how about drinking?
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This more accurately explains the differences between GenomicHealth's 0-17 "low risk," 18-25 "intermediate risk," and other reporters' characterization of 11-25 as "intermediate risk."
Genome Web: TAILORx results June 2018
Note that it succinctly states the true gist of the study: that OncotypeDX results, like those of MammaPrint, EndoPredict & Prosigna, can now be classified as "binary"--low vs. high risk, eliminating "intermediate." It states that before the results were announced, the 0-17-ers were already mostly being treated with endocrine rather than chemo-endocrine adjuvant therapy, and concludes that the real group whose concerns were addressed were the 18-25 group that Genomic Health originally classified as "intermediate risk." Therefore, except for women younger than 50 scoring 16 or above, those of us in the 11-17 group were never really "intermediate" by any credible standard. (This also reinforces my long-held opinion that had I been diagnosed at 49 rather than 64, I'd have opted for chemo based on my ODX score of 16).
Again, I feel really awful for those women who were subjected to chemo unnecessarily and whose QOL has been significantly worsened.
(I also include the very small number of men with Luminal A & B bc--though I don't know if the study did).
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Ingerp, a couple of years ago some of the ladies in this thread (including NativeMainer) took a Disney cruise together and had a blast.
I wish I could share that enthusiasm. When I was a little kid in 1950s-60s Brooklyn, SoCal was a magical, mythical place with (to me) Disneyland--not Hollywood--as its capital. I never missed an episode of Mickey Mouse Club, except when I had afterschool obligations like Scouts, or we were on vacations with no access to TV. (I must confess I resented the hell out of L.A. for stealing my beloved Dodgers--until we finally got the Mets, awful as they were those first 7 years). I always wanted to visit Disneyland. Disney World just didn't hold the same appeal to me even though FL was closer than CA. I finally visited Disneyland (and Southern CA) in 1985, when the American College of Cardiology was held at the Anaheim Marriott and Bob was being inducted into it. One of the drug companies bought out the park on a weeknight (when it wasn't open to the public) and we attendees were turned loose and allowed unlimited rides, even on "E ticket" rides, for free--it was just before the park became single-admission, no surcharges for rides. We went back in 1987 when Bob had a cardiology course in San Diego, and by then Gordy was able to fully enjoy it. In March 1993 we went back, for the ACC again.
Didn't visit DisneyWorld or Epcot till autumn 1993 (our first time in FL other than the southeastern coast), when we went with friends and stayed at The Swan hotel. It was fun, especially Epcot. In Feb. 1994, we went by ourselves, stayed offsite at the Grand Hyatt, and on our second day visited Disney-MGM Studios (we'd been to both Universal Studios parks before). We were in the audience at the Indiana Jones Stunt Spectacular, watched the prologue (when Indy runs across a stage through clouds of fog, pursued by snakes and that giant rolling boulder). Then the emcee asked if anyone in the audience could do a really good scream. I gave out a bloodcurdling one, and was invited to participate. I signed the release, figuring they weren't about to require a fortysomething fat lady to do anything dangerous or even remotely physical. Wrong. One of the first things we were instructed to do was pretend to walk on hot coals, which is basically running in place. I figured I'd recovered from the ACL strain I'd suffered in a fall on black ice back in 1990, and I had on a pair of brand-new Nikes, so I gave it a go. Third time my left foot hit the floor, it stuck there and I heard what sounded like ripping paper, followed by searing pain. Tried to get up, even when helped to my feet, but had to stand on my right leg, leaning on the emcee. An attendant brought out a wheelchair, helped me into it, and wheeled me offstage. It was the first standing ovation I ever got.
