Illinois ladies facing bc
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OMG, I am getting old! I did not know what PITA was so I googled and it came up with the bread! Asked DD and at 30 years old, knew immediately I used to have a number of PITAs when I taught and I was a PITA myself when I disagreed with how a teacher was treating my daughter. Will never forget that PITA teacher!
Best way to learn a new acronym is to use it a lot!Of course I want to attend, Blackjack. It just depends on the time that Paul's relatives are hosting. WE haven't gotten the invite yet but it is always the first Saturday in December.
LisaMom......I am just thrilled for you that your brother is flying your aunt in for the holidays. What a sensitive man he is.
Laura, it is so clear that YOU REALLY WANT this job for your husband and because you do, I so hope that happens for you. Keep us posted. If they take care of all the moving, you will have no worries about selling in this dismal market. I sure hope it all works out.
Did crafts with the grandchildren today. I adore them We made Christmas ornaments for the tree for their dad and mom and sang "Wheels on the Bus" at least forty time.
Makmak, I passed the request to Mary and if they have it, she will get it. And if they don't she will ask them to order. Can't promise but she is pretty persistent.
BJ, are you seeing a lot of stomach flu? They are dropping like flies and I hate to even go to school tomorrow as I hate that sickness.
Love to you all and stay happy!
Susan
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Ok Susan......I immediately thought bread as well, but realized that just could not be. So we can be old together ( I made a great start without you though ) for now. I am hoping Laura's hubby gets the job as well.
Long day today but only because i reversed my order ( I may not do that again ) and stayed home and worked several hours before errands and Maggie's etc
Hope you all had a wonderful day.
Hugs, Jackie
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Well...today's "up north" lunch bunch was GREAT! It was SO nice to MEET Mandy and to once again see JanClare and Joan.
I was shocked to learn that Mandy is ONLY 30! She has been through ALOT - but her personality and attitude is admirable. She has done a great job to remain upbeat...she admits she has her "moments" - but she is a true fighter and a true inspiration. She is half-way through chemo, still quite bald, but looking great and looking quite healthy!
Joan - Our newest RAD GRAD - she did really well through it - a little "crispy" but she's handling it really well. And I'm so glad rads is now in her past. Her wig is amazingly real looking and she looks great!
JanClare...You've hit the 4 year mark! Yeah! You are a strong girl as well. And no way do you look your age - you look great! Loved your blouse!
We shared our "stories" and offered advice and guidance. It was fun, and as always, truly uplifting to spend quality time with Illinois sisters!
Here we are (L to R: Mandy, JanClare, Joan, Me):
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Hi Ladies, Mandy and JanClare so glad you could get out and join Joan and Laura GTO. I think you are all beautiful. Just a quick post, I just found out from someone that I got a bit of steroids with my taxol. Forgot to ask I was too nervous. Now I am a blithering idiot and cant stop talking. Yikes. Taxol went fine no reaction. Did a rosary this morning to calm me down. Thank you God! Went out to dinner with old friends and will now stop talking.....Love to all, Onward
. Will be at the holiday party feeling good or not. Onward
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Wendy - I'm so glad you weren't injured! Black ice terrifies me ever since I flew off the road in my DH's jeep many years ago. No cell phones then and I had to sit and wait for someone to come by to help me.
Susan - LOL at you googling PITA.
Laura - Good luck to your DH with the job. South Carolina is supposed to be really beautiful.
Iago - My mother is Japanese, so sushi, etc, have been staple foods. Funny though, my mother learned her "American" cooking from her mother-in-law - my grandma from Tennessee. So, it wasn't unusual for us to have something like udon noodles and cornbread for dinner. She still makes a big pot of rice every day, although she's been trying to switch to brown rice.
I'd be up for a Chicago dinner thing sometime.
Elf - I'm not that far from you (I think you're in Naperville, right?), if you ever need a ride, I'd be happy to come pick you up.
BJ - I'm not 100% sure about making that date for the party yet, but I'm working on it.
