Calling all TNs
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Hi everyone, sorry but I've been away and then had the in laws visiting. Can't possibly catch up with all.
Love Bernie.
A young girl started work in the village chemist shop. She was very
shy about having to sell condoms to the public. The owner was going on
holiday for a couple of days and asked if she would be willing to run the
shop on her own.She had to confide in him her worries about selling the
contraceptives."Look," he said. "My regular customers don't ask for condoms,
they'll ask for a 310 [small] a 320 [medium] or a 330 [large]. The word
condom won't even be used.The first day was fine but on the second day a huge guy came in to
the shop, put out his hand and said "350"..The girl panicked. She phoned
the owner on his mobile and told him of her predicament."Go back in and check if he has a yellow bucket hanging between his
legs" her boss told her.She peeped through the door and saw the yellow bucket hanging
between his legs."Yes!!!!" she said " He's got one hanging there"....!
The boss said "Go back in and give him
£3-50......................He's the Window cleaner"!!!!!!!0 -
Bernie - that was hillarious!!!!!
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I used Biotene mouthwash and toothpaste during chemo and never had any mouth sores. I also chomped on ice chips when the Taxotere was being infused. It think that helped, too.
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Bernie - very funny!
When I had mouth sores I swished with Mylanta.0 -
Naan - Thanks for the tip! Hubby just ordered it from Amazon prime so it will be here soon.
Kathyrnn - I did one better than calling today. I "stopped in" and they were kind enough to give me sample packets of mouthwash powder and called in a prescription. So sad about your friends son.... Like this isn't sucky enough!!
OBXX - Do we need to change your name to "Grace"?
Bernie - The visual is scary..... :-)
To all of you wonderful gals, thanks again for the advise, words if wisdom and smiles!0 -
Just saw your post OBXX. Mylanta? Take care of the gas, mouth sores and heartburn all in one! Instead of spitting it out, just swallow:-)
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Julie I am 38, mine came back at 10 months pfc. It was so weird cause my gyno did blood work told me I was post menapausal and a week later I started. No hotflashes, but really bad cramping and bleeding. So much she had me come in and do a ultrasound. I was hoping it would never come back. Oh well!!!
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Obxk, hope u feel better soon, please be careful, don't want u to break anything now!
Jazzyj, hope your mouth heals quickly!
Ksmatthews, did it come regularly thereafter, I just turned 40 so don't really know what to expect, I guess I'm at the iffy age. Although if it doesn't come back I'm really not gonna miss it although I don't want to be menopausal yet.0 -
So far yes they have been on time, just heavy. The dr's said that is understandable considering I didn't have one for almost a year.
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I had just turned 41 when diagnosed, period stopped after the 1st chemo in June of last year. Just got it back this past May 16, but nothing since.
Annie, I'm so sorry, it's so hard to keep up but I'm sending big hugs your way, it will be over soon just hang in there a little longer.
Hope everyone is doing well.
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OBX...geez girl...what are we going to do with you...!
Ok. visited my friend today for her first chemo...she did well...but now she is feeling nauseated...I feel so dang helpless...I've been begging her to come here..if not to talk but to go to the tips for getting through chemo section...she did the ice chips during chemo (she took it with her..they didn't offer her any which really ticks me off)...they also gave her the emend through the IV but just gave her zofran for later...I don't think that is enough...dang I'm mad
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I love the last line!!
Our 6th grade teacher asked the class one day,
"What human body part increases 10 times it's size when stimulated?"
This one girl stands up and says,
"You shouldn't be asking us children questions like that Mrs. Martin! I'm tellin' my Mama!"
Mrs.Martin ignored her and posed the question again. This other kid answers,
"The body part that increases 10 times it's size is the pupil of an eye."
"That is correct. As for you young lady, ONE, you have a dirty mind, TWO, you didn't do your homework, and THREE, someday you're going to be very disappointed."0 -
Good one Annie!
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Two old ladies were outside their nursing home, having a smoke when it started to rain. One of the ladies pulled out a condom, cut off the end, put it over her cigarette and continued smoking.
Lady 1: "What's that?"
Lady 2: "A condom. This way my cigarette doesn't get wet."
Lady 1: "Where did you get it?"
Lady 2: "You can get them at any drugstore."
The next day ... Lady 1 hobbles herself into the local drugstore and announces to the pharmacist that she wants a box of condoms. The guy looks at her kind of strangely (she is, after all, over 80 years of age), but politely asks what brand she prefers.
Lady 1: "It doesn't matter as long as it fits a Camel."
