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Well girls you can all breathe a sigh of relief as I will be hanging with you all for a lot longer yet. All tests have come back neg for BC progression but positive for arthritis progression.........yay for arthritis!.......lol. chest CT shows chronic inflammatory disease in my middle lobe left side and this would explain why I keep loosing my breath.........Neck CT shows some nodes up and they are suggesting an MRI to get a better view but have reported no mets that can be seen on CT. CT cervical spine shows lots of degeneration due to arthritis but no disc misalignments so that's a good thing. Guess I will have to wait until Friday when I see the doc to hear what his thoughts on the matter are.
Take care and stay warm!
Love n hugs. Chrissy
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Chrissy I am so happy for your good report! I have that neck arthritis too but it doesn't bother me too much yet. I am just thrilled for your news, enjoy, enjoy
Love Ginger
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Been thinking about you today Chrissy, but then I get confused if my tuesday is your tuesday or wednesday or monday? I agree with the ladies that you have a wonderful attitude and spirit about you.
thanks for the warm hug, Alyson we need it here. But today I took a short walk on the beach with the dog. The sun was shining and the wind was not too strong, it felt good to get out in the fresh air. The snow is gone and it is much easier to walk without the ice chunks.
The painters are back at my house. They have taken over my office now. But they should be done tomorrow or the latest Thursday morning. The work in the shop has slowed down too, because the guy has to shop for a new car. So it feels like my life is in disarray with both areas being in process of remodeling. I keep telling myself it is just a little bit longer.
heard from my DD today, right after the news said that some people had been caught in an avalanche at the mountain she works at in Colorado. Whew!!! She called to let me know that one of the top orthopedic docs is going to do surgery on her hip in the spring. So looks like I'll be traveling west in May. Better than in the snow and ice, I think.
just saw the good news, Chrissy, good for you!!!!
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Isn't it great that we love arthritis? Actually I hate it but would rather have that than mets.
Have sewn all day except going for a walk.
Mac we are ahead of you - it is just after 6.05pm here and 4.35 where Chrissy is, on Wednesday. You have just made it to Wednesday.
Big hugs
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I imagine you can hear the collective sigh of relief all the way in Australia, Chrissy! Sorry about the arthritis progression, of course, but happy that's what it was rather than bc. I hope your doctor is helpful on Friday.
Nancy, sorry you're in disarray at home but I'm so glad your daughter's safe. Good that she called right after you heard about it, too, because I can just imagine how you felt. And at least you don't have to go to Colorado now, too! Not a good time, I'd say, but know you'd go if you had to.
Ladies, I know you folks from Canada, the midwest, New England, etc will laugh, but I know I wasn't meant for such cold as we're having here now. This is the South, for goodness sake. We drink iced tea all winter and now the news talks about how to avoid frostbite. We don't have clothes for this weather!
Kathy
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Chrissy, what happy news to go to sleep with. Glad I checked in before heading for bed. So happy for your good news.
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ChrissyB, great news on your test results. Funny you should mention congestion in your lungs. I caught a virus over 3 months ago, and the first symptom was that I couldn't breathe, then I had the normal high temp, aches & pains, and runny nose. All of the symptoms cleared up except for the cough and congestion which I still have very bad, and finding it hard to breathe still. Feels like I have congestion on my chest still.
I have to wonder, I have found taking Femara for the last 6 years that it seems to home in on a body part that is weak and causes pain and symptoms for many months before moving on to another body part. I am considering stopping the Femara for a few weeks to see if the chest problem clears up, as I feel the Femara is contributing to the symptoms not clearing up.
Let us know how you get on with your next appointment re lungs. Go and have a good night, and enjoy the wonderful feeling of escaping bad news.
Ched
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I agree that arthritis can be pretty horrid, too. I have it pretty bad and when the bones on my spine were actively growing up and around the nerves, I asked an orthopedic surgeon if they could radiate my spine to stop the growth. He said it's not done for my kind of arthritis, but is done for other kinds (rheumatic). Duh! Just do it!!! ANYthing to stop the bone growth!!! They just let me suffer....sigh. I told him I was willing to be a guinea pig while the bone was actively growing to see if it would stop. He wouldn't/couldn't do it. I thought it was a good plan. The more that grows over the years the more chance of total paralysis, but they can't operate until my legs go numb as there is more chance paralyzing me than helping me!! I asked if they would do it while I was young and "healthier" but the surgeon said it would just keep growing around my spine anyway. Right now it's like I'm in a "break" as I am mobile and back to work. I have no idea when the next growth pattern will start. It's like waiting for the other shoe to drop! I lose mobility every time and just kind of adapt. There are so many things I can't do, but I'm grateful for the things I CAN do.
Cheers to the news, Chrissy, though it doesn't change the pain and mobility issues. Arthritis is an unfair slap in the face as we age. None of my other siblings have it, but I have aunts who had to get hip replacements in their 40's (I'm 55). It ages me terribly...
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Chrissy, wonderful news! I'm so relieved.
