CMF Question
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Annie,
My gosh, that must have been scary, to be dx'd with MS! How did they come up with that? They dx'd MS from an MRI? WOW!
I also had an MRI yesterday, not just the lower back, but the brain, because long ago, I was mis dx'd with a pituitary tumor. One set of drs. said it WAS a tumor and another, 2 years later, said it wasn't, but IT NEVER WAS! So now I don't trust MRIs, either... I was hoping for NO dye, since last night, I had a funny 'aftertaste' in my mouth, from the dye...Oh, I feel for you about the thinning hair...my hair used to be thick, but after my thyroid disorder was dx'd, it got SO thin!! I was constantly wiping up hair from the bathroom floor, the shower, the tub! But, now my hair 'seems' to be coming in thicker, and I am taking biotin and using Nioxin, also for colored hair, because my hair came in WHITE!
YEA, you are HALFWAY THRU TX!!! I will do a HAPPY DANCE for you!!! Good Luck! Gee, I only had 4 txs! Did I say ONLY?
Harley
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Annie,
My gosh, that must have been scary, to be dx'd with MS! How did they come up with that? They dx'd MS from an MRI? WOW!
I also had an MRI yesterday, not just the lower back, but the brain, because long ago, I was mis dx'd with a pituitary tumor. One set of drs. said it WAS a tumor and another, 2 years later, said it wasn't, but IT NEVER WAS! So now I don't trust MRIs, either... I was hoping for NO dye, since last night, I had a funny 'aftertaste' in my mouth, from the dye...Oh, I feel for you about the thinning hair...my hair used to be thick, but after my thyroid disorder was dx'd, it got SO thin!! I was constantly wiping up hair from the bathroom floor, the shower, the tub! But, now my hair 'seems' to be coming in thicker, and I am taking biotin and using Nioxin, also for colored hair, because my hair came in WHITE!
YEA, you are HALFWAY THRU TX!!! I will do a HAPPY DANCE for you!!! Good Luck! Gee, I only had 4 txs! Did I say ONLY?
love,
Harley
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Annie,
My gosh, that must have been scary, to be dx'd with MS! How did they come up with that? They dx'd MS from an MRI? WOW!
I also had an MRI yesterday, not just the lower back, but the brain, because long ago, I was mis dx'd with a pituitary tumor. One set of drs. said it WAS a tumor and another, 2 years later, said it wasn't, but IT NEVER WAS! So now I don't trust MRIs, either... I was hoping for NO dye, since last night, I had a funny 'aftertaste' in my mouth, from the dye...Oh, I feel for you about the thinning hair...my hair used to be thick, but after my thyroid disorder was dx'd, it got SO thin!! I was constantly wiping up hair from the bathroom floor, the shower, the tub! But, now my hair 'seems' to be coming in thicker, and I am taking biotin and using Nioxin, also for colored hair, because my hair came in WHITE!
YEA, you are HALFWAY THRU TX!!! I will do a HAPPY DANCE for you!!! Good Luck! Gee, I only had 4 txs! Did I say ONLY?
love,
Harley
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Annie,
My gosh, that must have been scary, to be dx'd with MS! How did they come up with that? They dx'd MS from an MRI? WOW!
I also had an MRI yesterday, not just the lower back, but the brain, because long ago, I was mis dx'd with a pituitary tumor. One set of drs. said it WAS a tumor and another, 2 years later, said it wasn't, but IT NEVER WAS! So now I don't trust MRIs, either... I was hoping for NO dye, since last night, I had a funny 'aftertaste' in my mouth, from the dye...Oh, I feel for you about the thinning hair...my hair used to be thick, but after my thyroid disorder was dx'd, it got SO thin!! I was constantly wiping up hair from the bathroom floor, the shower, the tub! But, now my hair 'seems' to be coming in thicker, and I am taking biotin and using Nioxin, also for colored hair, because my hair came in WHITE!
