The Hermit Club
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sorry bout the deleted posts....couldn't figure out how to post pics..and they wouldn't transfer....but glad I figured it out. Thanks Kath, you are kind, I don't really do much for exercise...Just try to stay active. When I go to the store I park far away and walk fast...thats all I can muster up for exercising...this patch just has pumkins and one watermelon..beets asparagus, tomatoes and peppers are in a separate garden. Hot an humid here...feels like summer is back................
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Kath....sounds like you took the comment by your sister well.....she sounds like how my mother was. If she were alive she would for sure let me know that "I might not make it."
shouldn't be talking sh-about Mom, she was an odd one at times................welcome to this thread....
I hope you enjoy your trip, you have had so much stress and sadness in your life....Just have fun.....
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PanTIES! PACked! About my sister, i think i was just purely shocked. it was like she was gloating. she is a year younger than me, and i am pretty sure she has never done a mammo! ive asked her, she said she did, not sure i believe her, and not something you do just once and forget. ok! gotta get busy, and put down my cel phone game, and coming to bco till later. How are cammillegals amazing migrating insides doing?
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Teka I can't even post photos.
Lori u said hge, u really meant that---wow --Pumpkin pie heaven--oh yea they go to the elephants,
Welcome Kath--We use the term hermits but it can mean alot of things. I am so sorry all the sadness u've endured these past few years, it's time for u to just relax. U really have o do what u want--I know how moms are I'm an oldie,(not so good anymore) but just have a talk with her and tell her u wnt to go with u'r sister-in-law, she probably needs u too and u need a lot of healing for all kinds of reasons and go with her---it sounds wonderful I'm sorry u are here, not sorry sorry, but that u have to be here--in a way we're an odd group but manage to live life the best we can and enjoy life and u should too. Come back, well I know u'll be gone but let us know how it all goes for u and hoping u have a beautiful time.
Lori I think a few of us have pumpkin envy. Hmmmm
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This is how my garden grows.
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Mr Red for me.......
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Thank u Lily for appreciating my garden and it will grow for u.
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camille you are toofunny! whitey tighty for me. i will go with sis in law and not let my moms fears about what i may or may not be capable of yet scare me off! i yell at doctors! am i still afraid of my mothers reactions to things? i love her, but she is full of red hair and freckles!!!! pplus, i think she was just so scared of another of her kids getting can (NOT) cer, that i promised her i would last as long as she did! i just know i will miss my nice calm man, and home and kitchen and garden. i imagine there will be lots of hugging tho! thank you all for being here a lady fellow anchorite.
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that avatar picture is one of my paintings i did about 8 years ago. i was feeling really strong, and asked my man to take a picture of my muscles and jeans, ponytail! then i painted it. when i get home, time to start playing and making art again. it has been too long, and its the one thing that lights me up, and why i dont feel bad about spending alone time
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Lori... You're cute as a bug (as they say down here)! You could fit inside that pumpkin! The Little Rock zoo often features pictures of their elephants enjoying pumpkins. They love them.
Kathe... Your river sounds lovely. I once-upon-a-time loved hiking. Once I get my real feet back (after anastrozole) I'll get my hiking boots back on! Good luck with relatives of all approaches. You sound so strong.
Camille... I agree with Teka...
Lily... how are you?
Hugs to each hermit. (Jazzy, hope your trip is a safe one.)
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Kath if u'r art lights u up--go at it--it's wonderful.
Skittle how do u find time here. I really admire you.
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Teka I know---it's strange how u remember exactly what we were doing at that time whenthis horrible tragedy was going on and such a horrific sad day for everyone, especially all of the people who were involved--this sickens me too.
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Camille... your one little sentence means so much to me. I'm honored. I have to admit I struggle with time management. Some days I cope better than others. But, thank you.
September 11... I was teaching for my first year. My kids were scared, confused, and so deeply different from sixth graders today. There was no Miley being obscene on stage. There were no cell phones going off in class. It was a different culture. We have changed so much in such a short time.
Hoping all hermits safe moments of understanding with family and friends...
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Ugh! So glad I don't have TV.
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My first Good Morning---I don't know why but I watched a few programs on 9/11, srill breaking my heart, there was a blind man in one of the buildings and his dog led hime out but there was so many people on the stairways so he let his dog go to get free and the dog came back right away and led him out, the dog wouldn't leave him at all--Now all these stories and that one choked me up so much--furbabies are so trained and loyal. Well that was a sad night, But I always have to watch something on it.
Well it's supposed to be cooler today and continue so we'll se how this goes.
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Teka just mostly relax today u sound like u need it.
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Good Morning,
How is everyone? I'm doing ok...little stiff from looking for rocks in our front yard. I can't believe how damn stiff i get from doing work outside. Must be so out of shape.
Today I go in for bone and cat scan...this is part of the study I will be in. They have to be clear before they can start. Doc is concerned about this chronic back pain i have. Started about three months ago. I am not going to worry about it. Heck I have had so much back and neck trouble through the years.
Skittle thanks for the compliment, meant to tell you.
Fritz is in pain, from his neutering and declawing....and then to top it off I shut the door on him. Had the side door open to the garage, and went to shut it not realizing he was snooping around. I got his paw...dam it. He seems ok, but feel like i want to get some pain meds for him....
Have a good day everyone...
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Oh Lori u must feel terrible for u'r firbaby, poor thing, u wonder how much pain they are in cuz they act pretty good, but then again so do people. Lori please share with us about the results of u'r scan.
