TIME TO CIRCLE THE WAGONS GIRLS

Laura: Hope you hear from your daughter soon. I always hate that kind of worry.

Good Morning Marsha.

Odalys: Gonna be hot and humid here too. I will be driving all about - walking in and out of air conditioning. So Im hoping to survive the day. What I liked about the article is that it was teaching nurses to be aware of this fatigue. I might even turn this article into a CEU presentation. It was a good one for sure.

Hitting the shower. See ya later.

Nicki

I only read back a ittle and wanted to make a comment about doctors. Apparently I am not the only one who is tired of having to be my own doctor! My pcp put me on an SSRI when I was first dx'd b/c he assumed I would be depressed. OK so I didn't argue and took the thing. Now my onc has me on the tamoxifen so being the diligent soul that I am, I googled SSRI and tamoxifen and what do I find? Plain as day? The SSRI prevents the tamox from converting the way it should to work against the estrogen. When I saw my pcp last week, he is going over everything, mentioned the tamox and moved on to something else. I said, shouldn't I come off that SSRI? He looks at me puzzled, I explain, he leaves the room, comes back and says yes, the tamox trumps the SSRI! HELLO I KNOW THAT.

Happy anniversary Odalys, hope you have something wonderful planned with DH today!!

Love, Marsha

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"Thank You Friends" Your prayers mean the world to me!
have to get off now, not suppose to be on internet, But I needed to thank all my friends for their Love!


Puppy

yes hair cut today


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Good morning CGs!

JanKay, was the chicken good? I love fried chicken. Thanks for the Hug Certificate and the Maxine joke. I always enjoy your posts!

Vickie, I hope all goes well with getting the new job. That sucks that poor Nate is sick today. Hopefully, you won't get it and he will be good as new by tomorrow.

Liz, the red spots sound like they may be shingles. I had them several years ago and it wasn't fun. I'm also thinking it may be a reaction to something, with all the re-decorating you are doing.

Peter, thanks for the lovely prayer. And I am ROTFLMAOPIMP!!! Did the penis fairy leave him anything under his pillow????

Nicki, I'm glad you're feeling better today. Sometime I react to the heat and humidity and feel like I'm getting a cold, but when I get home, I'm fine. That's probably all it is.

Boo, I'm not a big seafood lover, but that salmon did sound good!

Laura, how long has it been since you heard from your daughter? I hope she calls soon.

Odalys, Happy Anniversary to you!! You are lucky to have found a good man!

Marsha, Drs. prescribe so many meds, they don't think about interactions. My onc prescribed Effexor for me, knowing full well that I drink. I looked it up on the net and they said not to drink when you take it. Well you know I tossed that right in the trash!! I always found that your pharmacist knows more about meds than your Dr.

Cheri, what's up???? How are you today?

Has anyone heard from Tracey/thongs? I hope she is pleasantly moving on and her family problems haven't gotten out of hand.

I'm checking in early since I am shifting into overdrive to get ready for my camping trip. I have to go to BJs and stock up on several items. I was supposed to mow the lawn, but it is raining today. I don't know when it's going to get done, since they are calling for thunderstorms for the rest of the week! BBL

Hi Cherryl.............This one is for you! Pinky is embarrassed that she didn't help you move and that is why she is hiding her eyes. But, she is mortified to find out that she could have helped a sick child! She sends her apology's and says for you to watch your mail box!

I Really do not have time to be here .. but that hasn't stopped me yet! lol Just wanted to say a quick hello to everyone.

Peter - it's a Magic carpet ride so I'm sure it can be as big as you want. I'd love to have you along. My PS name is Dennis .. I'll PM you his contact info if you like! hahahaha

Nicki - thank you for the information from that article...I believe there's a lot of truth to that and may be part of my problem! I'm happy to hear you're not feeling so bad today.

Jankay - what a Sweet poem and a LOL funny!

Vickie - Poor Nate! Wishing for a speedy recovery! Oh, of course, you would make a Perfect Glenda!!! That sounds like a party to remember!

