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Woot woot madismom!!!!
Good morning all.
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Great news Madismommy!!
Hi everyone!!! what a hot hot week ahead!! We went to the beach yesterday and they have a spray park.. Miss Gab had a blast!! then she actually ATE her dinner and was so cute last night!! On Saturday Ellen had friends over for a bbq..quite subdued for 15 teenagers.. house was left in order!!
Today off to lunch with friends and then movies with older two.. enjoying my week before the scan..
sounds like all are keeping quite busy!! Enjoy the day indoors!!
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WOO HOO Madismom...........GREAT NEWS! Now, take a deep breath and go right on with your life!
I bought fresh green beans and tiny new potatoes at the farmer's market and have them cooking with some ham for dinner tonight. They smell so good! I'm loving these summer veggies. We had zuchini last week, but I just couldn't cook the first batch in a healthy fashion because I love zuchini breaded with egg and cracker crumbs and fried in a skillet. I know....not very good for me but it sure tasted good. Next time I'll cook it differently but just had to have my "once a year" fried zuchini fix.
makmak....Isn't it amazing how our little ones can work up and appetite after outdoor summer activities? Another plus is that they usually sleep well after them, too, giving Mom a much needed break! So glad you had fun!
My little kitten pulled my Christmas cactus off the plant stand this morning and I need to drive into town to the garden center and see if they can coach me into saving it. I was so upset because I've had this plant for about 10 years. It was a large start from one of my best friends who lost her battle with breast cancer long before I started mine. Unfortunately when the plant hit the ground, the main stem broke off from the root, so I need some expert advice on where to go from here.
Hugs to all of you! I need to come back later this afternoon and get caught up on the posts. I hope everyone is handling the heat well. I'm so strange, I guess, because I love the heat. We fished Saturday in the heat and then played golf and I golfed in the afternoon yesterday in a Ladies' Scramble. I think I was the only one that was still going strong after 18 holes!
Hugs to all of you. More later.
Rita
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Great news, Madismom!!! Yay for you. Hope that drain comes out soon. I remember how uncomfortable those darn drains can be.
Navy
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Morning from my balcony...actually had to throw on one of DH's tees as it is a bit cool yet (we r 5 hrs behind u)...wonderful day here as they had canoe races all day on the beach. We r both being very good...#30 sunscreen and not a pink spot anywhere! We r eating ALOT but it's vacay and we walk and swim, plus DH goes to the workout room and I take a run on the beach early every morning. But I am sorry to say...good thing sunset comes much earlier here as we party animals are in bed by 8:30 or so!!! Sometimes 8!
Madismommy....I know how happy you are! I so remember getting that node call...the girls in my BS's office called me right away with the good news...and it was my birthday! Best gift ever! You enjoy this moment...do a happy dance!!!! BTW...where's the weather report? I checked and I see it's raining a bit now but so hot!
BJ...can't post pics with the iPhone, or I don't know how! Maybe I will send one to Jackie so in her "spare time" she could post it! Lots of changes here...but still beautiful!
WendyTY....so happy to see ur post! Well...let's see...what do I say to you? How about I think what you are going thru really sux but I am truly amazed at your positive upbeat attitude. If I could change things for you, well...you know. We still have a beach date on 12/12/12! Don't forget!
Jacks...great quote today!
Joan/Laura/Lago...how is your LE in this heat? Be extra careful and I do agree about the exercise...keeps the fluid moving.
Susan...ur weekend sounded like fun! I love pontoon boats...so peaceful.
I have noticed something this trip and I know I would have remembered it...more than a few gals here with bald heads. On one hand it is alarming...but on the other hand so glad that there are so many great options for treatment out there and we are fighting back and then getting on a plane while saying the heck with cancer...on with life!
I know I am missing a bunch of you...will try and catch up but u are all so chatty!! Lol! Have a great Monday and I hope today is a wonderful day for all! Do one thing today, just for yourself, because you deserve it. Hugs and much Aloha to you all....0 -
OMG Madismommy what wonderful news. Time to do the happy dance & jump around: linky
I to the rest of the Illinios gang. Lots of posting this morning. I was out. Had to get my hair chopped off. He cut it too short last time. Buzzed the sides and back. Funny but I never buzzed my hair when it fell out. Today is officially 6 months PFT and I finally got around to buzzing it.
Wendyk13 LE seems to be fine but I tend to wear my sleeve especially when it's humid and I'm out in it. Just wish my left eye would stop tearing. Started yesterday. It's constant. I'm waiting to see if it gets better in a few days. I can't believe this started up again. Maybe some eye drops will help. Thanks for asking. Sounds like you're having a fabulous time.
