CRAZY TOWN WAITING ROOM - TESTS coming up? All Stages Welcome.
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Hugs for you Poppy. Just stay calm and breathe..
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Oh Poppy, no wonder you worry! What a worrisome situation; please get it checked out so you can relax and get back to your new-found strength. I'll be holding your hand. I understand. Love you! Jan
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Poppy, though you don’t think you have a sinus infection or congestion because your nose isn’t stuffy, you could still have congestion of the sinuses above your eyes, behind your cheekbones, etc.--which can refer pain to the temples. When storms are coming through or you ascend rapidly (like in a high-rise express elevator), the ambient barometric pressure decreases and the interior pressure in your head (and arm, if you have LE) increases. Voilà: headache, that can mimic a tension headache. (You could also subconsciously be tense)! See your primary (who might even be able to make a preliminary diagnosis with a penlight in a dark room) and if necessary, an ENT. When you hear hoofbeats, look for horses first, not zebras. Brain mets are exotic zebras.
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Hang in there Poppy! I agree you should get it checked out just to lessen your worry. In your pocket.
I made it to Hawaii, and Gabe and I send Aloha.
Octogirl
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Poppy, i have been dealing with headaches lately as well so do understand
Yeap, called my doc and sure do suggest calling docs, try in the interim some calming tea maybe.
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Hey all.
Mommy, so glad for good news!
Molly, I hope Wyatt feels much better.
Poppy, handsome boys you got there. Oh, shoot, I'm sorry you're feeling this way over a stupid headache. I know what you mean. I have been having headaches for days with hardly any other symptoms. They started in my temples. Now, it has turned into a sinus infection. My whole face hurts. Maybe yours is that or stress or something.
Gma, oh the kitties! The cuteness.
Sandy, good good advice. I'll have to remember that one.
ALOHA, Octo! Wish I was there!
Hi, Iris, Hope you are having a good day
Well, I am off to go to the pharmacy to pick up antibiotics for this sinus infection, then home to bed under the nice warm blankie with my bunny.
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(((Poppy))) I had a weeks worth of migraines last week. Thankfully they resolved on their own. It is humid and stormy just south of us. That could be the issue. Either way please see a doctor.
Wyatt's getting better! The antibiotics are doing their job and I guess I didn't realize HOW sick he was (it just creeps up on you) until I saw much he's improved and yet he still is not well.I have to share with all of you just how much I appreciate this thread. I am soooooooooooo depressed lately. I can't even put a finger on why (heck why not!) and want to weep every time I get to work which is weird because I love my job. I am working very hard not to disappear into the rabbit hole and stay present for everyone at home. Thanks for being here CT'ers!
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I think it's because we are very worried about Bepp
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I agree with that Tomboy..
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Molly, I've lived with depression several times in my life. I'm so sorry this has hit you right now. It's a tough situation to get through without help. May I suggest you visit your PCP who can prescribe something to get you over the moment and also help in the long term. You've had Wyatt to worry about and our Beppy, too. But I believe depression can sneak up on us for no good. I care. Warm hugs, Jan
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Tomboy ..I'm sure you're right ..I know I'm thinking of Beppy day and night ...
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Jan, thank you so much. That really touched my heart. Tomboy, yes I am sure a lot of this is terrible worry about Beppy. Add to that wondering when my mom is going to pass and Wyatt's health and let's throw cancer in for good measure. Ugh it's no wonder this darn depression is hitting hard.
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Thanks everyone. It's crazy town, so I look at zebras... even though I hope it's a horse. I was thinking that it might be time for new reading glasses.. or more sleep. I am feeling really anxious, too.
Molly, I'm glad Wyatt is responding to the treatment. That must be such a relief. Worrying about your mom as well as Wyatt, recovering from surgery, keeping up at home as well as on the job... that is a lot to try to handle at once. Let alone this cancer crud. Plus the exemestane, which keeps us from feeling human. Do you have any time to do something just for you? (((Hugs)))
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Eye strain can definitely cause headaches!!!
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Thinking about Beppy all the time too
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Also thinking of Beppy every day.
