STEAM ROOM FOR ANGER
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Maybe there would be a way to get a message to her daughter about what her mom meant to you. She will hear lots of condolences from family and friends and stories about how kind her mom was. It might mean even more coming from a total stranger. I don't know why I think this but I do.
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Jaycee....what a thoughtful idea....and I’m glad you did think of it. My dad died back in 1999 from mesothelioma. Before he got sick he jogged every morning and would have a rest half way at a local McDonalds. He got to know the morning gals well. At his funeral five of them came creeping into the service dressed in full mcd’s uniforms looking very sheepish. We had no idea who they were and why mcd’s employees were doing there. After the services we found out they had seen my dad’s obit and saw that their shift ended just in time to make the funeral. They were very upset that my dad had passed and felt they had to pay their respects. Those wonderful ladies touched our hearts more than they will ever know. I knew my dad was one of those people that touch others lives, simply an awesome man....those ladies confirmed it. Dancing Elizabeth it’s something you might consider...if you’re able of course
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Dinarose---you must be sick of snow up there! Love the photo though!
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Thank you all. It's been quite an emotional 72 hours. Another friend of mine lost his father and another friend welcomed a beautiful Grandson. I feel grateful to have met my friends and been involved in their lives, grateful to have the chances that I do to see my own children grow up. It is my Son's 13th birthday tomorrow. What a wondrous world.
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Very P*)$#+ Off. Gettin our 4th nor’easter and instead of the college closing where my hubby works he has to go in for a few hours. I know the excuse they are going to use for not closing being “the storm we had last week wasn’t bad but the news reports were saying it was was going to be so we have to stay open this time”. Hubby was livid that he has to go in as when they are saying it’s going to be bad is in the afternoon and evening, so he’s leaving early!
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Idiots!!! Safety first ? What ever happened to that??
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Mollie - a big happy birthday and congrats to your son. Hoping today helps you cope with your loss...I’m sure it will. 13 years old, awesome...fasten your seatbelt lol
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Micmel, the people that run the community college he works atare idiots. He just texted me that even though he is leaving early in a hour they are closing the college around noon! They don’t care about the safety of their students or staff and faculty! The only thing important to them is $$$$
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that is really frustrating, I can tell you where I am. It's bad. Everything is closed and we already have about 7 to 8 inches and more is coming. It's supposed to snow until 8 pm or later tonight. It's coming down fast. I am sending safety thoughts to you DH!
~M~
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Oh joy! Just got the weather alert pop up on the cell. We're being attacked overnight and into tomorrow.
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For a change Maine is only supposed to get 3-6. We can handle that. We all need Spring and nice weather. We still have at least 3 feet on the ground already
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Still waiting for it to start here in my area of Connecticut. They are saying either late afternoon or early evening it will hit.
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Whoever ticked Elsa off needs to apologize RIGHT NOW!!!
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Dianarose - the picture shows the kind of snow I fell into when I was trying to feed the neighbor's birds. I had to pull myself up the pole.
Steaming for the way the ultrasound and scans are not reported thoroughly and properly. Enough said.
Getting out of this chair.
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A few inches of wet, slushy snow here. suburbs got more.
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My heart aches for all you people in the northeast! You have sure had a rough winter! Trying to deal with all of it and medical stuff too is the pits! May you get sun soon!!!! You sure deserve it and a nice long summer!!!!!
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bcincolorado - if we don’t get some sun soon we’re all shouting ‘road trip!’ ...you might want to get extra blankets ready. I hear the weather there is agreeable.
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I have had the usual comments, which i ignored, about people who have died from this. Lately, I have had people say " well you had chemo light" What???
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Chemo light?!?!?!?! Like Bud Lite...or a Diet Pepsi?!?? Holy crow that takes the cake. Was the person that said that to you implying you had it easy in any way??
A neighbor said to me “ya know there’s a lot of kids that die if cancer” and then gave me a strange look, kind of angry. I assume she was actually saying ‘ you don’t deserve survival... think of the kids’ no matter she was mad as a hatter and an A$&hole to boot
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...... covered cars in the back! I’ve had enough! 0 -
...... covered cars in the back! I’ve had enough! 0
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It snowed all day here. Nothing stuck. Except me and the kids. We were stuck in school all day watching it snow and not stick and just wanting to go home. But no. It was rather aggravating.
