Can we have a forum for "older" people with bc?
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Thank you THANK you gals! Yes, it was a Happy
Birthday for sure!Jackie, you were talking about Fosomax.... I'm waiting to
hear from the scheduler, who would be doing the bone density test...But you know, I heard about the bad SE's from taking
Fosomax on TV... You know how I hate to take any kind of drugs... So I'm
thinking that even if they DO find something wrong with these old bones, I
probably wouldn't want to take anything ANYway.... right? I mean I could get
scanned, or whatever they do, but if I'm not going to behave and take stuff
they THINK would help, I just shouldn't even do it.I fall every once in awhile, and never break anything....
only once! I fell on my OTHE hip, sliding down the ramp on ice... and nothing
broke....! I fell a couple times in the garden, over a little fence... sure
that was on dirt, but nothing broke.So it just stands to reason, that falling HARD on cement,
would break something, whether old bones or not! It isn't as if I was 50 or
something!Joan, THANK you! The drink looks Mahvelous! you know
what is really good? Orange juice, with vodka and Amaretto! That is called a
Bocce' Ball! Ha, ha! Probably a little early for one right now, right? Maybe
in about 14 minutes?MostlyM! Your knees? Can you get them fixed? We love
having you here... can you just get your knees replaced? Like one at a time?
Don't do them both at once! You will be laid up till Chistmas! But one at a
time is usually pretty okay!My Dad had his done, and he was up walking that night! Of
course he was looking for the nearest BAR, but he was up, anyway!Oh? your name is Martha? Any relation
to Stewart? Do you cook? And do crafting stuff?Just stay with us kid.... let us know how you are once in
awhile!Ah GEEZ Puffin! I don't have a clue what a Flowbee
is... Maybe Cammi does......Nope.... she doesn't have a clue
either.......I have heard, that sooner or later your hair will all be
gone, then POOF, it all comes back again! Curlier and prettier than ever!
Just wish you didn't have to go through that, but it will be worth
it.Just put on the same color pillow-case as your hair, then
you won't care... better yet, get one of those fleece ones! I LOVE those in
the Winter!Anne, sounds like the same situation I will be in, when we
go to Orlando in September, but hopefully all "things" will be kept under
wraps! Don't you just hate when you are THERE, or are dragged into some
drama, that you don't even want to be aROUND?So in other words, I am ignoring any reference to any
mishaps I hear about ....Geeze Anne, I just had to laugh, because I know exactly
what you mean......DD and both Grand-sons called me yesterday, and all is
quit on the Western Front, or wherever they are.... that's all I
know!So Wren, do you take meds for any bone loss? I've never
had a DEXA scan, but I'm supposed to make an appointment for one... but I'm
really afraid of he meds they might prescribe, if I DO have bone loss...LittleGardens.... what do you mean Devil pill? You don't
mean Fosomax, right? That's supposed to "stop" bone loss? And cause all hell
to break loose by taking it?Mommarch! Thanks! I LOVE Sweet & Sour soup! I'll
have to try to make that!I have a bunch of greens in the freezer, maybe I'll flavor
them with some sort of broth? Like all the cubes I bought for Pho broth?Cammi, Pho, is like this Asian soup.... Like they serve at
Pho restaurants..... (pronounced Fuuuh) in those Viet Namese places...Also, have you guys tried Congee? It is the BEST rice
soup, and so simple! You just put a cup of rice in a big pan, add tons of
water, and flavor it with any kind of bouillon you like.... I like Chicken...
Then you add lots of chopped Ginger, Scallions, and a little salt... Cook it for
forEVER.... like at least 4 hours.... It will be thick and creamy.... and you
can stir a beaten egg slowly into the simmering soup, just to let it "set" and
then serve!Don't share it.... eat it all yourself.... No one will
like it except you anyway.... but I love it! They eat it for every meal in
Laos, and Viet Nam.... You can simmer it with pieces of Chicken if you want...
but I don't like meat in it.Oh Cammi, you caught your mis-spelled word? like
"exersises?" That was the one you zoned in on? What about all the others?
