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  • heidi s
    heidi s Member Posts: 398
    edited December 2015

    Genny, so, so sorry about your friend. Yes, completely agree that she switches from her small town docs to Cleveland. Both UH and the Clinic have excellent doctors. If you're happy with your MO, then at the very least she should meet with him. Best of luck to your friend!

  • queenmomcat
    queenmomcat Member Posts: 2,020
    edited December 2015

    NativeMainer: we definitely need a virtual office party for Cami. Can we have Genny's bartender?

    ChiSandy: following the descriptions of the cruise.

    As for myself, got a Christmas present of sorts early: no range-of-motion or weights limitations, from my PS. Not to be a yutz about it, mind. But I'm permitted to do whatever I'm up for doing.

  • camillegal
    camillegal Member Posts: 15,711
    edited December 2015

    Hi Ladies

    Jazzy I see u'r really getting in the mood===Wonderful present of the wine. Party on girl

    Hsant I like the mention of u'r burglar, too funny

    NM maybe that is why I don't use the word servivor, I never really thought of it that way, but it makes sense. Oh chit u'r on call again, I hope it's quiet for u. Good drinks that are coming in.

    Mary u'r poor friend, oh I pray she gets the right Drs. to get her straightened out. So scary but she's lucky to have u.

    Well Leslie officially has her diploma with a 95% score. Loooong year. LOL Tomorrow she's cutting and dying my hair anyway. LOL

    No Parties this weekend--good thing cuz I have my D again, I just hope it fine next weekend--we'll see.

    Well my pain is over the top now so meds here I come, I'm really bitchy lately so I know.



  • heidi s
    heidi s Member Posts: 398
    edited December 2015

    Cami, I hope you've taken your pain meds by now, and I hope you are feeling relief.

    Enjoy your beauty treatment tomorrow!

  • maryland
    maryland Member Posts: 1,047
    edited December 2015

    Good evening girls, going to try and do a little ketchin up. Dh upstairs wrapping my presents and I'm gonna start with the top of the previous page so here goes.

    hsant Love the sounds of the mojtini, and I like the sounds of the vodka instead of tequila, sounds yummy! So you are a Clevelander?? What part? I was born and raised in Toledo, Moved about 20 miles from Cleveland 17 years ago when I met my DH. I only go to the MO every 6 months, they are all different. Does yours do TM's?

    Suze, sorry your bloods counts are off for tx, hope you can get it next time. A Maddy weekend, yay! I'm missing my girl, haven't seen her in 2 weeks.

    Jazzy, good luck with the new job project. So glad you are going to see your sister for xmas and I hope you have a good time. All waxed and pretty, albeit a little blotchy.

    Planet, hope you enjoyed your guinness, sounds like you've been thru enough!

    Cami, so sorry to hear about the D... ugh, I wish it would just go away and leave you da hail alone!

    NM, on call this weekend hope it's an easy one.

    Dara, hi, nice to see you pop your head in!

    Julie, sounds like you are feeling better, can't wait for our Disney cruise!

    Lori, hope all goes well with DH and the skin cancer. Ha, I saw her peeking in, wondered if she was going to find any JD in the lounge!!

    ChiSandy, I'm with hsant, I want your life... hope you are having a great time!

    Cami, Joey and Cats in the Cradle...so sweet, love that boy.

    NM, office baby is growing up fast!. You brought back memories of when I was a nurse and family members' 85 year old mom's got emphysema and anxious as hell and they're afraid to give them a friggin' Xanax cause they might get addicted. Used to make me crazy! The Grinch looks yummy!

    Jazzy, 2nd job is same as the 1st, just at a different place... doing hair in an independent/assisted living home. Tomorrow is my 2nd day, just doing it Saturdays to pick up some extra money. Love my ladies at job #1, have to get to know the new place.

    julie, hope your 2 workdays are smooth as glass.

    Jazzy, I did tell Jenny about this site, she's not quite ready yet, still processing.

    hsant, I told her that I thought she should come here for her second opinion. She lives in Port Clinton, are you familiar with it?

    queenmomcat, yay for doing whatever you want!

    Cami, so sorry about your pain, hope the beauty treatment helps a bit.

