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Family are all together tonight having a drink for my MiL who passed this afternoon aged 91. Many complain about their MiL but I certainly can't. She was an educated and independent woman who on her own brought up three children after being widowed young. She was always ready to help and was so proud of her grandchildren who loved her dearly and impressed them with her spirit of adventure. She was ready to go and had for days just wanted to be with Her Lord. We are sad but glad as well.
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Hi girls!
Oh Aly, my condolences at this sad time.
Nancy those roses are lovely! I've always been the jack of all trades in our house.....lol......even when the kids got their first cars it was always me that sorted them out if there was a running problem as DH didn't and still doesn't have a clue. He just says 'I drive them and that's it!'
Still with DD and the problems keep coming but I guess we will eventually all get through.
Take care all!
Love n hugs. Chrissy
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Hugs Aly
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Heck, we need a group hug
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Oh Aly, it doesn't matter if we had a lot of time or thought we were "prepared", a loss is still painful and a hole in our lives. ((()))
ha ha chrissy, that's one up on me with the cars. Even tho my DD and I did put a stereo into her car one time.
I just love fixing things!
I admire you Lisa, having a military spouse can be really hard! But you are right we do what we have to do.
Going to PCP to have a talk about pain relief today. This pelvic pain is the pits.
My DD and her BF put my new pool tiles together yesterday, on the little deck around my small above ground pool. So after doc's visit I am planning a swim.
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just got my bone stimulator yesterday. Have to wear it at least 3 hours a day.
It makes an electric field around the site of the fracture to stimulate the bone making cells.
Medicare and Tricare for life covers it. They say if it doesn't work then they refund your money.
It is a prescription. We shall see. It is called Orthofix.
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Aly, I'm sorry about your loss. Hugs to you and yours.
I had a loss myself last week, my dear friend of 40+ years, Madeline. She and I worked in the same job until she retired in 1991. She was certainly a surrogate grandmother to my children since my mother died before DD was a year old. Madeline chose not to have a funeral, and that leaves me with a rather "incomplete" feeling.
Lisa, I hope so much that this device will do the trick for you! I hope to read about it soon since I'd never heard of it.
Nancy, the roses are gorgeous! Beautiful color. About everything we have here is suffering in these 100+ degree temps we've had for the past more than a week!
I'm still in A-Fib and today had a lexiscan nuclear stress test, which is sort of a medically induced stress test (no treadmill, drugs cause the blood vessels to dilate as if there's physical activity). I was at the hospital 4 hours, and there's a lot of down time. The actual test lasts 4 minutes, and during the first 2 minutes the sensation is that of exertion, which sort of subsides during the latter 2 minutes. This is in preparation for A-Fib tx, which will involve stopping the heart and then restarting it, hoping to knock it out of the "flutter" and restore normal rhythm. Not looking forward at all to this, but It will not be until late July.
Beautiful photo, Lisa.Kathy
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Wow Lisa, I've never seen nor heard of those things but here's hoping it really does the job for you and heals that break. Love the Wanderer Buterfly on the milk weed, fabulous pic!
Oh Kathy that just sucks big time! What a very uncomfortable feeling for you to have to endure. My BIL had that treatment for A-fib about eighteen months ago and says he's never felt better and hasn't had a problem since so here's hoping you get a good result as well.
I'm sitting at DD's with twelve stitches in my lower leg and four stitches in my middle finger on the right hand.......lol. I had the ambulance paramedics here yesterday to stitch me up after getting attacked by a cat. It made a right mess of my lower leg and today I'm a bit sore but I will heal. I think it's quite funny but I guess it will teach me to be a little more careful where I put my legs when there are strange cats around.
Take care all!
Love n hugs. Chrissy
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oh my gosh, your DD's house sounds like a dangerous place. lol Hope you heal up quickly.
What a neat machine Lisa, really hope it does the trick.
Kathy, the tx for Afib is to stop the heart? really? hmmm.....
They put the solar panels up today
my DD sent me this picture this morning. Her first day off in a while and the crane shows up to deliver the drywall. This is taken from her roof deck.
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Chrissy, my goodness you really did do it up crazy wrong. So sorry for the mess your have found yourself in.yikes.
Kathy, that sounds like one heck of a test. I had one where I had to get myself a raised heart rate and all the nuclear stuff, but they didn't stop my heart. Wow.
My hooded oriole was back this morning.
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Wow Nancy, it looks like it's all go from your house! What a bummer that they had to unload the dry wall on your DD's day off.......not very gentlemanly of them at all!
Lisa that little yellow bird sure is a beauty!
I saw my GP today to get all the wounds checked and he was very happy with the job that was done by the paramedic. I had the wounds redressed by the practice nurse and I have to go back on Monday to be done again. It is suggested that I leave the stitches in for ten days before having them removed and to keep an eye on the wound for signs of infection. They are not super worried about that though as i was given two different anti biotics by the paramedic and the doc reckons that they should keep any infection at bey.
Take care all!
Love n hugs. Chrissy
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it's always one step forward and one backward. The drywall was stacked up against the fireplace, so the stone mason can't get started. They put up the drywall in the basement so far. This is moving along so slowly!!! oh well.
That is a beautiful bird Lisa, I have never heard of or seen one of those. I get lots of woodpeckers around here.
