MIDDLE-AGED WOMEN 40-60ish
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Thanks for the advanced warning elimar
shaz...good luck
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Elimar-too funny!!!!!!!!!!
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Dang it! I can't view it at work....must be really bad to have our firewall stop it.
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Elimar - When you apologized in advance, I knew it would be something way too funny!
Thanks for the warning.
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E-so precious - thanks a bunch!
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Just popping my head back in today to wish you all a Happy Valentines Day!! (VD day to Eph!) Love the pic Elimar.... it's stuff like that that always keep coming back!! Hahahahaha
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Carly- you will soon be back on that motorcycle and your kids on their way....
Dawney- How did today's appointment go? You ok?
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RANT WARNING-----RANT WARNING-----RANT WARNING----READ AT YOUR OWN RISK
Does anyone besides me really dislike those automated/computerized reminder phone calls that everyone seems to be using these days? Today I got 3 of them, one from the PCP office reminding me of my blood work appointment next week, one from the dentist's office, and one from the eye doctor. Next week I'll get another one from the PCP reminding me about my physical the week after that. The only doc who DOESN"T use an automated system is my Med Onc, they have a live person call and either talk to me or leave a message. I HATE them. I am not an anonymous piece of something on an assembly line, I'm a human being and I expect to get medical care from trained human beings, not computerized systems. I HATE answering the phone and getting that mechanical voice. I HATE it when I get one of those long meandering mechanical voices on my answering machine, usually starting in the middle of the message so I can't tell who the call is from anyway. I am going on a rampage and demanding to be removed from all these mechanical callers. If reminding me is so important to the doc, they can have a real person do it. There is absolutely no reason that I can't be treated like a human being and and am going to demand just that. So there.
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The automated call saves worker time, so that they can be more personable and attentive to you (and all patients) when you are there at the office visit.
BWAAAAAAAAAAAA----HAAAAAAAAAAA---HAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
Hate 'em too!
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Yeah, right. And I've got a bridge in New York for sale, too.
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Oh, goodness, what a busy thread today. And elimar, you certainly added a note of interest with that picture...
My dad is evidence that smoking causes cancer. He tried to quit many times, finally did after my mother died of lung cancer (even though hers was the kind usually caused by exposure to asbestos, and she did not smoke). However, the damage was done. Besides emphysema, he has had kidney cancer, bladder cancer, and lung cancer, as well as skin cancer, but the last one isn't caused by the smoking. The others all are. Amazingly enough, he's still doing well at age 88, although he does have to go for dialysis three times a week. Think how healthy he might be if he hadn't smoked!
That said, his strength in getting through all the operations and treatments has been an inspiration to me as I have gone through my little cancer.
Happy Valentine's Day, all!
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My husband (o.k., I'll say DH for once, since it is a "special occasion") is making dinner right now, but I already spoiled my appetite (like a 5 year old!) with the chocolates he got for me!
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Chocolates can not spoil an appetite. They fulfill the appetite...or something like that...
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E and Prayerrv - you two had me laughing so hard. The picture is hilarious and VD??? Especially funny cause the head of Johns Hopkins college of public health spoke at my conference this morning and they now call everything STI's. VD shows our age just a little bit!
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Barbe, thanks, I did not know that. My liver levels are checked every 6 mos though, and I've been doing the chondro for the better part of 3 years. My onc is pretty fussy about making sure she knows everything I'm on and what doses, etc., but I'll bring that up specifically when I see her in March or April.
Cary, you're definitely caught in that horrible sandwich. I hope things work out with your kids. Try to keep the dialogue open even when they don't seem to want to hear. It's amazing what sinks in. Maybe a book for them to read might help? Hugs
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Hello ladies - the biopsy went fine, I appreciate your thoughts and prayers. The lump was so calcified and hard the doctor had to use two types to needles to even get a sample and I am a little sore from all the pushing. Now just waiting on the results.
Happy Valentines Day everyone!
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Happy Valentines day Ladies.
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Cary- we are all here for you...we can't control our kids reactions...my 30 year old son and I finally talk about it now and I am grateful for that. Poor guy was terrified. I have not hid my bad days...nor my good ones. I am lucky as I see him everyday- he works for me! Oddly enough, he was the best of my entire team-really pulle dout all of the stops while I was down (or when I am down). Made this old gal proud. They're tougher than we think.I think it is the first time he has ever seen me put myself first like I have been forced to.
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I have a 19 year old daughter who does not say much about the cancer. She does tell me to be possitive about it. We are planning to go to Maine to visit my niece this weekend. I wont a few days away from home before I start my treatment. I am going to see my sister and cousin who we are very close to. I hope we can work this out to go. I know once we start treatment I won't be able to go to far.
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My 15 knows just the right time to ask how I'm feeling. I know at that moment he thinks about my. We don't talk about BC but I as well do not hide my bad days. He brings the groceries in for me, opens stuff and built a step stool for me in wood shop. He's a keeper even on his bad days. DH is great too but he's suppose to be!
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Shazbernjess ~ I wanted to reply to your post from several hours ago. I am happy that you have a plan in place for the surgery. It feels good doesn't it, to know what will be done? Sending strength. Please keep us posted.
