Im bitchy, I moan, I groan.....anyway.
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Wish,
You are right... It DOES feel like it's been ONE THING AFTER ANOTHER, this year. And I thought that once I reached the ONE YEAR mark, things would smooth out a bit. It's been just the opposite!
Hope your hip pain goes away. It really sounds like it's the Arimidex. Isn't there anything that they can do about this terrible se?Saint,
Thanks for the reassurance! It is good to hear stories from others who have had similar experiences, and they didn't have bc...
Thanks, Lisa! I keep reminding myself that when I saw him the first time around, he was very reassuring, but he did keep saying "If it is c.... then the tx plan will be... " I don't know... maybe since I already know the drill, he didn't think he needed to add that disclaimer.
Well, I gotta run... Going to the coffee shop with dh. Today is my day off, but I have to work tomorrow. Business seems to be picking up a bit at the store. Don't know if that is a good thing or a bad thing!
A huge that sux to anyone who needs it!!
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Debbie -- Johnathan Edwards and his wife Elizabeth?
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Hey everybody, sorry I haven't been on lately. My laptop at home is just DRAGGING.....it's so freaking frustrating I just walked away. I'll work on it this weekend and try to make it faster...but, I am reading all the posts cuz they come to my email at work. I can't come online at work though....you know how that goes but, my boss is running late this morning so I thought I'd jump on real quick and say WhaSux??????? (Is that how you spell that?)
Beth -- I'm so sorry your sack of sh*t ex did that to you. I hope you don't do what I did.....my seperation had nothing to do w/ cancer. After 7 yrs of marriage, I told my husband that I was ready to have a kid and he needed to go to the doc to get checked. I had already been checked and we had been having unprotected sex for years. Well, on our 7th anniversary, we were having dinner at our fave restaurant as usual and I was telling him I'm ready and he said "I changed my mind, I do not want kids." A**HOLE!!!!!!!!!!
We seperated but, I thought for sure he would come crawling back. Ours bills were still co-mingled and I was looking at a credit card bill and there was a charge for $400+ at a pet store. I called his best friend and asked him "did he buy a dog?". He reluctantly told me that no, he had not bought a dog....he bought a bunny for his new girlfriends little girl. (Who btw was a "friend" of mine......bitch home wrecker!!)
I was crushed. All I ever wanted from that MF'er was a kid and he lets me go and starts a relationship with a girl who had a kid.
Anyway.....I didn't "get over it". I lived alone and did nothing for 5 yrs. Seriously. Then, just as I was about to come out of my funk. BAM! Cancer. No wonder I bitch and moan and groan. I've wasted the last 7 yrs of my life crying over a man!!
I hope my little sob story helps you to try to move on from that a**hole. Life's short girl! Live it up!!!
Gotta get back to work. I love you girls.
Hugs, Traci
ps He married that bitch and she screwed him over royaly. They got divorced about a year ago and he is in the po' house now! HAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!! The ONLY cliche' I believe in is: What goes around, comes around!
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WhaSux??
I wish I could just let fly for all the IOS's here today!!#^&%%#@#@#$@$^%^*%(&*^!#@$@$#%@! That shouldn't get me in trouble! I am PO'd for all the things we have to experience as women cuz our culture does NOT support strong women who support each other! I keep encouraging my dd NOT to compete/join in with the bitchy girls at school, but she is surrounded by them! It sux!!
HUGE HUGS Traci & Aus & everyone who was not appreciated for the wonderful woman you ARE! I sometimes feel guilty when I say my dh has been pretty wonderful--knock on wood---cuz ANY of them can "go bad" -but after 29 years of marriage I trust he IS who I think--either that or the king of A** Holes!!! IT REALLY SUX to have someone mess with your heart & head like that & I'm sorry that it happened to you!
Harley, Diane, Maria, LuAnn & AKA------holding you close in prayer. Hang tight & keep the faith! As Roseanne Roseanna Dana used to say---It's always SOMETHING!!!! Gentle hugs!
Hoping for more SOI's today than IOS's---off to play with puppies at the humane society---HUGS to all & any I missed & a big that SUX if you need it.
