Im bitchy, I moan, I groan.....anyway.
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Yeah. I've got such a long list that I don't even know where to start.
otter
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You go first, Otter. I'm next in line. The list is SO long some days.
Lymhedema is killing me and nothing helps . . . oops. I said you go first!
Nico
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Dear Connie07 - mwha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Yes, everything has cleared up and there's smooth sailing from the second start to the right and straight on till morning. {Ahem.}
I think that on this board, our posters may be out of touch while they stomp out multiple campfires left burning by irresponsible campers. Oh, and yes, management only gives our posters tennis shoes to stomp out fires.
-sessna1
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To all within the sound of my voice: Trader Joe's. If you have one, please go there. I used to drive by the place when I was in college and think, "Yuppy scum! Snobby ill mannered me-first people and your grocery store." Mind you, I'm still not sure where I got that idea from, but that's what I thought. I did not go into Trader Joe's to shop.
It is a great place for healthy stuff, impulse buying of killer goodies (many are healthy - more than you'd think), and it's hard to find something that doesn't taste good.
BooBee, I'm going to have to read you the tag line of one of my all-time favorite one panel cartoons: "On the Internet, no one knows you're a dog." And the picture is of one dog sitting on a chair before a PC and another dog on the floor looking up at him. I just laughed! You be who you WANT to be known as on the Internet. Be Ann Onymous or Nunya Buidness. You have the right to privacy - and the Internet is NOT private.
I'm at a loss about a thread for abuse survivors. I don't have the psychological education background to consider if it would do more good than harm to the on-line community. Like cancer, it's very personal - AND a person should not carry around shame about it.
If you please, how is baby Olivia doing?
How is Softy?
And now... my Public Service Message ....
Please do not endure an expensive, time consuming, important test at a doctor's office of facility and let them cheat you out of the results. "We'll call you" isn't good enough. You need to find out of that test said anything that you need to know about your body, good, bad, or indifferent! A GOOD doctor would schedule a follow up to discuss what it means, and phoo to the health insurance companies trying to save money. I'm hearing of too many people that never got the results and should have been right back at the doctor's office for necessary further treatment.
You are important!
This has been a Public Service Announcement.
-sessna1
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Thanks Sessna. I missed your posts.
After processing the idea of a thread regarding molestation, I thought better of it. That's just too much pain in one place. I was thinking that maybe I could open a few parents eye's as to the possibility of it happening under your nose and the importance of the good touch bad touch conversation with your children. This is still an important topic but not here, besides the fact that I'm going into my self preservation mode. (It's healthy there I promise.) I know that I can't change what happened nor can I let it eat me up inside.
A healthy THAT SUX to all that need it.
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We have had a case not far from here where a little 8yr old girl was taken from her bed in the middle of the night by someone known to the family. Her body was found a day later in a culvert, apparently so badly damaged they could barely identify her.
A 19yr old male was arrested today. There seem to be more of these type of events happening lately and it makes me wonder if those who are abusers take this road because the victim can't point a finger at them.
They also seem to get short sentences here so figure they will be out and free to do it again in 10yrs. I believe that sort of crime should be a mandatory death sentence as pedophiles cannot be rehabilitated.
Sheila.
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Okay Sessna, I missed Softy..who/what the heck is that?
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A sweet little dog. Now I can't remember who wrote about her but it was her son's dog. My memory is shot.
Barbe ... nice to see your smiling face again!
Sessna ... you are a riot (This has been a public service announcement). Also, you are right about Trader Joe's. I love it there because as a vegetarian I have much to choose from. I even think the prices are lower.
To all who have suckage, hugs.
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Sessna I am with you on not letting doctors cheat you out of results. I had my annual physical last November. I did get the office to mail me the results of the blood work and pap (after pap was abnormal). But I didn't understand all of the blood work results, I couldn't find the hormone results to see if I was in natural menopause. This week I went back to do another pap, before the doctor left the room he asked if I had any questions. I asked about the results of the blood work from November. He said if anything was not in the normal range I would have been notified and would have left it at that. I said I still wanted to know what the results were. He went out of the room to get his laptop and came back 5 minutes with the laptop and said that my cholesterol was good and I was in full menopause. I knew that my cholesterol was good (from what was mailed to me) but I was wanting to know the status of my hormone levels. I do have a follow-up appointment for the end of April with him.
Sheila
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Girls, our friend Diane (BadBoob67) is in Hospice. LuAnnH started a thread in the Stage IV forum.
I'm so sad and pissed off!!!!!!! Major, major, major suckage.
Just thought you'd all like to know, because she was such a huge part of this thread.
Through tears,
Traci
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crap.
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Oh if only we had all sailed off into the sunset; Traci, I saw that too...sometimes it's just not fair that teleporting hasn't been invented yet, I'd teleport myself to Diane and give her a big fat hug.
Sessna...you are a TRIP!Connie...how have you been? I've been thinking of you gals, my time on the computer has been limited the last weeks as I am working on my resume for a job app. Not leaving my old one, just trying to get a leg up
I hope all is well with you ladies...say a prayer for Diane, she used to be delightfully entertaining on this thread :P
(((HUGS))))
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Poster Connie07: Softy, is her son's beloved dog. Softy has major health problems. Update, please?