Tomorrow night this time (9:43 pm) I should be on an airplane headed to Los Angeles. And from there to Brisbane. I hope to check in once we're in Australia! Some of the hotels will have internet. I just hope I survive the long air travel.
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Happy travels, Carole, and have a ball!
Kathy
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Have a great trip
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Carole I'm sure you will do well with the flight so just sit back and enjoy. I can't believe that the time for the trip has arrived......yippeeeee!! Happy landing girl and I hope you manage to check in every now and then while you are here.
Having a relaxing day with DD and crocheting.........off to see the doc tomorrow and the. With a bit do luck.......home......woohoo! Lol, I got bored just sitting doing nothing so I decided to go get some wool and a crochet hook and start a snowflake afghan.......got to keep these hands busy..........this is what I have done so far.
Should look okay when I'm done.
Stay warm girls!
Love n hugs. Chrissy
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Chrissy, That is so festive looking. Be sure to post a picture when you're finished. It's going to be stunning!
Carole, Have a great trip. That is on my bucket list.
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Hi Carole
Yes all the hotels have internet, we are not so out of things downunder. And do get in touch when you get to Auckland. As I said your hotel is only minutes away.
Well today I started the process of getting my superannuation. Don't get it until March but but have to get things together.
Big hugs
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Aly I hope it won't take too long to get all the info required together .........mmmm, got in mind all the nice things you are going to do?.......lol. March will be here before you know it if last year is anything to go by.
Love n hugs. Chrissy
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Chrissie your snow flake afghan is going to be beautiful.
Alyson, what is a superannuation?
Carol have a great trip!
Hugs Ginger
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Ginger it is our government pension that everyone gets at 65. I retired five years ago without a pension because DH earned too much but soon I will get a little bit of my own again. Sorry I should have explained.
It's cooler here tonight so might sleep better.
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Carol, have a WONDERFUL trip!!!! Remember to walk around on the plane to keep circulation going....
Chrissy, I LOVE the snowflakes and can only imagine that pattern done with an icy blue background....hint, hint!! Just ONE block?
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Good morning all, it has been cold, cold, cold here in Ohio and today is a little warmer and what's even better is that it's sunny! Ohio has many grey days especially in January and February and it can begin to feel a bit oppressive. It's amazing how different I feel waking up to a blue sky. I registered for my last year of work on my PhD the day before yesterday - it's going to be tough to finish up the dissertation in a year, but it needs to be done. And I have over a week now of not smoking under my belt, so am feeling like this year is off to a good start and hope that it is for all of you as well.
Carol, it sounds like a wonderful trip you are about to take, how exciting.
Chrissy - I love the afghan, I am imagining it in an old cozy farmhouse. (don't know if you live in one, but for some reason that's how I'm picturing it).
ducky - it's supposed to get warm in Ohio this weekend too - hope you can get out and enjoy the 50 degree heat wave.
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Barbe I'll do that for you. Watch this space........lol.
Zig, yes I do live in an old stone cottage.......lol. I'll post a pic when I get back home as I'm on my iPad and don't have access to the file I need. It's not a farm house but it is in the country.
Well better get moving as I need to shower and clean up my room at DDs house before leaving to see the doc and then hopefully heading home.
Love n hugs all and please stay warm! Chrissy
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It's funny that we are so freezing and you guys over there are so hot.
Chrissy, I am amazed by your activity. I love the snowflakes. I hope you are heading home.
I polished 2 pair of boots for someone leaving for France over the weekend and then took a nap. Wore myself out. lol
I am still having real trouble with my right hand, the thumb and the middle finger trigger and ache almost all the time. I can't blame the arimidex anymore. I am waiting for my insurance to approve a different medication to go along with the tamaxofin. The effexor makes me feel really strange.
Ginger, I can always leave it to you to ask the question I need to ask. A super what?
The painting is done, now I get to hang all the pictures back up. The shop is coming together. We started working on getting the machines back working. I had the painters help me move some big heavy things around today. They were very handy to have around. Now that they are gone I might miss them. lol
Carole, have a great trip!!!!!
ziggy, you impress me, too. A dissertation and quiting smoking!!!! You go, girl!
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Chrissy terrific news...........God is good......you deserve it girlfriend your a fighter, and an inspiration...
By the way...not sure if you remember the story of my great grandaughter being disabled at birth by her Dr. who delivered her......I wanted you to see how she has progressed....still can't stand alone, or sit by herself without a "core belt", but she is getting there..may never walk alone, but if anyone can she will..you can see her here....Her name is Grayson, and identical twin...her sister first born is fine.
Go to Utube, and put in the search Grayson Charlton.....she is the one in the Gait Walker singer with Katy Perry......hugs
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OMG! Ducky she is just gorgeous! As bright as a button as we say here.......I can see she loves her music, you never know, she may be famous for it one day.
Im heading over to my SIL to catch up with niece and grand nephews. They live in Brisbane and this is their first trip home for three years.
Stay warm all! Love n hugs. Chrissy
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Chrissy, thank you....I thought you would remember her story....wanted to share.....hugs
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Ducky, your precious Grayson is such a beauty! Really getting into the song, too, isn't she? Obviously she's made remarkable progress in a short time and who knows where she'll go. Thanks for sharing that with us.