Your spell-check must go nuts.... or has totally given up.... Just don't go
writing your Governor again.... they get so perturbed! You would THINK they
would just give up on you.... "Give her a free pass.... she doesn't know what
she is doing anyway"....So you have bone loss too? THAT was so funny about your
bones crumbling, and you look awful inside out.....! Ha, ha!My bones don't crumble.... I can break mine like a STICK!
I can snap them like no-bodies business! They don't crumble though.Morning Blondie! Hope you are feeling alright.... Can
you stay home for Hospice? I think you can..... Yes.... that's what we will
do..... Just stay home!Okay, goodnight Momarch and everyone else.... except it's
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Chevy, you must have had several of those pretty drinks in the picture!!!
I have a dexa scan every 3 yrs. So far my bones are normal, thank goodness. The weight-bearing exercise (walking) for umpteen years has probably helped. My sister who's 3 years younger and my mother both have that pre-condition (can't spell the word) of osteoporosis.
Anne, you have a lot of material for writing your own family drama for tv!
Kaara, I hope you and BF have a safe trip back to SC. Sounds like your time in FL was very productive. More $$ to lend family!!
It has gotten warmer here with daytime temps getting up to low 80's but it cools off at night.
Happy Friday to all.
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The gift of attention to each other is “passing on” the love of God. In order to feel love, we have to give it away. We will know love when we give love. Each day, each one of us can
ease the pain of a friend, a co-worker, a child. The beauty of God’s plan for us all is that
our own pain is relieved in the process of easing the pain of another. Love is the balm. Loving others makes our lives purposeful.
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Carol
My kids have often joked that if we could get cameras here, we would be more popular than the Kardashians, just without the sex parts. (I've never seen The Kardashians). When I was working, my lunch pals couldn't wait for the next installment of my family saga.
Anne
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Good morning. Went to bed earl last night as I thought today would be a heavy-duty work day and it will, but turns out only for myself. I was going to clean a friends' apt. She was up all night with her arthritis so needs to be quiet today. I'll go tomorrow.
I think there are several osteoporosis medications. I just haven't read up on anything but Fosamax which did scare me. I don't know why exactly ( so many things have se's ) but the jaw necrosis just freaked me out to the nth. degree. I think using medications are somehow different to me now that I'm the age I am ( 69 in Sept. ) When we were young you heard very little about side effects and your Dr. just kept an eye on things. Now ( listening on tv is frightening ) you hear every little possibility and many sound discouraging enough to scare the most stalwart of us. I still tend to think some of the older meds are better.....sort of tried and true. Dr.'s seem to know more of just WHO may not react well and WHY!
If there is anything good about hearing about meds on t.v.....I do think it is that most people are probably very concerned about really NEEDING to consider these meds as a solution. I keep thinking of the one that is generally for men and if the effect of the pill lasts for more than four hours you need to see your Dr. REALLY !!!!! I'd be weaning ( A little slight play on the weanie word ) myself off of that one really quick.
I'm not trying to make fun of serious issues......men have to feel like men, but just thinking of the "things" that one has to deal with in order to be 'normal' when older age creeps up on us. Also knowing that our systems deal with meds differently than a young bounce-back person.
Anyway, there is Boniva, Prolia and I'm sure others. Fosamax is older than those two, but they could be better I guess. I know you take them less. I think Fosamax is a daily pill. My mom took it but at the time I did not know how harsh a drug it could be. She did have C.O.P.D. though so the chance of having issues from Fosamax were counter-acted by the fact that she only had a limited time to be with us. Not even sure why they bothered, but she was good at following the program her Dr. outlined.
Mom Mom, you can lurk all you like.....I do that on another entirely different cancer blog, but like Cammie mentioned I do hope you will come from time to time just to let us know how you are and hopefully some of us will remember you are there and just say hi now and then whether your posting or not.
Well, onward to the next phase today.
See you all later.
Blessings
Jackie
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Chevy, the "devil pill" is letrozole. I blame it for everything. When I go off it in 2 years I'll have to find a new scapegoat.
