Can we have a forum for "older" people with bc?

  Most mornings when I awake, I am pleasantly surprised to
find I’m still alive.  On occasion I have
been known to wake up mean and irritable, but even then I can choose not to
stay that way.  Yesterday is gone, and
tomorrow may not come.  Today is the only slot of time I really have.  What a shame to blow it.

  I want to make today the very best possible. . . . Before I crawl
out of bed, I thank the Lord for another day and ask for strength.  Maybe I’m to clean the house, or work at the
office, or talk with a friend over lunch. 
The tasks aren’t the issue; my attitude is.

Marabel Morgan

Hmmm, just noticed a deletion of a post.  Wonder why !!!!Seemed so helpful and kind.

Jackie

Today's adventure, supposed to do a 2 week cardiac monitor, I have an arythmia , have had for years. So the company calls, they will send device FEX. I remind them, if it needs a cell phone , we are a DEAD ZONE, no reception. "oh, that's OK they will monitor me!"  So it arrives this morning, of course contains a cell phone! I call the 800#, tell her no cell, she says we will hook me up and try it.  I tell her we have to go tell the fire dept and police , when there is an accident that there is no cell reception. So she will hook me up and try. Guess what NO CELL RECEPTION! Imagine that! So someone will call me and check it out and tell me how to get one with a modem . So  I'm glued to this 5 leads and wires and the cell buzzes and says , "POOR cell reception" Been 3 hrs , no call, This will be fun  for 2 weeks, look like Im wearing a Help I can't get up button with a big medalion and lots of wires, I'm short, wires are long! Haha, love old age!

Bonnets, what a "fiasco!"  What can't people hear and listen to the common sense information you're giving them?

Chevy, I've done the Holter , years ago. This apparently is the new technology. Ive had the palpatations for years, they have never worried about this kind. Put me on meds, don't totally eliminate them, but they are better. Tried the no caffiene thing , but it didnt make any difference. Went back to my tea and chocolate after being good for 1 year. Dr. wanted more recent info. The Holter drove me crazy, itching the leads. Was ready to pull it off, and this one for 2 weeks! Also the wires are so long, need short ones , for short people! You hang part of it around your neck, Ill look like I'm wearing a Help I can't get up thing, and have to stuff  half the wires in my Jeans. Have to mail the other back and told them wait til June , when we are home for 2 weeks straight. 

So Anne, did they finally get the  right shoulder?

Saw this thread today. I was diagnosed at 64 and am looking forward to getting tattoos as a senior!! Never thought that would be part of my life, but it is what is is.

Teacher64, welcome.  I joked about getting tattoos too ... actually, I asked if I could choose a heart or bunny in place of the dot.

Morning gals!   And Welcome Teacher!  I had to look up DIEP!  I've heard about it, from some of the gals, but I didn't know what it was...

http://www.breastcenter.com/breast-reconstruction-procedures/diep-ism/?utm_source=googleppc&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=diep%2Bflap&utm_campaign=primary&gclid=CKeqzMnlsr4CFdSMMgodYUkA-A

So now I know!   Makes a lot of sense to me!  And what Tattoos?  You mean for nipples?  The reason I ask, is because I've heard of Vinnie Meyers doing very good work with nipple tattooing.  Except he lives I think out on the East Coast somewhere.... but you could Google him, and see pictures of the work he does.

If you are just getting fun tattoos, like my DAUGHTER#2, then never mind...Ha! 

Hey Cammi!  Have fun wherever you are going!    You don't like flying either, eh?  My main job when flying with my Husband, is pretending I AM NOT SCARED, just so HE won't be!    Then when that plane lands, he is all Mr. Happy!    And I am a nervous wreck!

Teacher, don't pay any attention to any mis-spellings.... as you can see..... We don't, (as you can tell)   We just have fun, and tease each other, like Jackie says, and sometimes we even talk about our health problems, which are getting more numerous as we go along...

But the main thing here, is just have fun, come back often, and take care of yourself.

Well, I got off topic.  When teacher mentioned tattoos, I was thinking of my radiation tats.  Sorry.  I need to read more carefully before jumping into a discussion.

The quote this morning isn't very long....but got to me.  So many reasons why we were put on this beautiful Earth, but I've always, always felt that we were never MEANT to be alone and that in helping someone else, we help ourselves grow and flourish as souls.  Just my own personal thoughts......no one need agree. 