The park said they were sending a "car" to take me to the ER, but it turned out to be a van. Tried to step up into it. Know how they say that when you're about to die you see your life flash before your eyes? Well, I "saw" an x-ray of my knee--with my tibia passing my femur. They quickly called for an ambulance instead. Got X-rayed, which only showed no bones were broken. Was sent back to the Hyatt in an immobilizer splint and a pair of crutches. The doorman saw me limping in, and ran to the concierge. 10 min. after we got to the room, a free bottle of champagne and cheese plate were delivered. We were comped for not just room service dinner, but for that entire day. Next day we went to Epcot--and nobody there said jack-squat about my knee--and we had to pay to rent a wheelchair. Day after that, we went to Universal--they declined to charge me admission and brought out a wheelchair, gratis. Not just that, but at every attraction I was sent to the head of the line.
Got home--just a "sorry you did not have the Happiest Day of Your Life" form letter in the mail. Not even an offer to refund my admission to MGM. Then got a phone call from the top P.I. law firm in the Orlando area (probably referred by the ambulance driver), who investigated but declined to file suit because I had assumed the risk by signing a release. (Duh). They also said that no other firm in the area was willing to sue Disney (and I did ask a law school classmate to verify that). But they did ask me if I ever have legal business or clients to refer in Orlando, please think of them, and there would be a customary fee-share. And they still send me a lovely Christmas card every year.
Got back to Chicago, had an MRI which revealed complete rupture of the ACL and a meniscus tear. Because I had a nonrefundable trip to China coming up in six weeks, I wouldn't have recovered from reconstruction in time--and I'm neither an athlete nor a dancer. My orthopedic surgeon, a competitive team downhill skier in college, had ruptured both ACLs back before the reconstruction surgery was developed and thus has no ACLs; but he still jumps out of helicopters to deep-powder ski in BC. He assured me that intensive PT would build up my quad to the point where it and a cane would support my knee well enough to make the China trip. I rehabbed like crazy, and sure enough I did walk the Great Wall. Later that summer, Gordy, my very pregnant sis and I went to Paris and visited Disneyland there. We kept getting cut in line by a Corsican family (they were snickering at us in French & Italian--pointing to my sister and making "fatso" gestures). When I called them on their line-cutting, they laughed and the dad actually jokingly punched my sister in the gut. I cursed them out in French and fractured Italian, and security finally removed them.
Went back to Disney World with our friends the next year (they had an onsite timeshare), but it was no fun limping around with my cane--too many bad vibes, and it seemed like every ride ended at an attached gift shop with Disney movie tchotckes. Even Gordy and our friends admitted they were Disneyed-out. Hence my Disney-aversion. But that's just me. Your mileage may vary.
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I live about 2 hours away from Disney World, and we hardly ever go. I like it though I haven't gone in years. It is very costly to take a family, it would be your big vacation of the year. We are older and would rather spend the money on a cruise.
My mini get away was great and I have so much fun with my sisters.
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ChiSandy we have some kind of weird sisterhood going on. The last day my middle and I were at WDW, we were killing time before the shuttle back to the airport and decided to hit the pool at Animal Kingdom Lodge. He swears (and—okay, it's true, although I've never admitted it) that I didn't want to get my hair wet so coming down the water slide feet first, I braced against the bottom of the pool. I felt something in my knee go. Quick ride in an ambulance, but we made our flight home, although I was on crutches. Turned out it was only torn meniscus/partially torn ACL. It took me over a year to complete the tear (yay?) and I ended up with a shiny new ACL (okay not new—somebody else's hand-me-down). I guess the good news is that knee is doing well 15 years later (the other one has more arthritis—go figure). But not exactly a fun knee injury story to tell. ::eyeroll::
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Good Morning, Loungettes!Happy Twofer Tuesday!BRRRR is the only way to describe the weather here. Could actually see my breath last night when I let Sadie out for her last potty break. It's freakin' JUNE. I can deal with some cool days and nights, but needing to turn the heat on in the house in JUNE is nuts. Just nuts. Even Sadie thinks so.
Jazzy--It's amazing to me to watch the evolution of the testing. When I was diagnosed Oncotype testing wasn't ever mentioned, probably not available even if I had known about it to ask for it. Now that test has been refined even further. Just amazing.
