Illinois ladies facing bc
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Good Morning everyone!!
MaryJane A BIG congratulations on 15 years!!
Mich101 I didn't realize we were so close on our anniversary dates! Mine is Nov 1st the big 3! Feel kinda puny next to MaryJanes 15!!
Jo everyones hair seem to come back a little different. Mine started curly and I LOVED it. about 6 months after my first hair cut it went straight as a stick just like before! But I like my new hair style.But still have a few spots than stopped growing @ about 3 inches!
NavyMom gud luck on you TX today...Maybe some hot looking purple boots like Sido's to boost your spirit as you get your TX! How many do you have left?
I hope everyone is feeling better!! Guess the "flu" season started early there!
Laura have you ever had pleurisy? I've had it many a time, hurts like HELL! Not sure how they test for it now days. Maybe something to look into.
I can't believe it's almost Halloween already!! Where did the time go??? What happened to summer??? ( but can't wait for Dec and my trip there!)
Back to work!
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Hi ladies -
Sorry I haven't checked in. I have a purple cast! I thought about getting pink for bc but decided to go with purple as that is my favorite color. It feels better now that it is in the cast. I saw the ortho dr. Friday and he took another xray and was showing me this cartilage that is arced down instead of up. He said it's only a 10% difference which is borderline for surgery. WTF!?!? I wouldn't say he was pressuring me, but he recommended surgery. I don't want surgery! I got him to agree to put a cast on it and then I go back this Friday for another xray. If it has gotten worse, than I may have to have the surgery. He said I might not have any issues with the cast, but then 10 years from now I may have pain and arthritis. If I was 70, he would just give me the cast but since I have so many years left, I should consider the surgery. I am also going tomorrow for a second opinion.
So, I have also been having some issues with one of my eyes but I was putting off going to the eye dr because of my arm. I went yesterday and I have an infection that has inflamed my cornea! WTF!!! So, I am now on an eye antibiotic this week and wearing my ugly glasses. But, my eye feels tons better after just one day on the meds. I am a mess!
Can I get a flu shot with a broken arm?
Laura - hope you are feeling better and glad the tests came out ok.
Mary Jane - congrats!! 15 years is so awesome!
BJ - hope you are feeling better
Sido - hope you are ok after the first chemo.
Jo - my hair came back extra curly and still is! I love it.
Ginny - glad you are doing well. Keep those positive vibes. I'm sure it probably is very tough and draining.
I know I haven't addressed everyone but this one arm typing is a pain in the neck. Hugs to everyone.
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Tdbear and Connie... Thanks for the help on my sily question. I've always had hair with a little bit of curl, so part of me is hoping for straight hair this time. But I have to say that any hair is good with me.
Congrats to Mich101 and Mary Jane on your anniversaries.
Sido... If you have any questions about the chemo side effects these ladies are great at helping. And I also, just got done, so if you have any questions, I'd be happy to help.
Laura... I'm glad that you got positive reports on your tests and I hope you are feeling well. You have always been a great support for my questions, so if I can help in any way let me know.
Jo
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Pleurisy.....Karin, I think that is what my dad may have had, but being so small then, I'm not real sure. The word just seemed so familiar when I read it in your post. Hair...mine came back a little darker brown ( I'm really mousy now ) but otherwise as straight and fine as it always was with of course, no body as always too. I get perms for a little curl, and the body it provides but don't see much gray.....so I don't color. Down the road I might, but haven't even gotten close yet. The slight gray tips here and there just make me feel my hair is a lighter shade of brown than it really is.....and to think I had dishwater blond hair for much of my life. Sigh !!!!
Connie....some of those Dr's. sure know how to work you don't they ???? Dare I say this....but at a certain age nothing is going to feel great...but if you get that operation you and your wrist will be the envy of all your friends. . Oops...that slipped just a little. I do hope you show good improvement on the next X-ray.
Well, I need to go get ready for a meeting. See you all afterward.
Hugs, Jackie
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Hi Girls...
Well...I am - BELIEVE IT OR NOT - feeling better. Each day the pain is less. So now... I am convinced it is/was a muscular/pectoral thing. Today was awesome...I could actually cough and clear my throat without intense pain. Woo-hoo! But...I still would love to know exactly what was going on inside of me. I HATE NOT KNOWING. I hate not having a dx! I have only taken 1 muscle relaxer today... But...when I take a real deep breath, the pain is still there. Cripe...I just want to know what this is. I am, however, relieved to know that cancer didn't show up on my CT. Damn...that scared the crap out of me! Thanks for your concern. You have no idea how much it means to me. I know that my family and friends care about me, but none of them truly understands what us girls feel. I am forever thankful for being able to vent here... hugs to each of you!
