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Lover, meant to suggest getting your dad to give you the oral history of your family to keep his mind active if it wouldn't upset him too much during his recovery from the accident.
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Thank you, Kath. Didn't think about that.
Forward, not a bad idea with audio books, but dad has difficulty hearing
Ms. Spookie, checked Amazon. I think what I found might work. Thank you! If it doesn't work for dad, I can give it to my DD for her to use with her lab top.
It is too bad we don't live near Queen's Medical Hospital. The doctors who took care of dad there are all amazing. So caring and compassionate. The Spinal surgeonthere just called to follow up on dad. Wow! We need more docs like that.
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Good afternoon Ladies,
It is SNOWING like crazy here. However it is supposed to rain tomorrow or Monday and then freeze. That scares me the most. Too dangerous to go outside. My hip finally feels pretty good. Wish the toe did too though.
Anyway, I have taken Kirby out to walk 3 times already. He loves the snow. Guess that comes from him being born in Northern Idaho and running in the snow there. He is a busy little boy.
In regards to my comment about my looks, I know life is to short to worry about other peoples opinions so much, but it is what I see when I look at myself in pics and the mirror that makes me go ewww! The pic with Kirby let me see what a change there has been since I've been going through treatment too. I think part of it is also partly from my childhood and how my mother never seemed to approve of or like me. In her mind she was an excellent mother and has no clue as to the effect of the things she said to me growing up with her. She excuses her words/actions as "Oh, you just say things when you're mad" But she has been mad for at least as long as I've known her. Sometimes parents just don't realize the effect they have on their children.
Okay, done with the somber stuff.
Loverly, Sensi, Smaarty - Maybe, God willing I can drive down your way sometime in the late Spring or so. It would be fun to meet you face to face. A road trip for the Kirbs & I. Living Intentionally you know.
Okay, the Kirbs is being too quiet, so I need to check on him. BB
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JunieB.....
Remember this verse??
And you have friends who are like a good bra.
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Junie- your mother and mine sounded much the same. My mother was hypercritical of my appearance, but also everyone else's as well as her own. She was slightly overweight in midlife (who isn't?) and always obsessed with the scale. I had some reprogramming to do in my adult life; her stuff, not mine.
And yes, I think we all have seen changes since treatment. Same here. But know you are doing the best you can every day.
Be careful with the ice. There was plenty here yesterday, some patches around today. Some of those have melted but cold today so still spots around.
Being lazy today. When do ever here me say that?
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Jazzy - Never heard you even mention the word "Lazy". I stayed in my jammies all day. As I said before it was snowing all day, but now it is raining and it has been forecast that the rain will freeze by morning.
I think the Faslodex (the hormone suppressor) has really dried my skin out and the wrinkles are becoming more noticeable. If you had seen me in my 20's when I was all about hair, make-up & clothes, you'd be surprised now.
Loverly - Thanks for the uplifting & support, but I'll have to pass on that bikini ;0)
Waving hello to everyone else and wishing you all a goodnight as well. BB
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Lovely photo of the 4 Lunch Sisters
Kath best wishes with your husband's health.
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Cleanup from our latest round of snow has begun
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Chevy, That's just great. See that tail wag!
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Junie, I think all the cancer drugs dry our skin out. You should see my once lovely hands...they look like prunes now. DD photographed them for a school assignment. They look even more hideous now that it's cold.
Anyone notice new age spots just popping up out of nowhere? I hardly go in the sun anymore, but I've got age spots in places where the sun doesn't even get to now. Probably the drugs are exascerbating this.
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Lita- if you take AIs, they dry out everything including skin. There is a supplement I use by Doctor's Choice called Hyaluronic acid. Recommended to me for joint stiffness through a health store, etc. It puts the moisture back in to things, including skin. I have been taking it for three plus years and it helps. Be sure to check with your MO first. Mine said it was okay, but think everyone needs to ask their own doc on these things?
Age spots are from old sun damage. Like skin cancer, shows up years later. I have lots of them too. I get laser treatments on my face to have them removed. I don't find the skin cremes/bleaches work very well on them.
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Jazzy is right.... From when we were kids, and didn't know about this stuff.... I have one.... under my right breast, like on my stomach.... But I never wore a 2 piece anything! Don't know how the sun got their either! But Doc says it is just seborrhea keratosis or something like that.... I sometimes buff it with an emery board.... then put any kind of cream on it that does absolutely nothing. At least they aren't on my face.... I would cover them up with make-up probably.
My old school chum has a few large ones on her face, but doesn't do anything about them.... nor does she do her hair, or any kind of make-up.... Doc said even if she froze them off, they would come back.... she calls them barnacles! Hah! An old Sailor patient told her about that.....
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when your derma does a skin check, they should check where the sun doesn't shine. Bottom of feet, under arms, lady parts. Skin Ca can and does pop up everywhere. I know of a woman who got melanoma in her eye. Now mets to brain.
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Spookie- you are so right about that derm check. I had a good friend from my 20s who husband was a ginger and ended up with what they thought was the flu, and he had end stage melanoma. He did not make it a month from diagnosis, so sad. Melanoma is a deadly cancer, but also usually can be treated if found early. I always think we are lucky with skin cancer because it is on the outside and we can more easily see it than the other crap on the inside. But sometimes is unusual places too.
