Class of 2009 - Sisters in the same time frame
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Boy, oh boy tell me about stress. Right now I think it is the most stressful time for me at work..I work in a shop that sells western wear, saddles as well as outdoor clothing. Well, last week I had a man come in the store shopping for Prince William...OMG, yes I said Prince William. I nearly crapped my pants. I helped him select five pairs of cowboy boots. One of which will be worn by him(we hope) when he goes to the Calgary Stampede this week. So last week I had to keep it hush hush, now this week I am being interviewed by newspapers. We plan on auctioning off the boots which he returns, for a local Charity for children. Npw if that isn't a little stressful.
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michele... That is so cool. You are just one step away from royalty! I have not seen enough on our news about the visit. Maybe when they get to California our news will cover them more. Do you mean Prince William does not get to keep the boots? I guess they could not begin to keep everything given to them but a great pair of cowboy boots is worth hanging on to. I just saw a really cute pair for a woman on the web and they were something like $400. Does Kate get new boots too? Wouldn't you just love to see them wearing them back in England?
Oh Renee, managing people is the worst. I have always wondered why people can't just do their job and be reliable and cooperative. I guess it is just not in human nature. But didn't she see the "trickle down" effect her calling in to be off would cause? Did it even enter her mind that someone else would have to work to fill in for her? Or did she just not care.
Well, I have sat here and played around so long that I must now go out for my walk in hot and humid morning temps. I am not a morning person but have been walking at 6:30 or 7:00 AM to avoid the heat. It is now almost 9:00AM.
It's hard to make myself get up and out... Right now I am clean and fresh and cool. In 45 minutes, I will be dripping sweat, my clothes will be wet and wrinkly and my hair will look like I stuck my finger in an electric outlet. BUT... I will be able to eat three Hershey kisses without gaining weight and I will live 15 minutes longer than if I had not exercised.
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Pam enjoy your hot and sweaty, wrinkled clothes and 3 hersheys kisses. LOL!!! simply not worth it in this humidity. I came in from work on 3rd shift and went to bed. I am now about to hit the shower and get ready for my 6 month follow up appt with my PS. I can't believe it's already been 6 months since my recon. WOW how time flies!!! As for the employee that called off ... the anwer would be NO! It has been my experience over the last 28 yrs that most of them simply do not care (MOST... not all because there are those that do have a conscience and feel badly when they call off), that someone has to come in on their day OFF or that they have to stay over and pull a double shift. The problem is these are usually the people that say they need money and will work extra and when you ask them to they never can (LOL) for whatever the reason is and they are the ones always complaining they are broke and need money. Very sad situation. I don't know what their problem is. They also tend to call off at the drop of a hat. Where people like me go to work with Pneumonia, going through radiation and even with the worst migraines. But yet I get told I don't do my job... What kind of society do we live in???
Hope you enjoyed your walk Pam...
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Hi Renee,
Hoping your 6 month check up goes well. I suppose going to the PS is not as anxiety ridden as going to your onc but any doctor raises my blood pressure. Except for my internist who always makes me feel better and has a way of making everything seem okay. If only all doctors had his bedisde manner.
I overdid it in the yard after my morning walk so I am going to lie down and watch mindless TV in the cool air conditioning for the rest of the afternoon.
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Pam mindless TV in the air conditioning sounds great...I wish I was old enough to retire but alas poor morris not yet. hahaha!!!
Good report from the PS and I don't have to go back till Dec. He said when I go back we will talk about correcting the asymmetry of my areola's. He didn't get them exact when he did my surgery last Dec. My hubby thinks I'm crazy to consider more surgery, but my PS is OCD about making everything even. LOL! The only way I will consider it is if he can do it in the office, no hospital, and it is included in the price of what the insurance will pay or has already paid and will be of no expense to me since he didn't get it right the first time.
Have a good evening
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Yah, for mindless tv watching.
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Ditto!!!
I had a terrible night... like food poisoning. No sleep and the usual plus pain so we got up about 5:00 AM planning to go to the ER as the sun came up. I could hardly stand up straight to get dressed I was in so much discomfort. I wondered if I had appendicitis or something worse than food poisoning. It sure felt like something worse. DH went to his computer to type up my symptoms, history and medication. As we were doing that... I started to feel better! And I feel practically normal now.