Caryle ~ Welcome.
dawney ~ Keeping good thoughts for B9 results. (hug)
NM ~ I get those automated calls, too. Press 1 for this, press 2 for that. I had one just tonight wanting me to call them to set up a time to deliver my med prescription. Just send it! Why do I have to call you? So you can ask me how I'm doing?? (they have done this before) You are not my Dr, you are only my pharmacist!!!! I was getting one about a year ago: The phone rang, I picked it up & said, "Hello? ........ Hello??" I hung up because I didn't hear anything. The next day, the same thing happened. And the next day the same thing happened, only this time I stayed on the line longer & it was that darn computer reminding me of an upcoming appt. I remember when a Human used to call. At least my Onc's office doesn't do that.
((lynniea))
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I have to say that I can be a little bit "ADD." So I find it useful to receive calls to remind me about upcoming appointments, whether it's an obnoxious automated voice or a clueless receptionist type. Also, I long to get a job as the voice that says things like, "Welcome to Walgreens touch-tone prefill service! Para servicio en Espanol, oprina el numero nueve." I therefore must be supportive of those types of systems.
That said, it would be REALLY annoying to have a whole bunch of those calls in one day. Frankly, though, what tends to get me is having to have all of those appointments in the first place... I miss the days when an occasional random check-up was enough, and nothing would be found and we weren't watching for anything and if we DID find something, we could make it go away with a simple prescription that had minimal if any side effects. Those were the days...
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Hi Ladies--beenout of town for a few days, so just catching up. Will keep those having tests and newly dx in my prayers!
One of the hardest things I've ever had to do was tell my 3 daughters about my cancer. But after we got over the tears, and I got past that first awful surgery (colon resection --18" removed), we found things to laugh about. There is nothing they can't joke about--all is fair game! We had fun playing the "C card" (like getting my way where I wanted to go eat!), and my youngest would jokingly use the "c card" to get her way with friends (they knew she was joking). With BC there are plenty of boob jokes (like the new young, firm, breasts I will have if I do recon). If you can laugh at yourself, your kids will laugh with you!
I would like to add that I know not everyone feels like laughing, especially at first--so not meant to offend anyone. I have been yelled at in the past for finding a silver lining, and laughing (not on this thread). Sometimes I just walk around with my foot in my mouth!
Have a lovely day ladies!!
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You know, there really is no "correct' way to get yourself through B/C or live with B/C, and families usually have a way to work through it.
Some of the grown kids seem aloof, or too self-absorbed, to react to what you are going through. That's what I thought anyway but now, in hindsight, I think they are "observing" it all. If you are able to show determination, ask questions, show that you are a fighter, this lesson will be passed on and one day your kids may have to face a health crisis and you would want them to have that spirit in them. I'm not recommending that anyone put on the Superwoman Cape, just keep it real. We are not done being role models yet.
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I had warned my kids about the biopsy and how I thought this was "it" (third biopsy over the years, but this time I "knew"). I was right so they were prepared. I was calm and am proud of how I handled it all with grace. I, too, believe that I have set my kids up to deal with a medical crisis well. My daughter had posted on FB "trying to be strong" and I called her and told her she didn't have to be!! I told her that I cried too. We had the whole call without either of us crying. I think giving her permission to be sad/scared was the best thing.
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Thanks T Sometimes I would rather laugh than cry even though it is no laughing mater. My daughter and I are planning a trip to Maine this weekend to visit my niece who is in school there. I thought it a good idea to see my sister and cousin who I am very close to before I start my treatment. I spoke to the Doctor today to go over the rest of my path report. Even though the lymph node they took came back neg he is still worried about it. I am holding on to God that everything is still good. He also said my receptors came back neg and is aggressive growth. Planning on going to local support group at the hosp tonight. A little scared for that. Thanks for all your support and prayers.
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I have to kinda laugh at my boys. They are all grown and the closest lives 3 hours away. 16 years ago their little brother died so our family has already had to deal with the worst possible so in perspective my BC was not that hard for our family to deal with. But what I laugh with my boys is they do everything by text so I finally had to get me an iphone just so I could communicate with them better. They call every now and then but will text more often to see how things are going and I actually have found it good when I need to tell them all the same thing I can just text. Now they joke with me about texting.
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For me right now it is a daily thing since I am finishing rads and have a future surgery. I try to as positive as I can but it is hard at times but laughter does help/heal. I face each day with courage that God will get me through it. DH doesn't talk about not having the"girls" but he just wants me happy and healthy.
I do have something to look forward to Cirque du Soleil is in town and we have tickets for 2/22. Have seen them on TV but live will be even better.
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Haven't posted much in the last day to so. Work has been really busy and I have been concentrating on sewing. I have one quilt in the works and two more already planned. I usually have two projects going at the same time. I get bored with one and switch to the other one for awhile.
Hope every one had a great Valentine's Day.
I am off to the lung specialist in about an hour. I am feeling so good these days (about time), I don't want to go. Heck, I did not even know I had a problem until I got the results of the CT & Bone scan. The surgeon (who is a sweetie) set this up - when we were trying to find the cause of the "burning sensation" in the boob - burning has been gone for about a week now YAY!. Anyway, I am off to the appt. Will post later tonight what I find out.
Enjoy the rest of your day middies!
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I posted this on another thread, but had to put it here too. This is so funny. It takes a little bit to load, but so worth it. Laughed the whole time.
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