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Shep, so sorry to hear about Marti. It is very hard to lose our fur babies. She was quite an accomplished girl and a beauty. I love her markings. You have so many wonderful memories of her. She was such a comfort dog to you, a very special bond. You were both lucky to have each other in your lives. Wow, Pris blends in with your step runner.
MammaRay, glad to see you posting again.
MOmmy, so sorry to hear of your recurrence. Saying prayers your treatment plan works.
Lover, sounds like your daughter gave her decision some serious thought. Sounds like a wise decision until she pins down her major. Nothing wrong with community colleges for the first two years. Get the core curriculum out of the way (just make sure credits transfer) and saves money. Where I worked, students weren't allowed to transfer Eng 101. It was a mystery why it wasn't allowed. My son went to a community college and kept putting off taking Eng 101 again. Worked as a life guard at the pool on campus and got to talking to one of the English professors. The professor pulled some strings and the course got accepted.
Sas, happy belated birthday. You and Donnie gave it your best shot with Nick. At least you tried to help him and give him a chance at making something of his life. As the say goes, "You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink." Looking at this, it makes you wonder if it wasn't Nick all along wanting the life he was leading and not the family kicking him out. God bless you and Donnie for trying.
Patty, I had a feeling you were having a rough time. You go quiet. Can't believe school is starting already in some areas. It's nice your friend is moving next door. She has a great idea about a signal in your window when you aren't doing well.
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Okay, now I know I'm tired! As I was scrolling down this page I swear that the cat in M0mmy's avatar moved. Bed will feel good tonight. Plus, since tomorrow is Saturday, I don't have to be ANYWHERE, but right here at home. I get to sleep in a bit too. At least as long as Kirby allows me to. ;0)
Two Saturday's ago when I took Kirby out for a walk, the poor little guy stepped on a bee and got stung. He was crying and holding his little paw up, so I carried him back inside. He wasn't at all happy about me touching his paw. I got great direction from Loverly and Shep, plus the Vet. said to keep him quiet for the rest of the weekend and to call them on Monday if he wasn't feeling better. Kirby slept on the couch that whole afternoon and by that evening he was back at it like a normal puppy. Thankfully.
Today was the first day in two weeks that the heat was tolerable. Still humid though and we are supposed to get rain on Sunday with temps in the 70's. Ewww!
Sassy - I am all moved into my new apt. and the old apt. is clean and I turned in the keys on Tuesday. When I started the move I moved the bathroom first, then the kitchen. Since both apts. are identical, except for a bathtub in the old and a walk-in shower in the new, it was easy to know exactly where everything was going to be put. Then on Saturday my friends came and moved the furniture and most of the other stuff I hadn't gotten to yet. That still left about 8 boxes of fabric in the old apt. which one of my friends came and helped me move on Tuesday, then I shampooed the remaining carpet I hadn't done yet. The furniture was placed exactly the same as it was before, which leaves all those boxes of sewing supplies to re-organize. Then I'll be done.
Wednesday I had to go to M.O. to get the Faslodex injections, then had shopping to do. Through all of this my pelvis has been hurting A LOT! Been having trouble walking. Thursday I saw the massage therapist and I told her to ignore me if I start crying while she worked on my muscles. It hurt a bunch, but I didn't cry. Huffed, puffed, and whined a bit though. But it was all worth it. When she was done, I felt like a nearly new person. Today I volunteered for the first time in nearly 4 weeks. Tomorrow I will be cooking dinner for a neighbor who set up my computer and T.V. in the new apt., then got the Wi-fi working. I figure it's the least I can do since it would have cost a whole lot more to have a tech from Comcast come out.
Sensi - Dang nab, how do you manage a 100 hours in two weeks (physically speaking)? That's a lot of work and hard on the body.
M0mmy - I hope all goes well with your treatment and that the cyst is just that and goes away soon.
Hi Shep, Wenchi, Lookie, Feline, Loverly and everyone else I can't quite remember with my sleepy brain. Goodnight to all!
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Me too. Surprisingly I had a good day seeing that Thursday was my first chemo treatment for this recurrence. No real harsh side effects so far! Hope this keeps up
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mommy. Yea. Glad you are doing well with this tx
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Hi, Patty, good to see you. I missed where you said you had a friend moving in close. Great.
Junie, YAY styled into your new digs. SSorry about the pain. It's so fatiguing as well as a pain
On the bee sting. My two cents hahaha. If you see a stinger scrap it off versus pinching it off. Pinching will squeeze any venom left in the sac. The best one cent thing is meat tenderizer. Make a paste and put it on. You could wrap it. When Steve was in sports, I used to keep a bottle in the glove compartment.
