Illinois ladies facing bc
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Laura, could you ask that MD what they think of infared saunas, I really want to buy one, 999 at sams and costco....
does anyone know anything about them or have you tried them?
They go deeper than regular sauna, I guess it's the kind of thing they use to incubate premature babies...?
ovca off the topic.
Heard a story today, a lady has ovarian cancer, had breast cancer years ago, had a vaginal? historectomy...the dr said he didnt quite get all of the 2nd ovary out. Now that she has ovca, they found BOTH ovaries still in there! (Mom reminded me the dr. gave us a photo of an ovary AND of it missing, just one side though!--from my dec 20 surgery)
I told her not to feel badly because someone just talked about having hist. and getting ovca anyway 10 years later...and there is a 2 to 3 % chance of that happening....
This was her first chemo (my Mom had third chemo today, ct scan in two weeks to see if chemo is working).
I have a bad cold, using airborne, coldeeze, tylenol for pain of sore throat, chloraseptic....what am i missing? I even tried lemonade last night with a touch of whiskey, hot...i had a terrible night! But still easier than all the chemo people, i know....one just has a whole bad attitude when feeling so badly...and then driving 2 hours to mom's chemo today,..traffic jams
.i forgot to squirt zicam, i read that some people lost their sense of smell, from zicam, do you think it might GIVE me the sense of smell i never had?!
Kater
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kater - the in between the eyebrow thing...no problem! a simple injection of Botox...and poof! LOL
You're right...how about if we have a get-together here and the MD comes and gives us all our injections and peels and skin tighteners! LOL
And then we all take rides in my fantasy Gator! LOL
as for infrared...I have read that it's good for cancer victims...when we finished our basement, I thought about getting one, but we went with the steam shower instead. I can tolerate moist heat better and if I want a sauna, I can use the one at my health club.
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Evening gals,
I'm back from DTL. Didn't win--boo-hoo. Well,that's all right. It was only $245.00 tonight anyway. I need lots more. Laura, keep the basement ready. Rita and I could be coming through one of these days because she can drive in Chicago. Glad to hear you say that your se's had you prone. I was feeling like a real wimp-ette lately. I have had some aches and pain, but nothing like I may get with the Taxotere.........or maybe I'll not notice much more than I do now........sure would like if that was the case.
Guess what I did---forgot to go to my cleaning job today. I called Miss B. and told her I'd come tomorrow. My brain is half fried I think. Unbelievable. Will this get worse !!!!!! Hope I remember to go to the office on Thursday.
Hope you all have had a great day and fantastic evening. I'll talk to you sometime tomorrow again---if I can remember where I left my computer.
Jackie
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Kater.........
wasn't that susposed to be whiskey, lemom and honey. Seems like my mom gave that to me when I was a little kid. Not much though.
Still, seemed to me it worked well.
Jackie
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IL lady
whiskey honey and lemon, yes...
chemo brain...you knew what i meant!
i found some almost expired real lemon from the frig from my chemo days (hot water and lemon was good then)....
put some honey in it...
and then found a 10 year old bottle of whiskey above the frig cabinet. 8-)
not much, though,
cant tell if it helped or not. i feel better tonight though.
kater
i never used to put the whiskey in but i was desperate last night.
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Hi girls, I'm back...today was my first day back to work and boy was I surprised by the huge pile of work on my desk. I just got home after working 13 hours today...and I am soooooo tired.
Wendy..I love the beach pic and I am leaving in 2 weeks to Maui. Boy I can't wait to sip Pina Coladas and lay on the beach and watch the cabana boys!! I can look can't I lol. Your pic looks good and I love the hair color.
Laura..were on earth do you have wrinkles and sagging skin!! Please you make us all feel old and saggy now. Mirror, mirror on the wall who is the fairest of them all..give up the Illinois Ladies !!!
Kater..how are you feeling..better
Connie..glad you had a great time in LV. You know it is the city that never sleeps. Sorry I didn't get to meet you..I hope to meet soon..maybe lunch.
Rita.. are you pack to leave for Florida. DH is leaving Friday for Florida for a boy's weekend!! I am so glad he is going...now I can get some rest.
Jackie... hope you are feeling better. Maybe Slurpee's would help the taste buds..just a thought
Smerf..I will say a pray for your for your neighbor's granddaughter. It is the worse when a baby dies. My best friend lost her son who was 2 months old.. 2 weeks before my son was born and that was 23 years ago. I still think about it.