    As for Jenny, she's having a holiday party tonight, planned before, probably a good thing. She has an appt with MO on December 28 which is her birthday. I am going with her, so many unknowns right now, I told her this is the worse part. I feel so bad for her, we are a close group of 4 women, for some crazy reason I had it in my head that since BC affects 1 in 8 that I would be the only one. Crazy reasoning I know but I just hate that I have to watch her go through this. She is from a family of 8 kids and no one anywhere has ever had cancer, you just never know, such a random friggin disease. And is the same as mine, lobular so not as common as ductal. Anyway, it is what it is, just sucks tho... thanks girls for your concern, I'm sure you'll be hearing more about it, she may even end up in the lounge, we''l see.

    So I' somewhat caught up, got to call it a night, working tomorrow, sweet dreams to all my lovely loungettes!







  • Planet
    Planet Member Posts: 9
    edited December 2015
    TGIF!

    Since Jazzygirl asked, in Dr. B's words, "the surgery was routine" and he will call me after Xmas with the pathology report. I love the word "routine"--this is one time you do not want to be extraordinary. Be an extraordinary lover or dancer or drinker (I suspect there are a few of us here), but when it comes to surgery, routine is good. Now mind you, I didn't want to go through this routine (it's not my cancer-I totally am jumping on that, Goldie). I'd rather be learning a dance routine than this alphabet soup of cancer characteristics. I prefer characters.

    So, I had a lumpectomy with sentinel nodes removed. The (not my) tumor WAS located in the upper inner quadrant of my left breast. Any scar will show every time I wear a anything other than a turtle or crew neck, so I hope Dr. B's artistry prevails (A friend used his services and has no scar-fingers crossed.) because I'm more concerned about that one then the one possibility forming on my face because no one ever looks there anyway. LOL.

    Oh and the wire placement was done with mammography. Thank god they pumped my boob full of lidocaine, first. And they made me take a PT even though I just had one 2 weeks ago--I swear it's a quick 35bucks of profit! What do I care, I maxed out my out of pocket for the year.

    Facial hair--I work with a woman who has a mustache, chin hairs, and wild eyebrows. I just want to attack her with a tweezers and scissors. She will be talking to me and I hear nothing because I am thinking about how I would sculpt her brows and pluck her chin. I guess it's because I obsess over my own.

    Native Mainer--I want to dive into the Grinch!

    I am loving all the wine and food talk. I take a 2 week trip to Spain every September to celebrate the wine harvest. My bestie and I start out in the Ribera del Duero, then head to Logroño for the San Mateó festival, and then on to San Sebastián-Donastia. We sprinkle various other villages and cities along the way, stopping at wineries and noted restaurants. Tapas, Pintxos, Crianzas and Reservas, Verdejo, Txakoli, Tempranillo, and Grenache, oh my! We were in Haro for the first La Cata del Barrio de la Estacion--where we tasted 21 wines at 7 wineries in a 5 hour period. It was too much, but great fun. After our siesta, we went out for dinner tapas, and ran into some friendly (much younger) men and after a few minutes they said, "you don't remember meeting us?" I looked at my friend and we both started laughing. Apparently, we had spent the last hour of the tasting with them. LOL.

    No pain meds today--I'm celebrating.

    This is the routine I want--not cancer.
  • maryland
    maryland Member Posts: 1,047
    edited December 2015

    Good morning loungettes, 2 cups of coffee down, leaving for work in a few minutes and thought I'd pop in. DH sleeping in since winter finally arrived and there will be no golfing this weekend. The weather guessers have however predicted 60 degrees on Xmas so seems it will be short lived for now. Hopefully the pooches will keep quiet for a bit longer.

    Planet, so good to hear surgery is over and all went well, hope scaring is minimal, but really hoping nodes are negative. Take it easy this weekend.

    Have a good day ladies, gotta run!

  • nativemainer
    nativemainer Member Posts: 7,957
    edited December 2015


    Good morning, Loungettes!  Quick pop in to say hi and it's shaping up to be a busy weekend.  I've done one admission and had one death so far, got at least one other patient  expected to die, and 4 new patients with a 5th being admitted today.  Be back when I can! 

    Someone have a good stiff drink for me!

     

  • goldie0827
    goldie0827 Member Posts: 6,835
    edited December 2015

    Cami, you have me cracking up yet again. I can see you sitting there trying to explain "survivor" and "my cancer". And I'm not sure that I explain everything so well! You always put me on a pedestal!

    Queen, I had a chuckle over calling us "lucky". Ya right!

