For Older People with Sense
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barbe: That's just terrible:( I have this thing about putting too much pressure on kids to compete. I wonder sometimes if it's the kids or the parents living out their fantasies through their children. I felt so sorry for the vaulters last night that couldn't complete their routines....they looked so disappointed and dejected.
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Aw, why couldn't they complete their routines? Bar too high or accidents, or what? That's a lot of years to training to fail at the last minute. Reminds me of that skater years ago that tripped as soon as the race started and she wanted them to do it again!!!! Yah, right!
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I must not have "more sense" after all, then, as I LOVE watching the Olympics. (though why oh why NBC choose to show the most interesting things after 10:00 PM is beyond me. The only way I could watch what I most like is by taking a couple weeks off - like THAT's going to happen.... LOL
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I like the Olympics..there is a channel here where you check six different venues to see if you want to watch any of them..just at night NBC puts the stuff on too late for me too...when I was in College, I played three intercollegiate sports...not like them play them now!!
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Barbe: They couldn't complete their vaults...couldn't land upright at the end. The world champion from the USA did her vault and then fell when she hit the mat the last time. She was still ahead by fractons, but the next girl up beat her out for the gold medal. She ended up with silver.
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We will be starting a novena Tuesday Aug.14th . I have asked Frank to pick the novena. Please, keep him in your prayers daily as he is being chemo challenged at present. The herceptin has stopped working. We have many members that are having condition changes on the Catholic thread and throughout BCO right now. Please , join us on the 14th.
A Novena is prayers said daily for 9 days with stating the intention of your prayer. An intention can be for a person , group, or a thought. This will be posted on threads also. You don't need to be Catholic. Prayer is Prayer. If something in the prayer doesn't fit your belief system, substitute or omit that portion. We are an Ecumenical group which means inclusive of all.
Send your intentions to me by Pm or post on Catholic thread on sunday (preferrably) or monday and I will combine them into a one list. It takes awhile to do the composite list, thats why I ask that intentions be sent on Sunday, Pax Sheila(sassy)
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I have just got back from my Onco visit, my yearly one, and she pronounced me 'OK, as far as I can see'
OK will do for me, but the little extra 'as far as I can see' unsettles me !
She did a calculation , of sorts, online, and said the odds of it coming back now , 9 plus years out, are 2-3 % , against 9% when first diagnosed ! But, we all know the nature of THIS beast !! She very kindly told me that my heart condition has more chance of seeing me off than bc !! Now, where's the queue for heart transplants ?!
Isabella.
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I have just got back from my Onco visit, my yearly one, and she pronounced me 'OK, as far as I can see'
OK will do for me, but the little extra 'as far as I can see' unsettles me !
She did a calculation , of sorts, online, and said the odds of it coming back now , 9 plus years out, are 2-3 % , against 9% when first diagnosed ! But, we all know the nature of THIS beast !! She very kindly told me that my heart condition has more chance of seeing me off than bc !! Now, where's the queue for heart transplants ?!
Isabella.
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Isabella4: I know you were joking, but I just met a man the other day that had a heart transplant 7 years ago and he's doing just fine! I think they are quite routine these days.
Just fine "as far as I can see" is just a figure of speech. 2/3% odds are great. I wouldn't worry, but continue to be monitored regularly. I have a 9% chance of recurrence as well, so I'm hoping I can follow in your footsteps and be here in 9 years as well!
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Kaara...you have comparable stats to me, so sure you will be popping along behind me, chalking up the years.
I am plagued with bad Arimidex pains, mentioned this to onco, and she said it's par for the course. Have been on Arimidex now for almost 9 years... and each year I TRY and insist that I be allowed to continue with it. I now and then see the onco's 'understudies', and they seem hesitant to allow me to continue, always have to go and seek guidance, while I sit sweating it out, but today was told I can stay on for the full 10 years...then 'we'll see'. Apparently I am one of only 4 women in the bc department who are doing the 10 years (so far).....so just see how behind USA we are! I wonder if it is that I take great interest in what's going on, TRY and talk to them knowledgeably, and have pushed for this treatment.....oh , and my onco says you USA gals are 'much overtreated' She had no answer, just a wry smile, when I said 'Maybe, but in USA the survival rates are many times greater than this in country'
DH came with me to drive today, was a bit miffed when I told him to stay outside when I did my strip tease for the onco! I got a 'meal' out of him on the way home ....a flipping McDonalds...suppose the thought was there, but annoying when he kindly lets me pay we go to a decent place...men ...can't live with 'em, but certainly CAN live without 'em.