To change the subject (sorry for seeming self-centered), I am reeling from the phone call I just got from the hospital where I'm having my thumb surgery tomorrow: they want me there at 6 a-frickin'-m!!!! (You know by now what a night owl I am, right)? Surgery time is 7:30. Here's the rub: I live on the n. side of Chicago. The hospital is in far-north suburban Highland Park (over the county line in Lake County). No control over that--this is the best hand guy in the area and that's the only place he operates. (Besides, the family shrink's up there too). However, I cannot drive myself because I will have had either I.V. sedation or a huge honkin' hit of Xanax (if they can’t find a decent vein). They won’t operate if I don’t have a responsible adult with a driver’s license accompany me, so cabbing it up & back is out of the question. And Bob has cardiac caths tomorrow morning.....in the SW suburbs. So my housekeeper is going to have to drive me....and she lives in Austin, on the city's far-west-central side, near Oak Park. (And our son Gordy singlehandedly keeps Uber & the cab companies in business--he never renewed his learner’s permit after it expired 14 yrs. ago). So we have to leave here by 5:15, so she needs to leave her house by 4 am (she needs to drive my car because she doesn't trust her brakes on the freeway) in order to find a street-parking spot or for the two of us to play automotive switcheroonie in my garage. Oy. I'm NPO after midnight, but I had a decent size dinner (5 Buffalo wings, celery, blue cheese dressing & seltzer) and am still burping up the gelato from dessert. (Pity-party, anyone)? Off to shower (and wash my hair by myself for the first time since cataract surgery--the salon I use is closed Mondays--and I am terrified of getting water in my eye even though my ophthalmologist says that it shouldn't be a big deal as long as I don't rub. So I'm going offline and upstairs, then once clean & nightgowned, pour myself a glass of bubbly, take my night pills and “commit attempted nap." Can't imagine turning in at midnight and being able to sleep like a baby for only 4-1/2 hrs.
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Best wishes Sandy.
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You too, Molly--and hugs for Wyatt.
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Molly, you've been given lots of support and reasons why you have every reason be depressed, and really, do any of us need a reason? However, have you thought about whether the Aromasin is contributing? I know the Arimidex did it to me.
Hope you get some sleep Sandy!
Hugs to all of you. Worrying about Bebby also. Sending love to our Mayor!
Beppy once told me she much prefers driving to flying (and I think she mentioned it on this thread awhile ago). It was one reason she took that epic road trip. So, since I spent the day in my happy place, at Hawaii National Park, hiking the trails and talking with Madame Pele about how she needed to look out for all of us, but still had Beppy and all of you Crazies on my mind, here is a pic to bring a bit of Aloha back to her, and to all of you....yes, that is a lava lake in the Crater. Most of it is not visible as it is below the rim, but it did rise 40 feet last night, so maybe will get bigger while I am here.
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((((hugs)))) to Poppy: I had a headache for four months this summer and of course thought brain mets, then one-sided throat pain and of course thought cancer there too. Hoping your headache is just as horse-not-zebra as my stuff, and that it just GOES AWAY.
((((hugs)))) to Molly --- depression has been a too familiar visitor off on for too many years, I hate how it saps all your energy. Hope you start to feel better soon (((more hugs)))
Octogirl how awesome! Hawaii!!
Sandy I hope your surgery goes well.
GmaFoley those kittens! Adorable!
I am finally starting to pull myself together from last week's 1-yr check-up stress and focus more on the present moment. My poor dog can't do long walks anymore, so I've been driving us around to enjoy short walks at all her favorite places. Walking her is not really exercise for me anymore, but the slow pace gives me time to listen to the breeze, smell the fresh air, and watch the sunlight play on the colorful autumn leaves. What will come will come; trying to focus on what is good in life right now. Not easy for this chronic worrier
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Molly: no wonder you're feeling sucked down the rabbit hole! Just one of those would trouble me greatly. Stick around though?
ChiSandy: thinking of you now--hopefully you made it to the hospital in time.
Octogirl: thank you for the picture. Hawaii's not all white-sand beaches and surfing; I'd be much more interested in the volcanoes!
