patty
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checking in. Hello. I am still in hospital. Not feeling better yet. The vomiting has slowed but not stopped.
It will get better
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Darn!
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Sending cool Chesapeake breeze and a little salt water spray your way. Hope you get home soon.
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Wishing you a fever free and no #3,#4 or #5 as my kids say, night.Not sure which is which. Number 1 is pee and number 2 is poop. Chemo SEs are way beyond that!
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Patty~ sending hugs and love. I want nothing more than. For you to feel better. Love you. Two words. Illl visit in the morning sweet friend. You deserve a break. Much love ~M~
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((Hugs))
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lol thanks all
Marie. Love it. I can taste the salt water. Now just need margarita mix.
Zil. Too funny. I would say #5 today lol
Hugs
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Hope you feel better and can get homesoon!
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so happy to see you posting but sorry you are in the hospital again. Hope you get out of there soon and feel stronger. Sending love and hugs
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Margaritas--proper ones (no mix, just tequila, orange bitters and a lime) on the way. Seasoned with just a spray of ocean water.
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Hello Patty,
Happy to see you posting more, wish you were posting from your snuggly home.
Sending strength and prayers.
Love, Madelyn
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Love and prayers 
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queens I’m. Yum yum
I have slept aLL day here in the hospital but guess my body needs it. I am feeling some better but labs are worse not better. Ugh.
Hugs
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best wishes ❤
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hello ladies.
Guess the whole hair loss from taxol is kicking in after only 2 txs. Ugh. Big ball of hair on my pillow and everywhere else. I knew it was coming but still don’t want to be believe it. I got a nice wig I just need shaped s lil. My plans was when it started out this much to go get my shoulder length hair cut shorty but cant do tHAT Here at Hospital. Oh well will take it as a sign taxol is working. i can remember losing my hair the first time back in 2002. Very trumatic for anyone esp being 31 -and boobless.
THATS why I love it here every here. I am not alone. Most have been there and done that so they can understand. Others can’t.
Hootie hoo
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sending love patty.:: Strong together:: two words....much love
~M~
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Hi patty, fully admire your tenacity and your bright outlook. I was in isolation ward this last weekwaiting for the body immune system to work. I had only o.14 WBC. Thank God eventually fever settle to a Low grade but took a long time for the wbc to bounce back. But when God heals he does a complete job. It just bounce to 7, a figure I have not seen since met occurred 3.5 years ago. Hang in there and pray for healing. Praying for you.
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good thing I am in hospital too. My hair just shed n Guess what I didn’t have to vacuum them Nor do I need to clear them in the bathroom at the hospital.
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Waving Hi Patty! SO good to see you posting.
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Good morning Patty!!! Hope you get sprung from the hospital soon!0
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Good morning, Patty! I hope this finds you starting to feel better. You are such a fighter; hang in there!
I have a Survivor bracelet that came with this:
"Hold your head up and your heart strong.
Remember the battles you have won,
And the fears you have overcome.
Remember the strength and light within you.
I am brave, I am resilient, I will persevere.
I am a warrior, ready to conquer.
I am a survivor, stronger than I've ever been."
I carry that with me all the time. I hope it helps you (and everyone else who reads it) a bit.
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Snickersmom,
Thanks for the bracelet quote.
I appreciate it, but unfortunately, I ABHOR the term "survivor." It doesn't mean I'm going to stop fighting, but for my own personal situation, I would edit the last three lines to say, "I am brave, I am resilient, I will persevere. / I am still a warrior, stronger than I've ever been."
Those of us who are STAGE IV will NOT survive or conquer this disease. It's especially hard for those of us who were Dx'd St IV de novo, right from the gate. We will never finish Tx until it's time for us to move on to hospice. Having brain mets, as I do, further complicates things.
The true, hurtful reality came when I went to one of those Breast Cancer Walk for Life events last year. Other ladies (or "survivors") came up to me on the track and asked me my story. I smiled warmly and told them I was "Stage IV from the gate," and they LITERALLY clammed up, slowed their pace, or sped up, and walked away from me like I had the plague. These St I, II and III women who "have finished their Tx" do NOT want to even be near a St IV person for fear "it might rub off on them," and then they'll suddenly become St IV.
At first, I thought I was imagining it, and making too big a deal out of it, but when it continued to happen again and again (all I had to do was see the look on their faces), I knew I wasn't making all this up. My husband drove me home after the event, and I was depressed for days - - and that's not like me - - I'm usually pretty up beat, despite my circumstances. Needless to say, I will never go to another one of those walks ever again.
I apologize if I've upset or offended someone out there, but this is how I feel, and these forums are where we can be honest with each other because we all understand. I don't consider myself a survivor, nor do I consider myself a victim. I'm just someone with a terminal illness. And that's okay. We must each find our own path when it comes to this disease.
L
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Lita- I was diagnosed grade 1 stage 1. More than one person during my treatment process told me "you've won the breast cancer lottery". Because it was "caught early and treatable". Are you're kidding me?!?! The way this crap is affecting people (mainly women) you would think it's the Black Plague! I follow your thread and Patty's to. I lift you both up daily. I will never consider myself a "survivor". I will always be a warrior. My battle is small compared to yours, Patty and all the other warriors who are stage IV. I would have been proud to walk with you! Sending you all peace, comfort and respect.
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Lita, my cancer also was caught in the early stages. I do not consider myself as a survivor. I am hopefully cancer free until further notice. I would be proud to lock arms with you and walk.
I am sorry that society so badly wants to sanitize breast cancer so that it’s like facing the common cold, as if everyone survives breast cancer these days. I am embarrassed for any breast cancer patient who would treat another more seriously ill breast cancer patient with anything but love, empathy and compassion.
Survivor is not a status or position of accomplishment...it’s a momentary stage of healing...until further notice.
Hugs,
Barbara
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Whoooohoopdedoooo Patty me'girl, great to hear from you. Blessings
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so much I want to respond to but my darn memory won’t let me and I don’t have a pen up here to take notes
Everyone is different but I consider myself to be a survivor and fighter. It’s been one hell of a fight Nd I got the battle scars to prove it.
Snickers. love the poem
Yangton. Sorry to hear you are also in the hospital and your shedding also. Wow now that is s low wbc you have. Mine today was .5 and I thought that was low but .14 probably good thing you are in hospital.
Can’t wait to get it cut short for my wig. Last time I wore the wig very little. Mostly was baseball caps and bandannas
I have slept nearly all day again. Just so exhausted. So sleepy tired as well as it takes so much effort to walk to potty and back.
Hugs all
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Bella - I am so with you with your comments above! I am praying we all become survivors, but until that becomes reality, we will battle on, arms and minds linked...so sad that those other marchers would behave in such a reprehensible manner! I am flying into Jacksonville Friday on my way to Brunswick, GA, a definite positive for me!
Lita - your positive approach is like a tonic, thank you!
Patty - stick around, you have lots more to share!
To everyone reading this - we are in this battle together, the support found in these forums is just what the 'doctor ordered'. Prayers and hugs to all.
J
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Patty, here are my grand-puppies:
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Ruth. Grand puppies. How funny. Adorable.
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