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Good Evening Ladies
Jazzyi - the reason they told you to use salt was because it is a natural healer. I used only salt water for my mouth issues because the bicarb coated my tongue and stopped me tasting food even more, and my ulcers healed quickly with just the warm salt water used just like a gargle. Hope this helps.
Kathrynn - that was disgusting to leave your friends son like that. Even if you can't do anything else for somebody about to pass you can at the very least make them as comfortable as possible. I would have given that doctor a right bollocking for that, unnaceptable at any time.
Karen -what am I going to do with you. How old are you, and you still can't walk properly lol. Rest that knee and do nothing. We need you to get fit again. I intend to take you walking when I arrive.
Titan - so sorry to hear about your friend. No the meds don't sound as if they are enough. You also ring that doctor and give him a bollocking!!
Well ladies I didn't get my 8th taxol today. Could do nothing with my fingers when I got to the hospital and the rash on my arms and hands was horrendous. So they rang the oncologist who I am seeing in a week and a half and she said no taxol today for me. I didn't know whether to feel relieved or worried. So thankfully not so tired tonight. They did say they like us to have six and I had seven, and that anything after that was bonus, so I guess I don't get the bonus. If my symptoms improve then I may get another but not until she has discussed it with me. I must admit its nice to have break from the side effects except I have to keep putting my typing right. I feel like I am just learning how to do it all over again. I couldn't even get the top off the toothpaste this morning or squeeze the tube so maybe its as well I am having a break. I don't really feel like trying another type of chemo though.
Can't help anyone with the period questions as I had a hysterectomy at 32 so I am way past that and thankfully so.
Heather - good to hear from you. Hope everything is going well with your job. Not long now before hubby and the babies come.
Have you noticed there is not one (bloody) in here. Bollocking doesn't count does it? anyway that was for a good cause.
I am having an early night with no dexamethasone yay.
No Tazzy tonight. Hope she is feeling well after her last one.
Keep well. Keep walking straight. Keep away from SE's Annie.
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Hello to all!
Cocker and Bernie - A huge thank for the morning chuckles. The Hubby and I are drinking coffe and he almost choked when I read these to him. What a great way to start the day, with laughter and high spirits!
And "Grace", caught that :-). Hope your leg feels better..........0 -
Julie my cycle came back shortly after 6 months. Heavy at first, then light, and now unpredictable. Gotta love this stuff right!!!???
I am so hungry!! I want a bacon, egg and cheese sammich or an omelet.
Hi ladies, we are going to get through this one step at a time. In about a month I go for my Metformin update visit (I have been in the study for a year now!!). I sincerely hope the near future brings some break throughs for us because it has been awhile since we have any attention. I will question my study nurse about TN's and see what I can get.
Titan- maybe your friend is dealing with accepting the fact that she has to fight this beast. That is not an easy pill to swallow.
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Morning Ladies.
I thought that being the last tx and knowing I dont have to have anymore, mentally it would make the SE's more bearable.... Well in the words of Annie.. that is bollocks
But today is a better day and one day closer to having no se's. This time in a week eh? Annie I sure hope that you heal soon and although its likely a double edged sword not having the taxol - means its just been delayed one eh? Sorry you are going through this. And still, you manage to send a joke and make me laugh.
OBXK - here's to healing soon - since I've been on taxotere I've noticed my balance and ability to walk in a straight line is not like it used to be... but I note you haven't been on chemo for a while eh? And in the past I blamed the booze
As for the periods... I am 52 and haven't had a period for 12 years (had the iud fitted). MO reckons they wont return... for which I am truly grateful.
To any ladies I have missed hello and thinking of you.
May you all have good minimal se days with lots of smiles.
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Cocker & Bernie - great jokes!
OBXK - *Sings Amazing Grace for you*. Keep icing and feel better.
Titan - sorry to hear about your friend. I really hope she joins here. Please give her a message from me that my BEST medical advice came from here, not from the medical staff. (looking back in hindsight, would have been screwed without this thread)
McCrimmon - weren't you having a family visit this weekend?
Fighter - Amen to some new breakthroughs.
Tazzy - "and in the past I blamed the booze". *gigglesnort*
Cocker - one of those good news/bad news situations, but I'm glad you at least got a mini-break. You mentioned you'd see your onc. next week. One great thing I'll say about DF is that even though I didn't see her before every visit, their offices are about 100ft away from the infusion room, and you saw them immediately if there was any problem that had come up.