I was in a huge funk yesterday and let myself get totaly overwhelmed with medical stuff. I've had what I thought was a bladder infection for almost 2 weeks now. I've gotten these before, but this time it wasn't responding to the usual atb, so I tried a different one... still no help. So now I'm on the big guns and if it doesn't get better, then it's likely not an infection at all and I have an appt. already set up with my gyne-urologist to see what is causing these symptoms. Until I get this straightened out, I'm not going to, and can't, have my overdue 2nd Zometa infusion. So, I'm stressed about having the Zometa again, and I'm stressed about having it delayed. Gah! Does all this ever make sense?
And I'm supposed to schedule my possibly last breast MRI for December, and I'm feeling just a tad panicky about that. After 5 years of monitoring, it scares me to death to go to once a year. I work in diagnostics, I LIKE diagnostics, at least when they give me that ever-comforting Within Normal Limits report.
Oh well, time to stop procrastinating and just schedule the damn thing.
I watched the series finale for The Big C. I had seen the first few episodes, because I love Laura Linney, but stopped because I was afraid it would get too difficult. Even though my sister-in-law warned me that it was pretty sad, I decided to watch the finale when it came on last night. She was right, the last few minutes were just heart wrenching. I'm glad my son had left the room by that time because it dealt with her son finally accepting that his mother had cancer and what that really meant. I'm not sure I'll watch it next season, but part of me also feels like I should be able to watch it, so I might try. Does anyone else here watch the show?
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Morning! Still dark and obviously my thermometer needs another battery so I am pretending that it is 70 out.....:)
Susan....Gee, thanks. Now I can't get that stupid song out of my head...the wheels on the bus go round and round, round and round, round and round.... DH's school too has a lot of illness and I am hoping that it stays there. With my luck he will come home sick on Tuesday and that will be that.
Rene....yep, the two week rule! Just bite the bullet and find out what it is so you can fix it! You are so sweet to offer to pick up Elf...
Laura....SC sounds so FAR!!!!! That being said....since it sounds like such a fantastic opportunity for you both I have fingers crossed for you! I did spend some time in SC and it is truly beautiful. And very little black ice! Story about my former boss....just strolled out on his driveway to grab the paper and slipped and fell on black ice. Had to crawl into the house and call 911, fractured his acetabulum, had surgery, in the hospital for over 6 weeks over the holidays and had to spend THREE MONTHS at home. Luckily his bedroom was on the first floor but he was single so it was hard. And he was a doctor so his practice pretty much stopped. To this day when I am not sure of ice, I walk on the grass.l DH and I both do.....I HATE ice!
Don't have much time this am but wanted to comment on the Big C....I really liked that show. If you got past the "she's gonna die" part....you just watched her "live" and she did it on her terms so I really liked the show and am hoping that it comes back but now that she has begun the protocol I don't think the show will be all that watchable for me. And I agree....watching her son open that door and start reading....yeah...;lots of tears for me.
All those in tx, I hope today is a calm day with no side effects....and the food of your choice, not food that chooses you! Hugs!
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Onward - Hang in there! Things will get better although I know it's a tough road.
Irene - One of the girls here at bco is in the hospital due to a really bad UTI. I hope the big gun works soon!
Wendrew - Hey there early bird! Wow...roads, decks, driveways...avoid all whenever possible! lol I'm putting cleats on my slippers! lol
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Dentist appt this morning. Arghhhhhhhhhhh! I just hate going there, but oh well! Have a nice day girls! Be careful when walking and driving.
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"To make the right choices in life, you have to get in touch with your soul. To do this, you need to experience solitude, which most people are afraid of, because in the silence you hear the truth and know the solutions." [DEEPAK K. CHOPRA]0
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Laura,
I so enjoyed your post and many of the descriptions about everyone. Mandy --- good for you having those moments....in fact, a couple of full blown melt-downs would not hurt at all. It is just my thought.....but those full blown melt-downs are probably where all of our strength, determination and drive come from anyway. It is just my own opinion but in order for us to make our way to the "heights", I think we have to view and FEEL some real lows. I do recall ( never mentioned it here I don't think ) a couple of times sobbing alone feeling so hopeless and desperate --- like an animal caught in some headlights. I now look back and REALLY feel in my quiet moments....I might never have gotten where I am if I had not totally given in a couple of times to the un-invited monster that was inside of me. Renee' this probably goes towards you too....you think giving in and up is the wrong thing.....but it opens another door--and every time you open another door there is the huge possibility of un-thought of answers that will turn up.