Marsha - I had to tell my doctor the Same thing!!! There are some women who don't even metabolize Tamoxifen and there's a blood test for that .. P450-CY2D6. Pop on over to the Hormone Therapy thread and read about it if you're interested. I had the test done and am waiting for the results.

Margaret - Some people wouldn't like others going through there cupboards and rearranging and cleaning, but I say, Go For It! Your sister was awesome to do that!

Dang, no more time!!! Gotta run ladies but thinking of everyone from Amy - Z and wishing all a wonderful day! My sister arrives today .. I'll try and be back tonight if possible.

Love
Charlene

Well, I got a fix from Norton to download..sooooo I may be back and I may not be soon...wish me luck..I am a total computer knownothing...
Hugs to all..SoCal

Happy Wednesday ladies. And Happy Thursday Peter. So here I sit drinking Chai tea. This stuff is supposed to be good for me right. It's just not the same as that lovely first cup of coffee. For the about a week now I have been waking up at 4:30am. How crummy is that. So last night I decided to take an ambien to try to make it till at least 6. Of course stupid me didn't go to bed right away and I fell asleep on the couch. AND MY BUMM HUSBAND LEFT ME THERE! Woke up about 1:30 cause I was cold. Crawled into bed and yep you guessed wide awake at 4:30. Whats up with that. It's not like I'm napping during the day or anything. And I'm not tired so I guess I'm getting enough sleep. But really at 4:30am the bats haven't even come home yet. Spent the last few days going thru disks of old pictures loading up a memory card for my daughter for the fancy schmancy whatever you call it frame. It's been a grand trip down memory lane. Her birthday is next week and I don't even have half the card filled up yet. Still haven't got around to binding the quilt. It will only take an hour or so if I would just sit my behind down and do it. I'm such a procrastinator.

Liz, waiting anxiously to hear what the doctor says. Praying for heat rash or an allergic reaction to something. You can not possibly have shingles two weeks before Pinkstock. That is just not allowed.

Socal, I had to look that up too.
Grover's disease (transient acantholytic dermatosis) is a condition that appears suddenly as itchy red spots on the trunk, most often in older men.
Dang there is a disease name for everything isn't there.

Cherryl, love you too. Glad your nearly box free.

Shel, furniture shopping? what fun. I have no idea what baclofen is but I'm glad it's working for you. Does the Zometa make your joints ache? I started getting the achey joint pain about a week after my ardeia infusion. No fun. Thought I had got rid of that nonsense when I stopped the arimidex. Doc told me to start taking glucosamine. Great 4 more horse pills every day. Pharmacist said it takes several weeks before I'll notice a difference. Sure hope it works.

Cy your peeing blood and they want you to wait two months. O my.August 14th is still to far away in my book. I would call my onc and whine big time... Stupid letter I got yesterday from pulomnary doc said....."You have been referred to the Sonora Pulomnary and Critcal Care Unit for an appt on Sept 4, 2007......Sure hope I'm not critical. Thats just stupid.
I'm very happy to read the pain in your feet is getting better.

Charlene, I have several pics of the quilt in process that I will be posting after Pinkstock. Want it to be a surprise till then.
I didn't go to straight decaf. Took me a month of slowing adding it to regular to wean myself off. I'm gonna miss my coffee. I love coffee. It has always been my drink of choice. But if I'm gonna be spending big bucks on new teeth I can't be doing stupid stuff thats gonna make them ugly. So the coffee had to go. Cigs are next. Just have to get up my nerve. I find it totally amusing that my health has never been reason to quit my bad habits but sparkly new white teeth is. How sad is that. Good Lord I am so vain.
Very glad SO has a smile on his face. Hmmmm maybe I should try that sometime. Hubby is perpetually crabby. Naaaa never mind. He can just be crabby.
My theory on house cleaning is it is impossible to keep a perfect house when you have kids unless you want to make yourself crazy. Now that I have no kidlets at home my house stays pretty tidy for the most part.

Cheri, I love myspace. I can spend hours there hopping from one page to the next.
For anyone that wants it my myspace url is www.myspace.com/sherlocishere

Karen, pics of the quilt will be coming soon. Sure wish you were coming to Pinkstock.

