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Ariom it's amazing how fast the weeks seem to go. Yum, organic fruit and veg......you can't get anything better........lucky you! Love the dog with spit personality....lol....great name!
Enjoy the rest of the weekend!
Love n hugs. Chrissy0 -
Midnight, thank you for your kind wishes for hubby. I hope it is nothing serious but he has never drank alcohol and the results correspond with someone who drinks a lot of alcohol.
Ariom, I cant believe that it has been 7 weeks since your operation, congratulations.
Chrissy, thank you for the information re laptops. I think that it is what I need seeing that I am always travelling between Lewiston and Victor Harbor. The internet here in Lewiston is woeful, and I think that maybe if I moved around the house, then I might get better reception.
Cheers
Mandy
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Hello girls
I've surfaced after a busy weekend lol
Happy anniversary Midnight, enjoy your new tv, the big screens are wonderful aren't they!
Chrissy - yay! for the new laptop. I bought DH a new desktop computer a few weeks ago and it came with Windows 8, he's pulling his hair out trying to work it all out, it's so different from previous versions of Windows. He's getting there, but I know he was pretty frustrated to start with.
Mandy - I hope you hubby gets better soon. It must be scary to have something wrong with your liver, and I have heard of people having problems with their liver similar to alcoholics, even when they've never had a drink in their lives. I hope they get it sorted soon.
Ariom, it's so good to hear you sounding well and yes - doesn't the time fly!
We had an amazing array of portraits on the weekend, all the way from the cutest little 6 month old girl you could imagine, to a different family with three girls from 4 weeks old to 2 1/2 years old (yes the middle one was 1 1/2) to an amazing 90 year old lady celebrating her birthday, and to top the weekend off a Russian lady who turned up in a black body stocking who thought she was still a model (now in middle age and not too bad, but not great!) thrown in the mix. So many different people, plus a couple of just average families who were great fun to work with.
Have a great day everyone
Trish
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Good Morning ladies, I hope everyone is well and ready for another week,
Thank you for the kind words and congratulations for my seven weeks! I am amazed by the way I feel.
Chrissy, that dog was from the pound and Dexter is the perfect name for him. He was so badly maltreated that the pound had to shave him to the skin because he was flyblown when someone found him and took him to the pound. He was covered in car oil, and was very difficult, and skittish when we got him. He was terrified of anyone in a hoodie, and of school kids. I hate to think what the poor little guy went through. He is much improved now, but is just so territorial about the front of our house. We have a glass front that is our family, lounge and master bedroom. We have a small grassy area which is crown land between us and the lake, so people walk there and bring their dogs. As sooon as Dex catches sight of someone he takes off and runs the full length of the glass windows, through three rooms, barking and charging. The din is awful, he's a small dog, a westie maltese cross, but his bark is huge. I have managed to train him in other ways, but have no idea how to stop this. I may have to get BarkBusters in I think before he drives us mad.
Sorry, i missed wishing you a happy Anniversary Midnight. I hope you two are enjoying that big screen bargain TV.
I love the sound of the photography business you have Trish. It is a wonderful thing meeting so many different people. I had my own business for about 10 years doing makeup and hair for weddings and events. I was so interested in the people I met, although there were a lot of Bridezillas that just shocked me to the core with their selfish, self centred ways. Well I guess it takes all types.
Have a great day ladies!
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Good morning Ladies, am going in soon to have blood drawn for iron and ferritin levels and thyroxine, my thyroxine , which i have already hypothyroidism since infancy, that was elevated on the T4 and Low on the TSH, so i hope they find out what is going on with endocrine system, all up the shoot. I am all haywire.
Ariom, Dexter sounds very lively, yea there bark can be really peircing. We have BIL dog here, Poppy, she is old, boarder collie, she was have fly problems too at the farm and we brought her into town, washed her, cut her hair, they seem to be gone, it wasn't that he was cruel, in the summer at a farm there is heaps of flies, we may take and and get her groomed or do her ouselves, trouble is here, she barks at the cats and is naughty, wont let them go past her. Which shows she is alot better in herself. But she will annoy the neighbours, Holly is bad enough, but she is quiet til tea time, then starts up, then quietens down, but don't take much for the snitchy neighbour to moan and when fire works are going you can't shut her up.
