Im bitchy, I moan, I groan.....anyway.
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man, I would love to post here but I am just too dang happy with my life right now and cannot find anything that deserves a "that sucks" right now..... but I sure do enjoy reading all of your antics. Maybe I will be back from my gambling trip on Wednesday broke and that will get me a big "that sucks" but I am aiming to win some cash! Everything else is going right at the moment so I am taking advantage. Well I wish you all a big "THAT SUCKS!" that needs it and if you need some cheering come see me because I am full of it right now!
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Oh gosh, LuAnn, I have to correct you if I read you post right. No, I don't yell at kids on walk on our lawn. I don't care if they walk through our lawn. We don't have many kids around here anyway. LOL And our lawn looks like $h*t anyway.
Wish, when they were making a mess out here and digging and ruining the pavement and all that stuff I wanted to shoot the men! They were working so we could hook up to county water and sewer. My dh had to talk to them more than once and call the DOC (whatever they're called) to make them come back and fix things. It was the biggest mess. One time they didn't even come up to my house and tell me they were digging out the end of my driveway. The piled the dirt right there. It was raining! I went out and told them I was leaving and that for them not to leave until I left because if my car got stuck in the yard because of the squishy grass they were going to get my car out! But there was no fast driving through here at the time..ya couldn't.
Oh, but one day while my dd and my gks were here and they gks were playing in the front lawn, a kid came by house going way over 36 mph. I said, c'mon dd and gks! I grabbed my gd's little hand and we went hauling A$$ down the street. We marched our butts right up to the boys and I asked, who owns that car? They looked scared at the witch that was going to yell at them..probably they thought B*TCH. I went on to lecture them how my gks were playing in the front yard and how if one of them ran out on the street that they could have been killed. Of course we were right there watching them, but that didn't make any difference. I WAS MAD!
SOOOOO, Wish, I know how you feel. And, our whole neighborhood would be torn up here or there making it hard for us to get out. Instead of putting up signs that the road was closed we'd get down to where they were working and had to turn around and go a different way HOPING the road would be open. It's aggravating. And the worst part of hooking up to the water and sewer was the thousands we had to pay! I want my money back!
Shirley
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Nancy, I gotta butt in here. I don't know if anyone else has told you, but have your dumb doc give you a prescription for, for, for..darn, I'd have to go down and look in my medicine cabinet..but it's for fungal or yeast type infections. It's in a tube. Darn, what is that stuff called!! It's right on the tip of my tongue. Anyway, my dentist gave me a script for it when I get those crappy..I mean..cracky corners of my mouth. When I go down and IF I remember I'll come back here and post it.
Now, back to reading. This is the way to post without forgetting what people said.
Shirley
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Hey all, and a big that sucks to those who need it.
Traci--yes it rains here, but this time of year it usually only rains violently, if you know what I mean. Like, a thunderstorm at night or hail or a tornado nearby. Look at the grass in the median strip of the highway and you'll see how long since we've had rain. And the ground gets so cracked that when it does rain it just sorta slides off without doing any real good somehow....this is an unusually dry summer, but by far not the worst I've seen. The day after day of 105 or 106 degrees--do you notice you breathe a sigh of relief when it's "only" 98? STAY INSIDE. And I'm sorry the CBs disappointed you. Your suckage is bad, too, bankruptcy and financial messes really suck.
Rock, I am sorry that tourists stared at you and hurt your feelings. You don't deserve that. Come here and sit at my kitchen table and let me give you a nice glass of iced tea and a cookie. I won't stare. Besides, I look the same. And you can stay for dinner, and sleep on the couch later. Okay?
SherriM, It really does hurt when people won't look us in the eye, doesn't it? I hate that invisible feeling. It's a fine line, staring and ignoring, when what we really need is just normalcy, and there is none to be found. I have found that lots of people don't recognize me without hair until I speak--then they recognize my voice and it seems okay. But I remember a day when I felt that invisible feeling, and it does hurt. I am so sorry that happened to you.
Not much suckage here except the previously listed bone pain. Just chillling in the recliner with pain meds. The house is quiet, my Aunt is asleep, I have started dinner....it feels really serene here right now and that's nice.
Hope everyone has a good evening.
Sue
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OK girls, I have a solution for all of you that feel conspicuous being bald ....I am now the fat, boobless, bald woman wearing a big black EYE PATCH! All of you just need to take me along and no one will even glance in your direction....they will all be too busy staring at me! LOL My kids are threatening to buy me a parrot and one hoop earring.