Be well & stay strong
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Just a quick note in the "OH CRAP" category of THIS SUX...
Looks like I am headed for a hospital stay. I have cellulitus in the back of my left thigh. I was in the hospital in July with it in my right buttock. Oh well, at least this time they can put the IV antibiotics in my port instead of a pic line that stopped up in 2 days.
I will catch up with everyone when I return.
~Bliss
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Oh Bliss, that SUX!!!
Take care and let us know how you do.
Gentle Hugs,
Trish
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Hey all my sweet new (and old) friends!!!!!
I am loving this thread. Man, I really feel like I found a 'home' here. Y'all are awesome!
Traci, that SUX about your computer. Aren't we just lost w/o our connection to the world and each other? Thank you so much for sharing your ex story. I have spent the last two years since we separated/divorced blaming myself. So with this news and finding out what a complete ahole he is, I am kinda trying to wrap my head around it. Basically, I am trying to get my heart to catch up with my head!!! I KNOW what kind of man he truly is....but my heart still has strong feelings for him and what a great relationship we had before bc. I'll get there. I hope. It is hard to turn off feelings. Traci, I know how it feels to deceived....it SUX!!! Hugs to you and me for wasting time on aholes.
Harley, enjoy your day off and spending time with your dh. I am praying B9, B9, B9!!!! Feel us wrapping our arms around you chanting 'this sux' while you have to endure this waiting time.
Debbie...lol...no I am not somebody famous. Big difference between me and Elizabeth.....she stayed with her ahole. What booby surgery are you having?? Guess I should go back and read, huh? I am with about the weird dreams.....having some of those about my ex. Weird dreams SUX!
Felicia, I will be praying for your friend.
Saint, have fun playing with the puppies. I work (very) part time at a vet's office. I love animals...more than some people..lol.
LuAnn, hope things are going well at home...and you get a call from you son TODAY!
Nancy, I am about to run out the door for my treatment and onc appt today. We will be chemo buddies today. I will be thinking of you as that cold stuff pumps into our veins KILLING this dang cancer.
Ok, off to the onc's office. Big 'that sux' to those I didn't have time to mention....cause I am LATE,,,,,and THAT SUX!
hugs,
Bethie
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I just typed a long post, and POOF! It's gone!
Anyway, just want to say to each and everyone of you, IT SUX!
Cheating husbands Suck!
Bliss,
I'm keeping you in my prayers! Hope you are feeling better soon!
Saint, and Beth
Thanks for the prayers, they really do help!
Beth,
Good Luck at your onc appt.!
Hugs and a hearty That sucks to all!
Harley
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bliss, prayers for you in your hospital stay and for a quick return to us!
Aus, Traci, some men are just cretins. I honestly think they are a different species! Again with the KNOCK ON WOOD, but I almost feel guilty because mine is such a good one. This has made us closer and made me realize I have a man who loves me like nobody's business...which is the way it should be! For all of us who want it! Traci, I think we need the bitch-slap video!
My IOS--fatigue. Also, still have the bone pain in my lower back and legs from chemo, six weeks out..nasty, and I 'm tired of it. But, I stayed home from work today to rest, and that's good. It is good to be a civil serrvant!
Hope everyone has a good Thursday with major SOIs, and no IOSs!!
Love,
Sue
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My IOS is a strange one. I'm finding it harder and harder to keep connections here with so many of you that I care about so much. At first it was work and exercise. Putting in more hours, walking the dog, coming home and crashing cause Im exhausted from working - instead of fatigued from walking through this journey. Now Im having a hard time posting at all.
I also have a huge bitch/whine. I have been thrown off a train, burned alive, and sprayed with raid. Yep these are things that were said to me on another thread by other breast cancer survivors. That just makes me shake my head and want to walk away. I know we are all here for a reason - breast cancer brought us together. We come here to help each other, talk about things we cant talk about elsewhere. Im a breast cancer survivor just trying to wake up each morning with no regrets. So Im raising my hand and saying right here and now. If your reading and you dont like me - thats ok. Just put me on ignore. This isnt a perfect world and we agree to disagree.
Now I will try to catch up.