To everyone else I hope you are staying warm in side..this weather is soo cold.
Time for jammie's and tea...then off to sleep land
Take care..
Blackjack
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Hi Illinois Ladies!
I love reading all of your posts -- they so make me smile! I have to say I'm very jealous of you all talking about your hair coming back in while I "bail" mine from the bathroom floor every morning! It's not coming out in "clumps" yet as some say theirs is doing, but I'm sure that's not too far off. I've actually scheduled a "shaving party" for my family and friends on Thursday night! I just can't handle the thought of it falling out all over the place - it's bad enough now and it's really just thinning.
Well, I survived my first day back at work -- I'm completely exhausted, but I had a really good day. It was so nice to see all of my students and colleagues. I'll be back again tomorrow, but then off for treatment #2 on Thursday. I'll take Friday off, then maybe Monday if I need it. I'm sure hoping this round is easier!
Hope you all have a great Wednesday! Off to sleepy-land for me!
Julie
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Morning Ladies! The above pic is of DH and myself...before we put on some makeup!
Laura....$300. for the botox? I do have lines and wrinkles of course but I use something called "Genie Line Smoother" from QVC which really does erase a lot of the lines for abut 5-6 hours. But I have an extemely deep crease between the brows which nothing will touch. I would love to have that fixed a bit and will be very interested in hearing how it went for you. You get that crease from frowning so all you young whippersnappers....stop that! Actually....a botox party by an MD sounds like a great idea!!!!
Julie...sorry that we are talking about bad hair days. I so remember gently pulling all my hair out. I refused to shave it off, just pulled it out in the shower, with a drain protector in the tub. I was left with just this little tuft of hair on the very top of my head which I lovingly shampooed and conditioned and moussed and blow-dried all thru chemo and beyond. When the hair started growing back, it did fall out but I liked having it there. But that's just me!
tdbear...I download the graphics. I am so computer-challenged that I had to have a 10-year old from my husband's school walk me thru photobucket.com, twice, before I got the hang of it. Me...design graphics? Oh...you are so sweet! And I loved yours (and I stole it!!!). Do you design your own?
Smerf...I am so sorry about your neighbor's grandchild. How sad. But glad you had a great time in New York. And you had a good time with your SIL? I bet there is a good story there! And glad you are toasty warm again!
Connie....I think you need another trip soon! 6 hours of relaxing is not enuf!
Rita...glad you liked the pic. And I agree with Laura, some pics make us look good. You really didn't think I was going to send you the pic DH took of me walking on the beach in a bikini, did you? Good Lord...talk about needing procedures! And that color is Nice N Easy 116A PLUS 2 weeks of Hawaiian sunshine and salt water and chlorine. I did do the caramel highlights yesterday but I wimped a bit and only left it on for 20 min instead of the 30 min. I only mixed up half the package so I wil try again. It does look pretty OK...makes my hair look all "highlitey" in the sun.
So Nicki is having some tests? Sure hope she checks in...and this is just her yearly look-see.
Jackie...have you ever tried Oasis? I liked that better than Biotene. And as for using paper towels, buy a roll of the white VIVA paper towels...they are just like cloth and maybe less raspy?
Well....need to get DH's breakfast going and will check for the paper. Then off to shower and then to the onc's, where I hope he will say...that's it, go next door and have that last Herceptin and then schedule that port removal. I'm hoping...funny...I thought I would be more excited about finishing the year-long treatment, but I have a feeling that fort will look pretty good to me when I get home. I feel like I have lost my cancer-protector. I know that is not true in any aspect, but I am still a bit scared. I'm not being a weenie again, am I?
Hugs to everybody, and thanks for always being there at the other end of my DSL!
Kater...sorry about your cold. Sometimes there is absolutely nothing you can take that works...just have to wait it out. The whiskey, tea, honey and lemon mix won't make your cold go away any faster....But then, you don't care anymore..LOL!!!!
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Wendy...just in case you check back on before you go today, I'm thinking about you and hope it all goes as you'd like. As for the mixed feelings, I DO understand. I showed up for my last chemo really PUMPED, EXCITED, and ready for it to be over. As I walked through those chemo room doors for the last time, I just started sobbing. It wasn't that I wanted more chemo, believe me. In fact, I didn't even know at the time WHY I was sobbing. Later I realized that I had that "lost" feeling, like I was now on my own in this journey. Luckily one of the nurses got me some tissues, pulled me over to the side and told me how common my response really was, and I appeared normal again when I finally walked into the waiting room, but the emotions were still there and lasted for quite awhile.
