Bonfire of the Goddesses
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"20 Mule Team Borax works for all kinds of fleas. In our clubhouse we get sand fleas in the carpets and we keep a supply of the Borax on hand. We also sprinkle it on, leave overnight and then vacuum.
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Sending rain to my Texas Sisters.
Dont throw it in the fire please.
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Get OUT! I spent 40 bucks on these cans of flea killer and another 20 to get it here quickly, and all the while Borax is sitting in my laundry room! ugh. Tomorrow is the big day of vacuuming, spraying, etc. And here I am 2 weeks out from my BMX with TEs and I cant do a thing. Timing!
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We used to have an Oreck vacuum cleaner - I loved it!!!! DH hated it - said it didn't "suck".... We now have an ugly, huge, HEAVY "good" vacuum that I can't handle square. How can I complain when I'm no longer able to use it & DH has to vacuum???? hee hee hee
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Never heard of the Borax for flees, I'll have to keep that in mind if I every have the problem again.
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Got my painful JP drain out yesterday - in it goes! Whoosh!
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artiecat - Congrats! My is it fueling the flames.
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Watch out sisters! Throwing into the fire my latest B9 uterine polyp!
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voraciousreader - Glad to hear B9 results - good place to get rid of the polyp.
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I'm three months past my annual mammograms. I would like to throw them into the fire! I want to be done with bc.
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evebarry - Am I reading your stats right and you have had to endure the damn beast 3 times? That is so wrong. Sending hugs to you.
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Thanks to peggy_j for introducing me to this topic. I'm just starting this journey but already I'd like to throw in the insensitive mammogram tech that told me a few years ago that my mother's top notch BS didn't know what he was talking about when he said my sisters and I were high risk. My 37 year old sister had her BMX 3 years ago for DCIS and I had my lumpectomy yesterday for the same. Yesterday, as she wheeled me back to the post-op area after my wire was placed she said, "You only have DCIS, that's nothing! They're going to reclassify that as a non-cancer anyhow" Whoosh!
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rn4babies - Really?? How insensitive can a person be? I would ask that person if DCIS is a non cancer then why the lumpectomy, radiation treatments and hormonal therapy - Huh? Sounds like cancer treatment to me. If you need help throwing them in just let me know.
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rn4b----please report that tech to her boss. She had no right making any comment upside downside inside outside. If she were reported to her licensing board she could be censured for practicing medicine without a license. Totally unprofessional to make a comment that she made, please at least tell her boss. It will hopefully prevent her from saying something to a future patient. Into the fire she goes
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I blue a gasket last week! Several months ago we scheduled a major heart procedure for the DH. Last week we had a pre surgical follow up appointment with the doctor and he told us that he had re scheduled the date for the surgery. Did he ever bother to tell us he was THINKING of changing the date and asking us if it was okay? Well, I went bonkers and told him and the DH the operation was NOT happening on the new date. Instead of saying he would reschedule it he told me and my husband to think about it. I told him there would be no thinking because it wasn't happening on the date he wanted to do it. So what does he say to me? "Think about it and speak to my secretary on Monday and let her know.". And then he left the room! Well you know what? The DH called the secretary and she STILL tried to convince my husband to have the surgery on that date! I told the DH that it wasn't happening then and there would be no discussion. Finally, they agreed to change the date to a day that worked for me. I haven't a clue what that doctor was thinking! Agree to do an operation on a certain date that is agreeable to everyone and then arbitrarily change the date and not confirm it with the patient and patient's caregiver! What a piece of work!
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voraciousreader - Let me help you throw both that surgeon and the secretary in the fire. That surgeon sounds like his ego is bigger than the door he goes through.
