INSOMNIACS place to talk in the wee hours

Sassy - nope not me DH did. I wish I could get mine done. I guess I just don't complain enough to my glaucoma doc. That's coming up next month so maybe I need to practice my petulant whiny voice. I know where to go, same place DH and friend had their's done. Wonder if they take walk in's? DH had his done 12 years ago so he had just the old fashioned implants. He's back to wearing glasses for driving but he can read OK now. I think he could get a laser tweak adjustment but with him it's not going to happen and I cannot hog tie him and drag him down there.

What MRI did you have done today? Praying that all results are primo!! That's one thing along with a PET that I've not had done. I would have to be majorly sedated I think.

Zills - what is a good Irish tea? I made the Celestial Seasonings watermelon/lime yesterday. Heavy on something not sure if hibiscus or rose hips but pretty good. I just searched thru Celestial Seasonings site. Lots of stuff I've never seen. I forgot I bought a bottle of shelf stable dirty chai latte. Might be good for tomorrow. Decaf tea - meh. I think I might have one kind but lots of herbals for cold weather.

I take a daily Claritin just for grins. Couldn't hurt with the allergens around here and if it helps with aches so much the better.

OH MY DOG indeed! But that vet is a keeper.

Spookie- oh dear, I am glad your pup is okay. Whew. What a day for you.

Oh Spookie I had trauma just reading that! My Rose is a runner, if there's a crack in the door or the gate, she's gone like a flash. At our old house it was bad enough, but a remote neighborhood where she was pretty safe. She's a cheetah - really fast but tires quickly. But here, we are around the corner from a major thoroughfare, and when a storm took down our crabapple tree and it fell on the fence, it pulled the gate open, and she was gone before we knew there was a problem. Cousin and I hopped in the car and chased after her, me in my nightie, she ran out into the road, then back into the neighborhood and down the street. She was tiring out when a neighbor stooped down to say hi to her and I was able to grab her while she was being social. We've decided it's not that she wants to get away from us, just that her schnauzer blood makes her adventurous and she just wants to explore everything. We can't keep a collar on her because Nacho pulls it off every time. So yes, I worry, and we keep a gate inside the front door. We get nervous when we have workers here. Our friend who redid the back yard has had the occasion to chase her, so he knows how it goes.

Did you beat Kris pink & purple?

The vet had a trailer parked behind the pet store. They were bringing him back in to DH. His leash was attached, but NOT looped around the techs hand!!

Isn't that dog school 101? Yes, he is a runner. He ran from his first family.

He had his dinner, a big drink, 1/4 tramadol, and they went to bed.

I wish I could have a big Scotch and soda.

Spookie- I say go for the cocktail. You need it.

Spookie, glad Kris is OK. Thank goodness he was microchipped, you could have been looking for him for quite a while if they hadn't been able to identify him so quickly. I remember when my co-worker lost her dog, back before microchipping, she had to call around to all the shelters every day until he turned up. He was very lucky, somebody saw him walking down the road and picked him up and turned him into a shelter in the neighboring town. He'd lost his collar somewhere along the way, so no tag.

Smarty the black and white theme is great. I like the contrast of the yellow star and the side piece with space and stars in greys and blacks. Will you do an entire quilt in this? Did you get a replacement tree?

Well I had the Herceptin and they gave me an xgeva shot. Ouch to the shot. I think it has effected my neuropathy cause it's 1:30 am and I have been thrashing around half asleep and then irritated by tingling and feet feelings.. Ambien and pain meds are not touching it. After the infusion I did a little shopping for the kids and standing and walking makes my hips and legs hurt. I am assuming the rads and their effects. Got some great xmas gifts so I am happy about that.

Have to ask some of the nurses here what they think about these lab changes. My PCP did some labs at Quest that were collected on 10/29 at 1:30pm. They were not processed until 10/30 at 1:30 the next day when the results were reported. My AlkalinePhosphotase was 239. (normal 33-130). Then my liver values were AST- 67 (10-35) and ALT 129 (6-29), Albumin was 3.4 (3.6-5.1). The amount of ascites fluid I am pulling off weekly has gone from 4 to 5.5 liters. The color has changed from dark amber to light amber. I am always tired, which I atribute to effects from radiation to (hips, left shoulder and lower right leg) ascites and fluid shifts, bone mets.

So when I went into the onc office she decides to redo all the labs and run tumor markers. It's November 4th and the "old labs" are just from 7 days ago. The labs were run within an hour and Alkaline Phosphotase dropped to 158, AST 21 (from 67) and ALT 30 (from 129), Albumin remained the same at 3.4. So things were back to normal and while that's great, I can't figure it out. Are the Quest Labs so elevated because the tubes sat for a day? Could the spike in Alk Phos be because of bonekill off from the rads I had done 2 weeks ago? The liver labs just zipped back to normal. I have been on cipro for a UTI. Maybe since it was the end of my 3 week cycle, the herceptin was out of my system/liver and dropped the liver labs. It's 2 am and I am puzzled over labs. Wish me luck sleeping on herceptin.. cause I am not!