Also, once the actual treatments are over, everybody thinks that we're "just fine" and that it's finished. Well, it's not, so if you need to curl up under the table today, it's O.K. Many of us have done similar things! Just save me a spot!
I'll catch up with all of you later. I have clothes laid out all over this place and need to actually put outfits together and get more organized for this trip. The packing is the worst part!!!!
Rita
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Wendy...good luck to you today as you go for your tx. I know you will be fine, You are a strong person and I am sending you a big hug your way.........post later and let me know how you are..
Hugs to you
Blackjack
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Girls - Thanks for all the compliments. I hope I don't come across as being tooooooooo vein here! I'm more interested in the uneven blotchyiness than I am, at this point atleast, in the wrinkles and sagging. But...I prefer to stay one step ahead of the ol' gravity process. This way, perhaps I'm preventing a major face lift years down the road, which I wonder if I'd EVER be able to actually tolerate that procedure...ouchy!
Julie - I so remember when it came time to finally shave it off. You seem to be doing well, but it still may be upsetting. But try, try, try, to think of the day when it will be growing back and you'll be on your way to the next chapter. And don't forget - you're getting brand new cells! Good luck with your next treatment.
Wendy - Fingers are c r o s s e d...let us know what he says! No more Herceptin...yay! Hopefully it will be PORT BE GONE!...real soon!
Jackie - Maybe you'll win next week! Should you put LoJack on your computer? LOL
Rita - I agree...packing stinks! But unpacking is even worse! LOL
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It's over!!!!!!!!! Port can come out as soon as I can get on my surgeon's schedule (and don't you guys know I was standing in my kitchen with my coat still on, calling his office!). And I am soooo happy! I think I was afraid that my onc would find something new and I would have to start all over. Now that it is finally done - I am so okay with that! I did tell my onc re: the mag and the great relief I got from the aches and pains. I also told him I started and stopped 3 times over 3 months to make sure. He is going to do a mini-trial in his office with some of the gals who are having a hard time with the pain and see what develops. He said if it works, even a little..it's worth adding it to the Calcium/D3 mix.Rita...I never knew that happened to you. Did you post that? If you did, and I did not respond, I am so sorry that you had to go thru that. If you didn't post about sobbing at the end of chemo, you could have ya know! We are all buddies and we learn from each other. Jackie, Julie....you too will reach the end of treatment and if you have a mini-meltdown, it is very normal. So bring some tissues to your last go-around!
I stopped on the way home and picked up S. King's new noval "Duma Key"...I think some Wendy-time on the couch, just reading and enjoying today is quite in order.
Thanks for always being there when I need you. As for my "fort", I didn't need it today after all. But know that it is always open to you guys, day or night.
Happy Wendy!!!!
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Wendy....Hip Hip Hooray!!!! Enjoy that book and just veg out for as long as you want! Done! Finished! Port can come out! That's just so good!
Rita
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Wendy, Glad you can get that port gone!! I'm learning to create my own animations. I'm kinda a computer geek. Just learned how to connect all our Christmas lights and control them with my computer!! It's my hobby.....
Julie, I remember all to well when my hair started to fall out, I was getting ready for work when I noticed how much hair kept coming out...I think I used a whole can of hair spray trying to keep my hair!!!! That weekend I let r grand daughter (14 yr old) cut, then shave my hair. The gals @ work gave me a "hat party" shortly after my first chemo so I was ready! Hope your chemo is a "breeze" this week.
It was a help having a teenager when my hair started growing back...they know all the good spike gel and stiff-it !
Ritajean, Glad to hear I'm not the only one who felt abandoned after my last chemo.