Sue: It really sucks that it takes so long to recover from chemo. You want to feel good and you want to right now. Civil Servant? You cracked me up. Glad you stayed home.
Harley: Hi to you. The same thing happened to me this morning. I got so frustrated I just pushed the computer away.
Bethie: Nice to meet you. Being late and having to go to chemo sucks!
Saint: Playing with puppies at the Humane Society? How cool. I would have a big problem though. Would be bring many home!
Beth and Traci: I dont know how you both did it. It sucks youve had to deal with bad husbands and cancer. Makes me realize how much stronger you are than me.
Debbie: 5 days til your exchange surgery?
Wish: Sorry about the hip pain. Sucks no matter what, but especially if its from the AI your taking.
Helen1: Boy you made me sentimental. You made me think of our early morning talks on the chat right after we were first diagnosed and starting treatment. I loved your stories about the cafeteria and what events you were planning. Long time ago my friend. OH and a big that sux for having to boil your water. BTW I think you might be the strongest person I have ever met.
Sheila and Colleen: Waving hello and hoping you dont have any IOS's today.
Diane: Glad for least amount of side effects possible with your chemo. Constipation sucks! I finially found if I ate lots of fig newtons and dried apricots - it worked. Drink lots of water too.
OK life goes on lol. Its dinner time. Hi to Shirley, Bliss, Maria, Hanna, Cristine, and geesh anyone who I missed. Its chemobrain time.
Nicki
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Wow Nicki that was way off base! I'm with you on why we are here. I didn't have an opportunity with my first bc dx in 1998 to be able to find such a support base. Obviously these types of boards were around then and had to navigate it on my own the best I could. To hear something like that just burns me!!!! Maybe I'll spray them with raid!!!! LOL
traci are you ever going to fix that slow computer? Did you clean up your adware and dump the temp files? Come on, lets get with the program.
As for those of you with men problems.....well I have to say I am just as content on my own sometimes so let them go!!!! No point in messing with a two timer thats for sure!
Bliss, hope you are back fromt he hospital and better soon.
I'm sure I missed someone but my poor brain only holds so much.....
Still no call from son again today.....boy I wish he would call!
Is it my imagination or did they move this category? I just knew I had to hit page down 3 times from the top and boom there it was, now it is somewhere else????? What are they trying to do to our poor brains! Bet a man decided to move the catagories just to mess with us! Would be typical! LOL
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LuAnn: Hi to you. I just read your post about the military phone call and my heart sank! Getting scared like that really sux. Did you hear from your son yet?
OK - nighty night.
Nicki
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"I also have a huge bitch/whine. I have been thrown off a train, burned alive, and sprayed with raid. Yep these are things that were said to me on another thread by other breast cancer survivors. That just makes me shake my head and want to walk away. I know we are all here for a reason - breast cancer brought us together. We come here to help each other, talk about things we cant talk about elsewhere. Im a breast cancer survivor just trying to wake up each morning with no regrets. So Im raising my hand and saying right here and now. If your reading and you dont like me - thats ok. Just put me on ignore. This isnt a perfect world and we agree to disagree."
Awwwww, Nicki, who in the world said such cruel things to you? And, yes, we CAN agree to disagree. Girl, we love you! (I don't care what candidate you like..LOL). You are not a mean person. You should tell those idiots to jump in the lake! Don't you dare leave us. We need you EVEN IF you are busy.
Oh, I still haven't caught up on all the pages I've missed, so I missed the part about your chest pains. Was it chest pains? Anyway, I'm so glad it wasn't heart problems.
Okay, I'm really going to try and catch up with page 138 and 139. By the time I finish my responses there'll be another whole page written.
HUGS,
Shirley
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Nicki, people - even folks with BC - can be idiots sometimes. Guess we're really not THAT much different from the rest of the population in that respect, sadly. Sorry folks have been so nasty to you - totally uncalled for. I think we need the "lice of a thousand camels" pic to complete the hex on them. They suck...
Traci - three words for you: buy a Mac
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Hi, Shirley!!
Hi, Nicki!! I'm sorry that everyone can't get along. I love ALL YA'LL, and I don't want to have to avoid threads because there is too much friction.
