May 25, 2022 05:27PM bandwoman1234 wrote:

Jean, how did your first therapy session?

Wheatfields, I hope you are post surgery now and on your way home. I am glad your good friend that is a nurse was able to be with you. Praying that your surgery will help you to be totally out of pain.

Today I finished my pelvic floor therapy. I started the day oversleeping and my alarm didn't go off. I woke up at 11 so I was really flying to get myself ready. Luckily the sessions have been very good but today my biofeedback was just not working. I started to tell her about my contractor and that got me so upset it goofed up my whole biofeedback but I had been doing really well with that so it is what it is. Now I just need to keep motivated in doing the exercises on top of my usual back exercises I have to do almost every day just to function.

Chris, I am sorry you had a setback but it sounds like you really needed the IV fluids. I am glad your MO agreed to a dose reduction. Your weight loss is a lot and I do pray that you can start to feel better. I have lost 19 lbs and I realize that my pants are starting to get quite loose so I can imagine with almost twice that amount you would need some new clothes. I pray that you will have extra strength to do that. Your house sounds like a tremendous amount of work has already happened. I would definitely not sweat some of the things that aren't done at this point. Your family coming in will certainly understand if things are not perfect like you would want. I pray that when your guests come in and you have your big celebration that you will feel good and that you can enjoy the time and be present in the moment. We are all praying for you!!

Love,

Nancy

May 26, 2022 10:40AM wheatfields wrote:

Dear ladies,

Thank you so much for your prayers! My hand surgery went very well and the Lord provided in all details. We had to leave at 5:00 am in order to be there by 6:30. However, backing out of my friends driving I noticed my tire pressure light on, on the dashboard. And so we hastily switched everything to her car and I have to admit I was getting panicky. But we prayed together as we often do when we start out driving a distance and then I felt better. One hand just had the injection and is a little sore around injection site, and the other thumb had an injection and the trigger thumb fixed with a few stitches. That hand is bandaged and was so numb yesterday but it feeling normal today, there is some pain from the incision and I have a few pain pills to take and then to put ice on it.

GB thank you so much for posting a picture of your blanket, it is so very pretty and does look like stained glass! I'm praying too for your work concerns and that all would be resolved soon.

Jean, I am praying for successful therapy for you.

And Chris, we are praying that you are feeling better each day and will enjoy your special day with family and friends to the very fullest.

Nancy, I'm continuing to pray for your contractor issue and your health concerns.

May the Lord bless and keep each you!

Love, Wheatfields

May 26, 2022 05:33PM sunshine99 wrote:

teka, at first glance I thought your picture was of a CT scanner! Maybe your CAT thought so, too! LOL

Chris, I'm glad your surgery went well.

Nancy, I'm sorry about your frustration/fears re: your contractor. I'm glad you finished your PT (at least the in-person appointments) and hope you continue to make progress.

I had a bit of an ordeal picking up my Ibrance from my local CVS yesterday. It was delivered to them on Friday of last week, but they kept insisting that it wasn't there. UPS confirmed the delivery as did the specialty pharmacy that sent it. No luck. Finally left after waiting for 30 minutes. Called them again today. "Oh, it's here. It was in the "specialty bin." They did this the last time I went to pick it up. Next time I'll have the check the "specialty bin."

I tried to schedule my nuclear med and CT scans today. There is a shortage of contrast for the CT scan, so I can't get that until possibly July. Nuc med scan will go as scheduled. I felt sorry for the scheduler and told her that I hoped people were being kind to her. She said some of them were not and that she appreciated my understanding. Poor thing - I'm sure it's personally her fault that there is a shortage of CT contrast, right?

My tummy's a bit better - still crampy if I try to eat, but at least no nausea. I'm eating bits of jasmine rice and drinking electrolyte water.

Computer issues yesterday. I have a fairly new computer and Geek Squad came a couple of months ago and moved everything from the old to the new computer. For some reason the hard drive on the new PC was 99% full. It made no sense, so I finally got Geek Squad on Chat to troubleshoot it. The first chat session person told me to make an appointment, the second one ended the chat before we were finished and the third one (who I could barely understand) went through a bunch of steps but didn't fix the problem. He was super sweet and kind, so I gave him good reviews of the survey.

I ended up taking it into Best Buy's Geek Squad yesterday afternoon. I showed the tech the issue and he found the "culprit" within about 5 minutes. There was a 250 GB folder from a previous backup. I didn't need it on my local drive, so we deleted it and now I'm back to a normal hard drive availability. Sigh. At least that step was easy.

Wow, sorry for the ramble. Love and prayers to you all, my friends.

Carol

May 26, 2022 06:59PM bandwoman1234 wrote:

Carol, I'm sorry you are having GI issues as well. I hope your rice and electrolytes are helping. I am glad you got your Ibrance finally. Sometimes those little issues can be really difficult. It is not a little issue when it comes to life saving meds!!!! I'm glad you were able to track it down. A shortage of CT contrast is really something. I have an MRI in Aug. with contrast but I don't think the contrast is the same thing as a CT scan. My smoothies that I drink with the Detox I have been waiting and waiting for the next shipment because they were out of stock. We are really living in a very strange time right now.

Your Geek Squad issue I am glad got resolved even if you had to make a trip to see them in person. I know you are supposed to be going to visit your family this weekend and I hope you will feel up to going and feel much better.

I had a car issue which seemingly came out of nowhere. Every time I opened my car door a type of alarm would go off. It was really annoying and I didn't have time to deal with it until today. I was praying it would be something easy, fast and not expensive. I go to a huge dealer and you don't have to make appointments which I love. The first guy that came up to me I told him what was happening. He said your lights are on. He flipped the switch on my steering wheel and that was the issue. How he figured this out so fast I don't know as I have running lights on always. I am betting that this has happened more than a few times at this dealer. I have a feeling on one of my photography outings with all my gear it must have moved that lever with the lights. I was SOOOOOOO happy that I could come home and get laundry and some cleaning done and get the car fixed with NO CHARGE. Wooohooooooo.

I got a call from my oncology dept today saying that my apt had to be changed in Oct. because that NP was no longer there. This is my third oncologist that has left within a two yr span. I only saw the new NP once and this second one I never saw at all. I will go back to seeing my original MO who passed me off to his PA after I had been with him the first few years. They all had different reasons for leaving but I am glad this didn't happen during my first few years of dealing with bc.

Teka, does Teka do MRI's as well?

May 29, 2022 01:17AM loverofjesus wrote:

Hello everyone !!! I have not been here in a while because after the upgrade to the site I could not log on consistently at all. Now all seems to be fixed. I still prayed for you all and I am so thankful I can now come back and be part of the group again.

I’m doing good. I finished rads and now am on tamoxifen.

I still have rough days mentally sometimes. But I know over time that will surely get better.

Again I’m so glad to be back on!! I can’t wait to get caught up.

Hugs to all.

Shannon