On Feb 5, 2010 08:32 pm, Connie07 told us that Kbugmom passed away, however, I can't find a previous reference to Kbugmom. If not painful, more information, please?
GramE, proud grandmother of the lovely newborn Olivia. Update, please?
otter? Nico1012? You have the com, make it so. (Star Trek references.) Your SUXage, please.
Aussie Sheila, it is common for a person who commits murder to start off with the intention of the crime (only), and then they realize (duh and d-oh!) they can be identified by their victim. That case you mentioned is tragic.
Ivtwoqlt, excellent, excellent! Learn from this lady, folks. Insist. Be firm. Four eyes are better than two are when two of them are your own as a witness. CHECK their reports. Get a copy of test and lab results, read them. We may not be able to save our lives (when we get passed 100), but I'll be hanged if we can't fight to make them as healthy as possible!
{‘Live Free Or Die' ... From New Hampshire License Plate}
Prayers for Diane. (BadBoob67).
-sessna1
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My beef tonight is with fatigue. I am almost too tired to move. It took all day to work up the energy to get dressed and go to guides. And I love my time at guides. And then it took another 3 hours to get the energy to come online. Tomorrow my nurse comes at 9 and then I can nap all day (watch the olympics).
I just saw something about the American male figure skater... seems someone said out loud that they thought he was "batting for the mens team". Did you see his costume (black and pink) and the floral headband (roses).... if he is not gay.... then why has he cultivated this image????? And now people in toronto are demanding an apology....
I dont think this is a venue for abused women. Although I count myself as one of them... this is not the place.... and bc made sure I stuck all that in the background. Living is more important than bad memories. As the monkey said in Lion King "It doesnt matter, its in the past". I know that some people cant do that, but I have a good therapist who helped me see that.
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Here is a site for blood test results. The reference ranges are for fairly standard blood panels and this shows what is normal range for men, women and children. I think this is a useful piece of information.
http://pathcuric1.swmed.edu/PathDemo/nrrt.htm
If you want to know what the thing is that is tested, you will have to google it.
This is a site for AIDS patients who regularly monitor the blood cell count. Those of us who are on Chemo might also find the information useful. My onc does a CBC with every visit. The nice thing about this site is you can click on the cell type and it will explain what the cell does in standard English.
http://www.lymphomation.org/CBC-blood-counts.htm
Hope this helps.
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Sessna1 -- there's a thread in the Prayers and Inspiration thread for BKug. We also lost our dear Watson, RiverineRabbit, and Abbyglp recently too. So much sadness.
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konakat - Thank you. When Connie07 said that kbugmom died, I thought kbugmom was specific and personal to Connie07, not that she isn't, as she is (and will always be) beloved on these boards. My search was with Connie07 as the Poster, I should have searched on "kbugmom" with no specific Poster. What an avalanche of hits.
Okay, I have re-learned, when I assume, I make an "as-" out of "u" and "me."
dreamwriter - Lately I've been forced to take another look at being kinder to myself. I found myself getting really tired mid day, and then mad at myself for napping. Back to my daily gentle iron capsules (good stuff). I am getting older, day by day (smile), but I still expect to be able to do what I used to and juggle six rubber balls at one time.
I'm not sure I get the bottom line about the figure skater. I haven't been watching the Olympics much. (See? Am I getting older or what?) 'Battling for the mens' team." Did his costume compliment his music and routine well?
Disney's "Lion King." (sigh) People, as long as it matters and holds you back, it has not passed. Get it out of your spirit with counseling from a professional you trust where you can be anonymous (as a patient).
-sessna1
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Dream, Johnny Weir is flamboyant, craves attention, and seems to have found a way to get it. Unless you or someone you care about plans to date him, who cares what he does on his own time? On the ice, he gives a great performance, and isn't that what brings you notice in sports?
We can't change the past, but we sure can learn from it, and learn to live well in spite of it.
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Good to see you Aussie. I miss your great stories. I say place them in a jail cell with like kind. If they only knew the pain they cause.
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crap, hate that word hospice..
Sandy
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drat...lost a post b4 submitting.
I did not know kbugmom personally, it was just a crappy day and I was sad that she passed.
Softy is my dear Son's beloved pet. She's a mixed breed short-hair, bout 50 lbs of love and loyalty to my boy for the last about 9 years and she appeared to have a bad allergic reaction to something. They just moved in Nov. from the coastal south to the Denver, Colorado area, They visited a dog park for the first time and then she took ill. Swelling in her face and eyes, rash, fever, she quit eating and got a trip to the vet. Pumped up with fluids and antibiotics, she had to be hooked up to an IV at night and he (he's 26) had to do it. He was successful. It took about 3 weeks but shes happy and smiling now. He's gone out there for school, so he has no family and was calling me. It was tough but so is Softy. THANKS TO ALL WHO CARED AND PRAYED FOR HER RECOVERY. It worked!!!
~Connie
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Sadly, LuAnn just posted a new topic about Diane.