Sue, Fatigue sucks! I had my last chemo on Oct 9th 2007, and I was feeling so fatigued for at least 3 weeks after ward! But, just a couple of weeks ago, I was really dragging! So bad, that I asked my pcp dr. why, and he ran some bloodwork, and gave me a B-12 shot. The B-12 shot seemed to help... maybe I'll have to get another one next month.
HUGS,
Harley
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There's no way I can go back and catch up with all the pages I've not read. I will, however, try to go back and see who's new on here and "listen" to their IOSs.
Rock! You do what? You're going to be put in jail if you continue to destroy displays. YOU GO GIRL! We'll bail you out and we'll be dressed in pink ribbons! (with nothing underneath the ribbons..that oughta make someone sick when they see me "in the skin").
LuAnn, I bid for the first time on ebay the other day. I lost. It was for one of my favorite perfumes. I can buy it just as cheap as the winner from outlet stores on the internet.
I am so sorry you haven't heard from your son. I know you are worried.
Sherri and Sheila, {{{{{hugs}}}} to both of you for having children in the military and the scares you have gone through. Helen, that does suck having to boil water. I don't blame you for buying the water instead. And, you're in the middle of your chemo cycle? You ladies never cease to amaze me. Friday will be here tomorrow!
Debbie, I laughed when I saw your post about your dh hanging the curtains upside down. That's too funny. And, my dh is good at driving me to the onc. It's a little over a two hour trip. They DO come in handy sometimes.
Diane, I'm sorry, but I had to laugh about your "poop" woes. I know exactly what you're talking about. It started for me over 20 years ago when I started taking Amitriptyline. I also have a friend who has "this" problem. You're description of sitting on the toilet and nearly passing out reminds me of my friend's stories. It's not funny. It's horrible. I'm sorry for laughing. My advice to you is YOU GO GIRL! LOL
Helen and Maria, I'm lost on the baby aspirin thing. I took Xeloda, but not baby aspirin. If it's not one thing, it's another. Worry, worry, worry.
Maria, it's nice having an SOI. Now if I can remember what that means later. Also, about THE cat. She won't eat the Science Diet. It's the one the vet told me to get to help try and dissolve the stone. My other cat's stone never dissolved and she ate some of it. We mixed it with another soft food. Abby is very picky!
Aus, your story about your stupid husband (sh) almost made me cry. It's just not right that some men can be so selfish. They're not worth the pain we sometimes go through. I won't go into my story about my dh that happened over 20 years ago, but my heart felt like someone put a knife through it. It was hard, but we got through it. And why do we women feel guilty? You are better off without the jerk. Anyone who does this when their spouse is going through the fear of this disease is a $hithead!
Miss S, my oldest dd had a fissure when she was only four. When she turned five, after all the other treatments, the surgeon finally decided to do surgery. Well, she still had some bleeding and hurting. I think she grew out of it. But the child was afraid to go potty.
You never know if your kitty will need to go to the vet. So, I better keep all four of mine. LOL
Felicia, so sorry to hear about your bf's brother. Do you still have your cycle? My dd's new bf has a Harley. She loves riding on it. Scares the crap out of me. They don't ride on it often, but.....
Lisa, having to get up at 5 AM does SUCK! I don't even like to get up at that time in the AM to go to the bathroom!
Wish, just another pain to worry about. I was having some lower back pain that was DIFFERENT. I have degenerative disc problems in my lower back. I took a few Aleve and sometimes Ibuprofin and it finally went away. I still have my same old back discomfort when I walk. Here's hoping that it's something simple like an AI. Well, that's not all that simple when you have to live with the pain!
Traci, I'd like to use a Texas boot and kick your, your, your DAMNED husband in the arse! And, that's funny about the other woman he married who helped make him poor! Shame on me.
Bliss, that sucks! I hate being in the hospital! The only times I was in the hospital was when I had my three children. Baaaccckkk then it wasn't so bad. The food was edible. The care was much better than it is now. And I rested after having the kids. They weren't allowed to stay in the rooms with us. And dh couldn't come in when I had the baby..you know..germs. Too funny when thinking about it. Oh, and the other time was when I had my mast. I couldn't wait to leave the next afternoon. I was ready to get out of there!