Maryjane - CONGRATS GIRLS... you give us hope and you deserve the very best!
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Greetings Lovelies! You will never believe what happened! Since I never had a 'roid ruch, I never had a crash and was starting to feel pretty good yesterday. I was having some bone pain, but fighting it with tylenoal (sp?) and yoga stretches and walking. I had a friend covering my American Art class last night so Todd (DH), Cooper (my corgi) and I walked over to her house to deliver the test materials. On the way home, we were crossing the street and were hit by a van! We were in the crosswalk, with the light, and this guy didn't see us behind an off-duty (and quickly on-duty) ambulance and drove right into us. Todd was knocked back, Cooper ran under the van (being short is an advantage) and the grill hit me in the ribs. We were both so worries about Cooper but he never go under the wheel and while he strained his elbow/wrist, he is okay. There was blood on him, but it was actually coming from a small cut on my forehead, so it was okay. Todd and I were driven to the hospital and a wonderfully kind police officer took Cooper to his vet and we were all looked after. My knee and shoulder were twisted and Todd is banged up, but nothing broken for any of us. I just got my new posh "beaubeau" headcover, which I kept clutched in my hot little hand all the way to the ER (it too survived), and I didn't even realize that I was sitting there bare headed in front of all these strngers in the street. So now I'm on vicodin (bone pain?, chemo pain? accident pain? Who knows?) and we're the three of us limping around the house. I'm on crutches for a few days and will follow up with my gp and oncologist later in the week.
It also ruined all my good lessons from the Look Good Feel Better class I went to earlier in the afternoon, but at least I still have the free makeup!
You just have to laugh at the absurdity of it all. Be well loveley ladies of Illinois! Sido
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Sido - OMG - I'm so glad you are ok. That sounds like a very scary, freak accident. Feel better!
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How weird, I have not been on for a while and first I see congrats to MaryJane for 15 years NED (Congrats MaryJane!!!), then I see congrats to me for 3 years - You know, I did not even remember the date. I quickly looked in my medical notes, and Wendy you are right, today IS the anniversary of my diagnosis. Thank you all for your kind words and for reminding me. Part of me I guess just wants to forget it all.
Here's to many more years and happiness in our futures.
(For those who knew that I was helping my elderly aunt alot,she passed away earlier this month. She had a very rough year-peace to her.)
Thanks again for being here.
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Michele,
I'm so sorry to hear about your aunt. It's always hard to lose one you love.
Congrats on your three years. I'm just behind you a little bit and you're leading the way. LOL
I have a funeral this week, too. She was like a second mother to me and at times I think she really understood me more than my own mother. She put butterfly bandages on my son's head when he crashed into the coffee table at age two, sat with me when I had medical problems over the years, came to the back door whenever she wanted to talk, and was always there. We were neighbors in Macomb for over 24 years and she was a wonderful person. Like I said, it's hard to say good-by to those we love regardless of their situation.
On the upbeat....the weather was fantastic today, but what's up with this infestation of lady bugs. Gads were they annoying! How many of you have them around you? If you'd like the experience and are missing it, I'd love to shoo them your way.
Laura, glad you are feeling better, gal.
Connie, I would have chosen the purple cast, too. I'm a purple gal and always have been!
Well I just got back from yoga and have a blueberry concoction that I need to eat. I'll catch you all tomorrow!
Rita
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Sido....I wondered where you were and what you were doing ????Wow !!!!! So glad most of the problems with this incident were sort of mild. You'd think those crosswalks would do a better job, wouldn't ya !!!!! Another case of having to ""drive"" while your walking. I am so sorry that happened -- especially to Cooper too -- and hope you all recover well. It will be a good war story for later.
Also glad you made the Look Good Seminar. They are really good. I had not used make-up in years...my eye-sight is so bad it got too hard to put on, but I went back to it --- had to have something to try and minimize my absence of hair, eyebrows etc.
Mich.....happy 3rd. to you as well. I think I will be that way on my third --- just glad to be well no matter what. I am sorry that you lost your Aunt. It is hard sometimes to say good-bye. We might know the event is coming but you can't prepare for this sort of loss. It will even out at some time and you will notice when it does, but till then we can be comforted that any pain and distress is gone. It takes as long as it takes but when you start to feel a little actual happiness when you think back to happier times and fun incidents....then the worst will be past.
