how about drinking?

Hi girls!! Just realized it has been a month since I posted. Spent an hour last night getting caught up on y'all and the other thread or two I usually follow. No excuses, except just lots going on. Most of it good!

I had my first post treatment follow-up mammogram on Thursday. I am 22 weeks PFC (wow-had to go back and count!) and 10 weeks post-rads. I was not worried about mammo...until that day and then I was a wreck. Had mammo at 11:00am and follow-up with surgeon at 1pm. DH went with, and DD2 (nursing student) met us for lunch. She asked me how I felt and I teared up and said I felt like I just took a big test and thought I did well, but then started second-guessing all the answers. You know? Like you just blew it? But surgeon showed me the films, very clear and vivid, and not a speck on the screen except scar tissue around lumpectomy. Whew! All good. Both sides. Next one in a year-like normal people! Hmmm...normal? Ha! I still am suposed to see him every 4 months for two years; RO every 3 months for two years, and MO every 3 months for two years. Really, docs? All you are doing is looking and touching. Couldn't we coordinate a bit here? Surgeon is semi-willing to back off (but not totally) as long as someone is seeing me every 3-4 months, but doesn't agree with an alternating schedule. RO says that his protocol according to national guidelines are every 3 months; MO the same. Only one I agree with is the MO. I was on a clinical trial and it is imperative from that perspective to be seen and followed. I was originally prepared to drop the RO, but now thinking it will probably be the surgeon. But still waffling. Surgeon is the medical director of the Breast Center in Omaha. That's all he does is breasts-LOL I am getting my port removed next Friday in out-patient surgery. Will be sooo glad to be rid of that reminder.

My main issue is fatigue probably, and still more weepy than I used to be, although I have always been moved to tears easily. Have been on Cymbalta since June and trying to wean off that. Did it once but got so dizzy and such headaches. Tried again more gradually and thought I was okay, but having headaches again today. SIGH. But am going to tough this out. I think I can tolerate the headaches for a few days if they don't get any worse. More sleep would help too!

My hair is over an inch long probably and curly and blonde/gray. Looks "frosted", a term my mother used to use. HA! Am getting my first hair cut and color (highlights?) on Wednesday. Have been going topless quite awhile. Other than a few random comments, most have been oblivious to shortness. Will probably keep it short for now. Can't do a thing with curls, even with gel, so hoping a trim will get them under control.

Welcome to any newbies and  raising a glass of Bailey's Chocolate Mint to my loungette buddies! Sure wish my Nebraska Huskers would get it in gear and get this game against Northwestern under control! I'm usually at the home games but let my DD and SIL go today. Obviously they are not cheering loudly enough. Still time to turn things around, so Go Big Red!

Amen, Beans...or as Junie would've said BARMEN!

Hi Kristy, nice to see you. My people have been inquiring about ya. I say go ahead and ditch one of your team of docs! I ditched my BS...I have no breasts yet he still wanted to see me, hello??? So happy to hear your good news! 

Have a good night, lovies. Thinking about you Jaybird! 

I heard you Scuby, I am here by the pool.

The tenders are putting the final touches on the breakfast buffet, join me?

Cheers, beers and now I here's!! 

good morning ladies, hope your all having a good weekend. I had a rough Friday night,missing and mourning the FAH but yesterday was much better. Am really starting to get the fact that I am much better off without him. I just want all the legal stuff done so I can move on. Went for a nice dinner at a friends house last night with my DD. had a very nice relaxing time. Today i think I am going thrift store shopping . Other than that just moving along. Have a wonderful sunday

Hugs Kymn

 It is such a gorgeous day here. The autumn colors are so pretty.  I wish I could rake leaves. Thinking about having a raking party, BYOR! Anyone? Dwinks on de house!

LOL Grdn, but an excellent point.Thanks for stopping in the lounge.

Wahine, so glad you posted, hope you are rested after such a long flight. Slainte!

Kymn, sorry about the bad fried-dey night but glad last night was better. You will have those moments reflecting the good times with FAH and they will hurt. But the pain will keep getting less. You are diong great, girl. 

Peace and love to all. CheerZ!

So glad you made it safely, Kathy! Sounds like you've been having a blast since you arrived; why does that not surprise me? Lol Keep Rollin in the fun!

Haven't had a cocktail in four days due to surgery, but DH just finished up some Blackberry bourbon, so gonna have a lil bit of that; poison check, we'll call it! Cheers!

