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  • Trisha-Anne
    Trisha-Anne Member Posts: 1,661
    edited April 2012

    Chrissy I'm so glad you have been sprung lol  Sounds like you are getting better, and being in any bed that isn't a hospital bed is a good thing.  Enjoy your DD's company and have a happy day today.

    Trish

    xoxo

  • Jennt28
    Jennt28 Member Posts: 1,095
    edited April 2012

    Happy Easter everyone :-)



    So glad to hear that you are feeling better Chrissy :-)



    Spending the morning in bed (3rd day after Taxol). Was supposed to go to Nelson Bay to catch up with relatives this weekend but I just don't want to leave my comfy house so we didn't go.



    Jenn

  • gerrib
    gerrib Member Posts: 60
    edited April 2012

    Happy Easter everyone.

    I'm trying to stay clear of chocolate today!

    Gerri 

  • Jennt28
    Jennt28 Member Posts: 1,095
    edited April 2012

    Good luck Gerri, It's too late for me... mmmmm Cadbury :-)



    Jenn

  • jezza
    jezza Member Posts: 295
    edited April 2012

    Chrissy...you are really making progress...well done!

    A nice relaxing Easter at home sounds like just the thing for you Jenn ((( )))

    The directors where I work  gave all the ladies a lovely lunch last Saturday and an afternoon in a very luxurious day spa.It was wonderful although one of my friends dozed off during her massage after having cocktails and wine at lunch and woke up snoring!!...lol

    One of the kiwis from the Aussie forum was in Melbourne for Easter so about 10 of us met up for lunch in the city yesterday. It was a fantastic day. We have had a few visitors from New Zealand now. We saw another lady at the restaurant who looked like she was going through chemo so we spoke to her later in the day. She said that she had seen one of our table who had a hat on and wondered if she had had breast cancer, We said "We have all had breast cancer"!! She looked down the table....go a bit of a shock I think!!....lovely lady.

    Looking after a friend's chooks for Ester and just had some nice fresh eggs for brekky. Haven't touched chocolate........YET. Cadbury is my favourite too Jenn.

    jezza

  • kyliet
    kyliet Member Posts: 587
    edited April 2012

    I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter. 

    We had a lovely weekend in Canberra, it was great to catch up and meet Trish, I feel so lucky to have the support of all you fantastic ladies.

    All the best for your scans, dentist and eye appointments tomorrow Trish.

    All the best wishes, Kylie x

  • racy
    racy Member Posts: 976
    edited April 2012

    Trish, thinking of you tomorrow and hoping greatly that your scan result will be benign.

  • suzieq60
    suzieq60 Member Posts: 1,422
    edited April 2012

    Trish - ditto from me - I'm scared for you, but hoping you are fine.

  • chrissyb
    chrissyb Member Posts: 11,438
    edited April 2012

    Trish going to bed with a prayer being said for you.  Hoping that the scan is all good tomorrow and your dentist appointment is as painless as possible.

    Love n hugs.  Chrissy

  • Trisha-Anne
    Trisha-Anne Member Posts: 1,661
    edited April 2012

    Thanks everyone. 

    I'm sorry I haven't been on here sooner, everytime I tried to login I got a message saying the site was down for maintenance and come back in 45 minutes, it even said that this morning, so I had to get in by googling something I knew would be on here and loggin in and going to my favourites.  Every time I try to go to the forum link I get the maintenance message.

    I'm feeling ok this morning.  Spent all day yesterday with my business partner who came here and we set up our webpage, ordered business cards and finished off the wedding book for the wedding we did in January (I know I'm late with that,but there were issues!)  So didn't have too much of a chance to think of anything yesterday, which was good.

    Starting to feel a bit jumpy today, but I'll be glad when tomorrow is over and I'll hopefully have the results, doc said it takes around 24 hours and he'll ring as soon as he has them.

    Thank you all for being with me, I'm scared too, but it helps knowing you are all there.
    Trish

    xoxo

  • jezza
    jezza Member Posts: 295
    edited April 2012

    Just been able to get onto this page myself....very long 45 minutes!