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Hi hermits- just completed my final apt here in AZ with the rad oncologist. All clear on the first six month follow up now. Whew! Just wanted you to know. Going through this is stressful, and now have a reprieve until I go for the next follow up in the Feb-March timeframe.
My sister and her partner drove out from CA and my sister went with me today, and met the rad onc (she is a doctor too). My rad onc told me after she stepped out, that my sister was lovely and I told her, and she is all full of herself now today! LOL!
Again, thanks for being here with me as I went through this first follow up. I hope I can pay it forward to the next woman here who goes through her first follow up.
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Jazzy glad it's over and all is well---and u get to spend time with u'r sister that's even better. Did I know she was a Dr. I don't remember--what type os she?
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Hi Cami- my sister practices internal medicine. She says that now she has had breast cancer too and gone through the whole treatment process, she listens very differently to her patients.
Having a relaxing evening after some pool time this afternoon.
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Jazzy She sounds wonderful, I'm sorry u both have gone thru this, but I think for her she has to look at patients differently and she must be great at that unfortunately she had to pay the price of admission but her patients must love her. I still remember that movie call the Doctor with William Hurt before I ever had cancer it was in the 90's based on a true story and he got cancer )the Dr,) and after he treated his patients so different even tho he treted them well before he was so changed going thru all he went thru==But he was a heart surgeon and well known back then. Just strange to me
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Cami- I think you are right about that. Physicians are trained to be objective and my sister can be very clinical (even with me) and it has caused issues in our relationship at times. It is hard for her to go to the "feeling place" around health issues as she has been trained not to do that. But of course, with having cancer and going through a mastectomy, plenty of feelings there!
I am a bit ahead of her on the follow up process as my treatment was shorter, so she will go through her 1st follow up in November. I am glad she was here with me to go through part of mine with me, and perhaps she will get to witness someone else going through it and it will help her when her 1st one comes.
The west/SW is getting hammered with rain right now, although it is hot and dry here in Phoenix. It was raining heavily the few days before I left NM and has continued. Our river in the city may be hitting flood stage soon (I don't live near the river). I am thinking of anyone here who may be in CO that is being so badly flooded right now. I hope everyone here that may either live there or have friends and family there is safe.
Today is our last day here and will be filled with some shopping, pool time and a dinner tonight. I head home tomorrow, back to work on monday.
Wishing all my hermits a nice weekend. Anyone heard from Slickie or LaurieParr yet?
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Jazz
I just realized I have a RO appt coming in Dec. what did yours do? I don't understand why this is necessary.0 -
At the risk of sounding stupid, but what does R.O stand for and M.O?
I will find the results from all of the tests next week....after the cat scan the tech asked me if I was in pain....don't know why she asked that after she was done?? I will try not worry about it..Jazzy, I am so happy for you!! Is this the sister you went to Hawaii with? Cami, you gave me an idea for a movie to watch....It's called The Doctor?
It is a cool fall day here. Pumkins have to be bundled up good tonight, so they retain some of the heat. Otherwise it takes them all day to warm up and take in nutrients. The biggest is 1200 now.
Fritz is doing ok. I asked my D.H to take him back to the vet, (I would of but had those tests) Anyway the vet said he is doing good. I was a bit peeved that no pain meds were sent home. That was the whole purpose of taking him in. The Vet determined in a fithteen minute visit Fritz did not have pain.grrrrr. and not happy with D.H....He is eating/drinking good, but still not quite himself. He lays by me and meows for me to pick him up....poor fella. Geez I almost feel like I should rock him...lol (I loves rocking my kids to sleep when they were fussy or just to have quiet cuddling time) so I guess will just take time to get him back in the kitty groove.
Teka...thanks for your positve words....u r cool...
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Hi hermits- Spookie, my breast surgeon in ABQ has sort of been my point of care with most of this, but having multiple sets of eyes on you especially right after treatment was something that felt like a good thing for me to do. He offered for me to come see him for the first follow up (and every Sept if I wish to) to provide a second set of eyes for my first follow up. I think he is very careful and thorough and felt it would be good to come for the additional visit this first year. He basically did an exam, looked at my films, and we talked through everything.
I will tell you it was so worth it as I don't think I would have gotten that from my breast surgeon. I really like her, she is a great surgeon and my lumpectomy scars are very well healed. But she always seems a bit rushed and I find the oncologists just take more time with you. Each doctor who participates in your care will have a different set of questions and look at different aspects of your wellness. Never hurts to have multiple sets of eyes on you during follow up. I will see my med onc in late October, which he said he wanted to do after I was through all the other stuff I just finished.
It looks like you had your radiation treatment back earlier this winter. He/she may be wanting to look at your skin for recovery from the beam radiation if you did that, or in my case, the catheter openings for the internal rad I had. My openings are mostly healed but not totally blended yet and he said they should continue to heal more with time. If you had a recent mammo, they may look at that too. Is Dec your scheduled follow up post treatment?
Found some really comfy Easy Spirit shoes for my oh so sore feet day!
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I finished rads in late Feb, early March. My skin broke and I was given a week off, followed by 5 boosts, then the last of regular rads.
It seems to be healed nicely, just a small bit of discoloring. He wants me to continue putting LubraDerm on it daily. He said if the beast came back, this is where it would be.
BMX is good for another small thing, no more mamos!!!!!!
I'll go, see what he says. My BS will release me in Dec, hope RO does. That leaves me with MO for the next 9 years0
