CRAZY TOWN WAITING ROOM - TESTS coming up? All Stages Welcome.
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Happy for you, Katy!
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hello to all with brevity as DS and I are in NJ at my mother's house, typing on a tiny iPad.
Octo, rant away. It takes great courage to face all of this and it is only human to fall back sometimes and have to look around for fresh stores of mojo, to use Katy's word. Absolutely stinks about the eyesight...so sorry.
More when I have a proper keyboard at.my disposal.
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Katy: walking with you in the woods as well....and Anxiety Girl might well be the poster child for Crazy Town.
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QMC- haha! Poster child. Yes! Are you feeling/doing better and healing? Glad you're walking with us!
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Yes, thank you for asking--several orders of magnitude better than this time last week, both emotionally and physically. (My next door neighbor, queen of the nosy parkers, has declared me 'looking like queenmomcat again'.)
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Rainny- I just finished the Lost Ravioli Recipes of Hoboken. What a wonderful story about so much more than cooking. Family, love stories, feuds, and repairing them over food. Beautifully written.
I love to read but have struggled to do it, particularly to finish anything, since chemo. So thiswas a great gift you gave me. Thank you.
Octo- how are you feeling? I've been thinking of you all day. Hope you're managing. You are still in the thick of this chemo business, and the eye worries are such an unneeded extra layer of shit. Sending you a special, but very gentle, hug. 💞
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I am going to have to read the Lost Ravioli Recipes also...
Glad you are doing better, QMC!
I am feeling a bit better tonight, Katy, at least physically. I did a whole bunch of nothing today other than some reading and a long nap with Gabe, which I think I needed....oh yeah and pretended to watch baseball though my heart isn't really in it this year.
Mentally, eh. Still feeling much sadder than a part of me thinks I should be feeling. Will get up and walk with you all in the morning...
Good night, crazies
Octogirl
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Octo (and Katy): yes, partly feeling better and partly doggedly returning to normal life thankyouverymuch. DH and I planning a day trip to Chicago for Marriage of Figaro to wash out the memory of the overnight trip during which my [beep redacted] erysipelas flared up.
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Ok Crazies... I've been cooking all day and still at it, but I couldn't resist this kitty fart..
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Lol. When my dog farts, he looks behind him in surprise like what was that? So hilarious, cracks me up every single time
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HAAHAHAaahaahaahhaaaa! ! !!
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morning all,up and at em you crazies! Course guess you walkers are out and about checking out all the fall beauty. Slept not bad last night but I did have a glass of wine last night. I set off the smoke alarm making grilled salmon so was worried the dang thing would do its beeping thing. Wonder if I can get my electrician guy to move where it is so the cooking smoke does not set off the alarm? I am sure I will again so that should be on the list. But it did not start to talk to me again~~~
Roasting my butt on the heating pad so back will be more friendly, to a lovely Sunday all
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Morning Crazies
PTS I am warming my butt on my herb-buckwheat bag too. I love this thing 'cause I get a dose of aromatherapy with it!
Katy and Co. are you on the morning walk? I'm ready when you are.
Sula another feast. Look forward to some food porn.
Octo - be gentle. Going through this whole trip is a very traumatic thing. It's going to come in waves! I say that for me and you and everyone here. We aren't machines. Let yourself be blue and on the couch some days-gentle hugs. Also just had a vision of you resting with a warm compress over your eyes- maybe dip a cloth in some chamomile tea and next time you take a nap rest it over your eyes. Just a feeling.
I def vote for the Anxiety Poster Child.
The fart section here has wafted in to my brain and I think became part of my dream-world last night. There was a blip where I SMELLED a fart in my dream and I asked my man if he farted and he said he let one slip. This WAS a dream, as I was in bed alone at that point.
I def overdid it with errand running and organize phase I yesterday. By end of day hips were screaming! eased up after a really warm shower, but I think there is a bath with magnesium salts in my future today.
These pics aren't fun like Ducky's- how are you Ducky?. But this was part of my day yesterday.
Here's the closet upended on the bed
Here is spring summer packed up
Today is tackling/weeding through and organizing sweaters etc. We also changed the bedding and put the comforter on the bed. I Love fall and winter, but I also imagine I'll really relish the coziness this year with hopes of lots of rest and healing.
Big hug to everyone. Back later!
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Gaia............i"m good girlfriend...........cool here in the Philly suburbs.......its light coat weather, but is suppose to get into the low 70's in the middle of the week........
Lots of people like the season changes, but Lord I hate winter....the other seasons are great......probably won't welcome summer anymore since my house and pool will probably be gone by then, but "hey".......it is what it is............all good things eventually come to an end......just wish it would sell so I can rest knowing it is over..........