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Puffin
Those of us that have had chemo know what the hair loss is like. For me, it was one of the worst parts. My daughter made a party of it, with her husband doing the shaving, her son holding my hand and her providing commentary, which was quite funny. When we started, she asked me not to cry, because it would make her cry. My 15 year old grandson answered, " please don't cry Grandma cause I'll cry too". Then she asked him if he thought I looked like a hot, sexy grandma, and he just sat there like a deer caught in the headlights. I answered that words like "hot" and "sexy" just didn't compute in his brain when they were attached to "Grandma"
I now have enough pure white hair that I haven't worn the wig in almost two months. I look like a recovering cancer patient,but that's fine- that's what I am.
This is the same boy, who at 13,went to my daughter the night before my husband's funeral and said " I know you all want to sit next to Grandma in church tomorrow to take care of her, but I REALLY need to sit next to her- I calm her down". He sat right next to me and held my hand through the whole service and burial. I was calm.
Anne
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Hey Jackie! I did post a day or so ago, so every once in awhile...but I do enjoy this thread so much. I post more often on the threads for those under treatment and on the triple negative ones since that's my life right now:-).Anne, That's the sweetest story ever about your grandson. His parents have surely done something right to raise such a caring and sensitive young man!
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Anne, I'm impressed with your grandson. I'm glad he sat next to you --- one of the hardest days of anyone's life. Even knowing ( at least it is my belief ) that our loved ones are still so close ----actually about three feet away at any given time as they are in another dimension, Still, the fact that we don't really get to have the give and take of each other's company anymore or long conversations or just silently enjoying some beauty together leaves a hole that can't be filled well. Even though we will be together again......some longing is left in place. I just look for smiles and happy thoughts of times shared and the wisdom of others that I can still appreciate immensely.
HAIR !!!!! Oh that rotten time when it has to go. It was a painful time for me. Just mainly dealing with a little what if......as in what if it doesn't come back like they say it will !!!! As in what if it does but it is not "right". What if it isn't really me --- or horrors, much worse than what I was dealing with when I had it. It is you !!!! You have had it so long, even if so much of the time you might have been having bad hair days. It has been something even disheveled after a nights' sleep you were so USE to seeing in the mirror in the morning. It help you focus daily and now.....it is not there to hold you up, to make you presentable, to give you the confidence that helped you walk out in the world....even if only to the grocery store at night.
This is part of saving your life and though horridly discomforting for a short while, but it too will pass and you will look back and feel so strong and powerful because you became bigger than something that has made you, you for the better part of your life. You are stronger than you think and you will overcome every barrier and hurdle and go on to have some outstanding credits in your journey and fight to regain the SHINING you that had to go dull for just a short while. There is a whole new YOU and she will greet you with energy and love for the strength you were able to display on your way to the new you and wellness.
Blessings
Jackie
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This morning's
sunrise
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Chevy, I share the misgivings about taking bone meds. I'm having trouble even getting the calcium down. I don't know if they make such big pills because people will think they're getting more or what. I find them hard to swallow, even tho I can swallow a handful of smaller ones. And the flax oil and fish oil my eye doctor wants me to take are even bigger pills. Slicker tho which helps. My onc told me to get Vivactiv which can be chewed. I bought some once and it just tasted like chemicals and I didn't like it. Maybe I'll try it again. I take thyroid in the morning and that can't be taken with calcium.
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Tacoma Washington's sunrise if magnificent.
Jackie
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Hi ladies
Chevyboy: a Flowbee is a hair cutting attachment that connects to a vacuum, sucks the hair up into a tube and then cuts it, you determine the length the hair is cut by what attachment you put on. Lew has used it for years to trim his beard and hair. It was one of those gimmicky things once sold on TV, Lew wore one out and I bought him a new one for Christmas a few years ago.
IllinoisLady: fosomax is a weekly pill, I took it for 5 years for osteopenia, You take it in the AM on an empty stomach and then have to be uprite for an hour after or it causes ulcers in your esophagus. I didn't have any problems while on it, but hated having to stay up. At least with my thyroid pill I can go back to sleep for awhile after I take it.