Well girls its muggy again, looks like rain, i hope. getting very dry here, by wed it is supposed to be all over north island. Have a good one and mean while i will go and visit the vampires. No wonder i am anemic, they been taking a good lot lately too with different things they been testing, everyone is after my blood lol yakes.
Trish, re: the lady dressed up in the black outfit, Don't they call that, MUTTON DRESSED AS LAMB. lol
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Mornin all!
Wow Trish! What a weekend! Busy little bee that you are.......lol........some of your clients sure sound like they kept life interesting for you........lol.
Midnight good luck with the vampires!......lol.......I know how you feel.
Ariom that poor little dog! I just hate when an animal is so badly mistreated that it affects their personality. That running up and down is a definite protective territorial thing. It sounds like you need one of those training collars but that sort of thing sound a bit harsh to me but I do know they get the job done..........ohninjust remembered, there is a training whistle I've hear of as well, dogs can hear it but we can't and its blown when they are doing something that's not desired and apparently it is so high pitched that it buzzes their hearing so they stop to listen........or something like that. Sure hope you can get it sorted as there is nothing more annoying than a barking dog.
Sue, how are you holding up!....hoping those legs are pumping away with no ill effects......lol.
I'm packing my bags girls!.......no, I'm not leaving the old man......lol......I'm off to Kangaroo Island to spend a week with my younger sister. It's her birthday on Sunday so I'm going over to celebrate with her. She posted on FB last night that her peach tree is overflowing so has been making peach jam and peach parcels.........I loooooove peach jam on toast for breaky.......yummmm. I told her to leave enough on the tree to eat fresh and she assured me that I would be sick of peaches by the end of the week.......mmmm, we'll see........lol.
Don't panic if I don't get on the boards too often for the next week, it just means that I'm way busy talking.........and I sure can do a lot of that!
Have a good week all!
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Thanks so much Chrissy for the advice. I have one of the collars, but he doesn't take any notice of it. It is a buzzing one, not the one that squirts citronella. Colin bought what he thought was one of the whistles that you mentioned, but the sound wasn't just for doggie ears, it went right through us too. I think he bought a cheap Chinese copy.LOL
I am going online to look for the whistle you mentioned right now.
Have a sensational time on Kangaroo Island. I remember reading about it years ago and always thought about going.
Enjoy the peaches, I have been saying that this is the best year I can remember for peaches. I bought lots yesterday at the market.
The birds have stripped my fruit trees, the pears and apples are gone, but my Fig tree is covered in fruit that is yet to ripen. I bet we will have a million birds when this one is ready. It is just too big to cover so I'll just have to deal with it when it happens.
Take care!
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Ariom we've had a couple of dogs with bad barking issues. I found the citronella collars worked a treat, although - having said that, I did have one dog who realised that if he put up with the awful smell for long enough it stopped lol, but if you are home and able to refil it when it gets low, it will probably work really well.
I also have a friend who has a terrier who terrorises the people who walk past their back fence (their back fence borders on parkland and a public walking track) and the citronella collar worked so well on him, they don't even have to put citronella in the collar any more, just put the collar on him and he is silent lol.
Midnight - I have a dog who is on thyroxin - he has thyroid problems, but the thryroxin works well for him. Pity I have to pay full price for it though - it's not covered by medicare lol.
Have fun Chrissy - and enjoy those peaches. We've lost all our stone fruit this season - we had a couple of cold snaps just at the wrong time, so no apricots, peaches, nectrines or cherries this year - although the plums seem to have gone ok. Hopefully the birds will leave some on the trees for us. We also have lots of apples this year too, which will be nice.
Trishxoxo
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Thanks Trish for that information. The only reason I have avoided the citronella collar is because it is inside the house where he is barking. I don't want the smell or the liquid citronella on the furniture or our new oiled timber floors.
