Can we have a forum for "older" people with bc?
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JO-5
Wish you could have been at church with me last night, we really worshipped Jesus, we had a praying good time
I'm sorry you are going through a rough time right now, but please know that prayers are being sent up for you
RitaJean
Sorry about that awful mamogram you had
. We sure go through a lot, don't we? I am glad Jo told you about the compresses. I will be praying that you have a speedy recovery. Ladies
I will be praying for each and everyone of you, the Lord can work miracles!
I guess it's time to get ready and go back up to Allatoon Lake. I won't be back until July 14. I am ready for Septembber to get here so I can come home and stay.
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Mother of 7......Have fun on your getaway! Thanks so much for your prayers. I'm also a firm believer that prayers help!
Lisa, you've been at it again! What great pictures!
Hugs to all of you! I'm up early today and have lots of errands to run, as well as a much-needed haircut this afternoon. I hope all of you are feeling well today. I'll check back later!
Rita
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Hi everyone. HUGS and prayers for each of you as I read your posts. These old bones still ache a week after my Herceptin tx. Only ONE more to go - 14 days and counting !!!
Dear Lord: May each of my BC friends have Your hands on her shoulders, for comfort, for guidance, for support and for your grace and peace and blessings. Amen.
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hi all..Rita, sounds like you are feeling a bit better today, I hope so..
Jo...when my boys kept getting staph infections I used Phisohex soap on them
I think now you have to get an RX for it, but it sure cleaned up the staph and kept
it away..
I don't know about Photobucket..I use it and have no problems with it..you probably
need to get your password and delete the pix you don't want..maybe you inadvertibly
hit a button to upload all of a group...wish I knew more, but I don't..
Mother of 7, have fun at the Lake..
Nancy, I hope you are feeling better..
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Yes, Lisa, I do feel better today. The bruises are still there but some of the puffiness has gone away and I attribute that to the warm compresses. (Thanks again, Jo!) I am definitely much calmer today, too! Imagine that! LOL
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Lisa,
I was very taken with your pics of San Juan Capistrano. I went there with my mother and kids several times. My mother loved all the California missions and never missed an opportunity to visit one. I think ( in another life ) the appeal was very, very deep and meaningful to her and she could spend hours wandering around --- even if it was the same one we visited last week. I have no trouble with the idea that we are really old souls and feeling when we are deeply affected by something in life.....that we just may have had some prior ( a former life ) experience with it. I always felt a sense of comfort when I was there too.....but it was Mom's comfort I think.... It was so profound and strong.
Blessings, love and prayers to all.
Jackie
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Hi Jackie..I kinda get that same feeling at Mesa Verde National Park..very spooky
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Just checking in a day early to say I hope you all have a great 4th. of July. I will be in and out since I have the day off ( oops, no pay either ) and will be cooking here at home and catching up on other things. I probably will "waste" a little of the day since I'm so used to being at work.
Nice weather is holding....no rain or humidity for several days now and it has been a real blessing. I finished washing down my siding on the house couple days ago --- a huge chore and I'm glad it's out of the way.
See you later.
Jackie
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Jackie, you amaze me! I can't imagine what a chore that was to wash down the siding on your house! I'm glad you've got it done in time to enjoy the holiday!
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Jackie: Me too, you amaze me. I hope you had some help, but it sounds like you probably did it by yourself. I hope the weather wasn't too humid and hot for you while you were doing that! Enjoy your 4th. Debbie
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Can anyone please tell me is there a difference between Femara and Armidex...I am having a hard time with Femara...if there is a side effect I have it...I have taken Tamoxifen for 5 years without problems.
I am seeing my oncologist in a weeks time and want to stop taking Femara because of the breast pain I am now having...but have been reading the risks are too great to stop...I had advanced breast cancer stage 1V...but not in the breasts in the stomach and colon.
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Sorry we meet this way, ironside. I have no experience with those 2 drugs. You may want to check the Stage IV threads.
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Ironside --- several ladies here have or do take Arimidex. So far, I have not had enough problems with Arimidex to warrant even talking to the Oncologist. Un-fortunately since all bodies are different it is hard to determine who will have problems and who won't. Maybe your Dr. will let you try the Arimidex. You would have to consider though......how long might it be for th se's of the Femara to subsist etc.....so you would know if Arimidex was better for you or not. Hoping you get answers that will help you. If you look in pages past here, we have talked about Arimidex quite a lot and you may want to glance through.
