MIDDLE-AGED WOMEN 40-60ish
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Hey, Dianarose, are going to sell any of the strawberry jam????
Chachamom--I am so sorry to hear about your friend. It just is not fair.
Elimar--praying your friend just has arthritis.
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Eli- thanks for the input. I just hope I don't light up anywhere else. I am going to ask the MO if genetic testing would give us more insight to this crap and if there were a mutated gene would it alter our course of treatment.
Jalapeno jam sounds yummy.
Nativemainer- I am going to be selling jam at the bakery, along with pickles, relish, and some bread in a jar.
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Dianarose, I forgot to ask about this too: SO, I know your report said B/C mets contained in the ovary and fallopian tube. Now that part of the path report mentions mesosalpinx (which I had to look up) and that is the ligament that provides support for the f. tube, but it is outside the tube itself, so again WTH is actually going on in the area? I really is not very clear to understand.
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Eli- it is very vague. Pisses me off. I am scheduled for a ct of the abdomen. I am scared it is somewhere else. Lobular likes that area. Little bastards.
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Dianarose--bread in a jar? Is that one where the ingredients are all layered in a jar and you just add the liquid ingredients? Sounds like fun!
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Nativemainer- I actually bake banana, cranberry, pumpkin, etc... bread right in a wide mouth canning jar. It is so hot when it comes out that the lids seal. It comes out of the jar sort of like brown bread comes out of the can. Keeps for months in the sealed jar. I had a friend who would buy them just to decorate, but they really taste good too.
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Eli-in thinking about the 2 reports, the first one said no descrete lesions. I was told that it meant they didn't find anything until they sliced through things. I will have to email the mo tomorrow.
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First time to join this forum. I had already joined one with my same diagnosis. I am 52 and also was an empty nester. Then last April my unmarried sister-in-law died from a heart attack and my hubs and I inherited a 16 year old. I thought that was fun until Feb this year when I got the BC news. Perfectly healthy until that shocker. Needless to say our lives have changed a bit. We were just thinking it was "our time." Both our kids are college grads and out on their own with great jobs. We just got our nephew graduated from high school in May and he has zero ambition. Got a job at McDonald and has no desire to go to college. Such a waste. He's waiting until Aug when he turns 18 and can move into his mom's house by himself. Thank God he is a good kid and doesn't give us any trouble. I have had 5 chemo treatments with 3 remaining. Had my first herceptin with this last treatment.
Anyway, wanted to join and thanks for the thread.
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Welcome GIGIF - although I know you would rather not have to be here. Life sure does throw some surprises and curves doesn't it. You will find a great deal of support here along with encouragement, tears, and lots of laughter to help us get through everyday.
Weekends are often quiet on the boards but I am sure you will be hearing from lots of other middies before to long.
Let us know when your last chemo day is and we will throw you a Pocket Party (PP) We will all jump in your pockets to join you and celebrate your last day! There is always drinks, treats and sometimes even some eye candy.
Best of luck with your nephew. I am sure he will find his way soon enough.
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Does last day of chemo not include herceptin? That is considered a target drug, not chemo right? Still trying to get all the terminology and categories down pact.
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Hi Gigif. Try not to worry too much about the boy. I was too lazy to go to college and I turned out ok with a pretty good job eventually lol. My nephew is 15 and I'm actually thinking it would be better for him not to go to college. First because he hates school; secondly everyone goes to college now and they have such a hard time finding a job. I really think that due to everyone going to college, the other types of jobs are really going to be in demand, like HVAC, plumber, stuff like that. Its hard to find anyone to do that kind of work and young men these days dont know how to do handyman stuff the way our dads did. I hope the rest of your treatments go well.
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Hi Everyone, I have a 19 year old son doing well at university but glued all hours of the day and night to his computer. It drives me crazy. I've told him we will be spending the next 18 months getting him ready and well rounded to leave home and start living life! Baby steps and weekly goals are the name of the game around here. Sigh, and he is only number three out of six! All the others are girls and seem to belong to a different race altogether from him haha.
I'm feeling a bit grumpy and out of sorts today. Had fat grafting from my hips to my breasts last Wednesday and the bruising and swelling is sore and annoying. I'm my own worst enemy in getting up and carrying on no matter what, and then wonder sometimes why people don't wrap me up in cotton wool! Sorry, I know there are far worse things to be worrying about, I'm just having an off day 😁.0 -
Welcome Suzyblue - no apologizing necessary here. We all have our struggles and each is different. Sometimes with each new day is a new struggle. We are all here for one another to celebrate, encourage support and listen. Hoping that you start to feel better soon. Take care of yourself.
Gigif - I can't answer your herceptin question, but maybe someone will come along soon that will be able to. Have you checked any other threads for your answer?
My 19 yr old son is not the academic type and he struggled through high school. He is not sure yet as to just what he wants to be when he "grows up" He is currently working full time with a company that installs farm machinery. His interest in farming surprises me as he grew up "in town". But he likes his job we are ok with that until he finds out where he wants to be. And if it is where he is then that's ok too.