I started to post this there for Diane and realized that her sons would be reading that, and it really is more appropriate here.
CANCER SUX.
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Connie, so relieved that Softy made it through.
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Connie07, praises to God. Prayer makes a difference. Dog park? I was always suspicious of dog parks. I think a dog without its proper vaccinations left something that Softy caught. I would not have risked it with my 12 lb. poodle and my cocker did NOT like playing with other dogs. I think while he was lost (someone lost him) he had to "run for his life" from other dogs too often. Poor little guy. People with unleashed dogs in the park would yell, "My dog is friendly, don't be afraid." I would yell back, "My dog IS NOT."
My SUXage today is an increasing 15.3 tumor marker (from 141 to 250) and so I gotta drink the awful stuff and get scanned again. MRIs and CTs are okay. Just go to my "happy place." Would you believe that I once had to go to a "happier place" because my "happy place" wasn't working? I'd be too embarrassed to go claustrophobic on them. Most of the scanners are open at the far end anyway. They should tell the patients that so that you don't feel like someone has dipped you head first into a vial or closed tube. The nuclear med people were pretty harsh with that internal pelvic exam last July. I'm not going in the room with that same tech again - no way. I was rattled last time because I didn't know what to expect and my onco was doing scans to see if there was regression or progression in the cancer. Phoo.
My dad tells me that an 8 point something earthquake hit in South America? I'm floored.
-sessna1
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Connie, thanks for the update! Didn't realize the furbabies name was Softy...awwwww.
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I'm with Dream, fatigue sucks. Been fighting it all weekend myself. Have no idea where it came from but I'm glad it came on the weekend. (((Hugs))) to all of you.
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Re: Fatigue and tiredness. Has anyone spoken to their onco or GP about anemia? I've kept a tab on my labs since the beginning of chemo, and I fell into the valley of anemia - yet to see the sunlight to this day.
With my first onco, I understood that he was of a mind to "kill the cancer, and all else to the devil." Nothing but killing the tumors mattered. I could go blind, but as long as those tumors were shrunk away, I was o-kay! I have no excuse for not asking my current onco if anything is available to counteract chemo induced anemia. She listens to me. I'll have to fix that error and ask her.
Feeling tired all the time SUX. Can I get even more witnesses?
-sessna1
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Oh Hell yeah. you asked.
I'm so tired today. Last week I dealt with DD and grandD every day. DD has gone for counseling, to see a lawyer, school on tu and wed., Doc to remove IUD, cramps that made her cry, out with her sister for a birthday drink, and I'm the only babysitter.
Then Mom called, she's 80, alone, depressed, diabetic denial, alzheimers denial, and I had to meet and hire a service to provide a CNA 3 times a week. Mom craves attention. Then, about 8 last night, a very close friend (of Mom's) died. I haven't called mom yet, cause she'll cry and cry and cry and then I will and . . .
I'm tired. Don't know what DD3 is going to do. She will have to move by end of March. Her Uitility bills are overdue, we can't find a place for her to go thats affordable. stupid dog lives there and landlords aren't dog friendly. Sis-in-law is living in her mothers 4BR 2 1/2 BA home and refuses to let her neice (my DD) stay there where 1. there's room. and 2. Lonely SIL would have wonderful company and they would be safe and comfortable. I don't understand.
Other DD1 has 3 violations she has to answer to in court (driving), she's broke and got an appointed attorney who won't return her calls, has his phone disconnected, didn't show up in court times 2 (and I went with her) and has been living with MY MOTHER. And dating a very, very strange man.
The heating and air system in my house is on its last legs. We will have to replace it before next winter. That will likely happen on the hottest day possible for whenever we pick to get it done. The ducts need to be cleaned and that sounds like an allergy nightmare.
The house is a wreck. I haven't even started to clean up for my granddaughters birthday party that I said we could have here. Saturday at 2. There's so much to do, I can't even get started.
I lied to dh about going to swim last week. I didn't have the cash for the door fee so I didn't do myself any good AT ALL. I have two cats that I love dearly.. unfortunately, they don't seem to care for each other causing hissing and spats that knock stuff off tables and make me jump out of my skin. ones 19 and the other is 2 1/2. both calico's, the young one has taken to peeing outside the box. ARGH.
My back hurts, I take painpills everyday. OH>>> and the best for last. My health ins has been on COBRA since Jan.09. It only lasts 18 months. It costs $455/mo. I can request its extension for 6 months BUT THE COST GOES UP... Almost $700/mo.!!!!!!!!!!!! Well, can't afford that. And of course any private policy either isn't available because of BC, or is astronomically expensive. I'm not so much worried about doctor visits but my meds.
Now, that's all I can type cause my neck and the tops of my shoulders go to sleep if I sit here too long and my lumbar gets stiff making moving around uncomfortable until it's unbearable.
Hows that? OH, Poor, Poor, Pitiful me. It's a pity party day.
~Connie
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well crap...the world is going crazy, slowly but surely! I am so sorry for all the ...stuff...going on Connie.
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Oh Connie! God Bless you and yours right now!
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