Anneb: what a sweet grandson you have
Gardengumby: beautiful sunrise photo
I'm hoping when my hair grows back it'll have a little curl in so that I won't ever have to get a perm again.
I'm experimenting with popsicle recipes to have some on hand for my next round of chemo. Today I made a mango popsicle with the mango that was in a gift basket I received. Watched a YouTube video first so I'd know how to get the pit out. peeled it and chopped it up with 1/8 cup sugar and 1/2 tsp lemon juice, slushed it up with my new immersion blender and poured it into 4 little paper cups and stuck a stick in each one. Should be nice and frozen for an evening snack tonight.
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Puffin: Now that you're 1/4" - don't forget a lint roller. I used it on my head several times a day, not to mention on my pillowcase.
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Puffin, about two weeks after my first chemo, I came home from church, ran my hand threw my hair and
it came out in hand fulls. We were prepared, DD and DGD took me out to the front porch and shaved my hair. It really made me feel better. It stopped the pain in my scalp right away. I did not get a wig wore the little turbin's, they were great.
Had a good day at the broom shop today, vacation kitty is growing.
Hugs to all
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Anne u' GS is precious, I love that--he knows u so well and what u need. He''s u'r gift with all the other stuff going on. U've been blessed with him.
Jackie I agree about all these new meds advertised on TV, did u every notice so many times the last sentence is and could be death. I know they have to cover everything but u can't help but think being on so many meds now how would this fit in? It's all scary.
Oh I was so happy getting rid of my hair, I've always hated it always frizzy so when I got mine shaved it was a relief to me and I never thought bout it again. I covered it with hats and scarves and it looked better than my own hair. So that was my good part of chemo.
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I'm a few pages back...
Mommom, you seem to have a positive "get it done" attitude about treatment. Did you get a radiation start date? Rads are a tiring routine but the SEs are usually minimal.Puffin, your story brought tears to my eyes - I never had chemo but did have a plan with my hairdresser while waiting for treatment plan.
But I see some ladies were OK with the cutting and shedding. Darn BC....
My onco score was 13 but my MO said I had to make the chemo decision which really threw me. She has the education and I knew nothing - spent several weeks deciding not to do it.
Anne, I think I'm at least 3 stories behind in commenting on your posts...your hair cutting was touching; and your grandson at the funeral is the best...what a contrast to those bickering "adults"! I love the engagement pix.
It was sad to read about your DH's illnesses and untimely passing. Your retirement was meant to be.
I am 65 with no retirement plan yet.
My DH also may have been exposed to agent orange in 1966 - we later had 3 babies with birth defects - DD#1 has twinning of reproductive system and didn't find out until in her 20s. DD#3 was born with only one lung and had a tough time at the start but has had a wonderfully normal life. DS#1 was born with malformed heart and only lived 4 days. We were encouraged to apply for compensation but they do not cover those health issues. Genetic testing was negative so it had to be environmental.Then you throw BC into the mix with all these curve balls of life.
Sandy, thinking of you...hoping you are having minimal pain issues and have a good plan in place with lots of flexibility for when you are feeling good. You deserve to be cared for...you have done so much for yourself for so long. Big hugs...
Mommarch, sending positive thoughts and prayers for you that your test results are not serious.
Kaara, it's great that you have that good relationship with your GD. I'm sure that made your visit very special. Safe travels...
I am on steroids for the mystery hives and itching; the prednisone kicked in big today (day 3) and I cannot sleep...am hoping the heart rate calms down.
Have a good night/week end.
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Morning girls! I still haven't heard from the schedular about the bone scan.... and I'm not going to call. Either they call me, or they don't. I don't want to take any meds they may advise anyway.... I KNOW I'm being stubborn, but at my age, I get to do that.
Besides, like I said, ANYone's bones would break if you were dropped from a building. Like I sort of wasn't, but you know what I mean. I just hate those SE's you hear about TOO, Cammi! I break out in hives even from VITAMINS I used to take!