Rita...I am sorry as well that you lost your dear friend. The world seems a bit emptier and lonely when these loving souls must leave us. I'll be hoping it does not take long for you or Michele.
Laura...glad you seem to be mending a bit --- hopefully before too long you will be fit again. I'll be hoping hard for you.
Meeting went great. See you all in the morning.
Hugs, Jackie
Hi to everyone....I think of you even if I don't have your name here and am always wishing you well.
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Michele - I am so sorry about your aunt... she left this world knowing and feeling your love. Gawd....I wish she didn't have to suffer, but I am glad she had you by her side in the end.0
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Hi there! Little damp out but supposed to get up near 70 today. I however will be staying around here as while I was waiting to see the BS yesterday (he has a little sat. office in the DuPage Medical Group building) I asked if they had the seasonal Flu shot as CVS/Walgreens/Osco are now out, as was my PCP. They did so I signed up for one after I saw the BS. Well....as I was registering I asked when they would be getting the inactive H1N1 (shot) vaccine and she said they had just gotten it in and with our dx of BC we are eligible.....so I signed up for that. You can get them the same day and the doc there said it was OK to give them both in the same arm. Well.......my arm is a bit stiff but really no big deal BUT I did run a temp for about 12 hours of 100 and went to bed last night at 7 and slept until 6am, which is so not like me! Feel OK this am with no temp but I think I will skip the gym today. There's just too much of this flu around that I chose not to take a chance. So....that's alll the se's I got from the injection.Sido....OMG! Well....if you have to be hit by a car, it's always nice to have an ambulance on hand! Glad that you and DH and DD (dear dog) are pretty much okay. How freaky! Glad your makeup survived...now that would have been a tragedy!
Navymom.....soon chemo will be a distant memory! It's going by fast, isn't it!
Mamaq....I never had any cowlicks but I can tell you this....I part my hair on the L and I like to have the front of my hair at jaw-length, kinda curving tward my face. Well....the L side, no matter what I do or my hair girl does....it curves back. Refuses to go forward. So...that never happened before....so for your question...I think it's a matter of your hair coming back as it dang feels like it! I too had some curls/waves at first but they disappeared pretty quickly. I would have liked some wave tho!
Mich101...so sorry about your Aunt. It's never easy to say goodbye but why do I have a feeling that your Aunt was ready? You have lots of good memories and soon you will be looking at pics and laughing over funny stories. She was so lucky to have care you so much about her. Hugs!
Connie.....purple, huh? I think if I broke any bones at this point I would do black as it would match my mood at that point! Hoping that your wrist shows improvement so you can skip surgery....but it's good that you are going for a 2nd opinion tho. Can't hurt...unless of course if it's totally different...and you need a tie-breaker!
Laura....glad you are feeling better!
Jackie...I first read Kubler-Ross in nursing school "On Death and Dying"...quite a remarkable book to this day. As always...thanks so much for all the great quotes.
Blackjack....you should be feeling much better today. They closed St Charles E for the rest of the week due to 932 kids being out...I thought it was the whole district! I know DH is trying to keep the school as clean as possible but since I can't be sure...that's why the both of us got the H1n1. Good for you for lysoling your whole school!!
Well....off to shower and then see what trouble I can get into around here that doesn't entail doing too much with my poor little shot-up arm! OK...it really doesn't hurt at all much anymore...but it was good for mucho sympathy from DH this am who brought me coffee in bed so shhhhhhh....don't tell him I am really OK, okay? This way I can just read all my new library books and he will bring me lunch and dinner so I can rest!!!!!!! What he doesn't know....well, you know the rest, my friends!!!! Have a wonderful warm Wednesday and enjoy...weather does not look very promising for the next 5 days....
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. Listen to the Exhortation of the Dawn!
Look to this Day!
For it is Life, the very Life of Life.
In its brief course lie all the Verities and Realities of your Existence.
The Bliss of Growth,
The Glory of Action,
The Splendor of Beauty;
For Yesterday is but a Dream,
And To-morrow is only a Vision;
But To-day well lived makes
Every Yesterday a Dream of Happiness,
And every Tomorrow a Vision of Hope.
Look well therefore to this Day!
Such is the Salutation of the Dawn! - Kalidasav0 -
Good morning everyone. Pretty day outside. No idea what I will get into today. I did promise a friend that I would go with her ( she bought a new recliner ) and see if the store would exchange it for another. The springs are simply too tight for her to operate the chair. I tried it and I could not do it either. I have never sat in a recliner so hard to use. Hopefully they will not give her a lot of trouble about this -- that is why I told her I would go. I am tall ( Maggie is fairly short ) and I am tall and sturdy....while Maggie is lucky to weigh 110#'s. We shall see.