YEA, you are HALFWAY THRU TX!!! I will do a HAPPY DANCE for you!!! Good Luck! Gee, I only had 4 txs! Did I say ONLY?
love,
Harley
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Annie,
My gosh, that must have been scary, to be dx'd with MS! How did they come up with that? They dx'd MS from an MRI? WOW!
I also had an MRI yesterday, not just the lower back, but the brain, because long ago, I was mis dx'd with a pituitary tumor. One set of drs. said it WAS a tumor and another, 2 years later, said it wasn't, but IT NEVER WAS! So now I don't trust MRIs, either... I was hoping for NO dye, since last night, I had a funny 'aftertaste' in my mouth, from the dye...Oh, I feel for you about the thinning hair...my hair used to be thick, but after my thyroid disorder was dx'd, it got SO thin!! I was constantly wiping up hair from the bathroom floor, the shower, the tub! But, now my hair 'seems' to be coming in thicker, and I am taking biotin and using Nioxin, also for colored hair, because my hair came in WHITE!
YEA, you are HALFWAY THRU TX!!! I will do a HAPPY DANCE for you!!! Good Luck! Gee, I only had 4 txs! Did I say ONLY?
Harley
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Annie,
My gosh, that must have been scary, to be dx'd with MS! How did they come up with that? They dx'd MS from an MRI? WOW!
I also had an MRI yesterday, not just the lower back, but the brain, because long ago, I was mis dx'd with a pituitary tumor. One set of drs. said it WAS a tumor and another, 2 years later, said it wasn't, but IT NEVER WAS! So now I don't trust MRIs, either... I was hoping for NO dye, since last night, I had a funny 'aftertaste' in my mouth, from the dye...Oh, I feel for you about the thinning hair...my hair used to be thick, but after my thyroid disorder was dx'd, it got SO thin!! I was constantly wiping up hair from the bathroom floor, the shower, the tub! But, now my hair 'seems' to be coming in thicker, and I am taking biotin and using Nioxin, also for colored hair, because my hair came in WHITE!
YEA, you are HALFWAY THRU TX!!! I will do a HAPPY DANCE for you!!! Good Luck! Gee, I only had 4 txs! Did I say ONLY?
love,
Harley
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Annie,
My gosh, that must have been scary, to be dx'd with MS! How did they come up with that? They dx'd MS from an MRI? WOW!
I also had an MRI yesterday, not just the lower back, but the brain, because long ago, I was mis dx'd with a pituitary tumor. One set of drs. said it WAS a tumor and another, 2 years later, said it wasn't, but IT NEVER WAS! So now I don't trust MRIs, either... I was hoping for NO dye, since last night, I had a funny 'aftertaste' in my mouth, from the dye...Oh, I feel for you about the thinning hair...my hair used to be thick, but after my thyroid disorder was dx'd, it got SO thin!! I was constantly wiping up hair from the bathroom floor, the shower, the tub! But, now my hair 'seems' to be coming in thicker, and I am taking biotin and using Nioxin, also for colored hair, because my hair came in WHITE!
YEA, you are HALFWAY THRU TX!!! I will do a HAPPY DANCE for you!!! Good Luck! Gee, I only had 4 txs! Did I say ONLY?
love,
Harley
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Annie,
My gosh, that must have been scary, to be dx'd with MS! How did they come up with that? They dx'd MS from an MRI? WOW!
I also had an MRI yesterday, not just the lower back, but the brain, because long ago, I was mis dx'd with a pituitary tumor. One set of drs. said it WAS a tumor and another, 2 years later, said it wasn't, but IT NEVER WAS! So now I don't trust MRIs, either... I was hoping for NO dye, since last night, I had a funny 'aftertaste' in my mouth, from the dye...Oh, I feel for you about the thinning hair...my hair used to be thick, but after my thyroid disorder was dx'd, it got SO thin!! I was constantly wiping up hair from the bathroom floor, the shower, the tub! But, now my hair 'seems' to be coming in thicker, and I am taking biotin and using Nioxin, also for colored hair, because my hair came in WHITE!
