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  • octogirl
    octogirl Member Posts: 2,434
    edited January 2016

    7, joining the party in your pocket!

    Hugs!

    Octogirl

  • Jackbirdie
    Jackbirdie Member Posts: 1,617
    edited January 2016

    Jersey- so glad you got that first one down. Hoping they become just routine, and over soon.

  • duckyb1
    duckyb1 Member Posts: 9,646
    edited January 2016

    Jersey Girl..........listening to the same wind........woke up at 4:45 to go to the bathroom, and could not get back to sleep........ugh..............

    Glad your 1st Rad went well........hope they are all as good..........so nice to have great techs......wish you had "Mark", .........my sweet blue eyed tech.........lol

    Keep creaming............it does help...........I began right away...............

    7......in your pocket for surgery........

  • queenmomcat
    queenmomcat Member Posts: 2,020
    edited January 2016

    7: also in your pocket tomorrow. Also also bothered inordinately by having to remove my wedding ring for surgery--bad enough beforehand but coming out of sedation in the recovery room, I keep looking for it, fruitlessly.

    Jersey: yay, in a manner of speaking, for starting rads. Hoping things go smoothly and with minimal SEs!

  • rainnyc
    rainnyc Member Posts: 801
    edited January 2016

    Hey 7: shoehorning my way into that overstuffed pocket of yours.

    Jersey: so satisfying to have that first rads session done: you're on your way!

  • duckyb1
    duckyb1 Member Posts: 9,646
    edited January 2016
    Jersey......I shared this with some of the other ladies...........when I started Rads I went to the store where they sold lottery tickets..............I bought 38 $1.00 scratch off tickets.....All the same type which is wht the woman told me to do.....she said buying an entire strip you usuall always come up with winners...........
    Each day when I came home I scratched off one of my tickets........as the tickets became less and less.......so did my Rad treatments.................soon I was out of tickets, and out of Rad treatments...............

    Bonus.........I was $95.00 richer.............just a thought.
  • duckyb1
    duckyb1 Member Posts: 9,646
    edited January 2016

    By the way the woman was right...........I had multiple winners in that strip of 38 tickets.............she said always buy the same kind of ticket if your gonna spend more then a dollar...............

  • JerseyGirl22
    JerseyGirl22 Member Posts: 186
    edited January 2016

    ducky, that's a great idea about the tickets!


  • 7of9
    7of9 Member Posts: 474
    edited January 2016

    duckyb

    I am so do that !!!!

  • 7of9
    7of9 Member Posts: 474
    edited January 2016

    Probably signing off til after surgery....even with ativan and a half, lunch with mom, bowling with my son...reading all the people who's good thoughts are with me tomorrow (I made a list on a start shaped post it note and lost it crying)....taking you all with tomorrow. Will go work out for my usual hour tonight then damn surgery backed up from 7 a.m. til 11 tomorrow but at least I get my morning routine with my son. Breakfast and off to school. Thank you. Touch base soon I hope...

  • rainnyc
    rainnyc Member Posts: 801
    edited January 2016

    Ducky, what a great idea! The hospital where I had rads had pretty good, free coffee, so every day a cup of that was my reward. But a daily lottery surprise is a fantastic idea!

    When I finished rads, right before xmas, I went to a very upscale chocolate shop to buy some gifts. They sell a transcendently wonderful hot chocolate with whipped cream, so that was also a finishing-rads reward. Come to think, I discovered that hot chocolate a number of years ago just as the novocaine was wearing off from a root canal.

    Not that I'm big into food rewards or anything. Nah.

  • proudtospin
    proudtospin Member Posts: 4,671
    edited January 2016

    wow, love ducky idea for count down for rads, me I just crossed them off on wall calender

    Think I have turned the corner really back pain, should have tried the pain medication my pcd gave me on full tummy, today feels much better, wahoo for less pain


  • duckyb1
    duckyb1 Member Posts: 9,646
    edited January 2016

    Thanks ladies.....not sure where I got the idea......no one told me, I just did it........LOL......I guess I do cme up with some good ideas once in a while.......haha.......and $90.00 ain't bad either..........

    7 ......good luck tomorrow........saying a few extra for you tonight............

  • queenmomcat
    queenmomcat Member Posts: 2,020
    edited January 2016

    7: don't worry about losing the list of well-wishers. We'll all still be here, waiting to hear how your surgery goes when you're ready to check back in with CrazyTown, whether we get thanked by name or not.