Ingerp--yes, one of the ladies who used to be a regular here calls herself a Disney Whore. She doesn't post here regularly now, but she and I keep in touch on Fb. She is one of the 7 of us who went on a Disney Cruise to meet each other in person in January 2016.I call myself a Disney Princess. One of my trip souvenirs is a coffee mug that says "I'm 99% sure I'm a Disney Princess." No one hear is going to make you feel bad about liking Disney!
Back Row: Mary, Collett, Juliet, Dara
Front Row: Memaw, NativeMainer, 4Sew
Chi--Great article, thanks for sharing. I wonder how long it will be before insurance companies start requiring Oncotype testing, and not covering chemo for women with a score less than 25? My goodness, you did have a bad time at Disney! Don't blame you for not being very Pro-Disney.
Misty--any get away is a good one in my book! I grew up right outside Acadia National Park, and there are places there I've never been. Somehow it's not as attractive when it's inyour back yard.
Ingerp--Holy Moly, what a way to wreck your knee!Did your hair stay dry?
Countess Bunty Rothchild's DOTD:
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NativeMainer love the pic! And har-de-har (but yes! my hair did stay dry!!).
And great. I did not know there was any such thing as Oreo vodka. Guess I gotta plan a trip to the ABC store. . . (I'm flashing on the summer I discovered whipped cream vodka--aiyiyi!!)
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NM- I remember when you guys went. I think you and Dara are the only two I really know here now, some of the other names less familar to me, but may know them better by the avatars and other names. Is MemaW the same as MemaSue?
Also, you were diagnosed in 2007 and I was five years later. I think OncoType was still relative new then, and was being used only for node negative. There was some use for invasive as well as DCIS. Several women mentioned to me they would have liked to have had it also, but were node positive and since the purpose is to help with chemo, they already had the answer from the node biopsies. A whole lot of progress has been made with the subtypes of breast cancer and their treatment protocols even since I was diagnosed.
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Ingerp, I no longer have ACLs--I eventually had total knee replacement surgeries, and they were "cruciate-sacrificing." On the bright side, I no longer have knee arthritis.
On other threads I'm reading posts from women suspicious of the TAILORx results, still wanting chemo because without it they feel "untreated." They were told the "conventional wisdom" for so long that they don't trust doctors who first challenged conventional wisdom and now discard it as archaic, hence their skepticism about the latest study results. It's a kind of cognitive dissonance/confirmation bias: they were conditioned to believe that which gave them comfort, and now they don't want to consider that "comfort" may have been a crock. I think back to the days when SNB was new and women were wondering if they should have had at least the first layer of nodes dissected; when lumpectomy was new and some surgeons & oncologists actually threatened to "fire" their patients unless they agreed to mastectomy; when simple mastectomy was first suggested instead of the prevailing modified radical, etc. I'm sure that at each of these "watersheds" there were patients afraid to not "throw everything in the book at" their breast cancers--and grew uneasier every time that "book" lost a chapter. There is a difference, IMHO (and I guess also in that of the oncological community) between "doing everything possible" and "doing everything necessary." You don't need to drop an anvil to kill a cockroach (I may be exaggerating, but you get the gist).
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I’ve never been to Disneyland and no drink today. I officially suck!
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No drink for me tonight either--guess we're forming a "suck club."
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Sandy, tomorrow is another day *sigh* I wonder if Nativehas a Scarlett O’Hara drink recipe for us?
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Methinks it might include grenadine and Irish cream...
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Indeed, followed by a chaser of mint julip..if the day is a stressful one
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Good Morning, Loungettes!Happy Hump Day! Got home from work last night and had to turn the furnace on. Still wet and raw and cold. Second night in a row of seeing my breath when I let Sadie out for the last potty trip of the day. Just not right. At all.Even Sadie is disgusted. She's not crazy about having her feet wiped off when she comes in all wet, especially right before bedtime. But she's not getting into my bed with wet, cold paws!!!