Sally, I bet we have all done that a hundred times.  I think of all the times I maybe understood something but gave a poor and not well thought out response.  When my thyroid was so bad --- believe it or not, my mind would race and I knew and this was for real, exactly what each person might say.....and could jump far ahead in the conversation.  That does not happen  anymore and actually quit once that little gland got settled down with extensive treatments.  However; when I do give really light responses to things......I do think somehow I've envisioned something.......and missed all the salient points that likely should have shown up.  Not sure I'm making sense --- but oh the times I've regretted what seemed so perfect at the time and later looked so casual as to almost be an un-feeling response.

Have to think one of those little wires going to the thyroid just didn't get put back in the right place.  Well, actually, I don't have much ( if any ) thyroid left and take synthroid everyday to mimic having one. 

Beauty of a day here.  Sun is out so nicely this morning.  It won't warm real well today, but starting tomorrow....summer will return.  The little I-heater has kept us company the last few days.....since our big rain when it got so damp inside. Tomorrow it will be off and we can open the door and let the warm air come through the screen.  Can't wait.

Teacher, you have a wonderful sense of humor.  (" Buffet " ).    Sometimes that is about all that can get us through some of these 'incidents' that show up totally un-bidden and completely un-wanted.  Here's a thought that always brings a smile to my face.....I really should make it into a little guffaw though......laughter, even one that is "forced" turns on healthy energies inside our bodies.  When I first read it....I thought, yeah, right.  I can't sit around all day and find jokes to read or hire a comedienne.  Then I read the part where it says....you can 'fake/force' one and it will do the same thing......your body/mind apparently doesn't care too much how you get it there. 

Anyway, keep up that sense of humor......and even if you have to laugh at yourself for something....hey, your healing yourself.  The ladies here who "turn" funny are doing us all a big favor.  Thanks everyone.

Still, when needed we can get real serious here in some discussions.  We are pretty much open.  We stay most of the time away from the two biggies.....religion and politics, though may make a small mention now and then.  It is just that most of us are so solid about how we see those issues......and we aren't going to change.....so getting into upsets and disagreements helps no one.  We are just polite about it all

So saying that.....I will admit that I am fairly spiritual and  often will say things that have a tendency to be leaning hard that way.  I have always been so, but when my Mom passed in 1998, much that went on put me at a place where I started undertaking a lot of study.  It stuck.

Okay, I've blabbered enough for one day.  I'm delighted....my computer is not jumping around with all I've typed.  Hope you all will have a stupendous Saturday.  I sure will.....worked last night so this is the start of my three day week-end.

Blessings

Jackie

Good Saturday morning everyone

Hi, Teacher, glad you joined us

Yes Chevy and Bonnets- they finally got the word that I was telling them the truth, but I had to go to rads and come back. And, yes, the shoulder does hurt a lot less. That was the beginning of the week of horrors for me. That day I left home at 10am and didn't get back until about 5pm. Next day, the rads machine broke in the middle of my tx, so I was on the table, in position, not moving for over two hours. They finally let me move my head about 5minutes before they decided to finish the treatment without the section that wasn't working. About 10 min before that, a lady I have never seen, who I think may have been the office manager, came in to tell me it was my decision whether to leave or stay. I said I really had no choice but to stay, because I can't add any days at the end- I have a flight to FL the day of my last treatment to be at my grandsons preschool graduation that night. Next day, got there to find out the part had still not been fixed, but they were working on it. Apparently not everyone needs that particular section, because they treated many people while I waited. My appt was 2:45, I got off the table at 6:10. They were all so apologetic. And, I guess, surprised that I had handled it so well. From my prospective, I could have left either day, but I chose to stay because of flight plans. They worked as hard and fast as they could to fix the situation, and they didn't break the machine, so why get angry at them? Sure hope next week goes easier.

Anne

Welcome, Teacher! What did you teach?  I taught Jr. High science and retired after 33 years on the job!  Loved every minute of it!   

Sally, if it makes you feel any better, I was thinking of the rad dots, too!  :-)

Chevy, I find that your posts get us into great discussions.  The humor and caring between you and Cami is delightful even when I am confused (it does not take much to confuse me).

Rita, it does make me feel better ... I was feeling very upset with myself.  Mother used to always tell me to think before I speak. 

Bonnets, I've forgotten where you are cruising and when you are going, but I hope you have a great time.  

Anne, I think your response to the radiation delays was amazing.  Hopefully, you received lots of hugs for your patience.

rita jean, I'm also a Rita!! I taught middle school and high school language arts and social,studies for 36 years. It was time to hang up my chalk when I spent a week in the hospital with swine flu thanks to a student and then needed a pacemaker. I looked at teaching as a calling. It was only that last year that was a challenge.

Chevyboy, I've seen Vinnie's work online but don't think I will be going to Baltimore for the 3-D look. 

Or even take a picture of what you expect, when you go?  I mean like as a "suggestion?"   Or maybe his "office" would have a referral in your area?