Im bitchy, I moan, I groan.....anyway.
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Hoping all your SE's and sick family and otherwise IOS's are fewer and further between today ladies!
Have a fantastic Friday if possible and enjoy the start of the weekend. With nice weather here, I certainly intend to get some garden time in, and hoping this road is finished first of next week and I'll be out of IOS's!
So nice for a time!Rest well those recovering from tx!
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Who's losing too much weight? I want that......TGIF
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Hi everyone,
My IOS today is that I have to work. They cut back my hours, and I was only supposed to work Wed., but now I have to work today also, since they said that it's busy on Fridays.... Oh well, it's a little more money, I guess!
But, today I have to find out my schedule for next week, and I am pretty sure she's gonna ask me to work on Saturday! I don't want to work Saturdays!!! WAAAA WAAAA See, I'm whining!
Have a great day, ladies, and hoping for no IOSs today!!
hugs
Harley
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Nikki-
Big hugs. I too think about those early morning chats. I occasionally am up that early and peek in chat just kind of hoping. Ususally there is not a soul in there in the early morning hours.
RE: the person who was mean to you I still bite! lol. As to boiling water- not me I took my trusty p card (company) and went to the store as I had to buy ice- i bought water to cook with and make coffee and tea. The boil order will be lifted some time this afternoon, Thank heaven.
Huhtamaki makes Chinette plates (among many other food packaging products). For the month of October they are making a Chinette Pink Casual dinner plate. I cringed and read the rest the rest of the email. Hutamaki is going to donate 10% of the sales with a minimum of $100,000 to Susan G Komen Research. And if you donate $5 jeans are acceptable attire on Wednesday 10/1 also to be donated to SGK. That usually brings in about $4000 to $5000. Guess I will stay gainfully employed.
Helen
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;Subject: FW: the next time he pisses you off.........
Just Super Glue his flip-flops to the floor
this is for all the ahole husbands and sign. others who don't get it.
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sorry i don't know why the video didn't paste, it did when i was writing it.
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An SOI event here this morning. Had a delightful phone call from Saint. Thanks Saint!!! You made my day.
I want to hear that the old dog gets a forever family really soon. I just love the old timers. I'm getting to old myself to withstand the rigors of bringing up Labrador puppies any more. If we lived closer............I can just hear dh now. NO MORE DOGS!!! 
is what I'd say to that. Thanks Saint......you are a sweetie. Hugs.Sharon.
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Had the butterfly SOI yesterday and today I have an IOS - shelf in second bedroom is falling down - I am in an apartment, so maintenance will eventually fix it for me. Since it is cooling off I decided to get out a couple of sweatshirts and noticed the shelf was bowed in the middle. Thank goodness for steroids today - got the shelf unloaded and sorted - most will to the trash. Half of the clothes piled up on chairs and MY GOODNESS, what treasures were on the floor... NOT ! Can I call that my "fall cleaning spree"??? Darn, I noticed that FAll does not officially start until Monday...
Hugs and Good Luck and Happy Thoughts and Blessings, Nancy
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I haven't been posting much lately, but I have been trying to keep up with the thread and everyone's IOS's and sending prayers and THAT SUCKS thoughts to all in need.
My IOS today is that my last chemo tx has kicked my butt. I'm on day 9 and still sitting on the couch like a potato setting out roots. Fatigue is at an all time high (or is that low?), pain has been at an all time high, my brain is so fogged I can't hold an intelligent conversation, and despite the fact that it was my last (as in final) chemo and I should be excited, I'm depressed, and everyone I talk to acts surprised that I'm even having se's and saying things like "I thought you were done?" WTF?!?!?
Anyway, thanks for letting me vent, and a big THAT SUCKS to all in need!
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HEY!! WhaSux???
Too many IOS's & not enough SOI's! Thanx to Miss S for posting the meaning of SOI. I am such a chemobrain I thought I'd have to scroll back til I found my own idea!!! HAHAHA
Sue--I agree on the guilt that comes when you admit you have a good dh-----makes me wonder how I came to be so blessed--hugs--no guilt should be involved when it is what it SHOULD be-but I "get it"
Diane-- I HATE STEROIDS!!!!! They suck the big one!!! hugs
Christine---I have felt so bad at not being able to "nurse" my family while in chemo! I also have had to give up a job I LOVED cuz I worked in the schools & we know they are germ incubators!! Germs SUCK too!----You are still cycling??? holy smokes girl--you must have Brass Ovaries!!!! LOL
LuAnn---I am going to Vegas too! Just decided on Wed---we will meet! I am so excited...