Wendy...you are a really brave person getting both those shots at once. I'm thinking on the H1N1 still.....here is something that I read just this morning:
Interestingly, the 60 minutes segment acknowledges that many people born before 1950 have antibodies to the new H1N1 influenza and are naturally protected.
Still -- since Dh is in education and bringing home lots of germs, it probably can't hurt, and for you was definitely the right decision. I just have to keep thinking on this I guess. Probably pros and cons never stop no matter what so I guess I'll have to rely on hearing or reading something that turns on the inner resonance.
Hope you will all have a nice day. My new leaf/nuts/small twigs hand lawn sweeper should be here tomorrow. Hope it doesn't rain though our early forecast said it would. Dh is on late shift so I won't be able to try it out till Saturday probably.....but he will try it when he puts it together. When he ( oh sometimes I am lucky ) put in the order for it he found it was on sale and so I got it for a little less than $100.00........it usually sells for $129.00 before tax.
See you all later.
Hugs, Jackie
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Dear Navymom,
I know how difficult it is going off for a treatment that is going to make you feel awful. Good news is that you are at #4 .... Congrats... you will be closer to the finish line.
Warm regards,
Victoria
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Victoria...nice to see you here again. You are so right....I think we all became foot-draggers at the thought of putting ourselves in a position that was about guaranteed to make us feel horrible. How are things with you???
Gotta scoot...a ton of things to do today and looks like we are not going to have much for sun...but at least the temps won't be bad. See you all later.
Jackie
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Hi girls. Just checking in. I have not been around much. I am just enjoying life w/out rads. My burn is healing up nicely. As you gals had told me it would heal fast, and it did. You are always right! I have been on arimidex for 2 weeks. It has some SE but what can you do. I go see my Onc Friday. Hopefully all is well with bloodwork. This is the first time he will be checking my markers. Loads of Love Buddy
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I am checking in too! I get the hardcopy of Lifeline- Network of Strength ---Online is
http://www.networkofstrength.org/information/publications/lifeline.php#
This is a very good resource and Navy, they had an article on the latest for Triple Negative treatment. Obviously your doctor knows about all this, but I found that it helps to read on my own so I get it al better. It also has an article on estrogen receptive and HRT. I blame my cancer on taking HRT fourteen years! I am happy to report that( according to the article) once you stop HRT, your chances of getting BC are lessened You know...who knows!!!!!
I really love the weather right now! This is Fall! I also love the routine I have for myself. I sub one or two days a week and I get to pick the classes I want to teach (posted online). I like the idea of making this money and I use it for fun stuff (a treat for granchildren, my girls, a class, or a getway for DH and myself). I did fourthgrade today and I did come home tired, but a nice tired if you know what I mean. When I taught fulltime I came home with the exhausted tired and that was not good.
Thanks, Annette for the reviews on the Lincoln Museum. I am so excited to go!
Sido, I hope you are feeling okay. You should be emerging from the fog about now!
Jackie, you sound just plain happy with life. Good for you!
BJ, think of this as temporary. They are desperate for school nurses. You can get any hours you want next year if you look into other districts.
Laura, how is it going?
Connie, I like purple better than pink. I am getting to the point that I hate pink (except when Dave wears his pink polo shirt to Mary Beth's 15 year cancer free celebration. WE NEED PICTURES!
Wendy, I read Elizabeth Kubler Ross when I was younger. How cool that nursing students read that book
Michele, when we talked at Jan Clare's I could hear the devotion and love you had for your aunt. She must have been a strong figure in your childhood. What was she like?
MAMAQ, no question about hair is silly. Hair is so important. Like Connie, my hair came back with the most glorious curls. I have never had curly hair, so I was in love with my hair. That was for abuout 9 months and then the curl left. Now my hair is staright and sadly, thinner, and I blame the arimidex. I have hair, though, and that feels very good as acompared to the alternative.
I know I have missed many and to those ladies.....enjoy life and the wonderful autumn breezes and the pretty leaves!\
Susan
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Hi Jackie,
It feels great to be back . Major computer issues at work and so I have not had access to the computer during the day. I wondering why I always have such a difficult time finding this thread... any idea ??
How are you ? - Victoria
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Hi Susan,
Just a quick pop hello from your fellow walker at the Susan B . - Victoria
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Hi Rita,
Thanks for sharing some beautiful memories you shared with your second mom; I loved reading them and I understand how difficult it is to lose the people that truly bring love to your world.
