The Hermit Club
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hi hermies! Onco, i do not partake in any BF silliness. I am not a good consumer and hate shopping, even grocery most times. Your holiday sounds fun!
Jazzy, have fun with the fam at bird park today.
Hope all my other hermies are doing well and had a nice day.
Bippy has been resurrected from the ash heap that is chemo. Was able to take a short walk with DH this morn, how good it felt but had to go slow. I was so nauseaus and miserable from chemo that i was not to walk during last month. Today i had a pretty normal GI routine, first since July. I had experienced bad big D for7 days in a row until today. So please imagine my joy at being well today. My wbc are low so no outings for a few more days.
I am making a list. It includes things i need to get, like makeup, books, etc. and things I need to do....i just want to toss out anything that reminds me of chemo times. It includes food, anything with a smell that reminds me, and some clothing. I do hope to get a tree tomorrow. Need some decor and lights too.
Our weather is GLORIOUS. I am so lucky!
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Haven't done much today, avoiding the crazies in the stores.
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Tamara ... Welcome
Onco ... good idea ... brain teasers ... thanks
Talk of trees ... I am trying to convince DH that it is time to downsize our Christmas tree and under tree display ... it's not just the setting up ... the taking down is tiring too ... lots of our stuff is stored up high in rafters ... ladders are not the friends of these two senior citizens
Although I went to a grocery store today, I avoided Kohl's, Walmart, Target, and other non-grocery stores. I did wish I had the energy to go to Macy's with my 17 year old granddaughter just to see what caught her eye.
Good for you Teka. I had planned to have my Christmas cards ready ... it was on my to do list ... but several projects snuck in line. DH is now on home oxygen. We did some rearranging to accommodate his equipment. Of course, the rearranging led to reorganizing which led to recycling decisions. I had a lot of pictures in albums that were taking up a lot of space. Taking the pictures out of the albums and filing them in boxes by categories is fun but time consuming.
Tonight I will fix a salad with greens and turkey and 1000 island dressing.
Take care everyone!
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Hermits- fabulous day at the bird refuge. The birdies did not fail to disappoint. The family was in awe of the thousands of birds we saw today. It was perfect weather for this field trip, up to 60 degrees. Everyone was too tired to come over tonight for left overs, and that was fine too. Jazzy has a lot of food to eat for the next week.
I am going down for breakfast at the hotel tomorrow morning, and to say our goodbyes. They will be hitting the road mid morning for the drive back to the west coast. It has been a good week together (but tiring too). Hard to go day and night, but I hope to slow down the next few days and have some relaxation time before I go back to work.
Bippy- I am so glad you feel better and were up for a walk today. The beginning of your recovery from the chemo. Also a good plan to get rid of some things that go with this phase of treatment to better put this part behind you. I hope you continue to feel better every day.
Teka- congrats on getting the cards ready to go! I usually get a lot of that done this weekend, but with family in town this week, I know I won't have time to start on them until December. However, I do write a Xmas letter and that is done, just need to make some copies. I have some cards pulled out that I bought last year and will start them soon....
Sally- I am totally with you on downsizing the Xmas decorating. I don't bother putting up a tree unless I have people in for the Xmas holiday, which I have not in a few years now. I don't think I will even decorate much this year. I put all my energy into Thanksgiving and this family visit, and will be fine with doing some minimal things like an outdoor wreath for the holidays. I notice a lot of outdoor lights up on my way in tonight.
How is Lili, Mags, Blonde, Cami, Monis, Maiden, Luv, and Onco? Others I may have missed too?
Will post some pics from the bird refuge within the next few days. Hope everyone survived BF whether you were home or out and about!
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Still recovering from rad simulation Wednesday; energy levels at minus numbers now, so I will c/p a post from another thread:
I had the most excruciating experience with my rads simulation yesterday. I have really bad arthritis in my left shoulder (tumor side) and keeping it immobilized above my head is extremely painful. For one thing, it has a really limited range of motion, and after 2 surgeries, a lot of adhesions, so it can't be put where they need it to be. To get it even close, it stuck out too far to fit into the ct tube. We fine tuned the position for nearly an hour! Then came the sim. By then I was in tears. I don't know how I'm going to do this even if it's only 15 minutes every day. I came home and iced my shoulder and took a pain pill. Pain woke me up in the night, took another. Had to take another today just to get through helping with the cooking. Good thing I didn't need to do very much, thanks to my cousin and DH, for whom I am truly thankful.