YEA, you are HALFWAY THRU TX!!! I will do a HAPPY DANCE for you!!! Good Luck! Gee, I only had 4 txs! Did I say ONLY?
love,
Harley
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Annie,
My gosh, that must have been scary, to be dx'd with MS! How did they come up with that? They dx'd MS from an MRI? WOW!
I also had an MRI yesterday, not just the lower back, but the brain, because long ago, I was mis dx'd with a pituitary tumor. One set of drs. said it WAS a tumor and another, 2 years later, said it wasn't, but IT NEVER WAS! So now I don't trust MRIs, either... I was hoping for NO dye, since last night, I had a funny 'aftertaste' in my mouth, from the dye...Oh, I feel for you about the thinning hair...my hair used to be thick, but after my thyroid disorder was dx'd, it got SO thin!! I was constantly wiping up hair from the bathroom floor, the shower, the tub! But, now my hair 'seems' to be coming in thicker, and I am taking biotin and using Nioxin, also for colored hair, because my hair came in WHITE!
YEA, you are HALFWAY THRU TX!!! I will do a HAPPY DANCE for you!!! Good Luck! Gee, I only had 4 txs! Did I say ONLY?
love,
Harley
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I am a total idiot!! This site is SO SLOW today, I must have hit SUBMIT about 10 times!!
Sorry for all the blank messages... it repeated itself!!
I hope everyone is doing great! This seems to have been a very busy week for all of us.
I am going out with a girlfriend tomorrow, to the flea market, and on Sunday, a friend from Maryland is coming to visit. We are going to brunch together... so it'll be a 'gals' weekend!
Have a great weekend, ya'll!
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Oh harley, how funny all those deletes...this thing is taking longer to post and I think it's my big mouth.
The MS was because of white spots in the spinal cord fluid....interesting to note here...they sent me to a neurologist who basically scoffed, tested me thru a lot of things, and said "good lord preserve me from radiologists who mis diagnose and think they are Drs.!!! He was the neurology head, so he knew whereof he spoke I believe.
Amen. Except where boobies are concerned!
But see, no ptuitary tumor either for you. In their defense, both of ours were long ago and radiology has come a mighty long way!
I would not have the good outcome I should have this time if they did not find it in an MRI, cuz mammo the week before was CLEAR.
It was undetectable, for MRI's have gone from being bad to good for me now. I did forget to mention one part that is going to make you crack up....you lie on a table with holes in it for the girls. I am not making this up. All I could feel like was a cow in a milking machine with my udders hanging down. I was supposed to keep still, and foole that I am, if I am supposed to not laugh, that is all I want to do!! That part was hard.
Thank you for the happy dance and have a blast this weekend with your gf!!
I'm off to see my girl at college who called home delighted with her 92 on a history test. I'm delighted as well and off to get her a gc for Itunes.
Carol, Rita, have a beautiful weekend, Jill, feel better and I hope your garden is growing, we just planted our beans and peas and I have baby tomates to transplant...
Everybody enjoy!
love you all
annie
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Annie,
It sounds as if you had a wonderful neurologist! My surgeon is also a great guy, so I know that even though he isn't a 'neurosurgeon', he will probably know one... just in case I need it.
Well, I guess we shall see what the films show about this pituitary... I kept going from dr. to dr. to try to get an explanation, but no one wanted to help me. I mentioned it to my surgeon, and he said that if I wanted, he'd order another MRI, to find out 'for once and for all'. I told him, OK... only I wanted him to GUARANTEE that I really would get an answer. I am hoping that the technology is MUCH better now, so they can see just what it going on. I really didn't want to open a whole new can of worms, but I guess I figured since getting through all this bc stuff, hey, what is another MRI?I am laughing at your description of this breast MRI!!
Too funny! I hope I can be still for the test now, since I know I'll be thinking about the cow thing!, and laughing! I agree, though that mammograms are NOT very good tools. It never showed up on my mammogram until I FELT IT!, and then it was a 'diagnostic mammo', and I am sure THAT would make my new breasts spring a leak! Oh, and my dh can't go with me on Monday, because he is working at this little part-time job, so I guess I'll be on my own. He has gotten really weird about going to dr. appts. with me, because he said to me once, "I just want everything to be NORMAL again." Doesn't he realize that I feel the same way?