Now I am taking tramadol for the pain. If I take them in 1/2 doses I can function but without much pain. Then I am "exhausted" by early afternoon. So I am moving very slowly, too.
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Well, it's been awhile since i posted much. Do a lot of lurking but haven't found much to say.
Have finally gone for a 2nd opinion, tumor markers have been going up slowly, but steadily, for nearly 2 years. Oncologist kept saying he doesn't treat to tumor markers and several pet scans were normal. He asked in Jan. what I wanted to do about chemo or continuing treatment. Surprised me. If i were frail and weak I might consider stopping but I'm not and don't feel like giving up.
Pet scan in April finally showed activity in spine and rib area. Dr was very discouraging about chemo and my "quality of life". He did order a bone scan and another appt for July 21. I feel as though my age (will be 80 in Aug) and other health issues are factors he's considering, Also that we are stalling around.
Family and friends were horrified and we had several lively discussions about a 2nd opinion.
The Dr I saw is outside my insurance group so we're waiting for approval. She was very positive and said there are several options for me. She did recommend starting Fulvestrant injections.. Anyone experienced with it?
Anyway, it's been discouraging and depressing period in this on going battle.
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Really Nancy?? It sometimes makes me wonder about where the brains are in some people. At least it's still moving slowly forward.
Hi Arlil. Keeping my fingers crossed that you get a better response from the second doc as your first seems like a 'don't want to deal with it' type. Regardless of age the decision to cease treatment is nobodies but ours but hoping you don't need to make that decision yet.
My leg is felling a little better each day but that first step out of bed makes me just want to curl up and stay there.......lol. Once I get moving its okay which is a good thing.
Take care all!
Love n hugs. Chrissy
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saw this on facebook and had to share with you guys. Made me laugh
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Lol Nancy, that moose must have a real sweet tooth
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too cute
the monarch butterflies are loving my milk weed..
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Lisa those butterflies are really beautiful and I love being able to see them feed on your milk weed. On you girl for growing it in the first place
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They are fun to watch, Chrissy..
Last weekend we visited our middle son up on San Dimas CA...he is the family practice doctor and it seems he is always on call...any how we really had a nice visit...we watched the birds around his house
and at a park
went to a show in Hollywood and saw some stars..on the walk of Hollywood and Vine
ate some great food, and the others enjoyed a wine tasting
but mostly it was just fun sitting around and relaxing..
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Lisa you sure do have a wonderful way of capturing the real essence of the bird life and nature in general.......I just love looking at your pics.
Your visit to your son sounds lovely! Those relaxing type visits are really the best sort and his garden must be lovely to have those birds come and visit.
I got the nurse to take some pics of my foot and leg yesterday when she redressed the wounds and I must say it looks like the cat had a really good time! If you want to see I'll share the pics but they are pretty yucky! Number three antibiotic was added to the others yesterday as the doc is most concerned about infection but personally I think it's all okay just really bruised so that explains the throbbing. I'll take the anti B's though, just to be sure.
Have a great day all!
Love n hugs. Chrissy
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Hopefully this will be over fast Chrissy. Sounds really yucky. You take care of yourself. And that is an order!
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Yes Ma'am!!........lol. Being a good girl I am but it's oh sooooo hard!
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Chris you must Listen to Lisa. You really should be keeping that leg up. You worry me greatly.
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Hi there QCA....You and I have almost exactly the same diagnosis...but I'm curious as you don't have anything listed as to what kind of treatment you had....could you fill me in please? Just got my Oncotype DX score of 21 and I'm hoping that means no chemo!
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Hi Oxfordlady and welcome!! The beginning part of this journey is a terrifying one but the women you meet on these threads are oh so helpful. Hopefully for you your Onco score is low enough to not need chemo but please don't be too disappointed if you do as it is a safety net for your future. It's not nice to think that you need it as it's not very nice but it's not impossible to get through and knowing you have done everything to prevent a recurrence is a good thing.
Aly the leg is healing in leaps and bounds. I have been going to my doc every second day so he can check on it and he's really happy with the way it's looking. Stitches are due to come out on Tuesday and I am back to driving as of yesterday so all is good.
Grandson has just left to attend his Year 12 Formal and he looked so grown up in his Royal Blue Suit! He has grown into a very handsome young man and I'm really admitting that I am very biased in that opinion........lol. These grands are beginning to make me feel old.
Take care all!
Love n hugs. Chrissy
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I'm getting in the mood for tomorrow's 4th of July celebrations. This little boy was giving a flag to the USS MIDWAY Museum.
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Oxfordlady.Welcome. I know that the days when we are getting a treatment plan together can be the most stressful. I tried to get a PHD in breast cancer in 3 weeks. I about drove myself crazy. But one will fall in place for you. We are all so different. I don't think I had enough input on the long term effects of choices. BCO is a good place to come for so many things. Hugs to you from a 14 year survivor.
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Right now I am so very sad. We have had 2 deaths in our family.My cousin died of bladder cancer - she was only 57 and will be missed so much. Another cousin's husband died of leukemia. They've been married for over 50 years and from the time they were married he never differentiated between "my family" and "your family" - it was always "our family". There are holes in my heart now.
Leah
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