Rain today here and not sure how long it will last. VP parade is due to start in about an hour in St. Louis, Mo.....so they expect the rain to have stopped there ( we are only about an hour or so away from the Missouri border) but even so....we could get it again later I think. I am thankful for the day any way. Will make my food to share ( early evening meal ) at a friend's home and be happy.
Hope you all have a good day no matter what the weather.
Hugs, Jackie
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I would like to thank you both for your replies. I am a new member as from today and am having trouble finding my way around the forum. Will try and find the grade 1V cancer thread. I live in Spain and it is also very hot here at the moment. Nice to meet you all.
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Ironside, Femara and Arimidex are similar, rather like cousins. They must have different side effects because my onc told me that if I had trouble with Arimidex he would change me to Femara. So far, I've managed the Arimidex side effects and don't want to switch. I would ask him about a possible change and see if you do any better on the Arimidex.
You are always welcome on this thread. Come back and post again so we know what route you decide to take. Hugs to you dear sister!
Rita
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hello Ironside...we lived in Madrid from 1972-1976 and loved it..
Arimidex and Femara are very much alike, but also are different...
Many people have trouble with one and not with the other..
Why not try the Arimidex...I took it after tamoxifen..I did have
side effects but you know everyone is different...
Welcome to our group..
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Jo....I also now and then ( has not happened for a while or maybe I'm ignoring it ) had a breast pain. It would be sort of a stabbing -- jabbing pain --- felt more up and down than across most of the time. Did not last long and then gone again. I know I have more aches & pains then I use too but nothing that would make me want to quit Arimidex. It's my safety net right now.....but I have been on it less than a year so my goodness...by the time I'm ready to be off.....I may REALLY be ready.
Had a really nice 4th. in spite of the rain. It quit for a few hours so that we were able to have dinner easily on the big patio at Anne and Jim's. Later on it rained again....intermittent so it was not bad. We heard all sorts of fireworks....put on from the local towns surrounding us as well as our own so the rain did not diminish the fun of the day.
Hope you all have a wonderful Sunday.
Jackie
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Hi Ladies,
Ironside I sent you a Private Message about Stage IV.
Hope everyone had a wonderful fourth. I watched the fireworks from my friend Jan's house, she lives right on the Peace River and we just had to look a little bit downriver to see them going off from the park in Punta Gorda. We do this every year. We all bring something pot luck and she provides the main meat. Some one mentioned last night that we are lucky to be able to go to her home for the fourth as it is always a nice evening. Poor Robert had to work until 8. He was disappointed as he usually enjoys the evening also but the economy is such that they have cut staff and those left have to do the work. Thank God he has a job.
Ironside. I am Stage IV and am on Arimidex. The pain I had in my breast before the Arimidex can not compare to what a small amount of pain I have now. The pain now is minimal. It use to keep me up half the night. There are still twinges. I am telling myself the it's the Arimidex making it all better. It actually could be as the pain is different then when the rampant cancer was growing in my breast, causing a stabbing and itching pain. This is more a wound when it is healing. I asked my doc for a mild pain killer and she gave it to me. I think the pain killer is now saving me from the aches and pains in my bones that seems to be from the Zometa I am on for my bones. If it's not one pain it's another.
I am sorry I know nothing about Femara. I wish I could help. :-(
OK, Ladies, I am off to study and post to Kaplan's - Discussion Boards.
Have a good next couple of days.
Hugs,
Pam
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Well, this is surely a post for older women...
My 40 year old son wanted me to come to wa tch his baseball game today..(not softball)..I told him I thought I finished up being a "Little League" Mom over 25 years ago..but I digress, I went...it turned out his team was in a champiionship for some tournament at Tony Gwynn Stadium at San Diego State..very nice...but I have to say, I felt like I had been there done that a quarter of a century ago..
but here are the pix...it was a beautiful day...sunny and a slight breeze..He played catcher on the blue team
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That sounds like fun, Lisa! How many kids do you have?
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Hi Chooks!