Argggg
Deb C
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Deb, those kids must get the good natured humor from you huh? Sound like neat kids! Without laughter and ribbing where would be be in this mess! Sooooooooooo darn good to see your avatar and read your postings girl!
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Deb, I found your parrot. It was hangin' out in Riverside Park cursing at the tourists. (No joke, this parrot swears AND it laughs like a little baby and also like a dirty ol' man.)
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Deb C.,
So good to see you here!! I hope you are feeling better, just being able to be home helps some, I would think. Still praying for you! That picture of you in the eye patch, walking through Wal-Mart has me LMAO!!
Sue,
I am so sorry that I am too late to tell you... but, when you get your Neulasta shot, the nurse told me to take a Claritin (regular, not Claritin D) EVERY day for 4 days, and that will help with the bone pain. I did that, and had really no bone pain to speak of. I also got Taxotere & Cytoxan. BUT, after my FIRST tx, my dumb a** onc decided to wait TEN days, and then do the bloodwork, to see where my wbc levels were... I didn't get a Neulasta shot... he was PROBABLY trying to save money or something. SO when my wbc tanked, I had to give myself Neupogen shots... LET ME TELL YOU, they caused some REALLY BAD BONE PAIN for me!!! I had to get those Neupogen shots for FOUR days!! Did my lower back ever hurt!!
Sherri, It sucks when people we've known for YEARS don't recognize us!! I also didn't recognize myself til recently.
On Aug. 7th, it was my ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY of starting chemo!!
Also, I have a little secret... ya'll know that my real name isn't HARLEY, and I know that SOME of you know what my REAL name is... it's SHIRLEY!! But, I don't want to get everyone all mixed up, since there is already another Shirley here!! Since I live kinda near Shirley, I sometimes meet her for lunch after my onc appts., and it's the best part of the whole day for me!! She is such a sweet lady!!
Anyway, my b*tch is that I have to go see that gyn onc in Wilmington (Shirley, too bad I can't meet you somewhere after!). I am supposed to sign some 'consent' forms for the endometrial biopsy I'm having on Wednesday. I am SO NOT looking forward to this procedure!! Tomorrow, my dh can't go with me, because he has to work, and there is NEVER a freakin' parking space available on that parking lot!!
Hope everyone has a suck free day tomorrow!
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HI all:
THAT SUCKS to each of you. Thanks for reminding me that petrolatum is not the best thing to use. I have stopped and will insist - demand - even talk to my invisible friend - for something for my cracks tomorrow when I go for my port implant
Gentle HUGS and God Bless, Nancy
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I got the hint. I'm meeting Harley tomorrow for lunch. I'm looking forward to it. It's gonna suck after she stopps coming to Wilmington for doctor's visits!
Not for her though. I'll catch up with everyone later.
Deb, I'm so glad you're home. You're kids are so funny. And I love your sense of humor even when you're going through this crap. I'm still praying for you...NED! As Stephanie says, God is able.
Shirley
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Oh, {{{{Shirley}}}}! You are such a sweetie! Thank you for supporting our little harley or second shirley! That's just too weird! Harley is a shirley? Hm...too different!
Tomorrow is just the signing of the papers right harley? Wednesday is the day for the bx? IS dh coming for that with you, right?
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I can't wait to see you, Shirley!! It will be the bright spot of my day!!
Wish,
Yes, today I'll be just signing some consent forms, so if he kills me, my dh won't be able to sue him! My dh will go with me on Wednesday. I have to be there at 6:30am!! for an 8:30am procedure!! IT SUCKS!!
Hope ya'll have a good day, with no IOS!!
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Terms that Make a Person Wince in Empathy Just Thinking about Them.
1. Endometrial biopsy
2. Colonscopy. (See Dave Barry's descrip: http://www.miamiherald.com/dave_barry/story/427603.html
3. Bleeding hemorrhoids
Shirley the II, So sorry. Sucko. But happy Chemoversary! The first anniversary requires "paper", right? A papergown and consent forms aren't much in the way of prezzies, but perhaps you can use your origami skills to turn them into something more exciting.
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Harley/Shirley--(this is going to get confusing, you are right)--Thanks for the claritin advice, you are right it's too late. That's okay, because this is the last one. Guess what? Your one year anniversary of starting chemo was also the day of my LAST chemo. What are the odds?
You will be in my prayers for this biopsy until you tell me to stop--waiting sucks, tests suck, cancer sucks.
DebC, so glad you are home and laughing with your kids. They sound great. You will also be in my prayers, every day.