Kathy thanks about trying with Nick. It will take awhile to get over it.
Mommy glad the treatment wasn't so bad.
Mamma Yay I thought you were doing better. Which chemo did the trick?
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For anyone needing it this little booklet paper on MBC by Bestbird. Is very good.
https://community.breastcancer.org/forum/8/topics/831507?page=3#idx_74
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The side effects are somewhat easy to deal with more than they were the last time so far. Mostly leg pains, upset stomach, headaches and a bit of blurry vision. Hope that is all that I have to deal with.
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Mommy, fingers crossed 🤞 Good to hear the side effects are not as bad as with Taxotere. Have you noticed any changes in Princess and Jackson?
Sensi, you crazy girl! Can't say no, can you. I know you love the residents. How was rafting? Have not done it for ages. My biggest fear is hitting the rocks
Looked up Sam Hunt....interesting mixed genres. I guess it's common nowadays. Ms. Sas, I have similar thoughts as Kath regarding Nick. He is a wild horse that might not want to be tamed. You and Donnie did your best to help Nick. Not very many people would do the things you did for him. You tried to give him a better chance at life, but he was foolish to choose the wrong path. We can't help a person change unless he wants to. Don't be hard on yourself.
BBL
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I have noticed that they have been sticking very close since I started treatment last week. They must come over to me at least 4 times a day.
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Sweet
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Kath, DD told me she would have anxiety attack by now if she had to return to BU. Doesn't like being away from home I guess. Her other reasons are that the people at the school are not as "cultured" and that the cafeteria food could be better. DD2 and my mom are very happy she is staying at home to finish her core classes. We are trying to adjust having her at home ....giving her some freedom. Trying hard not to be helicopter parents so she can grow. DD is also adjusting too. Not easy for her either, but she is compliant. Thank God! She will have a full load (18 units) this semester and working on top of that! Hope she can manage.
Hey Junie, have you recovered from the move. For some reason I thought you were moving across town. Didn't know you were moving to the nearby complex. Hopefully, the new neighbors are more pleasant.
Shep, did you manage to stay awake through the movie? Thank you for the questions....they help me excercise my brain cells.
Hello to my other Sistas
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Loverly - I only moved to the apartment next door to the last one. Walk-in shower was the only reason for the move. Hips were making it difficult to get over the edge of the tub in old apartment. And NO, the neighbors are the same as before. The one that is one of the BIGGEST thorns in my paw is an 80 something year old women who is deceitful and malicious and has absolutely ZERO remorse or conscience. She pulled a doozie earlier this evening. But after 11 years here with her as a neighbor, it shouldn't surprise me. After I got Kirby, this same woman went to other neighbors to tell them that he would never be happy with me because I don't know how to care for a dog properly.
Here's what I think of that!!!!
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JunieB, I will join you.
I don't understand people like her. I wonder what they gain from making others miserable. Nothing better to do or is it because they have so much hatred in their hearts. Sad for her family
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Oh Junie! What a miserable woman!
Loverly would say this:
or this.....
I say...........
And We ALL say...........
💜💜💜💜💜💜
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I think this would be M0mmy's advice! 😃
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Thanks Loverly & Shep! You made me laugh.
You're right, she is a miserable person. So miserable her own family will have nothing to do with her. She acts as if that's ok, and says she hates them anyway. So sad that she is going to die alone and sorry to say it, but I think there will be people who will let out a sigh of relief at that point. However as obnoxious as she is, she'll probably live to be 105 years old.
This woman has made it her mission to bring misery anywhere she can. She says it's fun and she loves the gossip. She even called the police on one neighbor over 20 times reporting child abuse/neglect of the other lady's grandchildren. Two officers spent time and dept. resources to investigate these claims only to find NOTHING. I was standing there the last time she called the police and the officer read her the riot act and warned her to never call them again about this situation or she'd end up being charged herself. This just doesn't stop her though. It's sad because in the end she is the one who'll suffer the most.
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EEEWHhhhhhhhhhhh, 4:25am just woke up, no chance at going back to bed. Took some Melatonin.
Junie, what a bit*h. People like that are just awful to be around. BTW if I miss it, the stupid auto correct always changes your name to Junkie. I've always caught it, but just in case there is a time I don't .Please, just laugh it off.
Keyboard is failing more, I will live with it as long as I can. Frustrating. Dislike having to do so much typo correcting.
Schatzi has had the squirts since Friday. Even though they slowed down , she went to the vet Tuesday morning. Another unexpected bill, but better than not having expert eyes on her. Sheesh already missed the second dose of her med. Well, now may wait a day and see if the diet and probiotics she put her on, clear her up. the flagyl she put her on can be a pretty rough drug.