Hope your 4th was a "bang up" celebration! I made it up to my kids' homes and got to see the little 'uns neighborhood annual 4th of July parade. It was a hoot! One of the neighbors is a police officer, so this year there was a police escort, complete with flashing lights. Another neighbor had a PA mounted on his SUV, and played patriotic music as the last parade "unit." My son had made the girls a little float--a Happy Birthday America "cake"--the frame fit over their Barbie jeep; had little peek holes so they could see out. My DIL pushed the baby in his stroller just behind the cake. There's a big hill in front of their house, and the first half of the parade was easy (a piece of cake????) as it was downhill. Unfortunately, the jeep's battery quit at the bottom of the hill. Gram to the rescue--I took over stroller duty and started to push Hayden back to the top while DIL pushed the jeep--she works out faithfully, but was huffing and puffing. My DS saw I was struggling, and helped me push the stroller, which was a good thing as the cake "ingredients" got hot down in the jeep and pushed up through the top layer, so that had to be carried, too so we traded off. All the exertion sure made the ice cream and cake taste better after it was all over!!
I passed on going to the fireworks that night--it's always so beautiful and I hated to miss it. They shoot the fireworks from a barge in the middle of the MO River, just across from the Capital building. Next year, I'll be back to taking in the whole shebang--this year I spent the evening at my other son's, eating barbecue and home made ice cream--very enjoyable.
Lisa, I think it's so wonderful that your son wanted you to come to his game. Once a Mom, always a Mom!
JO, glad to hear the cellulitis is better--another chapter in your book!
Motherof7 I thought of you all weekend. I hope you were able to get at least a little rest during the long weekend. I do not know how you do it. (((prayers and hugs))).
Welcome Ironside--glad you found us. Check in often.
Rita and Jackie-Thanks for the information on the drugs. I guess as a TN, I won't get them, but it's always good to know. I won't know if I'm getting Avastin in the clinical trial until Aug. 8. I still suspect I'm not, but the NP said today I could ask the onc, when I see him next week, if he would add on Avastin after I'm done with the Taxol (in case I'm getting the placebo now). Does this sound reasonable??
Jackie and JO I feel like such a slacker when I read about your projects--fireplace, painting, washing the siding...where do you get the energy?
I had T #8 today, and I'm definitely typing challenged tonight. To those of you I missed, I hope you are having a good week. God's peace to all of us. Take care. Helen
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Gentle Hugs, Peace, Blessings, and love, Nancy
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Gram of 3......I was only able to do the siding because I knew Denny would not get it done and also and more important because I have been all through txs for several months now. Rest assured if I cold have gotten out of the siding I would have.....it was much harder for the fact it had been let go and I just couldn't bear knowing it would get all the worse if I did not take it in hand. Energy --- sometimes I have it pretty good and then once in a while out of the blue for no reason I can figure ( like today ) I will feel exhausted and do nearly nothing. Lots of un-done things to catch up on tomorrow. Your still in tx Helen....it will all come back along with the hair and you'll be able to work to your heart's content---and on a bad hair day too.
Your 4th. sure sounded like fun. We went to friends for a patio dinner and just listened to fireworks. It had rained most of the day and intermittent rain after dark and fireworks time. I was surprised so many went ahead.
That is so true...always a mother and sometimes MIL. I adore my SIL as he treats my daughter Kate and their sons so well. Does homework with the boys and they put them into BMX racing etc. It is pretty much all about the kids in their house....though they are not spoiled, have chores, homework must be done but the focus is on helping them achieve.
Hope you all had a wonderful time no matter what you did or didn't do.
Hugs
Jo....glad you are making good progress and will be able to give up the antibiotic soon. Are you eating lots of acidophifilus ( sp.?? ) things so your stomach stays well too?
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hello everyone
I'm a relatively new poster - started on the July chemo thread a few days ago. I don't feel I can bear to list my dx (possibilities so scary) as I will be having a bunch of scans next week. I'm already stage IIIc, grade 3, TN, plus node involvement after surgery and worried about handling anything the scans throw at me.
On the positive side I did really well with the lumpectomy and node surgery and as I haven't started any tx look incredibly well and healthy and feel that way too.
You ladies are so brave -an inspiration to others.
