it for the day to day alongside the new one. I should be able to keep them raised on the single step bench in there but going to put some foam padding underneath so they don't move around a bunch. Panda spin dryer goes to my bedroom closet and the only one to get rid of is the totally dead one, we will see. Adjusting budget to pay off the new one sooner, cut some streaming stuff etc.
Re: After first shot of Lupron
This is day 2 of my second period and this time is better. My body is not in shock. The cycles are same number of days as before the shoot, so that is good. There were a few hot flashes and night sweats recently but it's a total of about 4 or 5 times. So its not that frequent. Anxiety is less than last month, but its now downgraded a bit to anxious. This could also be the recent doc visits I have been having and also the upcoming diagnostic mammogram and very first breast MRI.
Less of a watering pot than last month, but still have some moments where tears flow. It is when I think about this that they flow. Not when I just throw this into a mental closet and leave it there. Need to continue working with my therapist on this, why must it be in a closet and how to move myself out of the depression stage of grief. I know why I grief, the lost of the pre-cancer me. Right now I am at the stage of depression I think. Need to get to acceptance and face whatever comes next.
I am working to see if my acupuncture sessions can be a weekly sessions now. Starting this week and so far ok. That means I am doing better on the anxiety/panic stuff. It's slowly getting better. The tension headaches comes and goes still, and I think some of these could be migraines. They have been a little less and yes, this to me is also a Lupron side effect. I hardly ever have any headaches, let alone a migraine before this shoot. Just need these side effects to leave my body so I can get on to being me again, mentally and physically.
zen1028
Re: how about drinking?
Good Morning,Loungettes! Happy Saturday! I’m going to see the mother today, she's ordered some haddock off a friend's boat and we're going to go pick it up and then take it home and package and freeze it. It comes in 20 pound lots, Mom will want me to take half because her freezer will be too full otherwise. That lasts me a looong time, even as much as I love good haddock! The heat and humidity have come back, the puppers are lying about not moving around a lot this ayem. Their usual ayem wrestle session was pretty short. It was sprinkling rain at the time, but that doesn't usually interfere with pounce and wrestle time.
Karen--it seems like you have been away for quite a while, but I bet the time is passing much faster for you. I'm glad you're having such a good time.
Mommy--there always seems to be that one job that has to be done that isn't liked at all. It will feel good to get it over with, I'm sure. At least it's a small space, but sometimes small spaces can be really challenging to work in! I bet you will be excited to get back to your new home!
A funner Bloody Mary recipe:
Re: Can we have a forum for "older" people with bc?
Good morning. Down here we are watching the tropics. No matter what it does, there will be a lot of rain.
Anyone here from Sandy?
petite1