Great saying about depression
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Barbe - I am wishing for good test results for your husband and keeping you in my prayers. So hard to be dealing with so many challenging things. I know what you mean about being on this site every day. I do not post a lot but am here almost daily. It is a part of my life that my friends and family know nothing about.
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Hi girls! Thanks for all the anniversary wishes! So sweet! Our night didn't turn out quite like we had planned. We got hit with a torrential rainstorm, 60 mph winds, lightening, hail, tornado warning and a short power outage! Did I mention HAIL?!? It was 100* here with sunshine and we got hit with marble sized hail! So bizarre! I was just waiting for it to start raining frogs next. LOL! Anyway, we decided to stay home so our DS (who's 14) made us a delicious pasta dinner, lit some candles on the table, turned off all the lights and went upstairs to eat his dinner so we could be alone. It was a perfect night!
MBJ- So happy to hear you got the cherry on top of your sundae! She sounds like an absolute artist adding the freckles and all! It's so exciting to see progress in this whole thing. I hope you heal quickly! (((gentle hugs)))
barbe- You and your poor DH have been thrown enough challenges for 3 lifetimes. So sorry this is one more you are having to endure. It must all seem too much at times. Just know we're all thinking about you and wishing you the best of all possible news. (((hugs))))
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Hey all! Internetis still down but I am reading all your posts as they come into my email on my phone. Its difficult to respond on my mini screen so this will be brief...I think.
Mbj glad you got your tattoo! Im always a month behind you. I get my tattoo october 4th. I hope I am as pleased as you seem to be. Isn't it a load off to be done!?
Kate I can't believe your weather. Saw the pics that's so crazy. Im sure you and your hubby found something to di when the power went out on your anniversary ...wink wink
Barbe sorry about your hubby. Will be sending hugs and positive vibes your way.
Deb Claire 3jays hope you are all feeling better today.
This morning was so sad with all the rememberences for 9/11. This whole week I've been sad and filled with anxiety in anticipation of today. I will just never forget everything I felt and saw ten years ago I hope we never know such tragedy again. On a positive note Ravens are KICKING Steelers a$$!!!!!
Happy Sunday....hugs to all
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Kate - the fates brought you an absolutely beautiful anniversary present - what a warm caring family you have!! Nothing "planned" could have been sweeter.
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Barbe, you and your husband will be in my prayers. Sending hugs to you.
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Mostlymom--you said it perfectly!!! Kate you are one lucky gal!!
Barbe--You and your DH are on my mind and in my heart. Sending you the biggest but most gentle ((((((((((HUG))))))))))))))))).
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Kate: It sounds like you had a lovely evening in spite of the weather! Hugs!
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Thanks for all the prayers and wishes guys. My family calls you all my 'pretend friends'!! hehehehe
Only my DH understands and he follows all the high/low lights with me. He even went to sit shiva with me when one of our Jewish angels passed (Olga). So he is really a part of it all, too. The first night that I woke him up crying that Toyful had passed is when he realized that this is my life now.
I get my ultrasound this afternoon for the nodes in my neck. I won't find out anything for a week or so. I'll keep y'all posted.
And Kate - that sounded perfect!!!! I knew what you meant about the frogs! One year we had a storm so bad that the transformers in the street started exploding! It was like the end of the world!
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JustaGirl - you need to buy that t-shirt that says "Yes, they're fake, the real ones tried to kill me"!
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Claire - I knew it is easy for me to say "this too shall pass" but it will. I have suffered from chronic depression for as many years as I can remember. Have been on Lexapro the last 3 years and Cymbalta was added after I got so bad that I tried to overdose on sleeping pills because I couldn't take the depression any longer. It helped tremendously. I had a new joy in my life, blah, blah, blah.
But then shortly after being DX with BC the depression came back with a vengence (which I guess is to be expected). I ran out of my Cymbalta and couldn't get it filled for a couple of days and lo & behold the terrible depression lifted. Cymbalta has a side effect of suicidal thoughts, etc. in teens & young adults but I am 56!
Anyway, have your meds reevaluated. And spill your guts on here. It is very helpful and we don't judge you. You are not alone with what you are going through.
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Chiluvr sorry you've been through so much with depression very scary but glad it lifted. Good advice on having mess evaluated. Also ladies on Tamoxifen there are lots that you can't take while on T. Effexor is pretty much the only one you can take.
I find lately that getting out and doing something for me each day helps me feel a little more like myself. For me its getting back to the gym. It makes me feel like my old self.
Barbe hope US is all clear.
Its a beautiful sunny day here. Off to my nieces field hockey game which she requested cotton candy cupcakes. Not sure the cotton candy on top will hold up in the heat but that's what she wanted.