Wow, Ziggy, a doctorate! What will it be in? And quitting smoking too. You go, girl!!
Chrissy, I love the afghan and it would look great with the ice blue background as Barbe said, but I so love the red. Red is my favorite color, and and the picture makes me want to wrap up in it! Hope you have a wonderful and fun visit with your niece and grandnephews.
Nancy, glad the painting's done but sorry you're losing your "helpers"! And I'm sorry about your hand issues. I imagine the extreme cold you're having doesn't help any with that. We've warmed up a good bit here, but are now looking at what the forecasters call a "deluge".
Does anyone else have allergy issues this time of year? For the past week it seems that all I do is sneeze and I'm getting tired of it. I know it's not a cold because I don't feel the same way with this. I feel fine, except for the sneezing. Hope I haven't suddenly become allergic to the dog, because he stays!
Friday tomorrow--and even though I've retired, I still like Fridays!
Kathy
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oh ducky, that little girl is so cute. singing along! loved it!
kathy, thanks for the kind words about my hands. I sit with a heating pad at night which helps a great deal. I really can't tell if the weather impacts them, though. they always hurt. Hope your sneezing eases off, soon. Maybe the "deluge" will knock the allergen triggers down. Is it just me or can we not have just a regular storm anymore? They are always "storm of the decade" or "deluge" or they give them names. No wonder we have trouble sleeping at night, the news and weather people have us in a tizzy most of the time.
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Barbe is this what you meant?
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Macattack you are spot on! The news bureaus and weather reporters are relentless in promoting fear so that we will listen to them more often for the cure, I suppose. For many years I didn't listen to the news unless there was a major event. My work gave me plenty concerns and I didn't need any additional. Now I listen again part of the time, sadly.
Ducky what a beautiful child, I agree who knows how far she will come. She certainly enjoys music and was singing right along.
Chrissy I like the blue with the white myself but it is a different look than the red which is festive and both are beautiful.
I get allergies this time of year if I am in an antique shop where there is likely mold. I haven't been in one for years now but remember it well. My allergies otherwise relent from late fall until early spring.
I seem to have been ill with the flu for several days but mildly, now my husband has it and our daughter did at the beginning of the week. We have all had our flu shots so this is highly unusual. Many years ago, 25 years, I got the flu full and was very ill, this is much milder but the same. Achy all over. My husband came in from work today and went right to bed. I have heard this can happen but had no experience with it.
Have a good day
Ginger
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Hey there everyone,
Chrissy - glad to hear your good news from you scan results. Hope the doctor has more good news for you.
I have had a rough couple of months (6) since the Femara stopped working and I was switched to Tamoxifin which did not work at all. So not I am being switch to Xeloda which kind of scares me a little. I plan on calling the onc after a while and see why he is not switching me to Arimidex or Aromyasin. I had an appointment with him last Wed. but had a panic attack while I was there and was not thinking to clearly when he told me about the change. My port decided that it would not give blood so I had to go to the lab and get stuck and that is what triggered the panic attack. It took them 30 minutes and 3 sticks to finally get the blood needed for the blood workup! Needless to say I was a mess by the time I got to see my onco.
I have developed a lot of new issues that have sent my to see more new doctors. I think last count there were 9 that I see regularly. I have started having hand tremmors, my legs fall asleep if I sit for more than about 20 minutes, my balance is off and I get dizzy for no apparent reason, my hips and lower back are in constant pain now and in addition to the pain patch I stll have to take additional pain meds everyday. I am going to see a physical therapist 2-3 times a week and at least he has gotten that awful headache I had from Jan - Nov of 2013 to go away. And the exercises he has me doing are helping my balance a little and ease some of the pain in my hips and back.
I took a bad fall the other night, scared DH since I fell into the fireplace! At least there was no fire in it that night. We had thought about putting on in but we did not want to stay up late until is was burned out so thankfully we did not have one that night. Nothing was broken, except a small statue we have at the corner of the hearth. But I am pretty well bruised up and very sore all over. If I had not fallen with my arm between my head and the grate I would have cracked my skull on the grate instead of just getting a nasty bruise on my arm. DH though for sure I had broken my leg because it was twisted backwards at 2 different angles. Just have a twisted knee and ankle which makes walking a little more painful. Oh well all will heal eventually from that.
I am scheduled to have a PET/CT scan this next Tuesday to see where all the progression has been since the Tamoxifin did not work. The last PET/CT was in July 2013 and there was slight progression then and that was when I was switched from Femara to Tamoxifin. So we shall see where things stand then.
Hope everyone is haveing a good new year.
Hugs to all, AJ
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Oh AJ, what a HORRID start to the new year!! You must be very concerned as I can hear it in your post. Very frustrating for sure. You are in my prayers as you find out what the heck is going on.
Chrissy, that IS what I meant!! My brain doesn't have to fight the hot/cold concept of the red with snowflakes now....heheheheheeh. Of course, I could have thought of the first one as Christmas, though, I guess.
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