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  • Sherryc
    Sherryc Member Posts: 4,503
    edited July 2011

    vhshea I am from Gonzales an hour south of Austin.

  • berrybear
    berrybear Member Posts: 1
    edited July 2011

    Just take deep breaths and imagine yourself on the beach at Waikiki.  Wish I were going with you.

  • FireKracker
    FireKracker Member Posts: 5,858
    edited July 2011
    Im from NJ but i have a family of very close friends who live in richardson tx.small world.i never seen anyone from there...went to visit a long time ago....hot hot hot even in Dec.Im in PA now and usually its not that hot here BUT even here its bad.....I hate the summer!!!
  • Just_V
    Just_V Member Posts: 436
    edited July 2011

    grannydukes... whaaat hot?  16 straight days of 100+ temps... lol... but no real winter and I LOVE that!  What is the name of your friend.. maybe we know each other...

  • stage1
    stage1 Member Posts: 285
    edited July 2011
    I am a CA gal.  The weather is perfect here.  The temp today will be high 84, usually past 100 degrees.  I don't know what's going on with this weather, but it seems like we had winter and fall in June.  Just thought I would chime inCool  Love from CA
  • FireKracker
    FireKracker Member Posts: 5,858
    edited July 2011
    vhshea---i sent you a PM.yeah i know how hot it is in tx.I remember you had snow when i was there in the 90s.it was the first time my friends kids saw snow....
  • jo1955
    jo1955 Member Posts: 7,545
    edited July 2011

    Stage 1 - Where in CA are you?  I am originally from Riverside.

  • sweetcorn
    sweetcorn Member Posts: 96
    edited July 2011

    And I am in Lubbock, Texas.  And it is very hot again today.  Hey to all of the Texas Ladies!

    Jane

  • Sherryc
    Sherryc Member Posts: 4,503
    edited July 2011

    sweetcorn my son use to live in Tahoka when my DIL was going to Law School at Tech.  I am an hour south of Austin and it is hot here as well.

  • FireKracker
    FireKracker Member Posts: 5,858
    edited July 2011

    wow we have a lot of texans here today...i feel like an outcast....

  • jo1955
    jo1955 Member Posts: 7,545
    edited July 2011

    granny - You can't be an outcast - not on this thread.  We can make you an honorary Texas gal.

    Pretty hot  in deep South Texas - reached 100 degrees this afternoon. 

  • Sherryc
    Sherryc Member Posts: 4,503
    edited July 2011

    Yes I agree Granny can be a honary Texan!!!

  • FireKracker
    FireKracker Member Posts: 5,858
    edited July 2011

    thats ok with me.....love texas...BUT i hate hate hate the summer......does anyone have a snowball? the weather is on the tv right now...we are getting a hale storm with 100 deg.all week.WTH...we usually dont have this heat in the mountains.....and if i go home to NJ the weather is hotter.....gosh this should be my biggest problem.....this morning my friend asked me when im comin to texas for a vist?????not any time soon.....i need to go to Alaska.

  • sweetcorn
    sweetcorn Member Posts: 96
    edited July 2011

    Hi Sherry,  I know Tahoka, just a few miles south of here.  Although it is hot here, my mom lives in Iowa (hence sweetcorn) where the heat index is 118 today!  Yuck...

     Jane

  • stage1
    stage1 Member Posts: 285
    edited July 2011
    jo1955,I am in Folsom, Sacramento County, so you were a ways from me...Sweetcorn,I lived in Lubbock as a child.  I remember the tornados and golf ball hail!!!!  Good thing about where I live now, no tornados and no earthquakes!
  • jo1955
    jo1955 Member Posts: 7,545
    edited July 2011

    stage 1 - Did not spend alot of time in Northern CA.  Live in Novato and went to 2 years of high school there while dad was in the Air Force.  Loved San Rafael and Sausalito.  Really did not go any farther north than that.  

  • sweetcorn
    sweetcorn Member Posts: 96
    edited July 2011

    Stage1, Well we haven't had any tornadoes or hail lately, not even any rain.  There are horrible drought conditions currrently along with the heat! 

    Jane

  • stage1
    stage1 Member Posts: 285
    edited July 2011

    Funny weather all across the nation.  CA had rain into June and so far mild temps. 

    Doing better with after affects of rads, so I am almost ready to take my first Arimidex pillYellWish me luck.

  • LovesChristmas-Barb
    LovesChristmas-Barb Member Posts: 504
    edited July 2011

    stage1...glad you're doing better! Good luck with the Arimidex! Honestly, I think the hormonal part of this treatment is the part I'm dreading the most because the side effects have the potential to be so long-term. Ugh.