Shirley--when they treat you like that at the doc office GET MAD & tell them how UNPROFESSIONAL they are--it often will be enough to make them put a mark on you chart that you are a bitch & to get you in & out! Yes, our moms taught us to avoid that rep--but I am glad of mine at my clinic!!! "Here she comes!! Get her outta here as fast as we can!!!" LOL
Rock--your story of being bald in that gown reminded me of being in the hospital a year ago whenI broke my femur---I felt SO vulnerable & pitiful in front of all the ppl who had to "do for me"- I have since decided that we should have our BEFORE pic ON US so when they look at us they see who WE know we are & not a "pitiful sick person" but a real person who has a life etc--maybe we should wear pic-pins (like hockey moms) to make ppl LOOK at us! BIG HUGS
Nikki--you are & always will be MY nikki of the chat---a cutie patootie that has no meaness or nastiness but makes me lol & love that I was there when you first arrived!!! HUGS-lets plan a meeting!
A BIG that SUXXXXXXXX to all the IOS's-----it is Fri---let's dance!!! Be well & stay strong!
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Sherri,
I, too noticed that after my last chemo I got a bit depressed. My expectations were the problem--part of me expected to feel "well" as soon as the infusion was over! When really, you are at your highestl level of toxicity right now, and you are feeling exactly as you "should" be physically.....hope the depression lifts, and congratulations on having YOUR LAST CHEMO!!!!
I'll catch up with the rest of you tomorrow---Nicki, just know you can come here and rant about anything and have my unconditional support--that's what this thread is all about. Anything less should be handled privately or not at all.. Just my humble opinion.
Have a great Friday night--off to eat Mexican food with my hubby, maybe later a cigar and a single glass of wine (because that is all it will take to get me tipsy!)
Sue
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Saint, I'm glad you are going I'm sooooo excited!!!! All I have to say is STILL NO phone call.......... need I say more?
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AWWWW LuAnn----THAT SUXXXXXXXXXXXXX HUGS-can't wait til we meet!
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Hello, ladies! I'm trying hard to keep up. I need to stop watching stuff about politics. It's driving me nuts! This crisis with the economy SUX!
Felicia, HAHA...uh, do you still have "cycles." Okay, it's none of my business. Be safe on that other cycle, and glad you're taking a safety course. What scares me is the cars...they don't watch out too well for those cycles.
LuAnn, sorry about your weight loss. I'd be MORE than glad to give you some of my fat. I gained five pounds in six months when I visited my primary. However, when I went for my onc visit I hadn't gained any more, but didn't lose any either! That treadmill keeps calling me. I think I need some steroids..I need a boost! Or a boot!
Wish, I bet your knees are huring cuz of your AIs. Mine started hurting a little. I'm stiff. I'm fat. So, when I have to squat down to find something, I have to push myself up with my hands/arms.
Rock, I remember getting laid out for those rad markings. And the little tatoo didn't feel so good. I forgot about that. Poor Harley, she's had her nipples tatooed more than once. Oh, and I lost all modesty too. Shame, isn't it.
Cristine, you stay away from ANYONE who's sick. I did. And it worked.
Diane, I hated not being able to sleep after tx. When I was finally able to sleep some it was time for another tx. HATED, HATED it!
Nicki, YOU'RE WELCOME, friend. May I call you "friend." LOL
Nancy, awww, butterflies. Good luck is always welcome. I remember catching the poor little things when I was young.
Harley, sorry you had to work again today. I need to borrow some money. LOL
Helen, I'm gonna buy some of them pink plates! I like pink. I'm okay with being reminded about bc in October. I do think people don't understand this disease. But neither did I before I got it. It's up to us to educate anyone that will listen. Well, if we want to share.
Sherri, give yourself time to get over the chemo tx. I remember my last Taxol tx and how badly I felt days after. In fact (to make a long story short), my dd and her family were here. We were to go to a friend's house for lunch. I felt so bad..told my dh. Well, we went to lunch. My other two dds and friends and SILs were at my friend's house...SURPRISE PARTY! It did perk me up for a bit. Getting chemo is no picnic.
