MIDDLE-AGED WOMEN 40-60ish
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E- laughed so hard I almost wet my pants!!! Thank a million! Next time, will call 1-800-RENTAHUNK! Will be worth every penny!
Also, love the new header
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oh, can I share the wonderful photo on:
https://community.breastcancer.org/forum/102/topic...
That's a place to store things we don't want to forget.....
I posted this on another thread this morning:
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Eli - I get bone density next week and full of preservatives. Ought to be very interesting or not. Feeling the Fosamax or Boniva Rx coming my way. Not looking forward to it. I think GERD is a side effect and I have enough of that already.
2TA - hope the recliner day is helping and POSH is keeping his S to himself. I've kinda gotten to the point that I'll offer DH an opinion on something (not life/limb threatening) and when he rejects it I just OK it's your call you get the s**t that comes back from it. On the other hand I need to quit asking for his opinion on minor stuff, not like I'm buying a car or something.
Talk about laughing till they're peeing - Cat in the Hat immed. to my Word files. Thanks 2TA.
We went to out 2x/year camping to OK this weekend and it was just OK. I can only eat so much and don't drink that much. Do like to play games/cards and sit by campfire. Won a trophy (friends own trophy business) for "best story" which turns out I won for feeding hamburger buns to the semi-tame resident Canada goose - female. Not sticking my fingers near male's beak, besides he stood his distance.
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luv, I'll show you mine (results) if you show me yours (results.) I can't exactly remember what my numbers were last time, and last time was the only other time I got the test so this is going to be the first one to look at any trend I might have going on. Good Luck next week.
Geese are scary. Just look at the evilness.
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Oh my yes geese are evil. I can't remember why but MIL had geese when they lived in CA. DH says her poodle learned to poop on the run and some pet (?cat) hid in the cactus, the only place they didn't get. I wouldn't have wanted to tangle with papa goose, I think he would have come up at least to my waist if not a little higher
.My bone density is the 3rd I've had at this place; at least 4th if not 5th I've had. Will get some good trends and the 1st since starting the evil Femara and stopping the Evista which seemed to be helping my numbers. Both my PCP and MO now have online test retrieval, pain in the patootie to set up but done and no longer have to call esp. the MO. I don't remember numbers well just know I was osteopenic but very little changed from the 2 years b4 that. I will wait for my gyn visit 1st of May and get his opinion too. Seems he dispenses bisphosphonates also. He's the one who ordered the other two.
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I remember going to my Grandpa and Grandma's house when I was a kid and the geese would run free in the yard and every time my Mom would warn me to stay away cause they could beat you to death with their necks!!!! Not sure if this is true or not though...my thoughts on geese. They must be evil.
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I can comment on the great Canadian geese. They own parking lots and parks and any streets that they might want to walk on...... Or sit on for that matter
They work better than traffic cops or street lights
Don't mess with the geese!!
They honk and if you get hit by their poop when they're flying you'll feel like ure under attack and run for cover!
Lol
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They don't care. Try walking a dog in their area. They will boldy advance, hissing their heads off. What? Is the bread not stale enough? Honk, honk, honk!!! They are very particular about it, but you never bring enough no matter what! Should your flesh get pinched by one of them...it's hematoma time. Even one is a terror, but they are always with their gaggle. Just run.
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YaH!!! Meaner than heck! one punched me in the chest with that ugly mug-beak, when i wasnt even two feet tall, at my mom's friends house, and their doberman chased it, till it started chasing him!
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Eli, lovely chore boy. One of my standard lines is that I need a pool, so I will have an excuse to acquire a pool boy.
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Eli, can I share the photo of your chore boy on other threads? I'm sure it would brighten the day for others too
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2TA, Thanks for asking. I don't own the photo so it's up for grabs. Hehehe. While you are at it, you should share the geese attack photo too, just for a public service announcement. Just to warn people.