Nancy, how did your port implant go? I got mine when I had my mast/SNB, so I was asleep, needless to say.....I am now told they will be removing it in the BS's office--I am in no hurry, it hasn't bothered me a bit. I have read that some people can feel it when they are lying a certain way as an annoyance or pain but I haven't had any of that and have overall been very glad to have a port. Hope you are back home now resting and it is installed and you are in no pain.
I have no bitch today, except the usual bone pain. Here we go again. I am spending today with a friend and my Aunt Charlotte, we may do some shopping and then have lunch, or we may just hang out here at the house and be lazy. They have kind of left it up to me. I am so lucky.
Hope everyone has a great day with NO IOS's.
Nicki, sorry you are at work!
Love,
Sue
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Thanks to all for words of encouragement....and for the little dose of reality some of you pointed out--hell, if I don't recognize myself in the mirror, how can I expect anyone else to? I guess I just thought I was a little more central to everyone else's universe....LOL...after I posted yesterday I went over the "The Road to Hell...." thread (Rock, there are many jewels in your crown for that thread) and it got me thinking....just think of all the things I could do and get away with now that I'm the invisible woman....trouble is chemo seems to have wiped out all the brain cells labeled ornery and I couldn't think of anything...sigh....chemo brain sucks......
Otter--the day I went to the meeting and was incognito I wore a white headband and a very chic chartreuse scarf (talk about hiding in plain site) and for the Walmart trip I wore a plain black ballcap.
Rock--I'm sorry about the unrelentant, unrepentant stares...that has to be unnerving and painful and sucks bigtime and if it ever happens to me I'll be wishing I was invisible again....
Traci--That so sucks about the bankruptcy--bad enough on its own and then they want to make it worse with more and more demands for paperwork.
DebC--praying you're feeling better and the phone consult goes well today!
Here's to all a blessed, suck-free day!
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I have a thread about this in the hormonals section of the board, but for those of you who are taking Arimidex and haven't read my thread complaining about the new Arimidex packaging, here's some info for you on a way to get a free 30-day supply. I'm going to do a copy and paste of what I put in my can't get my act together thread.
If any of you are taking Arimidex and hate the new packaging--blisterpacks and it's awful. Impossible to get the pill out each day--if you call and complain to AstraZeneca, they will most likely take down your name and address and send you a voucher for a free 30-day supply. That's what has happened with other girls who have called. I just called and they didn't say anything about the free voucher, and I didn't ask, but they did ask for my name and address and I'm assuming I'll get a follow-up letter like the others have that includes the free voucher. Due to so many complaints, the nice lady on the phone told me they have redesigned the package and the new package will be available hopefully in September. I guess they're getting FDA approval on it.
Anyway...a free 30-day supply I think is wonderful....especially if you have no insurance or large copays.
AstraZeneca's phone number is 1-866-992-9276.
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Hanna: I have a girlfriend whose last name is Hurley. I'm going to tell her what you said. LOL.
Harley: Good luck to you and enjoy your lunch with Shirley. I'm jealous!
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Hey ya'll,
I have an uncle and a cousin who call me ... Sharley...that is how they pronounce Shirley. I always HATED that! I thought they were calling me CHARLIE...
I found out that my endometrial biopsy is gonna be a D & C and a hysteroscopy...something about sticking a camera up my vagina, and then scraping everything out of there. Sounds HORRIBLE, but at least I'll be asleep! Afterward, I understand I'll probably have some really bad cramps.... OUCH!
This a** gyn onc thinks that if he takes out this 'polyp', my problems with spotting will be over. BUT, I don't think so, not if I'm still taking Tamoxifen. These things will probably grow back. Oh, AND, the fibroid tumor will STILL be there, so I don't see how this can resolve ALL my problems.
I'd still rather have everything taken out, so I don't have to worry about getting cancer, but this idiot thinks we NEED these parts... I don't know why. As if there are NO risks to this surgery I'm having on Wed.... right... I signed a consent form saying it's ok if he tears something... oh, boy!
At least he didn't pat me on the head this time, you know how angry that makes me! He sent me over to the lab for some bloodwork and an EKG, and I had to call Shirley to tell her that I was being delayed by these stupid tests! So she came over and waited with me, until they called me back for the tests.
Shirley,
I had such a good time at lunch with you! It was great to see you again!!
Harley/Hurley/Sharley
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Yep, good thing you'll be out. And yes, dear, you'll have cramping, let me tell you that! Get some good drugs, cause you may need them. Remember I said 3 years ago I had my gall bladder out, the 7cm ovarian cyst (dermoid) and a D&C. I think, no , I know that the D&C hurt more than anything else
So, isn't the fibroid inside the uterus or is your's outside? I guess I don't understand why you are under, they don't remove that thing too! Geepers, girl, I hope you kick him in the head while he's down there, like I tried to when I was under! 