Sorry to beat up on my dh, because he really is a great guy, but sometimes...YEA! about the 92 on the history test!! I always hated history...
Hope everyone has a GREAT weekend!
Hugs to all,
Harley
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Hi all:
Oh, Harley, I am so sorry you have to do this alone...I will be holding your hand in thought I promise. I wish I lived closer, I'd take you!
It is quick, it is painless, it is in your best interests, and it will be clear. I promise.
Sorry about the cow reference, but damn, it was funny!
Good for you about the ptuitary check...it if helps one of my best friends has had one since 13 or so. They just keep a watch on it, most of them are totally benign, it does nothing, she just has it.
It's apparently quite common. Interesting tho, with the Hashimotos, and the premature ovarian stuff you had, to have (possibly) this, there could be a link. Stuff to ask when and if you actually have one, which sounds unlikely from what you say.
I know what you mean about the hubby...I had to tell mine in the beginning that I wanted and needed him to come to everything with me, and that if he felt he could not, to let me know so that I could appoint another advocate. some times when they love us, they just cannot deal with anymore. It's not a bad thing, everyone processes it all differently. It's hard when they can't but not everyone is as strong as you are beginning to realize you are...mine may bail on me yet, its very common, hence this thread!!!
We are all here for you dear and will remain here. In the end, I feel it's like grief, it is a personal battle eventually. Husbands want and need to know you are all better, they too need support. And we all know guys, they don't verbalize this or talk about it....
Have a beautiful day and try not to even think about and of this. As of now, you are cancer free, you went thru treatments to guarantee you will remain so, and you are just "cleaning up the loose ends".....
Right?
love ya
annie
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Annie,Thanks! I am sure everything will go fine with the breast MRI. I have heard that we can get 'false positives', though... I think that is what I heard.
The pituitary issue will, I feel, probably be a non-issue. I know that these are usually benign. The famous wrestling persona Andre the Giant, had a pituitary tumor, but it secreted growth hormone, and that is why he died at 46 years of age, of a heart attack. It made him HUGE, and he had lots of health problems because of it. I am very small, so no worries there...I went through a series of tests when I was dx'd, and these tests were supposed to determine whether the thyroid condition or the premature ovarian failure was due to the pituitary tumor. The dr. decided that I had a "non-functioning" tumor, meaning that it wasn't secreting any hormones, which would cause any of these issues... I felt like a freak! I can't help wondering if maybe their tests were somehow skewed. I mean, these drs. were just awful! I told my surgeon that I just really don't trust ANY drs., except him, and maybe, my onc. But, I even had to fight with my onc. about which chemo drugs to give me.
But, I digress... sorry for rambling!
The cow joke was VERY FUNNY!!
It will be hard for me to NOT laugh! Yes, my hubby was very upset about all this bc stuff... Because he's my best friend, I thought I could share my fears with him, but maybe I was just dumping on him, and he really doesn't need that. It is good that we have each other here, for support. It helps to be able to share these feelings with someone else who's been there, and understands.
I am not too worried about these tests.
Hope everyone is having a great weekend!
Ya'll are great, I love you all!
Harley
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Hi all;
Harley, good luck tomorrow, I am sure all will go smoothly....I'll be sending you good vibes all day, be sure to check in and let us all know. My next chemo is tuesday so I hope to be checking in on monday night to see you did well!
Re: the guy issue:
I don't think it's dumping on our guys, but sooner or later we realize that in the end, we walk this path alone. Thank god for this thread and all the wonderful and helpful women on it, so we don't have to do it scared and unable to talk about it (which is how women process). But the guys when they love us, can be too frightened for us...and they can't deal too well with being frightened. As with most things, we women shoulder the burden and hide our fears to spare those who love us because WE love them. Men like to be the fixers, the make it all better people. And they can't fix this for us. They can only let us know they love us.