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good morning all!! Today is the day that I have my consult with the oncologist at 2:30. I must admit that I'm nervously calm and cautiously optimistic. While I'm 99.9% that I'll hear chemo I just hope that there is some good news. I already know that my bone and CT scans showed NED and that only 2 of 21 lymph nodes had cancer so not sure how much more positive things can get
And of course I get my period yesterday!! 4 weeks to the day. It was 3 months before that!!!
Good times!! Lol
Have a good day everyone!
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one more pic for u to start ur day
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Good thing I went to the Osteoporosis clinic today, for gossip as well as the scan, otherwise it might have been months before I found out that my MO had been in a serious accident this Winter and may not be returning to his practice. Wonder why the NP or anyone at the MO's office failed to mention it last week? Maybe they thought I had heard, but since I am not a "regular" (read: chemo junkie) anymore, I didn't get the memo. He was fairly rigid with the "standard of care" treatment plan and I marched to my own drummer a lot but we usually reached an accord most times, so I do dread having to "break in" one of the other docs in the practice.
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e, wouldn't HIPPA disallow them from mentioning anything?
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I really don't know, Barbe. By strict interpretation of HIPAA, maybe the clinic worker, this morning, should not have mentioned that my doc went to neuro-ICU, but I would think anyone could refer to his accident in general terms. Of course I Googled about it when I got home, and there was a news report so anything that was made public by a news report seems like it could freely be repeated.
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I agree Elimar. Sounds like public knowledge. What would they have done if you needed an appointment - nope haven't seen hide nor hair of him all winter. Hope you don't have to teach the ropes to a new one. Well, let's hope the new one - if it comes to that - won't be needed much to teach. How's about that???
I played that hiding game about 30 years ago with a doc in a group practice though I was affiliated with hospital and not practice. Couldn't say where/when/if he was gone - how many ways can you say he's not available - but he was fer darn sure gone for several months but he did return.
Well, the c**p continues at this house. Plumbing issues last month. My car windshield cracked by a rock today. Just replaced in December. Safelite auto glass loves us. Coming to house on Saturday.
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Hmmm, goats, I'd wonder. Does Satellite Auto Glass do "drive-by's" once they know where you live? Aka, rock throwing!! Was your car in motion when it got hit by a rock or sitting in your driveway.
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You'd think so, right. No, unfortunately DH was driving it again (!!) when big truck threw a rock. Lots of gas fracking trucks around. The last time it cracked in Dec. I came in sheepishly and told him the windshield had a crack. He admitted something hit it and he had hoped it would not crack. He drives it only sporadically when I'm not going anywhere or bad weather since his vehicle is an F-150 truck, not the best in rainy conditions. Love my Equinox.
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Luv - I've decided cracks are part of living in Texas. My son teases me about it. Now if the crack doesn't cover my field of view, I just go to a windshield repair place and have them drill the little holes & stop the crack from going further. Darned if I'm going to replaced the windshield every year since I have a high deductible. By the time I got this latest windshield, I had cracks headed everywhere except in front of my eyes.
Eli - I just found out today from my BS that my MO will be retiring the end of the year. Strange that I'd just asked him in January if he planned to stay around for awhile and he said yes. Different mergers & ensuing politics probably changed his mind. Boy will I give him h-e-dble'L' when I see him the end of the month. Who will handle my next recurrence or my Mets in 5 years? (not to be negative, but really!!)
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luv, ask him if he by any chance remembers any logo on the truck that kicked up the rock. In two instances I know of personally, people contacted the company and they paid for repairs.
E, sucks about MO. Hope he comes back for both your sakes!
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hello everyone!
This is the update that I received from my MO yesterday:
I am HER2/ER/PGR positive. My tumour was 2.3cm, grade 3 with 2 nodes impacted.Thankfully the skeletel muscle is free of cancer as was the skin.
April 22 - I go for a non invasive cardiology test referred to as a nuclear angiogram (SYMA). My nurse told me that then is no injection involved but I think that there is. Crap! I HATE needles!!!
