MIDDLE-AGED WOMEN 40-60ish
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chachamom-just notice your quote. Is that you or someone you are quoting? I really like it! Might have to steal but would like to give credit where credit is due.
What a sad day for our country & the people in Newtown, CT.
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Hi Eph3 12. Yeah, I stole it. I read the post from "nancebeth" on the ACS "what's Next" site and stole it from her. I don't know her full name, though, much like this site.
My prayers go out to those family and friends dealing with the horrible shooting in CT!0 -
Eli glad you are feeling better hopefully you will get more food down today
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My prayers going up as well.
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The outside sore is a cold sore or actually herpes simplex and is highly contagious. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herpes_simplex
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Eli: Glad you're on the mend, but sorry to hear about all the weight loss. I'd love to donate some pounds to you. I have plenty to spare, and I'm generous like that...
I've been away for a long weekend in SFO. We had great weather and a wonderful time. I was happy to see Union Square filled with happy shoppers. It seems that people are spending money this year. I'm certainly doing my part.
I hated to learn about today's shooting. Such a tragedy. What's wrong with Americans? This is very rare in other countries, but all too common here. We should be able to fix this problem...
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Getting that horrid reaction to my first cold sore (not canker!) is like when a man gets chicken pox as an adult and becomes sterile. Most diseases are exposed to us as children and we build an immunity. My body had never met a cold sore before and it went nuts.
As for the shooting, yes, of course I am shattered. BUT, as someone living in a country which does NOT have the "right to bear arms" it always looks like a school shooting situation about to happen!!! Don't have a semi-automatic rifle available to anyone!!! What are you guys thinking!! This is 2012, not 1812!!! Not too many countries allow one to have a gun in the home, so that's why the shootings happen to those countries that have guns lying around the house. We use the term "going postal" to mean bringing in a gun and shooting everyone up. We got that from news from the USA. It makes me SO FRIGGING angry that innocents are killed because someone had access to such a weapon. Look in your own backyards for "weapons of mass destruction"!!!!!!!!!!!!! OMG my heart just bleeds for the innocents who will always have those pictures in their heads. I refuse to watch the news or read about it and this way I can pretend it didn't even happen!!! Maybe I read it in a book about another world, a sci fi world where weapons in the home are as common as computers......
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Eli - glad to hear your mouth sores are getting a little better and it sounds like you are doing alright with nourishment, too. Your diet reminds me of an old diet where they wired people's jaws shut so they could only eat stuff like you're eating.
They sell chicken coops at Williams-Sonoma. Saw them a while ago, and I think an average man should be able to build one of these: http://www.williams-sonoma.com/search/results.html?activeTab=products&words=chicken+coops&cm_sp=OnsiteSearch-_-GlobalNav-_-Button&type-ahead-viewset=ecom
Meece, I was planning on showing that coyote who's boss but can't figure out how to get around the law. Here it's legal to kill them, but you can't shoot them. The coyote killed my cat and several neighbors' cats. And I wrote an article about them for a local magazine - even if you rid your area of them, more just move in. They control their own population based on how much land is available. We didn't have this problem until about 5 years ago - you can find them in the concrete jungle of Atlanta now. They are highly adaptable critters.
Eph - I am just sick about the shooting in CT. Those poor families and the poor little siblings. Praying for Connecticut - my step-siblings live there and it's so small, everybody knows everybody else.
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These shootings are done by people with a mental illness. Nobody likes to talk about that. Guns are a weapon no different than a sword, bow, knives. It's not the instrument. It's the untreated mentally ill person that pulls the trigger. A car can be a weapon.
I'm sooooooo heartbroken that this is the last thing the children saw.0 -
I agree wholeheartedly with you ,JoCanuck. I just read about a Chinese man who killed 8 people (children) with a knife!