Sue, I'm still fatigued! Or lazy? And that back pain ain't no fun..I know. As I said somewhere UP there, I take my hat off to you gals who work and go through treatment. Give the chemo a chance to get out of your system.
Hi Harley. Was nice talking to you today. Again, IT'S SCAR TISSUE!!!!!
Update on my cat. She seems to be doing fine. I think she's peeing. Her pees are smaller than my other cat who uses this box. The other cat drinks more water and pees more. But, I moved the litter box close to the den for the mean time so I could watch her more.
As far as my onc visit. Like I told Harley today, it was unremarkable! I waited in the waiting room one hour. Then waited in the examining room a little over an hour. The gal that put me in there said there may be a wait. I thought, oh Sh**! After an hour I told the gals in the hall that I need to go to the bathroom. I asked if my onc or her PA were there. Anyway, I went to the bathroom. In the examining room and waiting room I had been reading about dieting..losing weight. One thing is to eat breakfast...don't skip meals..eat small meals throughout the day..yada yada..you know the drill. I told the gal putting me back in my room that I was gaining weight because I was skipping a meal..too bad I didn't lose some. She offered me some crackers. LOL Again I asked if onc and pa were there. Anyway, I suppose someone got the PA's attention cuz she came in within five minutes or so. She said she was sorry...they just get behind. Yeah, sure! I bet they went to lunch and did whatever..talk. It was NOT busy there. I didn't complain. I just wanted to get the hell out of there. Got my prescription for my fake boob and some bras. After talking and after the examine she said she just wanted to get off her feet. She was off her feet when we talked. I'm not an idiot and I think she knew that! My dh said let's leave (I talked to him via cell while he was outside). I said, no because this was a two hour plus drive. If I had been in Wilmington I would have left. It is ridiculous that we have to wait when there's no reason for it except it was lunch time! That's my bitch. Oh, I have another bitch. I saw Susanne Sommers on TV yesterday pushing yet another book. She talked a little about her bc and said after her surgery she did some research. Make a long story short (I'm tired LOL) she didn't want to do chemo and put poisons in her body. Anyway, her book is supposed to tell us how to live longer. I also DO NOT like how good she looks! I'm jealous. Anyway, I have no idea what kind of bc she had, what size, what stage, what grade and I think it's dangerous that she puts this crap out there. That's my BIG bitch! Now, I must get off this computer.
I hope to stay caught up more. No BIG suckiness is allowed.
HUGS Shirley
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Felicia, here's the lice graph for Nicki.
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Thanks, Shirley. When I read your post about my CYCLE, I thought you were talking about my cycle, lol! I still have the bike, but can't take my safety course until March, which is ok. I'm a little scared to ride now after my bf's brother's accident...
Sucks about your onc appt, but glad your kitty is going to the potty...
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"I also have a huge bitch/whine. I have been thrown off a train, burned alive, and sprayed with raid. Yep these are things that were said to me on another thread by other breast cancer survivors. That just makes me shake my head and want to walk away. I know we are all here for a reason - breast cancer brought us together. We come here to help each other, talk about things we cant talk about elsewhere. Im a breast cancer survivor just trying to wake up each morning with no regrets. So Im raising my hand and saying right here and now. If your reading and you dont like me - thats ok. Just put me on ignore. This isnt a perfect world and we agree to disagree."
Here is what was said,"This happened as the train went around a bend and I'll be darn if it didn't hit Chemosabi and catch her on fire and make her fall off the train and roll on the grass to put herself out, guess she will have to hitchhike back to whereever she came from but hey we still got the fine wine so we all went back inside the train and had a few glasses of wine that settled our tummies right down."
