Im bitchy, I moan, I groan.....anyway.
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YIPEY for Max!!! Must let us know how it goes...this is sooo kooollll.
Saint so sorry for set backs. Hang in there and know my prayers, hugs and shoulders are here holding you up
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Thanx pal! I feel it!!
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saint, my mother-in-law has been getting intraocular shots of Avastin for quite awhile (maybe since last summer?).
She has macular degeneration, and apparently Avastin can help slow or stop the new blood vessels from growing in her retinas. At least I think that's how it works. The whole idea of intraocular injections grosses me out; but my dear, sweet MIL, at 87 years of age, is handling it pretty well. (Already being blind in one eye has probably motivated her to do whatever it takes to get the problem controlled in the other eye.)
So, I will cringe on your behalf but know that you are getting the latest, greatest treatment for retinal problems.
For you and everyone else: THAT SUX!
Hugs...
otter
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Yah for Max!!!!
Boo for needles in the eye!!! That's what I used to tell my kids to scare them away from going with strangers. I would say, "Never go with a stranger."
They would say, "Why."
After I said, "Because I said so." I added, "Because they'll hurt you."
"How?", they asked.
Not wanting to get into graphic sexual detail at such a young age, I chose the first thing that came to mind, "They'll stick needles in your eyes!"
Oh, I'm sorry, I crack myself up, hehehehehehe Sad to think that was the worst thing I could think of and yet I would do it today if I had to!
My thoughts and prayers are for Y'ALL!!!!
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Navygirl: that had me in stitches because it is so true.
Otter: you never complain unless it deserves the award for IOS of the week, and I have to say ocular injections, grosses me out too
Hotbolt: I'm so happy for you and your family. I now have to go e-mail all the people who have been e-mailing me and asking if he won
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Barbe, some how you crack me up at the same time as you make me feel better about stuff! You are a talented word chick!
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Yeah for Max. If he is allowed to take pictures please post them here! Steve Tyler was always one of my guilty pleasures - you know something you enjoy but don't want too many people to know about it. Like watching the Bachelor....
Rinna
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Rinna--LOL! Guilty secret pleasures!!!!!!!!
The shots in the eye do NOT hurt! Once you get past the "needle in your eye" head trip & do it you learn to go with it----avastin did me a good turn with my lungs--let's see what it does to my eyes. Loosing your sight can be the best incentive to adjust your thinking!
---BUT dd asked, "If it made your nose bleed will it make your eyes bleed, too?" OMG! LOLOL
Be well & stay strong
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Barbe - I'm glad you're not my mom! Just the thought of that wouldv'e given me nightmares!
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I am soooo happy Max won!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ditto to posting pics!!!!!
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Okay here is another thread: guilty secret pleasures..... hmmmm- John Travolta, Kevin Bacon, Better than sex cake, my neighbor the state trooper... oh there are more, but just wanted to share those! lol- sorry this does not suck- but sends me to a happy place! ( I agree with Jane- glad your not my mom Barbe!!!! giggle) . Tami
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I did NOT stick the needles in their eyes, I was just trying to scare them enough to believe me to not go with strangers! If you asked them today at 26 & 28, they wouldn't even remember! And neither of them is afraid of needles...go figure!
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I remember when I was shopping with a girlfriend and her wild 5 year old. He was a real pain running and creating havoc in the Gap. To simmer him down, I pointed to the mannequins that were either torsos or legs and told him that's what happens to little kids that misbehave in the Gap. It worked. Good thing I was never a mom....
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ummmmm State Troopers
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I just returned from the orthopedic about my ankle...the on again off again, works now doesn't work now ankle. It's riddled with cysts, has two areas of arthritis as opposed to the one I had on the last MRI and there are tiny fractures in the bone amongst other gobbley gook things that I don't understand. Horsesh*t. This is not what I wanted to hear. I really just can't bear the thought of another surgery just now. He did offer, and gave me two injections of cortisone to tide me over - which I really do appreciate, I just hope they last until the end of the year at least.
**sigh** sorry, I should have said "THAT SUX" to anyone who needs it first...
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That really SUX navygirl -- hard to deal with those little bones around the ankles. I hope the cortisone shots will work until you're ready for surgery. Big sux!! :-(
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Navy - You prob said this in the past, but what caused the problems with your ankle. Is it degenerative?
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Navy, sorry about the ankle!!
Holt, that is TOTALLY AWESOME about Max! Glad we could help.
An SOI: saw Dr. Susan Love speaking here in RI last night about PREVENTING breast cancer -- now that's a concept we can get behind! Really great talk.
Saint, good to see you again!
