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Jenn you sure are finding out the hard way that this disease and its associated treatments just keep on giving! Hope the eye feels better after a nights rest.
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Hi ladies, so sorry ive been awol. Feels like I only posted yesterday and when i logged in just now, I found it had been weeks. Life is hectic between work and worrying about work lol. On the good side it pushes the cancer to the background and I feel more like myself than I have in a long time. I do miss talking with all of you ladies though. I can be found often on fb so if anyone wants to you can always catch me there. Im addicted to a new fb game, Are you smarter than a Fifth grader and somehow ended up co running a group so free time = admin time, but its all fun and makes me feel like Im helping people even if its only in helping them to enjoy their own leisure time.
Desperately sorry to hear of Angela's passing, but a large part of me is grateful she passed with her loved ones around her and that she didnt linger in pain. I like to think of all our angels reaching Rainbow Bridge, or its equivelent for us humans and as we each get there, finding all our loved ones greeting us with open arms, all of us in great health and spirit. It comforts me as nothing else can when I lose someone I love.
Gentle hugs to all
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Hello everyone
Well I think I'm finally back to being human again lol. Feeling so much better after the past month or so.
Here's a couple of images from the wedding on the weekend. She was a gorgeous bride and the weather was glorious.
Trish
xoxo
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I went to the Doc yesterday and complained, well moaned about what happened at Hospital and he listened to me and thn said, so what have you come about to today Annette, i said, that was one of the issues and how would i go about getting a second opinion of the gastrocopy as i feel that it is not normal as they report says, but he has not even got it yet and cannot act til he has, but did say that to get a nother opinion, would take a long time, unless i went private and i would not get much change out of a thousand., i did say that my Dad had terrible reflux most of his life and he had pancreatic cancer and a bad one and he died of it, and that it did go thru my mind that i hope i have not got anything like that, so he doing a test on the pancreas as i told him, it starts soon as i eat something and i am taking pills to try and get rid of it all day, not just a night thing, and i have not had chemo, so that is not the cause of it. I think he was probably not happy to see me yesterday, lol, but blow it, this is my life he is dealing with. Anyway hope everything ok.with you all. catch you later.
Trish, what lovely photo's they are, gorgeous, did you know these people or you just doing the photos for their wedding. love looking at wedding pics.
Alyson, have you been to Doc about the bone pain yet to check it out?
Chrissy, how are the tummy pains, are they feeling better since you starting to delete those foods.
Kylie, i know what you mean, everybody on here means a lot to me. even tho i have not met any of you.
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Beautiful photos, Trish. They look so happy.
Annette, I would change doctors. I dont like his attitude, and I dont think that he has your interests at heart. xxx
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Trish those pics are gorgeous! Very pretty bride! So glad you are starting to feel normal again........pneumonia is a real downer.
Annette, one good thing has come from this diet, I've lost three kilos in a week! Not too bad if that's the side effect I have to put up with......lol. You've just reminded me I need to ring my doc and get the results of the poo test (sorry TMI)........lol
Nurse is at lunch so I'll get a call back. The bloating is less but I'm still getting pain.....just not as severe as before. Maybe the diet will do good things.....we'll see.
On the results of your visit with your doc, I must say his attitude is a bit to nonchalant for my liking.......I would be seriously considering a change.
What a weekend is coming up for me! I can't believe I had forgotten that its the annual antiques fair and my SIL comes to stay as well as my ex SIL and some friends.......I have a house full of women and my poor DH is the thorn in the rose patch.....lol......but I know he loves the attention he gets.......hahahaha! Then Sunday night after taking my SIL home I'm off to the city for my embroidery class.....yipeee!....it all day on Monday and I'm so looking forward to it......should be fun!
Well, I'd best get off my butt and get the rooms and beds sorted for the bodies that will be here in a couple of days.........
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Chrissy, what is on the menu for yr girly weekend lol. Yr famous chilli dish, spag bol. chicken curry, i am sure what ever you do willl be very yummy, well probably not the chilli one, but the spag bol will be a winner or you gonna go the roast style of cooking. Did you get on to the nurse lol, hope was ok with that, sorry you still getting pain tho. You have a really good time with the girls, lol yr hubby will be out numbered for sure, he might cook for you all. Have you heard what day Angela will be farewelled, not that i can go, i would if i could, but i can say prayers while its on for her family.