Hope everyonecis well today...thinking of you all.
HADLEY. how are you? I think of you often and hope things are working out for you0 -
Cotton Candy Cupcakes, oh my!!!
didel: I agree, getting out every day does help make things feel like they are returning to normal.
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hey gals.. i've been fighting the depression(added to an already depressed) that comes with the hypo. so far, they haven't found a med for me, and refuse to let me get an rx for canada, to try Armour.. i'm REALLY frustrated!!!! however, my(pretend) LMAO, Barbe here, help me to know Im not crazy, and i'll get thru it all.. hope your neck is ok Barbe......congrats on the "cherries" i love she added freckles!.....3jays
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I had the ultrasound today and they did an immediate biopsy. Results in 5 days. Just above my clavical. I heard them say "scattered, but there are two together". The one they went for was between my jugular and another vein so she just took one sample but said she thinks she got a good one. My DH wasn't with me so I still haven't quite processed it. Came home to my DH and his sister who is here with her SO for two days. They are staying at the Inn.
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Oh Barbe...sending vibes your way for benign results. I hope you had an ativan or something before they did the biopsy...sorry you were by yourself. Hope you're feeling ok and not inpain from biopsy.
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Btw my cotton candy cupcakes with marshmallow frosting DID NOT hold up in the heat of the day. Fortunately hungry teenagers don't care...and gobbled them up
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Barbe - thinking of you and sending good vibes your way.
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Barbe - sending you healing hugs for good results.
Claire- I have been taking Cymbalta for 7 years now and it has worked through my DS going to Iraq for 2 tours and now for BC. The doc did up my dose now with the BC so I hope you can get some help with your med adjusments.
Chiluvr1228-I wonder if your SE's with the anti-d was because of the combination with Lexapro???
There are days when I feel like they maybe should take me away to the funny farm but then I remember there is much more here at home and people like all the ladies on BCO that are dealing with even greater troubles than mine but yet are so supportive. So I toss away the pity party and get on with living past BC and all it's "gifts". I cry for those who must endure more and try to support those just starting this journey. So where does that put me?......Lucky I think, just plain lucky, so far. Kitty
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i feel the same way, Kitty Girl: i didn't make friends on any diagnosis basis, and it ends up, i have MANY that have depression, FM, MS, or stage IV. they teach me that i need to celebrate whatever life i have; be it good bad, or indifferent. im so grateful for this thread, 'cause im finding out i'm "not alone" in all the crazy moodswings......3jays
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Barbe: I hope you get good results from your biopsy. Sending hugs to you.
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Barbe--I have my fingers and toes crossed for you. I am thinking nothing but good thoughts for you.
Chilurv-depression is an ugly headed beast isn't it? I am sorry that you had such a bad time with it. sometimes I think the meds we take can cause more problems than fix. I have been battling this demon most of my adult life. I go on and off meds--sometimes they just put me in such a fog. Right now I am on citalopram(Celexa)--one of the few you can take with Tamox. We'll see if upping the dose does any miracles. . .
Didel-- cotton candy cupcakes?? No pictures??? I need a sugar fix!!! You are such a great aunt to whip up cupcakes for your neice!!!
Off today and driving down to see my parents. Dad had a stent put in a few weeks ago and he has still been very dizzy. Doc running all kind of tests this week. Hope they figure it out soon, he is getting pretty frustrated. He is not handling this aging process very well. Very stubborn. My dad will always be 38 in my mind, young, vital and strong---not the 78 year old hunched over man whose body and mind is betraying him.
Well, I am need to hit the eliptical before I go. Lets see how far I can go. Its been 4 weeks. Bad me!!!
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Claire- Like you I've tried going on and off the anti-d. Hate the way I feel on them. Hate the way I feel off them. I feel so much more creative off them. But within 2-6 months depression gets bad again. Usually my DH notices before I do. I think I've tried every anti-d out there (currently on Wellbutrin) but within a few years they all stop working for me and my GP ends up having to prescribe something else. Sorry to hear about your Dad. It just sucks watching our parents age. (Hell, it sucks watching ourselves age! lol!) Hope everything turns out o.k.
Today I'm off for my PT/LE evaluation. Am really hoping it's not LE. I don't think I could take one more medical issue right now. They're going to do the PT and see if they can start breaking up some of the scar tissue that seems to have formed after the last surgery. Wish me luck!
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Barbe: Hoping you aren't in too much pain and that the biopsy comes back NED. Man BC sucks. Hugs!!!
Kate: I was told by a therapist many years ago: you either have the ups and downs and keep your creativity or you go on meds and have less or totally lose your creativity. I opted to not take them but thank goodness for Armour! Good luck at your PT evaluation. Hopefully it's just scar tissue and not LE. Hugs!!!
