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yeah I'm sure i will. Thanks chrissy
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Mel - it sucks to have to wait, but at least you have some sort of timeframe now. I would have thought that hospitals in Adelaide would be big enough to cope with isolating flu patients from other general surgical patients though ...
Ariom, thank you
yes feeling much better than I was. It's amazing to me that a food that we eat most of our lives can suddenly become the enemy. It's encouraging that you can now have diary cooked into your food - how long did that take? I'm resigned to not having cheese, love my cheese, but it doesn't love my hips or tummy so have not had very much for quite some time now. Trish
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Hi girls. hope everyone is ok.
The other day hubby rang me from the farm and says i was not allowed to laugh, and he was half laughing telling me, he bent over to put some pig food down and one of them big pigs went and bit him on the butt. he has a big bruise, his bum not that big, so do not know what it thought it was going to accomplish, he is telling me all this, and says , i hope you not laughing, and he was laughing so hard, he could hardly tell me.. i said, why are telling me not to laugh when you cant even tell me with out bursting your seems. . when he sat down, was abit different., i put some anti ceptic cream on, iwas more worried about infection.
Anyway catch you's later, have a good day.
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Trish, my SIL is Lactose intolerant so I know there is lactose free yogurt and cheese available. When we came over to Canberra I made a picnic of foods so we didn't have to buy and lactose free cheese was on the menu. I had some and it was hard to tell the difference between it and the other. I got it from Woolworths but I'm sure other large supermarkets will have it.
Lol Annette, you've done it again! I'm sitting here laughing so hard I have tears running down my face! You pain such a great word picture I could just see it happening!.......lol.
Well I have now slept on the memory foam topper on my bed and I must admit even having just that has improved the comfort of my bed no end. I have just ordered a soft mattress cover which is supposed to be really luxurious so I'm hoping the two together will answer my problem without having to put out a $1000 + for a new mattress. I was flabbergasted at the cost of a new mattress! Thank goodness I have been able to find a solution.
Hope you all are having a great day!
Love n hugs. Chrissy
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Chrissy - apparently yoghurt isn't a problem as the lactose is naturally fermented out, at least that's what I've been told, and I haven't stopped eating yoghurt
Didn't realise there was a lactose free cheese though - will check that out!I meant to tell you too - some years ago I bought a mattress "thingy" lol - can't think of what it's called now. But it's quite thick, has pure wool on one side and cotton on the other and has magnets all through it. We bought it mainly because of the magnets - supposed to help with back and neck pain, and I think it really does! Anyway it improved the comfort of our mattress immeasurably! Wouldn't swap it for anything in the world. It wasn't cheap, I can't remember how much now, probably around $400-$500 for a queen bed, but definitely the best thing I've bought for a long time.
Annette - lol life on the farm!
Trishxoxo
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Trish you just reminded me that I have Mum's underblanket that is wool and contains the magnets. I had forgotten as after her death I just put it away in the cupboard.......maybe its time to drag it out and give it a try, at least until the new one arrives and then I can compare the two.
Love n hugs. Chrissy
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Our day has ended in sadness, our little white cat (Bubba) she was deaf, has surcummed to the road. she was hubby's cat and every night she would wait for him on the drive way ands give us the whoolies as it looked like she cross over to our car as we waited in the middle for traffic to go by and hubby would sometimes get out and go and get grab her as she was going to walk off the pavement. and put her in car with us. she would sit on his shoulder and walk around with him like a bird. her daughter, BJ, was killed out there about a year ago and i saw it happen. bubba was right down the road this afternoon, and she came rushing up the footpath to us, hubby picked her up and she smooched ti bits and two hours later she gone. Bj and bubba, BJ was bubba junior. they both together now again.
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Oh Annette I'm so sorry! There is nothing worse than losing a beloved pet.........it like losing one of the family. Please give your hubby a hug from me.
Love n hugs for you both. Chrissy
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Hi Trish, Yes, the Allergist told me that it usually is the food you love and eat the most that becomes a problem. I had issue with wheat at the same time, but can eat it again now. I am sorry to say that it was a long time before I could handle any dairy cooked into food, and a bit of milk chocolate, maybe 15 or more years. I haven't eaten any dairy for around 30 years. Not surprising I have osteoporosis, not just from the lack of dairy, but I have been on Cortisone for 17 years for RA, that sucks the calcium out of your bones too.
Annette, I am so sorry to hear of your loss. It is so hard to lose an animal. I feel for you.
Sorry about your Husband's bruise! but a very funny story!
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Sending love and big hugs Annette
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Annette, so sorry to hear about Bubba.... Take care
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Hi all
Annette sorry to hear about your Cat.