Would serve your guy right!Shirley, you're so sweet to keep our 'other' shirley company! thanks sweet lady from us for that too!
What time is your surgery wednesday harley?
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Hi all:
No IOS today, but it is early, lolol...
The port implant went well yesterday and my dear son drove me home and visited a while. He even brought me my caffeine fix (coffee) in recovery - with permission - once I was allowed to eat the chicken sandwich they brought me. 2 extra strength tylenol took care of the ache, not exactly pain. This morning I know it is there, but not so bad. They did stick tape all the way up almost to my chin and I could hardly move my head without it pulling and pinching. So, the nurse and I gently removed the excess, cut it off and there is still plenty of it to hold the gauge covering.
Initially the doctor said he was going to add an antibiotic to my iv and I pointed to the red band on my arm and said since I am allergic to most antibiotics and have gone into shock, I am very leary to do that and I live alone, etc. He said it is the "usual" to do it as a preventative and I then insisted that NO antibiotic be given. I assured him that IF there was any oozing or inflammation that I would phone immediately - and no antibiotics were given to me. My opinion is overmedicating is the usual to cover their a@@es...
AND, my mouth cracks are almost gone -- I pitched all petrolatum products --- punctured a Vitamin E capsule and squeezed it all over my lips and mouth area. Overnight it is a thousand percent better and almost all healed. I had been using a combination of all these things, and probably one counteracted the other. There is no taste to the vitamin E and I know from past experience that is is excellent for cracks and chapped skin.
OMG, if they are going to do a D & C, why not remove the fibroid? Is there a chart on the wall for how many procedures one person has to have before they get a gold star or what? And a pat on the head -- does he want a kick in the ... ??? BIG time Suckiness.
Shirley, Sharley, Hurley, Harley, how great you could be there for each other. Good luck to all today and this week. No IOS may be a lot to ask for, but it looks like we have all had more than our "fair share". HUGS, Nancy
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{{Nancy}} Gentle hugs and Hurah, for getting through it and standing up for your needs! It's sad how LITTLE our opinion counts! I'm totally surprised, they let you leave with signing a stack of papers saying they weren't responsible should you get an infection!
Sad...Glad your cracks are healing too
I was astonished to read on the Vitamin E i had that it contained Soy oil! For goodness sakes, is there NOTHING it isn't in! I know it's not a concern for you situation, but I had several moles moles removed and some pre-cancerous areas frozen off and was using it to soften the healing. UGH! SOY in vitamin E of all places! Why not lanoline or aloe instead? Stupid stuff they use!0 -
I have a recipe for zucchini nut bread that calls for Vitamin E capsules w/ soy. (KIDDING.)
Nancy, I'm glad the port implant went well.
Shirl -- "Hysteroscopy"? I swear, sometimes I think they just make up procedures as they go along. "Hey, guys, whaddya say we stick a camera up a woman's netherregions -- that'll freak 'em out! Yeah, and we can call it a hysteroscopy...." Whatever procedures you're undergoing, I hope they are uneventful, painless and ultimately helpful.
My IOS pertains to housekeeping. Yesterday I decided to act on a longstanding fantasy. When faced with a sink half-full of dishes (mostly cereal bowls, because cereal is the breakfast, lunch, and dinner of culinarily-challenged champions like myself), I decided to throw them away rather than wash them.
I'd do the same with other parts of my home but dag, the dusty piano won't fit down the trash chute.
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Hm...I remember an AD about hefty wasn't it? Holding the piano in one bag for delivery?
DID you really throw out the dishes? Lady You are too funny! I have and EGG pan (a pamper chef) gift from my sister to my dh for christmas a couple years ago! I hate them both for it! HE for cooking eggs on HIGH after spraying PAM in the pan OVER the ceramic stove mind you! Then adding Cheese to his fried eggs and leaving the mess for me! I hate it when he can't crack a freaking egg of the pan, but must do it over the counter, then trail it over to the stove, down between it and what not! THAT PAN Can NOT be washed in the Dishwasher! Now mind you, I've only had a d/w for 3 years, so I refuse to wash their 'pampered pans' by HAND! That is the one thing I'D LOVE TO THROW OUT! So I empathize with you
You go girl!Edited to add.....
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Yes. I did. I figure I am entitled to 18 occasions of wanton recklessness and irresponsibility/year, so...
Wish -- I heard those Pamper Chef Egg Pans are really really fragile. I mean, knock 'em on the floor "accidentally" (or smash 'em repeatedly against a brick wall) and they break! Shoddy workmanship, tsk, tsk.