While I have to say it's certainly not very nice, it's a little bit different that what you said. It was also ONE person who said it, not 'bc sisters'. I read and read and could not find any comment to you about Raid. I like everyone and I really hesitate to get into this, but I'll just say this much. It seems to me that you and one other person have a problem with each other. You are going onto a thread that was started by this person and posting. If you two don't like each other, why do that? I know you have talked before about people being mean to you, but if you have a rift with someone, maybe you should just stay away from each other. I don't agree with anyone saying anything mean to anyone here, but it seems to me you are trying to cause issues by posting on her thread. I like both of you very much! If I had an ongoing problem with someone here, I would not seek out her threads and post there. I'm just saying....
You have many friends here who love you, including me. Please stay and be encouraged and lifted up by all of us who do care about you.... and continue to encourage and lift up the many women here.
Miss S
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Really - I think this is better left for wherever it was before, Miss S. Can't we just leave this be?
Nicki, I personally don't care if it was one person or a thousand - it was malicious in intent and just plain nasty. I can totally see why you were upset. If I would have seen that printed about me, I would have been upset, too. Rant about it here all you want. That's what this thread is for! Why duplicate the personal attack theme that the political threads seem to have a lock on? I say we just keep bitchin' as we've got more than enough crap to complain about.
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Ok, is this and IOS or SOI????? I have lost so much weight in the last few months that my clothes don't fit well. I am going to Vegas next month (FINALLY!!!) and all my smaller clothes that I saved for that day I could fit in them again are buried in the back of the garage on the bottom of a bunch of boxes! UGH!!!! I need decent clothes to wear!
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I want to second the motion to get back to the IOS's at hand! A big THAT SUX ladies!
Now....why are my knees hurting now that the hips are doing a bit better? This is just nutty! My IOS for the day. I'm sick of hurting! The END!
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read all the suckiness and am throwing out a "THAT SUCKS" to all, esp folks who are hurting.
My IOS: went for rads simulation today. pretty unspectacular. the docs were rushed. the techs were nice. No complaints there. But I caught a look at my reflection when I was wearing the gown and realized that basically, there wasn't one damned thing that distinguished me; bald people in hospital gowns w/o eyebrows kind of all look alike.
later, two guys (again, perfectly nice) put big X's on me and then tattooed me which made me feel about as 'special' as a slab of beef.
In kind of a feeble attempt at feeling human I dug into my backpack and put on a stocking cap that a friend's mom knit me last January and I wore that for the whole 2 hours i was there. i looked like a punk but at least I felt a little more like a human being.
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rock, when I went to get marked for my rads my rad onc let me know he had a whole class of rad onc students watching the processes that day and wanted to know if they could watch how my markings were done. I let them, all modesty has been long gone and looked to my left and there must have been about 20 students watching intently at my one boobed chest being marked for rads.......isn't life grand
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"All modesty has long been gone...' Yes. Yes.
I do remember wondering what it was like for women who, say, have only had one man see them naked before for the past 35 years or women with a lot of body image issues or just women in general who find it harder to clamber up on the 2"x4', etc. At the same time, your post made me realize that one of the things I MISS is my modesty. (what a funny thing for someone who has spent 15 years overcoming her Prudy McPrude upbringing to conclude, huh?)
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Hey! WhaSux?! Apparently, a whole friggin' bunch!! THAT SUCKS!!!
Now listen to my crap...
On Monday, dh calls me and says his throat is scratchy. By Tuesday morning, he's silent and has put on a surgical mask while the girls and I are getting ready (we have them because he's an RN, ok?). Tuesday afternoon, I come home from work and he's flat out in bed. Come to find out Wednesday, he has bronchitis!! Great!!! Should I just let you cough right on me and be done with it? Actually, when I saw him Tuesday afternoon, I patted his foot (wasn't getting any closer than that!) and said "Girls and I are staying at mom's." I packed a bag and high-tailed it out of there. Terrible. Actually, I do feel somewhat guilty because I've never seen him that sick and I really could not do anything for him. Well, I did make him the doctor's appointment on Wednesday. Otherwise, he probably would have laid in bed for 3 more days. Why do men do that?!
All of that is to say, the last few days have been chaotic, unscheduled and rather overwhelming. On Monday, before his scratchy throat, I was getting Aunt Flo, a yeast infection (thank you, chemo) and noticed a recurrence of the dreaded under-the-arm infection from July! And then there was the bronchitis!! I don't think I got it, but I've never felt that paranoid about catching something. I think I would have ended up in the hospital for sure, as I am already breathing-challenged with allergy related asthma.