    The weather is crazy this year...

  • duckyb1
    duckyb1 Member Posts: 9,646
    edited July 2011

    Ladies I finished Rads June 15th and still haven't taken the Femara...........I dread it, and can't bring myself to put that little "bast--d thing in my mouth................I don't need all the SE's from that shit, in addition to fighting this LE.........................what next................

    The weather here in my part of Pa. is horrible................I'm going to my shore home this weekend in NJ, but a lot of good that's doing...............plenty of sun that I can't go out in, a gorgeous 20x42 ft. pool that I can't go into, and weather hotter then hell.....................guess I should shut up, and just be glad I can get away from this part of town.

  • LovesChristmas-Barb
    LovesChristmas-Barb Member Posts: 504
    edited July 2011
    duckyb1...your shore home sounds wonderful! I would love to live near the shore. It's a 10 hour drive for us to the closest beach. I'm looking forward to my husband and I going to Hilton Head in September (it will be our first vacation without kids in 8 years) but then I'm thinking with the way things have been going for me this year, we'll probably get a dern old hurricane or something...hehe...
  • duckyb1
    duckyb1 Member Posts: 9,646
    edited July 2011

    Barb58......It is wonderful, but can't do all the things I did before....................like my grandaughter is going to be there...........she asked if I would make Spaghetti and Crabs for her for dinner one night.........................Problem.............I cook my own, clean my own, and then make the gravy..........................Problem #2.................With LE, if I cut myself while cleaning the crabs, I'm in deep sh-t..............all I need is an infection in my right hand, can't get any cuts at least not now.....

    My daughter says she will do all the cleaning, but I feel so useless watching someone else.......it really stinks

    But the house is wonderful...........It is in Cape May Beach, NJ......................just far enought from the noise and nonsense of the main drags, but within 5 miles of going to where the nonsense is, if I want too........................around 5 miles from the ocean too...........but with the pool we have the best of both worlds.....................ocean in the morning, and when all the crazies come to the beach we leave, and go back to the house and the pool, for a nice lunch outside............................I just wish I could do all the things I could do before, but until; I can, I will just have to suck it up.....................

    Lots of family this weekend..........also my new twin great-grandaughters 4 months old.............................fun, but "no sleep) this weekend................oh my

  • jo1955
    jo1955 Member Posts: 7,545
    edited July 2011

    stage 1 & barb - I have to tell you both that when my MO gave me my script for Tamoxifen, I decided to just go for it and take the damn pill.  Mind you I had trouble with both Armidex & Femara - stomach problems that were bad.  With that said, I did not hesitate.  Took a split dose to begin with and when that got old, took the whole pill at breakfast with milk.  Been on Tamox for a little over 6 months and no problems.  I look at the hormonal therapies as an added insurance policy against recurrance - that's just my thinking.  Good Luck to both of you in your decision.

  • stage1
    stage1 Member Posts: 285
    edited July 2011

    Thanks, jo1955, I just took my first Arimidex, I will let you know how I react.  I am mostly worried about the bone SE, as I already have osteopenia...

    Ducky, sit back and have a good time watching everyone else, time for someone to wait on us and cook for us, when necessary.  EnjoyWink

  • Just_V
    Just_V Member Posts: 436
    edited July 2011

    Got the news this afternoon - no CHEMO!!! I will be on the Tamoxifen with you all soon (the onc has to 'officially' tell me - the nurse told me my score is 12)...  but NO CHEMO for me!!!

  • LovesChristmas-Barb
    LovesChristmas-Barb Member Posts: 504
    edited July 2011
    vhshea....Yay!!! That is good news! I was so happy when my score was 10 and I didn't  have to do chemo. What a blessing!Smile
  • FireKracker
    FireKracker Member Posts: 5,858
    edited July 2011

    Vhshea----congrats....i know just how you feel.....my score was 10....yay for you....

    I sent you a PM do you know my friends/??????

  • Sherryc
    Sherryc Member Posts: 4,503
    edited July 2011

    vshea congrats on a low score and no chemo. woohoooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • barbaraa
    barbaraa Member Posts: 3,548
    edited July 2011

    ((vshea))) Yay!! Good for you!!

    Well gals, I hate to say this but yesterday and today was actually nice here in FL. The humidity was lower than usual and although the temp hit 92, I could go outside and not immediately break into a sweat. Woo Hoo. Sorry, not trying to gloat, just marvelling.

  • jo1955
    jo1955 Member Posts: 7,545
    edited July 2011

    vhshea - CONGRATS ON NO CHEMO!!!!!!!   Know how good that feels - I didn't do chemo either.

    We need a happy dance for that one

                                                                  

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