MIDDLE-AGED WOMEN 40-60ish
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thanks, that's it. Will look it up on the Internet
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Wow, now that is really news! Astounding!!! Maybe the word is finally getting out there! Sheeesh!
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tried looking it up on the Internet with no success
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Watermelon...My mom (terminal LC) really loved it thru' all her treatments. I splurged during winter to get her some of the overpriced Chilean melons. Who cares, right? When I did my chemo, I loved the watermelon too. Let me add #11 to the list: Watermelon is one of the things that stays pretty true to taste during chemo. There aren't too many things that fall into that category.
Busy this past week...making with the Garage Sale.
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2TA and anyone else that might be interested: here is the link to the news segment
http://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/breast-cancer-...
ha, I think it worked. let me know, my first time inserting link
eli, were you diagnosed with fibro before or after dx with bc? I am struggling with accepting the fact that I've been dx with fibro. I want to blame everything on the tami. Maybe we could PM about symptoms?
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macatacmv - thanks for the link. It did work. A great segment to hopefully get the word out that tx for bc isn't as cut and dry as some believe. (including me before dx)
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I watched that segment on the news too. I hope it makes employers realize that they do need to be a little more forgiving with women who are going through treatment for BC. My daughter was fired immediately when her employer found out she had BC 2 years ago. Needless to say he didn't get away with it. The Civil Liberty Union helped her out, he was fined, closed his practice and moved away. These employers need to learn.
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2nd time around- while it was a great compliment, it also made me realize I have become a wonderful actress. It's so much easier just telling everyone I feel fine rather than the truth. No one really wants to know the truth some two and a half years later, to them I should be just fine I look it and to the outside world I am.
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Hi All,
I had my neulasta shot this past Thursday - no bone pain yet and it's Sunday. No Clariton. My pharmacist agreed that many women do take it but since we are all different, that there would be no issue with my waiting to see what might happen. I hope that things continue this way!!!!
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FBN - awesome that you don't have bone pain! I did take th Claritan - I also have spondylolisthesis which gives me lower back pain a LOT. Decided that I didn't also want to deal with bone pain on top of it :-) No bone pain, thank goodness and I am not prepared to find out whether I would have had any without the Claritin :-).
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Some employers are just not understanding. My boss asked me when I was dx with cancer if the doctor gave me a "pill" to get rid of it. When I was gone with a doctor ordered leave of absence from going back to work to soon and over doing it. My job was eliminated and duties given away to other people when I was on doctor ordered leave and they got away from it. I called FMLA(Family Medical Leave Act) and they tried to help me but since they could not come up with 50 employees within 75 miles they could not help me.I guess what really hurt the most is my boss told everyone I was "faking" it when I came back 9 days after internal high dose radiation and tore out scar tissue- got an internal bleed and my whole arm swelled up and I had to go to OT until last month to deal with the lymphedema that was starting. I tried so hard to go back to work only to get hurt and then treated so badly. It made me lose my faith in people so I became a hermit for the winter. People are finding me and they have been reinstating my faith in man kind that and my new boss who is totally understanding!!
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ndgrrl, Sometimes we just gotta find the right people to have around us. I have definitely changed some of the places and people I associate with. I don't tolerate docs who don't take me seriously anymore, either.
I am glad you are finding people that are reinstating your faith. Sometimes it takes longer than we think it should.
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I never had bone pain with Neulasta & I didn't do Claritin.
ndgrrl-some time your former boss will know on a personal level what serious illness is & can do. At that time, I hope somehow he is filled with remorse of the extremely poor & what sounds to me like illegal way he handled your situation.
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I would sometimes get a sort of achy thing in my pelvis after neulasta, but it usually only lasted a few hours and it was not as bad as the lower back/hip pain I usually get (bad back).
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FBN--Hooray for no
bone pain from the neulasta!Ndgrrl--some people
are just clueless and so self-centered.So glad you have found, or been found by a better boss!0 -
it's Monday and beautiful outside! I'm going for a walk and taking all of you with me! Maybe we can stop at Starbucks and have an ice t lemonade! :-)
Here's to no bone pain and having plumbing that's working as expected!!
Lol
Have a good day all !!
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here's to no bone pain!!!!! your plumbing sounds like it's working better than my plumbing Here's to that, too!!!!!
Have a great walk!
Look my dog can touch her nose with her tongue!! Look how serious she looks. lol she gets me out walking every day!!
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Your dog does look serious, but at least she still has her dignity.
Happy Cinco de Mayo!
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OMG! Love the dog pics!
Funny how we celebrate things like pooping! You gotta laff!! If you dig deep enough there's always some humour somewhere at some part if a journey!!
Just got back from my walk. 3.2 miles in under an hour. Feel pretty good! Fun walking while feeling buzzed at the same time!! I hope that I was walking in a straight line!! Lol
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Happy Cinco de Mayo~!
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LOL!
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That is hilarious!
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Football, speaking of plumbing - probiotics, just saying. Those things saved me from both thrush and plumbing problems during chemo (not 100%, but it helped a great deal). Later I saw a study that probiotics during chemo may also boost the effect of the chemo, so win-win.
Dogs are great for some exercise and cheer. They don't care if you are bald or titless, as long as you take them for a walk.
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momine when u say probiotics exactly what did u eat?
Wired night last night. Peed every hour or do and feel pressure in my head. A bit achy but nothing unbearable. Atleast I slept a bit
I love dogs. I told my DH that if I had cancer we would have to get a dog. Then I remembered that I'm allergic! I know that there are non allergenic dogs out there but id really like a husky or something like that. While I'm on disability from work we are trying not to spend $ so now is not the right time. Plus in my opinion the area here is not good for larger dogs. Small backyards no big parks where a fog can run free - just a big right subdivision. One day!! So true how a dog loves you just for being you!!
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Football, I just took acidophilus from the drug store, nothing fancy.
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tx momine
What a beautiful day! Just returned from a 5 mile walk. Gorgeous! Took the tape off of my port now just have steri strips and dried blood. Ugh! I'm such a suck! I hate knowing that it's there! Hopefully I'll forget about it one day. Yeh not me!! Lol
Have a great day all!!
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Wow! 5-mile walk is GREAT! Do it as much as you possibly can. It will help all manner of chemo-induced ills.
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You are doing great FBN. You know I could never put my finger on how I felt during chemo but you hit the nail on the head when you said you felt pressure in your head. That is it...I wonder why that is? My parents dog would love on me when I would visit during chemo...I took her for many walks. My last she look at me and then ran to the back door where her leash is. So cute...I love dogs now.0 -
e, how'd the yard sale go? You had it, right?
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I actually feel so good right now! So I treated myself to a burger and fries and a cinnamon coffee cake from Starbucks. Lol. Drank my water. And got my period!! Lmao!!!!
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