I got rather a bad kick from a cow tonight, on my right thigh, got a lovely big lump, the size of an egg slowly brewing ...I am just no longer quick enough to get out of the way. Cow had cut herself badly. All I was doing was disinfecting it and giving her a shot of antibiotics, but ended up getting a shot from her back leg. I can't trust anyone else to do these things, and my vet. will laugh his sox off if I ask him to come out and do such a menial task ! I think before long I really will have to explain to him that I am no longer 100% doing these things and ask if he can help me out. He has no idea I have bc, nor anything else, and I still don't really want to come clean, don't want it broadcasting around the farming community.....might just have to say I have osteopeania (which I have) and have to watch the bones.
Very heavy rain is back again, could hear thunder in the distance, hope it stays there, don't want the power going off. Off on a trip to a big shopping centre tomorrow...DH needs new clothes, and has asked me if I will go with him...he always was hopeless at buying clothes...how far and how long I shall be able to walk round is anyones guess, especially if my cow kick gets bad. Will be a change, Grandson is coming for the day so I can get away early(ish) I think there is method in his madness, he is off on a 3 week trip to Spain in 2 weeks, and just managed to tell me he had spent all his holiday savings on a car ( for car, read wreck!) so he didn't know how he would be able to make it now ... (keep it up , young man, G'ma will cave in if you keep on and on !!! )
Isabella.
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well, dang - 9% sounds pretty fine to me, as I've got a 18% chance of recurrence - though the letrozole reduces those chances drastically. TBH, I cannot recall what the recurrence chance is after 5 years of it. Lots better than without it, that's for sure...
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Isabelle, sometimes for your own health and well being, you have to come clean to some people. That doesn't mean that it has to be broadcast but when it comes to getting things done I think you Vet does need to know so he can help a little with your large animals. Oooo that kick sure sounds painful!! Hope it doesn't get too bad but I know it will inhibit you for a while because of the pain of it.
I'm hoping I can be on the Femara for years and years but I know that won't happen. I just wish that I was offered it years ago when I was first Dx'd...........perhaps then I wouldn't be where I am right now......sigh!!!!!!
Nancy how is the breathing going? Sure hope it's getting better for you.
Barbe how are you feeling? Are you beginning to get used to the feeling of having the pace maker...........sure hope so.
I've got to come clean, I've been watching the Olympics........lol.....and worse yet, enjoying them. I have managed to complete pullover number two and finished the back of pullover number three last night. The rate I'm going, I'll have the front finished by the time the olympics finish.............I've been on a knitting marathon so to speak.....lol.
Hope everyone is feeling well.
Love n hugs. Chrissy
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Chrissy, it has been a knitting marathon here in this soports crazy household. Of course like you we have to be up all hours of the night to watch the important events. Think we don't mind cause we have years of practise.
I am off down to a conference tomorrow but will check in as I am taking the notebook with me.
Big hugs to all.
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Chrissy, you didn't watch the Olympics...you knitted while the TV was on!! hehehehee
Isabella, please, please WATCH that bruise!!! It must break up and begin to turn colour for you to know it is healing. Hits that hard can cause horrendous bruising that is just too much for your body to break down. I know someone who had a car door hit the back of her leg and she ended up in the hospital!!! That was 32 years ago I heard that and ever since I am careful to watch bad bruising. Your DH is a real case, isn't he? I bet you end up buying his clothes today!! But that is just the way you are...hehehehhe His surgery must be coming up, where is he staying for rehab? He might be nice company for you as he couldn't be mucking about in anything while he's healing.
Alyson, what conference? Do tell? And Chrissy, I am seeing the definition of the outline of the pacemake much more now that the swelling has gone down. It was so unusually paced (so high up) that I actually Googled pacemaker scar to see if it was in the right place and it seems so. I still feel it when I turn certain ways.
This is me without my avatar!!! Went to change it and can't get my new one on. Doesn't anyone know this is me?
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Barbe you are probably right about just having the tele on while I knitted....lol.....it seems to be on a lot while I knit and I just peek at it every now and then.
I guess with time you will hardly notice the feel of the pacemaker......well I hope so anyway. Oh and by the way, we would know you anywhere......avatar or no avatar......you are uniquely you always.
Love n hugs. Chrissy
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My goodness, can I get over the shock? New avatar for Chrissy, NO avatar for Barbe - well I still know who you are though it's disconcerting.
No avatar for Leah, not because I'm shy but because I'm technologically challenged.
Leah
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Good morning all!
My breathing is the same. sigh! I am in the process of changing insurance companies and therefore I can change drs. It all just takes time. The MO mentioned BOOP (bronchiolitis obiterans organizing pneumonia), but the Pulmonary spec. has not said anything about that and did not return my call before leaving on vacation for 2 weeks. So I still do not really have a dx. There is a boop program at Brigham & Women's however that I am going to look into. It just burns me that the PCP I have had for years seems to not even care that this has been going on for months with out a dx or even a well defined treatment plan.