Tonight should be about the community of Newtown, CT, and their need to cope and heal from this tragedy. Tomorrow we should be discussing ways to identify mental illness in our youth.........it's not about the guns, BTW, he didn't use an assault weapon but instead used two handguns. I'm probably preaching to the choir here. There was another post I read somewhere on here about the USA and gun control........just saying.0 -
Firework, I feel sick for those families and their little friends ... So innocent and scarred for life. I know you can kill with a knife but guns are weapons ... Hand guns ... Canada has very tight gun control and I hate to make this into something but I do believe that the US needs to look at your right to bear arms... Why does someone really need a hand gun? Hunters need rifles ..
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Truly a sad day - thoughts and prayers go out to the families and friends of those innocent victims.
I agree with JoCanuck that mental illness is still hidden away - no one likes to talk about it and those affected are hesitant to seek treatment.
I agree there needs to be more gun control, however, there also needs to be less of a stigma attached to mental illness so that it is not considered to be "taboo" I have seen too many teens and young adults suffer in silence only to find out too late that they were struggling.
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What I like about this thread is the wide range of sentiments. If you get all the way to middle age, you don't have nothin' if you don't have an opinion. Just so long as we realize there is no way to debate the issue of gun control and gun ownership so that we will all come to an agreement.
When my family started to talk about those shootings and watch the news of it, I had to leave the room, the horror of it was making me cry. I'm not in a place to dwell on the thought of it for more than a moment without losing the upbeat frame of mind I need for my latest cancer drama. I have some half formed opinions, but I am keeping my brain out of that arena right now.
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Just had some milk oatmeal. Had to leave half the cup for later. It was stinging too much, but still it is an improvement because two days ago, I could not have even gotten it down. Plus, I had it without using lidocaine first. I had to eat all my meals preceded by lidocaine yesterday. I had hoped to be more healed by the weekend and eating solids...I mean normal meals. Not sure if I will be ready to go by Monday. I still have all the blistery sores, but they are smaller, and the center of my soft palate feels much better although the sides still have a few razorblades.
I have had 10/28 rads now. Time flies when you're having rads, eh?
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Hello to all: I would like to add something that has worked for me concerning canker sores in the mouth......or canker craters! Unbelievably after years of avoidance of tomatoes, oranges, pecans, grapes, pineapple,pizza and salsa, etc and trying all sorts of cures including lysine, I have found that Crest toothpaste for kids has cut my breakouts to almost zero! I can't explain it and I still only have the foods very sparingly due to the fact I am so afraid of not being able to swallow my spit again. Worth a try for only 3 bucks. It is somewhat hard to find. I keep the rx for the outer herpes on hand at all times because anytime I am even a little sick or over tired, out comes a blister. Give the crest for kids a try and see if it helps and good luck.
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Hi, Beatmon, and thanks for the tip. Do you mean Crest "Sparkle Fun" for kids or is the other one that is a white paste?
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Hi, elimar: it's the sparkle. Can't believe it has helped so much and also teeth sensitivity that none of the other speciality paste touched.
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elimar, it just hit me that you are having rads and chemo at the same time! Kind of brilliant really, if you think about it...and if you didn't have the mouth issuesss....so when you are done, you are done! Isn't it an awful lot for your body to handle at once, though? I know you have the mouth issues (damn CT contrast!!!) but otherwise you're handling it pretty good, aren't you? Don't know why I just figured all that out now. doi! Do they really think you'd be ALL healed by Monday?
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Hi everyone, have not been here for a while.
Elimar.. ouch.. I can relate. Had the mouthsores after Taxotere.. Got so bad I ended up in the hospital for 5 days.. MO prescribed me anti-viral and antibiotics that I was on for 31/2 months.. They were Apo-sulfatrim ds (antibiotic) had to take monday wednesday and friday,,Pms-valacyclovir one tab daily until 4 weeks after chemo ends.. This plus the "magic" mouthwash worked wonders for me.. Best part is I can now eat pears, apples, oranges and berries... could not for years as I would have a reaction getting blisters in my mouth from them.. Now I have two apples a day and enjoy them
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Barbe, Both together gets optimum shrinkage and when people got rads after surgery they had "poorer function." We can all imagine what that disgustingly implies. However, I think with my nodes being involved, I might be on the ticket for post surgery chemo too, but it might depend on the surgical pathology. I should be looking ahead to the light at the end of the tunnel, but I am taking a more step-by-step approach this time around. After all this pre-treating, I will get about 6 weeks to heal and study for the next phase. I want to be ready to go on Mon., but I think it may get delayed a couple more days.