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Claire hope your dad is healing nicely and feeling better each day. When my father had quintuple bypass he said afterwards how good he felt made him realize how bad he felt prior to surgery.
Kate hope your evaluation brings you resolution. I hope its just scar tissue and not LE
I've been sitting here for the last four hours waiting for comcast to fix my internet which has been down for two and a half weeks. They have 15 minutes to make the window of time. Ugh im afraid to even go to the bathroom that I so.t hear them knock. I really want to go vote today but neeeeeeeeed to get my internet working.
Hope everyone is having a good day!
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Oh Barb! I'm so sorry you are having to go through all this. Wow, results not for 5 days! That just seems mean. I so hope it isn't anything bad. I'm sorry your DH wasn't with you. Hope you can try and relax - sending you hugs and tons of healing thoughts and prayers.
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Can I ask how many mg of Cymbalta are some of you taking? I am taking 60 mg and just had my doctor increase it to 90mg. He does not like to prescribe that much and plans on reducing it as soon as he can. I've been suffering from depression since I was a teenager.Having a child with Asperger's and then BC hasn't helped.
Barb- hoping the test results come back with good news.
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Diane--did you get your internet fixed? We just left Comcast after 12 years, my husband was pissy mad at our internet going out all the time so he switched us to Brighthouse. Now our wireless is on the fritz and he doesn't care cause its MY computer. At least its working today!
So while visiting my dad, trying to help him figure out what all is making him dizzy--I ask him about what meds he is on. OMG!! I'm looking each one up on my Iphone---may cause dizziness--will cause dizziness on every single one. Do these docs look at all the meds they are prescribing?? the guy is a heart patient for pete's sake!! Every doc I go to asks my medication list, every single time. Isn't there some kind of computer program they can plug the meds in and have a big flashing light go off and say NOOOO!!! So frustrating!!!
Kate how did your PT go?? Therapy is definitely one of those things you can have a love hate relationship with. Feels so good it hurts!! Hopefully LE stays far far away from you!!! glad Wellbutrin is working for you-I was on it years ago and hated it. Or at least thats what I remember!!
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Thanks for the good wishes, my gut isn't sure which way this will go. Got used to US techs saying that the radiologist says you can go. The last time I had to wait for a radiologist I had cancer. Had to wait this time and could feel myself shutting down.
I am on sometimes 2 or 3 anti-D's mix to balance myself. Just one can sometimes send you in a tailspin as we know. It is such a fine balancing act and was so much harder when I had periods in the mix! It is so hard to find the right cocktail but so worth it. I didn't know it blocked creativity!! I cannot imagine how 'good' I'd be without any!! (I am not humble when it comes to my art.)
Claire, that is just SICK! Up here we have pharmacy's (including Walmart) that will go over every med you're taking to make sure there are not any contraindications with your health as well as any other pills you're taking. Now, how frustrating is it that your Dad is suffering and it took you to fill in the blanks!
Veggy, I take 2 Cymbaltas a day, but I'm too lazy to get up to see the dosage. My pills are half blue and half greenyish/yellowishy coloured.
Diane, you know the only way to make them show up is to go pee! They're watching your house to see you go in...hehehehehehehe
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Hi all!! YEAAAAHHH my internet is finally fixed. If you would have seen me with my reading glasses trying to type out post on my droid...it was quite a laugh I am sure...plus it took me like 4 times longer. My motem was kaput...so yes Comcast finally showed up at almost 5pm (supposed to be there between 11-3) and was done at 5:10. I got a whopping $20 credit towards my next bill. I could have gotten 3 months of some channel free but Id rather gauge them for cash!
Claire the pharmacies here also check my prescriptions. I use Giant (grocery store) pharmacy and they definitely keep things on file and watch out for interactions. If your pharmacy isnt doing that you should switch.
Barbe I am glad to see you still have your sense of humor despite what must be a nerve wracking time. Still sending postive vibes your way...I hope you get benign results soon.
I have to run to the mall in search of a dress to fit my new physique. I also just ordered a diet/health guide from the Mayo Clinic. I will let you guys know what I think of it. I love diet guides that lay out your weekly menu. I am using Myfitness Pal on my droid which I love to track calories and other nutritional info as you input your daily meals and exercises. It keeps telling me I am not eating enough but my a$$ says otherwise.
Hope everyone is well today...I will be back later!
Diane
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Well Diane, your ass must have been talking to mine! The dietician I saw last week for pre-diabetes told me I wasn't eating enough too! Said to add bread to each meal. Duh! I don't eat bread unless it's like raisin bread toasted.....
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