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Hey Jo.....II did golf this morning and had fun but yesterday was a super day. I had nothing planned so I just picked up things around the house, sat on my back deck that overlooks the creek and wrote questions for the guy who bought my business, ate my lunch leisurely on the deck and then found a good book to read. It was SO nice and peaceful! I think I need this type of day more often! You are NOT a wimp! We just all choose the kinds of activities that we like to do. Aren't you one of the expert seamstresses on this thread???? I could never get a sewing project off the ground and you wouldn't want to see the end product if I ever tried! LOL
In fact, I think I'm going out to the deck now and just crash on the lounge chair!
Hope everyone is doing well!
Rita
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Hi Gilly, don't take it personal but sorry you had to come here. It is scary to have this disease --- no matter what the Dx looks like, as it is probably the scariest one any of us have ever had. I had an almost total thyroid blow-out and then a few years ago...a brain stem stroke. None of those things evoked the fear like canser did.....but as I was blind-sided ( again a rather common thing ) once I got to a certain point ( not sure just where ) I just gave myself a huge pep talk and decided to do what I could do to get well and leave the rest to my beautiful Creator.
Anyway, once I accepted that ( not much history of any kind of canser in my family ) this is what I had and no diagnostic mistakes had been made in my biopsy, I gave it to God and let direction come from there. I have been pretty comfortable since then. I'd rather not have this item on my "resume" but it is and since I don't know how to quit --- I will just keep going full steam ahead and handle whatever comes.
Isn't that the darndest thing.....we are all I think pretty much the picture of health and sometimes it is almost hard to believe what is wrong with you. I will be thinking of you next week and hoping for the best outcome possible on your tests. It can be a tough road, but you have loads of company here pulling for you and wishing you well.
Prayers and hugs,
Jackie
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Oh Gilly, my heart goes out to you. How we all remember those first days after diagnosis and the tests and decisions that had to be made. Hugs to you, dear sister. Just take one day at a time, come here when you need to vent, and keep us informed of where you're at in the process. It is indeed scary! I think you will find that you have more strength than you think you have and we have lots of strength and energy to send your way to help you out! Post often.
Rita
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Gilly--You've come to the right place for love, comfort and support. Please let us know how you are doing. Jackie and Rita are on target--we've all been so scared and unsure, but you can make it through. We're glad to pull you up when you're down, we'll need you to pull us up too, sometimes! This is a wonderful group.
JO, Rita, Lisa, Jackie--I'm sure I have missed others--those of you who are "further out" from DX and TX--thank you so much for being inspirations to the rest of us. You are showing us that life can return to a "new" (perhaps) normal and that things like golfing, crafting, home projects, travel, and so on will be possible. It's just hard for some of us to see that when we're in the middle of the bc fight. Hope this makes sense!
Chooks I'm calling it an evening. Hope you have a wonderful day tomrrow. Take care. Helen
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PLEASE LADIES HEAR ME !!!! I am a 58 year old woman, have been an accountant for 40 years and now cannot get a job (because they would rather pay $8.00 an hour than pay for experience)So here I am , I found a lump in my breast with no job and no ins. that sucked. I did a little research. If you go to Planned Parenthood, (for the breast exam) everyone they refer you to is FREE !!! And then they got me hooked up with the greatest case manager in the health dept in pinellas county FL, and he got me on FULL COVERAGE MEDICAID , which covers any health problem in the world, as long as you are under the care of any doctor for breast cancer. I have my surgery June 18, after looking at my own PetScan, from Monday July 6, I think I am gonna make it. I am going to the radiologist on thurs, but there is no cancer in my breasts or lungs, I can see that. SO I will prob do the radiation and call it good !!!! ANyway ladies, there is always a way!!! If i can help anyone, please let me know.
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Hi everyone.....
Irishred: How wonderful to have you share that. I too found myself w/o insurance and "remembered" soon enough I hope that I could go to the V.A. for medical treatment. There is help out there. I panicked upon discovering we had lost our coverage ( I had that nasty breast bruise then ) and went through a few days of agony till I remembered the V.A.
Jo: As always, such good advice::::::**Just allow yourself to grieve, rest, and even be angry - Roll with the punches ** Gilly, we all seem to have all these ups and downs....sometimes several times in one day....so just do feel what you feel. The best way out of anything ( even some of these more negative feelings ) is straight down the middle. Once we give in to something we can start to change it.Hope you all have a fantastic day. I have to get ready for my three month check-up at Marion. Long day for me today, but I'm sure it will be a good day. See you all later.Jackie0