Hugs to all!! Stay warm
Karin
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Hi Rita and all you wonderful Illinios ladies, I finished my treatment two weeks ago yesterday, I had first surgury, a lumpectomy it was really high up in the breast, if I had big ones I don't know what they would have done. But now I have an egg sized dent in my upper chest. Then I had chemo FEC-D it was hard but I'm so glad it's over then radiation. I'm still dealing with major aches and pains in the bones and have to have some follow ups because there were three tumours in my liver as well. But right now I'm just healing and feeling pretty good. It's so weird that some days I'm so positive about this cancer and the treatment and other days I just panic and think it's going to get me. Being triple negative is not a good thing and the more I find out about the more I worry. That is the hard part not worrying, so I find other things to worry about right now I'm trying to get a stray cat to get to trust me and eat, but she only comes out at night and its so hard to get help for her so that's my goal right now, worry about the cat, feed the cat, get the cat to trust me and then get her help, I think she's also pregnant and that makes me crazy with worry, so I have a box with really warm blankets and pillows and I'm hoping she will make a home in it once she knows I don't want to hurt her, just help her and her future offspring. So wish me luck and send positive thoughts to the cat, I named her Jack at first not realizing she was a female, so maybe I should start calling her Jackie, but not until she really knows her name. Man am I babbling ladies, sorry. You all sound so nice and I love your threads.Pearl49
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Kitties for Pearl490 -
Evening Ladies;
Way to go Wendy, way to go !!!!!!!!! I am so happy for you right now. You can't imagine....
Rita, that is something but the minute you explained that abandoned sort of feeling I could understand..........and I think it could easily happen. We are all ( at one point or another ) being so self involved with this disease--yet so many experts ( well they seem like it mostly ) working with us to help us deny this disease the opportunity to stay in our body and do damage and suddenly you are cast out of the limelight like an old canceled receipt or something. Your lifeline is removed after such a STRONG attachment for a long time. Guess it's like learning how to swim.....takes a while to have confidence in yourself. Anyway, I am glad you mentioned that..........I'm looking for the magic moment I don't have to go back to the chemo dept. anymore.
Julie, good for you....be pro-active about your hair. I had mine cut very short---left just enough to keep my head warm to some degree, however, the minute it starting coming out in any clumps at all, I went and had it shaved. I felt like I was in charge of what happened to my hair...........rather than letting the cancer/chemo take charge and me just have to suffer daily losses of whatever amt. As well, you don't know which hair will give up first. I found the side I slept on most.......but for me just taking charge and sort of flipping cancer the bird so to speak left me feeling a little more powerful about it all.
Pearl.......way to go...another animal lover--one of God's perfect gifts to us. I never understand those who have a reverence for human life and have none for animal life. Animals make the world go round very often just like people. We have a synergism with each other. Well, any way---good luck with kitty pie. She is lucky to have found her way into your aura. May you both profit greatly from this experience.
Wendy, I think I will try some of the Oasis. Miss Wimp-ette here ( me, of course ) is noticing another problem. Seems this last round of chemo has left me with a little deep nausea. The kind you sometimes feel when you have taken too much antibiotic without stoking up on good bacteria......hmmmmm. I should know what to take---something full of acidophiles I'd think. Anyhow, good thing I only have the one A/C left.....it's taking a bit of a toll, but I'm sure I'll get the upper hand soon.
All those I didn't say hi too.......Kater,Kats, Connie,Blackjack, Laura, tbear,Susan, Smerf,JanClare..........consider yourself hugged. Just because the sun was so nice today....and anyone else I forgot.
Wendy---way to go again. Now you can take that port and throw it in the river.
Love, Jackie
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Julie-I did the same thing, I shaved my head before the clumps started falling out. I felt like I had some control over the situation. Do you have a wig already?
Wendy-I know what you mean. My last herceptin is in May and I am already thinking like you said-now what's going to protect me. I had my port taken out early because of a complication. It was nice to have during the chemo, but it is nicer having it out:)
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PORT BE GONE! Wendy, dear...I so feel your wishes. I finished chemo on Feb 1st and that damned PORT was OUT on Feb 2nd! My Onc wanted me to keep it, but I told him - NO WAY IN HELL! It caused me pain 24/7. Good riddens, good bye, asta la vista, baby!0
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Wendy - CONGRATS! I'm sure that's a huge relief for you. Hope you're able to get your port out soon!
I'm definitely glad I moved up the shaving party! This morning I woke up with a bald spot on the top front of my head!! I maneuvered the remaining hair the best I could to cover it, but I know it was still visible. My friends at work all said they couldn't tell, but I know they were just being kind. I met with my beautician today after school and she fixed the wig I got from the Amer Cancer Society - it was okay, just a little long on the top for me. I looks better now. I also ordered another one but it hasn't come in yet - I actually think I'll like the cut of the second one better, but at least I have the free one as a back-up!
