CRAZY TOWN WAITING ROOM - TESTS coming up? All Stages Welcome.
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Crazies, just popping in to remind everyone to get a flu shot. I’m the idiot who didn’t, and now I’m paying the price!!
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Pennsy, get well soon!
Iris, I remember a line from the intro to the old "Rhoda" sitcom (spinoff from the "Mary Tyler Moore Show") in which Mary's BFF Rhoda said that at one point she'd moved from the Bronx to Minneapolis "where it's cold and I figured I'd 'keep' better."
Remember when TV shows had intros (instead of just "Previously on....") and actual theme songs instead of a title graphic with a chord or two (or nothing) playing behind it? Seems that every possible second that exceeds the required minimum of "content" must now be sold for commercials. (The only ones that still seem to have theme songs, with featured-cast credits are on PBS and cable, SNL; and CBS' "procedurals," which use familiar pop songs--by the Who, John Lee Hooker, etc, instead of original themes). That's why you see so many one-line "bumpers" between commercials--or on SNL, shots of them getting the next scene ready, because those count as "content"). As of now, every 30-minute show must have at least 18 min. of "content;" for hourlong shows, it's only 40 min. And no program wastes a single second over those minimums on anything but commercials.
And further, in the "older-than-dirt" dep't., remember when TV shows had regular sponsors? Now only stadiums & arenas do.
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Ducky... I laughed out loud. I imagine some poor guy bundled up in blankets with icecicles coming off his nose wondering what the hell is taking so long to get that dang little space heater! I hope your high dollar heater shows up soon! But till then, hey, use what ya got!
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Sandy, boy do i remember that them song! I was doing night classes at fordhm when i first moved to mn then returned, my friends from night class said what......my response was i was like roda, i went to mn but i returned! Interesting experience
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Sandy ..looking forward to hearing the link of you and Stephen !
Ducky ..did your REAL heater arrive ?!?
Penny ..ugh ..so sorry you have the flu !! Are you feeling any better ? My friend's cousin arrived here from the UK about 10 days ago ..He was fine when he left , but came down with the flu the day after arriving ..and has spent his whole holiday in bed so far .I guess he was a "captive audience " on the plane , and caught it ! :-(
Iris..how are you ? Is it warming up ?
Going out with 2 friends for lunch today ..my favourite thing to do .." girls lunch out " 😃
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lucy, yes it is much warmer, think i heard it will be warm enough this week to melt all the grey mounds of snow. I did hear about some more coming but have decided to remain in denial on that score. Had brain mri yesterday and head feels sort of fuzzy so chilling on sofa. This is a chemo pill week but think i have a system worked out for this. I complained of a back ache the other week so she wants another mri of my back. Dang all
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lucy, yes it is much warmer, think i heard it will be warm enough this week to melt all the grey mounds of snow. I did hear about some more coming but have decided to remain in denial on that score. Had brain mri yesterday and head feels sort of fuzzy so chilling on sofa. This is a chemo pill week but think i have a system worked out for this. I complained of a back ache the other week so she wants another mri of my back. Dang all
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No the good heater did not come...now they said they didn’t get the other one back...I said I was told not to send it back..now you say you want it......well guess what “bucko”.......you can keep the $50.00 heater that I ordered because the temperature is going to be 60 this weekend.....and I will have lots of sunshine, and you sir can put that heater “where the sun don’t shine”..........I already disputed it on my credit card, so they by now have taken the money you got back.....so you have a nice winter, and when you send me a paid postage slip to put on your Mickey Mouse heater, I wi ll be glad to send it back...........provided you have whoever mad ethe misrake and left it here.....pick it pu and take it to where it has to go........Have a nice day..........
Glad I got that off my chest....and felt good to tell them exactly what I thought of their lousy $16.00 Made in China heater........LO
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Hello, everyone! It's been a while since I checked in, although I think of you all often. I'm coming up on another checkup so it's time to head back into Crazytown. My oncologist passed away very unexpectedly a month ago (huge loss for his family and the community), so I've been assigned to a new doctor. Aside from the usual tests, I'm not sure what to expect, like whether they will want to revisit the treatment plan?
I also had a pelvic ultrasound recently, since there is a strong history of uterine cancer in my family as well. Everything was fine, but lemme tell you, if you want a definition of "discomfort" get a transvaginal ultrasound after being on AIs for two years.