I don't think we get that Big C here or I probably would have watched. Funny thing though.....I don't think I'd have ever bothered before....guess that is the point. We did watch a movie a couple of nights ago called Rails & Ties with Kevin Bacon and Marcia Gay Harden. He is a train engineer and she is/was a nurse who gets mets. Neither can really face it well until their is a train accident, a little boy comes into their lives and they re-learn to face their life in a positive manner. Wasn't Kevin Bacon's finest performance --- but I like him and I was taken by the movie description on the back.
Hope you all have a fine day. Cloudy, gloomy day here but I'll be too busy to mind much. See you later.
Hugs, Jackie
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This is what I emailed my best friend of over 30 years that is also fighting breast cancer.We both had bilateral mastectomies, which I consider a disease all in it's own. I told her gee wouldn't it have been more fun if we could have shared a face lift! We both have grown daughters.
My dear friend we will bend until our heads touch the ground. We will quietly cry. We will let our anger boil over. We will let our despair run out. But, we will not break. We haven't so far. We want to show our daughters that all of the emotions are normal and healthy to experience instead of stuffing them. But we will quietly pick ourselves up and put one foot in front of the other. We will tire and resist at times but we will do it. We can't do anything else.
I received a card from her saying powerful but tough words to live by.
I responded with- Yes sometimes putting one foot in front of the other is hard. And other times it is easier. Depends if you can forget for a moment about this hideous disease and see your blessings more than what it has robbed from you.
I have to write and read these things over and over so I don't fall apart at times.
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G'morning, TAC number 4 tomorrow, blech. I hope to make the dinner on the 4th but I have a conflict that I am hoping to work out.
Determined- Thanks for the advice, I'll be determined too.
Peace and health to all, A
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Hot flashes... did someone mention them? Anyway, I thought I was having a slight reaction to chemo after the 3rd tx... flushed and warm but not drenched. Then I realized I haven't had a period this month and it might be hot flashes! I've never had them. I'm a little dense! (c:
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Adey, I know what you mean, I was totally confused when I started getting them.. Was told Vit B may help.. I don't know if it did, but I just got slight ones, never drenched as others, more like you..
So glad you guys were able to meet yesterday.. when is the next one?? I'm off to get a chicken pox vaccine today.. debating whether to wait until 29th after Gab's B-day bash.. BUT one of the side effects is one can develop a rash and infect someone.. I don't want to infect Gab, but she is getting her vaccine on the 29th and if she infects ME it would be worse..
always something.. Her eye is going much better so one thing to cross off the list..
Good luck to whoever has treatment today!!
Marina
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Marina- Confused... that's the word!
All- the party is a lunch! Yay. I thought it was a dinner and now am happy to say I can come and meet you all. Then off to the dinner party. It will be a tiring day, I'll be on day 16 so I should at least be back from the swamp.
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Hope all is well. The picture shows absolutely lovely people. I am glad you got together. Laura, have you ever considered becoming a party planner or a wedding planner? You would be good.
Rene, I used to get all these bladder infections and I just hated them. They are so uncomfortable. I hope this antibiotic works. Try to eat yogurt as the latter can do a number indigestion. And drink water. Doesn't gallons of water appear to a be cure for just about everything?
Determined, I just love those thougts. Whenever I get afaid (often) I think that I want to show my daughters and their children how to live with fear. I hope this is not a morbid thought, but there was a woman who had very extensive cancer. She was on a different thread but I became so fond of her. She was dying and knew she was. She said that she was confident she showed others (in her case, her adult children) how to live life with dignity, and now her decsiion was to show them how to die with the same. I hope that is not a gloomy thought for anyone who is reading. I personally found it is so uplifting when she wrote that and I remembered her and what she taught me when I read Determined' thoughts today.