I'm ready for round #2 tomorrow -- hope it goes well. I'll check back in with you all when I get a chance. Hope you all have a nice Thursday!
Julie
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Greetings from Niles, IL. I was diagnosed this past November with HER2+, Gr 3, ER/PR negative, tumor was only .5 cm., nodes were negative . First oncologist said only radiation; 2nd opinion oncologist is saying chemo for 12 weeks (Taxol/Herceptin), 6 wks radiation, and stay on Hercpetin for the remainder of 12 months. I need to make a decision before the end of the week....I'm leaning towards the more aggressive approach due to the HER2+. Any thoughts?
~Joan
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Oh Julie,
Your post is bringing me back to October 14, 2006. I was on my 14th day of chemo and my second night of parent teacher conferences. My hair was shedding like crazy and my best friend/colleague came in to brush me off after each conference. She kept telling me I looked okay and I thought she was just being nice. I felt I looked like hell because that was how I felt. The next day I took the day off and I had hair all over the place.....my bed... the ...the bathtub...my eyes ...my mouth. My poor husband was vacuuming it up all over the place. It was actually a relief to shave it off. I wore the wig on that following Monday. I had warned the students that I would have a new look and explained that I needed to take very strong meds to kill the cancer and that the same meds would kill my hair cells and that they could expect their teacher to show up in a wig. The first period kids showed up and took their seats, sized up my wig, looked at each other and then back to me and then broke into an applause. It was all I could not to cry.
We have been through so much and I tell my husband nearly every day that I marvel at the kindness of ladies I meet on this thread. We are really nice people!!!! I am not sure why...maybe because we have been through so much and have witnessed so many acts of kindness. Your friends at school maybe were just being kind when they said they didn't notice the bald spot. Then again....what will you always remember... the bald spot or their kindness?
You go, Julie. You get through that next round of chemo. You get that wig and just show up in your classroom when you are strong enough to do so. I am certainly going to be thinking about you tomorrow. Your students are learning so much more than simply your curriculum right now.
Susan
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Me again! I just posted and then saw the post from Joan. My husband was raised in Niles! We live in Northbrook.
I would never know how to react to the two different opinions. I would go with your gut and if your gut says chemo, go there. A good friend of mine faced your sort of dx and also went aggressive with the chemo. I personally was a wimp and would have gone with the least horrid treatment. I admire your moxie.
Susan
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Thanks for the response Susan. It's hard call....the easy way out vs. the rougher road. The things I'm reading and hearing about HER2+ is what's making me go the more aggressive route.
~Joan
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Joan,
If you are still here.......I don't know much about all this and I think going with your gut would probably be more for me........there could be many regrets if it is not the aggresive route. I myself would probably think about the fact that the grade on the tumor was a three. I was told that your cell bears absolutely no resemblance to a cell anymore.........and in that regard I would think if it was able to do that much----even to a small tumor, I'd want to either go the aggresive route or be able to have every test on the books to assure me that there was no cancer anywhere else. Maybe that is where the what if comes in.......either that or could you find a second opinion elsewhere ( big cancer center ) that you could trust. Not knowing your situation in regard to that but bottom line I'd do what would be likely to leave me no regrets 2 or 5 or 10 yrs. from now.
Jackie
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Hi Joan,
You're so right about it being a hard call, and often it is a good idea to go with a gut feeling. It sounds like you've been doing a bit of research, and that is also a good idea.
The best time to fight this disease is at the time of dx. Chemo works well for ER and PR negative tumors, so wouldn't you want to do everything possible that can be done? Herceptin works well for Her2+ tumors too. There are many of us here who have done it and can help you through it.
I had triple negative bc, and also had two different opinions from med onc. One said 4 tx of AC over twelve weeks, and then radiation. The other said 4tx of AC over twelve weeks, followed by twelve weeks of either taxol or taxotere, and then radiation. So three months of chemo versus six months......I chose the six months and I'm glad I did. It was hard, but doable, and the ladies here are so supportive and helpful. We have a saying, that Illinois ladies are tough and we are! I would encourage you to think seriously about doing the chemo.. because the bottom line is probably that we want no regrets.
Good luck, and please come back to let us know what you decide. We're here for you whichever decision you make.