I tried to do a bunch to help with Thanksgiving dinner, but as it was going on the table I hit a wall and was just about in tears. I couldn't have done one more thing. (I didn't hit a WALL wall, just a figurative wall.) But I did manage to eat. House cleaner was here today and I was having a spell of hypersensitivity, where the sound of the vacuum was like fingernails on a chalkboard, and retired to the studio with my solitaire. But I'm a bit better tonight. Shoulders still shot though.
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jazzy, glad you had a nice holiday! Sounded like it was wonderful.
Mags, oh sorry about your poor head and bod. I have beginning arthritis here and there so i cannot imagine. I am glad you overcame and were able to get thru it. My god, can they do some kind of accommodation? This is terrible, i guess the machine can only go so far if not. How can you get thru it next time? Are you ok today?
Today is already better than yesterday for Bippy. Had a normal bm!!! Oh, the joy. I never used to understand when folks would talk about such a thing till of course I was held hostage to weeks of neverending Big D, gastric distress and pain. Ha! I get it.
Later, when it warms, we are gettin a tree. I need it up before surgery plus i want to enjoy it awhile. We set it up and let it relax, then decorate it in the evening with the help of a cocktail. I have some nice organic red wine but may not drink, not sure i am ready yet. I hope to get there soon.
Also, to know that i can be driving without getting car sick....how wonderful. I will check in on you all later, have a nice Saturday!
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Bippy- I am glad you are continuing to feel better. I totally understand your feelings of being grateful for the solid movement after having D for so long. I had two month of it with my ruptured appendix, mostly due to the very strong antibiotics they gave me.
Mags- I am so sorry the radiation treatment is so hard on you. They really need to find a way for this to be tolerable for you. Hugs sister, I can tell you are really frustrated and in pain too. Praying for better days for our Mags.
Off to see the family for breakfast. It has been a good visit, I will miss them but also glad to be getting my life back again!
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Jazzy glad u had good times with family
Mags so sorry re rads u r strong, almost over
Sally good idea no falling
Apple pie recipe 4 nor scratch crust, plz
No black friday, glad i have no money, good excuse
Pet scan yesterday, awaiting results
Bippy chemo free, how awesome, just a little bit longer
Teka big hugs
gotc2 gon2 walmart n the library
See ya bye
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Hi hermits- back again and we had a nice breakfast at the hotel this morning and then the girls got on their way back to CA. They will spend the night in Kingman, AZ and be back home early afternoon tomorrow. I made them little brie, cranberry and turkey sandwiches for the road!
I wanted to share some of the highlights of the trip to the bird refuge. I posted a lot more over on the Birdwatchers thread for those there (like Teka), but here are a few of my favorites with some description about each. Enjoy!
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Snow geese that winter at the Bosque Del Apache. There are thousands of these birds at the refuge and they make quite the racket. We watched some come in for a landing into the big group on this pond.
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Field of sand hill cranes. The sand hills are infamous winter birds here and are found up and down the Rio Grande Valley from Albuquerque down south to this location (BDA about 100 miles south of the city).
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It's ok to say it now.
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Had planned on taking down the Thanksgiving decorations and start with getting ready for Christmas, but I was busy all day
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Hi ladies! I hope everyone had a nice thanksgiving. I played hostess this year which was a challenge with chemo on Wed, but it all turned out ok. I'm pretty tired but excited to get decorating for Christmas. Maybe I'll tackle the tree tomorrow, but maybe not. It's easier to clean and decorate when the kids are at school. We rented Maleficent this weekend, it was pretty good.
Mags I'm sorry about your shoulder. I hope it's less painful next time. They told me no rads so I guess when I finish the year of herceptin I'll be done. I think I have 3 more taxol to go.
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Hi hermits- I slept 10 hours last night and really needed that. Been working on the last of the leaves today, and here is the last of the fall color in my yard, my red oak now in full color here at the end of November.
Maiden- wow, you are the woman making dinner for everyone and in the middle of doing chemo. I hope you have been able to relax the rest of the weekend. You will be done with chemo before you know it.
Hope everyone is doing well. I am heading to the gym shortly to get back into my work outs post holiday visitors.
Have a good end of the holiday weekend everyone and a good first week of December!
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Love the photo of kitty with big paws ;D
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Hello Hemits,
I need to vent a little if you don't mind
I am in the transitional phase of relationship building and have been seeing a very nice gentleman about 7 weeks so far. Well today I just broke down crying as I feel so sad.
He wants to be a couple already and I don't have those feelings but do like him as a friend. I have been divorced 2 years & trying to do some online dating which is very trying because of all we BC Survivors have been through.