Wendy, there is a rule that has been written about Thanksgiving and sickness. NO ONE GETS THE FLU ON THANKSGIVING! NO ONE!!!!!
So have a great day and have fun!
Susan
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Ok..forget about BC.. i am respondin to the sparkle shoes... Saw some gold plated ones at TJ Max..Wendy!!!
lago.. After the holidays for lunch in the loop and you feeling better is a go for me.
Tomm is my nipple recon and looking forward to some closure of sorts!!!
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Good Luck tomorrow, Donna.
At the last get together someone suggested we wear a name tag with our BCO screen name. And someone else said that they would be in charge of getting that done for the next gathering. Did I just imagine that???? Real or chemobrain?
Navy
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donnadio good luck! Most of the women I know around here have not had that done. I want to and will be curious to see what you think, if you are willing to share.
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Jackie - I'm so glad you "found" us when you did. Thanks for your kind words.
Determined - Thanks for sharing...it's wonderful you and your friend have each other. Hang in there!
Adey - The same EXACT thing happened to me month into chemo. I too was "confused". And then BINGO - I thought - OMG - I just had a hot flash. Never got my period again after that. And five years later...still haven't!
zap - I would love to get into wedding planning. Hmmmmmmmmmmm...will look into it! I do think I would excel at it. Just need "a foot in the door". Thanks!
Donna - Best wishes to you tomorrow! Pain free thoughts are sent your way, dear!
Navy - Glad you checked in! Yes...blackjack is taking care of the name tags. If you ever want to head up north and meet us for lunch...please let me know. (The last time I saw you, I think you mentioned you liked heading up north once in awhile.)
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Laura-- So there is a silver lining, yay! I think I remember something about the name tag thing too... but I also could be wrong!
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I too wasn't all sure about the hot flashes until I got a few more. They are pretty minor for me so far. Seems by the time I kick off the blanket they are done and I'm back to sleep. Now 9 weeks since last period. I assume I'm done although my onc did ask if it was still missing.
Good luck on headlight surgery tomorrow Donna.;-) We will definitely do lunch after the holidays.
Love the photo. Can't wait to meet you all. Hopefully I can make it to the holiday get together.
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Anyone here have some insight on tissue necrosis over my tissue expander? Just left my first post surgical checkup with a complication that looks like some additional surgery next week.
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Lisa - Just a suggestion...actually 2: go to the top of the page and hit the search button and key in Tissue Necrosis - you can also go to the Forum Index and scroll down to the Reconstruction forum and you can start a topic. But hopefully someone here can help too! Best wishes to you...sorry you're having problems.
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Laura thanks -- I was looking for that search feature, and since I expected it to be in a box, I couldn't find it! You have pointed me in the right direction, appreciated. I did also start a thread as well.
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Lisa, so sorry to hear about your complications. Another surgery so soon? Well, I guess the sooner they can fix it, the better. Hang in there girl....Hugs
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LisaMom-- Sorry to hear of your complications. I have no advice but hope you find lots in your search.
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What a great looking picture of the Ladies of Northern IL!! Wish I could have joined you...maybe the next time. Chemo kicked me in the butt yesterday and I am just waking up. Get my thyroid biopsy tomorrow in Peoria. I so hope it is just a nodule and not cancer. I feel like I need a break one of these days. Ok...enough with the pity me....talk to you later.
Take care,
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Nancy - My thoughts are with you...be tough girl! I am cheering you on. Hang in there...we are here for you. Hugs - big time!
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Nancy, a couple of us had nodules biopsied.....and are okay...
I found out i have hashimoto...hair falls out when i blow dry it...antibody test shows it i guess, oncologist told me it's more common than cancer....my thyroid levels are okay....so far....even with hashimoto.
My Mom had nodules, too. I thought mine came from the radiation....perhaps...
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hot flashes, lago, etc.
I think we concurred that one leg out from under the blankets off the bed sometimes helps! 8-)
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