Hey ritajean, Just hey. I feel I never address you.
makmak sounds like Gab is back to fun normal!
(((waves))) to Jackie
Adey: linky?
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Well, I'm stuck with the drain until at least Thursday, BOO!! My BS got called out of the office on an emergency so I had to see someone else.....I think had I seen my regular doctor she would have pulled it. I'm at 15cc's since yesterday... BUT, given my path report was 0/16 I'll keep the drain for a few extra days.
I'll have to tuck it into my shorts tomorrow, going into the city for my daughter's birthday!!
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Madismommy I used to pin them to my bra and wear a big loose shirt.0
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Oh, gosh. I have fallen so far behind again. Been crazy busy at work and still dealing with the aftermath of last weeks storm. Finally getting rid of some tree debris this week. Andnow the heat and humidity is making for a really bad hair day..... now that I actually have some decent hair this summer!
Wonderful news, Madismom. Those darn drains are such a nuisance. Glad you will be getting rid of them this week.
I made a trip to my dermatologist this morning. Found out that this little rash on my leg is Schamberg Vasculitus. Something new to add to my vocabulary. No big deal, really. Not treatment, just funny rashy looking leg.
Tomorrow, its a trip into Northwestern for my 6-month check up with my BS. Not expecting any big news there. Since I just had my 6-month with rad ONC. After this one, I can start staggering my follow-ups so they don't all fall together.
Hope that everyone is staying cool. My LE seems to be alot better so I am hoping that I can avoid that week of wrapping and manual drainage that my LE PT has me set up for next month. Really don't want to do that!
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Good news Madismom...
It is hard to stay up with this group...it moves fast...
Super hot weather in our area. My LE is still bothering me but It is at least tolerable.
Had two big pool parties this weekend and I am wiped out.The great thing about having a party is making sure the house is clean and ready to go..the bad thing is it wears me out...thank goodness my DH does all the outside trimming mowing watering etc.....
Stay cool everyone and best wishes to all...Nana Marsha
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I Receive ALL of Life with Thanksgiving - I have gratitude for EVERYTHING that has ever occurred to bring me to this moment. I give thanks for the joys and the sufferings, the moments of peace and the flashes of anger, the compassion and the indifference, the roar of my courage and the cold sweat of my fear. I accept gratefully the entirety of my past and my present life.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie0 -
Good morning on this very toasty morning and it's hot-hot--hot. Again for the record....the heat is not the actual item that gets me......its the humid steam bath, and the sensation of having to try and navigate through a thick, hot and wet sponge. We will get through it. Heat index will have us at about 110 or 112 today. Never thought I'd miss the California desserts. They were easy compared to the "sponge" heat here.
Nana....your parties sound like fun. At least having a get together helps you get inspired to spiff things up. Maybe I should be thinking party.....maybe a Hot or Not party would do this time of yr.
Joan...interesting about the vasculitis. I mean like nothing you can do about it. Do the drug companies realize there is something out there that needs a cure. SSh, I won't tell.
Mad....did I say how wonderful that you have fantastic healthy nodes. Sorry that you had to keep that old drain, but as you say....the good node report does help that discomfort. I think keeping the drains for an adequate time helps to not get a seroma ( I hope I have that right ) but like anything there will be exceptions. So here's hoping for you big time that all is well and he drain comes out very soon.
Hope you all have a great day.....drink lots of water. I'll be sneaking in some ice tea as well.
See ya later.
Hugs, Jackie
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Going today for my onc check-up still 3 mo. He says I can go to 6 mo in Jan. I have no reason to think everything won;t be OK buy am glad when he says everything is fine and to come back in 3 more months.
Our new grandson is in the gerber baby generation contest on facebook.com/gerber. His name is Kallen. He lives in Havana and # is 100221. Any one who wants to vote, can vote once a day. He may not be the cutest, but he is ours. He was born May 3rd and he is starting to smile now which we just love.
It is really going to be hot this week. I feel sorry for the kids out detasseling. Our granddaughter made it a week and a half but was getting dehydrated and had blisters all over her feet, so gave it up after yesterday. They still had one week left, but her health was not worth the pay. She is only 13. I give her credit for lasting as long as she did. Several kids only made it 1 day and she lasted more than a week in this weather.
My thoughts are with those still going thru treatment, Hugs to Wendy TY
Happy dance for the clean nodes.