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Octogirl, cool picture! Yes it could be the Aromasin is a factor. I think I also haven't grieved the loss of my breasts. You get so caught up in medical procedures I think we forget to process everything. I remember waking up from my most recent mx saying that I changed my mind. Ummm too late, lol!! My entire existence the last 17 years has been dedicated to being mom to a sick child. You lose your identity in the process and I am trying to wrap my head around the idea of eventually losing him thus my identity. Then of course I worry that I won't outlive him thanks to cancer. With all this rolling around in my head while missing the two women who were my support system my entire life (my mom and oldest sister) It's no wonder I get trapped in these cycles of depression. I won't take meds. BTDT and hated it.
Thanks for listening and letting me vent. I don't know what I would do without you all.
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Molly, I so feel some of the emotion you are going through. I go through waves of depression myself. If I didn't have BCO and my support group at church I would be in the basement and never come out. I didn't have a mx just a lumpectomy at first but I did lose my nipple. I was all brave through all my treatment then lost it and realized what was going on. Then 4 years later, I had reconstruction/reduction done. I fell apart for awhile again after that. But I have to praise God for a few reasons. Without my diagnosis, I wouldn't have found so many great friends in here. And so far, I'm seeing my children and grandchildren grow. I love all of you!
I am having a down moment today. I blame the weather and not hearing from our dear friend Beppy. Clouds always seem to make the depression worse.
Our support group has had a new lesson this week and it has helped some. At the end of the day think of one Positive and/or the best thing that happened today. I have managed something good every day this week. Yesterday, It was seeing a dear gaming friend in game. He has cancer, heart problems and now is going blind in one eye and the other isn't great. He hasn't been able to play in game for over 6 months. He actually got a set up that lets him see good enough to play but has to wear a patch over the bad eye to do it. There is good out there, you just have to keep trying and search for it sometimes.
Sending everyone hugs today. ChiSandy I am in your pocket for your surgery!
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Hi everyone....I'm feeling crazy and just wanted to add to this crazy thread. I already posted somewhere else, but here goes
I have a lump in my arm pit,as well as a thickening area below it. It's been there a few months and had it sono'd in June, also tried to do a mammo on that which was crazy. Anyway, I was told we'd follow it in 3 months which is about now. The lump feels harder and more pronounced and I'm starting to feel really uneasy about it. A little background, this is my non cancer side, BUT this is the side that was found to have an extra nipple back when I was nursing. BS said it was okay that the breast tissue was still there, but now I'm not so sure. IDK, this just never gets much easier. I'm learning to not put ALOT of energy into the fear, but sometimes the fear takes over. I have appts 10/3, but I've called and left msgs this morning to see if I should come sooner. I always feel like a crazy lady when I call. Anyway, it helps to put it on these boards, some of the power is take away. Thanks for listening to my crazy ass.
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Now I feel like an overreacting idiot....BS nurse called me back and said the original findings showed probable lipoma and that these canchange which may explain why it feels harder. *sigh* I mean this is good news, but this whole process of wondering, worry, fear is exhausting.
Sorry to waste anyone's time reading.
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Tangandchris - never a waste of time! - don't ever demean your worry. It is amazing what goes through your mind. It is also awesome it came to be nothing. This is why we are here - there is always that crazy moment waiting and we are here to ease your panic and get in your pocket for support!
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tang, we'll unless you are a doc, how the heck would you know what the lump wast nor,Mal fot
Glad you pushed for more info and heck, just normal for us
So fell the other day, called my nuero guy and will see him, monday, went to gym and realized I get light headed when lean over, joy for joy
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tang, I would be crazy too. Don't beat yourself up for worrying about it. As iris said, how would you know? Gma, I am a very positive person but I go through very dark periods. I pick myself up every day, smile at everyone and do what I have to do. I always said it was a good thing I have Wyatt or I would not get out of bed everyday. It is amazing how you can force yourself to do anything when others depend on you. That is why I show up to work everyday when in reality I just want to go back to bed .
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Molly - it is so true about having someone that depends on you and doing what needs to be done. I am glad you are here for your dear Wyatt.
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Hi Ladies.
been a bit busy.....just wanted you all to see these pictures......my grandson
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