    'Cause we will.

  • cubbie2015
    cubbie2015 Member Posts: 773
    edited January 2016

    Lucy, I wish it was summer here. I am in bed with my electric blanket on high, trying to warm up my toes. It's supposed to be below zero (farenheit) tonight.

    Ducky, that $95 must have made the the whole process a little brighter. I wish I'd thought of something like that.

    Seven, we'll be thinking of you tomorrow.

  • NotAgain2015
    NotAgain2015 Member Posts: 70
    edited January 2016

    7 thinking of you, hopping into the pocket!

  • momwriter
    momwriter Member Posts: 276
    edited January 2016

    7- in your pocket!

  • 7of9
    7of9 Member Posts: 474
    edited January 2016

    My best buddy wanted to come with so bad....hoping not away from her for more than a night. Have some good movies lined up to rent during recovery!

    image

  • shorfi
    shorfi Member Posts: 437
    edited January 2016

    7...I got you in my pocket too.

  • Jackbirdie
    Jackbirdie Member Posts: 1,617
    edited January 2016

    7- what a sweet face your buddy has. My dog was the BEST THERAPY EVER after my sx. He could sense he could not get up too close to me, but did everything to stay close and I could feel the mojo coming from him.

    She will know just what to do! What's her name? Adorbs.

  • Jackbirdie
    Jackbirdie Member Posts: 1,617
    edited January 2016

    Notagain- how is your surgery recovery going? Thinking of you, hope you're getting all the support you need.


  • Molly50
    Molly50 Member Posts: 3,008
    edited January 2016

    Hi crazies, my DS is sick and I have no help on the weekends so I have been very busy. In your pocket 7of9! My best to you Jersey with rads. I loved my team, it made it easier to go every day. Hugs to the rest of you!

  • duckyb1
    duckyb1 Member Posts: 9,646
    edited January 2016

    Molly hope the little man gets better.........poor guy.............

  • 7of9
    7of9 Member Posts: 474
    edited January 2016

    surgery was for 11, now 1....argh...glad I'm popping extra attivan this morning. ...and first nurse stuck two times no iv. Not great. So far in the day looks like a sleepover. So long as they keep me on the good pain medso all night

  • duckyb1
    duckyb1 Member Posts: 9,646
    edited January 2016

    7............Lord your still waiting........ugh......thinking about you....

  • NotAgain2015
    NotAgain2015 Member Posts: 70
    edited January 2016

    Katy thanks for asking..

    Friday surgery went well. They put a drain back in and tweaked the girls. I'm pretty sure I'm having issues since I had rads to both sides (5 yrs ago +). Back on pain meds but already weaning off. Saw PS today and he removed the drain. Now hoping my ab will play nice and absorb any fluid and not cause another abcess. I can finally say I know I have turned the corner, the worst is behind me now (knock on wood).

    I think I had told you guys that my beloved Emma (13+ yr old dog) hung on to surgery day but my DH had to put her down the very next day. I was/am so heartbroken. She would have provided so much love and support going through this. I miss her every day. 7 I love your picture!!

    Now I am starting to think about a new puppy. Emma will never be replaced but I am ready for my next love :). Am I ready for a puppy 5 weeks post DIEP? May shoot for Feb/March. I just feel so desperate to fill this hole in my heart!! I know you animal lovers out there know what I mean.

    Hoping to hear from 7 and any updates re our Mayor.

    Meanwhile, her's a picture of Emma as a puppy and then one from last year

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  • duckyb1
    duckyb1 Member Posts: 9,646
    edited January 2016

    Ahhhh, so sorry .......horrible losing a fur baby........hugs

  • JAN69
    JAN69 Member Posts: 731
    edited January 2016

    Notagain, Emma was not only a beautiful dog, but a wonderful source of comfort for you. So sorry for your loss.

    7 that waiting is inhumane. Grrr......

    Beppy, a quick report when you can, please.

    Waving a soggy hello from El Nino California.

  • Molly50
    Molly50 Member Posts: 3,008
    edited January 2016

    Notagain, what a beauty your fur baby was. I am sorry for your loss.

  • duckyb1
    duckyb1 Member Posts: 9,646
    edited January 2016

    The sun is shining here like its 80 degrees and lovely......... It is friggin windy as hell freezing cold, and bone chilling out there...........oh and did I mention snow is coming................................................

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