Scuby, you don't think I can dwive and type at the same time on my laptop? Well, why not?

Beanie Baby, Luv the chicken in!

NM, me tinks you will need us to be slipping you sumin BEFORE they get the IV going! Well, how does Ms Sadie like her new spot?

Oh Bernie, you poor poor dear. What are they doing to help you with that wound care? Thank goodness it's almost healed. I had to do wound care too, as I had 3^rd degree burns as well. But I will say, that currently (3 years later) there are no signs of that burning.

ScubZ, no working out/exercising at The HTL pa-leeeeZe! Dis is a drinking establishment :P

Jaybird, if you're out there..................I did not know Nicki, but my heart goes out to you and her family and friends. I'm so sorry friend. Too many deaths around here lately!

DorKy, you mentioned your 4 legged grand baby....how is Lana doing?

Husker, a  big ole congrats on NED! But wowsers, you caught up on a month of posts in just an hour? Holy the Cow, it takes me that long for just one day! Glad you are on to more important things and getting a life!

Kymn , so good to see you keep coming back to us. It is evident that this is hard on you, but we are all proud of you. You keep that pretty lil princess head held high girl.

Ha ha ha Grdnslve , how cute is that? I love it! Good to see you.

DorK, I would rake ALL of your leaves if I was closer. I kind of miss it! And we don't have trees here. Thanks for da DOTD. Anyone can do those. I was doing them for awhile, and got busy or had to go away, and I assigned everyone a day......lol. They were in charge of coming up with our DOTD. Then somehow NM started posting them. So it's not really her job, but she is the sweetheart to come up with the most of them. My goodness, and remember when she came up with them in advance, when she went to Vegas. The girl rocks, but don't tell her I said that, we don't want her head to get too big.

Kathy, sure glad you made it safe, and have friends to join you. Also hoping you will get to meet up with Bernie.

MrsV, so glad you are doing so well. How was the bourbon?

Well, we are done the grandkids, done with the show and staying just outside of San Diego tonight. Going to visit the Yuma Territorial Prison tomorrow and then hit Laughlin tomorrow night and home Tuesday. Missing you all, and glad to see I only had 1 page to catch up on, since my last post.

Clink clink dolinks

Cheers!

DorK, I do my own raking parties, all by myself, thank you very much. lol. I have a whole yard full of leaves and if it rains tomorrow those same leaves will still be there on my next day off, Friday.

I'm glad Kathy made it to Ireland okay.

Having some French wine I brought back from Brussels. Have to get back there sometime soon as I only have 1 bottle left.

Thanks, everyone,  for thinking of me and of Nicki.

Gotta get to bed, am jetlagged and have to get up at 7am to get Avery off to bed. I promise to post some pics on Facebook as soon as I find the time to...

Kymn.....thought I was good, but you have me beat.  Enjoy your finds.

Cheap luxury is the BEST.  BottomZ up. - Claire

Hi everyone,hope you all had a good weekend.  Was a little bit greedy on the red yesterday evening and had to go to bed early.  

So looking forward to meeting Kathy - i will track her down somehow.

Kymn, can you take me shopping, please. 

Morning loungettes, hope alll had a lovely Sunday. Had some friends in for an old fashioned sunday pot roast, realized on Saturday that we hadn't had anyone in for far too long, (rat ba$tard getting in de way!). Beanz, your post covered it all! Grdnslv, was LMAO on dat post!


Karen, glad you had a great time!

Bernie & Kathy, cheers! Am so glad you will be meeting up. Safe travels. Bernie, is tomorrow last day of rads? Me thinks the Magic Partay Bus needs tending to, Jock and Pants, extra red wine for Bernie please!



Going to be lovely, gotta jet.



Small whine here, gotta vent, WTF, surgery was 8/8, but I still have sutures poppin out all over de place! Really? Good thing PS office is 2 blocks from my office and I can scoot over at lunch. Am in line behind de DorK for exchange surgery, can't wait. Mrs_Vino, glad you are feeling good and healing.



Shout out to Kymn, keep rockin!



Cheers, Beers, and Good Vintage Years (of de wine, hehehe)

Good morning, Loungettes! At least I think it's still morning. Out with a patient most of the evening, got home about 3 am. Got a bit of a nap, but I'm still tired for some reason. Pants, dear, can you bring me a LARGE beverage with caffeine in it?