I'm so excited. I'm going on a kayak run Sat. Last one I took was last year when I was 8 weeks into Chemo. This one should be a little better if I convince my back and leg to cooperate, and if they don't I'll medicate the little shit into oblivion!!!0 -
Annie and Tazzy - is "bloody" really considered cursing, or worse than saying "bollocks"? I always took it as something mild like "dang it!"
A neat thing happened yesterday. I had an appt. with my oncologist. It should have been a simple exam and "Your blood results are fine. See you in 3 months." But my doc was running late. I chatted with a nice family from Terre Haute (a little over an hour away) in the waiting room. Finally, I got called back. Where I sat. And sat. My 2:30 appt. turned into a 3:45 appt. Then I had to wait again setting up my next appt. I was irritated when I finally left the building.
As I stepped out the door into a nearly empty parking lot, the family from Terre Haute were talking with a man who was telling them that, no, he didn't have jumper cables. "I do!" I said. They were surprised. "You went in before us! We figured you'd already be gone." If I hadn't been delayed, I would have been. Instead, I got their car jump-started and we both went on our way smiling. Serendipity, or God in control? I believe the latter.
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Riley - I also believe it was definitely the latter, God in control. How lovely to hear such stories.
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Well ladies. Tomorrow is it. First AC treatment. I am trying to hold it together but it's not working! Anyway I could take all the prayers you have and I will check in after to let u know how it goes....
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Wonderful story riley. "bloody" is like a dang it kind of word... whereas 'bollocks' full blown curse. I always like to say how easy it is for 'bollocks' to roll off the tongue... but that sounds kind of peverted.
Lots of deep breaths Melissa - once the first one is out of the way, you will find the anxiety gets less. We are holding your hand. Keep us posted.
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Good story, Riley. Thanks for sharing it. Amazing how something so simple can chnage your whole outlook.
Aww...Melissa. You will do fine. Get a little bag together with some lite snacks and maybe bring the most comfy blanket you own. And start hydrating right now and keep the fluids going. Take your premeds and remember to take post meds as directed, too. We'll be here waiting for you to check in and let us know how you are doing.
Hugs to all in TX. Hang in there.
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Oh, Tazzy! Bollocks rolling off the tongue. I just about died laughing!
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Navymom
You said take premeds?? I don't have any meds except for the nausea meds. I thought I was supposed to take them after treatment? I feel so lost!0 -
Oh and another thing. I don't have a port. Any suggestions on helping finding a vein easily??? On top of everything I hate needles! Ugh! Is it over yet?
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Melissa, I had a port and loved the convenience of it. I know sometimes they apply a warm pack for a few minutes to encourage the veins to pop up, but otherwise, I don't know. As for pre-meds, I got steroids I was supposed to take the day before, the day of and the day after chemo to help with SEs. I took the anti-nausea pills starting the evening before chemo and on schedule after that, whether I felt nauseated or not. I would take them the day of chemo and 3 days after. I also had a different anti-nausea pill I could take in between the scheduled pills if I needed to. Good luck! It'll be over soon. Just keep telling yourself that. Hang in there a little longer!
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Melissa - My premeds were given to me in the IV just prior to getting the chemo. So I didn't have anything to take at home before. If they haven't given you any, then I bet they are doing it that way too. I had a port so I can't help you with the vein issue. But those nurses are good at what they do, so remember, they will help you through everything. And they're great on your first day especially. They'll explain everything as they go. I know you're scared . . . we all were. Just think, starting tomorrow you're killing those cancer cells. My sister-in-law told me that she visualized the old pacman game, the pacman guys was eating those bad cells. Remember, hydrate, hydrate, hydrate! I'll be thinking of you!
Hugs,
Kathy
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Melissa - I didn't have any premed for AC, either. Some oncs give a bunch of steroids before treatment. I am diabetic and didn't want them. Don't worry if you didn't get any. Every onc is different. I am giving you a link to my blog with pictures of my first AC treatment. Maybe it will help calm your fears - knowledge is power, for sure.
http://mch-breastcancer.blogspot.com/2011/06/first-chemo-day-one-down-seven-to-go.html
The most important thing you can do for yourself is drink...today, tomorrow during treatment and every day through treatment. I aimed for 96 ounces every day. And I ate a ton of watermelon. It tasted good, it helped with hydration, and it's full of good minerals and vitamins. Really, any fruit will do but watermelon just worked best for me. And with no port, hydration will plump up your veins and make them easier to access. I'm actually surprised that you're having AC without a port.
I think everyone will agree that the anticipation is worse than the treatment. And if you take your anti-nausea meds as prescribed, you may be surprised at how little nausea you may experience.
Sending hugs and warm thoughts for the best experience possible, under the circumstances.
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