Calling all TNs
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tif, congrats on the new job
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Heidi, thanks for the laugh.
Tifj, congrats and good luck!0 -
Moe, I take Tylenol, but if u need something stronger ask your drs
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My port is in and it was a pretty easy surgery this time. I had my Zometa after and have been having hotflashes all night, but that is all. Overall, it was a good day! I just love my bs. He is a great guy. oops, meant to post this on a different thread! I already told ypou gals! Sorry.
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Thanks for all the support!! I am having mixed feelings- want to work, but also love my alone time!!
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Bak94-I got me a bike for christmas. Can't wait to ride it. Glad everything else went so smooth for you. Gentle hugs.
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Hello from Gettysburg, PA where we are once again traipsing through the battlefield and having fun (including sneaking puppies into our lodge each night......shhhhh.
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Wouldn't you know, my first day of work and I get a call from the school nurse that my daughter has a fever and needs to go home!! So, here I sit waiting for my DH to come home and stay with her so I can go back to work!
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Tif - I remember when I first moved from upstate NY to NH. It was the first week at a new job and my kids decided it was a good time to get chicken pox! Talk about bad timing!!! Hope your daughter is OK and it's good that your DH can take over. And it's a school setting so they will understand.
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TifJ - So sorry you had the added stress! Hope DD feels better soon.
Bak - so glad it was an easy surgery. Wishing you a better night's rest. I use to think ceiling fans with the remote, we're the height of laziness, when I was put into chemo-pause, I would have killed for one!
Wishing everyone a good day...
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Michell- everyone has been very sympathetic. This is a small town and alot of the teachers and staff have kids here! DD is acting fine, but does have a fever and a stomach ache.
Bak- glad you are doing well.
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Tifj-congrats on the job. I am a school counselor (K-8) and we love our paras! But use lots of sanitizer- kiddos are walking petri dishes of germs and it is not uncommon for first yr employees in a school to be sick more often!
I took a few personal days (first time ever in 10yrs) and DH and I flew to Phoenix this morn! Sitting on patio with SIL, barefoot, drinking iced tea. It's about 78 degrees. Decided after the year from hell last year getting BC and all that, it was time to do something for me and not worry about all the things I have to do. Life's too short as we are all too aware. I am trying very hard not to check my work email while here!0 -
Glad you are having a good time Husker! I am going to New York in Sept. for my post BC trip! Shoot, between the kids at school and my own kids I am surrounded by germs. Thank goodness there are hand sanitizer dispensers in every room at school!
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Heidi, That sounds like great fun! I bet the pups are enjoying the sites as well.
Tif, Hope your daughter feels better soon!
Bak, I am glad your surgery went so well and you are feeling okay. I guess those hot flashes come from every type of chemo. I had them with the Halaven, too. The tamoxifen ones have been nothing in comparison to chemo flashes.
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Thanks Christina. I think she is fine, funny hasn't had a fever since she I brought her home today!!
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Ahh, Tif, of course!
Inmate-how are you doing? Were you at Swedish today? Thought I saw someone that looked like you sleeping in the lobby of the 1rst floor:)
3 more days of rads!!!! Pain medicine for port is helping my rads pain! My surgeon gave me 30 perceset (sp?) nad my ro said to let him know if I needed more! I am not in that much pain!!! Just thought it was funny, good thing I am not addicted, I woulda said yeah, give me more!
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I was working on my computer earlier and thought how weird and sad it is that our 3 gals are no longer here, and the world just keeps on going. My heart still hurts and will always.
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i know i miss their posts
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I miss them too...sometimes during the day I think..I wonder what Laura and Suze and Mary will have to say tonight when I can get on BCO...and then it is like crap....
I dunno...I still hear them...do you know what I mean???
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I have noticed the past few days, we all haven't been posting as much. Just feeling a little weird I guess. I sure miss opening up this thread and not seeing posts from them.
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Me, too.
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They were such a positive force.
I was here on my computer again and heard a big chicken commotion outside. Hubby was also inside and we ran out and the neighbor's dog had one of our chickens! Thank goodness he had her by the wing and she got away with all our screaming. She was a bit shook up but fine. It took us about 2 hours rounding up the rest, they were all hiding. My hubby had let them out and he was suppose to be out watching them, as the neighbor dog killed one of my sweetie pies last spring. Last night I woke up to what I thought was my dog barking and the neighbors dog had my cat corned on our porch and just kept on barking. I am so tired of that dog. And I am usually very tolerant of dogs,as I have 4.
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Can the neighbors not keep him confined to his own yard?
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Hi ladies - hope you're all having a great day. Tifj - hope the kids don't get the chickenpox too badly. Have you had them already yourself?
I have a quick question....have any of you found your vision has gotten worse since chemo? I went to the eye doctor today for a routine check up and to get a new prescriptions for contacts. Since my last check up, a few years ago, my distance eyesight has worsened but he says I now have astigmatism, which I never had before. I wonder if chemo could be the cause? My DH has always had astigmatism but my prescription was always very basic and straightforward.
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I already had astigmatism and floaters before cancer, but the floaters have gotten worse. No idea if that's "normal" progression or due to the chemo.
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I have worn glasses most of my adult life, and then getting bifocals around 10 yrs ago. I had a dilated exam about a month prior to chemo. No major vision changes at that time. BUT the following year my vision seemed worse and my glasses script had no changes.....I now am the proud owner of CATARACTS. and this years exam shows that they are getting worse. Chemo does not cause cataracts but it does speed up the aging process. My night vision is terrible and I have stopped driving at night all together. I have an appointment with an opthalmologist in September....gonna need to set up surgery. I am just so unhappy that more surgery of any kind will be on my agenda......sigh....
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I'm a year behind you, NavyMom, and now, after chemo, I have cataracts. My opthamologist has recommended I wait until they get a lot worse before I have surgery. In the meantime I'm fighting dry eyes. Just had dissolving plugs put in the lower tear ducts for the 2nd time. Permanent plugs next time. And lots of lubricating eye drops.
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Sugar, my eyesight has gone significantly bad lately, but I remember very well that my eyesight was getting bad even before chemo. I had made a note of it and the note was dated. So I know for sure that it was not chemo which was the cause. One very smart Chinese doctor told me that when one does not have a really good sleep at night, many things don't work well in their bodies, including eye sight and memory. So I am hoping each and every one of you are sleeping a very restorative sleep 8 hours each night. A deep sleep also repairs cells and making everything work well. I also notice a significant decline in my memory, which doesn't seem to be normal. Like other people my age, don't have this problem as badly as I have. I did not have good 8 hours restorative sleep for many many years. I have just started to pay attention to this and make sure I sleep each night very well. I hope my memory and eye sight improves.
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Lovelyface, I've had insomnia my entire adult life (can't get to sleep, can't stay asleep), so that theory might explain a lot.
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We need time to heal as well....
Bak...I don't like that dog either...!
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