Radiation recovery
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Janis and Kate my mother went back to school to be a nurse at age 50! It had been her life long dream and she graduated top of her class. I so admire someone doing what they want to do and not being limited by age.
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So glad your mom became a nurse at 50. Graduating college at 53 was one of the best things I ever did for myself, and becoming a CPA at 55 was fantastic too. I hate to brag, but since I worked my butt off to do it I will tell you that I graduated college magna cum laude, and I was 9th in a class of 400 WAHOO!
Mentally I never let age stop me. By that I mean I will do most things youthfully if it does not require physical activity. My husband was 6 years younger than I am. Right after him I had a boyfriend who was 13 years younger than I am. One of my closest friends is my doctor friend who is 41, and when we go out I don't feel the age difference at all. I am not disciplined about exercise. i do a lot of walking, and that is about it. I so much admire Sab who will always be youthful physically and mentally because of her dedication to exercise etc.
xoxo,
Kate
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I forgot to mention your name in my last post Gigil
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Good Morning! Kate, hoping that your eye issues clear up. You have been through so much in the last few months...not fair! Feel better chica. xo
Haven't been on in a few days as we are fielding yet another crisis. My poor sweet Simon (my kitty who I adore and so does my DH) has been diagnosed with feline diabetes. That poor angel has dropped 4 lbs in a couple of weeks, has been drinking so much water (which alerted us first) and eating like crazy but losing weight so we took him to the vet and sure enough...our worst nightmare - diabetes! I know it is a doable thing in terms of giving inuslin 2 x a day, 12 hours apart, but monitoring his blood sugar is going to be rough cause he is skittish...ugh! Also, we can no longer take off for the day/night unless we have someone here to give him his shots and monitor later on. For the first several months, he has to be watched like a hawk because his inuslin need could change on a dime and he could go into insulin shock very easily which could be fatal.
Honestly, sorry to come here to bitch and moan, but is our bad luck ever going to end? We have had the WORST few years ever. I know so many have it worse, but sheesh... Now the savings from quitting smoking is going toward paying for inuslin and needles and vet visits. Was hoping that would at least help with bills but not to be...
Hugs to all of you missing your Mom this coming Mother's Day. My Mom passed away last February 2012 and it was sudden and unexpected. She was seemingly healthy and had a TIA and they kept her for a few days in hospital and then said she should go to short stay rehab for a day or two for occupational therapy as she had some leg weakness. Second night in the nursing home and she coded and they could not get any brain activity...sigh. I miss her so much!!!
Ok, enough about me. Cindy, hoping your DH is doing well and will be home soon to help you with your freeboobing endeavors
Everyone else, heading for the shower. Working half a day and then heading to the vet so we can get our lessons in diabetes management for my baby. I am confident I can handle that part since I give my dad (he has dementia) insulin all the time so I am familiar with that but a skittish cat is not going to be easy! He sees the carrier and he runs and hides as he knows it means going to the vet..lol.
Talk soon and hugs to all. Happy Mother's Day to all of the Moms! xoxo
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Sorry if I panicked on you guys yesterday. This eye condition was like the straw that broke the camel's back. Ever since the eventful cat scan everything has changed for me medically. It is like I took it and took it and accepted it etc. etc., but this eve condition, small problem as it was, was just one I couldn't take. I was so panicked, before I got to er. Once I was there I was better. Thank God it is a minor problem. Now I am thinking positive and resilient once again. I get my thinking positive and resilience from family and friend's like you. Your support helps me to be a warrior and I can't thank you enough. There were so many of you concerned about me yesterday, and I so very much appreciate it.
Hugs,
Kate
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Good Morning April,
Please come on here and vent all you want. Veniting is good for you, and we are glad we can help. So sorry about you kitty's diabetes. He is so lucky to have wonderful parents like you and your hubby. I hope Kitty will be feeling comfortable soon.
Your bad luck will end. Somehow when one thing goes bad everything goes bad, and then it turns around and everything is good. You are so deserving and ready for a turnaround, and I pray you get one soon.
I am so sorry about your Mom. I hope dear hubby can take you our for dinner Mother's day, so you can have enjoyment.
Hugs,
Kate
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Hi Jamis,
Somehow I missed your post yesterday. Thank you so much for your continued support. Glad your mom went back to school too. Sorry she is gone. I am glad your dh is cooking dinner for you on Mother's day. How sweet is that. I hope you have a fabulous day, and I pray you get relief from your knee problems.