Mandy, yes if it does not improve, i will be considering a change of practioner, he does get on to things, will wait and see what happens after this report comes through and if i am getting more un- satisfied, will def have to make a new choice of doctor. good night
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Lovely photo Trish! So glad you are feeling better...
I had my last appt with my old onc on Monday. She was as disinterested in follow-up as usual.
Good news though is that for the first time since this all started in 2011 my bloods ALL came back in the normal range :-)
Yesterday I went back to the eye specialist and he operated to unblock the blocked duct in my bottom right eyelid. It was just a short procedure under local and not pleasant being able to see and hear everything. He told me that these type of cysts should not be left for months untreated like mine was because you end up with scar tissue that might block the duct forever. This was yet another side effect from chemo that my onc was disinterested in...
Busy at work, and our daughter with Down Syndrome has been very challenging this week. :-(
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Lol Annette, I just got back from the butcher. I bought a Bolar roast of beef and that is in the oven for cold meat. I bought some diced steak for a slow cooker hotspot dinner on Saturday. I'll be doing hot scones with jam and cream for everyone else as a treat for afternoon tea. Bacon and eggs for breakfast and we usually get one of the local made pasties for lunch but this year I'll be having a salad......lol. The only thing I must make sure I have a goodly amount of is milk as my coffee machine tends to work overtime for cappuccinos.........lol.
Yes the nurse rang me back and all those test came back clear so we start again on the hunt........it's such a pain......lol. I've got far too much to do to be under the weather!
Yay Jenn for the good bloods! Just as well you have a new onc that one sounds like she needs a personality transplant! Kids can sure be a trial but one that is special needs really make it hard. Sounds like there is something on her mind.
Oh, I've emailed Angels son to ask when her funeral will be.......I'll let you know if I get an answer.
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Hi to all, and Chrissy, make sure that diverticulitis doesn't get out of hand.....believe me when I say a Colostomy is NOT something you want or need on top of
cancer.
Late last year, my old Onc in Brisbane finally got me into the local hospital which is a 30min drive away as opposed to the previous three hour trip to Brisbane.
At our first app't in Dec, she immediately said that I would be having chemo! With my hair standing on end in fright, I asked her why....I had had no scans/tests to
indicate my health had changed drastically.
Flicking through my file, she then said that no I wouldn't, that was someone else...but admitted at one point there was nothing in my file after 2009.
As we were still getting to know each other, I sat and listened to her, answering her questions until we got to painkillers.
I tried to explain that I couldn't take Oxycontin or Endone any more because they virtually paralysed my bowels and at that time I hadn't had a b.m. for a week.
Mind you, I was pretty well starving to death with my fear of ending up with another colostomy bag.....and nearly drowning in Movicol every four hours.
She cut me off with, "You are not listening to me....while you are talking, you can't hear what I need to tell you!" (To me, this translated to, "Shut up! I am the only
who should be talking here!")
And then proceeded to tell me to double my Oxycontin and take Coloxyl tablets four times a day if necessary.
At that time, I had been seeing my old Onc for four years and she had never spoken to me like that, in fact, she was a great listener.
I was so upset, that fifteen minutes after arriving home, I had a very relieving bowel download....maybe that was what she had in mind, who knows?
I tried her recommended tablets with the Oxy but found a week later, on Xmas day, I was once again blocked up.
I drank pulpy orange juice, took probiotics, ate dried fruit, yoghurt and licorice but as long as I took the Oxy, I was dammed...up.
Then I stopped taking the Oxy...and whaddya know?...things started to normalise once again.
I was due to see this lady again in early March and, as the time got closer, I got more and more anxious.
When the day arrived, I walked in ready for either a nervous breakdown or a knock-down drag-out fight.
Boy, was I surprised when a different lady walked into the room!
This lady was like my other Onc and listened to me, not that I was talking much after the last one.
I can't imagine what was going on in that lady's life, but I think she chose the wrong field of medicine somewhere along the line.
It's a pity they can't do some kind of psyche test to find out if med students are suited to what they are chosing to study before all that time is invested
and they are turned out onto the public.
Wow...do I go on!
Hugs to all,
Sheila.
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Wow Sheila! That onc sounded like a right bitch! so glad the one you saw last time was more to your liking. Magnesium is a great bowel unstopper......if I have ant trouble I just double what I normally take and bingo! Not stopped up any more. Give it a burl......it can't hurt only help.