Pennsy, I've been hearing that the flu shot isn't as effective as usual this year, because the virus mutated at the last moment. I'm still glad I got the shot, maybe if I catch the flu anyway, it won't be quite as bad. It's really making the rounds here, along with a nasty stomach bug.
Sandy, I miss the days when TV shows had really good theme songs. Good Times, The Jefferson's, etc. Now we've just got Law and Order's chunk-chunk noise. It's not as much fun, and I always feel sort of disoriented when the one show transitions into the next without a theme.
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The blood thinner saga continues. Treatment was yesterday, was supposed to be last Thursday but with the winter storm we got, the cancer center rescheduled me for this week. So when I was meeting with my oncologist, I told her about the issues I was having with the Lovenox injections (daily nosebleeds, etc.). So she took me off the injections and put me back on the thinner I was on before.
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Cubbie... I don’t ever even want to think of that discomfort ever again. I was soooooo not happy the first time. They say I will need to have one regularly now. I’m not looking forward to it. I told my friend that I swear they had a softball on the end of the damn thing. She said it was the smallest she had. I call BS!
Good luck with your check up and meeting with the new doctor. I’ll be hanging out here in the corner waiting for my next wonderful medical meeting. I need to go see my PCP for a new tetanus shot. I’m sure we will discuss all that’s been going on since surgery and will be revisiting my regular meds. Oh yay, and probably blood work too. Does the fun never end!
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Happy New Year everyone!
I’ve been away for a few months, I just needed some time away from all things BC. I’ll be getting some time to catch up with everyone as I’m finally having my exchange surgery done next Wednesday. YAY! Finally! I’ve been carring these TEs around for a year and a half. I’ll be glad to be rid of them! It’s been 6 months since I’ve seen my oncologist, they keep making and canceling my appointments every month. First it was Nov 29th, then Dec 29th, then Jan 8th now it’s Feb 8th! If they cancel me again I’ll ask my PCP to refer me to someone else. I’m 3 months past my regular exam, give me a break! I’m praying it’s not due to my MO’s cancer rearing it’s ugly head. The girls in the office won’t tell me what’s going on but I’m sure he will when I see him. I’m off to bed, I’ll catch up in the morning between packing up the house. I’m not sure I’m up to another move but we’ll be moving to Millington TN, my DH is already there. I kinda miss the old man!
Hugs to all! Until next time
WenchLori
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Ducky ..HaHaHa ...I like your style girl !!! 😃
Lori and Cubbie ...good to see you both !!
Cubbie ..sorry to hear about your oncologist...in your pocket for your checkup !
Lori ..hope the move isn't too stressful...packing up a home is a massive job !
.Mommy ...sorry about the nose bleeds .
Iris ..when is your MRI ? Will definitely be right there with you .. in your pocket !
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Just have to use up the last few injections I have before starting on the pills again.
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morning group, lucy....my mri is Monday am but trying to decide if i am getting cold flu as sort of snuffly, i need to call my pcd for checkup thing, i canceled last one as just too many appt. I am not sure of reason for this visit, it seems if i complain of a pain she orders an mri,
Today is cleaning gal day and peapod delivery
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Hello all!
Lucy, thank you for asking, I am finally feeling better. I was running a fever for FIVE solid days – can't remember when I've been that sick.
Cubbie – I'm sorry about your onc. My friend recently had the same experience – I'm guessing it's the same doc. Also, TV Ultrasound – no thank you!!
Lori – in your pocket for your exchange surgery – I'm sure you are more than ready.
M0mmy – thinking of you.
Hugs to all, including quiet crazies.
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Actually, it wasn't so much that the flu virus mutated as it was that flu vaccine is manufactured months before and they have to predict what the upcoming season's strains will be. It also takes time to incubate the eggs in which the vaccine is produced. You know the old Monty Python sketch with the punchline, "Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition?" Well, nobody expected these two strains to come out of China either. So this year's vax prevents only a few strains, but not most of what's out there this season. But if you catch them, the vax will considerably lessen the symptoms & duration. Still, take all anti-viral-spread precautions: handwashing/sanitizer, avoiding indoor crowds as much as possible, coughing & sneezing into your elbow & not your hand, not touching eyes or mouth, and either using disposable plates & utensils or isolating sick patients' plates & utensils.