Tomorrow I'm going to my Dad's farm which is about an hour's drive from Perth, I haven't been up their for ages. Mum's been better so she's going up with Dad and my sister's and neice and nephew are coming as well.
Hope that everyone has a good weekend
Carol
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Thanks girls, hubby has taken her to farm to bury with all her other sibblings that have previously passed. we little confused as we are assuming she was hit because of little bad habits with the road, but about fortnight ago, she was sleeping in the clothes basket and i went to pick her up and she was all floppy and limp and i thought she has died, and i went to the loo and i was going to ring up hubby when i went back and she was cleaning her self, so i thought maybe she was in a deep sleep. when we found her yesterday, she was just laying on the driveway, but her head was pointing to the house, not toward the road, so we are kind of going on the thought that maybe she died of natural causes. there was no blood on her and after that other day, when she was limp and unresponsive, i really thought she had gone, But yesterday unless somebody hit her and the injuries internal, we think it could be maybe a heart attack ??? but she gone and she was missed last night, the other cats are all quiet today, just moping around, they would know that she is gone. i am sure. Missy is our only white girl left, she deaf as well. but she not too keen going near road usually, sticks around inside alot in other bedroom and sleeps. i better go. thanks heaps, catch you later.
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Annette it is possible that that first episode was a small stroke and then she had another larger one that took her life. Natural causes are a lot easier to accept even though traumatic.
Love n hugs. Chrissy
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So sorry to hear about your cat Annette.
Gee thanks Ariom lol - I have to wait that long?? Hmm... better get used to doing without I think.
All well here, and after the first fog of the year, we have a beautiful autumn day.
Trishxoxo
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So sorry Trish, I know that sounds awful, but you may be lucky that it happens faster for you. I really hope so!
I have just started on my once a week Actonel for Osteoporosis. I stayed upright for twice as long as they suggest, to try and make sure it didn't repeat on me. I thought I was doing great, but grumbling tummy and diarrhea....great!
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Back from NZ. It was a good 3 days with catching up with my mum and being at Tony's sister's wedding. Beautiful weather in Auckland!
Just got back from an onc visit, and he has written me a script this time for Femara/Letrozole. I couldn't remember which one was the "better" one of the AIs according to you guys so will give this a go. I won't swap from the Tamoxifen until the weekend since the info I was given says it can cause nausea...
Hugs to you all, Jenn
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Jenn Femara is what I'm on and the nausea is not that bad more annoying than anything and really only lasts for a few weeks until your system gets used to it. Here's hoping the SE's don't give you any grief but one I will mention is tiredness.........if you find that is troubling you take your pill at night.
Good luck! Oh! Glad your time in NZ went well........is your mum a little more settled now and is that neighbour still causing problems for you? I sure hope not.
Love n hugs. Chrissy
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Chrissy - does EVERYONE get nausea? I can't afford any more time off work! This breast cancer has also now cost me my uni degree this year too. I withdrew from my subject this morning - I can't study effectively anymore and i was too stressed to continue. Today was the last day to withdraw with no penalty this semester. This means that if I continue next semester my degree is now guaranteed to take me two years longer than originally planned - and originally it was 6 years :-/
Jenn
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Jenn the nausea is not that bad and can be worked through. I found just sucking on some ginger was enough to settle my stomach. Not everyone gets nausea so bad it's debilitating most just get queasy.
I'm sorry to hear that you have withdrawn from your course but it's better to do that now that find you cannot manage your final paper and still have to repeat it and go through a whole lot more stress in between.
Love n hugs. Chrissy
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Jenn, I didn't get much nausea even though I was having reflux problems from hernia. /had joint pains but never really sure they were SEs or not because of my RA. Did get hot flushes and not sleeping. I found if I took the femara at bed time everything was quite settled.
Pleased to see your mother looking good - how is she coping with life at present. We are having some fun with Dh's mother who is getting forgetful but also very anxious and extremely single minded about things.
Big hugs to all.
Alyson
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Good to hear you had a good time in NZ Jenn. I haven't taken Femera, but when I started Aromasin I had nausea, it really was just feeling queasy in the tummy. I also had tiredness from it, and used to take it at night, just before bed - that way I slept well and the nausea didn't bother me
Sorry about your course, but as you say - withdrawing from it now doesn't penalise you.
We all lose a lot when it comes to this horrible disease. I lost all my self confidence and self assurance (I think this was the scariest thing for my family and friends to cope with as it is soooo opposite what I was normally like lol), we lost over $60k per year in income, I couldn't continue on in the job I was doing because of stress. I'm now dealing with a lot of side issues - teeth, irritable bowel syndrome, fatigue. But we carry on.
