CRAZY TOWN WAITING ROOM - TESTS coming up? All Stages Welcome.
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MOmmy, so sorry for your loss and a HUGE thank you to him for his service, so few WWII vet's are still with us.
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ty Beaver. He never treated me as if I was a relation through marriage, but blood
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I am so sorry, M0mmy; condolences on your loss.
My father is still with us, a WWII veteran, but I am afraid it will be his time soon.
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Thanks Octo. It's sad that there aren't many of them left.
My Grampa was in failing health since late this summer. I loved it when he would tell me his sea stories of his time in the Navy. I will miss those times but I know he's with my Gramma now and they are watching over me. He was so proud of me marrying a former Navy man and that I got a college degree.
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M0mmy, condolences for losing your Grampa. May his memory be for a blessing, as his service certainly was. The Greatest Generation is dwindling--even Korean War vets are in their 90s now.
Molly, mazel tov on your son's wedding! I hear you about that lump: I have one on my back, which is shrinking but still large. My derm thinks it's either a lipoma or (more likely) sebaceous cyst, but not worth doing anything about unless it gets tender again or comes to a head. She says that biopsying or draining it could leave me open to a more serious infection--I got MRSA in the incision from a punch biopsy for a pre-melanoma on my back in 2016, and don't want to go through that again. And since I'm allergic to the three most common classes of antibiotics, I don't want to risk becoming either allergic or resistant to another one. I never wear anything backless anyway, and if people want to stare & snark at that when I'm in a swimsuit...well, better that than my cellulite-laden thunder-thighs and flapping upper arm bat wings.
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Thanks Sandy. He served in not only WWII but during Korea and Vietnam. The funeral will be especially hard on me as he is being buried with military honors. I always bawl during Taps and the gun salute.
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M0mmy, my condolences on the loss of your grandfather. He sounds like an incredible man. I will keep your family in prayer. I am going in tomorrow for an ultrasound. She ended up ordering a US of all soft tissue of the head and neck including thyroid. If nothing is found I have promised myself to try to calm down. BC fears never seem to fade! I have a question for you all. Do you still use hair dye? I get mine done more frequently these days because of the rate the gray comes back. Since the new study came out I am considering stopping but I don't know how I will look and my husband still has NO gray hairs.
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I haven't died my hair in 15 yrs, I still got breast cancer. I will have to read that research and see how sound it is to determine if it is valid since alot of women die there hair, but not all of them get breast cancer. Sometimes the studies are flawed, you really have to read them for yourself and determine the facts.
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Molly, that study is an outlier--and it is mere correlation, not causation. And it takes very long-term use for any correlation to become apparent. If, like I, you have been dyeing your hair for years, the "dye is cast" (sorry for the misspelled pun, but it was too easy). The only possible causational link to cancer for either permanent hair dyes or keratin blowouts is that there has been a slight increase in the incidence of bladder cancer in techs who perform these services day in and day out. I know I don't like the way my grays look when they come in (wiry, pepper&salt--except the one or two straight silky platinum streaks that resist the dye) and they simply don't fit my personality. You need to decide for yourself. One's self-esteem and happiness can affect mood, which can in turn affect one's general health. (Not saying unhappiness causes cancer, but it makes cancer & its treatments harder to endure).
My husband has gone gray (though with a full head of hair at 70), but he doesn't accept change well (whether it was my letting my hair go brown again in my 20s, going red at 31 and then blonde in my mid-30s. I keep my hair long even though it's higher-maintenance because he'd likely freak out if I cut it (and I like myself with long hair anyway).
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I have my hair dyed every six months. I go to a salon and my hair dresser who happens to be a friend does my hair uses a dye that is mostly natural because of my having had cancer. Only been dyeing my hair for 4 years. The dye covers the grey in my hair so well that it looks like I am still in my 30s.
My step-Grampa was a wonderful man. He never held it against me because I was only related to him through marriage.