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Welcome to our thread, GIGIF and SuzyBlue! Just remember...there is no good time to get cancer and no "right way" to feel about it. I also had kids in the late teens when I got my Dx, which was a blessing, I guess, because they were kind of self-absorbed and it did not seem to affect their lives too much at the time. Bad enough it was affecting mine.
As for the college advice, I agree with HLB. Some kids are just sick of school by the time of h.s. graduation. If they are not caring for school and don't know what interests them, college is just a money drain. If they go at a later time, it will be because they really want to and they will get much more out of it.
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Going to see how tan my surgeon is this morning. He's pasty white in the Winter, and I will be surprised if he is more than two shades darker now...that just does not seem like him. I should be back in time to join everyone in chacha's pocket and I hope there will be something to snack on. Questioning doctors always makes me hungry.
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When I had herceptin, it started during chemo and continued once every three weeks for a year.
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Welcome GIGIF and SuzieBlue......sorry you have reason to join this group....but happy that with that reason you have found this incredible group of supportive, caring, and encouraging ladies!
Okay, I'm getting ready to see the MO, and then off (after a Pho bowl lunch) to see the GS for consult. This is a new doc for me.....and I'm not kidding, his name is Harms! I hope that isn't an indication of what's to come! LOL!!!! So set up the bar, bring in the treats and jump in with me! I love you all for coming along!0 -
Looks like a good start on snacks for Chachamom's pocket party. Hope Eli brings her elephant crumb vacuum. Hopping in your pocket. Wheee!!
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I had a nice visit with my surgeon. He had an intern sidekick with him today, which always inspires me to "act up" a little. Since I was sitting, waiting for over a half hour in the exam room, I not only had time to write my birthday on their desk calendar (wonder if I'll get a card?) but also to read all the degree and certification documents on the wall. Turns out my surgeon not only knows his way around a robot, but he is also a Kentucky Colonel. He explained the honorary title, when I asked, but I am pretty sure he also has to don a white suit and fry up some chicken as the need arises. Now don't be jealous, even tho' I feel sorry for all of you with just regular surgeons, who are not Kentucky Colonels or worse, are run-of-the-mill Masons. Masons are so OUT, Colonels so IN.
There's a little shop in my doctor complex. They sell food from the hospital and I was going to get a scoop of chicken salad, but no. It was on the menu but they had not sent any over. They had sent over cherry turnovers and I had to make do with one of those. I picked up a few extra for everyone.
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Oh, Eli, I've only had peanut butter toast/coffee this morning. Cherry turnovers look divine. Made myself some strawberry limeade yesterday. DQ has the best with Sonic 2nd. I had no limes so had to use Rose's lime juice. OK and satisfied my craving even though it did kick up my GERD a bit. Squeezing limes has to be the worst thing; they never have any juice. Saw a nifty juice squeezer made on a stand like a milkshake maker. Sooo not of the "to buy" list but looked interesting.
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I have one of these, and it works really well, simple as it is:
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I am exhausted - two days of weeding the garden, dishes, laundry, etc etc and TWO pocket parties today (one on another thread). Need to go back to work for a rest tomorrow. It has been a blast though! Thanks for all the fun (and treats of course).
Chacha - Hope the new docs initials are D.N. (for Do No) Harms!
Names are funny - We have a business nearby that sells headstones and the name of the business is "Skelton Memorials" I kid you not.
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Whew that was some party!....I gained 2 pounds between the MO appt and the GS appt...REALLY! My MO was pretty vague, deferring all questions to the GS other than to tell me the lesion they had been following for the duration hadn't changed much over the initial 2 years, but doubled in size in the last 8 mos.
Good news is the GS went over the report and MRI PICTURES and he is not in agreement about the measurement (he sees less change). I REALLY like dr Harms (and his initials would be L.A. Harms, Barsco..... Hee hee! He's recommending an endoscopic ultrasound which he'll authorize for a gastro-entomologist -
I like that he gave a complete explanation of all the "what ifs" and included that it is "highly unlikely" that it would be mets. I'm relieved! Now time to clean out my pockets from all the
goodies Luvmygoats and Eli brought.
Mommine that juicer looks scarey! LOL!!!0 -
Chachamom-I am glad doc Harms thinks everything is good.
I got a call last night and the hood system for the kitchen at my bakery is on a truck and will be here this morning. I finally can have a date to leave my current job. Hurray!!!
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Chacha - sounds like good news. Hoping it stays that way.
Diana - Hooray!!! How exciting to be coming to the end of that chapter and move on to the next. Time to spread those wings and fly.....
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Yeah, Dianarose!!!!
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When's the grand opening?0 -
The hood arrived and she is beautiful. They are going to have her installed by next Wednesday and hopefully the inspections can take place Thursday and then open on Monday the 15th. I will be shortening my drive to work 50 minutes one way. Hurray !!!! There is still a ton of work to do. The sinks have to be hooked up, painting, the counter tops and shelves built, cleaning and more cleaning.... I am tired just thinking about it.
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Diana...Congrats on the opening
My DH 60th B'day is that day, a good day!0 -
Diana, great news! I hope your bakery is a sweet success!
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Looks like a good start on snacks for Chachamom's pocket party. Hope Eli brings her elephant crumb vacuum. Hopping in your pocket. Wheee!!