Even the threat of a hospital visit is enough to make one well!I'm planning to go see my internist when he opens but no ER. Hooray!!!
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Pam, be sure to get that checked out.
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Good evening ladies. I hope everyone had a great holiday and got some needed rest. I had a very restful and peaceful weekend. No big plans just r&r. It is nice to have a weekend like that every once in awhile.
It is hot in Texas, I do mean hot. Thank goodness I work in an office and don't have to get out much.
Shelby, congrats on your new job. I know you are excited.
Pam, mindless TV is the best. Some days we just have to have some mindless time.
Renee, most companies don't appreciate their workers these days. Especially if you are a hard worker and try to do all that they ask. There is always one more thing that they want. Hang in there and try to ride it out.
Michele, what an exciting story you have. I can't imagine having something like that happen to me. It is too bad that William didn't come in and try the boots on in the store. Wouldn't that have been fun?
I have been staying so busy these days. I try to go to Zumba 3 days a week and when I do I don't get home until about 7:30. That makes for a really long day.
I did go to my Med Onc last week for my 3 month checkup and all is well. I don't have to go back for 4 months. Maybe next time she will put me on a 6 month schedule.
It is bedtime and I am so ready. Good evening everyone.
Juannelle
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Hey Juanelle... long time no see or hear from you not even over on the other site. LOL! Been missing you sister, but I know life does go on especially when you work and are a busy grandmother. Glad to hear that things are going so well for you. Woo hoo for no doc appt for 4 months. I don't have to see one for 4 months either that is kind of a record and the next ones I go see will be the Breast surgeon for my yearly mammo, the gyno (it's been 2 years since I've seen him since I have no parts... lol) and the Med Onco, all at the same time. Boy, November will be a busy month unless I schedule some of them fo late October. Then in Dec I have to go see the plastic surgeon again and the rad onco. I'm just happy I am getting a reprieve for 4 months with no appts. hehehe!!! It's nice to not have to think about finding a way to tell the boss I need off form another doctor appt.
Pam hope you are feeling better. I hope tomorrow I get to sleep in, do some cleaning and enjoy some mindless tv.
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Shelby - YES, by all means. The more margaritas, the merrier! And make those FROZEN margaritas - it's HOT, HOT, HOT here! Oh, for a baby pool full of frozen margaritas....
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Mary... my fav drink! yummm Margaritas!!!!!
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Well, I confess I have never had a margarita. Did they replace frozen daiquiris? Guess you can tell my party days were back in the 1970s.
Now I am strictly a wine girl. Boring but supposed to be good for you. I am feeling better. Still eating lightly... don't want to push my luck. I did lose a couple pounds so it was almost worth it Not!
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Oh, Margaritas, my fav, but I just can't drink them anymore. To much acid reflux.
Renee, it is nice to get a break from the doctors. Since I have been released from all the other doctors, it is really nice. I am having no health issues at this time, so I am praying that it stays that way. I read FB everyday, but seldom post. I guess I just don't think I have anything interesting to say.
Pam, you really need to get out more. Come to Texas for a visit and you will find Ritas everywhere. Hope you get to feeling better soon.
Mary, baby pool full of Ritas. What an idea. It would at least keep you cool and we could certainly use some cool right now, mixed with a little rain.
Juannelle
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Juanelle,
You always have something of interest in your posts! I love it when I see your name as the last poster before I click to open the thread. I guess "interesting" would be doctor visits, scans and complications but I would much prefer to read about us all getting on with our normal, sometimes boring lives.
I just got home from my morning walk. It rained a lot yesterday and may be promising more today and that has really made it more comfortable. The shuttle got off yesterday but it was so overcast that we did not see even a glimpse of it. But, you know how sound travels slower than light - well, a little more than 5 whole minutes after the launch we heard the rumble! I think it was louder than usual as the heavy cloud cover held in the sound. So at least we got to experience a little of it. All the roads leading to the Cape were like parking lots. Three hours before launch the police were telling people on the roads that they did not have a change of getting to the coast, maybe only 25 miles away. Everyone wanted to see the last shuttle launch. I can't believe it is over. So sad.