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Thank you Sandy and Jules, I know to take these studies with a grain of salt. Yes, I have been dying my hair for years so I think I will continue (at least until I am done working).
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Molly ..I agree with Sandy ...I would feel miserable if I couldn't have the greys touched up ..self esteem is important ...in fact I'm booked in for a colour on Monday ..so it's looking good for Christmas 🙄...My Hubby is 61 , and he's been totally white ( and balding !) since he was 40 but I would still feel awful if I didn't colour my hair ! Having said that , some women carry the grey -look well..and look AMAZING ..I'm envious of them because they don't need to dye their hair ...I'm just not one of them .Praying all goes well with you ultra sound ..
Mommy ..sorry about your grandpa ...My dad was a WW 11 veteran as well..
Octo ..how are you ? Hope your Dad is with you for a long time yet !
Jules ..Hi and Welcome !
Hugs to all .
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Molly ..we were posting at the same time !!!
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Thanks Lucy. Trying to emotionally psych myself up for the funeral tomorrow.
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If my grays had come in like Emmylou Harris' or Nanci Griffith's I'd have stopped covering them long ago. I'm now on the cusp of more "salt" than "pepper" so they use less bleach and I can let my roots grow a bit longer than I used to--especially those with the straight platinum streaks (think Bonnie Raitt, though since I'm blonde mine have much less contrast). I generally go 3 months between root touch-ups and 4 months between keratin straightenings. My salon usually does 1, maybe 2 keratin treatments per week (it's unisex and most of its clients are men) with a special ventilation system, so my stylist is in less danger than those in those chi-chi Lincoln Park or Streeterville salons that do several a day.
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Hi to my still favorite ladies.....I have been MIA and I apologize...thought of you all and do check in once in a while but not all the time.....of course you remember me...The prettiest, funniest, sexiest, smartest, and member of the Mile High Club....hahahahaha ha......Now the sad part...my daughter just had an MRI which is routine for dense breasts, and they found a suspicious area, and she will be having a biopsy on Monday morning.....This can’t be happening...I am worried, scared an all the other ugly things we remember when it happened to us...I will go with her, and I hope and pray this is not bad news....I hope you all are doing well, and I promise I won’t go MIA again......I have so man things to share with the people who know me here and who still like me....LOL......Please pray for my Nikki...her real name is Nicasia....still one you all....
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I stopped battling the grays in June 2015. My natural color was auburn & was needing touch ups every 3 weeks to keep it. Roots were coming in a pure silvery white & since that became a popular trend for youngsters, figured I would "go gray". Had color "lifted" & then blondish shade & toners applied as the natural color came in. Took about a year. It looks very much like Emmylou Harris' color.
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Ok Ladies..still dumb as ever...That was still Love all over you.....my keyboard kind of types what it wants...not a good thing when you have a nickname like Ducky....if you get my drift........
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ducky, welcome back. Praying for Nikki--remember, most breast biopsies are benign.
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Will pray for her Ducky! Glad to see you are back!
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Ducky ..so sorry to hear about your daughter ..sending turbo prayers for benign results .Hugs
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Thank Ladies..and HI to all of you..my long time faithful friends...yea, the old girl is back..still here, above ground and taking nourishment...I will keep you all in the loop..and thanks for the prayers...this is all to familiar to us,..as the saying goes..Be there done that.....By the way to add to the conversation...I highlight my hair...my gray was not pretty, in fact it was rather nasty looking...had it been nice Is old have let it grow in, but trust me..it was not...so my hairdresser does the highlights first with foils....and then..goes aback to the unfoiled hair and does a shade of darker blonde to add depth...not sure if that makes sense...and she does not use a permanent dye....which is easier on the body......so all yo ladies have a great weekend....crappy weather here in the Philly suburbs......hugs0 -
Hi Lucy! Thanks for all the input about dying my hair. I go to an Aveda salon which is supposed to be less toxic. Anyway, I don't really care for looking older than my DH at this point lol. ducky!! I think about you all the time my friend. I am sorry about your daughter. I will add her to my prayer list. Celia, you are very fortunate to have pretty gray hair!