Ingerp--there is a dazzling array of flavors of vodka out there, it's just crazy!
Jazzy--Yes, Memaw is MemaSue56.Julie was Juliet62.Genny5775, is Mary.I think you are right that the Oncotype wasn't in common use when I was diagnosed. I was node negative, and under 50 at diagnosis, and even then should have been BRCA1 and 2 tested, but Maine hadn't caught up to that then, and I wasn't tested until I went out of state for recon. I keep reminding myself it really doesn't matter, I would not have agreed to chemo anyway.And you are right, things have changed a lot in the last few years.
Chi--You make a really good point. I think some of the issue comes from the fact that it's only been about 1 or 2 generations since a cancer diagnosis of any kind was essentially a death sentence, when chemo, as awful as it can be, was all that was available. Even now "successful" chemo for some cancers extends life only a few months. In the same time frame the doctor has gone from a figure of authority never to be questioned to more of a partner and one of many sources of information when making health care decisions. Now wonder people are left wondering what is best and not even knowing how to measure or define "best"or "successful" treatment. The anvil on the cockroach analogy is prettyapt, to my mind!
Egads--oh, my, we need to work on you!I prefer to think of you as a blank canvas to be drawn upon than as someone who sucks. PS. I didn't have a drink yesterday, either. Fell asleep before I could take the first sip!
Hmmmmm. DOTD:
TAINTED LOVE SHOT
1 Part Irish Cream
1 Part Tequila Rose
1 Part Grenadine
Garnish: Whipped Cream, Pink Sugar
PREPARATION
1. Layer grenadine, tequila rose and irish cream in shooter glass.
2. Top with whipped cream and garnish with pink sugar.
Take your pick, Ladies!!
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ChiSandy- interesting what you are hearing about skepticism about trusting the TailorX trial. I guess cancer treatment is just a very personal choice in the end. My medical team said because so much cancer is being detected very early with improved imaging, the OncoType testing was to help to provide additional data for those early stage, node negative early cases, like mine. My medical team said they were trying to ensure their patients were not getting over treated, especially with chemo, because of the side effects many live with longer term.
There is another interesting genetics test I heard about via my MO, that helps with the 5 vs. 10 years on the aromatase inhibitors. It is done residual tumor (and learned in the process they keep tumors in a "tumor bank" up to 10 years after your surgery). He suggested I get the test done a year or so before the end of my initial 5 years, but there was not enough remaining tumor (my IDC was 0.4 cm) to get enough sample for the test. Here is some info on this via our friends here on BCO. It is another test designed to get more data to help with treatment decisions. We went with the current research he had available towards the end of my five years for Luminal A cancer to go with the five years.
http://www.breastcancer.org/symptoms/testing/types...
I think precision medicine is going to become bigger and bigger as we go forward.
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Just reading to keep up, but don't have time to respond to everyone. NM, you are most def. having some strange weather. We have yet another fire in AZ, about an hour from our house, but north. Caused by a pick up dragging a chain! Visited mom yesterday, was a decent day as far as she is concerned. And still asking to bring different things up. She wanted all of her clothes, she has 3 closets full of stinky clothes, everything in this house smells like urine! Still asking things she already knows the answer to. Have a friend of my sons helping to get things set up for this sale.
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We had a low in the mid-40s overnight--rebounding to (maybe) low 60s today. I have a mani-pedi today, which means I have to wear my Fit-Flops to avoid smudging.
Practicing dulcimer last night hurt like crazy--longer hand stretches on baritone dulcimers hurt the thumb spurs, and contortions on the higher frets were murder on the wrist. Had to ice afterward, because I had pain at rest. Think my solo workshops are gonna be more talking than playing (fortunately, I have lesson plans & handouts, and one of them will be letting the audience try out my different kinds of dulcimers). Haven't heard back from the hand surgeon--he was in meetings Mon. & surgery yesterday so his RN doesn't know if he's read the report or seen the images. The version in my inbox refers to the images but doesn't include them. My FP says I have an injury, not just inflammation; and that while it'd reduce the resulting inflammation, prednisone would just mask the pain and make me overdo practice and exacerbate the injury. He says to splint and to take an opioid 1 hr before playing to help lessen the pain--but I should probably get surgery. Trouble is, to get a 'script for Tylenol 3 or Norco would require me to pick up a paper prescription and fill it in person. And I have to play first thing Sat. morning--so in order to drive safely I'd have to get to the festival grounds earlier than I'd like and then pop the pill.