As for too much info with my guy, who is also my best bud, about 1/2 way thru this, I could see when he would hear too much to deal with, and I had that same thought: "doesn't he know I'd take this body off if I could and go to the movies or something? I can't get away.........." His eyes would get this glazed over look. He changed dressings, took care of me, and it is as tho he cannot bear to think about it anymore. He can get like that, we had two stillborn children after our daughter and he can't bear to discuss it, while I celebrate their birthdays always in my heart, but now I must do it alone. Ultimately, I knew I had to do this alone, or come to terms with it alone as well. He can tell me I am beautiful to him all he wants, I still must deal with it on a personal level and so must we all.
If I try to talk about the latest cancer (no one knows I had a mastectomy except for my husband and you guys, I felt, for me, it too personal to let out). My sisters, my friends, they become overwhelmed...they change the subject. And you are left so very much alone. My mom cannot deal in the slightest. When I was in the hospital I lay there for five days. Not one person called me, sent flowers, even a card of my family, as I have always been the "fixer" for everyone else. So as I lay there feeling very sorry for me, I thought "Now who was I? What was I?" As you said you felt "my breasts and my long red hair made me a woman" I felt that way too. But it doesn't. It didn't. I mean, we all get old and pruney and white haired anyway, so what does make us women? Our strength in adversity, I think.
Well, who I am is now the fixer of myself. And it was an illuminating moment, too. My husband was great, but his weak spot is me; I bet your dh's is you, too. That's a big thing for them to deal with.
They can be strong men, but vulnerable where our illness is concerned.
But with this site, we are not alone. We are sisters, comrades,amazons... battle vets who understand. So you won't ever be alone in this, Harley.
So go laugh about the cow udders and get that mammo and be sure, completely, that there is no cancer anywhere and that you are, indeed, past this.
AND .........you are about to get "bows" on your new girls!
Go out and buy some lingerie, missy! Let your girls ride in style!
xoxo
annie
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Annie,
Thanks! You are so sweet!
Gee, I am so sorry to hear about your two stillborn babies! That is just SO SAD! I'm sure that it is just too difficult for your hubby to deal with, the emotions of losing the ones he loved, and had big plans for... I can't know the depth of your loss!!
It's funny, I guess, but sometimes, I feel that I annoy the H*LL out of my dh, so I start to think that maybe I don't matter as much.
But, I know that I'm being too hard on him. I wish I hadn't read that mets to the bone can feel like a 'pinched nerve'.... when I think about it, I get so scared!, but I can't really share these feelings with my dh, who is supposed to be my best friend.
But, I know that the women here DO know how it feels, being so very scared, and I can share these feelings with you. You have all walked this walk, and you are right, Annie, we DO walk it alone. I try to remind myself that I am not alone, because GOD is walking right beside me, guiding me through this lonely path.
Sorry if I am too emotional today. I saw a friend yesterday for lunch. She brought up some feelings that I may have been suppressing.
Annie, I hope your tx goes well tomorrow. I'll be on to post after my pics are taken of my new boobies! I'll smile for the camera!
Hi to everyone!! Have a great day, ya'll!
Love ya,
Harley
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Annie,
Thanks! You are so sweet!
Gee, I am so sorry to hear about your two stillborn babies! That is just SO SAD! I'm sure that it is just too difficult for your hubby to deal with, the emotions of losing the ones he loved, and had big plans for... I can't know the depth of your loss!!
It's funny, I guess, but sometimes, I feel that I annoy the H*LL out of my dh, so I start to think that maybe I don't matter as much.
But, I know that I'm being too hard on him. I wish I hadn't read that mets to the bone can feel like a 'pinched nerve'.... when I think about it, I get so scared!, but I can't really share these feelings with my dh, who is supposed to be my best friend.
But, I know that the women here DO know how it feels, being so very scared, and I can share these feelings with you. You have all walked this walk, and you are right, Annie, we DO walk it alone. I try to remind myself that I am not alone, because GOD is walking right beside me, guiding me through this lonely path.