This evening after dinner I went to pick up my favorite bottle of meds (Tamoxifen and bp meds has to be refilled) and on the way home I see this streak in the windshield. Every time I hit a bump in the road it grew longer. WTF? By the time I got home it was close to 10” long and headed up the driver side of the windshield. It was crazy to watch. When I got home I inspected the windshield and sure enough, way down below the wiper, there is a tiny ding spot from a rock or something. I have no idea how long it has been there, but it grew so quickly! I’ve never seen a windshield do that before. I called my insurance and tomorrow I have to call the glass people to see about getting it replaced. Ugh!!! (That crap isn’t cheap either. The estimate is $350)
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and this morning I am angry. Last night I didn't feel like eating but I knew I had to take my diabetic meds so I forced myself to eat as they would take me too low without food. Within just minutes, I was upchucking into my hands. No warning, no nausea, no nothing, just up it all came. So fast I could not make it to the bathroom. After that, I was worried about eating or drinking anything bc there was no warning. There was no way I was going to put Compazine down there in that volcano too, especially since it was after 8pm. So I eventually fell asleep on the couch and went to bed later.
This morning, I called my nurse navigator at the cancer center to ask advice on what to do today, if it happened again. Her response? A hesitant "Well I don't know....try and sip some fluids?" Really?! That's all you got? I already KNEW that. I was so angry...this is her job. It's her job to be the go between between patients and the doctors if there are complications. I'm not worried about the glucose, we'll get that back under control at some point, but to not know what to tell me to try? FFS, you are a professional, a nurse who only deals with cancer patients, and you don't know what to tell me?
So ladies, if I take the Compazine, and it comes back up, do I take another one? Do any of you know a time frame to see if I should take another one or wait?0 -
I'd wait at least four hours to be extremely safe. My magic bullet for me was popsicles. I would start with those and the flavors helped with my texture issue! Maybe ginger pills and or ginger ale.slowly crackers in between and my jackpot was plain white rice with a little flavored butter. Keep it simple but bland. Feel better darling ! Nurses and doctors can be frustrating ! ~M~
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how about rapidly disintegrating zofran? Taking pills often makes me gag in the first place so popping a pill while nauseated is a recipe for disaster. In the meantime the BRAT diet (Bananas, rice, apples, toast) with water, ginger ale or hot tea.
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Micmel: I have popsicles, have not opened them due to the high sugar content but that may be in the works for this afternoon. I've been sitting here, trying desperately to make myself go take a pill and have not found the fortitude to try it. I have ginger ale, and pretzels which mostly stay down. I cannot stand the taste of sugar free stuff, so the ones I have are high octane.
Lula73: I have been doing as much of the brat diet as allowed by my diabetes. Till yesterday, I was good.0 -
holliewood- are you taking any injectablesfor your diabetes?
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lula73 wrote:holliewood- are you taking any injectablesfor your diabetes?
No, just oral. Janumet and glipizide. Had a 3 mo A1c check on Monday and we discussed possibly going to insulin temporarily during chemo, but he thinks extra glip will probably hold me. That said, if I can't keep the orals down, I'll go to insulin in a heart beat if it will help.
Also, I seem to be doing much better today, so yesterday might have been a fluke.......0 -
holliewood- insulin or a glp-1 receptor agonist would likely help you out quite a bit as it puts you in more control of your blood sugar vs having to eat based on your meds. When you go thru chemo especially you’ll find that sometimes you can eat and sometimes you can’t. With the glipzide you HAVE to eat. Feel too nauseated to eat or just not hungry? Too bad you have to eat. This is not necessarily the case with the other 2 (depends on the protocol they put you on). Do you see an endocrinologist? If not, you may want to see about a consult so an expert in diabetes care can evaluate where you’re at now and help put things in order for what’s coming down the pike. Hope you feel better soon!
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Finally got sun today, hope we have seen the last of the snow! Think Mother Nature finally got back on her meds as it looks like by next week we will be having spring like weather!!!!!!!
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