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sandy, always done flu shots and assume it helps, trying to decide if i should sound alert before monday mri
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Many who got the flu shot are having flue symptoms....but then again many are having problems who didn’t get the flu shot..it seems like its something that hangs on....not as bad a full blown flu,but just enough to make you feel like crap, and is so easy to catch........plus it all came around theholiday which didn’t help since so many people are together at that time.......
Raining like crazy here today, but at least it isn’t snow.....can’t wait for Spring.....I will take hte warmth/heat over this nonsensce any day.
Watching my son’s dog for 5 days ..he is at some Villa in Mexico...the name is “something Mayo”......private, car service, your own pool, you step off the gorgeous deck and your in sand...your own Chef cooks your meals.....etc/etc/.........told me to get my passport so I can go.....I told him....”No thank you I don’t want the Gulf of Mexico 50 feet from where I am sleeping.......told him....You go...I’ll keep the dog”............not interested....
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Hi crazies! I had to take a break from here. Sometimes I feel really good and want to forget I had breast cancer. My appointment with my new MO is next Thursday. I did my blood work today and read the report on my DEXA scan. Some progression of the osteopenia in the lumbar region but still in the normal range in my hips! Yes!!! I think I can avoid the conversation of "doing something" about it for another year.
Lori! Good to see you. In your pocket for exchange surgery. Cubbie, good to see you too. Iris, I hope you feel better. I am doing my best to avoid getting sick because Wyatt just cannot handle one more thing. His life seems to have become a series of good "moments" instead of good days, weeks or months. Makes me so sad.
Sending hugs to all of you.
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proudtospin...in your pocket Monday! Good luck!
Another snow day for the kids here in Ohio. We've had so many this year I think they're gonna keep my kid in school till the middle of summer at this rate. But maybe it's getting a chance for this flu thing to die down. I'm pretty sure my son and I had it in early December it was awful.
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so called mo to ask what to do about cold flu thing. Nurse said to go to a walk in clinic , they can test me and if it treatable, i can GET something. Well cold and rainy here but will truddle out tomorrow to get checked, if am contagious then we will delay the scan but perhaps they can give me something, jolly good fun
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ducky, was that "Riviera Maya?" Many resorts there, including timeshare chains. It's a popular wedding destination. Having your deck next to sand doesn't necessarily mean you're sleeping "50 feet from the Gulf."
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Molly ..that's good that the DEXA scan went well ..sorry to hear Wyatt isn't too good though ..yes ..certainly hope he doesn't get the flu !
Iris..how did you go at the clinic ?I hope they could give you something.
Ducky ..How's the puppy-sitting going ?
We've had 6 year old grandaughter staying with us for a couple of nights ..so have been busy taking her and two of my other grand-kids that live close by to "Inflatable World " and to a Water Park ..I think they had lots of fun ..I'm exhausted !!!!
Take Care all
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lucy.....the official word is no flu but nasty cold so no antibiotics, crashed on sofa with lots of tea, think i will add some,braidy, usually helps
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Looking back, and comparing symptoms with people who've had the flu, I realize that the only time (knock wood) I've ever had "true flu" was back in Dec. 1982. It was the day before New Year's Eve, and I had a short Court of Claims trial down in Ottawa, IL. When I was getting dressed, the weather report warned that though the current temp was 62F, there was a cold front coming through and it'd be down to 20F by noon. Despite my skepticism, I brought along my long wool coat and carried it into the courthouse with me. Stepped outside after the trial, and quickly buttoned up. Turned on the car radio and found it was already 18F. Went through the Mickey D's drive-thru for a black coffee, and was grateful that it was screamingly-hot. I already had been given the afternoon off (this was a few months before the A.G. started making us use state motor pool cars, which had to be picked up and dropped off downtown), and as I drove back north I was making a mental shopping list of what I'd need to buy for my New Year's Eve party at the supermarket on the way home. Suddenly, on Lake Shore Drive as I was getting near my exit, I realized that all I wanted to do was go straight home, jump into bed, pull up the covers and do utterly nothing. It was as if someone had bopped me on the head, kneecapped me and turned on a blowtorch. I took my temp., and it was 103. I'd since had bad colds, strep throats, bronchitis, norovirus, and even walking pneumonia--but nothing like that, not even the side effects of Zometa.