Pat
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Jackie & Pat,
Your comments have assured me that the more aggressive route is the way to go. I'm going to go with the 2nd onco opinion which was from Loyola University Medical Center. I may go back to Lutheran General for radiation as going out to Loyola in Maywood 5 days a week for 6 weeks from Niles would be tough (this would be ok according to the Loyola docs). I knew surgery was the easy part of this...it looks like the next few months will be a challenge.
I also received another disappointment. Although my surgeon assured me that the sentenal node procedure was very successful and he only took 3 nodes....the Loyola docs pointed out that the path report is showing 14 nodes were taken. I was never told this by the surgeon. Perhaps the reason I have fluid build up in the breast. Big sigh.
Again thanks to all of you out there who are there to support the nubies like me.
~Joan
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Hi Joan...Welcome...sorry you have to join us. I lived in Edison Park for a while...grew up on the northwest side of Chicago (I'm now near Barrington).
You should also post your question re: treatment in the HER2neu forum here. Those girls will definately be able to help you. I'm such a paranoid chicken, that I personally would go for the more aggressive treatment plan. I had the biopsy that changed my life at Lutheran Gen. Who did your surgery? I went to Loyola for my first Mast. and when I found out I needed chemo and radiation, I chose an Onc close to home...same situation, no way was I going to truck down there everyday. It's good that you got a second opinion of your path...I just read an article that said pathology/biopsy mistakes are quite common. Evanston hospital has a good cancer department...I think a few of the girls here went there. Best wishes to you.
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Good morning gals!
Joan..I, too had a grade 3 tumor and was faced with the chemo or no chemo decision. I went with the chemo, just because I know myself too well. If I had opted for the no chemo treatment and IF it came back, I would have always wondered if I could have prevented the recurrence. Now IF it comes back, I know that I did everything I could do to prevent it and it was beyond my control. You may ask about CMF chemo instead of AC. That's what I had. It's used mainly with early stages and no node involvement. It is much easier on your body. You don't lose all your hair and it has less effect on the heart. My onc suggested it and although no chemo is easy, I think it was a good choice for me since the effectiveness and my need for chemo was "up in the air" anyway. Also...welcome to the Illinois site. I hope we hear much more from you. The gals on this thread are wonderful and we welcome you with open arms.
Blackjack..13 HOURS at work! Hey, it's no wonder that you were exhausted, gal! You and Julie need to kick up your feet after work and let somebody wait on you! LOL
Julie...thinking about you today and hoping beyond hope that this treatment is easier on you.
Wendy, I have that extremely deep crease between my eyebrows, too. I've tried every cream imaginable and nothing touches it. Maybe we should do the group party....all go and have it done and then sit under you table and cry! LOL
Karin, Wow! You create your own animations! I can't even get an Avatar on by myself. How I admire you!
Michele...go get 'em in Vegas! Find those lucky machines! I hope you have a ball and win BIG!!!
Hi Pat, Connie, Kats, Nicki, Kater, Mazy, Mary Jane, JanClare, Ginny, Jackie and anybody else who I missed.
Pearl...I, too, am a worrier and it does us no good, does it? For some reason, though, it is SO hard to change this destructive habit. I loved your story about Jack the cat. When my black cat appeared as a tiny stray on porch, my neighbor (a former farmer) told me that it was a female. I didn't really check it out and she had extremely long tangled hair at that time. We named her Ashley (because of her coloring) and she got to know her new name. When we decided that we were keeping her and bringing her inside, I took her to the vet and told him to "fix her" and declaw her. About an hour after I dropped her off, he called laughing his head off and told me that we had a problem. Ashley was a male! And so, to make a long story short, his name was changed to Ash or Ashie. LOL He's been around now for 13 years and hasn't seemed to mind the abbreviated name!
Laura...thanks for the info on the procedures. I'm anxious to see how it goes for you. Really, I think you are smart to be proactive here. I wish I would have done something when I was your age.
Susan, I think I have another idea for your retirement. You have such a way with words. Maybe you could write a book. You hubby could become your agent in his spare time when he's not working the MaidRite and you could send us all a signed copy of your work! :-)
Well I'm off to the bank and to finish up the packing. The golf bag is in its traveling bag and sitting in the entryway...just waiting to fly south tomorrow. Wish I could stick you all in my bags and take you along. Can you imagine how much fun we would have??????
Catch up with you all later when the running is done and everything is packed! Have a good day!
Rita
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