MIDDLE-AGED WOMEN 40-60ish

Eph3_12

cmb-hahahahahaha;

janis-good snow job girl (just joking!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

E-again your intro to newbies & lurkers had me spewing liquid refreshment from the nostrils!  You need to put up warning labels--the comment about not knowing about Janis yet did me in! 

elimar86861

Eph,  I keep waiting for someone to catch that spewing on their iPhone and put it on Yoo Toob.

janis, You know you can just wallow in your crazy here.

cmb,  I bet you couldn't find the breadcrumbs.  Check the refrigerator.

prayrv

Well So far so good.  Dr. thinks something auto-immune is going on, but with no other blood #s coming up wonky, it may be my normal.  They are going to find my blood from last week and see if they can do a smear and see if anything abnormal comes up.  If not, see him and my onc in 6 months.  Thanks for being in my pocket, it was a stressful wait for me.   More so than my regular 6 month onc check up.  Go figure.

Trish

justmejanis

Prayrv.....I know how stressful all this waiting can be.  Glad you are okay but it is frustrating I am sure not to have a real definitive answer at this point.  Hope it is just "your normal" and nothing else is going on.

Eli....wallowing away here!  LOL.  It is my safe place! 

3jaysmom

thank you, elimar, for "the loan" of an avitar.. i stole it, but can't try to change it, till i get back from the blood lab today..

 Barbe: it says weight loss or gain.. i, too, always end uup in the "gain" column.. up a dreaded 20 that i couldn't affoord to begin with.. it has severely cut down on my christmas cheer. ( as if i had any to begin with )

  today, the blood draw will look for any anti bodies, and we'll know if it is auto immune; which hes pretty sure of.. chemo DOES leave us with auto immune stuff.. remember, i had 22 shots of poison; so what do ya expect.. ahh, bc.. the gift that keeps on giving!.....3jays

noodle6

Yay Janis!

I just love reading good news & there's been a good bit of it lately. Hurray for all!

noodle6

Claire that is just too dang funny. I don't get a shower 'til (hopefully) tomorrow afternoon. If doc says it's a go that's the 1st thing I'll be doing when I get home. But my DH is getting me some baby wipes today & I wash my hair in the sink, so I won't be too stinky for the doc tomorrow.

cmbear

Eli, couldn't find the breadcrmbs, wasn't in the frig. Maybe the laundry room. . . coulda used them today. Walked out of Old Navy and went to where I thought my car was. . . and saw empty spots. All I could think of was that someone stole my car, cause I KNOW I parked it in the middle row. Uh-no.I thought I was past all this losing my car crap.  I don't even think breadcrumbs can help me now!! 

Eph3_12

I literally called the cops re: my car being stolen at the mall about 15 years ago (waaaaaaaaaaaay before BC, etc) when I was a new mom at 40+something.  yes, indeed it was a case of the missing parking spot, not car----my car was over about 10 rows from where I thought it was (I've always been one of those people who always park in the same area when I go to certain stores so I won't be embarassed, but it didn't work that day.) 

WaveWhisperer

Eph, yep, I had quite a few embarrassing moments way before BC.

One was when my daughter, then about 16 months old, fell against the bathtub. I rushed her to the dentist's office and, in my anxious state of mind, locked her inside the car. She was too young to follow my pleas to pull up the lock. I went into the dental office, crying, and someone managed to get her out after pulling the lock up with a coat hangar.

Another time, returning from a business trip late at night, I  reported to the airport police that my car had been stolen. They smiled. Obviously they had heard this before. They asked me to describe my car, maybe part of my license number. I didn't know there were two garages, side by side, with similar floors and letters. I was in the wrong garage. Apparently every night about midnight, they somehow photograph or log in the cars there, so they knew where my car was.

 And then another time....oh, well, I'll save that one for later, or you'll really think I'm crazy! 

Kay_G

Claire, been there, done that. Eph, I have never thought of always parking in the same area. That is a great idea. I have had difficulties finding my car at times, but I swear what I have the most problem with is when I put something away and think I'll remember where away is. Sometimes I think I spend half my waking hours looking for things.