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Hmmm...well, to be honest, they are made exceptionally well
I have no brick walls, only plaster, which is old and would probably break itself, if these guys in the dozers and packers don't crack them first! another ios for later! The floor? HA! It's happened and nothing! Nadda, Nope, no, didn't work! I hate it! I have left it in the sink and said, SORRY I didn't get to it when he won't even wipe it out after all the egg and cheese has dried on! IF he would do it right after using it, it wipes right out. they are excellent pans, but I WILL NOT wash his egg pan. I don't even like fried eggs! :<I wonder if....no....he'd know I did it
Well, at least I have to down to once a week now that he's only home 2 mornings. IF i can stand to let it sit in the sink overnight and day, then he uses it once and isn't home the other morningS 0 -
Hi All,
OMG, I have been away from the boards since Friday and so much going on.
AlaskaDeb! Yeah! I am glad you are home from the hospital. It still sucks that you don't know what is going on and can't deal with it. I am glad to see you still have a sense of humor. Laughter is so much better and healthier than tears. But I know some days you just have to cry.
Sherri, I live in TN too. In Shelbyville, just south of Nashville.
WishIwere: You sound just like me last January 2007. They tore up our road and put this gravel and lime dust down and cars would fly by and HUGE clouds of lime dust would roll over our house. It lasted until May and we could not open our windows in the spring. I screamed at the road superintendent, sent him the MSDS on lime dust (can permanantly damage your eyes). I, too got out and watered the road as we were going through a drought with no winter rain. Everyone who stopped, I told them how dangerous this stuff was. The road people said they could not pave until May! Then why the hell tear up the road in January??? Anyway, they finally came out with water trucks and watered the road in front of my house only. Squeaky wheel gets the grease. On the other hand, the lime was great for my lawn. I too have a fantastic garden in the back and nothing in the front. I garden for me, not the public.
Oh and get this...they NEVER paved the road. They just put oil and more gravel and crushed it down????????? Now the oil is coming up in the heat so they have to put more gravel down. Then there is an article in the paper how they are over budget on roads. DUH??? Surely ashphalt would be cheaper than 12 runs with gravel, oil, water and whatever else they are having to do. And the road is no smoother than it was before they started.
Bonnie, glad to hear you say about the eating habits and BC. I can give up somethings but not my sugar. It is a bad addiction with me. Love my Nips.
Traci, I am so sorry about your sister. I hope she gets good results this time. Bankruptcy??? I am so sorry you are having to go through this. BC does not just affect your body and mind but your financial safety as well. We have spent well over $10K on my co-pay's and deductible.
Sue, sorry about the Taxotere/Neulasta Pain. I had to take narcotics for the pain. And still...I would lay in bed and cry. The pain finally stopped about 5 weeks after tx.
Well, my expander pain is at the max. It feels like I did when I just came home from the hospital. I have a hard time moving my arms, laying down, walking, doing anything. I just called the doc for something stronger and my husband is going to have to make a 120 mile trip to pick up an Rx because with the new laws, they cannot call this in! Thank You drug addicts. I am a recovering alcoholic and I don't see any liquor laws changing. Which makes me worry about becoming a drug addict. I am taking 8 lortab a day and asked if I should worry and she said I am nowhere close to taking what drug addicts take. OMG, 8 seems like a lot to me. Iwould take more but because of the acetominophen, I worry about liver damage. Just what I need, becoming an addict with liver damage due to BC. F*ck this disease, it just keeps giving. We will be bald, boobless, bankrupt drug addicts!
Well, enough of my IOS. I hope you women had a less IOS day. I am going to try to get some housework done. Maybe the movement will make me feel better.
BTW, love your new avatar, Rock.Sunflowers are my favorite!
Debbie
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{{{{DEBBIE}}}| So sorry about your boob pain (expander what ever)....I just can't imagine going that pain when the mast was so easy! UGH! for you....so sorry...wish I could offer something to help, but do know I heard the same thing about the drugs they give us, that it would take more! HA! I know my brother borrowed a couple oxy when I was up at thanksgiving. We had surgery within 2 days of one another, he for rotary cuff tear. Apparently the doc wouldn't write more for him, as he had a hard time getting off them afte he had 3 broken ribs the year before. I didn't realize that till after he'd had 3 or 4 of mine that weekend, saying he 'forgot' his. A sister told me later.....so yes, you can become addicted as being an addict to alcohol, I'd be especially careful. I bet if you called AA or NA, they tell you the same thing. Be careful dear friend. You don't need that fight to add to your healing!
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