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voraciousreader - the surgeon sounds like what m e FIL used to call a pwide (that's p---k with ears)
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VR------There's a joke that goes "what the difference between doctors and God"---------
"god doesn't like to play doctor"Doctors can be so arrogant. Glad you stood up to him. But it may get close to the date and he just cancels you. I would hazard a guess he scheduled ----something on that date and depending what it is, like a vacation, you may get a call. Hate to tell you that, but I've seen it happen to many times. Start looking for a different surgeon, so, at least if he screws with you, you can just fire his arrogant pattuty.
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Fellow goddesses...Yep. These doctors can sometimes be so arrogant. However, in this doctor's case, there TRULY was a logical reason why he wanted to change the date. Unfortunately, the new date, just couldn't work within my time table. He wouldn't do the operation in August because he had two weeks vacation coming up and many doctors won't do operations, big or small, if they're planning long vacations. He gave us two dates in September to choose from and I cleared my calendar for the date that we agreed to. Not easy to do, considering I have to travel to Texas in the coming weeks AND also need to be back in time for my monthly Lupron injection! So, I made it very clear to the doctor and even clearer to the DH that unless the operation occurred on a certain date in September that was agreeable to ME, it wasn't happening until I got back from Texas sometime in October!
I wouldn't say that this doctor is arrogant. In fact, we have been interviewing doctors for many YEARS, until we finally decided on him. Actually, because my husband has the underlying metabolic muscular dystrophy, many of the doctors that we spoke with over the years were extremely hesitant about doing surgery on him. We were never in a hurry to do the surgery. We waited until we exhausted all the meds that he could take before we agreed that surgery was necessary. This doctor is quite modest compared to many of the other doctors that we visited. What impresses me about him is that he's planning the DH's operation like an Army general would plan the Normandy invasion. He's already had a conference with the team of doctors who will be assisting him, including the anesthiologists, as well as with the support staff, including dieticians AND, get this, the DH is getting his own pharmacist. Today, we have a conference with all of them along with the DH's muscular dystrophy physician. So, what leaves me speechless, is that THIS doctor can do all of THAT planning...and then FORGET to tell the patient that he changed the date of the surgery, ASSUMING we would have no problem with the new date...
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When you "ASSUME" something... you can make an "ASS" out of "U" and "ME." Never ASSUME. So today, the word "assume" goes into the fire.....
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A minute ago sas-schatzi wrote:
through in the Government for once again not having the leadership care of protecting us from and identified danger.
Friends I'm reposting this here----------it has implications for you and your childern. Many of you don't post where you might see this.
2 minutes ago, edited a few seconds ago by sas-schatzi wrote: I'm re-postig this from another thread. tested hyperlink. There are implications , not just for us, but all women and childern males as well as females. Children being exposed to high levels of estrogen. Could explain why early onset puberty has been such a problem. AND newborns being born that have signs of going through puberty.
-I'm even more bummed that article was published in DEC 2006. It should have been a Public Health Warning issued from some agency. You noticed that at the end of the article they said they were going to lay low. It was fascinating that the Mongolians to empirically figure this out and have been doing it for 2 thousand years. That's HUGE.
TO ALL---read the below hyperlink.-----How it affects us is---Now we may have to make choices about milk.
Another thought the government has NOT dealt with the public impact of what this article identifies. Guess it's not politically correct.
I'm going to add the hyperlink here and re-post it on a couple of threads.
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Voracious...meet you by the fire....am going to toss in the dental hygeinist for a temporary dipping...a cleansing of sorts....seriously....I don't mind talking abour breast cancer and my heart attack now...woman o woman...or to complete my medical chart..absolutely.....but to be upset because I did not answer with "oooh I had breast cancer and a heart attack' when she asked me what was new???Who does that? they are done...I have and/ or am healing....it is not today's news...today's news is I need to go and buy shoes because in my purge to get rid of all things that hurt me...I threw out all my fall shoes and summer heels...now THAT is news!
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Sandee...speaking of shoes, I just returned from my walk and I know exactly what you are talking about when you speak about painful feet! How smart of you to toss all of those uncomfortable shoes! Into the fire with them! Let them burn...instead of our feet! Three years ago I made the commitment to find comfortable shoes. It took two years to turn over my closet. I now only wear shoes made in Europe. Wolky, Waldlaufer, Durea, Mephisto and Think. I can walk now for miles and miles!