Janis, glad the psych thing is cleared up. I think that first nurse was on a power trip. I hate people on power trips.



I went to a LYmphedema class today that my PT recommended. What a waste of time. I did not learn one thing there. The women on the LE boards here had already given me all that info. Oh I just love wasting my time like that, especially at this time of year when I have nothing else to do.

mumito

LOL ladies glad I am not alone I just never had the nerve to tell anyone about loosing my car or remember where I left my glasses.Once my SIL found my glasses inside the fridge.

elimar86861

I always seem to park down the same row at my grocery store, just by habit I think.  Only then, when my husband and I stop there in his car, I come out of the store and naturally head for that row; and he has to give me that look and say, "My car is over here."  Malls are the worst.  The rows even have a letter designation sometimes, but by the time I've spent an hour or two inside looking at shiny things, I am too glazed over to remember the letter or the proper parking lot orientation.

3jaysmom

i had to tape a big bunch of flowers on the antenna of my car  a LONG time ago: it does help: but post chemo, i keep trying to get into ANY white compact!!!!!i need to get it painted red, i geuess. the best one, was leaving the cordless phone in the freezer!!!i just placed it there, when i hung up, and found it frozen hours later, while getting something out..no, it didn't work when i thawed it out...

  elimar: thanks, hon.. i have a collection of 3's, didn't have one for christmas.. now, Jason, Jared, Justin are there for you ladies to see!thanks again..

elimar86861

  3jaysmom, ROF...IGC...LMBO!  (That's ROF...In Gingerbread Crumbs...) 

barbe1958

I try to enter malls at the same doors and park in the "same" area when I can. Of course, I've had a handicapped plate for over 2 years now...hehehehe. No, I only use it when I need it and I never take the last spot. I KNOW there are people worse off than me. But WHY they would be shopping is beyond me!!

Airport parking story: I was at my car, digging in my rather large bag for my keys. A MAN walked by, and, thinking he was being helpful, said "I can hear them. They're in there!" I stopped digging, looked him straight in the eye and said "Really? I don't think so. I have voices in my head and that doesn't mean I have people in there!"

True story!! I crack myelf up!!! ehehehehehehehehehheheehe

elimar86861

Don't crack up TOO much...   but I know where the crumbs are coming from now!

Or did you mean this MICE ELF?

ToriGirl

Barbe--I'm late to the party, but wanted to say...HOORAY for the great results!  Since I'm so late, I'm doing the HAPPY DANCE by myself, but that's okay...just really happy for you!

Tori 

KittyGirl2011

Oh wow, now I'm 3 pages behind! Uff Dah as we say here in MN.  My appointment went great.  Thanks for all the support but my PCP kept looking at my pocket and I'm sure what wondering about the party! LOL!  EVERY test was NORMAL or down from last visit.  Cholesterol was down to 161 even being on Arimidex.  BP and A1C were down too.  The doc was a very happy camper.  Now for my RO on Thursday and I'm done for the year. Yippy!

Awesome news Barbe and Janis!  I was ready for you Janis with my big shit kickers on if you needed it but you did great on your own.  Way to go sisters!   Kitty

3jaysmom

congrats on all the good news, KittyGirl!!....3jays

justmejanis

Kitty that is awesome news on the cholesterol!  Question...is that your total cholesterol or just bad?  I get confused when my doctor tells me my numbers.  I need a copy of the lab report.  I had my numbers done two weeks ago.  My "bad" cholesterol was 145, in April my bad was over 200 so much improved.  I am getting there.  My A1C was good at 6.5.  Anyway thrilled for your good news!

I have done so many dingbat things lately.  I put the phone in the freezer too, but DH found it before it ruined it.  I had taken my wedding ring off some time back because my fingers were swollen.  I have yet to find it!  I have torn the house apart of course, no luck.  Go figure!

stjude10

Okay, I'm a self confessed lurker. I haven't posted on here for a long time, so bear with me.

Janis=WTF? Really, a nurse on a power trip. Glad it's all straight for you.