It's funny that you say that your friends don't need to put the citronella in the collar any more. I find if I just hold up the buzzing collar so he can see it, he shuts up, but not for long, he will still launch at the window if someone passes.
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Hi Girls, have had the blood tests, so will just have to wait for the revalation in a few days. It was male who took my blood and he was very gentle as i have found on numerous accasions. He never left a mark where he had been and i did not feel a thing. alot of times i am left with a bruise after they have stuck the needle in me. But not today.
Girls i am a little disapointed in my mum, not for reasons to do with myself, but her attitude torwards my sister. My sister is a reasonably big girl and gets arthritis, rhematoid. anyway she has been taking the weight off slowly and as that is how her body reponds, she can feel her wrist bone now, before she could not do that, she is actually on a cancer drug that helps rheumatoid arthritis called methotrixate, which is hard on the kidneys. Anyway, mum rang her today and apparently said, they had not seen each other for donkeys before December at a school prize giving, that she was very disapointed in that sis did not look much thinner than last time when she saw her in early last year and sis had lost about 2 and a half stone since that time. well that was enough to put a spanner in the works.
I asked what she said to that, she said, nothing, i am too chicken, i said well send her a text, so she composed one and chickened out on sending it and that is because she is afraid of getting another kick back. Mum said, something similar to me once and i texted her after the initial shock and said, i was very hurt by her remark. she is all about image and looking good, but she is critical and that does not help somebody trying to loose weight, its a put off. Mum is supposed to be coming to see me in april and i am wondering what she will say to me, i am a bit beefy, but i have health problems and that is least of my worries. i am a person inside it all and so is my dear sister. i am trying to to get sis to pluck the courage up and say something and be brave. She wonders why they don't visit her much or ring and points out that what they say to her at times hurts her. I love her to bits, but she is so dam critical and points out all the bad things so you cringe when you know she is coming. oh well will just have to put her in her place if she does, but my sister, said, why do i bother? sad.
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Hi to everyone.......haven't been on for a few days but had a quick catch up!
Chrissy....have fun finding your way round your new toy! I'm hopeless with things like that, need the kids to set it all up for me & then give me the go ahead!! I'm more than happy with my IPad....love it actually. Oh, and have a fab time with your sister on Kangaroo Island....would love some pics, never been there myself.
Sue....hope you're thoroughly enjoying your time in NZ which I'm sure you are...why wouldn't you be....LOL
Midnight....a bit late, but happy anniversary for yesterday. How many years? Oh, & fingers crossed re the blood tests.
Mandy....I do hope they can find out what is causing the problems with your hubbies liver....fingers crossed & (((hugs))).
Liv....thanks for the info on Xeloda. I've lost my hair from the last lot of chemo, so does that mean it's not gonna start growing again:(? How about tiredness & nausea? How has that been? I will find out tomorrow for sure what the next plan of attack is!!
I picked up the bone scan results this morning & as expected there has been quite a bit of progression but interestingly there was 'mild decrease' in L5.....so all very confusing! Best to leave it to the onc to interpret!
It was my birthday yesterday (52)! I had a lovely lunch with the family & got spoiled with lots of beautiful pressies & good wishes.....
Hope everyone has a good week.
Take care lovely ladies.
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I feel for your sister Midnight. I have Rheumatoid too and used to inject Methotrexate every Tuesday for over seven years. I got off it because it was just poison. I'd feel sick for 5 days, have one good day, and then I'd have to do it again. I was on Cortisone too, still am. I stayed on small doses of that and now can keep the arthritis relatively, under control with that and lots of other supplements and massage. It's a bitchin' disease.
As to the weight gain, it is just awful. I was a size 8 my whole adult life till I was on these medications. I shot up to a size 16 which was huge for me, and hard to adjust to.
I feel so sorry that your Mother can intimidate you both so much. I doubt she even knows how much her words hurt.
