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Jo! You little sissy! Actually those are Chili Rellano's! And very mild, stuffed with cheese, then fried.... We ALL need a little grease....
And you can even serve green chili over them! The BEST ones are Sirloin Rellano's, smothered! I worked in my tomato garden too! Ha! I hoed around the tomato plants... I bought a few things like pepper plants at Super Walmart.... I should have enough tomatoes for each & every one of you guys this Summer! I started them from seed, & am having a hard time getting them all planted, because of this cold wet Spring, so far! You need to go get some plants? And that is a job for "next weekend"? I think that sounds like a job for SuperMan....Ha!
Till later gaters....xoxoxoxo
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Chevyboy - I will be the first to admit I am a sissy and I do indulge in fried foods every now and then. I will be the first in line for some of those tomatoes - love them.
Planting is on my list for next weekend. I don't have the stamina I had before this damn bc. Rads took it out of me. Would do it tomorrow but have laundry to do.
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JO...My wings are a little tired but a nice kind of tired... it was fun! just the right amount of happy juice!!! glad you enjoyed too!
Faith..I agree with the othre ladies always best to check it out, they never really tell you in advance what reactions you could have all my onc said was hot flashes and irreg periods... wish that was all I had...
Good afternnon Tammy ladies... it is finally a sunny daytoday and hopefully no rain,we have had rain all week, but on the upside the lawn and garden look good!
see you all later...hugs!
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Tink - I feel so much better after the BS appt and the wonderful party last night. Still have a bit of pain from the seroma - still using the hot compresses and doing the massage - seems to be working. Hooray!
I am off to Wal Mart to get a few groceries. May need a nap later after all the work this morning. Going out to dinner with friends tonight - going to a new steak restuarant - boy, am I hungry now.
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Jo, tinkertude, and ChevyBoy - Thanks for the advice. I'll mention it to the onc next appointment. I hate to call in about side effects as I was on arimidex earlier and got a rash, so then she switched me back to this at my suggestion. I don't want to keep calling in about side effects, she'll think I'm nuts.
I was here last night and just watched all the whacking! Too funny! You guys are having a good time for sure! haha!
Enjoy your Saturday. It's raining here, but I don't mind. It will green things up a bit. My main job today will be to get up off the couch and try to clean the appartment. What a disaster area it is! Then get my energy up to use my eliptical machine. It doesn't sound like much work really, but for some reason it seems like a lot of work to me. aww well. onward.
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faithroad - Don't hesitate to call your onc whenever you have a question. Sometimes it is not good to wait for that next appt. That is the only way we get answers to all those questions we have. You are paying her big money to take care of you. We could use some rain - send it down here if you like. Keep us posted.
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Jo! I forgot! I also had a Seroma! But if you have your boob smashed enough times, that tends to make it go down! Honest! I told them that at the Mammography center! And I hardly feel it anymore....it was like a lump, but I don't feel it now, since the last 3 mammograms. You can still "see" it on the "machine" but I can't feel it. My Radiologist said it could take years for it to go away, but it is no problem. And take it easy Jo....You kids wear yourselves out fooling around like that till all hours of the morning!
By the way! I love you all! xoxoxoxo
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Chevyboy - This is my 4th seroma since surgery. What a pain!!!! My BS also told me it could take years before I don't have them anymore. I am doing massage and mild kneading - it is making a difference. It will be interesting to see it on the mammo. The place I go to does digital ones so I can see it right away on the computer. When I get mine, the nipple is very sore and soft. It hurts at times to even have a bra on. The last one was about 2 months ago and I hope this is the last.0
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JO glad you are getting some relief!!!! enjoy dinner with your friends.. try not to whack anyone hahaha ah you know I love ya!!!! xo
Chevyboy........we love you too and are so happy you are back to hang with us silly gals!!!
Faith... Dont hesitate to call your doc for anything. I call all the time, I figure thats what they are there for and they probably have heard it all by now. We have been through enough emotional and physical pain, why should we add worry onto it if we dont have too.. hang in ! YOu should join our nect pillow fight, we try to have fun on this thread and support eachother in the middle of it all... this is the best group of ladies ever!!!!. hugs!