Hugs,
Kate
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Hi Gigi -- I don't get alarmed any more when a scintillating scotoma comes on, and fortunately it has been a while since it has happened last. I get migraines anyway so I'm no stranger to headaches ... I got checked out by a neurologist years ago and understand the ocular stuff is "normal." When they happen, they're always the same (the "pinwheels" that are in my field of vision, even the duration -- about a half hour). If one came on that had different characteristics, I would be concerned. But now when it happens I know I'm in for an inconvenient half hour ahead. They rarely come with migraine pain, which is the one upside ... But if so I treat the pain with a dose of imitrex.
The scariest time it ever happened was when I was very pregnant, 14 years ago. I was driving and had to slam on my brakes to avoid another car. The rush of adrenaline must have brought it on, and the pinwheel showed up right away. Fortunately I was blocks from home so my vision was fine enough to drive that short distance. (It comes on slowly and gets stronger.)
Anyway I'm going to stop talking about it ... I swear sometimes I feel like a migraine can be triggered in me by thinking about it! ;-). Hope this information was helpful.0 -
So much has happened since I went to sleep!
Kate, what a relief. Thanks for telling me about your CPA experience-you are a never ending source of surprise to me! I will tell my daughter.
Gigil, I occasionally get ocular migraines, yes it scares me!
April, so sorry about your kitty, but she's lucky to have great parents.
Janis, my mom died last year too, it was sudden and unexpected, making it all the harder.0 -
Gemini14, so sorry you are having a problem with this ocular stuff. Also so sorry that you had a scary incident when you were pregnant
Suzannah, So sorry your mom died suddenly last year. You have had just too much on your plate. it is time for things to turn around for you, and I pray it will happen soon.
Hugs,
Kate
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Thank you kate!
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Kate - I agree with you so much about age. My boyfriend that was here for 5 mos when I was dealing with the cancer is 19 years younger than me. I am 60 and he is 41. We were together in Ca for 8 years before I moved home to care for my parents. My ex boyfriend was 6 years younger than me. My friends out in Ca were a big mix of ages and they still are. Here in Mi I seem to be around older people more because of my parents living here for so long but even that has its rewards. Age is really nothing but a number.
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GiGil - I got my PCP to call me in a prescription for the metzline? I will pick it up tomorrow. I have some valium for my anxiety. I usually take a half of that when I get bad so I am going to see what happens. I woke up this morning all off balanced and spinning AGAIN. I woke you laying almost flat so here we go. That usually does me in for a couple days.
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Bunkie, i I must have missed a post, what's wrong? R o ok?
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Hi Bunkie,
A boyfriend 19 years younger wahoo! I feel differently than you regarding being with older friends. Some bc sisters won't like what I am going to say, but I always like to tell it as it is, so I will say it. I feel much more positive and energized being with younger friends. I learn new things, and there zest for life rubs off on me. Just to let you know that before I had bladder cancer I just about never talked about my health. Even with bc I didn't much either. In the beginning I did, because I was afraid my stage 1 grade 1 bc would be much worse. i think the reason I don't like to talk about my health is the fact that my father was a hypochondriac. Bless his heart he lived till 90 with very few medical problems. He had knee replacemnt when he was 70, and heart failure caused his death at 90 and a half years old. Other than that he was pretty much fine medically, but oh my God all he did was talk about how sick he was. He would go on and on about it, and it drove me nuts. I swore that when I got old I would never discuss my health. Of course I discuss my health here, and sometimes I do with friends through email. When I am out with friends I never discuss my health ( even now with serious bladder cancer) because when I go out I want to have as much fun as possible, and I want my family and friends to have as much fun as possible too. Sure I love some of my older friends, and learn new things from them, but I do not feel as energized or experience zest for life as much as much as I do with younger friends. Naturally my older friends focus much more one their health. I understand that, and I don't mind at all discussing it with them, but sometimes it gets me down. I hope you all don't hate me for saying that, but I tell it like it is, and everyone has a right to think differently.
I sure hope you will feel better soon. My God you've had entirely too much on your plate.
Hugs,
Kate
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I just posted an ugly typo I said there when of course I meant their
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It strikes me how many things we all have in common. Some of us have just recently lost our mothers, some of us are trying to eat either vegan or vegetarian, some suffer from GERD and ocular migraine (and are almost afraid to mention them). And the list goes on. The best one is some of us have the hots for Keith Urban., Ha! Ha!