    Jazzy, I posted that plane picture a few years ago, as one of the gals here is a flight attendant. Yay for getting your wine. Sounds like may decide to carry it?

    Cami YES, a survivor if you lived thru a plane crash. See…you CAN s'plain. I guess I could say that my DH was the same kind of dad as in the song. Always working, and didn't really spend much time with his girls. And my dad too. I am the only girl, but not close to my dad at all.

    NM, I hope you have a quiet weekend and NO CALLS? Does that ever happen? And I think I can say I am making money off of the RB….it's called disability! OMG, denying someone pain meds during this awful time? That is down right cruel. Doesn't she realize she is causing her mother to suffer even more? What is her reason for not giving the meds? I'll bet that baby gets so spoiled at the office. The Grinch looks yummy, but perhaps just one.

    Julie, I hope your weekend work is uneventful, and you can stay well. That is if you well by now.

    Mary, so sorry to hear about your friend. Oh how I remember the panic. The most recent, the diagnosis of stage IV. DAMN, that lasted like 6 months! I'm so glad she has you, you can help her deal with this. She def. needs to find someone else! AND get those nodes take out and looked at. I think if I would have known then, what I know now. I may have opted for the mx.

    (ignore, already answered) Someone asked what Mary's (Genny) second job was. I will answer for her, as it seems she may have missed it, and truly has her friend on her mind. She cuts hair at an adult living facility, and the second job is at another one, but just on Saturdays. Oops, she did see it, and s'plained.

    LMAO hsant, "my burglar". Let us know how the shanks turn out. But you better get your own beer and Dr. Pepper! Just kidding of course. Cami would not only share anything she had, but she would give it ALL. But this lounge never runs out of anything.

    Queen, being able to do what you are up to, is totally different from "over doing it". Please pace yourself…..TRUST ME!

    Cami, that damned D!!!! Can you eat a bunch of cheese? So glad for your DD, I hope that helps turn things around for your family. Are we getting our purple hair?

    Mary, does your onc do TM's? If not, INSIST on it! He works for you, you are the boss. You will be such a wealth of information to your friend, as well as BCO. I wish I had a friend to be there for me, or BCO. I did not find this site until I was almost finished with rads. Give her a hug from all of us.

    Planet, glad to see you jumping on the "not MY cancer". Stomp the hell out of that bitch! OMG, I remember my needle biopsy. I was frozen, but it still hurt like a mother. Felt like that wire went in the top and out the bottom! Looks as though you were just recently diagnosed. Are you having to do chemo and rads? You had the MOHS already? Where on your face? I hope they did a good job stitching you up, and no scarring.

    DH had his MOHS surgery yesterday, all went well. I was in the room and couldn't help but to look that way and end up seeing more than I would have liked to. I'm quite sqweevish of that kind of stuff! Is that a word? Maybe not the one my brain is trying to think of. The FU cream we put onhis head didn't react, so when he gets the stitches out in 2 weeks, they want to deep freeze that one off. Leaving this morning for Laughlin, then the concert is tonight, starts at 8 which is late for us! But there it is actually 9 our time. Oy vey! Will check in when I can, will be gone until Xmas. And could be longer, depending on the weather for our return drive.

    Thanks everyone for the nice words about the new stuff in my home.

    CheErZ

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  • goldie0827
    goldie0827 Member Posts: 6,835
    edited December 2015

    Holy the Cow NM, sorry I bumped you into the pool. But I got a life guard to get you out quickly, board you on the party UFO, so you can get to your patients immediately!!!!

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  • goldie0827
    goldie0827 Member Posts: 6,835
    edited December 2015

    Mary, didn't see you. Good morning!

  • jazzygirl
    jazzygirl Member Posts: 11,994
    edited December 2015

    Good morning friends! I had quite the full day yesterday from some medical apts to picking up my wine (whoot whoot), then a yoga class, and later in the day a shop and stroll. We stopped to drink and eat at three places along the way including a wine bistro, then one of my fav NM restaurants, another high end place in the area, and finished with dinner at a french bistro. I enjoyed everything from a petit verdot, to a local pino noir, a french rose, topped off with french white bordeaux with dinner.

    Here are some fun decorations from Old Town you will enjoy.