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Just got back from dinner. Not very good I hate to say. We went to Longhorn Steakhouse - a new place that just opened a couple of months ago. I had steak and shrimp. The shrimp was good, the steak way too salty - couldn't eat it and the service sucked. DH had ordered an appetizer and did not get it until just before his dinner arrived. So the dinner was getting cold while he finished his appetizer. There went $60.00 down the drain. Don't know if we will go back there again.
Tink - Must be on a roll - feeling pretty good - still some pain but is doable for now. I really gotta WHACK WHACK someone - hehehehe
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Alicia.........I feel like I have been in a "funk" since my dx.. and haven't been able to be myself in what.......a little over five months!!!! It sucks........but ya know wha???? ALL OF YOU have been here for me and that has gotten me thru so many days of that FUNK!!!!! Don't feel like you can't vent to us.......how could we not be here for you as you have for so many others, including ME?!!! HUGS!!!!!!!!!!
JO......I am so so so so soooooooooo happy you got to your BS and got such a good report, and help with the pain till you can get the nerve block........I am doing so much better still.
SORRY I Misshed the "WHACKINESS" last night, but had to work and have to work again tonight!
I got to walk in the Cancer Patient/Survivor walk stoll this morning. ALmost didnt' get to! We were suppose to work late this morning, till around noon, and that would have been too late to go, but thankfully something came up that we didn't have to work late, and I got to go!!!!! It was sooooooo exciting to see all the survivors walking around. An then we received Purple balloons, and did a stroll thru the park area up to a bridge and onto the bridge......listening to a band play "I'LL STAND BY YOU" (by Rascal Flatts), and all these supporters, friends, family clapping and cheering us on. There were different cheerleading groups from schools around here that were there too cheering us on............It was such an emotional time!!!!!
Well, I got to get a little more of a nap before work time.
Everyone have a good night.........soft gentle hugs to you all.Paula M
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Paula and everyone, thank you for the kind words.
I feel like such a hypochondriac ~ but I know something is just not right with me. I called the on call dr. at my cancer center today and we had a good talk. Amazing the technology he could pull up all of my info, labs and scans. I described how I am so weak, fatigued, loss of appetite, weight loss. He said all my labs and tests are normal. He will order tests for most likely Tuesday next check will be thyroid. He said sounds like it could be that. Who knows. He said sometimes it is like finding a needle in a haystack. So he told me to rest until then. I am usually pretty tough, keep moving and plugging along. Since before my cruise I just haven't felt right and can't get an answer. Then surgery wiped me out and I feel like I haven't bounced back. I don't believe it is simply anxiety. So we shall see.
Have a good night all !
HUGS xo
Alicia
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Alicia.. so sorry you are still not feeling well. I think it is very smart to follow your instinct and I am glad you called the on call doc. Always follow your gut until you are satisfied with the answer.goodluck and keep us posted! hugs!!!
Sunangel... that is great that you did the walk good for you!!!! wahoo! yes the "funk" does hang around. I finally went to a therapist Fri for PTSD. and I am hoping it will make a difference
Jo.. sorry dinner was not as good as you hoped but I am glad you are feeling better... We had one car in the shop and the other with a dead battery but all is fixed and we ended at Olive Garden so that was nice
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sunangel - I do understand about the "funk" been there many times since my surgery and that was 9 months ago. I have days when I feel like I am turning that corner to brighter days, the funk hits. I have found much comfort in coming here and venting. Some days I lost sight of the hope and the gals here remind me of that.
Alicia - This bc stuff is crap. You have been through so much already - this is just not fair. I'm glad you were able to talk to someone on your medical team today and steps are being taken to find out what is wrong. I can't see you being a hypochondriac - you know your body and you know when something is not right. Hope you get some answers and relief real soon. Gentle hugs to you.
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Morning gals! You kids need some cheering up, and a lot more days without pain & problems! It's just so hard to go through what you have, & STILL have a lot of issues with pain & fatigue. Sometimes I don't know how we keep on going!