Good morning, LORD, it's me again. Can I tell YOU something? I'm really, really sick and tired of hearing about women dying from breast cancer. I'm really, really sad and hurting for the friends and families of these women. I know that death is part of YOUR plan, but really, isn't enough enough already? Can YOU tell that I'm not on board with this part of YOUR plan? Ok, Ok, so I know I can't do anything about this situation, and I know that my little mortal mind isn't capable of understanding YOUR plan. But YOU really could drop me a hint. Just a little hint. Something to make this death by breast cancer stuff a little bit easier to bear. While YOU are thinking that request over, will YOU please be with Jaybird, comfort her and all of Nicki's friends and family? Could you spread a little of that peace and comfort to all the rest of us who are sad and hurting for Jaybird and from all the news of death recently? I'd really appreciate it if YOU would.

P.S. I am expecting a complete and detailed explanation of all this when I meet YOU in person . I hope YOU'LL be ready to answer a lot of questions! Or if YOU are going to be busy, tell my Dad the deal and he'll answer all my questions. He did that a lot when I was little, and I often wish Dad was still around to talk to.

Claire-glad Main Squeeze is doing well! That is good news. I'm up to walking 12 miles a week, so I beat you three! Hah! Not like that's any big accomplishment compared to all you do. I'm always amazed at how much you do!

Husker! So good to see you here! All the follow up scheduling is a pain in the anatomy, isn't it? It gets better when you get to the seeing everyone every 6 months. Hooray on getting the port out, it's like a graduation!

DorK-great DOTD selection! I'm missing too much not being able to drop in on the weekends! I'm going to have to try 2 or 3 a day to catch up with you all!

oops, wrong dwinkies!

Grdnsive-ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wahine-you've been there for just a few minutes and you're already getting chatted up by a guy????? I want to start traveling with YOU!

DorK-if it doesn't get dark until 5 pm where you live I'm jealous! Dark at 4 pm here, now. I HATE this time change crap. No real reason for it anymore, why can't we get rid of it?

Goldie-Sadie seems to like the new spot just fine. She's already opened up the door and let herself in a couple of times. And on surgery day I plan to take a double dose of Xanax before I leave home (it's about an hour drive so it will be kicking in good when I get there) and another one just before I get out of the car (that one should be kicking in just about needle poke time). I may even tell them that's what I'm going to do! But I think whatever you ladies slip me from the pocket will work even better! Hmm, why does my body get through the lounge door but my head is sticks????

Jaybird-looking forward to the pics!

Kymn-isn't it great what you can find at a thrift store? I've found some really good stuff, too. Clothes, containers to organize my work supplies, baskets to organize my house with, lots of stuff. Retail therapy is GREAT!

Karen-Sounds like you had a great time in Columbus, so glad for you! Family get-togethers are fun at times.

Bernie-So good you and Kathy are connecting. I bet we'll hear you laughing and talking all the way "across the pond"!

Beanie-looking for funnies just for you! Don't forget the Fukitol dispenser over by the casino!

Mrs. Vino-I like your decorating ideas!

Princess Glitter Sizzle decries the DOTD to be the Broken Heart Mender

1 1/2 oz Blended Whiskey
1/2 oz Cherry Brandy
1/2 oz Lemon Juice
1/2 oz Orange Juice
2 dashes Orange Bitters

Directions
Shake all ingredients together in a cocktail shaker half-filled with ice cubes. Strain into an old-fashioned glass almost filled with ice cubes, and serve.

Hi all, Kathy found me.  what an amazing women, i could have spent all my time with her.  We only had an hour but now it feels like i've just met up with an old friend.. She had painted a beautiful picture for me.

The two men settled into each other as well, that was good because we almost forgot they were there.

Too little time, we'll have to meet again 

Hi goils, Just popping in with a quick hello and to check to see if Kathy and Bernie got together. So happy they were able to meet!

I am working on my first goal with my arm PT and that is getting my contact lenses in my eyes. I have been putting it off. I have to run out and pick up a medicine cabinet. i am not looking forward to doing it alone but will be sure to get help. 

Beanie, sorry you had such a dreadful weekend, hugz to you. 

Gail, nice to see you. Glad you are enjoying your new bike. 

NM, great post, you always do an awesome job. Glad to assist with the dwink making but no one does it as good as you do. 

To the rest of you, hoping you are having a good monkey-dey. Love and hugs to all.

Well I have to fly, see you gals later. DorK