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That last Onc prescribed Omeprazole for my bowel probs Chrissy and, on looking at the label, I was surprised to see that it is Magnesium.
I wasn't sure what it actually did, but thought that it might 'grease' the linings of the colon, like cranberry does for the bladder parts...stops things from sticking to the sides.
Sheila.
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Trish, lovely photos...
Chrissy, thanks for the magnesium tip
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Shiela, your body can only absorb a certain amount of magnesium and the rest is eliminated through the bowel and anything sitting there gets softened and moved......it truly is a great laxative. I think it works way better than a lot of the stuff that costs a fortune but doesn't really work.
Tammy, glad to help.
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Hi there Ladies, Chrissy, sounds like you have it all under control with you yr food this weekend lol I am sure it will be a lovely weekend.
Linda, i was looking back on the posts and saw that you had posted, lovely to see u back on. you been entertaining your self with the games, good for you, glad you been your job been keeping yrself busy with work, yea yr, right either we are worrying about it or working at it too hard., take care.
My Docs just rang to say the blood test they did on my pancreas is ok, so its got to be the esophegus, i can't get that much reflux an no cause. and i did not have chemo, so can't blame that, i have always had it. The nurse just rung me back and said, that the report has now come back in and instead of doing another procedure, he rung the endocrine doctor for any ideas of medication and he gave him one that should stop all that heart burn, so now just waiting for nurse to call back in regard of whether i keep taking the other meds i have for it. i will take them back to chemist if i don't need them, they could use some that i have not gone into. it will be so good if i can get rid of the reflux. i wondered why he had rung the endocrine doctor, but he thought that it could be diabetic related, so tried him first. Anyway hopefully this pill will work miracles and this horrible reflux will go far away.
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I just recieved this from Angela's son.
Hi Chrissy,
The funeral is at 2:30 tomorrow. At the Boyd Chapel, Springvale Botanical Cemetery, enter from dandenong road.
Sorry about the late notice,
SteveI thought you might like to have a quiet moment for her as she is laid to rest.
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Thanks everyone for your posts. Looking forward to meeting up at end of November.
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So sad and shocked to hear of Angela's passing.love to all Gail
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Jenn, I hope your eye is healing well.
Trish, I just love the photos.
Chrissy, I hope you are feeling ok. Your weekend sounds wonderful, you always make me hungry though.. scones - yum.
I got my zoladex injection yesterday. It is pretty gross because you can feel the pellet under the abdomen skin. My body must be getting used to it because I didn't feel as cruddy this time. But I made the mistake of climbing into the 4WD and ended up in tears.
I had a hair cut yesterday .. again. I hate the new texture of my hair so I am keeping it short, but gee isn't short hair expensive! I always had really long hair and rarely got it cut, now it is every 4 weeks.
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Hello everyone
Kylie - yes short hair is expensive lol I've had short hair most of my life, and one of the things about chemo was I saved a fortune on haircuts! I wasn't too pleased with the texture of my hair to start with either, but now it's a lot softer than it was pre-chemo, which is a bonus. I've always had thick wiry hair, so the softer hair is lovely. Hopefully your's will soften up too as time goes on.
Sheila - your Onc sounds like a bitch, glad you have a new one now.
Well the big move is two weeks today! I think I'd better start packing lol.
Otherwise - everything else is good with me. Feeling really good now, and have started back at the gym.
I'll be having a quiet moment for Angela this afternoon at 2.30.
Trish
xoxo
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Hi lovely women.
I'm wondering how Liv is.
Does anyone have any news?
thanks
Astrid.
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no actually have not heard from her for yonks. and jedbra or Ariom, i think Ariom posts on the other threads, miss those girls, but no nothing from her for ages, everybody is busy this weekend and so its very quiet on here. hope you get caught up with her. just hope she is ok.
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Hi all! Sitting in a cafe waiting for a friend so we can have a catchup. Phew! It's been a busy, busy weekend and I'll tell you all about it later! Gotta go but just wanted to let you know I'm still here and kicking........lol
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thanks for that midnight. (what a gorgeous cat btw)
I am quite concerned to be honest.
if you are reading Liv, sending you much love and healing thoughts.
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I hope everyone had a lovely weekend, we had visitors and beautiful weather. Sausages on the barbie is about my limit for visitors Chrissy.
