CRAZY TOWN WAITING ROOM - TESTS coming up? All Stages Welcome.

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  • proudtospin
    proudtospin Member Posts: 4,671
    edited May 2017

    italy, been on the lovely oral chemo pills for bit over 3 months, she wants me to do rads and i will start that on june 1 and then the infusion junk

    Interesting point and maybe thatwill occur

  • proudtospin
    proudtospin Member Posts: 4,671
    edited May 2017

    sandy, it is taxol that she is advising

    For tonight it is a bouban on the rocks

  • celiac
    celiac Member Posts: 1,260
    edited May 2017

    iris - Hope you enjoy that bourbon on the rocks - good for medicinal purposes, considering your latest news. Feeling for you. Gentle hugs.

  • chisandy
    chisandy Member Posts: 11,408
    edited May 2017

    Iris, I’ll drink to that! Make it a really, really good bourbon.

  • m0mmyof3
    m0mmyof3 Member Posts: 9,769
    edited May 2017

    Hugs to all who need them.

    Going to be a day of worry for me. My older and favorite brother is having knee replacement surgery today. Had his left one done last year and he had a long recovery from it. Hope this time it goes smoother and a normal recovery for him.

  • Molly50
    Molly50 Member Posts: 3,008
    edited May 2017

    M0mmy, I am praying for your brother. Iris, your situation is why I get annoyed when doctors brush off DCIS as nothing. Hugs and prayers. Octogirl, looking forward to pictures.

  • m0mmyof3
    m0mmyof3 Member Posts: 9,769
    edited May 2017

    Thanks Molly.


  • proudtospin
    proudtospin Member Posts: 4,671
    edited May 2017

    Molly, you know i agree about the dcis shit, totallyie

    I did see Dr susan love years ago at a fund raising event, shewas asked why many women were starting to opt for mastectomies for dcis

    Her answer was that they could not tell which dcis would later cause trouble or just stay quiet

    Well today i was reaseaching where to do my infusion therapy. So far leaning to a place one of my pals wife is using

    Mano another doc?

  • m0mmyof3
    m0mmyof3 Member Posts: 9,769
    edited May 2017

    So far no word on my brother's surgery. Might try to text him over the weekend to see how it went. Don't want him to be too active just after having the knee surgery

  • Molly50
    Molly50 Member Posts: 3,008
    edited May 2017

    I will continue to pray for him, M0mmy. Iris, you need a rolodex just for doctors!

  • proudtospin
    proudtospin Member Posts: 4,671
    edited May 2017

    molly, think you are right

    So is any body ready for a whiskey sour.?

  • chisandy
    chisandy Member Posts: 11,408
    edited May 2017

    Mommy, good healing thoughts going out to your brother. Been through TKR twice. Not an easy rehab, but once recovery is complete, it is amazing!

  • m0mmyof3
    m0mmyof3 Member Posts: 9,769
    edited May 2017

    Well I heard from my brother a bit earlier. He was groggy and was in a little pain but so far it looks like everything is fine. Told him to take it easy and that hubby and sent our love.

  • chisandy
    chisandy Member Posts: 11,408
    edited May 2017

    Urge your brother to remember to stay ahead of the pain, whatever it takes for now. It takes a lot lower dose of opioids to keep the pain level at 3 or 4 than it does to bring it down from a 6 or 7. If he has internet access at the hospital (and at the rehab facility if he will go to one, or else at home), there is a wonderful online community called Bonesmart.org. When I was contemplating, undergoing and recovering from my TKRs (and facing a possible THR which turned out not to be necessary), it was as much of a lifeline to me as BCO has been since my bc dx. In fact, I first met one of our BCO sisters, Brithael, on Bonesmart, and we've met in real life (she came to a festival concert of mine).

  • proudtospin
    proudtospin Member Posts: 4,671
    edited May 2017

    wow, sun is shining, got manicure set this morning, definitely focusing on doing good stuff for me

    Plan on relaxing was thinking of heading to the coast just for a seafood lunch but traffic may be too nuts, but hey new big red car should visit the ocean

  • WenchLori
    WenchLori Member Posts: 1,027
    edited May 2017

    Iris, I agree, you big new red car needs to see the ocean. I find the waves are very relaxing, which you could use an abundance of. No bourbon on the rocks or whiskey sours when you'll be driving tho.

    M0mmy, sending healing thoughts and prayers for your brother.

    Praying everyone has a safe and happy Memorial Day weekend. I'll pick up some flowers for my Dad and baby brother this afternoon and take them to my Mom at the nursing home. She loves flowers!



  • proudtospin
    proudtospin Member Posts: 4,671
    edited May 2017

    well nails are pretty pink, may do the coast tommorrow, chillin now

  • duckyb1
    duckyb1 Member Posts: 9,646
    edited May 2017

    Hugs to everyone in Crazytown....

  • m0mmyof3
    m0mmyof3 Member Posts: 9,769
    edited May 2017

    Sandy, thanks for the advice. Just hoping that this recovery goes smoother than the one last year. At least he has my favorite SIL to help him at home.