Peter, that baby is just wrong!!! But the joke was a hoot. Nearly spit out my o so good for me herbal tea.

jankay, hahahhahah....Maxine is a hoot.

Vicki, I do hope Nate is feeling better soon. 103 does not sound good. And throwing up to boot. YUCK, poor baby give him a popsicle from me.

Nicki, I read an article a few months ago about cancer treatment related fatigue. Hopefully all the press will make the med community more aware of it.
Speaking of mag articles. Does anyone get Cure? Very interesting article in latest issue about stem cells and cord blood. Often wondered about those companys that advertise about banking your babies cord blood. Article says the likelihood of it doing you or your family any good is slim to none. But the stem cells in there could do much to advance research. But sadly there is a shortage of it because not many women know they can donate it for research. I am wondering with all the thousands of babies born every day why this isn't made more known. Seems like most would donate if they knew about it. Don't hospitals just dispose of the placenta anyway. What a waste.
Pompous Ass indeed. But he is the only one in town. So I'll wait till sept and see what kind of impression he makes. If I don't like him I'll get a referral to UC Davis. Thats where my bone doc is. The one I was sent to here in town was a moron. I'm thinking I might just be about done with allergy season by then too.

Good Morning Marsha. I would say that even if you PCP doesn't know that about the SSRI's, your onc most definately should. Or geez, how about the pharmacist.

Happy Anniversary Odalys. Yikes, I had an HMO once. Never again. HR changed your insurance without your knowledge? I'd be flaming mad. That is such a big no no.

Mena, Mena, Mena....I loe it when you pop in. You always put a smile on my face. I miss our old days in chat. The room is just not the same anymore. I rarely go in there anymore.
Yehaw and Hip Hip Hurrah for your house selling. Congrats.

Good morning EachDay, hope yours is simply fabulous.

Denise, we are gonna give you c&p lessons at Pinkstock so you never have to be invalid again.

Good Luck Socal.

Time for me to go finish the quilt. I'll be back.

Happy Mid-Day All!

Didn't take notes, but does this ever happen to anyone? I'm reading the posts, starting at my last post. As I'm reading, I see people saying feel better to Nicki, and hello to Mena, etc. I've seen no post from Nicki or Mena though. It happens to me a lot, it's like I somehow miss whole pages or something.

Anyway, Mena, I did see your post to me re Tim. I know how things can really resonate with you when you've gone through something similar, so I'm assuming that's the case with you. Well, I did end up responding to his e-mail, and I cc'd a select few people. The thing that was hardest for me is that he did this terrible thing to me and Warren, but because all of "our" friends were really "my" friends, and he's one of those guys that doesn't really have friends, the people who work for him are the closest thing he has to friends (he owns his own company), he's never had to own up to the cowardly and cruel way he just moved out without ever even talking to me about ending our engagement face to face. Because I'm friendly with some of the folks that work for him, I know all he said was, "Colleen and I parted ways" So... I responded to his request for the ring with an e-mail that basically said, "most people would have left it at moving out without telling their fiance of the 10 year old boy who worshipped him" and "you've never taken responsibility for your actions because you've never admitted them to anyone you have to face, including me and Warren" and I cc'd it to the top 3 people in his company (the closest thing he has to friends.) Really bad and wrong of me, because I actually really like them, and it was terrible to make THEM feel awkward (he is their boss and the owner of the company they work for after all!) but it made me feel better and for probably the first time in my adult life I chose ME over someone else!

Whoa!! Sorry about that! Kind of went off on a serious tangent/rant there!!!

Anyway, back to the circle, will catch up better this weekend, but a big feel better to liz, Nate, Nicki, CY (no way you should wait that long for a dr's appt) and shoot, I forget who else now. Prayers and good thoughts for Puppy, thanks Mena (and congrats on the house) and love to everyone else

((((Colleen))))you know if we here in the circle could mend your broken heart we would in a second......Tim is not the last man you are ever going to love.......Laura as soon as you hear from your daughter please let us know....I am going to worry with you the rest of the day....Odalys congrat on 13 yrs..........do you mind me asking but is your heritage Cuban........I am eating black bean soup this morning for breakfast.....I just love it....Denise just so you know you will never be "invalid" to us.......ha......ok sweet chicas and chico I am getting ready "fixin to" take my daughter to the dentist to get her teeth cleaned she gets braces next week.......ugh......600.00 dollar down payment....of course ex and I split that but its alot of money for me....see ya'll later gators........