Anyhow, I have been watching the Olympics also, since there is really nothing else to do. (truefully I can not turn them off) I am suppose to be resting, so my body can heal. I ache with the agony of defeat! And cheer and moan and the dog gets all nervous. The poor dog has a UTI which because I was feeling so poorly did not get to the vet as soon as she should have, but is now on meds and doing better. So when it is time for me to take my meds in the am she comes and stands beside me to get her meds, too. The vets office just called to see how she is doing. They even do a better job than my own drs.
So I have been dealing with a faulty electronic adjustable bed for over a month now. I have been sent new parts and an electrician had to come install them twice and it still doesn't work. So then we order a new whole frame and it came today and has water damage! So they need to order another one. I am starting to get a complex. What is wrong with me? Luckily it is stuck in a comfortable position with my head raised.
When I saw the MO she said she would support me in going off the AI for a couple of months, but then she must have refilled my script b/c when I went to the pharmacy to get other meds there was another bottle of the A. So I am going to stay on it for right now. Can't tell what med is causing what SE anyway.
LOL barbe, where'd you go?
Isabella, take care of yourself. I hate asking for help, but am doing it more and more. I know what you mean tho, about the community. I hate going to even the grocery store. That first question gets me. How are you doing? (small community and most people know I am "having health issues" since my shop is closed)
Chrissy, you are just a knitting go getter. I am sure you have such satisfaction seeing your sweaters come into completion.
Maybe I should take up knitting. I am doing jigsaw puzzles. trying to stay sane.
A friend is about to pick me up to take me to a meeting, so I will log off now.
hugs to all
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Leah I changed my avatar to one of my grandsons pieces of art as I just love it (and him) so wanted to share. Give it a while and I will probably change it back to the other one.
Brace yourself! I'm also thinking of changing the pic at the top of the thread as well.......lol.
Hope you have a great day!
Love n hugs. Chrissy
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Chrissy, I can relate to knitting during the Olympics. I made gore-tex coats for the family during a winter Olympics. I would have been bored to tears without something going on while I sewed. Your grandson is an awesome artist.
Mac, Borrow from my client who always answered "I'm hanging in there." True, appropriate, and provides absolutely no information.
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mac, if you are trying to figure which drug is the culprit you either drop them all,wait for symtoms to go away and then add back slowly one at a time or you eliminate slowly one at a time an wait to see which one. good luck.
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Mac, you're doing jigsaw puzzles to try and remain sane? Hmmm.... jigsaw puzzles make me crazy.
Leah
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the side effects I had from arimidex took several months to go away after I finished my course of treatment
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OOOOhhhh I LOVE jigsaws!!! But I love my cat more....
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wren, LOL I used that phrase just this morning when someone asked how I was doing. My new normal?
barbe, love your new avatar. and your tag line Does it go back and change your pic on all posts? You know how sometimes when leaning over the table for a puzzle how the pieces stick to your elbows? Well, then they fall on the floor and I have to race the dog to get to them first. I have had to smooth out some pieces after being chewed to fit back into their place. Your right a cat would drive me crazy, good choice on your part.
leah, I know it has to do with the feeling that I can "fix" something. Put it back together.
pt, thanks for the advice. The only med I could go off of is the Arimdex, b/c all others help me to breathe. as someone reminded me the other day I do not have a medical degree hanging on my wall, this was after I decided I did not need the cough suppressant anymore. Was not a good decision. So I will be patient (ha) and wait for medical direction from hopefully this new doc that I am trying out next week.
I have some cousins visiting my aunt for a week, so have some peeps to hang out with. They invited me over for dinner tonight. Yay!
Chrissy, I'm bracing. I think I've gotten over the new pic for your avatar, but a new header?
thanks for being here, all you lovely ladies!
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Mac, FYI CNN has jigsaw puzzles online. AARP may also. Solves the dropped piece problem. My cat jumped into the middle of a 3/4 done puzzle and knocked it to the floor. I used that as an excuse to box it up for Goodwill. I was only getting 2 pieces a week into it and I was too stubborn to give up on my own.
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puzzles online, oh my!!! I'll have to check it out. thanks for the tip.
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Puzzles on line stress me out because there is a clock ticking!!! I do it to relax, not get faster.
As for my tag line, there was a thread to come up with logos for October, which we all hate (breast cancer month) and this was mine. You read it here second...heheheheh
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barbe, you make me laugh. I hate timed things too.
What would I do without this outlet and the friends I have here?
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mac, you will never be alone!!! You can't get rid of us now...you can run, but you can't hide...ehehheehhehehe
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barbe, I really cannot move very quickly not being able to breathe and all, but I like the sentiment.
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