Have a Skype rehearsal today & tomorrow--hope to get through them okay on just my morning Celebrex and Arthritis Tylenol. The guitar playing--at least the songs in our duo repertoire--is actually less painful.
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Good Morning, Loungettes!Happy Thirsty Thursday! Still gray and rainy, still chilly. With all this rain all it's going to take to get the gardens going really well will be some sunshine and warmth, but it doesn't look like that's going to happen anytime soon. Argh.
Jazzy--interesting article, I did not realize how many genomic tests are available.
Goldie--I wonder how many of the clothes your Mom has would even fit her now? Glad she had a good day in her mind, that's what's really important. Glad you have help setting up the sale.
Chi--I wonder if you could do almost as well to take a dose of an anti-inflammatory and hour before performing? Something like Advil or a combo of Advil and Tylenol?May work almost as well and be much less hassle than an opioid.
Countess Bunty Rothschild's DOTD:
The Bright and Rainy Cocktail
This cocktail is an homage to those bright and rainy spring days and a play on the dark and stormy. Peach schnapps add a light fruitiness hinting at the summer harvest to come.
By Malgosia Ip
Spring is creeping into most of the Northern hemisphere. The sun has come out a little more often, the days are longer, some milder weather has whetted our appetites. Even when it rains it's not dark and gloomy, but rather bright, as if the sun is just behind the layer of clouds reminding us that he will be back soon. The rain is not depressing, it's life-giving.
This cocktail is an homage to those bright and rainy days: a play on the dark and stormy, but for spring. Its colours are light and translucent with gin instead of dark rum. Some peach schnapps adds a light fruitiness hinting at the summer harvest to come. Even the ginger ale seems brighter when paired with these flavours.
This drink is refreshing, like the spring rain that washes away the winter melancholy.
Bright and RainyA refreshing take on the dark and stormy for spring
Author: Malgosia PakulskaRecipe Type: Cocktail
Ingredients- 1.5 oz gin
- 0.5 oz peach schnapps
- 0.25 oz lime juice
- 3 oz ginger beer/ginger ale
- Stir all ingredients over ice in a rocks glass. Enjoy!
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My FP's nurse called this a.m. to tell me the Tyl#3 Rx was phoned in to my CVS. Seems the security rigamarole is not for codeine, but for liquid morphine, injectable Demerol, and the synthetic opioids Fentanyl,hydrocodone (Norco, Vicodin), oxycodone (Percocet, Fiorcicet, Percodan, OxyContin), and hydromorphone (Dilaudid, Opana). Tylenol w. codeine is an opiate, but in doses strong enough for euphoria, it also causes constipation & nausea--so the high isn't worth the hassle whether swallowed or crushed and snorted or injected. It's not popular on the street because it isn't strong enough a painkillier to be effective on post-surgical pain, so not many people even get the chance to inadvertently become addicted to it after having it prescribed after surgery.
Here's the scoop on what it takes to get an opioid Rx in IL: go to your treating physician (or if for a true trauma, the ER). (S)he must log into the state prescribing authority's secure website in Springfield, enter full patient information and that part of the patient's chart justifying the Rx; wait for approval--usually a quick answer via algorithm--and then print out the Rx on triplicate paper. One copy (signed) goes to the patient, who must deliver it to the pharmacy and show I.D.; the second copy goes into the chart, and the third copy gets snail-mailed back to Springfield. The pharmacy must also maintain a photocopy and snail-mail the original it got from the patient back to Springfield instead. If the pharmacy doesn't, it can be disciplined; if the Rx gets filled but the doctor doesn't mail back the third copy w/in a few days, (s)he--and the office staff responsible for the snafu--gets disciplined. Bob hates that so much that he has his patients' other specialists (surgeons, orthopedists, rheumatologists, palliative care docs) write those scripts whenever possible--since they probably are better set up to follow the proper procedure due to prescribing more often.