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Oh, and I made a brief stopover in CrazyTown a few days ago. If I spend more than a day or two in sweats, PJs or nightie braless, Thelma & Louise like to cultivate a little "candida farm" in the crease beneath them--intertrigo, ugh. My GYN gave me a steroid/antifungal ointment in Dec. 2014, even before bc; my derm switched it to a cream instead, which is less icky and smells better. But I haven't been using it except when I see a rash start to form. The other day, I had been wearing a bra, but when I went to take it off, I felt a sharp pain in the skin beneath "Louise" (the R one). Yup, intertrigo--but this time with an angry red spot. Washed it with a little emollient cleanser, but the touch of the wet pad nearly sent me through the roof. Grabbed a mirror and, yup, a blister. And it had burst. Eeeuw. (and ouch).
First stop in CT was IBC Avenue, but the rest of the breast was fine--pale as usual, no itching, dimpling, peau d'orange or nipple inversion. I took a Telfa pad and taped it over the blister, then a leisure bra for sleep. Next morning, there was some faint blood on the pad. Next stop, Shingles Street, as per Bob's guess. But no other blisters anywhere else. And the toe neuropathies I've been getting are on the L (ingrown toenail pain w/o ingrowth), extremely sore skin beneath the 3rd & 4th toe calluses; and lately, shooting pains under the bottom of the big toe, like someone was taking a scalpel to it. (I suspect I'm headed to Type 2 Terrace very soon).
Googled "blister in crease under breast" and lo & behold: it's a common occurrence in intertrigo. So I'm using a cooling gel dressing on it, and it's much better today. And the cream under both boobs (and all my skin folds just in case).
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Sandy.. That would be so painful , and definitely send me to CrazyTown too !! I hope it heals quickly ..Have to say that I LOVE the names Thelma and Louise for girls though 😃
Iris ..hope you are feeling better !
It's a little cooler here today thankfully ..this summer has be so hot !!!
Hugs to all
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I'm definitely in CT now. The underbust blister is healing, but very late last night I fell just outside my bedroom. I was walking upstairs, and I didn't notice as I was climbing that one of my backless clogs had fallen off (the lining of the clog felt like the carpet). Got up to the second floor landing, and the sudden unexpected imbalance between the shod and barefoot leg length threw me for a loop and I came down hard on the oak floor, in front of the bedroom door. (Someone must have been watching over me because I fell away from the staircase). I knew from experience to land on my side rather than my back, and so I landed on my right side. Big bruise along the skin over the side of the femur, and I scraped exactly the same elbow in exactly the same place as when I fell outside a Milwaukee parking garage two years ago. I took a Lyrica (couldn't do an NSAID and already had Tylenol three hrs. earlier). Was out like a light (after Heidi, my little black girl-kitty, jumped on my chest and head-butted & purred me to sleep) till 11:30 am. Besides, when I woke I found I'd slightly sprained my left wrist as well. And now my elbow is starting to ooze. Hope it's not going to be a MRSA infection like the one after the mole biopsy on my back a year and a half ago. Not looking forward to 10 days of Keflex and twice-daily Hibiclens showers.
And I am coming down with severe cabin fever: we are in the middle of a snow-and-ice storm. Bob is going to try to make his way back to work tomorrow, but my heart will be in my throat until I hear he gets there safely (and I suspect he'll be staying down at the Oak Lawn Hilton to be close to the hospital--in whose garage he'll park and Uber it to & from the hotel). Gordy's with Leslie till she goes back to work till Tuesday. I gave my housekeeper the night off. I could have friends over to jam, but my left wrist hurts too much to play guitar (will throw caution to the winds and take an Aleve after icing it). The worst symptom of cabin fever: overeating...carbs.
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As I was laying out my meds tonight, it dawned on me how I sprained my left wrist even though when I fell I landed entirely on the right side: I was trying to open a brand-new bottle of CVS' generic Zyrtec, and got so frustrated I nearly took a hacksaw to it before the cap finally budged. (Yes, I WAS pressing down hard while twisting the cap). Had a flashback to the first episode of the first season of SNL, which had a fake commercial for the pain reliever "Triopenin," in which the frustrated patient ended up smashing the bottle with a hammer.
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