We are so desperate for Mother's approval that we let these comments cut us to the quick. The reality is that she needs to be told that her comments are not appreciated, and that if she doesn't knock it off she won't be getting any visits at all.That's me though! LOL
My Mum was a wonderful lady, and I loved her dearly, but boy, could she be hyper critical. She just didn't "get it" that her words were like daggers. I had many a raging argument with her. I was a bit different, in that I didn't back down.
It was funny though when she was Dx with BC in '94, all that stopped when I moved in to look after her. She was then Diagnosed with Diabetes, and soon after, Dementia. I took care of her for three years at home before she had to go into care. She became so childlike that it was a real role reversal.
I guess what I am trying to say is that we never know what life will throw at us, don't we know that!
I was glad to have the time I had with my Mum. I know it isn't my business, but from my own experience, I'd encourage you and your Sister to try to talk to your Mum, if you can. It is a terrible shame to see families in this position when sometimes a heart to heart can sort it out.
Take care!
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kazzie ((hugs)) happy birthday for yesterday, sounds like you had a lovely day with your family.
kaz i think my hair grows ever so slowly on the week off. my hair grew about 1 inch after mastectomy when i was not taking any chemo for a period of 2 months. must be growing but slowly as now have to shave my legs all the time..
a little nauseated and a bit tired but nothing like original chemo when first diagnosed.
a lot get foot and hand syndrome but again that has been so minor for me, it hasnt been a worry.
kaz you have been in my thoughts and i really hope if you go on xeloda its agreeable with you.
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFNNN cancer!!!
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Ariom, I tried the talk with my mum but she never got it.........in her mind she was never wrong and never did anything to hurt others......um yeah.
Midnight I hear you girl........those little remarks just cut to the quick. It's not not we are not aware of our problems we really don't need them pointed out without encouragement. (((((((Hugs ))))))))) for both you and your sis. Yay for a good blood draw!.....I just love it when I get someone who really knows what they are doing as I feel nothing and they leave no mark only the tiniest needle prick.
Happy Birthday Karen for yesterday! I hope you celebrated well. Yes I like......well love my iPad as well but I also love the laptop as it is my 'work' machine......lol. There are oh so many limitations with the iPad but because of its size it sure is a handy little thing.....lol. I love playing with tech stuff and am self taught with all of it. Once I learned that it was sort of hard to wipe everything out with the touch of a button I was quite happy to just play until I learned the ins and outs.......so far so good with Windows 8 I'm actually liking it and finding it pretty easy to get around on it. Time will tell when I start editing my pics.........lol.
Got to get off my rear and get some more packing done or I will be going nowhere or going naked.......lol.......ooooo not a pretty thought!.......lol
Love n hugs all! Chrissy0 -
Yeah Chrissy, I know what you mean. My Mum always seemed amazed that I could have been hurt by her words too.
It was just such a turnaround when I ended up looking after her. She couldn't have been more grateful.
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I've been away for a while and I have just caught up on all the news......
Karen, it sounds like you had a wonderful birthday....we all need a little spoiling...... I hope you made the most of it!
Kylie, $330 a month for your Zolodex.....just repeat to yourself "....because I'm worth it"
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Hi Karen, Good to hear that you had a nice birthday. :-)
Hope you checked out the TNBC Foundation for a few birthday posts.
I am sorry to hear about bs results, I have mine March 12, 2 days before my 49th.
I am scared, progression could be on the cards. I had better make sure I plan something nice for my bday. I hate cancer. We do not deserve this! Hugs, Renae0 -
Hi lovely Aussie sisters, well I've gone MIA for a few days and there are 611 (not really) posts here to read through! Chatty bunch. I like that.
Hubby is still in Perth working but looks like coming home in March. Yay! I wouldn't be at all surprised if he wants to uproot me again and move back to Perth. Big possibility. Sounds like the company he's working for might help pay the moving expenses. That would be nice as it's an expensive move!
Midnight- thanks for your response and your concern, much appreciated.