As for the girls not finding their car...my DH must be having sympathy symptoms for me. I can't tell you how many times he's tried getting into someone else's van. Too funny!

Just had my 4th AC yesterday. So far, so good. Hoping I don't get too down, I have Waaay too much to do w/Christmas around the corner. Will have 1st Taxol two days after Christmas. I hear it's easier in some ways than the AC. Longer though...darn it!

elimar86861

Hello, stjude10, good to hear from you.  I see you have been "busy" with chemo.  The holidays are a hard time to relax.  Maybe some days off work, but much more to do around the house.  Maybe you can't do everything you normally do at this time of year, but so what...what you are doing will, hopefully, ensure many more holidays to come for you.  Don't bust your butt this year.  Two words:  Gift Cards.  Lurk on, or join in, as you please.  We're here.  Good Luck on the Taxol.

p.s.  How are you keeping your head warm these days?

stjude10

elimar, thanks for the warm welcome back. I keep my head warm w/bandanas and hats. So much so, that when I do finally wear my wig, my own family doesn't recognize me!

Not busting my butt too much, been chipping away at it when I'm having good days. Thankfully all of our plans are somewhere else, so no entertaining this year. Yay!

Now to bitch for just a moment. I don't whine to friends or family, it just makes them feel awkward. And who wants to be around a downer, right? But I know I can do it here. Am over the bald thing, and anxious to have the hair start coming in. Am down to about 5 eyelashes on each side. Boo! Nice to not have to shave my legs hardly ever, but why do my arms still look like they belong on Robin Williams? I guess it's a tradeoff seeing as how I handled the last tx so well. So well I asked my MO if he gave me the right stuff last time. He joked it was a placebo. I kinda thought so!

justmejanis

Hi St. Jude!!!!  So good to see you again.  Sorry you have to go through all this crap during the holidays.  I hope you can find some quiet time just to take care of YOU!!!  Fingers and toes and paws crossed here that you have an easy time of it.  HUGS!!!

Sherryc

I guess we all have a car story.  Mine is that I came out of Wal-Mart and had my friends two little girls with me and walked up to a Red Envoy and opened the back in to put my bags in and I thought to myself who put all this baby stuff in here (my kids are grown).  Then I looked up at the driver's seat and a lady was looking at me.  I calmly said I must have the wrong car.  Needless to say my friends little girls thought Miss Sherry was a goof and really funny and could not wait to tell their mother what I had done.

Eph3_12

St Jude-arm hair ala Robin Williams translates into not having to wearing that ugly Christmas sweater! 

Eph3_12

I am so glad my DD doesn't come on here E-that puppy under the tree is EXACTLY what she wants for Christmas & it ain't happening.  Heck-she's gonna be gone in 9 months or so to college & I don't want a puppy!!!! 

Kleenex

Joni - My girls are dying for a dog as well and will need to be kept away from the "adorable dog under the tree" picture. I'm thinking that shortly I'll have to get a dog, though: something cute that will be MY dog, but it will lure them home from college and who knows where for visits.

Most days I am torn between being a bit sad that my oldest will be off to college next fall AND being fairly sure she's not going anywhere any time soon. Her room is waaaaaaay too comfortable, for one thing. The statistics for college kids these days aren't good: they apparently keep coming back home. A woman here in Mansfield, TX, has a business helping parents get their adult children out of the nest. I suppose it's good to know she's out there - maybe she needs to add a class for parents of current high school students. A preventative class to nip the problem in the bud before it occurs.

Elimar has done a great job of launching her birds - maybe I'll send her my girls and let her finish the work. I'll go pack them up now...

Eph3_12

Great idea Kleenex--I'll send her mine as well!

We already have a dog-granted, she's older (almost 12) and essentially she's mine becuz she waits for me, walks with me, sleeps with me, but she does interact with DD, when DD makes the time!  There's the rub-I wouldn't mind another dog, hell we have 4 cats, why not 2 dogs?  However, I know that DD will not follow thru on the bargain that she "will do everything".  2 of the cats are hers & she hasn't changed the litter box in 3 years!