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Perhaps I have been living under a rock, but why are the shuttle launces over?
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I agree Pam it is sad that the last 2 presidents find it unnecessary to continue with our space exploration. I mean do they think there is still nothing worth interest to learn about out there in the "great beyond"? so very sad that our great nation will become little more that a penniless country that could be outdone by the likes of other countries.
I never thought I would live to see the day, nor did many others is my guess. To think that a certain country is continuing with space expoloration and they have the space station we helped to build all to themselves, yet here we are sitting back on our laurels waiting for others to discover things yet unknown. Oh well, I could go on but the point would be lost. Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend and Juanelle I would love to come to Texas. LOL
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Michele,
Ditto to what Renee said. "Good reason": the shuttle system is out dated and we are switching to a different method of getting people into space. "Real reason": The space program is expensive and our government decided to try to shift a lot of the cost of research and development to private industry. So for now, Russia is the only country with the ability to launch astronauts to the space station. Weird, huh? Supposedly in three to four years our new program will be up and running. I'm not sure about that. But shutting down the space program is going to devastate east central Florida economically.
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Pam, Renee, Juennelle, Mary, Alicia, where are you all. I hope everyone is just out enjoying that life we fight so hard for...
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Michele - I agree with you, this board has been very quiet, I hope everyone is enjoying their summer. I haven't posted in awhile, I just came back from my mammogram. I heard the best words ever : "Everything is fine, see you next year". My shoulders are now back down where they're supposed to be!
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We are having a busy summer in my house this year. I guess I feel like I have to make it up to my girl since last summer we did nothing during summer break. I have the week off. She at camp. Baaahhhh it is so quite here.
I just had a good visit with my RO. I don't have to go back for six more months. Unfortunately when he took my temp I had one. So I went to my GP the next day. He thinks I just didn't get rid of my last infection. I had only been off the meds. 10 days. Oh well. I guess our bodies immune's are still compromised some.
Other than that doing okay. My energy has been better, still have arm swelling, and still have the joint pain from the AI's. Life is good until the next melt down! lol
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Hi Femara girls,
Taking Femara for 15 months I have had so much SE's that I decided to spend a fortnight at a Medical Fitness Center at the seaside. During the day I have had a lot of treatments: all kinds of massage, baths, therapeutic exercises and I was very tired at the evening. Hoping it will be helpfully for the next months.
I reached BCO from there but cannot login or post. I read your post and felt connected with your questions and answers, dear girls.
This board is really connecting patients with BC all over the world...
Best wishes
Usha
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Sorry i posted the same text to Femara site too!
Greetings.
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Hello Everyone! And happy August to you all. We continue on our 100+ degree streak here in Texas, and we're breaking new records for the hottest blazing summer in recent Texas history! All kinds of crazy stuff is turning up here as the lakes evaporate. Speaking of the space program, did any of you read about the piece of the shuttle that appeared in one of our lake beds? It was from the shuttle Columbia. We've also found bones from an old cemetary that was probably for slaves on what once was a Texas plantation. Who knows what will turn up next?! Maybe those lost socks from all of our dryers will appear!
Are you all enjoying your summer? Live it up, friends. Every new day is a gift - be sure to open it and look for the present inside. There is always a good one if you look.
Smooches and hugs,
Mary
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Mary, I lost one of my socks from my favorite pair. It's striped red & black like the Wicked Witch of the East looking sock. If you find it in a dried up lake bed, please let me know!
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LOL Mary and Joni... love the humor!!! speaking of bc I actually have a question... Any of you that have taken Arimidex; did you have hair thinning while taking it? I went to the beauty shop today and my hair dresser actually said my hair seemed a little thinner on top right in the the front. I have always had really thick hair and that is comment I did not expect to hear from her. Now, I haven't really noticed more hair coming out than normal but who's to say. While I was taking Tamoxifen it seemed like it was coming out by the tons but I have really long hair so 20 strands knotted up can seem like a lot. It seems like about that much now still comes out but it may be more it's just hard to tell. I do know that she did my hair about 2 months ago and she didn't say it was thin and now it's been 2 more months on the Arimidex and she is telling me my hair it thinner...hmmmm??? I think it's gotta be the medication. It really makes me not want to take it anymore. And if your hair did thin or come out did it grow back and thicken once you stopped the medication or changed meds?