Junie, there is this flu going around in Florida for dogs. Are you having it there? Here it's two shots 2-4 weeks apart at 45& 40 $'s a shot. Crazy, almost missed the deadline on the second shot. Almost zero chance she'd be exposed as it's a contact thing. Left it up to Donnie to get Dini the shots. His thoughts are he won't get exposed. I agree with him, but still had to get the shots for Shats. Ocd.
Loverly. Sounds like DD1, wasn't very happy at school, happy she felt confident to back out. Haven't seen a recent study, but the majority of people still live within 25 miles of where they grew up. I was amazed at that, wished I was in the percent that did.
Waving have to go check on world affairs stuff, so sad.
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Shep, that would definately be my advice!!!! Lol
Here's a few of my own offerings
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Good ones, Mommy.
Shep, when I grow up I want to be just like you. Ha!
Junieb, you know you are loved.
Well Mitzy thinks she is a cat.... either that or she was a cat in her previous life ( if there was such a thing).
Had to yell at her to drop the poor thing. Clearly, the mouse didn't make it. Had to clean up the mess. Yuck! 🤢 Hope the squirrel visiting us every so often is faster than Mitzy.
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lol
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M0mmy - You are too hilarious! Thanks for the laughs. Hoping you're feeling good today.
Loverly - Good Mitzy! Keeping the rodents at bay. Kirby would give his eye teeth to catch a squirrel.
Sassy - Junkie, that's funny! I too hate the auto-correct on my phone & PC. I try to read my messages before I hit SEND, however, inevitably I'll miss something. Oh well!
I haven't heard any specific warnings about the dog flu at this time in this area. There have been in the past though. Plus when I took Kirby for his puppy shots and stuff, the vet never mentioned it either. I should check on it though. Thanks for sharing the info. I'll ask the vet when I take Kirby for his pre-op appt. in October for his neutering.
Well my Klutzy side struck again. On Sunday I accidently kicked Kirbys carrier from when he was itty bitty. It is sitting on the floor of my closet, not yet found a place to be stored. Another broken toe. LOL. Foot was swollen on Sunday, but now it is just serious shades of purple. Quite sore when I walk, but at least I can get my shoe on.
So pretty, huh?
As you all know, the Eclipse is coming on Monday and it appears that this area is in the "Path of Totality" and there are at least a million tourists expected this weekend and Monday. While that will be good for the local economy, it will be horrible for transportation/traffic, etc. Local news is telling residents to get their shopping done early and stay home if possible on Monday. Many local businesses are also closing. My M.O.'s office is just one. The local transit provider (bus) has put out a flyer to ask riders to plan accordingly if they need to go somewhere by leaving home extra early to get to any appts., jobs, etc. Hotel/Motels, Car rental companies are all sold out as well. Kirby & I will be staying home for sure.
Alright, I need to get something productive done today, so I'll check back later. Good day to you all!
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Junie, I saw one in 1979 and it was an awesome experience. I decided that was enough, however, and am staying put Monday. It's cool that you'll get to see it without going anywhere. Of course, if we had moved to Prineville when I wanted to, we could stay put and see it also. Your foot looks really painful. I hope it recovers quickly.
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Saw a partial back in the early 80s. They wouldn't let us watch the whole thing because we were in school that day. Will be viewing it safely from the house and by looking at the ground to monitor it. We are only going to see a partial eclipse again.
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Not funny like M0mmy's stuff and not available yet. So I'm not sure where to put this
AUG 16 2017, 7:09 PM ET
Blood Test Finds Cancer Before Symptoms Start
by MAGGIE FOX
Researchers say they have taken a big step towards developing a test that can tell people if they have cancer long before the first symptoms show up.
The blood test detected the majority of cancers in people with four of the biggest cancer killers: breast, colon, lung and ovarian cancer, the team at Johns Hopkins University said.
Scientists have discovered that dying tumor cells release small pieces of their DNA into the bloodstream. These pieces are called cell-free circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA). National cancer InstituteThe test is a long way from being used to screen for cancer, but the study shows a way to get there, the team reported in the journal Science Translational Medicine.
"There is a lot of excitement about liquid biopsies, but most of that has been in late-stage cancer or in individuals where you already know what to look for," said Dr. Victor Velculescu, professor of oncology and pathology at the Johns Hopkins University Kimmel Cancer Center.
"The surprising result is that we can find a high fraction of early-stage patients having alterations in their blood," said Velculescu, who led the study team.