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Not to mention sleep issues and vertigo! UGH! I fit all of the categories!
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GiGil, do you t hink we were all separated at birth? If so, it's great to be back together!
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Susannah (love your name). My given name is Virginia - named for my French grandmother. Everyone has called me GiGi since I was a toddler. Now I am Grandma GiGi. I do think we are all very similar - very possibly separated at birth. It truly is wonderful to be back together! I wish we could all meet up some day. Maybe we will!
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Virginia is also a beautiful name.
It would be wonderful if we could all meet. We'd need a staff of doctors on call to treat all our needs!0 -
Ha! Ha! Sounds like one of my family reunions. We had one where we were all leaving the house during the night without talking to each other and meeting each other in the ER. All of that was punctuated by a call from poison control to check on the person whose finger was swelling due to a spider bite!
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GiGi, my goodness, what a night!
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I just came back from my mo appointment and have some good news. My doctor said I will have relief from leg pain and swelling and abdomen distension some time in June. Thank God Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! I will have ct scans again In june, which will tell if chemo is killing off my cancer cells.
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Kate that will be great! Let those cancer cells just shrink and melt away! We want to see you with no swollen leg and feeling so much better!
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Bunkie, I have been the vertigo route. Here's what I found worked for me: Lots of fluid, little salt, stress reduction (Yeah. I know.), and, most importantly, limiting head movement. Seriously. We do not think about how many times we nod agreement while chatting with others. I stopped doing that, substituted a smile. Lots of everyday activities involve either turning your head from side to side, or bending and twisting. It takes a while to figure out how to work around all these things, but after a while it becomes second nature. For a long time, my only activity that really seemed non-vertiginous was driving (you just look straight through the windshield). I took meclazine for a couple of years, but eventually was able to slowly and systematically ditch it completely. I still get vertigo, but now can stop it before it becomes a classic attack of vertigo (dizziness, heart craziness, eye twitches).
Now, all this worked because my problem concerned my inner ear, so it may or may not be of any help to you, but I just thought I might mention it.
Great news, Kate. June is just around the corner. Does he think your swelling has, er, peaked? Did you ask if lymphatic massage would be safe for you?
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Aside from all the normal goodies we all love, we'll have a big gathering with some different finger foods. Some small bowls of Ativan, Xanax, Ambien, Valium, Percocet, Benadryl.....all those fun things we need to get through a wonderful reunion. Forgive me for being such a smarta** but I just had to get that in! I too of course wish we could all meet up someday. It would be awesome!
Kate glad you got good news about the swelling. I love good news!
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Susannah - Thanks I am OK. I have chronic vertigo every day of my life and sometimes it really pisses me off. There is only so much you can do when you have to hold on to the walls or not turn your head much or fast for weeks on end. One of the meds mentioned is for that but I had never heard of it so I am going to get some. It seems after 4 years the Dr's have given up and just let me be a dizzy broad.
I am sure the answer is out there and continue to try things on my own. There is a program that used to come on Discovery called Mystery Diagnosis. Both my Sarcoidosis and my vertigo could have been on that program because of all the tests, specialists and treatments I have done. Having an autoimmune disease is a pain but at least I know what it is. I have been tested at the top vestibular centers in the Midwest. First they thought it was meniers but I have no hearing loss. They have flipped me, spun me around in a chair with goggles, had me run on a moving floor, shot cold water in my ears and had me name states that started with different letters. I even had bright lights flash in my eyes for 5 straight minutes so they could see if my eyes were spinning. My results were inconclusive. They have had me do PT for several years and nothing changes. So now that it seems to get worst with allergy season I am embarking on my own tests and treatments. You never know I may just find the right combo and put it behind me.0 -
Janis, Ha! Ha! We would absolutely need those little bowls of goodies, and we will all be feeling mellow and well while we have our group mani-pedis, and after that we will be going to a Keith Urban concert. Guess we will have to go to Vegas!
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Oh Bunkie how awful. I used to watch that show too. It is frustrating when you know something is wrong and no doctor can figure it out. You know you aren't crazy but still, you can feel that way sometimes. Your tests sound awful! I wish I lived closer and could help you with your house. Plus give you a huge hug! You have endured so much, and always, bravely.
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