    Wanted to pop in to wish you all the best as well Trish. Its good that you are getting results quickly.

    I have everything crossed for you.

    jezza  xx

  • suzieq60
    suzieq60 Member Posts: 1,422
    edited April 2012

    Weird - I got the maintenance message yesterday for hours - started to suffer withdrawal. No problems this morning.

    As we say on another secret thread Trish - I hope you are really boring - works wonders when scans are being done :)

    Sue

  • gerrib
    gerrib Member Posts: 60
    edited April 2012

    Hope you get good news Trish

    Hope everyone is doing well today.

    I'm 'sort of'  applying for a job. Rather unenthusiastically. I guess I'm at that stage where I need to move on with my life. But at the age of 61, I probably won't be successful anyway.

    Gerri 

  • chrissyb
    chrissyb Member Posts: 11,438
    edited April 2012

    Gerri, good luck with trying out for the job, you never know they want experience!

    Trish, girl you been on my mind all day................sure hoping those scans are negative!

    I have't had trouble getting on BCO just trouble with my dang computer locking up!   GRRRRRRR!

    Think I've got it sorted now...........Yipeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!

    Love n hugs all.  Chrissy

  • Trisha-Anne
    Trisha-Anne Member Posts: 1,661
    edited April 2012

    Well scans all done, they worried me more though when the tech came back in after the bone scan and said he needed to do my ribs and a more thorough scan of my hips and then a ct scan.  Wasn't expecting all that.

    But - I will be there at 12.00 noon tomorrow to pick up the results.  And I'll read the bloody thing too - my doc won't mind lol

    So only another 15 1/2 hours to go, I've taken a valium and will be off to bed soon.

    Thanks for all your support girls - it really does help.

    Trish

    xoxo

  • suzieq60
    suzieq60 Member Posts: 1,422
    edited April 2012

    Trish - we're there with you - hugs.

  • Jennt28
    Jennt28 Member Posts: 1,095
    edited April 2012

    Big squeezy hug from me too Trish... My first bone scan they scared me with the "we need to do another one" as well - and it turned out to be nothing. Hoping for the same for you... Jenn

  • racy
    racy Member Posts: 976
    edited April 2012

    Trish, I didn't think they could do scans that the referring doc didn't order, but I could be wrong.



    Definitely thinking of you and praying for good news. I wish I could do more.

    I hope your husband is a good support for you.



    Sleep well.

  • Kate60
    Kate60 Member Posts: 523
    edited April 2012

    Trish. Gosh hopeing you do sleep well tonight and tomorrow brings totally nothing out of the normal results. I have been thinking of you.

    Well I have just got back from 2 days in Perth. I was just expecting to go up for the day yesterday, but ended up staying overnight as my 20 year old neice was in free fall after bad drugs, a sexual assualt and a DUI charge. What is frustrating is we spent 9 hours in ED with her and they called in a psych consult and they came back with an initial diagnosis of Bi-polar. I have thought this for a very long time, but family don't want to acknowledge it (brush it under the carpet). They wanted to admit her overnight in the psych ward and then this morning have a full assessment with a top psychiatrist. Eventually she very very ruluctantly agreed to being admitted (this was a 4 hour battle), but then, her mother (of all people) told her that she would take her back to her house (read drug house please) if she wanted and that she didn't have to stay there. Of course she jumped at that and that's exactly what happened. It has been a very difficult two days with her and at times she scared the life out of me with her psychotic (from acid) drugs. I felt totally out of my depth at times I must say, but as of this afternoon when we left her, she was down and relatively back to normal so it seems for the moment, all is OK.

    Hey and guess what? I went top-less at the hospital! It was too hot for my hat, so I thought, what the heck, I'm in a hospital, sick people everywhere I don't think I will look out of place here. No-one really looked twice at me.

    Hope everyone is doing OK. Chrissy, are you running around yet? and biggest hugs to Trish.

    xxxx

  • racy
    racy Member Posts: 976
    edited April 2012

    Kate, I hope your hair is growing. Yours too Jenn :-).