Hugs to you all. My @#$%& car might actually be fixed by the end of the week! Hope so. Hate the rental. The doors sound like they're made of hollow plastic when you shut them. Don't get a Pontiac G6 is all I'm gonna say.
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Hello to all again and a big "that SUX" to all who need it. Rinna, hope you are healing. I just went through a "minor" complication with an incision and had to pack the wound for a week (it was really pretty small) and I HATED it, pulling out the packing disturbed me on a very deep level.
Navy, sorry about your ankle...saint and dream, sorry for your troubles since I was here last, sorry I wasn't here for you. Pam and Traci, thanks for the updates. For everyone else, I hear you...been reading your rants all afternoon. I am finding myself moving a bit away from this site as I heal from reconstruction (which felt to me like restoration) and feel more and more normal. Just not as much time to spend on the computer, and life moving on from the past year-plus of treatment. But I will check in often, just not as often as before. I miss you all.
My SOI is that I love being retired. I had to be somewhere at a certain time one day last week and wasn't sure I still knew how!
Love,
Sue
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Well, I just read everything; didn't write anything down and therefore, can not remember Jack.
I hope everybody is having as suck-free a day as possible.
A girlfriend of mine died Friday. Not bc related. She died in her sleep. Probably a result of Xanax and alcohol. She was 50 years old. Very sad indeed. Life is so hard.
Her DH (not) was/is so f*d up that he didn't post an obituary and so there were only 6 people at her memorial service. That, is sad.
Hugs everybody,
Traci
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Oh, god, Traci, I'm so sorry to hear that about your friend. That is just tragic. Hugs to you.
One of my friends is dx'd with lung CA. He's got stage 3, with lymph nodes. They were going to start with surgery, but now he's going to get rads and chemo, starting on the same day! Yikes....
Hugs to you.
Hugs to everyone.
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Traci, I used to take anti-depressants and 120 mg/day of Oxycontin and drink tons of alcohol. I never died in my sleep. Was there an autopsy? That angers me about the idiot husband! Argggggggh.
Navy, don't count on the cortisone lasting till the end of the year. Sorry, I've had shots last a week! Just don't want you to be disapointed!
Sue, I love your term "restoration". I might have considered that!
That SUX to all!
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Thank you for the votes for suck-age. Yes, the giant sound of something taken away.
Compazine appears to have the nausea under control.
It appears I'll have to bite a bullet and keep up with my 3 month opthamologist appointments and be aware of my pressure myself while grilling my opthamologist for honest information. There's only one thing worse than seeing the people that bother you the most - and that's not seeing them and having to listen to them, too. Not being able to avoid non-sequiter conversationalists SUX big time. (This is genetic, ladies. My mom feared vision loss, too. We're too afraid of not being able to see trouble coming... can't get beyond adjusting to less vision...how brave...)
Shots in the eye do not hurt? Now that's the title of a book that I'd buy and read. Is that like, they do brain surgery when you're awake? Please...not the drill... I'd feel like Bob Villa rejected me and the surgeons took over. Wow.
I know, warrior ladies - most of you have had to do "whatever it took" thus far. I salute you, daughter of a military man that I am. Oh - more CT scans this Thursday... with contrast...gluco drink... now you know the person who invented that stuff is laughing at the bad taste. I still can't believe they get kids to drink it - even flavored.
I feel frazzled. I think I will try to get in some quiet rest around the 4th (I know, HA!)
Thank you for prayers, thank you for being here, there, and being you.
sessna1
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P.S. I came in late and posted a vote for for Max after it was said the contest ended (I think it ended a Thursday and I voted Friday.) I figured that 'good wish voting' counted for something. HOORAY for Max!!!
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THAT SUCKS, as needed. I had my next to last Herceptin on Thursday and the bone pains are not going away. Tylenol 3 gave me 4 hours of uninterrupted sleep. Only one more tx to go and I can hardly wait.
Happy Canada Day to the northern neighbors and Happy 4th to the USA gals. I have to find my flag socks to wear -- silver spangles for the stars... HUGS and blessings, Nancy
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Sue, hoping the healing is going well. This is a good thing that you move away and back toward your life, your world! It has been a long adventure and this is part of it. Hugs and prayers for good health and healing.
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What does the drink add to a CT? I only had the injection...what was I missing?
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Barbe, I think the drink is an alternative to the injection, maybe?
Sessna, love your rants in particular, I didn't say that in my last post, but meant to. You make me laugh and cry at the same time. (This is good). Hope your scans are uneventful.
Hope everyone has a great 4th...
Love Sue
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Barbe ,
The oral contrast stays in the intestines and outlines them. The IV contrast stays in the veins outlines things like liver, kidneys, blood vessels, etc. Depends on how your kidney function is and what they're looking for
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