I hope you enjoyed your yoga. I found a DVD called AM - PM yoga and have been doing it at home for the past month, I like it. Short and sweet ! My arm cannot handle a full yoga class, but I keep on trying.
Fall blessings - Victoria
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Hello Laura,
How are you feeling ? What happened ? - I am still trying to get the hang of following this tread and it still gets the best of me.
Victoria
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Ladyv5....I found the thread where I work by typing in on the address bar - Internet - Illinois Ladies Facing Bc.
After you do find the thread, go up to the top of the page... Mine is on the left....but it could be elsewhere, it should say Favorites with maybe a star by the work......or on some computers it might say Bookmarks. Hit that and it will direct you from there to actually put the thread into a favorites or bookmarks list. Then.....anytime you want to come to the thread, just go to your home page --- or whatever you use to get on the Internet.....hit the favorites.....and then scroll down to where ever this thread appears.....tap into it directly from there. You will never lose us that way.
Hope it works well for you. I did this early on as I had so much trouble finding the thread. See you all later.
Jackie
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Hi Jo,
I would be happy to share my hair thoughts ! After the initial shock of losing my hair, I kind of enjoyed flipping on a wig each day; having to deal with my hair each day was one less thing I had to think about when I was not feeling well.
When it started to grow back, it was a bit on the thin and wire-like side, so I would go to the barber and have a trim every two weeks. From there it grew in beautifully and exactly the same as before. Unfortunately , so did the gray hairs.
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Thanks Jackie, I will give it a whirl.
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Hi Victoria! So glad to see some posts from you. I had been wondering where you disappeared to! Come back as often as possible and thanks for the kind words.
Susan, I'm so glad that you're enjoying your life right now. It sounds like you're always busy and have the right combination for you!
Sido...how are getting along?
Navymom....I know it's hard to keep showing up for chemo but you've about got it conquered now! I'm sending good vibes your way for this treatment! Hang in there. It won't be long now and you'll be doing the "NO MO' CHEMO DANCE!" Won't that be fun???? Hugs!
Laura, hope you are feeling better.
Tanya, where have you been? We're going to have to send out the search light for you if you don't check in soon!
Hope you're wrist is doing better now Connie!
Jackie, thanks as always for the quotes this week!
Well, I need to find my recliner. I still have my cough. In fact, I've coughed so much that my chest hurts when I cough but I really think it's the muscles that are hurting. I can at least talk now, though!
Catch you all tomorrow!
Rita
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Oops, stepping in again. Great to hear from you Victoria. I am not good at explaining stuff, so someone will come along and give a brief and easy explanation on how to find this thread and then how to post just once so you do not need to make separate posts for each person. That is fine to do, but it must be tedious for you.
Have a great day. Vey wet here in northern illinois.
Susan
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Wow...what a change weather-wise since yesterday! Brrrrrrrr.....Not much going on around here today but wanted to stop by and see how everyone is doing....
Rita...sorry you are still struggling with your cold/flu. Hopefully the cough will clear soon....
Buddy....what type of se's are you having from arimidex? If it is joint/muscle issues, add 500mg of magnesium to your calcium/vit d3. It made a HUGE difference for me and now my onc tells all his AI gals to take it. Got the tip here on another thread. It made the difference for me staying on arimidex.
Hair, hair, hair. The thing I remember most about the whole bald thing was the money I saved by not buying every last volumizing and shine product that came out! Of course I promised myself I would never go back to doing that and of course, you should take a peek under my bathroom sinks....I could start my own little store! And the wigs sure were fast in the morning!
OK...need to do something constructive, like check my facebook! And have more coffee. And then go back to reading "Rebecca". Ahhhhhhh...rainy days are sometimes fun!
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Just jumping in here to say hello this morning. Going to be very wet here as well. As I suspected...no using new lawn sweeper for me.....possibly on thru the week-end as well. I have already had enough and it has not really begun. Worst will come later today.
I picked out a quote I saw last night, but did not have time to get it in this morning. Work was calling -- loudly. So, first thing tonight.
Hope you will all have a good day in spite of a probably rotten day for all. See you later.
Jackie
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A smile is nature's best antidote for discouragement.
It brings rest to the weary,
Sunshine to those who are frowning,
And hope to those who are hopeless and defeated.
A smile is so valuable that it can't be bought,
Begged, borrowed, or taken away against your will.
You have to be willing to give a smile away
Before it can do anyone else any good.
So if someone is too tired or grumpy to flash you a smile,
Let him have one of yours anyway.
Nobody needs a smile as much
As the person who has none to give.
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