Saint, by the time I saw the PA I was tired and just wanted to get out of there. I should have said something, but didn't waste my breath. Next time will be different. If they do no appear busy and I have to wait for 2+ hours, I WILL SAY SOMETHING!
Hope everyone has SOIs this weekend!
Shirley
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BIG Thanks SUX To all! Without going into detail, know I send many gentle {{hugs}} to those in need and prayers for each of you!
You're never far from my thoughts. When I see pink next month, it will be you ladies I see, not the message they send about profits!My IOS! The danged road crew, quit without creating a ramp to get into our new drives. One is all I asked for, so I can at least park a car in the drive all weekend to get groceries in and such. HA! No, they're sitting down at the trailer area, drinking beer! WTF? Well, that's it! I've parked the truck IN THE FREAKING ROAD and that's where it's staying! NUTTY BUMS! Today I watched as one idiot used a huge front loader to drop and tamp soil around my trees. Wouldn't be bad, except he broke limbs on both of them! I was so hot, it was all I could do to not climb that puppy and beat the bejeepers out of him! Without any estrogen, these boys should REALLY watch their P's and Q's!
And to think a month ago, dh was worried about the choice of swear words I've picked up and been using the last 6 months! HA! Words he shouldn't worry about. ACTIONS speak much louder volumns and it's a good thing I had to go somewhere right then, or the crew might have been missing one member. That front end loader I'm sure could bury a man with NO problems! Who needs a shovel with one of those that spin 360 degrees! I could bury him er.....something anywhere I chose!
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Life is strange, when your children are young you want them to grow and when they do you want that youth back. I went to the homecoming parade tonight to see my son in the marching band with the high school. I cried the whole time they marched by playing Crazy Train. The kids love the part that goes "Aiw aiw" however you spell that sound. Anyway, I watched families playing, mothers and fathers with no cares in the world and me ready to burst into tears. What is wrong with this picture????? I am so darned proud of all my kids, if I am crying at a stinking parade I am going to flood cincinnati when my son graduates high school and my daughter college this year.....
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There is NOTHING wrong with the picture, dear sweet LuAnn! You've got your kids in transition, from home to high school, from college to life and soon from a war to home again! And all your medical issuse to boot!
My goodness woman! I cried when my dd graduated, just as I did after she left on the bus to kindergarden!
Poor kid...I'm sure I'll be a blubbering idiot should she ever get married. She's feeling currently like she never will after her recent breakup. I mean, gosh mom! I'll be 25 on Sunday! I cried then too! I said, dear...I was 25 when you were born! It's a wonderful age! Enjoy those transitions dear sweet friend. They only come once per child and we all blubber at them. How could we not with all the worry that's gone into the making of such find children!
Congrats!
You've raised 3 wonderful children and have a lot to be tearing up over... You've done well LuAnn!And darn it! I sure wish your son would call and relieve that anxiety I know you have!
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Wish, sorry to correct you but I have 4 children, daughter in college, son in Iraq, two sons at home in high school, one senior, one freshman.....time sure does fly with those darn tears
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Well, geepers! I can never keep it straight! Sorry! Forgot the younger one! Oops! and yes, it faster each year I hear.
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I gotta tell you girls.....me all of the sudden bursting out in laughter got me totally busted at work today. You guys are too funny!!!!
Does anybody else have the post go into their email? I forget who wrote what but something today made me burst out laughing......
I love you girls. I would try to reply to eveybody but this laptop is not only dragging...where my wrist lays on it...gets hot! WTF?????
I gained 3 more pounds...... GAWD.................I need to change my avatar too.
blah, blah, blah....
Has anybody seen Diane??????
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I do this one and couple others, but only so I don't get buried when I miss seeing them go by! Otherwise, I'd spend days catching up!
UT oh on the puter! When ours was doing that, it was overheating! Do you have it raised up off your lap enough to allow it to fan itself? Maybe your fan is what it's going and you need to get it replaced, b4 it burns the puter up! Might be what's slowing it down too dear lady! Get 'er to the pc doc!
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Hello All. My name is Dreamwriter tho friends call me Dream or Dreamer. I dont care what anyone else calls me. My SOI is that my friend has a little patch of improvement on her chest x-ray and that my own lungs have been deemed okay (I had one collapse last month).
Luanne - keep crying... I do. I have 2 daughters- one in college and one is a mother. Am proud of both of them and cry whenever something happens good or bad.
Saint... found it but went looking in all the wrong places first lol.