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  • heidi s
    heidi s Member Posts: 398
    edited December 2015

    Genny, I'm from Shaker Heights. I live in Southern Ca, but I spend long stretches of time in Cleveland to take care of my dad. When I saw the snow coming down this a.m., not going to lie, hated it, especially after the warm(ish) weather we've had. I truly hope your friend will get a second opinion from your mo. I've been lurking on BCO for a while, and I find it very scary when someone posts about an md, who sounds like a quack. What are TM's? Sorry, I'm still not familiar with all the abbreviations.

    Jazzy, you're Friday night sounds perfect! Did I mention that I'll be knocking on your door? I hope your Dr. Appts. Went well. LOVE the pics of your home. Beautiful!

    Goldie, my dad went thru MOHs a few years back for bcc. It wasn't fun. Wishing the best for a speedy and painless recovery for your dh.

    Planet, I hope you're feeling well after your lumpectomy. Thank you for sharing your adventures in Spain. Sounds amazing!

    I made brunch for the fam this morning. Well, really breakfast. Mushroom and spinach quiche, turkey sausage patties, fresh fruit, bagels, cream cheese, smoked salmon and a coffee cake. Mumms brut and orange juice for mimosas. Now I need a nap:) Hope everyone is enjoying their weekend

  • jazzygirl
    jazzygirl Member Posts: 11,994
    edited December 2015

    Hsant- you would have enjoyed being out with us last night. These pictures are actually not from where I live, but a place in Albuquerque called Old Town. It has an old square with a gazebo, and has all kinds of cool southwestern stores and great little places to eat. I love it down there this time of the year and tried to go to a shop and stroll a few weeks ago, but it was a mob scene so I left. We had a much better time last night as a result. Will remember that for the future, create your own fun time down there.

    Another fun thing was we ran into two college marching bands that were dueling it out at the gazebo. One was the UNM band, the other the AZ Wildcats. There is a big football game today here called the NM Bowl and it was in preparation for that. It was way fun to listen to and they did some fun music. Ever heard "I like big butts" on the tuba?

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  • Planet
    Planet Member Posts: 9
    edited December 2015
    Goldie: I had the Mohs 3 days before my lumpy. My doctor asked if I wanted to see the "deformity" before she stitched it up and I was horrified. It was almost the size of a dime. So I got 6 stitches and it is located almost in the nasolabial fold of course on the left side. Left cheek, left boob and left foot.

    Sorry your hubby had to have Mohs-you're a good woman to watch! Good luck with the one on his head.

    Sounds like everyone is having a fun weekend. Enjoy!
  • jazzygirl
    jazzygirl Member Posts: 11,994
    edited December 2015

    Planet- I forgot to say I am glad you are getting on the other side of the lumpectomy.I hope you are healing up well and feeling better a few days later post procedure.

    I went through treatment during the holidays in 2012 and know it is a hard time of the year to be dealing with this. Not that it is ever fun, but everyone is out celebrating at parties, decorating trees, etc. while we are lying in bed, feeling like crap. I just opted out of the whole thing for the most year to get through. But will say to find any small rituals you like that bring you comfort during this time. You will be able to do so much more this time next year.

    I had some Moh's on my scalp the summer before last. Something that came up around the same time as my bc and just never got around to getting it looked at. The derm biopsied the spot and a couple weeks later, we got it taken care of. It was pretty good sized in the end, probably the size of a quarter and ended up with about 8 stitches. I have a small scar on my scalp that has healed well. We just need to take care of this stuff.

    Wishing you better days sister and welcome to our thread.

  • Planet
    Planet Member Posts: 9
    edited December 2015

    Jazzygirl:

    It's so easy to put off this stuff when you have more pressing health concerns!

    I wish I hadn't put it off (the Mohs) as long as I did, but I made my appointment for while I was healing from the bunionectonies so I would have to be at work with a bandage on my face. I told my sister I know exactly the year I got my basal cell carcinoma--when I was in 2nd grade, we took a family vacation to Sarasota and I got so sun burned my face peeled and I had a raw patch on my cheek that didn't heal for weeks. It was so bad that my sister who never remembers anything from our childhood said she remembers that trip because I had sun poisoning and spent the next day in the tent I was so sick. I go Monday to get out the stitches and then I can wear makeup.

    I was going to forgo an annual holiday party on the 24th, but the hostess called me-she had BC ten years ago-and she encouraged me to come. So I am going to give it a shot. My brother's wife promised to pick me up and drive me home. Now I need to figure out something to wear!