And here's something weird: a psychiatrist may not prescribe outside his specialty. I found that out at my bimonthly shrink appt. when I was out of Ventolin inhalers before I could reach my FP to ask for a refill (no trips to Europe--where it's cheap & OTC--were in the near future). Ironically, my shrink could write me Valium, Xanax, Klonopin, Ativan, my antidepressant, and even Ambien or Lunesta if I asked...but no non-psychiatric drugs.
My surgeon's nurse finally messaged me back: splint 24/7 exc. in the shower; use topical gels; try not to practice at all, and limit playing to only when absolutely necessary for the gigs, take "whatever seems to help" 1 hr. before, and then ice & elevate after each session. No weightbearing, twisting, using the L hand on banisters or getting up from chairs or sofas. He says that playing will not exacerbate injury but it will increase the pain. At our followup he will try another cortisone shot, but this time into the TFCC and not the tendon. At that time we will also discuss necessity of surgery & when to start PT/OT.
So I will take an Aleve and one Tyl.#3 an hour before each performance. (Will take only one Arthritis Tylenol--too much acetaminophen is harmful--and avoid Celebrex, so I don't cause GERD, on those days). Will also have to find a concession stand with a cooler (best bet: the Boy Scouts' lemonade stand) where I can store my icepack, because the smaller park where the festival has been relocated lacks a ranger station with a fridge (so no green room for free food, either).
Had late dinner of Pacific salmon, with a 2014 Fleurie (cru Beaujolais). Probably again tonight if I grill steak.
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Good Morning, Loungettes! Happy TGIF day! Got 3 people coming today to look over the place and give me estimates on installing a heat pump. Of course, it's drippy and not outright rainy but drizzly. Just love tromping around the house in the wet. Ah, well, such is life, right? It was so nice yesterday, cloudy but warm enough to park on the deck when I got home, right up until it started raining. I so want to see some sunshine so I can start getting some color onmy legs. It will come, right?Sadie doesn't seem to mind too much either way.
Chi--huh, after all these years I didn't realize that codeine isn't considered Schedule III until the product has more than 90 mg per dosage unit. Learned something new today! I don't blame Bob for not wanting to write those kinds of scripts, the tracking is a nightmare if the office isn't part of the electronic prescription system that automatically submits electronic copies of scripts to the pharmacy, state oversight board, checks the pharmacy history and such all automatically. In Maine some pharmacies won't accept a paper script for opioids at all-- no instant verification, too many script pads stolen, too many printed out scripts copied. Then it becomes a battle because providers who prescribe more than a set amount of opioids over the course of a month get investigated and can have prescribing ability blocked during the investigation. It's a wonder anyone prescribes these anymore. Funny how the Psych can order all those funky meds but not an asthma inhaler. Like, who is going to abuse one of those??
Countess Bunty Rothschild's DOTD:
T Bone's Cough Syrup Ingredients
- 1/4 oz Cinnamon Schnapps
- 2 splashes Cherry Juice
- 3/4 oz Grape Soda
Pour in Hot Damn, then add grape soda and then top off with cherry juice. Garnish with a cherry if you can avoid choking on it.
Best served in a Shot Glass.
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NM, moms clothes range from 3X to XL. She is currently in XL. They moved her to a different room, her previous room mate was starting fights with her and evidently some of the staff heard it the other night.
Sandy, hopefully the the anti inflamatories will work for you.
Having the whole house sale today and thru the weekend. Made a couple hundred so far!
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Goldie- I feel for you sister. We had to do the same when our mom became ill. And when you live far away, it is super hard too. I hope you get a lot of stuff out and a bit of cash made this weekend.