Sorry if I am too emotional today. I saw a friend yesterday for lunch. She brought up some feelings that I may have been suppressing.
Annie, I hope your tx goes well tomorrow. I'll be on to post after my pics are taken of my new boobies! I'll smile for the camera!
Hi to everyone!! Have a great day, ya'll!
Love ya,
Harley
P.S. I have never been to this hospital, so I'm kind of nervous about driving all the way up to Wilmington, to find this MRI bldg...
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Thanks, Harley, for the kindness, it was really rough..probably why the loss of a breast doesn't resonate for me as much..I have a different perspective on it because of my previous losses. To me, a boob was just a chunk of fat.
Where is everyone? It's as tho the nice weather called everyone away from the board which is good and bad; lonesome for us! Nice to get out!
Carol, I hope the skate meet went well and you had some fun! I hope you have some photos to post!
Jill, I hope you are feeling better?
Rita, where are you? Hope your weather is as nice as it is in CT. It's bright and sunny, but still chilly.
Not looking foward to tx #4 tomorrow. But.. on the bright side, it is half way thru!
love to all
annie
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Annie,
I could never have children, so I can't know how it feels to lose a baby, but I am very sorry for your loss... At times, I feel sad about the family I could never have...even though I know this is not the same thing.
I had no real sorrow over the loss of my breasts, though. They were very small, and now, they are bigger! Losing my hair was terrible, though.
I didn't get the MRI today... the hospital called my HOUSE while I was enroute to the hospital, to cancel... then, they decided that it was ON again, then it was OFF again... So, after I arrive at 2:30, I sit and read my book for 1/2 hour. Then this woman calls me to the desk and tells me that it was on, then off, then on, and NOW OFF!! I started to leave, and she said, 'maybe I can re-schedule... ' I said, "what is the point, if you are going to cancel again?" I was MAD! and I told her that I live OVER an HOUR away from the hospital!!
I called the hospital back, at 4:30, after I arrived back home, and the scheduling lady told me that they re scheduled the breast MRI for Wednesday, at 10:00am, but NO ONE called me to tell me!!!
Anyway, my back, hip, leg is hurting! I just feel like crying!!
Sorry for venting, but I am just so fed up with too many tests!
Hope everyone had a better day today than I did...
Harley
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Oh Harley, what a rotten day! I'm so sorry that you went all that way on such an emotional trip for nothing. Shake it off. We need to avoid stress. Wednesday will be here soon and you'll get to the bottom of all this and be able to relax again.
Hi Annie! I've had a busy weekend and couldn't seem to get on this site earlier today. I don't know if it was my computer or the bc.org system. Good luck tomorrow. Remember to mark this treatment off when you get home tomorrow and smile when you think about being on that downhill slide now! I know how long it gets but you've about got it licked now! What are you going to do to treat yourself when you get to the end of all this?
I worked out in the flower beds this morning. It was so good to get down and dig in the dirt. My yard is so big that I only got a good start but that sun made me feel so much better.
How are you doing, Jill? How about you Carol? Have you gotten by all the yucky feelings this time now?
Hi Candie, Susan, SoCalLisa, Kats, Ginny, and everybody else you drops in to chat! I hope everyone's off to a good week. Check in tomorrow when you get back, Annie! Remember those pac men will be gobbling up any stray cells..........just what we want them to do!
Catch you all later.
Rita
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Oh Harley, good grief; that is just the pits...well, as Rita says, you'll get it on Wednesday and put all this behind you. Maybe call them first and ask them to be SURE they have you for this AM. Perhaps they had an emergency or something like that. That seems sort of an unreasonable way to go about things.
Rita, so good to hear from you, I love your calm good sense...I do get nutsy before the chemo, dealing with it by baking brownies for everyone in there; they rely on their volunteer ladies to bring goodies and I noticed some days they don't....so, did it last time and boy were they gone in a flash!! Nothing helps with stress like chocolate. (Harley?)