Puffin, after I read your post, I cut my hair.... It was getting too full, and I wear it too "big" so I trimmed it.
You guys will laugh, but I hold a section up, like I am putting it in a roller.... cut off an inch or two, and roll it up. Then I go to the next section, do the same thing, roll it up, etc!
So when I am all done, it is even! I did it dry this time.... But I've been cutting and coloring my hair this way for about 50 years. I've only been to a "beauty shop" maybe 4 times in my life, and each time, I swear I will never go back. So I am my "Hairdresser" and I "KNOW!" Ha, ha!
Supposed to go to a Wedding Reception at 5p/m today! I am just worried! See, DH has his normal 2 beers about 12:30 until 2.... then he walks back from the little tavern, and has one more, before dinner.... But NOW we are going to this RECEPTION, and you KNOW how much I am dreading it?
I will stay depending on if he drinks.... I am just dreading that blurry eyed look they get.... so that's when I will say OKAY Buster, we are going home! I have lived through too many of those times... and I can't anymore.
NOW, I can have maybe one drink, and it almost puts me to sleep.... So I don't drink hardly at all... I USED to have a drink with him, but it started to be NO fun, when my "one drink" with him, turned into his 3 more.
I woke up in the middle of the night, thinking and dreading tonight... But we can stay at that Reception awhile, or I will say "Okay.... that's enough.... You coming with me?"
Didn't used to be that way.... I was like my Mom.... but somehow I quit being such a scaredy-cat of saying anything.... I done myself proud!
Did you gals ever go to places where everyone was drunk, and just ruined it for everyone else? So that's my whine for today......
Wren! I KNOW! Those Omega3 Fish Oil things are just the worst! And your breath smells like you just dined on a Carp! I used to take sooooooooo many Vitamins, but I finally just quit, because I didn't notice any difference! I always felt good, and I never detected any change in anything! So I gave it up.
One time I took a handful of assorted vitamins, put them in a watering can filled with water, and fed them to my plants! THEY didn't notice any difference EITHER in how THEY felt! So SEE? I might do this to the rest of them.... if they had an expiration date, they aren't any good anyway by now.
Joan.... good Morning! Sorry about all that going on.... I remember being so afraid of yes, agent orange, and the Rocky Mountain Arsenal that was HERE! Also Plutonium was stored at Rocky Flats near Golden, and seeped into the ground water. They are cleaning it all up now, but the workers there, and close neighbors fought the government for YEARS complaining about these "illnesses" that the government SWORE were not related.
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Joan: your oncotype score of 13 would have been low enough that my onc said I could have skipped chemo if mine had been that low
I'd forgotten about the lint roller, thanks for the reminder. Really considering shaving today, Lew has his shaver all charged up.
Here's my After Flowbee photo. I'm going to a Look Good Feel Good class this week, guess we could also call this my Before picture and I'll post my glam shot after the class!
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Good Morning
Joan I know steroids have their place but they are not easy to take, so I'm sure wishing u luck on them.
Oh Chevy when I was married to my 2nd husband I hated wedding or parties of any kind. It's funny cuz he didn't drink t home, but he's get so drunk and mean I never wanted to go. It was always a nitemare for so many.
Puffin her hair is so short now so u'r ready, but I must say u really look good and happy on top of that. But u'll be just as beautiful with no hair, so don't worry.
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Puffin, you are going to make a great looking bald lady. I did not, but it was still ok with me. Rocky until I started thinking of it as a temporary situation that would probably help me help others to save my life. When you think in those terms it is easier to accept things that are difficult and leave us feeling "exposed" in too many ways.