Sorry Alicia... But you know your body better than anyone else.... And it is RIGHT that you keep pressing for answers! Honey, don't give up! I just think that pretty soon, they will figure it out....
Good for you Angel.....!! I did the BC walk one time, but don't know if I could do it again. Yes, it IS very emotional, but after it was over, the whole thing just seemed like too much.... It just hurt to see that MANY women and supporters who have all suffered through this.... Maybe I just felt so blessed, that I never had to go through what those many women have seen.
I think there were about 61,000 people in that walk last year.... I never realized BC affected so many people! So I thank God, that you are all here with me.....And we are doing "okay..."
Okay....I'm sorry....just sometimes it gets to me. xoxoxooxo
xoxoxoxoxo
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Chevyboy - Love the picture and what is says. Yes, this is a very emotional journey - it lasts much longer than the pain & problems. But, we do have each other to cling to on the good days as well as the bad. That is what gets me through - knowing gals like you are here for suppport.
Don't apologize for expressing your feelings. They are real and yours. We all get it!
Breakfast is now served!
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Okay thanks little Jo~ I needed that! Okay, I'm sitting here, waiting for my hair color to finish doing it's job...
It always makes me feel better, or maybe even LOOK better to do this....to not look so washed out, Ha, ha! Now I have to slather on my make-up to look even more gorgeous! 
Hee-hee! GOTTA finish planting my tomato plants today! Have a beautiful Sunday gals, I mean since we are all HERE.....Ha! Those stupid dinks! I MEAN, anyone that would believe those morons, should have a thump on the head! xoxoxoxo
And MORE breakfast!
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Chevyboy - I bet you are gorgeous just the way you are. I quit coloring my hair last year when I was diagnosed. I do have pretty silver hair and even at age 56 it does not make me look too much older. I get a lot of compliments on it so I guess I will leave it alone.
I know all about morons - my rad onc is the biggest one I have ever had to deal with.
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Good Morning sweet ladies....
all the breakfasts looks great... we had our feast here this morning... my son said " Mom I forgot how good your pancakes were"... aww... what a kid guess its been a long while since I made them or the poor boy was starved lol!!!!
Hope you all have a great day and thank God we have eachother. You all are the best group of ladies I have eveer met!!!!!!
HUgs..xoxooxoxox
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Tink - Sounds like you are getting back to your old self - Hooray! It has been a long tough road and we will always have each other.
Have A Great Sunday.
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Love all you ladies!!!!! Yes, this is a great group!!!!!
Chevyboy. I don't know how many were there, but there were about a thousand I would say.......supporters and survivors/patients. Wichita isn't a huge town!! hehee And I honestly don't think it was that advertised!! I met a woman in my oncologists office a week ago Friday and she gave me the brochure and told me about it...... word of mouth I guess..
Ok.......now, I don't know if I have told y'all about this or not!! There is a PINK FIRE TRUCK here in Wichita.......it's being all refurbished for a trip from here to California. It is being done by a group called Guardians of the ribbon. Firefighters wearing pink.
And they are going to be announcing where they are going to have it's "premire".....and sent me a note asking me to watch for it that they would love for me to come and sign my name on the truck and hear my story..... sounds cool....... Will just have to see. They go around doing fund raisers I guess, they are in a few states and going to be in a few more I hear. I seen it on a radio station board that I just to work at (I was a receptionist there), anyway. It will be interesting I hope you get answers soon Alicia!! My heart is just going out to you sweety!!
Jo. having fibromyalgia.....I fight it so much anyway....just hate that it has been so much more since dx......but these pills are helping some more with that even. Well, today ain't so great, but what can I expect??!! heee and I am tired too so that don't help much! Worked 11 hours last night and I am over tired..can't get to sleep!!
Tink.......enjoy cooking for them while you can......... I do miss that about having my kids around all the time.....they loved my pancakes!! heheee or maybe it was that they were just starved too all the time!! heheee
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sunangel - That is really cool about the pink fire truck. Hope you do go down and sign your name on it.