  • jazzygirl
    jazzygirl Member Posts: 11,994
    edited December 2015

    Planet- how nice you were personally invited to come to a holiday party later this coming week. Perhaps it will be nice to go, at least for a little while. I have learned it is okay to show up for an hour at most things and then go if I am not up to anything longer. Maybe you have something comfortable and festive in your closet?

  • camillegal
    camillegal Member Posts: 15,711
    edited December 2015

    Hi Ladies.

    Oh NM u are haveing an awful busy weekend, I'm so sorry u can't just relax.

    Lori I hope u have a wonderful time, or am I confused again. And u watched while u'r DH went thru that, OMG I can watch my own stuff, but no one else's u are a brave woman.

    Planet I see u'r from Chicgo, I'm from a suburb outside of Chicago. It's so nice when u really invited to a party and u know u can get a ride home anytime u want, it really gives u more of a feeling to go So I hope u can have a good time, bet remember don't overdo.

    And to this day I don't know what many letters put together mean I just pretend most of the time, but I do know what DOTD means Drink of the day, I guess that's ll I need to know anymore.

    Jazzy u really had a good time, that wonderful and great pics.

    Mary u and I have the same type of weather and now Planet does too. And it will warm up for Christmas. I hope u like this job, I know u have o get used to new peeps and stuff, but one day a week sounds pretty good. Mary u'r poor friend, it horrible to have to wait. But I still remember my biopsy and when he put the needle right thru my nipple and all I said was I've had better foreplay. I really don't think I did, but I always had to say something and he's get upset with me only because he would tell me he was close to lungs and he didn't want o LOL. That's when I had a sense of humor. I pray for u'r friend.

    I didn't get my hair done today, I was to sick for Leslie's approval, but it'll be in the next few ays. cuz she's done with school and Joey's home. So he helps her and tonite Joey and I wrapped presents, we've been doing that for 8 yrs now and he's the better one now.

    Hsant so u are originally from the midwest too, but CA weather is so much better, so u made a good choice. BTW I'm very bad at names so please forgive me if I get u and Planet confused cuz u came about the same time.

    Julie's working now, she's another one that works so hard, Julie I know u have time away but 12 hr. days are looong--especially with what u do.

    Lori u do know so much And when so many of u will be meeting for the first time u'll see what I mean and it's officially a countdown now and I can't believe it, I'm green with envy or I have another disease.

    My sister called and suggested that I ask my dr. for a bag, so I can go to all the parties. I told her oh, that's the reason I'll give him, then I asked her if she ever really listens to herself talk. But she's always thinking what can be done, cuz she knows I don't tell the Drs. how bad this really is, but this next visit I will say how often I have it and they have to help me somehow, I'm dehydrated so much my skin is starting to really show it no matter what I use Chit I'm complainin' again. Oh well. LOL

    OK I'm getting more water now and try to relax so I'll talk to u tomorree.

  • camillegal
    camillegal Member Posts: 15,711
    edited December 2015

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    camillegal Member Posts: 15,711
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  • chisandy
    chisandy Member Posts: 11,408
    edited December 2015

    hey, Planet, meet you next Sept. in the Admiral's Club at ORD--biz class on Iberia is da bomb! Did you go to RiojaFest at Union Station last April? Four jamon Iberico carving stations, a whole-animal butchering section (cabrito, lamb), and I ate so much morcilla I could be a pig blood donor! The perfect antidote for being bummed out about returning from Spain a couple of weeks earlier. We put in at Palma today, Valencia tomorrow, and Barcelona Tuesday--alas, straight to the airport.

    Yesterday we spent the morning in Sardinia, but no opportunity to sample the local stuff (though I did get some of their wine/fruit/almond cake to share at Xmas). Onboard, had a wine tasting: Drappier Carte d'Or Bubbly, a Pouilly-Fume, Hahn Chardonnay, Ruffino Chianti, and an Antinori super-Tuscan. The latter was the best, though the Chianti might have been better a few years down the road. The Chardonnay was so oaky it was like being run over by a logging truck (the St. Veran on the wine list is more my style). DH went to a martini workshop at the same time--he reports most of the cocktails were more like drunken-sorority-girl fodder, circa 1970

  • camillegal
    camillegal Member Posts: 15,711
    edited December 2015

    Hi Sandy, it all sounds magical. Can u send any pics. I love to see them I never learned how. It's so nice to be able to enjoy this with u'r DH, u are both blessed.