  • Kate60
    Kate60 Member Posts: 523
    edited April 2012

    Hair ha! Racy I have bum fluff all over and it is all pure white, but I did get excited the other day when the wind was blowing and I felt movement up there....  I reckon it looks pretty ghastly and no sign of natural hairs coming through yet. I've lost most of my eyelashes and my eyebrows are fading fast as well. Not really a good look at the moment.

  • kyliet
    kyliet Member Posts: 587
    edited April 2012

    Really teary today. I walked into the room to hear my 11yo say to his Dad "do you think I should say anything to Mum".  Of course I said "yes you should, what is it?"  His best mate's, from where we used to live (he misses him terribly), father died suddenly from cancer and his funeral was yesterday.  Dom is really worried about cancer and me, so we had a big talk to reassure, but it really hurts that he is trying to protect me from being upset.  This all sucks so much.

    Kate - did you get the result from your lump?

    Trish - thinking of you.

    Kylie x

  • Kate60
    Kate60 Member Posts: 523
    edited April 2012

    So sorry for your boy poor Kylie. I'm sure you did a good job reassuring him. When I was at the hosp with my niece, she went out door for a smoke and there was a man there who was actually dying of lung cancer and had gangrene of both hands. He was out there smoking. Anyway, it just made me think of all the different sort of cancers out there, and how some people do get it terribly but many others survive for decades and sucumb to something else. I guess what Í'm saying is there will always be people who do die very prematurely from cancers, but many many more who do not.

    I am off to see the GP tomorrow for my results. I'm not concerned. I'm sure if it was anything out of the ordinary they would have contacted me by now. Thanks for asking about it.

    xx

  • Alyson
    Alyson Member Posts: 3,737
    edited April 2012

    Hi everyone.

    Trish sending big hugs, waiting is terrible. So sending this

    Kate and Kylie you need one as well. Children do take things hard, even when they are grown up.

    Have specialist appointment this afternoon about my shoulder which is not getting better and then next week have onc appiontment. Must get my bloods done tomorrow morning for that. Even though I am sure all is fine it is hard not to worry about every little problem.

    Must get the meat out for dinner or it will be very late when we eat.

    Big hugs to all

  • Kate60
    Kate60 Member Posts: 523
    edited April 2012

    Lovely Alyson. Thanks xxx

  • Trisha-Anne
    Trisha-Anne Member Posts: 1,661
    edited April 2012

    IT'S NOT CANCER!  YAY!!

    Degeneration of the area in my spine where the pain is coming from, both knees, ankles, wrists, hands and feet, but it isn't cancer, so I'm happy.

    Now will need to talk to dr about what needs to be done to manage the pain.  I do have lots of pain in my knees, some in my wrists and lots in my back, but the rest isn't bothering me much.

    Thank you everyone for your support, couldn't have gotten through this without you

    A very happy

    Trish

    xoxox

  • Kate60
    Kate60 Member Posts: 523
    edited April 2012

    P.H.E.W !!!!! xxxxxxxx

  • kyliet
    kyliet Member Posts: 587
    edited April 2012

    Absolutely fantastic news Trish, sorry about the degeneration but so glad it isn't cancer. xxxx

    Kate - I hope your neice gets the help she needs.  I actually suffer from bi-polar disorder. It was really hard for me to come to terms with it, but I was relieved to get a diagnosis so I could get proper treatment. Even treatment was a long haul of trial and error and up until my breast cancer diagnosis I was doing really well. This has thrown everything into turmoil again and I have had to alter meds and am going to counselling. Hopefully your neice will move on towards a better outcome.

  • suzieq60
    suzieq60 Member Posts: 1,422
    edited April 2012

    Gosh you're boring Trish - looks like it worked on you too :)

  • racy
    racy Member Posts: 976
    edited April 2012

    Trish, I am so relieved. I woke this morning feeling really anxious for you. Have been praying and checking for your message. I could just about cry with relief.



    I did think that maybe HER2 doesn't often migrate to bones. But then I worried about organs when you said they did a CT. Of course I didn't want to say anything to worry you.



    I will be thanking God for this news.

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