Annette
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Just popping in to say I am so happy for you, Madismommy. With this great news I am inclined to rename you Gladismommy! Seriously, I am relieved with you. As Rita says, you are not better able to move on with your wonderful life with your friends and family.
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Hah zap! You said pooping, heh, heh. I was in your families neck of the woods this weekend. Helped a friend move into his new house in Glen Ellyn.
Lago- What do you mean by that...... are you perhaps thinking about Margaritas? (c:
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Oh Adey, I just edited that!
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Who said Margaritas???? Count me in!!!
Stay cool everybody.
Navy
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Great news Madismom!
Tamoxifen... I am 43 and have been on Tamox for 3.5 years. I stopped my periods after the first chemo. Only side effect I have is hot flashes. I live with them but recently I have been feeling that enough is enough! I can't sleep good and I think it is either the hot flashes and/or Tamox. That said, no other issues so I shouldn't complain. I will be interested to see what is recommended when I reach the 5 year mark.
Busy busy here - enjoying the hot weather on the lake. DD and I are headed to Florida next week! I love hot weather so no complaints from me - although the corn detasseling would probably be a bit much!
Have a great day everyone!
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Morning! Haha Susan...I caught the "pooping in"!!! Lol
Still beautiful here, just sitting by the pool watching the ocean. I was born in the wrong place...that's for sure! Landlocked Midwest!
Sure sounds terrible back home, weatherwise...but I still say better at 100 than 3' of snow!
Hope everybody is doing well today...draning, detasseling...make it a good one!0 -
Just got our internet back since last Monday's storm, so I am even more lost and unable to keep up with the posts but I just want to drop in to say that I think of everyone often even though I don't post much.
(And Wendyk, sounds like you are having a wonderful time, enjoy your vacation.)
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Madisonmom, so happy for you. Just stopping by to say keep cool. I have been enjoying the sun and my pool and unlike my LE sisters, the sun does not like me. But it's worth it to play in the water. Hydrate, Hydrate and Hydrate. Love you Onward
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Thanks everybody!!! I'm still so relieved with my path report I WAY over did it today.
chalk one up to me being stubborn and sometimes quite idiotic!!! Today was my daughters 8th birthday.....we go downtown Chicago every year (since her 3rd bday) to American Girl. Well....I insisted we go this year despite my diagnosis.... even after all my surgeries and this heat and despite the fact I still have a drain..... Well, I way over did it and am paying the price tonight. My armpit is throbbing, I'm having a hard time taking deep breaths and my drain site is screaming at me. The sad thing is, I really didnt DO much?? We took the train, took a cab right to water tower place, ate lunch....shopped and cabbed back???? BUT, lo and behold halfway thru lunch I had another panic attack. WTH? It came out of nowhere and in no way did i feel any anxiety..... My heart was racing, head spinning, chest tight, knees weak....I honestly thought I was gonna end up in an ambulance but i followed my breathing techniques.....and fought through it on my own. That is SO frustrating that I have zero control over these attacks, I seriously felt perfectly fine with no anxiety..... UGH!!! but, my daughter had a great birthday despite her mommy being a little unstable.
I hope everyone's hanging in there with this heat!!!! Why do we have to go from cooler fall like temps to steaming hot sticky weather??? Where's the 75-80 degrees partly cloudy with a little breeze weather???
WendyTY....still thinking about you and praying for good news!!!!
Wendyk....I tried to do the weather this morning but your deck was too damn hot!! Than your neighbor started sprinkling me??? :0)
Zap, "gladismommy"....I like it and LOL at the "pooping". Darn spellcheck!!!
Michele....seriously no power for over a week??? I hope Comed compensates you somehow? That's CRAZY!!! I don't know what I'd do.....glad you're back up and running now!!!
NanaA....a gerber baby? He must be absolutely adorable.....I'll go vote tonight!!! hope he wins, remind us again to vote....I'm very forgetful these days.
I miss margaritas!!!! Too many meds right now unfortunately, I'm very paranoid about mixing medications together let alone meds and alcohol. I'll add margaritas to my "2012 to do" list....
Everyone stay cool in this obnoxious heat!!!!! Hopefully I can relax and fully catch up with everyone tomorrow....if I can move my body!!!!
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How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours. Dr. Wayne Dyer
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Mad.....might I be first to say....what a real bummer to have a panic attack while trying to have a birthday out with your daughter. I only had one panic attack in my life......and believe you me, one was enough. As a matter of fact, it was a great stress that brought it on. I am relieved that you were able to get through it. Hope this can be looked at as one less on the way to none for you.