I plan to go out and buy some fancy lacey bras so my new girl can ride in style when I am done....how did you know that is what I do to cheer myself up in the chemo pits? Did you think of nice things to do when you were done also? It really helps, gives you a visual.
Not that I'll match, but who cares, I'll get a little "helper" to boost my profile. It'll be great.
Harley, what will you do to enjoy your new ladies?
Carol, I hope you are feeling OK and recovered from your weekend and that it was so much fun for you...when you get a sec, looking forward to hearing from you.
Jill, thinking of you and hoping things are better today. You are almost there.........finish line is looming!
Rita thank you again. I'm taking the pac Man imagery with me tomorrow.
xoxo
annie
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p.s........while we are on these subject(s), Carol, what will you do with your new free time? Golf? Swim? Enjoy?
Jill, how about you?
Thank you Rita, this is fun!
xox
a
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Annie, GOOD LUCK tomorrow! I'll be thinking of you, and hoping all goes well with tx#4! You are halfway thru!!!Hmmm... well, since I ruined TWO bras, with the ink that they used for my tattoos, maybe I'll get a couple more bras to celebrate... but gee, I STILL don't have my nipples yet!!
Rita, glad you were able to get out in the garden! I need to start our garden. Last year, I was going to start planting some pretty flowers and shrubs in our flower beds, when the bc dx happened. So our garden was put on hold...
Have a great week, everyone! Hope to hear from Carol, Ginny, Jill, and anyone I have forgotten...
Love you, all!
Harley
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It's pac man day, Annie and I "rooting" for you! How nice of you to take treats! I've always found that I'm the happiest when I'm doing something for somebody else and I really can't stand selfish people.
New bras, eh? One day after I was finished, I found a gift certificate to Victoria Secret in my mailbox from my daughter-in-law. She said to treat myself to some sexy bras! It didn't take me long to head out to the Mall!
It's supposed to be a nice day today and I'm meeting a friend at the golf course. Then hopefully I will be able to tackle another flower bed and pick up a few more sticks in the yard before we head out for Dave's grandson's birthday party at Chuckee Cheese! I will eat an extra piece of pizza and cake for all of you! LOL
Have a good day! Keep busy today Harley and tomorrow will be here before you know it.
Check in later, Annie!
Hi Jill and Carol.......as well as all the other gals. Susan, I hope you're headed for the golf course, too!
Gotta run! Catch you later.
Rita
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Hi Ladies, been MIA for the weekend, off to work this morning, will be reading the post tonight, and reporting in, thanks for asking if we're doing okay
Carol
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Hi all, just checking in...tx #4 over and out!
Side effects as usual, I really loathe them...my face feels all swollen and my glands do too, I think that must be the steroids.
The gorilla hug too, but I am armed and know it isn't dangerous, so am hoping that helps with the anxiety.
At any rate!! Half Way!!
Hope everyone had a great day, Harley, wondering how that MRI went? Did you have a hard time not chuckling as you put the girls into the "milking stool?"
Rita I love that your DIL did that for you...how sweet and thoughtful...those Pretty Things that remind us we are still women mean so much....so sweet of her.
I'll check back in later (if I don't crash first)
love to all
annie
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Oh, I am sorry,,,Rita have such a marvelous time at your grandson's bd party tonight!
xox
a
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Annie,
Glad that you now have tx#4 over, and I'm hoping that your se's will be few.
My breast MRI will be tomorrow, since they had to cancel yesterday. I'll let you know how it goes.You should celebrate, because you are 1/2 way thru!!!
Congratulations, girl!!!
HugsHarley
PS I know that the fatigue is cumulative, so in later txs you may feel more tired... just relax and get some rest!
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Hey CMF'ers, sorry I've been negligent in popping in. Definitely had the whirlwind weekend with my ds at his skate meet, we stayed over in Seattle area. Get ups we're are 4:00am, Fri - Sun and with my new found night sweats, I didn't sleep well all weekend. Got home Sun, layed down at 1:00 and woke up at 5:30pm, my first real nap since this adventure started back in Oct.