Leaves here are falling, trees changing color, and most of us have been forced to put our heat on, if only to take the chill out of the house........
My grandaughter's wedding is next month so that is something to look forward too.......she is a beauty, and so sweet.....everyone loves her, and in a family as huge as ours to say "everyone loves you" is huge...........LOL......
Nothing on the agenda today......Eagles don't play till tomorrow night........and it is on national TV.....will be a late night for Philly fans.......GO EAGLES........
Went to 7:30 Mass this morning and was back home drinking my coffee by 8am........I think the Priest's homily was 5 lines.......this guy is good.........can't handle "long and boring Mass's)......it feels good to be back.......Thanks Pope
FRancis....you inspire me........Prayed for all my BCO ladies....your so special......hugs, and everyone have a great Sunday.........0 -
had a nice walk with all of you in my pocket this morning. It has made me feel better. Maybe not the root problem, but I feel better that I could make myself accomplish something. I am not tracking steps or distances. I'm just trying to get 20-30 minutes in, and walking at a speed that makes me huff and puff a bit. If I can do that every day for 3 weeks maybe I'll create a habit.
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in case anyone is still looking for a movie recommendation, I was reminded of a few, all in the same genre as Room With A View, today.
Here they are:
Enchanted April
Tea With Mussolini
The Golden Bowl (another Henry James adaptation- I like the one with Uma Thurman, Nick Nolte, and a few other notables. I think their acting will surprise you. Of course this is a great oldie but goodie to read too. Henry James is up there in my top 5 authors of all time)
For Dench and Smith fans, they are in a lot of the above.
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Well, we're back from our NJ expedition to see my elderly mother. Discovered I can drive longer distances (about 1.5 hours) but it was a bit of a challenge at 3.5 weeks post surgery. Still, very glad we made the trek.
Duckie, I can just see you at Mass, eye on the priest so he knows when it's time to wind up so you can get your coffee! How exciting to have your granddaughter's wedding to look forward to!
Gaia, I'm not sure yet when I'll start rads, waiting to hear back from MO's office for the referral to the RO. One thing at a time! The photo of your clothes reminds me of a chore I must do, and soon!
Queen, may I climb in your pocket for The Marriage of Figaro? It has been many years since I've been in the Chicago opera house, but I remember it well. I do get to the Met once in a while, but it's an expensive delight and doesn't come along too often.
Katy, love the outdoor photos and so, so glad you are walking. And I'm very happy you liked the Ravioli of Hoboken book. It is a gem! I'm reading Dorothy Sayer's Gaudy Night for the first time in ages. It's great fun, though I realize I'm somehow a very different person than the college student I was when I first discovered it. (It's set in a college.)
Feeling a need to throw things out and generally tidy the place; a combination of the change of seasons and the fact that I've been on the couch for the last month. Later, gators.
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Rainny: were you the lump I felt in my pocket? This was a new (for the Lyric>) production of Figaro and while I found the set design fascinating, the performance itself seemed a bit off. Mozart can do reasonably serious stuff, but this isn't one of them as long as you duck the thinly veiled social commentary and skim over Figaro's aria about how women are fickle. He had good reason to think so just then. Talking it over with my husband, I realized that the actor doing the title role wasn't coming across as particularly slapstick, while Almaviva was being straight bedroom farce crossed with Christmas panto.
I mean....this is Mozart. The servants are supposed to be the memorable ones.
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Queen- you are a STITCH! Great review.
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QMC amazing review/viewpoint
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That's the brief one....my addition for this performance/staging is 'polar opposite to the one we saw five years ago'. That one, the set was forgettable but I loved the cast--Kyle Ketelson for the title role and Andrea Silvestrelli for (I think) Don Basilio, though I'll stand corrected happily by anyone who remembers that performance. This one was a much....ismpler? symbolic? set.
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ok, feet up... Exhausted from two days of cooking. We had seven people...here's the table....
I am still cleaning up... More tomorrow. Right now , I'm beat
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Up and out at 6:15.........went to Mass...............had Father Speedy, and was back home in less then 1/2 hour drinking my coffee..............hope you all have a great day......said a prayer for you ladies.......hugs
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morning crazies
On my way to herceptin land
Hope everyone had an easeful weekend
Thanks for keeping us in your thoughts Ducky
For the ladies who went port less: today is my 5th treatment. And after my last my arm is so bruised! Well not painful but dis colored. Anybody contend with this? Note that I get the iv in my forearm. My veins are pretty delicate. Any thoughts/ experiences?
Sula. Lovely table
Katy I am walking with you again!