Going to be yucky here again today.....I am not going to use that three letter word. Gotta run though as I'm late. A big hi to all and I"ll see you later and know that I'm thinking of all of you. Stay cool and drink lots of water.
Hugs, Jackie
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I used to get panic attacks (in my thirties) and they got to the point that I was afraid to leave the house. I went to a doctor, received treatment in the form of medicine) and have never had one since. I did end up in an emergency room with one as I was so terrified that I just was desperate to get help. I sorta thought I was having a heart attack. That was when I started get treatment. I think certain people are prone to them but there is a treatment. I honestly feel my chronic problem with nightmares are really panic attacks as they wake me up and I am hyperventilating, so I get the breathing idea to settle one down. As long as they don't come during awake time, I can live with them. Jackie, I think you are spot on that they surface during times of great stress. I experienced them when I was trying to finish up on my Masters, thesis-writing, dealing with a bad childcare situation, etc. Horrid things!
Hope all is well. Today is my writing day. I so look forward to this seminar. I will have to offer some comic relief to the group with my "poop right in" when I meant "pop right in". How embarassing!
Wendy the Weatherwoman, I miss your daily deck reports. For some reason I always think weather moves west to east and so I see you as my forecaster. In fact, I may have that all wrong. I just know you and DH are loving your paradise vacation. I have never been to Hawaii and would love to go.
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Zap, that's exactly how I feel when I have my attacks.... Like I'm having a heart attack. When I had my first one after my BC diagnosis I went to the ER and told them I was having a heart attack.....I was put on Xanax for my anxiety but stubbornly I don't always take it. I'm still on vicodin from my BMX and now AND so I hate "mixing" meds.....BUT, my doctor said I "need to treat my Xanax like a vitamin - at least one a day". Which reminds me, I think I'll take one! I'm having that tight feeling in my chest again this morning so better safe than sorry!!!!
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Just "pooping in" to say hello and to stay cool. I passed my 6-month follow-up with my BS yesterday. She did a thorough breast exam and explained what I should be watching for in between appointments.... back in six months. It will be way much cooler by then! My BS had to apologize for running late and said how she had just taken an unscheduled new consult with a very young pregnant mother who was just diagnosed with this beast. On my way out, I passed that young woman and her DH in the reception and I just wanted to cry for her. Looked to be 23-25 years old and 5 months pregnant. Oh, we must find that cure!
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Hi Joan, YAY for passing your 6 month follow up!!!! *happy dancing* for you!!! That breaks my heart every time I hear of another BC case, let alone a very young woman, who is probably already terrified with carrying her first baby and becoming a mother!!! Seriously, I'd do anything if a cure could be found!!!!!
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Morning! Just poured here but clearing up.
Joan...happy you passed thru another appt but feel so sad about that young woman. However I saw a program on pregnancy and chemo...babies do just fine and are born with full heads of hair. Go figure...and yes, cure please! If we can't have a cure could we find a drug to take every day that would keep it away??? That would be nice...
Mad....overdoing is easy to do, we want our old selves back. You will get there...and I bet it was HOT on my deck!!!! Panic attacks come from nowhere, for no reason. I had my first and so far my last right after discovering I was Her2+ and would need chemo. Did ok that day except for many tears..then the next morning...full blown panic! Had to call DH to come home. They are terrifying!
Susan...yep...I get the weather prob about an hour before you!
I see the clouds are back so I need to be ready to run again...don't mind a shower but this looks threatening! Hope u all have a great day..be careful with the heat...0 -
Madismommy, glad you got my PM. I always forget to check that feature. I now am hooked up to know if I got a message on my yahoo so it doesn't sit there for weeks.
Joan, so happy for you but I so definitely relate to you on how you felt seeing the young and pregnant woman. I get so upset when I see it as it is so unfair (I know, so is life). I once had a doctor who was diagnosed with BC while pregnant and had to do chemo during her pregnancy. LIke Wendy said, the baby was just fine and with no challenges that I know of. Isn't that interesting.....a few martinis can be doomsday for an unborn child, but chemo is perhaps not harmful.
Today was a tough day at the writer's seminar. They tore my manuscript to bits (not literally but you know what I mean). I guess that is what I am paying them to do....but it is painful after all that work. But then I think of the sweet couple Joan referred to, and I clearly know my issues are minor.
So why is it so hot? My cousin who moved to Sweden is visiting with her "manfriend" ...they are in their fifties. They are coming over on Saturday. When she called, she sounded like she had heat stroke...just so not used to this weather. I am going to google the temperature in Sweden to see what she is missing.
Have a great evening.
Susan
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