Sorry to hear about the roommate fights too. We had problems with our dad in the first place he was in and had to move him as a result. My mom had a roommate in her first place whom would work anyone in the room visiting to give her things. She had kids in the area, but told my mother she needed to share. Institutional behaviors are tough to deal with with other patients and always threw for a surprise.
Sending you much love
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Kim, in IL the Sched III paper scrip is on special non-photocopiable paper.
Last night, with steak I had the last of the Trinitas Old Vine Zin 2011. This weekend will be "dry," as my singing partner and the friend who's putting us up don't drink--and there's no alcohol on festival grounds. Will likely still have a little Tyl.#3 in me by dinnertime, so even if we go out I'll stick to water.
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ChiSandy I have one kid (about to be two) in the SF area. We’ve done Napa so decided to go to Lodi on my trip out in March. Talk about some tasty old (and ancient) vine zins!!
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Thinking of you guys as I took my shot of courage before doing the initial hair buzz (picture over on the Weekly Taxol thread).Skål.
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Mornin Ladies
Wow some newbies here so welcome and believe me no one will judge u here. That's why we get along so well.
As u can see Im back to work or I'd be here much more, I actually had 3 times starting apost but lost 2 and then couldn't find the 3rd and wasn't ready o submit and so I wasn't here. Oh u probably noticed that.
Lori u seem like lots going out, just keep the sizes ur mom can use and donate or get rid of the rest, I know u know that but I have to be a little bossy and I know this is hard on you. I'm glad u checked in tho, but I do hope seeing ur mom is easing ur mind and ur ok about where she is.
OK guys talking about all this medical stuff and cancer and meds all I hear is bla blah blah, not that it's boring but u know I have no clue about anything, but I do think Les had something new <for me> with rads cuz it was all to close to the heart and it had a name, but I don't member and I don't even know what meds I'm on except the opiods I do know Leslie on those menopause meds and she's more of a bitch than ever. I think that's why Joey went on vacation with Marty's family for the week, he figures maybe her body will get used to them by then, smart brat. But he did fix my phone so we can talk seeing each other.
Kim I knew u would come up with the drink they mentioned, I had no doubt, LOL And again our weather is crazy like ur's but it seems hot most of the time. Sandy ur closest to the lake so it might be better by u.
My sister and one of her DD''s <she has 4> was supposed to come over yesterday but she wasn't having a very good day. We've all said we make plans all the time but when we have to cancel we all understand so i felt bad missing her but it was better she didn't come. My girlfriend called yesterday, didn't know my new number and ended up calling Joey in S. Carolina, everyone has his number and I don't know why. Lol Joanne <my cousin. isn't doing so well this time, IDK what's going to happen but I know it's not good, I feel so helpless there's nothing I can do for her except we talk when she feels like it and yet whenever we talk she's so concerned about Leslie and me first, she's amazing. But she makes me laugh, she misses her gambling like crazy, ever since she got cancer she and her sister would go to the boat ALL THE TIME, it was like therapy and now she can't go anymore. Sometimes I wonder ???
I miss DARA and SUSYQ, I hope things are going OK, I keep up with Julie <our Disney whore> and Cindy on FB, she just always looks like she's happy and on the beach alot with so many people, fun.
OK that's all for now so....
LUBS U WELL
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Happy weekend to one and all. Will write more tomorrow but for now, this.....
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Good Morning, Loungettes!Wow, looks like I never got on the computer yesterday, that's unusual for me! Did a lot of puttering around the house though. Going to have a heat pump installed a week from Monday. I found a local company with a good reputation who also gave the best estimate. It will even leave a little in the House Project fund to be a start toward the next project. I hope the savings in heating oil is going to be as much as predicted. Having some cooling in the summer will be a nice bonus. It only takes a few hours to install a heat pump, I was surprised to find that out. Now I have to choose my next project and start saving for it. Took Sadie out to see Mom and Dick, she had a very nice visit getting petted and spoiled by Dick. Not that he seemed to mind all that much!