I dont tend to bitch much but I can learn.
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Welcome, Dream, to our humble abode. Bitching is easier than you think and oh so good for the soul (my personal theory is that people who don't bitch get ulcers, lol). Good news about your friend's chest x-ray and your lungs. That doesn't suck!!
My IOS is I just got a PM from someone I don't even know about some crapola that doesn't even concern me. WTF?!? Politely told her to put me on ignore 'cause I was most certainly going to do the same to her. Like I don't have enough BS on my plate I need to deal with her issues, too?!? Ummm...no. Homey don't play that.
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Clear and to the point... I know where you stand. I like that. I will let my therapist know that I have volunteered for bitching lessons. she will dance for joy. She is very happy wit me since I have learned some assertiveness over the past few weeks. Life is not handing me lemons but placing me in the lemon grove and it is up to me to decide what to do with all that yellow fruit. But I have loving family and great friends and they all want me to have a wonderful time in vegas and they are willing to put their money where their mouth is!!!!!!!
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Hello to everyone. I must say Im having an SOI day so far. Its Saturday, Im up sipping my coffee and enjoy some quiet computer time. Maybe I can even catch up!
Nancy: I liked your story about the butterfly. I too believe they have special meanings.
MissS: When I was younger I used to like the second shift. But having to go from evening to day shift is hard on the body and that sucks big time.
Wish: Its still too dark outside and I havent listened to the weather, but I too am hoping for a nice week-end. Looking forward to taking my dog for a walk and working in the garden also. We had such a dry spell here in Chicago and then all that flooding last week-end. It put most of my flowers into shock - not even my snapdragons recovered. So I will be out there clearing the summer flowers that have faded away - and problem decorate a little bit since Fall is almost here.
Traci: Good to see that picture again. It made me feel better! Sux that your computer is running slow. I had that problem with my laptop. Ya know, the one that DH left in a shopping cart at Walmart! I still cant believe he did that.
Harley: Having to work Saturdays SUX! I hate schedule changes. I need consistancy with my schedule.
Helen1: Yes, I do remember you have a pretty good bite lol. Its strange isnt it? 3 years ago the chat was hoppin in the early morning hours. So many I wonder about and what they are doing now. Pink plates and $5.00 donation - and you can wear jeans? I would jump at that one. Love casual day. I wish most of the money for bc month would go to research. I want a cure and I want it right now.
Maria: Darn I cant see your picture and I bet it was a good one.
Sharon: A phone call from Saint would make my day also. Im laughing about raising dogs as I too am getting older and finding it hard to keep up with my half black lab, half border collie, all monster dog. I am forbidden by DH to go to any animal shelters! If I brought home another animal, I think he might kill me lol.
Sherri: Although its a relief to have had your last chemo, I also think the last one is the hardest. In fact I remember being told that the chemo peaks at about 9-10 days and ifs thats true no wonder its kicking your butt. What really sux is that people dont understand. They think last chemo, its over - now you should be better. Doesnt work like that. Sux your having to still go through the side effects.
Saint: You always have a way with words, and your posts always make me smile. I never realized we lived so close to each other. In all this time I have known you. Go figure. Definitely have to plan a get together - especially during Fall as Wisconsin is so pretty and colorful.
Sue: You are such a sweety and thanks for your kind words. Hope you had a fun dinner. Life has changed so much for me, I was eating dinner last night when I usually go to bed!
LuAnn: OK! It SUX that you have not heard from your son yet. I think I would be going out of my mind. I have to admit, I didnt know you had 4 children! Dont know how you do it. Your post about the marching band gave me goose bumps. A special life moment for sure. So what is this about you losing weight? And are you going to Las Vegas with all the chat gals? Boy that sounds like fun.
Felicia: Sorry you got that pm. Life is too short and we have too much to deal with as it is.
Shirley: Sometimes you make me laugh so hard. Of course we are ummmm! friends. Seems like I have known you well - forever. I do have a little confession. I too like Pink, just dont like all the hype.
Dreamer: Hello to you and nice to meet you. I know you are friends with Saint, and I think you also were on the chat alot? I used to go to the chat all the time before I went back to work. Once I started working, the discussion boards were much easier for me. Good news about your friend!
OK, the sun is up - think I will go stick my head out the door and see what the day will be like. Can you believe that Monday is the official day for Fall to begin? And there was a full moon this week too. Im a believer. Between the full moon and the Fall equinox, my life has been crazy.