I had a lot of pain-induced fatigue this week, but got all my Christmas cards done. Right now, I am hoping I can go out and shop tomorrow for a couple gift items, before I get ol' "Hitler in a handbag" back.
p.s. Hey, Ossa. We picked up a few more Canadians while you were out. I have one mouth rinse now that is a steroid, an antibiotic, an antifungal and Benadryl. Since using that, I have improved at a snail's pace.
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Some of my grandkids were over a couple of days ago to help me decorate for Christmas - they all wanted to be someone famous, one wanted to be Tessla, another Edison, and the 4 year old wanted to be Hitler, because then he could just stand there and boss everyone else around - here's hoping your Hitler in a handbag doesn't get to be the boss this time
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Eli, I haven't been able to really watch a news story about Newton, CT either. I've said many prayers and I hope that's enough, because I truly have no desire whatsoever to watch the story. Not sure there's anything there I really need to know that could help me or more importantly help those involved. If that horror makes us a little kinder for a little while, that would be a good thing. I hope your healing continues and speeds up for you hon.
Happy Saturday to all ... off to finish my Christmas shopping, I hope!
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Marlegal, I couldn't have said it better myself! I have NO interest in reading in-depth about this crime. Just knowing something happened is more than I need to know.
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Jeez Elimar....lol...what is...I know I'm gonna be sorry for asking..."hitler in a handbag"
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JoC, That is my take home pouch containing chemo and the porta-pump. It goes by many names, all signifying badness. Besides coming with its own list of dos and don'ts, once I got hooked up it was dominating my life with how long I could sleep (before the tube fell across my face) and what kind of jammies I could wear (because a long gown is too troublesome) and the like. I expect I have another 3-4 weeks of that coming up, but if possible I wonder if I can persuade them to leave me unhooked on Xmas Day (since I won't actually get rads on that day either.)
I was chewing some cottage cheese for lunch. Then, slithered some ramen noodles down. I had a tiny piece of pumpkin cake with milk (but needed the lidocaine help with that one. It was worth it.)
p.s. I have written my actual meals a couple different times. It's one thing to say I am sore, but it's another to just tell you what food I can even tolerate. That gives the best idea, I think.
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I'm so happy something is slithering down your throat! I didn't realize that we take it home! I though you go to the clinic get chemo then the treatment is over, recoup from horrible side effects then do it again next week.....I didn't know we took it home!!!! Crap!
I have no bleeping idea of what's coming down the tubes for me....well I got the liver thing so....I have to wait for the 20th for my awakening....
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Jo, the type chemo Eli is having is not the norm. I've heard of it before, but most of us who did or are doing chemo follow your outline - go to the hospital or clinic, have our treatment, and go home for 7 to 14 days. Only very very special people get to take the chemo home with them
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JoC, I don't think you mentioned your liver involvement on this thread before. Sometimes the liver gets a very good response with chemo. If it is just in your liver and just one lesion, or very minor, I believe surgery can even be an option. Do let us know what your treatment will include. You'll not be saddled with a chemo carry-out like me. (Sent you a PM.)
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Thank you mar...not to bright over here!
Got it Eli, thanks! Um no surgery, I have too many lesions I'm told, both sides. I'm hoping it gets better when I see the onco & rad docs on the 20th. I can hardly wait.....0 -
Glad you can get some variety into your diet, Ei~, even if it was ramen.
I've only met one person who had the take home chemo for BC.
When I had AC, they had me eat popcicles while they infused me, it was to prevent mouth sores. Unfortunately if you are carrying your chemo 24/7 I guess that's impossible, but I wonder if you ate cold stuff throughout the day if it would help at all.
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