Goldie--glad they moved your Mom. There's no point taking clothes that don't fit into the nursing home. Roommates can be interesting sometimes. Sounds like the whole house sale is going pretty well!Hugs.
Chi--Aha, special paper for scripts, that's a good idea. Hope you are having a fun and mostly pain free weekend!
Ingerp--some of my favorite wines are from Lodi! Wow, that looks like some potent stuff!What does it taste like?
Cammy--sorry your get together didn't work out. I bet its busy at work. Does Dan do heat pumps? Seems like they are awfully popular all of a sudden.
LOVE the soup of the day!!
Countess Bunty Rothschild's DOTD:
Alleluia
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 oz Tequila
- 1 tsp Blue Curacao
- 1 tsp Maraschino Liqueur
- 1/2 oz Lemon Juice
- 4 oz Tonic Water
- 1/2 tsp Superfine Sugar
Combine the tequila, blue curacao, maraschino liqueur, lemon juice and sugar in a cocktail shaker half-filled with ice cubes. Shake well and strain into a highball glass almost filled with ice cubes. Top with tonic water, garnish with a maraschino cherry and an orange slice, and serve.
Best served in a Highball Glass.
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Oh I want that soup, and I wont even put crackers in it, o maybe a little salt.
Booms of thunder justwoke me up, like supersonic. Oh Sandy I wonder if ur getting this.
Well joey lost his phone in the ocean---Marty's sister bought all the kids a thing u wear around ur neck and his broke, But why would u wear it anyway wouldn't the phone get wet. Oh How silly to wear it at all. .
LOL I just got my coffee and I see I fell asleep writing this, I don't really remember starting it, oh chit I'll blame it on my drugs.
Now as far as I know I think lori is coming back this week, damn I hope its all right for her.
This is the first BD I haven't been with joey for his BD. and I talked to him last nite and he already sounded like he really wants to be home, I knew that would happen. And Leslie is now sorry he went, I knew that would happen. LOL See that's why I'm so bossy. It'll be a quiet day today I hope
I got in the mail yesterday a Roku streaming Stick+, I have no idea what that is, my boss ordered it for my TV, believe me I don't know what he's supposed to do with it, but he told me i'll be happy with it and it has a new remote, something else I have to learn. No one gets my brain power and it's not like it was at all. Everyone younger always says oh it's easy, well not much techy stuff is easy for me. I know the difference of how I learn stuff. U know when I first got my computer, never having one or using one---I set it up myself, no one helped me---now if something gets screwy i'm totally lost and my new smart phone too.It.'s like I just don't want to be bothered trying to learn anymore, but in order to work I have to.
OK I'll be back later.
LUBS U ALL
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I'm not by the lake this weekend but rather in Morris for a folk festival and staying nearby at a friend's house in Minooka. Hoo boy, did it storm both mornings! Cleared up just before we played yesterday, warm & sunny the rest of the day. Rain let up about 30 minutes ago—we're on at 11 but under a big dry tent. Bummer is that it may rain again for my next workshop after that, the “Mountain Dulcimer Petting Zoo," where I'm supposed to display my 8 different kinds, explain and demo a little on each, and let the attendees have at 'em. But that workshop stage lost one of its canopies overnight (storm blew it into the creek), so I worry about having enough room to keep them (and people's butts) dry. We may have to cancel that one, in which case I'm free to head out to pick up my suitcase and head up to Wilmette for a couple of friends' farewell party (they're moving to SC).
No drinking because of all the driving I must do. Took a codeine for rehearsal Friday night and I slept a little too well to trust myself either performing or driving with it in my system. Plus, with the iron I have to take.....nah, not gonna go there...literally.
Waiting for my singing partner to get back down here from Madison and head to the tuning-up tent so we can be on stage at 11–so, since I'm sitting in the car typing on my phone, will only lurk the rest of the day
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