Hopefully tomorrow DS gets his leg cast off and we can walk on the beach again.
Jenn, how is your eye. Hopefully you will see a huge improvement.
How is the packing going Trish - please don't overdo it you are still recovering.
Great to hear from you Astrid, and I also hope Liv is going ok.
I have had two coldsores since chemo and they take forever to disappear. Grrr, still battling this one and the last one took about a month. BC truly does just 'keeps on keeping on'.
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Thanks for that Astrid, his name is sparky,m he went missing and then turned up one day again after six weeks, he has Beautiful tail, only eats dry food, wont eat the cat tin meat. well i hope that Liv will get in touch onlt if to tell us she ok.
i had hungi for tea. we dopnated a pig for this christan school function and they brought some hungi in for us and yum it so devine, the chicken was a bit dry, but the pork was really yum, it is a big pork roast. and veges very moist, the cats had pork as well, and the two dogs inside, the others can have some tomorrow hubby still has to have his lot yet, he loading trucks, there is ample loads of freight tomorrow and any drivers sick tomorrow will get A kicked.lol. Good night and love to all.
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Hi all,
Had our son's 18th birthday party last night so yesterday was filled with shopping and chopping and cooking and tidying. And I fit in a hair appt as well. It was a great night and it was so good to have the energy to be able to take my share of the prep.
Today I have had two walks, worked on my uni assignment, washed the floors and done the grocery shopping (with hubby).
I have 2 days at work this week then surgery on Wednesday to revise/reduce my reconstructed breasts. I will be in hospital at least one night, maybe two, and will have a drain on both sides again which my plastic surgeon says only stay in 1-2 days. This time around I have chosen to go to the private hospital he operates at. All my previous breast surgeries have been as a private patient at the public hospital. This timeI just want a little more "luxury"...
My eye is still a little swollen and sore where I had the cyst removed from my eyelid last Tuesday. Thanks for asking about it :-) It's healing and not too bad though.
Still here reading EVERYDAY, just don't have time to respond much.
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Hello everyone
Good to hear from you Jenn, will be thinking of you on Wednesday xoxo
Packing has finally started lol It's not too bad actually, we are either getting rid of a lot of stuff, or leaving it with the house. We are going to a smaller house with less storage, so the rule "If I haven't looked at it or used it in the last 3 years, it's gone" applies. Very liberating. We are leaving lots of fencing stuff behind too - as we won't be needing it at the new place. Also all my bottling equipment etc. So the move won't be quite as bad as I thought. Lots of trips to the dump though lol
I'm feeling really good though, so don't worry - I'm not doing too much and looking after myself :-)
Kylie - do you use Zovirax cold sore cream? Hubby uses it and it seems to clear his cold sores up a lot quicker. I'm pretty lucky, I used to get cold sores a lot (it was me who gave them to hubby, oops) but I haven't had one for years. I thought I have a lot of them during and after chemo, but seem to have escaped that, thank goodness.
I too hope tha Liv is ok.
Take care all you lovely ladies.Trish
xoxox
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Yum Annette, the hungi sounds great, it's funny how the animals like our food best, can't blame them really.
Thinking of you on Wednesday Jenn and wonderful that your DS's party went well. Don't overdo it though.
Trish, I have been using Zovirax but still raging, yuck. Have fun culling, it is quite liberating to get rid of things you haven't used when you move. Makes it seem like a fresh start.
DS got his leg cast off today, he will still use crutches for 2 weeks but is one very happy child.
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Jenn I'll be thinking of you on Wednesday.......sure hope the girls suit you better when you are done.
Yay Trish fr feeling better! So glad to hear that you are not over doing things.........yup, moving house is a good time t clear things out a bit but it doesn't take very long before it starts to a cumulate in the new digs.......lol.
Kylie, glad DS is a happy camper with the cast gone........it must have been a shit summer for the kid......not nice. Try upping your intake of B12 and folate........I have found that does help with the healing process for cold sores that don't want to go away.
I've had a great day at the craft store! Learned some good techniques for making silk flowers which is way I wanted.......I think I'll organise another day I enjoyed it so much......lol. One more day in the city and then home to relax for a couple of days before the kids and grands descend on me for Mother's Day ..........definitely no rest for the wicked........lol.
I've booked the tickets for Mandy and I so we are all set for the 29th November! Can't wait!
Love n hugs. Chrissy0
