Illinois ladies facing bc
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Joan I though your hair looked great the last time I saw you… I was a bit jealous that my hair wasn't as long. I do think the extra bang length does look even better!0
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I look forward to bangs..... sigh. (c:
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So do I
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Tuesday June 14 works for me!
Navy
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BJ, you will be missed. Let's get together after Las Vegas.
I am so sick with this head cold! I hate airplanes. The same thing happened when I went to California I have to work the next three days and I hate to cancel on them, especially since I have spent the money in advance (
) I may have to take some meds to cover the symptoms! I know the school nurse is mad at me for doing that!Poor DD and SIL got flooded (basement) and needed to pull up the carpet. The one child has allergies so they have to clean it up pronto. They were upset but then we all recalled those killed in the tornadoes and quite frankly, that put it all in perspective..
I am the worse party planner on earth (Laura and BJ are the best and Wendy too) but I will make reservations at Webers when I get the numbers. I have actually never been to Webers, but I sensed we needed some direction so I googled places. There are a ton around that area.
Rita, so happy you had fun with your little guys. They sound so adorable. We need pictures.
Nana Marsha, I can pick you up in front of the hotel!!!!!!!! and get you back! I HAVE A GPS, Girl!
Susan
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Lago- First we were pirates and now we're butch... what next?
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Adey It was once mentioned many years ago that I looked a little like the Mona Lisa. On the hair hair hair thread (don't know if you've been there recently) I posted this:
and of course someone noticed a resemblance. I think my boobs are now that big too.
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Susan that would be awesome...I will make sure you have my cellphone# before the day...it should be on the list also. THANKS!
So sorry about the basement flooding and I know that can be bad on allergies:(
You girls will have bangs before you know it...but pictures I've seen all look great!
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Today is Marilyn Monroe's birthday. I found this an interesting quote:
"I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change
so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you
appreciate them when they're right, you believe lies so you
eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes
good things fall apart so better things can fall together."
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Hi all,
Weber Grill is down the street from my office, so I can actually make this lunch- barring unforeseen conf calls or issues. Right now, calendar is open, so hopefully it will stay that way!
A little good news-- I am HOPING, hoping I can get into PS office today to get this friggin drain removed!! Finally!! Going on 4 weeks!
What a gorgeous day today. Our lilac bushes are in full bloom. One right underneath the bedroom window. It was open last night and I woke this am with the entire room full of perfume and seemingly, promise. Small moments....
julie
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Just want to add little inspiration this morning.... I played golf yesterday with a new member in our league. She told me that her mother was diagnosed with Stage IV BC 14 years ago. And she has been NED since initial MX and treatments and is doing very, very well. Love it!
What a beautiful day... proving to be a big distraction for me who needs to get to WORK! Julie...sure hope you can pull that drain today. Four weeks is long enough!
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Is that a real book!? Too funny.
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Yes it is. My (lesbian) friend from Boston told me about it when I told her I had her hairdo. It's for sale on Amazon but I have never seen it. Bet you can find it at http://www.unabridgedbookstore.com/0
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Not a good day...DAMN FRICKIN' LE sucks!
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Laura I hear ya. Been struggling a bit the past few day with this humidity… AC was broken in our building! I also started the power walks again… even in the heat.
My arm feels better in the sleeve but the lower arm is a little numb, solid and some heaviness in upper arm. I don't think I have much swelling though. Thank goodness it's cooler today.
Are you doing any of the lymph massage? If mine doesn't start to get better I'm going to start… granted I never really thought it made much of a difference.
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Oh, Laura... me too. Mine is not bad at all, but a little swelling that has never completely disappeared. I am wondering if the heat and humidity this summer could make it flare up so am being very careful. Even golfed with my sleeve and gauntlet yesterday. I do my two pages of PT exercises several times a day and jump on my rebounder to keep stuff moving. I talked to my favorite waitress at Lu Malnati's last night... we keep track of each other as we share the same ONC and she is just one year ahead of me with all this BC stuff. She was Stage 3 and had 29 nodes removed and has never had any LE! She looks and feels great. I am going to take a walk down to the lake this afternoon but will be doing it with one arm stuck in the air!
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Thank you to Adey for the invite. I live and work in the Chicago suburbs. I appreciate the invitation to lunch, but won't be able to make this one.
It seems so many of you are done with treatment and I am in the middle of it - as you can see from my signature. I look forward to being done with Taxol July 7 and then onto radiation from there. A/C kicked my butt, Taxol has been a cake walk (except for the emotional side effects) and now I'm starting to fear the fatigue of radiation. Please tell me it's nothing compared to chemo!
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Welcome and for me it was nothing compared to chemo.
Had my post tx MUGA and the ticker is good. Yay.
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Welcome Mama. You're getting pretty close to finishing chemo! hang in there.