Kazzie - I particularly wanted to talk to you and to Liv - one of the things I learned when I was going through BC in 2004 (in Perth) is that it's not just about what the doctor says to do - and by that I mean that healing comes from so very many places and the best ones doctors don't seem to know about. I had a friend who was stage IV - the cancer had spread to her bones and I really thought she'd had it, that the story was over for her. But she obviously had other ideas. In addition to what the doctors recommended for her, she used body/mind healing in the form of meditation and visualization to completely get the cancer out of her body. Something about angel vibrations too, which I have no idea about. She's still with us today, although sadly I've lost contact with her. Story #2 - met a guy with non-Hodgkins lymphoma, he's a client and friend of my DH. He had been told by his doctors that he had 2-3 months to live, to go and get his affairs in order. He began chemotherapy, and that kept the lymphoma under control but it wasn't a cure. He was told he'd always have the N-H lymphoma. So he began to meditate - for 3 hours a day (1 hr each session spread across the day). He is still with us, 16 yrs later and he is in complete remission (even tho' the doctors said he'd always have it). He took great pleasure in proving them wrong. He's off trekking in Nepal at the moment, he normally lives in Perth in one of the coast suburbs, I think Trigg or near there.
I'm telling you this, Kazzie & Liv, to offer some hope. Doctors don't know everything (they do their best, heaven knows, but they just don't know it all). I have loads of info on my site (the web address appears in my signature line) and I would love to help you through this. Sending hugs from Denver.
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Hi Renae.....(((hugs)))
Yes, it is very scarey & I really & truly have my fingers crossed that your scans are stable.
Personally, I'm haing a very tough time at the moment......I think when it was first found in my bones & I started chemo, it was a bit surreal, almost like when it was primary cancer.....go through chemo, get rid of it & get on with it for awhile til it reared its ugly head again!!
But the reality of Triple Neg is a bit more aggressive than that. Now it's spread in my bones as well as turned up in my liver all while being on chemo, I think it's hit me how quick it seems to be going & I am so, so scared of dying! I can't bear the thought of leaving my kids & my hubby being alone......sorry to get so morbid but I truly am struggling & I don't know how to get myself out of it!!
Hubby is having a hard time too.....he keeps coming home from work early & it's so hard to talk about it coz of the emotion.
I have my onc appointment this arvo & I haven't given up on the trial yet.....thanks to Jenns very helpful advice, I've sent an email to my onc with what I'm hoping might be a loophole to get me in! Possibly grasping at straws but desperate measures are called for.....
And then of course, everyone wants to come to appointments etc & personally, I much prefer to go on my own......can't push hubby away though!!
Marnie......I appreciate all you're saying & everyone is so different. We are guided by our medical team but yes, still must do our own research. To be quite honest, if I tried everything that has been suggested to me, from meditation to sound therapy, to all the vitamins & supplements, I honestly wouldn't have time for anything else!!!
I have a friend who swears that someone who was given days to live is still here months later due to sound therapy.....but she was on chemo at the same time so how do we know what helped her?? I'm not being negative, just struggling to find positives at the moment! And I'm not sure how, but I will get over it. I will check out your site & if you come to Perth maybe you, me & Liv can catch up.......
I do look after myself.....very healthy diet, walk every day, no smoking, very little alcohol & keep my weight down. I actually feel so well (except for a bit of pain but painkillers do the job) it's hard to believe I have a terminal illness....
Anyway, sorry for the doom & gloom......& long post!!!
I hope everyone else is doing ok.
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Renae.....forgot to ask. What chemo are you on?
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Dear Kazzie just wish there was something I could say to make this better. Please know I am thinking of you and send my very best wishes and hopes that you find a treatment to halt the progression.
Love and hugs,
Lola.