Nicki
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Just wanted to let everyone know there is a new thread under the mets forum titled--"Alaska Deb Update". Serious IOS for Deb!
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Sorry I don't have time to catch up. I am so busy getting ready for my surgery. And I just found out an old friend I learned to dive with and took many diving trips together with just died from this disease. We just found out last night she had BC and was already on hospice. Apparently, they did not find her cancer in time and she went very quick. I am not sure of the whole story since we lost touch over the years.
Her name was Jerri Burch and she was from McMinnville TN if anybody knew her or she was on this list. We are trying to find out more and how to contact her family. I am not even sure if she was still married.
And then I read all the SH*T that happened to Alaska Deb.......
F*&K this MF disease. And all the damn A**holes that preach about the frigging pink ribbon crap and nothing seems to be happening except women getting BC and women dying from it. I know many of us are surviving but damn it to hell....too many are dying.
Sorry....just a little freaked out right now.
Debbie
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Debbie, sorry to hear about your friend. This disease sucks soooo bloody much! I'd like to show all these marketing geniuses using the pink to push their products just what the heck they can do with their damn ribbons. They seem to fail to realize that BC is not all pretty and feminine and pink...
AlsakaDeb gets the suck of the month award for sure. Here's a post from her blog, courtesy of Newter who posted it in the "Recurrance and Mets" thread:
OK, I just typed all the cuss words I know and then erased them. I'm not sure if it helped anything but I am a little calmer now.
I had my MRI today and in a nut-shell my neurosurgeon messed up. The ommaya reservoir was inserted THROUGH the ventricle of my brain. Dr Kelly *the good Doc* said that the end of the tube from the reservoir is irriting the cranial nerves so that I can't see ,,,,which means that I was right to feel like the neurosurgeon and his partner were blowing smoke from the very beginning....
Which ALSO means if they would have done a scan 2 days after my surgery instead of insisting that there couldn't be anything wrong with their port I would not have spent the past 2 weeks puking, not being able to see and suffering from bad headaches......Grrrrrrrr
OK, so now Dr Kelley is talking to all the docs to see what is next. I can't get metholtrexate through the Ommaya since it is not putting the drug in the right place. I can't bet my Avastin because it causes bleeding and I will need more surgery, and once we get his damn port out, I will still have to get a new one!!!!
I am so mad about all this I am spitting nails. Please pass the word....I just don't have the energy to type more......
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I feel so bad for Alaska Deb.....that poor girl. I can't even imagine.....
Great idea about the fan.....who said that??? GAWD.....I had my laptop sitting on a desk and I just looked underneath and saw the fan vents. Now, I've moved it over so it's hanging off the edge. Thanks for the tip!
Debbie, I'm sorry about your friend. A good friend's sister just died from BC....I didn't know her at all really; I met her once a long time ago but I worked with her sister for 11 years and her bro was my ex's best friend. She was a reverand too. So sad. I hate this freaking disease.
Nikki, you post the coolest pix. I luv the Sux puppy!!!
Hugs, everybody!
Traci
ps I cleaned out my laptop and it seems to be working way better now! And now that I know it too needs to "vent" maybe the thing won't be so hot now!!
pss Welcome Dreamer!
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Wow...barely had time to catch up...so much going on, in here and out here. I hate to hear that about AlaskaDeb - she's had so much going on. I almost hate to post my IOS, but I know ya'll will tell me to anyway, so here it is:
I told you about the bronchitis and dh is better now, by the way. But we spent most of the week at my mom's, which wreaked havoc on our schedule.
So, we got through all that and yesterday, I dropped my mom off at her church as she was going on a weekend retreat with the ladies to Santa Cruz. About an hour later, she called me and told me that my brother, (not the one whose wife died in August), who had been scheduled for an angioplasty yesterday morning, was now being kept in the hospital over the weekend and having bypass surgery on Monday (Sept. 22). When I talked to him later that day, he told me one artery is completely blocked and the other is 80% blocked. Sigh. So I drove to King City, about 40 miles from us, where the ladies had dropped my mom off and brought her back home. She is now on her way to Las Vegas to be with my brother and sister-in-law. Please pray the surgery goes well and that my sister-in-law can handle the stress. She has had her own medical issues for several years and is rather frail herself.
And here's a THAT SUCKS for everyone!!!
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