I guess we have to lose the hair to create our new life after treatment. We get a do-over ! Not only do you get new hair a short time after treatment, but I think many people ( like myself ) really found having this disease ( not that I recommend it for this purpose ) helped them assess just what their life was about and find this time one of introspection. For me it was a time to renew my faith and deep appreciation for having life at all. I found renewed inspiration a total gift and that I could and should try to understand the 'life' force in everything.....even if it was things that usually make me shudder a bit, like spiders and snakes. Everything on earth, as well as earth itself has a life vibration. I learned to find joy in simple things and actually look for them every day. I don't know what the future holds but having a bald head for awhile did in its own odd way, a lot for GOOD for and in me, than bad. I dislike that it took a horrid disease to make that happen, but I've learn to co-exist that something so negative lined up so many positives for me.
Chevy, sure wish you didn't have to dread something that should be enjoyable. I know though how it goes. I had times of deep dread, and looking at glassy eyes, and knowing responses were off or sometimes not very appropriate............and almost wishing there was a hole in the floor to swallow that person up without anyone actually noticing. Most of the time I went through this I was very much a non-drinker and that makes it even more difficult. Nothing like the hyper-awareness of feeling that not only are you having to watch another person, but feeling like others are as well. Of course, this person is oblivious because they are "loosened up" now. Sigh !!!! I will hope that it goes ok for you. Sometimes we are sort of powerless and just have to move through a situation best we can........Hope !!!!
Puffin, I forgot to say how great the Look Good -- Feel Great seminars are. For one thing there are usually several bald ladies there and if it is anything like the one I attended, they are all laughing, having fun, and being taught make-up tips and tricks to get and make the most of your own personal style of Bald is Beautiful. They hand out a great make-up kit matched to your complexion -- and it is serious, but can be almost entertaining. I was so timid when I went and hate to say I almost didn't. It would have been such a mistake for me.
Hope you all have a great Saturday. I'll be back later today.
Blessings,
Jackie
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Puffin, You're rockin the short hair! I put a photo just taken of me in my wig on my avatar. This is my human hair wig which was highlighted to match my "real" hair. Looks so much like my hair that my 10 & 13 yr old GDs didn't know it was a wig when I first started wearing it. Sigh. Right now 10 days from my last chemo I have what looks like white baby chick fuzz & not a whole lotta that!
I was told that 2 weeks from first chemo my hair would start to fall out. So, exactly one day before that, I went to the wig store with DH, DD, & DDIL to pick mine up and have her give me a gratis buzz cut. I used to have lots of hair and the last thing I wanted was to see it in clumps at the bottom of the shower. Seemed like a bad Lifetime movie to me:-). I have to say that getting that buzz cut was one of the most empowering things I've done since being diagnosed. I lost my hair my own way - not cancer's! We all went out to lunch to celebrate after.
Joan, Thank you! Yes, I had my rad set up a few days ago (piece of cake) and my first treatment is Aug 7, exactly two weeks from final chemo. Yay!! I can't tell you how happy I am that I'm finally on the last leg of this treatment journey.
Joan, so sorry to hear about your husband's being exposed to agent orange and the effects it had on your children. You are one strong lady to have withstood all of that, and my heart goes out to you.
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Hi gals.... Yes Puffin.... you look MAHvelous! No worries there kiddo! Just shave when you want to, and be proud! Oh that's RIGHT! You live in North Dakota! You can always wear any kind of scarf, Turbin or wig to help with the cold! Or don't wear anything!
Like Cammi! She goes out without a stitch on! She has no sense or decorum.....
Good for YOU MomMom! Pretty brave of you, AND you are right.... YOU took control!
Thanks Jackie.... So this morning when DH got up I told him I had the WORST dream, and he asked about what?
So I said I dreamed that you went to the bar, like you do every day, and then you came home an drank MORE, and then we went to the reception and you got totally wasted!
He said I won't do that! I will only drink 2, then we will have dinner, and drive over there, and I won't get drunk! And he has been so sweet!
I said I just get so scared when you get drunk!
He should know! His Dad and MY Dad did this our whole lives! I haven't seen him "drunk" in about 5 years.... So he KNOWS how I feel.... maybe we will have the best time ever.... I will be watching him like a Hawk.... like a PITA wife!
Yes Cammi.... especially Italian wedding receptions! I remember...... oh well..... doesn't matter now..... Thanks guys! xoxoxoxo
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MomMom: you look great in your wig, very natural looking.