  • camillegal
    camillegal Member Posts: 15,711
    edited December 2015

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  • camillegal
    camillegal Member Posts: 15,711
    edited December 2015

    Just thought I'd throw this in , in case NM is busy or to tired.

  • maryland
    maryland Member Posts: 1,047
    edited December 2015

    Good morning my lovely loungettes. Sitting here drinking my fabulous freshly ground Dunkin Donuts coffee that my DH went and got last night. Def better than the Kuerig. My real job is doing hair in a retirement home. I rent the chair, buy my own supplies such as shampoo, color, perms, etc. and it's pretty much my own business, as long as customers are happy, management is happy and I'm pretty much an invisible entity to them which is the way I like it. I've been there 9 years. 4 years ago, I was so busy that I found another stylist to help and she works 2 days/wk and me 3. I was always jam packed with appts made plenty in those 3 days. Well, the clientele is quickly changing as the weekly set over 85 ladies are dying and the new ones coming in wear their hair straight and get a cut every 4 or 5 weeks. I could easily do the whole place by myself now but it would hardy be fair to Tina, the other one that works there. They are in the process of expanding and are adding an assisted living which should be up and running some time next year. It will have 80 units and it's own beauty shop. They are moving my salon upstairs (we are currently in the basement) and it will be larger and much more modern with a pedicure chair and massage room and the works. Tina also works full time in a regular salon which she hates, her boss is selling it and the girls don't get along and yada, yada. I spoke to the administrator and she says Tina and I can run both salons so if we can hold out till then we will have it made I think but in the meantime my income has seriously tanked This new place is a company based in Columbus that manages beauty shops at various retirement/nursing homes throughout the state. They purchase all the supplies and told me all I needed to bring is my scissors. They pay me commission which is far less than I make at the other place. I thought it might work in the interim. SO if I haven't bored you enough yet..... It's a big place, very nice 2 salons, 1 in independent and 1 in assisted living. The current administrator is new and as I so often saw when I was a nurse is busily fixing all the things that aren't broken. So she fired the 2 hairdressers that had been there for 25 years and brought in this company. The residents are all terribly upset and it is just a fustercluck of confusion. There is no phone in either salon and they don't seem to want to put one in. The previous ladies used their cell phones. A lot of the clients can't get there on there own so I have no way of telling them when to bring people except to go downstairs to the desk and find someone. The independent ladies and the families can't call to book appts and have to depend on giving notes to this person or that. They have hired 2 ladies to cover the week and me on Saturdays. Well the lady that was there on Friday told me she had 4 "no shows" and I find out that she closed up and put a sign on the door saying "be back at 1:30". In the meantime these 4 "no shows" were sitting outside the door for their 10, 11, 12 and 1:00 appts. So I call the owner in Columbus and she tells me to write it all down and fax it to her! By the time I was done I think I had made about 10 bucks/hour...so not worth it. OK, so really boring story but there you have it.

    I spoke with Jenny yesterday and she is hanging in there. It'd be nice if it turns out she can get by with rads and no chemo, that's what i'm hoping for her, we shall see.

    Nora has a play cell phone and her mom says she is talking on it all the time now and whenever she asks who she talking to she says "I talking to Yaya, Papa working" Can't wait to see her Xmas eve, I miss her so much!

    Planet, my sister-in-law just had mohs surgery on her nose. She showed me the before pics had a big old gaping hole on her nose but looks liks the scar will be minimal. Amazing what they can do with that surgery. Glad to hear you are healing up, put 2015 behind you and you can move on to a much better 2016.

    Jazz, sounds like you are having a nice weekend, sounds like fun.

    hsant, TM's are tumor markers, blood tests that some onc do and some don't. Shaker Height is not too far from me, maybe one day we could meet up for lunch when you are on an extended visit. I live in a town on the lake about 20 miles west of Cleveland. Your brunch sound delicious, making me hungry.

    Cami, you really do need to tell your docs how bad it is, before you end up back in the hospital. Seems there ought to be something they can give to help you with that damn D. Sorry you weren't up to getting your spa day, hope you get it soon. DOTD are really the only letters that matter anyway.