Here was dinner. Well it's 2 dinners plus the carcass is becoming soup today. So probably 4 plus meals
Hugs to all will check in more later.
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Hi gaia: I am portless, with Round three of four scheduled today. So, for only four rounds, doc said I didn't need a port, and I agree. It is nice not to have the port insert, removal, and scar to deal with, but if it were more than four rounds, not sure if I would still feel that way.
I did have some discoloration on the vein they used last time, on the top of my hand, and they are planning to use another vein this time (but since I had lx and node removal on right, they only use left.) They took a look at it when I went in for checkup and just said they'd find another to use. However, I have veins that are the opposite of what one would call 'delicate' or so I've been told.
Hints that have helped for me, not that I think that much help is needed in that particular area for me: drink LOTS of water, and they always warm my hand/arm up before inserting the needle (with a heating pad). It is supposed to make the vein more obvious. It certainly feels comforting.
Good luck today!
As for me: i did a whole bunch of nothing this weekend. Ok, I managed to cook dinner Saturday night (just for us, no beautiful table or seven guests. Your table is beautiful Sula. Can't wait till I feel like doing that again). and I did a load of dishes. Other than that, Gabe and I watched baseball (Gabe is NOT happy about the Cubbies), and napped, and felt sorry for ourselves. I think I just don't want Round Three. And who can blame me? Hubby and I are leaving early to make the long drive to the 'big city' and I am going to stop at Macy's near the docs (there is no such thing as a Macy's in the town where I live) and I am going to check out their dangly earring collection. I enjoy their costume jewelry selection and I need something to brighten up my day......
Hugs to all!
Octogirl
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Queen, how interesting. I'd never heard it put that way, but of course the servants drive nearly all the narratives. I wish I'd been the lump in your pocket!
Sula, beautiful table.
Ducky, sounds as if you're keeping the priest on an even keel! I'm drinking my tea at this moment!
Gaia, I did weekly Taxol from mid-may through late August without a port, with the targeted therapies every three weeks. By the end of it they were having trouble finding a vein, but they always managed. They mostly ran into problems when they got optimistic; there were a couple of places where nobody could get a needle in, but they would always want to try.
And good morning to all!
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morning gang, Ducky sounds like you are keeping the priest on his game. Born Mennonite but joined an Episcopal church when I lived in NYC but since in NJ I confess to not becoming involved with a church here. I went to a meet at a local catholic church the other week (it was about financial planning) and was asked to join their congregation, thinking on it.
Sula, as all your tables, it looks beautiful and I am in awe of the time and care you give to your cooking and entertainment. I confess to have lost my taste buds in a sinus surgery a few years ago but still drool over the table.
My first chiro visit later this morning, the acupuncturist says my hips are off~~~could sure be part of my back issues so will see how it goes
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Ladies........honest I am not a beliver in all the aspects of the Catholic church.....I do belive they are wrong on a lot of issues............however.......I believe this new Pope has some great ideas about how to bring people back to the church......he is a humble man with new ideas.......but then again.........Those Jesuits will do it.......LOL.......they are a breed by themselves always thinking "out of the box".......
Trust me I wwas away for a long time.....loved the Latin version of the Mass.....would prefer that to the English version, but then again, I also like the Scarlet O"Hara look in a wedding dress, and a veil with the blusher that the "Dad" takes off the brides face.............ok where was I...........LOL
I am not sure this daily Mass business will continue through the entire "Philly winters", but I will do my best................trust me if there was singing, and all the other business that goes on at the Sunday Mass........I would not be there..............See, I am not the best CAtholic.......LOL.......have a great day ladies........
By the way I also watch Joel Osteen every Sunday at 8pm........now there is an inspirational speaker...............just wish I could think like he does.............LOL.0 -
Good Morning Wonderful Crazies,
Happy Monday to all!!
Tang, We will all be in your pocket during your lumbar MRI today!! Sending all of our collective good thoughts your way.
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Octo, Sending best wishes for your third chemo today!!! Hopefully I got the correct date.
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Eggroll, I have your SNB down for Thursday. Just want to make sure I have the correct date.
If anyone else has appointments coming up this week, please let me know. It's nice when we pool our collective good thoughts. I'm convinced it made Tomboy's brain cancer go away!
I've got a raging sore throat, so I may not be able to catch up today, just wanted you to know I'm thinking about you all!!
Much love,
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Apparently, I just entered Crazy Town....or re-entered. We have been "watching" a suspicious lesion for a year now, every 4-6 months. It went from a Birads 3 to a Birads 4 this week. My gut is telling me that it is benign and they are just being careful due to my history. But I'm still freaked out.
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