Joint pains are just that a real pain. What is more of a pain is this darn boob. I will get my appt tomorrow for the pain doctor and then the dreaded waiting game to see what happens next. If don't want to hear that I am going to have to take another pill - have too many to take now as it is. I just want the boob to get back to not hurting - I am missing out on doing so many fun things. DH is being very understanding but he misses me going out and playing golf with him - heck, I miss it too.
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Good morning from cold and chilly WA! Chevy thanks for the breakfast. Yum. Going to have to walk 5 miles to burn it off. But it's worth it.
Have been a bit distance on thread lately. Gran passed away and have been feeling a bit blue. She is definitely in a better place. However, it's hard being such a long way from home. Really feel the distance when something like this happens. However, after the yummy breakfast I'm shaking off the blues.
Having more joint pain these days. Someting to talk to onc in June. Not sure if it's tamox, old side effects, new side effects, mets. Goodness the list can go on and on and on.
What's for dinner JO?
Hugs and love to my T ladies xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Jules
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Jules - So sorry for your loss. It is hard when there is a great distance between you and relatives. I have had joint pain since starting Tamox. I do take glucosamine/chronidin for the pain. It does not take it all away but brings it down to a doable level.
Let me think about dinner for awhile and see what I can come up with. Will take any suggestions.
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This is what I think of as Sunday dinner, what we had when we could afford it as I was growing up.
And when we couldn't afford pot roast---
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Pot roast is still one of my favorite dinners.
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I would rather have the mac and cheese. My DH does not like it so I have to wait until we go to one of the local buffets to get it. Every Sunday was pot roast dinner in my house growing up.
This is what I am making for dinner tonight.
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Ok I just got home from the wedding and boy Ihave 5 pages to read hope I can catch up. I did read this first page.
Dawney cant' believe all you have been through. What a bummper, and glad you are finally feeling better.
Jo so glad you got some answers on your pain and will be going to the pain doctor. Also that you won't have to wait 3 weeks for mammo results. That would drive you crazy.
Alicia-I also have the hip joint pain and take glucosomine chondrointin. I take the liquid as the MO says it absorbs faster. It does work for me. I still have some days that I am stiff but not too bad.
I have an appt with the pain doctor next friday. Spoke to my BS on Friday before I went out of town just to let her know that I was still having breakthrough pain even with this med that she has me on. She said I don't need to see her before I go to the pain dr just to go and let him know what our game plan is. I also told her I was pretty certain I am going to go through with the MX so she wants to see me on June 7th before I go the PS on June the 16th. The good news is she told me I was a good candidate for a nipple sparing MX and she has no problem with doing that one on me. She is really hesistant about doing a double MX and she is not sure my insurance will pay for it. She told me to think some more on it and we would talk on my next appt.
The wedding I went to was so much fun. Saw lots of old friends and had two late nights out. Did not know I could still stay up late. However I did not get up until 10:30 am either. ha I really miss all my old friends. we still say in touch but it is not the same as when we lived there, but when we get together it is like nothing has changed. I ended up being the wedding coordinatior. My husband officiated the wedding and knowing the bride I kinda had an idea she did not have anyone who was going make sure things happened when they were suppose to. And sure enough Friday night I realized I am it by default. It was fun and I was happy to do it for them. Well now i need to see if Ican catch up on my reading.
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Sherry - Sounds like you had an amazing weekend. So glad you enjoyed it and had fun.
Please let me know what happens when you see your pain doctor on Friday. I should here from the BS tomorrow sometime when I have my appt. I think it will be pretty soon since I am to see the BS again on Jun 7. It will be interesting to hear what your pain doctor tells you and what he is going to do You missed on heck of a good party on Friday night - lots of fun.
I did pick up my meds the BS gave me to take the day of my mammo. I had real concerns with this existing pain and the mammo itself hurting. He gave me 5 Lortabs 5/500 - one before the test and a few extras for later if I need it. My BS is so wonderful.
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OHHHHH you lost me at the Mac N Cheese. Yummmmmy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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And MORE breakfast! 