    Just glad that his surgery is done. Worried me a lot yesterday. We have always had a close bond since I am the baby of the older group of us siblings.

  • Lucy55
    Lucy55 Member Posts: 2,703
    edited May 2017

    Hi all..

    Dropped Octo off at her hotel today , where she's meeting up with her diving buddies before heading off to P.N.G......We have so enjoyed having her ..what a beautiful lady ..inside and out ...Hubby keeps telling me how young she looks 😃..I'm leaving it in Octo's capable hands of sharing our photos .😃

    Octo..looking forward to catching up again when you return from P.N.G !!

    Iris ..Thinking of you every day ..pretty pink nails sound good to me ..!

    Mommy ..hope all is going well for your brother ..

    Love you all , and enjoy your holiday ..


  • m0mmyof3
    m0mmyof3 Member Posts: 9,769
    edited May 2017

    Hugs to all

  • octogirl
    octogirl Member Posts: 2,434
    edited May 2017

    OMG, the hospitality that Lucy and her husband showed me was amazing!!! I feel like I saw so much of the area near Brisbane, and it was all so beautiful. Lucy and her hubby are so fun and so lovely. Yes, pics to follow tomorrow; tired tonight so heading off to bed. Hugs to all!

    Octogirl

  • proudtospin
    proudtospin Member Posts: 4,671
    edited May 2017

    so great that you guys got to meet up and in Australia no less

  • Molly50
    Molly50 Member Posts: 3,008
    edited May 2017

    Lucy, I agree with your hubby that Octogirl looks your. Our lovely Beppy was like that too. I am happy you two got to meet. There's something so special about BCO sisters meeting.

  • robinlk
    robinlk Member Posts: 363
    edited May 2017

    Looking forward to pics and Iris's pink nails!

    Trying not to use too much data. Wifi is sketchy at campgrounds. Out of our house and in our RV. Once we get settled, and rested things will feel better. Achy, sore and tired. Hubby and I did all the packing and moving ourselves. We had a bit of assistance with the safe, but the washer and dryer from the second floor was all 17 steps of us. Cancer House and harassing neighbors are now in the rear view

  • WenchLori
    WenchLori Member Posts: 1,027
    edited May 2017

    Robin, what a relief it must be to be rid of those horrible neighbors. Better and happier days ahead!

    Octo and Lucy, I can't wait to see pictures!

    Happy Memorial Day to All!


  • octogirl
    octogirl Member Posts: 2,434
    edited May 2017

    Dear all;

    After a wonderful few days in Oz, I head off to Papua New Guinea tomorrow...will be back in Australia middle of the month, and look forward to more time with Lucy then! I really had a blast! She is such a kind person, but you all know that...

    Anyway, I know you all want pics! More pics to follow at some point, but I have re-packing to do and an early flight...and anyway, Lucy and I decided we are both too camera shy to put many pics on the site...but here is one of the two of us contemplating the 'Twins': two of the Glass House Mountains...the Glass House Mountains were so named by Capt. Cook on his voyage up the Australian Coast in 1770, because they reminded him of glass house furnaces in his home town...Lucy's hubby wasn't sure that was the best name, but I leave that up to your imagination....

    And as a bonus, here is a pic of the Australian coastline, one of a Koala, and of course the pic you have all been waiting for: the bears (Gabe and Little Joe) relaxing on Lucy's front porch...

    More pics later, and hugs from your world traveler Octogirl...

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  • rainnyc
    rainnyc Member Posts: 801
    edited May 2017

    What an amazing thing to log on to BCO and find that two teddy bears are together in Oz! Thanks for posting the pictures; it sounds like an amazing visit!

    Iris, are you doing your chemo at MSK in Basking Ridge? Keep us posted.

    Robin, glad you're away from those neighbors.

    Utterly exhausted but must log out and get some work done. The mourning doves who've nested in the planter of chives on our fire escape have two hatchlings. It's very entertaining to watch them, but now we're all on tenterhooks because the neighbor's cat knows they're there. Woke up thinking about ways to protect the babes; they should be ready to leave the nest in just a couple of weeks. Argh. Nature.

    Morning to all crazies, including those who are quiet and/or on the other side of the world!

  • m0mmyof3
    m0mmyof3 Member Posts: 9,769
    edited May 2017

    Hugs to all who need one

  • gmafoley
    gmafoley Member Posts: 5,978
    edited May 2017

    Been a crazy weekend gals.

    My Brother in Law was in a terrible motorcycle accident, from what I know, He was merging onto the freeway, caught his foot some how and accelerated into guardrail across 3 lanes of traffic. Then flew 75 feet, over into the other lanes of traffic, landed on his face (He was wearing a helmet) and is currently in a coma. Praise - not one care hit him in this whole ordeal. It did do major damage to his foot and head. The scan showed swelling and fluid but the rest of the brain looked ok. Once they got him stabilized they worked to piece his foot back together. They have been reducing sedation to wake him up, but has been too agitated and they sedate him again. That thick skull, and stubborn and resilient attitude will pay off as he fights his way back to his wife and daughter! Thoughts and prayers for a full recovery are always welcome!