At some point during the same week I will also have a PORT installed. Yippee!!!
April 29 - I have bloodwork and some other stuff - I believe that I also meet with my MO.
April 30 - Chemo. I will have 6 cycles - one week on, two weeks off. I can't even find some of the chemo meds listed on this website!!!! My regimen is called FEC-D Treatment. The first 3 cycles = 3 drug combo - Floirouracil (also known as Adrucil) + EPLrubicin (also known as Pharmorubicin) and Cyclophosphamide (also known as Procytox). The last 3 cycles = DOCEtaxel (also kmown as Taxotere). At some point Herceptin will be introduced which will last for approx 1 year. I will also get Tamoxifen for approx 5 years (if not more). During my chemo treatment, I will also have a shot called Neulasta after each chemo cycle.
I am actually scared of the treatment and even thought I know that too many women have gone through this I'm scared that I'll die from the chemo and all the other crap!!
My MO stressed that all treatment is precautionary and that he is confident that I will come through this okay and hae a very healthy life after treatment.
So - what can I do? I am petrified of having to take drugs when I feel healthy. I am petrified of becoming skin and bones. I am petrified of the side effects especially the severe ones which may cause DEATH such as heart damage etc when I am so healthy right now. Sometimes I think that I shouldn't read too much - it might be better NOT to know because then the mind can't play tricks on you.
Help!!
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As good a way to introduce myself to this thread as any: I'll be 50 in July (wow) so I reckon I belong here. Hi all.
Footballnut:
The pre-chemo tests are no big deal. Take some deep breaths (or some Ativan and if you don't have Ativan, get some) and relax, that part will be fine.
Port installation: My personal experience is that I was asleep so I guess it went okay. Haha. Afterwards it was REALLY sore---not like omg I'm in agony and shall die sore, but more like holy cow this really hurts sore. Make sure to get a prescription for pain pills. It gets less sore really quickly, like in a couple of days. It's fine.
I know what you mean about taking the chemo drugs when you feel healthy, but personally I'd do it anyway, if they recommend it. (Well, obviously I would, since I DID.)
You most likely will not become skin and bones...err...I just got my last chemo treatment last Monday and I think I gained 5 pounds over the course of treatment. Bleh. Seriously. I'd kinda hoped to lose a few pounds but sometimes food just tasted so GOOD, and the steroids made me HUNGRY, and my husband kept bringing me "whatever you want".... ah well.
Chemo is not fun, but most of it actually isn't THAT bad. Really. Read the threads here on these boards about what to get to prepare for chemo and read what other ladies have done to minimize the side effects and you'll be just fine. Personally, going into chemo I expected to be living with my head in the toilet most of the time and being an utterly miserable invalid the rest of the time. In fact, I never threw up once (though I did have some hefty heartburn,) and although I'd have a few days per chemo cycle when I mostly stayed in bed and slept, I also did stuff like going shopping, going out to dinner, house cleaning....you know. Normal stuff. Mostly you will simply be tired, tired, tired, and then when you think you can't become more tired, you will become exhausted...but that's not til near the end, so by then, you get to look forward to bouncing back again.
Yes, these chemo drugs can cause some more nasty and serious side effects on down the road. You'll be monitored during chemo to make sure nothing especially bad is happening at the time though, if that makes you feel any better. They'll check all your blood levels and listen to your heart and lungs and poke at you pretty thoroughly before every infusion to make sure. No one can tell you which is the scarier risk for YOU; cancer or lasting effects from chemo drugs. Obviously for me it was the cancer, because I did the chemo, but that's a choice you have to make for yourself. That said.... the way I figured it, even Tylenol can wreck your liver, and I'm not seeing MOST of the women here on these boards that went through chemo years ago now saying they wished they hadn't because of the after-effects, so the choice was pretty easy.