Okay, I'm rambling now...it's getting late. And someone must tell me what SOI means?!!?
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Cristine,
THAT SUCKS! SOI is a "reverse" IOS--meaning a GOOD thing!
Beth, that "man"!!!!!! HE sucks!
I read through a couple of pages here earlier, but can only remember a general sense that there is too much suckiness going on. THAT SUCKS, y'all!
My IOS: Had my TAXOL Thursday afternoon and the pre-med steroid is not letting me sleep. I took 4 MELATONIN (double the highest dose I have ever taken!) and some BENADRYL. I was tempted to take 4 of those at once, but I didn't. I don't mind the extra energy so much (it does stay with me for a few days) because I've been dragging butt for so long but it sure is nerve-wracking to lie awake all night and finally get to sleep when I should be up and going. I've had trouble with insomnia since I was a child and sort of got spoiled these last few years when I hit on the MELATONIN/BENADRYL combo. A collateral IOS to this one is that being awake all night means I am not sleeping through the hunger pains from the steroid so I've been eating too much, too. UGH!
(((HUGS))))
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MissS: Thanks for your input, but to tell the truth, I didnt know I had issues with the person that started that thread. Obviously she has issues with me though. I think its really important to remember new people are coming here all the time and should not be reading stuff like that. I also believe that no one has the right to decide who is allowed to post on certain threads and who isnt allowed. This is a public board and we should be allowed to post anywhere we want. Please dont misunderstand because I like you alot too.
Whats sad is that I should now have to think about who started what thread and am I safe to post there? Its craziness and people should use their ignore button.
Shirley and Felicia: Thanks!
Rock: You have turned me into a crazy woman. Im carrying my camera phone everywhere with me trying to get that "good" picture of the pink stuff.
Cristine: My husband works around people all the time. I hate when he comes home with a cold. Bronchitis is the worst. Sure hope you dont get sick from it.
Today is casual day! Love it when I can wear blue jeans. Looking forward to the week-end so I can catch up.
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Hi everyone:
I am not sure this is a SOI, but yesterday, - while waiting for my van ride after chemo - a beautiful orange butterfly flew near me and kept flying around and around. There is an American Indian legend about butterflies - basically - they mean good luck. I also have 3 butterfly wind chimes.
And what does SOI mean? Tx # 10 yesterday, only 6 more weeklies to go. I totally crashed in the recliner and some idiot with "restricted" for the caller id called on my cell phone at 4 am. and woke me up, of course.
My chemo brain cannot keep track of each of you individually, but please know that my prayers go out for all bc sisters. HUGS, Nancy
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Saint coined it.... SOI-opposite of IOS----"Suckiness Otherwise Inverted" We're using this when something GOOD happens to us. :-)
So IOS=incident of suckage
SOI = Suckiness (or suckage) otherwise inverted
We got the IOS going on in the CIA and we're hoping not to get audited by the IRS before payday! Hee! Okay, I'm loopy.
Chemosabi, I'm just glad we're friends and yes, you should be allowed to post anywhere you like!
Diane, I'm glad you've got energy... sorry it's so overabundant. I remember cutting down the number of steroids I took before Taxol to avoid it, but now I wonder if that made my SE worse. It would be nice if I had been able to perfect the chemo experience and I'd be able to be a chemo guru guide. Unfortunately, I just kind of gritted my teeth and hoped I would make it.
Cristine, so you're having your cycle while on chemo! I guess lots of women do... I was having mine when I got my frist chemo. Chemo made it last about two weeks. I thought it would never stop, but I have not had another one since then.... so a year and a half. I guess I went through chemopause/menapause. I hope your husband gets well soon on some antibiotics and you can go home.
LuAnn and rock.... modesty... yes, I remember that. And Rock.... you are gorgeous, eyebrows or not.
Nancy, glad the beautiful butterfly fluttered around you and brightened your day.
I have to work days today when I am normally on second shift, so I better get some make up on this scary face.
Love to all,
Miss S
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