It was not a slam dunk, but the test found cancer in the blood of more than half the patients who had been diagnosed with stage 1 cancer. It was even more accurate in finding late-stage cancers, but the goal would be to catch cancer in its earliest, easiest-to-treat stage.
There were no false positives in 44 people who did not have cancer, they said.
Several different liquid biopsies are already on the market, used to help track whether cancer treatments are working. But there's nothing yet that can detect cancer in someone who has not yet been diagnosed.
It's easy to find tumor mutations if you know what to look for. "The challenge was to develop a blood test that could predict the probable presence of cancer without knowing the genetic mutations present in a person's tumor," Velculescu said.
Velculescu's team developed an approach called targeted error correction sequencing (TEC-Seq for short).
"We have used this approach to examine 58 cancer-related genes," the team wrote in their report. The method involved deep sequencing – sequencing DNA 30,000 times over to look for mutations in DNA from tumor cells that floats in the blood.
Cancer patients had more of this DNA in their blood, the team found.
They identified 62 percent of the patients with stage I cancer – four out of eight colon cancer patients, and 90 percent of colon cancer patients with stage II, III or IV disease.
They got a positive in 45 percent of the lung cancer patients with stage I disease, 67 percent of ovarian cancer patients with stage I disease and 67 percent of breast cancer patients with stage I disease.
While that's good, it's not a great result. The test still missed a large percentage of cancers and will need much improvement, Velculescu said.
It will also have to be tried in larger groups of patients, and patients with different cancers. The first goal would be to try it in people at high risk of cancer but no symptoms yet – such as smokers, or people with cancer-causing gene mutations like BRCA mutations, Velculescu said.
Catching cancer in its earliest stages could save many lives, he said. Cancer is the No. 2 killer overall in the United States.
"The survival difference between late stage and early stage disease in these cancers would account for more than a million lives each year worldwide," Velculescu said.
The genetic sequencing is also expensive right now – on the order of several thousand dollars for the 30,000 repeats the team did. But costs are coming down steadily, he said.
Velculescu said Johns Hopkins had patented this test, and Velculescu is himself the founder of a company that does liquid biopsies for advanced cancer patients called Personal Genome Diagnostics.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has been very skeptical of blood tests that claim to diagnose disease before people have symptoms.
The agency has chastised a company called Pathway Genomics over its "liquid biopsy" test , saying the company had not shown the $699 test worked as advertised.
It's also warned other gene testing companies but finally gave 23andMe the go-ahead to market its home DNA test – which does not include any cancer screening – in April.
Currently, colon cancer can be detected very early with colonoscopies, and even stopped before pre-cancerous growths get out of control. But colonoscopies are uncomfortable and carry a small risk of injury.
Mammograms can detect early breast cancer, Pap smears can detect cervical cancer or pre-cancerous changes and a type of specialized chest x-ray called a spiral CT can detect lung cancer. There's a debate over the usefulness of screening for prostate cancer but blood tests and physical exams can indicate some men at high risk.
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Shep - Marti sounds like a dog I would have loved to meet. I'm so sorry for your loss and will be thinking of you
Mommy - Hoping for the best with your chemo
Junie - Ouch, hope the foot is healing. We drove through areas of the eclipse "path of totality" this week visiting the grandbaby. It will be interesting to see how it all turns out, the news coverage was a little scary.
Loverly, Sensi, Smarty - see you Friday?
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Whelp, no more Taxol. Oncologist took me off of it today because of all the trouble I had with the side effects. Will still do Herceptinand Perjeta though. The targeted therapy is much easier on me.
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All the memes are so much fun loll.
Loverly, Dino brought a armadillo the other night. it didn't fair so well either.
mommy sorry the taxotere didn't work well.
Mari, nice study. You should place a copy in the Science forum too. I wonder if they are accepting any volunteers for testing. Since I'm so weird with three primaries, they might be interested. I call them and see if I can't fast talk my way in hahaha
Poppy what was scary about the news coverage?
Lovely, Sensei, Smarty, so jealous. lunch with friends.
Waving to lurkers
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Thanks Sas. At least I know that I have no problems with the targeted therapy.
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Sas - the towns in the eclipse path are expected to (perhaps) grow by 5 to 10 times their current population. For instance Idaho Falls is usually about 55,000 people...that means they estimate hundreds of thousands more people in town. Lots of concern about lodging, traffic, supplies, power etc. Could be Y2K ish though, who knows.
JunieB are you in "the path" in your area of Oregon?
We are estimated to have an 80% view of it depending on weather.
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I might see about 70% of the eclipse. Will be looking at the ground to monitor its progress.
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