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Karen, i wish i had the words to make you feel better too. only that i am thinking of you and saying prayers for you to make things easier for you to handle and i will pray for hubby that he can cope too, it must be almost unbearable for him having his lovely wife sick like that. oxox Also happy Birthday to you for other day,
Talking of hubby's, mine woke up about 1.30 this morning feeling violently sick, he must have vommited about 5 times til he had to go to work at four, unfortunately having your own bussiness, you can't just ring in sick, mind you if he was any sicker, i would of been ringing ambulance, he got to depo and was still going and both ends, i rang the driver and he came in early and loaded his own truck and bil had to do abit more in getting the paper work done for all the trucks. all the drivers came in early amd loaded there own trucks and hubby got home, in the shower and into bed. he got up at one and went to farm to check the animals, i hope he does not spend too long there, i told BIL he can handle the depo tonight, incase hubby had a bug and he is staying in and going back to bed. He said, i might need him for abit, i said, no, you can take over and do it, he does it numerous times when you have not been around, end of story, give yr brother a break, he is always there for you and done it when you have been sick. I PUT MY FOOT DOWN VERY HARD.
Anyway must go and rest, i did not get alot last night. love and hugs
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Oh Karen
There's nothing we can say to make you feel any better, your fears and worries are well founded. Just know we are all here to listen to you, support you in any way we can and that we all care deeply for you and your family.
You know you can come on here at any time to vent, cry, scream or whatever you need to do, and we are here for youl
Lots of love and hugs
Trish
xoxoxo
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Karen, I am so sorry about the progression, but hang in there and believe in technology and also believe in yourself. Keep communicating and venting so that you can cope and also have as much information as possible from everyone here.
Midnight, I am sorry that your hubby is not well, but I am also worried about you because of your low iron count etc. I hope that you dont catch it, and I am glad that you put your foot down. (You go girl!)
Cheers,
Mandy
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kazzie ((hugs)) of course you are scared and i hear exactly what you are saying being in a state of almost surreal, then another nuclear fallout, with new spots. i guess right now its just about impossible to feel anything but yuk but please remember there are many that have mets to liver and bones and are living very well and long after being diagnosed. when your ready, search for the positive posts, there are many.
we are with you kaz. xx00xx
mclark ((hugs)) thx for your kind considerate words.
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Karen - good luck for tomorrow!
midnight - I hope hubby is better tomorrow and you don't get it...
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Thanks for all your kind & caring words lovely ladies......:)
Just off to the onc now to discuss the next 'plan of attack'!!!
Will keep you all posted.
Karen xx
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Just saying Hi and hope you all have a good day.
Great relief on this side of the Tasman - Marmite is being produced again and will be in the shops by the end of March - yippee.
I know you are vegemite fans - so is DH, we are a divided family on this matter.
Big hugs to all
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Alyson - I have always loved vegemite but since chemo I can't stand it.
Mandy - I hope you and your hubby are coping ok. Best wishes.
Karen - Wishing something I could say would make it all go away but remember our hugs and hand holding (even through cyber space) are there for you.
Well I had the xoleda implant. It was weird being back in the chemo ward and I can definitely feel my ovaries tweaking. I rang a different chemist about the cost and she said the $330 was the chemists cost and it should only be about $45. I hope so.
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Hi Girls, Hubby is much better today, thanks you, so far i am ok as far as that goes. The GP nurse rung this morning and said, Doc not happy, Iron even lower than before, Heamoglobin hovering between low normal and under. Doc and sent referyl for me to have colonoscopy in near future to check the higher area of the bowel and i have gone into boader line acute anemia. there are alot of while blood cells , i dont' know what it all entails really.
Hubby was telling me, thatn he has notice my upper abdomen is very firm, like it would be if i was pregnant, like beefy people are flabby, he has noticed its quite hard and so i am going to doc tomorrow and he is in coming in with me and tell my doc what he has been noticing and that my life i am sleeping away and that he gets worried because i am that out to it, he finds it hard to bring me of it. The other day he had got back to bed after loading the trucks, (last week that was) and was in bed for 45 mins before i even woke up, normally i wake up very quickly. But he has been worrying about my tummy firmness for a few days, so that is the latest.
Karen, how are you today, I am with you in every way, except being there in person. thinking of you. oxox
We were supposed to get rain today, hubby said, the only rain we got, a few splashed on wind screan of the car going to work. , well i had better do something, just being talking to mother and sister and i am buggered. go and get a sammy or something. cheers.
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