    Lori, hope you're having a nice time in Laughlin, hope you enjoyed the concert. Glad your DH is doing ok. So glad that lifeguard was able to save NM, she would've been missed around here!

    Sandy, keep doing what you're doing, sounds fabulous!

    NM and Julie, hope your weekend work is going ok and not too brutal.

    Dara....??? where da hail are you? The tenders are missing your priddy face and have no one to pardy with at 2 ayem. Hope you're doing ok.

    Have a good Sunday ladies.

  • jazzygirl
    jazzygirl Member Posts: 11,994
    edited December 2015

    Good morning friends. Santa is taking a little break before things get busy.

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  • heidi s
    heidi s Member Posts: 398
    edited December 2015

    Cami, I hope you're feeling better. Thank you for posting all of those delicious recipes, especially when you're not feeling 100%. It's not even noon, and that pumpkin pie martini is looking very tasty. Hmmm.....

    Genny, what you do is so admirable. I've been in assisted living salons, and your work is not easy, but I would imagine very rewarding. Where do you live? Anywhere on the lake is beautiful. Cleveland is an under rated city, IMO. So many great restaurants, museums, etc. my onc in CA prescribed getting my markers checked every 3 months. The onc in Cleveland agrees. One recommended the CA 15-3, and the other CA 27 29, so I'm getting both. Not sure if this is over kill, but can't hurt???

    Jazzy, I've never been to NM, but I have relatives who live in Albuquerque, and have heard it's an amazing city. Taos is also a city I would love to visit. Big Butts on tuba? Priceless!

    Skipping the shanks tonight, since I made brunch for the fam yesterday, but I'm obsessed with the beer and Dr. Pepper combo, so will definitely try this soon. Had a very nice CA zin last night. Concrete Zinfandel. Works well with a rib eye or burgers, but I enjoyed this with a charcuterie plate of Italian salami, prosciutto and a variety of stinky Italian cheese.

  • camillegal
    camillegal Member Posts: 15,711
    edited December 2015

    Hi ladies--

    Mary u'r stories are never boring plus I do understand the ins and outs o being a beautician. And I remember the one who worked where my dad was and she too would come in every Sat. and seem to have her hands full. More women than men there and a lot of them wanted to look nice all the time. I talked to her one time and she said that it was the only job she had and she was veey happy there and always had a good attitude with the ladies there. So it was perfect for the situation everyone was in. And I know u'r great with u'r customers so that alone bring sme joy into their place. BTW this is way to long to be without aNorable--Y'r NY's resolution better change all this. U should call her and talk to her for real anyway.

    Hsant thank u but I pretty much know where and why I have so much pain and it's just the way it is, And I have had (as everyone knows) every test from different Drs. and hospitals I could possibly have for my D and they can't find anything. Of course (as I usually do( gave them my opinion but since I have no MD by my name they just shake their heads, I've had this for yrs, but this time of year I really get upset, that's why I'm complaining so much. I LOVE being with all my family and I hate when this stops me and it makes no difference what or how I eat, it just appears. U know when u drink that stuff for a colonoscopy well that's how mine is--so it is what it is.

    And I agree about that pumpkin drink, if I had the ingrediants I would definitely drink one or 2.

    Oh and I don't even like Dr. pepper but it's so good with beer and ice, I shocked myself.

    Right now my job is slow, but it's the holidays so only emergency calls really. Everyone is using their money for Christmas, but I'm fine with that of course cuz I always pause my TV when I'm on the phone and since there is no pausing I can keep up with what I'm watching. Otherise I forget what's going on.

    One of m GF broke her leg a couple of days ago and they are keeping her at a pt place for a couple of weeks, she's having a fit. She's 92, that's probably why but she has more energy than most 60 yr olds and looks like she's not passed 70. so we never think of her age and forget OMG she's 92. She just retired last year and she was on her feet all day with heels on. and dresses beautifully and so much fun. She has gret grandchildren and a lot of them too. But right now she's angry. I worked with her for all the years I worked for the DMV and she always knew more than most of how to do things. Well I'm praying they see she's toufher than her age, maybe they'll let her out sooner.

    Well that's my news, Les is out shopping for Marty's gift, believe me we won't see her for hours. Oh well, Marty is cleaning. LOL

    I LUBS U ALL


  • juliet62
    juliet62 Member Posts: 3,246
    edited December 2015

    imageit was so cold i didn't even have my ac on !