I am self conscious about all my breast scars, my new aches and pains, & the way I look. I feel older & tired still. My last radiation treatment was in mid -April. I don't feel pretty or sensual at all & am trying to figure out if this is because the chemo threw me into early on set menopause??
I have a poor self image right now and just feel at a loss. The holidays make me sad. Thanks for listening gals.
Furfriend
(((Hugs)))
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hi all my hermettes! I have been improving every minute PFC. Today i finished with the tree and it is so pretty. Feel good, but tired. Started eating FRESH food yesterday and nearly cried from the wonderful taste. Tonight I made steak, which we rarely eat, with fresh green beans. Delish, but I found pretty quick my stomach has really shrunk. Not a bad thing!
I can't believe I AM done with that wretched chemo. No more poisoning! i know I needed it but it was so, so hard.
So I have many things to do. Next is checkin things off my surgery list. I can get back to Ebay and thinkin about my next job. I am redoing my entire work wardrobe to become more classic pieces. Also, as my detox progresses, I will be losing weight so will need new sizes all. But, that comes after rads!
So off to bed early, hope all of you are doing great tonight.
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Furfriend- come over and join the Single after Mastectomy thread. Lots of nice single women there to talk about the challenges of dating post BC. You don't have to have had a mastectomy either, I joined just to have a forum to talk to women about the challenges we single gals face. There are some nice ladies there to talk to about these things.
I am sorry you are having a tough time, but please don't let anyone push you into a relationship that you don't want or are not ready for.
Bippy- all the things you are planning for will happen. Another job, the weight loss/return to fitness/new wardrobe, etc. These are the things to look forward to after all the treatment and recovery is over. It may take awhile to get there, still working on these things a good 20 months after finishing rads, so do be patient with yourself. You seem motivated for a newer and better Bippy.
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Bippy i know u r anxios to move on but take care of yourselfn take it slow
Fu, i am sorry, good 4 u..with having state 4 n "unevenfrom the lumpectomy, i wouldn't dare put myself out there. Take it slow n do it when u r ready, there is no big hurry
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Princess has her first ornament coming soon. I ordered it for her last night along with a memorial one for Charcoal. Hubby thought they were both cute.
So far she has left the tree alone. Jackson in all the time we have had him, has never bothered with the tree.
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Haven't gotten that far yet. Probably will do that next week.
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thanks Jazzy, you are always there with a kind word and personal experience that inspires me. I am lookin forward to surgery, as it is vital part of the plan to conquer. Gettin geared up! Thanks to to Blondie for the reminder to take it slow. i am tryin to do only what I can easily, then I quit
I am givin myself a Mudd facial for the first time since chemo. And doing my own pedi and mani. How glorious to feel like a girl again. Took out all recycles and trash, cleaned kittaeh bix and did dishes, tossed out my chemo toothbrush head for a brand new one...life is beautiful today!
Frasier (the Bippy family christmas tree) wishes all the hermies a great Monday!
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Awesome Bippy! Its good to pamper yourself once in a while!
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Hi Hermies and Welcome to any one who is new. I hope u find comfort and the kindness u need here--it's a great place to start great women here.
Everyone sounds like Their TG was good, mine was great but put me to sleep for over 24 hrs, just g t p t pee.--And everyone around is sick so I'm really staying away but still very laggy and very floopy.
Mags I'm sorry for these rads for u, I know it won't be easy but I also know u can do it.
MO u'r princess is doing great and u sound good too.
Furfriend I hope u can manage to get beyond the OMG what happened t me feeling, cuz no one should be measure bout looks, it's inside tht counts so something in u must be very attractive.
Jazzy u must have really been tired, with all u do I think I would expect it.
This house is so decorated, especially since my SIL never even like to put up a tree, this looks like Christmas land. Not finished yet tho everyone is sick. OMG And our furbabies just look and so far don't touch but I still remember yrs. ago just trying to get tree up, Leslie had to do it alone, now even the outside looks like a wonderland. Oh well we're not the best influence I guess
You all know if I didn't address al of u, it doesn't mean I don't think of all of you, I always do.
HUGS AND KISSES
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Mags can you ask if they can put out a special arm rest for you to help? I do hope so
As for me I am really down again, I think I am depressed but dont want to take any medication, a lot has gone on that i wont go in to here.......but feels like final straws for me, i am sure the AI depresses me.........but i am in tears a lot of the time these days and just telling everyone how much I hate everything especially myself and my body.......i am real fun to be around, yet i know many of you on here struggle a lot more elegantly than me, i feel done with struggling just worn out
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