Good news on the ticker Adey. I'm not sure if they're going to do another MUGA on me. I got one before chemo but that's it. Seems others on Herceptin get them every 3 or 6 months including when the finish chemo. Hmmm, might need to check on that.
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Welcome Mama! I am way over treatments, but now facing the mri to see if all is well. This is kinda like a place where you come when it is first is in your face, and then leaving seems too sad, so you linger on as you have met so many specials friends. I wish you the same good fortune of leaving treatments and finding new friends who get it. We are of all ages. I am one of the older "girls" chiming in at 63. There are women here who are my daughter's age. We all have one thing in common........well two things in common.....we have BC and we care about each other.
Now cell phones! Radiation is good (it kills cancer) and radiation is bad (it causes cancer).
Laura, sorry you are having trouble with the edema. Knock on wood, I am okay at least for now. Who knows!
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Hi MamaV -- I'm still in treatment too... just a bit further along than you. Rads is nothing compared to chemo, I'm a bit tired, but don't even think I would notice it if the rads nurses didn't ask me about it all the time!
As for my ticker..... my blood pressure is way way up, the bottom number is consistently around 90 and spikes to over 100, my heart rate is up over 100, so I see my PCP on Friday... the rads nurse thinks it was probably the adriamycin, my MO assures me that it is too soon for that.
Guess I will know more on Friday.
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I am good for the weber grill day. Adey if you want to drive thats fine. Nana do you want us to pick you up? Mama V, I finished up radiation about a month ago. Sorry you cannot join us. Meeting up in person with these beautiful women who REALLY understand what you are going through and been through is an amazing experience. For you others, see you there. Caryn
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Welcome MamaV! I had no trouble with the radiation. I got a little tired toward the end but kept up my busy schedule. It was just such a pain to show up every day! It almost took longer to undress than it did to have the radiation treatment. They also have so many good creams now to put on the radiated area.
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JulieChicago - HOPE, HOPE, HOPE that drain is GONE! Please let us know.
MamaV - WELCOME - And yes...rads is a slam dunk (IMO) compared to the chemo monster. Glad you joined us...hang in there! We'll help you though it...don't hesitate to post w/questions or to just vent (such as I did here early this morning).
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It could be the humidity. This time the flare up is below the elbow...I've always had it above the elbow and in the thumb. It is so painful. And it's making me frustrated, angry and FRICKIN pissed off! Damn...I hate this disease. I know you girls understand...venting, in writing, helps.
lago & Joan - DON'T wait for it to get worse. Do the light massaging NOW and very often.
lago - Horrible timing with your AC...hope it's cranking out cool air soon.
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I am looking so forward to meeting you girls for lunch. Woo-hoo! Way more effective than ANY professional counseling session. Oh...wait a minute...you are professionals!
For those going through treatment and recooperating...best wishes!
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Ummmmmmmmmmmm...didn't someone here promise some prom photos recently?
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Yes MamaV...these gals are a great source of information...I have not been on here real long and am anxious to get to meet some of them...so sorry you and any others that won't be able to join.
I also have mild LE....it has been bad the last week or so...whoever said humidity...I believe you may be correct this past month has been so rainey and humid... I have a pool and we opened it today...so as soon as it gets swimmable condition I will be doing my laps ...that helped a lot last year....I get pain in arm pit and still have tingly numb fingertips on surgery side....it is just dull ache ....just enough to be irratating and just slight swelling...I work my compression sleeve to bed last night ...seemed to help....Cancer really is the gift that keeps giving...:(
onward....zap said she could pick me up also....I dont' care who gets me as long as someone does
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BJ- I fell off the running wagon damn it! I must get back on!
And Laura... I resemble that remark and will post soon. (c:
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Thanks all for the welcome! Taxol #7 for me today - my anxiety is always bad on treatment day!
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Silence is a source of great strength.
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A belated welcome MamaV. I too found the rads mainly boring.....though you do need to use whatever lotions they say.....and a little more than they say in this case would be even better. It's one time that being generous probably would be of good benefit. There are some over the counter ones as well, and you can always add that in....just be sure to wash it off at the right time if using right before rads.
So glad so many of you can get to lunch with Nana. I know ( even if I haven't managed a luncheon yet ) that getting together is not only very stimulating but helps create a wonderful bond for those who share this disease. It is fantastic and never fails to be uplifting to me to know that there are people caring about me and thinking about me every day whom I have never met. As that silly saying goes...."there is no place, exactly like this place, so this must be the place" is right.
All is fine here though we await storms this evening which will bring lots of humid heat.....I'm not saying O' goody either. Heat I can take....I really dislike the humidity. The yard is clean, the house is clean.....a few more projects and some long awaited closet clean outs with good-will donations and I can relax for a bit.
Hope you are all going to have a good day and no weather surprises.....smooth sailing. I'll be checking in later.
Hugs, Jackie
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