Angel---Ooops. No confusion intended. That's what happens when I type by the seat of my pants! Too lazy (and rushed) to take notes.

Peter--yes, Sam is my grandson. He lives about 75 miles away so I drive down Tuesday nites and do my Gramma bit on Wednesday and then haul myself back home. But he's worth it! The other set of grandkids are 350 miles away so it could be worse! My daughter is a social worker (translation---poor) so I can at least save them some money this way. I'm waiting for him to wake up as we speak.

Vickie---hope Nate just has a 24 hour bug. amazing how high a kids' temp can go, isn't it? If we had a temp of 103 we would be incoherent. Hope you hear about the job soon too.

I might see MB Friday. They are coming here for the Syracuse Nationals (BIG classic and street rod show) and I'm going to try to find them either at the campgrounds or the fairgrounds.

Went to my PCP yesterday and wound up getting an xray of that hurtin' hip. Her comment was, "we like to get ahead of this stuff if you're eventually going to need a hip replacement." I love her to death but why do docs always go to the worst case scenario? She suggested a podiatrist for the bunion too---heck, I just know what shoes to avoid and that's MUCH cheaper! Bad enough I have to go see the cataract dude in a few weeks. Geez, I sound like I'm about 110 judging from that last paragraph. For someone who feels she's in relatively good shape I sound like a mess! Has anyone tried a chiro for stuff like arthritis back/hip pain? Doc favors PT but I'm sick of that after three straight years for the successive frozen shoulders.

Mena---So good to see you again. Don't disappear on us again---I always love your posts. Glad to hear the house sold. It was a wrench when I had to sell the house we raised the kids in but, 10 years down the line, it was a good thing and cut the final string between me and Prince Charmless.

Hope everyone enjoys their day. Hugs and prayers for Puppy.

Jeannie

Prince Charmless......ha......Jeannie you are too funny......

Hey all sweet sisters (and sleeping brother too...I'll tiptoe around so not to wake you).
Just sitting around waiting for Nates dr's appt. It's a 2:15. I can't get his fever down no matter what I do...cool bath, washcloth, Tylenol, Motrin...nothing is working and I can't get it under 101. I suspect strep throat again and the dr's do too so off we go. I guess they have had a rash of calls today and there are tons of virus's floating around so be careful out there!
Hey Jeannie...oh I love the Prince Charmless...I've had my share of them too.
Colleen...what are sister for? Come and rant whenever you need to...we will listen and give you a hug. I actually have something I should send to you. It's a doll thats called "the perfect man"...he's on a keychain and says all kinds of really nice things. My daughter gave him to me and he's pretty funny. I think I have your address and you need him more than I do right now. I have given up on men. Gonna be a virgin for the rest of my life!
Mena...wow...so good to see you posting. Did you get the addresses you need...if not, let me know and big hugs to you.
Madison...Hi crochet sister...working hard on our "special project" along with one other afghan. Haven't had a chance to write lately but love ya! Countdown to Pinkstock!!!
Shokk...ewwww...tongue virus...now that sounds scary and a wee bit strange. I'm sorry...trying not to laugh but imagining myself calling in to work to say my tongue has a virus heehee. I know it wasn't just your tongue but had to run with it LOL. I am glad you are better. Thanks for the wishes for me and Nate.
Puppy...where are you...come on out and play a bit. We love ya and miss ya. Let us know when you will be going to the hospital for your procedure so you can get a special magic carpet ride!
Amy...gentle hugs today. Not a thing I can say to make it better just know that I'm holding your hand.
CY...you really need to call and yell at your doctors...you shouldn't have to wait so long! Want me to call for ya?...heehee
Ok...missed a bunch...where is Robin, Jan, Cheri, Suz, hmmm..lots of MIA's...not allowed!!
Love to all
Vickie