Because I used to do the beach as a young person and back in the day when baby oil or lotion with no SPF was all we had, I got bad sun burns. The age spots are brown and flat, I have a number of keratoses too (benign) and always having those checked. A few summers back, I had a crusty spot on my scalp that got bigger. Turned out to be a basal cell and had the Mohs surgery to remove it and no reoccurrence since.
Here is another warning about basal cell too, based on what my derm said when I asked her about basal cell, can it spread and take a life? She said yes, in some cases. Just like all cancers, there are some that are faster growing and can metastized. She told me she had a patient who came to her with a large basal cell on her back, but it was so large for her to do an office removal, so the woman had to go to a general surgeon. It was a re-occurrence from any earlier removal in another state. I asked how she was doing and she said "not well, mets to the organs."
For us fair skinned types with a family history, always worth a yearly scan. I have to have them yearly now after having the basal cell.
Oh and the laser was for the brown spots on my face. They were really bad at one point, better now! Zap!
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oh yeah, baby oil with iodine!! I've been treated for basal cell on my face, and had 2 squamous removed. I go 1-2 times a year.
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Jazzy, I am considering laser for the sun spots on my face. Does it hurt? I am a chicken when it comes to pain. Ha! I have a huge mole on my face I would like to have removed also. I feel like people get distracted when they talk to me with the huge mole right on top of my lips. Did you have yours done in the dermatologist's office? How many treatments before the brown spots disappear? No, I am not vain. Ha!
Ms. Chevy, that pup is a dare-devil. Cute little guy. That slide would scare Mitzy.
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jazzy, do you take Hyaluronic acid in pill form or liquid/cream? Expensive?
Hi all.
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Loverly- the laser treatment do not hurt at all. How many depends on how many spots you have. The first time I did it (maybe around 2009 or so), I ended up with a total of three and it cleaned up the majority (I had a lot of brown spots on my face). I did a touch up last fall with a newer and better type of laser treatment and that did an even better job. I have a couple areas that could use one more treatment and saw the derm spa is having a discount on services this month and may call to see if I can get in this month for another one!
The challenge is you need to stay out of the sun for 48 hours after treatment. So usually I do this in the winter when I am outside less and go out at night with the vampires. A good hat is important if you do go out to protect your face. Your face may have a few scabs and get red after, but you can manage all that with make up. The laser treatment does work, but you need to keep your face protected and out of the sun for the longer term. Or they will come back. Runs about $300 per session here, and good to find out the price where you are. And yes, I have it done at a medical spa where my dermatologist is affiliated.
Chevy- the supplements I take for hyaluronic are in capsule form. I usually get the 60 day supply (you take two per day) and it runs about $20 a bottle. Doctors Best is the brand I get and like. Looks like you have a Sprouts in Denver? They are running a sale right now for 25% off so check to see if that is true in your neck of the woods? You can buy them on line too.
http://www.swansonvitamins.com/doctors-best-best-h...
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thanks jazzy. I found some on Amazon. Are these horse pills? Hard trying to swallow large pills.
Lover, our Kaiser here has those services. You should check them out. You should also check that mole anyway. By the way, I don't remember seeing a mole on you
Lunch was fun. Didn't realize how late it was when we left. Poppy, don't forget to send the info on the exercise program. 🙄
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Lover, to get rid of that mole, depending on size, they may have to give you a little bit of local anesthetic. I've had a lot of stuff taken off over the years, and if it's a big one, they'll give me a little shot so it doesn't hurt. Need to go back and have more stuff taken off, but MO does not want me to do anything until I'm off chemo. Even tho the threat of infection or catching some clinic-related bacteria is very slight, she wants to err on the side of caution. I go to the Kaiser Union City one, and they are very nice and very thorough.
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Chevy- not big pills. They are capsules and go down easy. You should have no problem.
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Chevy - Video of puppy sliding is adorable. Enjoyed watching it.
Loverly - What a beautiful pittie in that FB post. He'll make someone a great buddy.
While I am on the computer I hear a crash in the living room of my floor lamp falling. I go out and there is Kirby all freaked out because the lamp sits on a phone book that he had been chewing on. I wonder if he'll try that again? Kirby is fine. He was laying under the side table while chewing on the phone book. Little squirt.
Jazzy - After your suggestion of taking Uber if need be in the future, I checked it out. Well, as it turns out the state capitol of Oregon does not have Uber. Go figure! We have the worst transit system, only one hospital and several other things that are available in other parts of the state. It seems like we live in the dark ages here sometimes.
I have a follow-up appt. in the morning with my sleep doctor. Failed my sleep study back on Dec. 27th. I should have postponed it since I was sick and had had my Faslodex injections earlier in the day and didn't ask for a sleep aid prior. But I wanted to to get it out of the way before bringing Kirby home. I was awake most of the night, but once I got home, I went to bed and put on my CPAP and fell asleep for 6 blissful hours.
So goodnight to all. Hello to everyone I didn't address. Sleep well everyone. BB
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Junie- well that is too bad. There is another service called Lyft but it also looks like they are not in your area either. Maybe with time.
Good luck at your doctor apt today. Hope little Kirby is doing well!
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It is still Wacky Wednesday.
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Okay okay...,I will break the silence. Where is everyone?
Jazzy and Ms. S, thank you for your reply regarding laser tx.
BB
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Loverly, you just ruined my favorite yellow color. I will never see yellow without these two wacky images. 😩
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Lol Lover.....I was thinking the same thing...haven't been able to lurk because it's been so quiet. Hope everyone has been having a good week.
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I have to say the yellow looks better on the worm.
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