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F-nut, You got just about one of everything off the treatment a la carte menu, didn't you? No radiation tho', right? I am not really up on all the chemo mixes out there and I have not read about your particular one. It must be relatively new, so keep us informed on what it is like as you go thru' it. (I did have the fluorouracil part myself for my CRC.) The best part about triple positive is having all of the chemical weapons in your arsenal, so they say.
I had a love/hate relationship with my port. It's an additional surgery, so boo. Mine hurt for some weeks til it settled down enough to ignore but it remained right under my bra strap the entire time, so hiss. Now that it is out, I can wear a tank top without anyone even seeing it, so yay It sure did beat giving up an arm vein for every round of chemo, double yay. (Ask for the numbing spray before they stab at your port. That helps.)
Chemo is scary but, by the second round, the procedure itself is long and boring. A lot of people doze off during their chemo. Half of it might be fatigue, but the other half is the sheer boredom. (I cruised around with my chemo pole talking with people, did Sodoku, listened to MP3, ate a sandwich, queried the nurses, used the toilet a half dozen times (they hung a big saline bag!), and texted my kids, and still was as bored as a hippo in the 'potamus pool, only too lucky to sleep off 30-40 minutes of the day's sentence.
They really can tell how you are tolerating it from your bloodwork, which you will get each time before a round of chemo, and from what you yourself report so don't hold back. If you really feel like crap, they need to know.
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Welcome, lisa137! I was busy typing, so did not see your post which covered some of the main points I wrote about and it sounds like our experiences were uncannily similar! My pre-meds worked and I never got nauseated, but the fluorouracil really churns the stomach and I did drop the pounds. I liked to say, Cancer Supermodel.
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Thanks for the welcome.
I did get the nauseous *feeling* once or twice--in fact, I may NEVER eat at Subway again-- but the anti-nausea meds I had did their thing and took care of it pretty fast. I never felt like a quick trip to the bathroom was imminent...well, not because of nausea, anyway. I wish I had lost some weight--you know, just incidentally as a sort of bonus side effect lol--but when I consider all that I ate, combined with my decreased activity level, it's really a wonder I can still fit through my bedroom door, much less fit into my pre-chemo jeans. So I suppose I should be grateful for that.
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Hi to all the ladies here, I was participating last year at this time, but when I went back to work, dropped out. All I did was work and recover from work, pretty much. I missed the scathing wit here, and the general attitude, irreverent and totally respectful all at the same time, it seems.
So I found out on 4/4/14 that I have a bc met behind my left eye. The Onc team is conducting a major search to find the origin, I have been in tests every day minus weekend since the DX, and one more tomorrow. She started me on Taxol today as they want to save vision if possible and whack that sucker down ASAP. I am in shock, but gradually getting the hang of this leap from two episodes of low grade, early stage bc and an Oncotype of 16, to mets. It's still possible something else accounts for the choroid tumor, but not likely. Just want to get back where the jokes are flying and the wisdom about managing this stuff is strong. Thanks for keeping up with this sight Elimar and company. Big hugs, Mame
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Welcome Lisa and welcome back mame!
I am posting from my kindle so no funny pictures.
Mame, yikes about the eye. How did you find it? Eye doc? I hate this sneaky disease!
Football, I can only say that I am glad you are feeling healthy now. Much better to start tx from a strong place. It is all scary but we tackle it a day at a time. Come here and vent anytime. As eli said, someone is always home.
I too had blood work this week. Seems like all is well. Even bringing my vit d level up. I see my RO and PCP next week. I was struggling with my diet for a short time, but am back on track and have broken the 140 barrier. I can see people trying to figure out, if it's me. Someone last week said they thought I was maybe a relative of mine. lol
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FBN, so sorry to hear all that. Here's a chemo thread you can check out (or not):
https://community.breastcancer.org/forum/69/topic/...
Welcome Lisa and MameMe, great group of ladies here and wonderful support.
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