Thanks
Renee
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Hi Everyone,
Hope the summer is treating everyone well. I am pretending I am my old self and avoiding doctors. I'll have to get back on the medical merry-go-round in the fall but for now I am enjoying the freedom from being poked and prodded.
Kittydog, I hope your infection is all cleared up by now. Mary, are you getting any rain at all? It was terribly dry here but about a month ago we began to get rain again. Amazing how fast things can green up!
Renee, my hair did thin a LOT while I was on Arimidex. It would come out in great clumps of strands. Now that I am on Tamoxifen it seems to have stopped coming out so much but has not really thickened up like it used to be. I mostly noticed it being thin around my forehead and around my ears in the manner typical of male pattern balding
At least it does not seem to be getting worse. I have cut my hair quite short as it seems thicker this way. Also the texture of my hair is different. It's always been curly but it is now more wiry. I don't like any of this. Isn't this wonderful? My sympathies.
Pam
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Well Pam thanks for the help I guess my vanity will play in and I will talk to my oncologist and ask to go back on the big T, at least with it my hair wasn't thinning. I simply don't understand because it is not coming out in "big clumps of strands" or anything that noticeable. I simply don't like the fact that since you have been off of it that your hair is not thickening back up either
that makes me very unhappy for you and me. You know it's so funny... years ago when I had to have chemo at the age of 16 they told me "all" of my hair would come out, I told them absolutely not that it wouldn't! Well guess what... it didn't! my hair did thin in one area towards the back of my head where I had had stitches and I changed my part, but otherwise I didn't lose my hair and I didn't have to wear a wig. I was stubborn and positive. I had a lot of estrogen in those days haha!! Otherwise Pam I am so glad you are enjoying your summer and the rain. We have had a lot up here in Bama (or should I say in northern Cullman where I live). We left on Sat for vacation and the hubby mowed the lawn on Friday when we returned on Thurs evening it looked liked it hadn't been mowed in 2 weeks. It is at least knee high.
Renee
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Michele, I am here. Haven't been in awhile, but think of all of you often and I know I should be better about coming on the site. I have been so busy this summer, it has gone by so fast and I don't think I have accomplished much of anything.
It has been so hot here, it is like walking into a blast furnace. We haven't had any ran in so long, everything is dry and our trees are dying. I don't care about my grass, I just don't want to lose any trees. Areas around us got rain on Saturday, but not us. drats..
I go to Zumba 3 days a week and by the time I get home at night, I have so many things to do, getting on the computer is not one of them.
I have about a month of reading to do, so I will try to get that done and get back with everyone.
Mimi, I have been taking Arimidex for about 18 months and I have not noticed any thinning of my hair. My hair is very thick and it came back in after chemo about the same. The texture is a little different, but I am much grayer now than before.
Hey Pam, you guys must be getting all the rain that should be coming to us. You can give it back now.
Hugs to all,
Juannelle
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You tell them, Juannelle. Send that rain down here! You might try this trick for your trees - if you have some empty plastic gallon jugs (like milk jugs), rinse them out and poke one tiny nail hole in the bottom. Use a nail only a little wider than a thumb tack. Fill it with water, and put it by your tree or shrub. This really helps, especially for newer trees/shrubs. (We tend to let our sprinkler systems do the work, and what happens is the top inch or so of soil gets wet, and it burns off by 10 or 11 in the morning. The trees respond by sending roots closer to the top of the soil, which you don't want. Encourage them to go deep to look for water and they stand a better chance of surviving our summers.) The jug allows a nice slow soak to trickle down to the root system.
Enough tree talk. Renee, yep, my hair is thinner too. Wish I could say as much for my tummy. I've been trying to work out 4 days a week, and it really helps. It seems to make sleep deeper and energy last longer. Puts a little pep in my step.
Love you, friends. Take care of yourselves, and check in now and again. Be assured - you will all hear from us Texans when it finally rains!
XO,
Mary
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