I'm happier now than I was pre bc, maybe not as healthy and certainly poorer, but happier. I'm doing a job that is satisfying, pays the bills (not much more), have caring family and friends. I have my self confidence and self assurance back (thank goodness say my friends, I wasn't "me" before) and enjoy each day as it comes.
I've learned not to blame bc on all my problems, yes it's taken a huge toll, but I'm bigger than that and can adjust, change and cope with whatever life throws at me know. I've learned to go with the flow and be a bit more mellow and accepting.
You'll get there eventually. In the meantime ((((hugs))))
Trish
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Oh what a morning, one old pig(sow) decided to leave home, she is a pushy old bag. anyway she crossed the main road and went into the neighbours , they locked her in, til we got there and they had to go to work, well we thought we would take the greens trailer with the all the pig food in it and she would just walk into it, well think again, she just was not going to comply, so here we are chasing this darn old sow around the neighbours yard, eventually we thought, stuff this, and we opened their gate and our farm one and stopped all the traffic and here are alll these people getting out of there carsto help us by blocking her from running anywhere else and i would say half were farmers as they appeared to know what they were doing and the old bag walked across that road *main highway and did not give a toss, with her nose in the air, i might add, she walked directly through the gate and toddled herself down the driveway with out any hassles at all. we thanked all the people for their help and co-operation and put her back in her quarters. (she was not going to get in that trailer). it was like i will walk by myself thank you and her snout was pointing upward it looked so funny lol , i was so nackered. my exersise for the day, hubby is going to look where she got out and put the six foot secuirty gates down there. all the other fences have therm. so must of been that bit.. gee animals, they are lovely, but very naughty. when they want to be. i can still see her crossing that road, you would think butter would not melt in her mouth, lol.
Jenny, glad you had a good time in NZ seeing your mummy again. i hope that the new pill will settle down in yr system quickly and not cause too much anguish, i am srill waiting to see what pill they are going to put me on or what they are going do. and just hope nothing evil is manafesting in my body as i aint on anything at present for BC. have my mammo in june.
oh well better go now, have lawyer this arvo, just about the bussiness closing up etc. anyway catch you all later. hugs.
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Well said, Trish! Ditto!
Jenn, I take Femara and have no side effects other than hot flashes. I take the Novertis brand, not generic. I read on the Femara thread that people report different side effects with different brands but I'm not sure how valid that is since the active ingredients are the same.
Studies show Femara is more effective than Tamoxifen, especially for my type of bc.
You have done well to get this far with your study. You can still go back to it when you feel more on top of everything else.
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Bloody h..l! Just went to fill that script for Femara and found out it only comes in a 30day supply instead of the 60day supply that Tamoxifen comes in. That means that it will cost double in a year what Tamox cost - $240 vs $480, and I'll be having to visit the chemist every month cause they won't let you fill two at a time.
I was so p'd off at the thought that I walked out of the chemist without filling the script. Just sooo angry that our finances will be even tighter if I take this...
Jenn
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Jenn, I have found femara great. As you know I had lots of side effects on tamox, then Arimidex gave me bone pain. Chrissy suggested Femera and I haven't looked back. Pramin has been my wonder drug for nausea. Yes it's a pain with the scripts but I just feel so much better, I hope you do too.
I have to get a biopsy after my mammo and US which is a bummer, but they don't seem too worried. Fingers crossed this time they are right.
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Crap about the biopsy Kylie!!!! When have you got it scheduled? Both I, and a woman that I met at the local support group both had to have biopsies this year - hers turned out to be "nothing" and mine was confirmed as fat necrosis. Hope yours is nothing too...
Thanks for the Femara advice. I am just so over taking stuff that makes me feel bad :-/
Jenn
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It is a stable lesion jen in my non bc breast so thinking ok. I haven't booked it, will get next weeks zoladex injection done first. One thing at a time is about all I can manage, I have onc appt also this month.
I love what you said Trish but I must admit working full time and fitting appointments, children's sport 6 days a week and everything else can get you down. I am mostly upbeat but I find I get tired more easily. The kids found a chemo photo of me with no hair on the weekend, it is hard to believe what we have been through and how far we have come.
Keep up the stories Annette, you make me smile. X
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Good luck for your biopsy, Kylie.
Jenn, wondering if any of the generic drugs are cheaper? You can ask.
Best wishes to all
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Hey Racy, I don't think it matters if it's generic or not - the script cost is the standard $38 each time? It was a generic she offered me...
Hubby thinks I'm crazy - and I think I am. Definitely have some measure of post traumatic stress.
Annette, I love your stories too :-)
Jenn
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