Annie, check one more txt off, time sure is flying while we're having so much fun (not)! I read the past few days post, and its so great that you an Harley have really been there for each other. You both bounce alot of "stuff" off of each other and your kind words conveyed always are so heartfelt.
Harley, sending my positive spirit for a good report with your MRI tomorrow.
Was bummed to read that your not able to get the support that you could probably really use from the dh. My dh always asked me how I'm feeling usually once while at work, and definitely when we are together in the eve. I really rely on bc.org for my outlet to the cancer world. Although he has never ever shown any disrepect towards the time I spend with a computer on my lap, I at times feel guilty when its probably not warranted. I did hear him tell my sil last night how great it is that I have this for my support system.
Rita, I havn't golfed since we got home from AZ, today is women's league, but its 40 some degrees out and raining, doesn't sound like much fun to me. Hope your game went well today, thats awesome that your getting weather to even work in the yard. Sat here was in the low 80's and I spent it inside a skate rink, and now back to yucky weather again. Chucky cheeses huh?, sounds like a riot!
Jill, enjoyed our chat the other day, your getting closer to seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. Hope your feeling a little better as each day passes.
Told the dh that you we're trying to talk Craig into a trip to WA. Summer months are pretty great, would love to get you both out in our boat for some watersporting or just some r&r. For cherry trees, you pretty much have to go to the Eastern half of the state, the Cascade mountain range really divides our state in half with the east being much more arid.
I'm doing pretty good since my last txt, the occasional tummy thing seems to be hitting a little more often, and I'm "pooping" out in the evenings pretty early. I think part of the problem is my sleep has been screwed up due to the night sweats hitting me. I know that chemo induced menopause is good being ER+, but waking up soaking wet is a pain!!! But in the grand scheme of things, life is good!
I'll try to keep myself a little more up to date, I have to admit that I do spend a bit of time with the Jan 2008 chemo group, I need a little more time in my day, I'm sure we all wish we had.
All my best to you all, and again thanks for your continued caring and support, Carol
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HI all:
Typing away in the "buzz" of steroids...
Harley, good luck tomorrow!!!!!!!!!! Surrounding you with white light, protective energy and praying for you to be perfectly great.
Go save the Ta Tas! (0r protect 'em I guess, either way here ya go.........^0^ take it with you)
Carol, you sound good. You give me hope going forward, you really do, your positive energy and keep at it spririt inspire me. I am sorry you are having more tummy troubles, can they suggest something to take to help with that for you?
I think with a high energy trip, motel disrupted sleep and all , you will be tired. It'd be highly odd if you weren't! And I'm assuming with that Never Say Give Up Carol spirit, you worked a full work week too? Get some extra rest and soon you will be right back to the Carol we all look up to.
I know those night sweats can be a bitch, but we all get them whether we have chemo or not. Better to get them for a good cause! I want them, still, (forever) having a regular period at 52 methusalah years of age. And still fertile....can't get them safely here, but I can still get pregnant. Good lord....I think in our ER+ state, this is wonderful news for you....I know there is some gadget you can get from the sharper image catalog. It is a personal "cooler" that you wear around your neck that regulates your core temp. It is meant for hot days at outside events, but it seems to me it might help with the sweats? All things aside, see it as being a Hot Mama!
On the other side of this is safety, and Armidex. I'm hoping to join you...
In the end girls, we are all valkyries. If we ever all meet up in person I vow to give each one of us a plastic valkyrie hat in sisterhood. The love and support i get here is getting me thru. I think it's a necessary outlet valve to spare the dh's who cannot get it, tho they want to. We have to accept the love they can give and not question how it is delivered. I do occasionally offer "advice" to mine, such as "honey, this is where you, as a supportive husband, say "Oh you look beautiful today" or "I don't see any bald spots on your head" or "I love the look of a half finished boob with out a nipple! Turns me on!" He usually obliges when prompted thusly and then we laugh.
love to all also Ginny, Jill, and Rita....hope everyone is well tonite.
xoxo
Steroid Barbie aka "As the Foob Inflates" (coming to a theatre near you soon.)
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