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After chemo my hair came back white with some silver. It also came back very curly. That combo did not work for me. I dyed it blonde as it always has been. I'm going to keep dying my hair, although I only do it every 3 mo. An interesting note to breastcancer hair dye study is, that everyone in the study had a sister diagnosed with breast cancer So, I'll keep my eye out for further studies but not too impressed with this one
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Ducky, so great to see you back here, but so sorry about your daughter's tests...keeping her in my thoughts and prayers and, as Sandy said, most biopsies are benign.
I finish radiation for the eye tumor Tuesday! Yay!!!
Would you all hate me if I told you that I've never, ever died my hair but mostly because really I don't need to do so? At almost 66 I just have a few stray gray hairs.....After chemo the color was unchanged, though it was curlier for a while, which I actually liked...back to pre-chemo now. Oh, and one of the minor annoyances of the type of radiation I am having: they won't let me cut my hair until after it is done! (Because it could change the shape of my head under the mask I have to wear...). But it is making me crazy. Cutting it will be the first thing I do post-radiation. And yes, I definitely remember being here during bc treatment/chemo worrying that I'd never have hair again: so I do see the irony in wishing I could cut it today!!!
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I knew there was a reason I idly clicked on this thread today: I've just realized it's the third anniversary of the death of our beloved Beppy, who founded Crazytown. Thinking of her and her family and holding her memory with love.
Ducky, I hope your daughter's scans are benign.
Octo, in your pocket for the end of radiation and the soon-to-follow haircut.
I never colored my hair before chemo, with my DH's blessing, but afterwards, it came in sewer-rat gray for the first several months, and I just couldn't bear it. Now I foil every six months or so, thinking about gradually spacing them out and going back to brown with grey throughout. My DH's personal theory is: no woman should marry a man with hair that's prettier than hers. All his remaining hair, such as it is, is grey, and he has a very nice, white full beard. He's still in recovery from a small child who approached him a few weeks ago, saying "You're really old!" (He's 64.) If hair dye was a certain trigger for cancer, then nearly every woman would have it, so....
My oncologist has just retired, so I'll meet the new one next month. I'll miss her; I know that change is part of life, but it's still shocking that she won't be there, overseeing things as long as I go back to the cancer center for checkups.
It's rather dreary outside. Working at home today and nursing a sourdough: hoping it might be ready to for bread baking tomorrow.
Happy holidays and love to all Crazies!
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rainny! I knew there was a reason I woke up thinking about Beppy. I knew it was December but not sure of the exact date. Good to see you friend. Octo, are you surviving radiation with little to no SE's? Thinking of all of you.
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rainny, speaking of sourdough I bake SD every week. It is what keeps me sane having my hands in dough every week.
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I thought of Beppy last night....knew it was today the anniversary of her death. MISS YOU Beppy!
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Beppy, you are always in my heart! Miss you so much!
Molly, yes, thanks, side effects have been minimal...no skin irritation though I had a lot with breast cancer, but then, they are zapping a very different (and smaller!) area. My eye waters a bit right after the daily zap, but only for five or ten minutes...So, almost no SEs....until this week that is: when, while it hasn't been awful, I've been hit with serious fatigue. I am working remotely while this is going on (since tx is in CA) but today I had to stop answering email and next thing I knew, I was waking up from a two hour nap on the couch! (felt good, actually...). I mentioned it to Doc when I saw him Monday (see, even though the tumor is benign, I can't quite bring myself to call him my 'Radiation Oncologist' even though that is what he is. Crazytown in action), and he pointed out it was the second to last week and the fatigue is to be expected. I have been trying to walk a lot which helped with SEs during the bc, but it has been raining the past few days, which has also slowed me down. Overall, no complaints, though. Probably goes without saying that I can't wait to finish up and head home!!!
Hugs to all
Octogirl
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