My free synthetic wig from the cancer society looks close to my previous style but bangs need to be trimmed a bit, I'll have my hair dresser do that this week when she comes back from the lake. I had Lew buzz me down to the scalp this morning, today it's 86 out there so I had to cover up and make sure I didn't sunburn my head when I went out and worked in the yard.
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Puffin, you look great in your photo...and now you've done it your way...ready for whatever comes. Yes, keep covered up when outside.
Mommom, your hair looks great and very natural. I'm glad your planning session is done! I was so nervous I took 2 xanax just for that...after 3 rads sessions, I managed pretty well. [I hate to lie still. I fidget.]
Thanks for your kind thoughts.Cammi, my steroids are just a 6 day tapering dose pack. I cut back on the daily dose but am trying to finish it like the good little patient (which I never am).
Chevy, when I conceived my 4th child, I lived in Aurora at the Army Med Center. A disproportionate number of the families living there had trouble with miscarriage and birth defects including me. We did think about the RM arsenal a few miles away. Fortunately for me, it turned out to be a life-changing experience which helped me grow and I was blessed with two healthy boys after that. God was with us.
Chevy, I hope you had a good time. I remember my mom hated holidays and parties. She was the child of an alcoholic father and then my dad was a well-respected businessman with a drinking problem. After two drinks every night he got nasty. If there was a party he ended up so drunk mom couldn't manage him.
It was never discussed in my house...it just played out as the ugly elephant in the room every day.
Fortunately, DH and I take occasional drinks but it has never interefered.Wren, I agree that some of those supplement pills are just impossible to ingest. I got the petite D + Ca pills and they are bulky and difficult. My last scan after a year on letrozole showed "normal" with the slightest beginnings of osteopenia. I didn't like that. I am due for another dexa scan this fall.
Jackie, I feel as you described about hair...it is my favorite feature and when my hair looks good I feel good...I do not feel confident to not "hide" behind my hair. But I have been around here long enough to know that of course it is not the worst of anything and it's something so many of you have faced with grace.
Rainy and cloudy here today...not sure what tomorrow will bring. I cleaned a dusty damp basement today wearing nitrile gloves and mask. About three more weeks to go with that chore.
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Lol joan 3 more weeks
Have a wonderful Sunday all
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Joan...You talked about the elephant in the room! Yes.... exactly.... I grew up with that too! Amazing, right?
But last night was PERfect! DH knew how I dreaded this Reception.... but we went at 5... and it went better than I ever thought! He had 3 beers there, and asked if I wanted a glass of wine, or wanted to go home, but I was just BEAT! So we left about 7!
We hardly knew anybody there, but we both had fun talking to new people! DH is such a kidder, and a fun guy anyway, and this must have been his element!
We've known the Bride since she was born, and DH worked with her Dad for the Water dept for many years, but we just went on with our lives, with only lunches, etc. once in awhile.... So it was fun talking to them.....
Man, I remember New Years parties with them! But don't want to do THAT again.... Ha! But I really slept good last night! Probably because I had no worries, and was happy.
So you mean you lived at Lowry? In Aurora? Or Fitzsimmons? I think that was Air-Force though... Yes, we drove by the Rocky Mountain Arsenal on our way home from DIA once.... It is a Wild-life Reguge now! Maybe they cleaned it all up? Not soon enough though.... they just didn't know about hazardous materials then.... or maybe they knew and didn't know what to do with them, except bury everything in drums, which would eventually break open anyway..... Glad those war and post-war years are over...
MAN, I sound like I know what I am talking about sometimes! Scares me.... sort of...
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We're all in fear Chevy.
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It is my choice to care deeply about others. No kindness is too small to be important - the smile to the bank teller, the sincere "thank you" for all kindnesses received, the reassuring hand on the shoulder of a loved one or friend. There is compassion in selfless generosity, and there is also compassion in heartfelt empathy. ~~~~~Robert Louis Stevenson
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We're all in fear Chevy.