Had a conference today with the folks who will be caring for the DH next week. Anyone want to guess how many people were there including us? How about 17 and one person on the phone. VR's head is spinning!!! Yes siree! Doctors, nurses, dietitians, you name it! They can't wait to treat him! Oy vey!0 -
throwing hot flashes into the fire today..... having lots of them today!!! usually it is at night!
but the nerontin does seem to be working on the neuropathy
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Angelbabe... We will have cold refreshments waiting for you when you throw those hot flashes into the fire! Hang in there!
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Bumping this up for Hauntie.
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Thanks for the bump Jo.
Not that I'm holding grudges or anything, but into the fire goes the a**hole PS, from 16 years ago, who told me he couldn't do myTRAM recon, 3 weeks before it was scheduled, because his wife was pregnant and due to deliver around the time my surgery was scheduled. This was after he had been seeing me for months in prep of the surgery and he had been the one to schedule it. She had only been pregnant for the previous 8+ months. Coward couldn't tell me the real reason was because he was leaving the hospital. He wouldn't have even had to mention it was because his contract negotiations weren't going his way.
Also going into the fire is the a**hole boss who tried to get me fired, by lying about my performance and filing false reports with the personnel office, after I spent 20+ years (and survived 5 other exec directors) at a job that I gave my all to, including working full time while undergoing BC surgery, chemo and rads.
Actually - I should really be thanking both these bastards. I never ended up having recon, just had a PMX and am perfectly happy being flat. I changed careers and now provide occupational therapy for kids from Pre K through grade 5. A job that usually brings me to tears of joy on a regular basis.
Nah - they still deserve the flames for all the pain, worry, agrivation, and heartache they caused me at the time.
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VR----17 people met for one patient-------please you must share what Medical center and if you don't feel uncomfortable the doc's name. This is highly unusual. Generally you only hear about this type of coordination for separation of co-joined twins or crainiofacial maxilary surgery. So, you must be at a unique place.
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Hey JO JO----I think i should throw in the fear I had doin my first mammo after all the surgeries and rads.....yeah that sounds about right......all that fear and ALL CAME OUT GOOD.YAY.
Its the waiting and the fear that will kill us.soooooooo into the fire it goes.Burn.burn burn.Im exhausted from all that stress...damn it was just a mammo!!!!!!!!
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Sas...believe me. We were shocked when we entered the conference room and saw so many people! We have been visiting hospitals for several years trying to decide where, when and who would do the procedure. The DH has an extremely rare "orphan" illness and it makes his medical care complicated. His "medical mystery" was written up in The NY Times Diagnosis column by Dr. Lisa Sanders. We also appear on a medical mystery episode. Imagine... I had an actress play me! The DH's primary physician is at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital. However, we travel to other parts of the country to participate in clinical trials and to meet other doctors to educate them on rare metabolic muscular dystrophies. When I was diagnosed with my "rare" breast cancer, I had to laugh because there are thousands more people with my type of breast cancer than his disorder. When he was diagnosed, there were fewer than 100 people in the world with his illness. His procedure will take place at Long Island Jewish Medical Center. His physician from Columbia was on the conference call during our meeting yesterday. While Columbia has a very good cardiac department, there are a number of things that made us decide against doing the surgery there, despite being offered the presidential suite. Really. He was hospitalized there in the past and I was less than pleased with his care... And speaking of co-joined twins... I sometimes think that doctors who do surgery have it easier than doctors like my husband's doctor who don't have a book that outlines how to treat people with orphan illnesses. Doctors like my husband's are few and far between and are truly miracle workers. I call my husband's doctor, "The Wizard.". He has spent the last few weeks educating the group on how to care for my husband. A hurclean task. I am confident that all will go well next week.
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