MIDDLE-AGED WOMEN 40-60ish

elimar86861

Dibs on the tail! 

p.s.  cmb, ice your back for 20 min. at a time, to reduce the inflamation, for the next day or two.  Don't sit at the computer too much.  Rest it laying down.

heartnsoul76

Hai, Elimar and ladies! cmb, wouldn't it be great if we were all like Samantha and all those delicious pictures you post appeared in front of us?

 

Barbe - So many tests! I know you must have found your inner peace to go through all this at once. Prayers for you for good results on everything! 

 

Paula - Sounds like you've found your inner peace, too. Google is such a double-edged sword - on the one hand it gives you lots of good information and brings up questions for the doctor, on the other hand it has to include the scary, infrequent stuff too. It's like doing good cop, bad cop to yourself!

 

Well, either my eyes are getting bad or I've got a baby alligator in my yard... haha, okay it's a fallen limb with moss on it! We actually had a baby alligator when I was a kid. Ended up letting it go in a neighborhood lake. Then we started hearing rumors of a 6-foot alligator in that lake - I wonder.... Remember all those poor animals they sold as pets back then? Baby chicks (all colors), ducks, bunnies, owls, our pet shop even had raccoons and monkeys! 

 

 

barbe1958

Hmm, went back and still see a pink swan. Saw green license plates (instead of the white) a couple years ago and had a brain MRI then. I wonder which is more effective? MRI or CT?? But I've fallen a couple of times lately and my DH noticed it was always to the left so my onc wants peace of mind for me. Thanks for all the good wishes. I forgot about pocket parties!!

A couple of months ago there were 3 HUGE snakes "missing" from a city about 20 minutes away from here. Was relieved until they found one in my city!!!! 6-8' boa constrictors!! I MEAN come ON!! Don't you have enough to worry about in life without bringing it on????

I am almost bedridden and am downstairs only a couple of times a day, and am glad to see y'all here. Thanks for being there, my friends! 

nfranklin

I have been on the site looking at a lot of info but not writing a lot. I started FAC a week ago and have no appetite, I am very tired and weak, can't have any soy products, and nothing sounds good. What to do,what to do? Any suggestions?

NativeMainer

In the medical world we use the term "lesion" to identify anything abnormal that we don't know what it is.  Often "lesion" is used when a scan or test doesn't give enough info to determine if something is a solid mass or nodule, or hollow like a cyst.  You can pretty much substitute "abnormality" for "lesion" and be correct and perhap more understandable. 

For instance, a liver lesion, often found initially on an x-ray, can turn out to be a cyst, a tumor, scar tissue, an abcess, cirrhosis, or an anatomical variation identified by an imaging test like a CT or MRI or by biopsy.    Once the lesion has been identified it is referred to as what it is.  In oncology, "lesion" often means an area of metastatic cancer.  A person with cancer may have a report that mentions lesions on the liver with an unspoken understanding that the area(s) are presumed to be mets, especially if doing a biopsy is not possible or recommended.  

heartnsoul76

Well Barbe, to me the swan looks like it has a pink neck and a white body. My eyes may be blurry, but I can still see pink, I think! I always remember the wise words I saw on a get well card 20 years ago: Hey you in the beddie, get better already! I hope you start feeling better soon!

My friend lived with a guy who had over 20 snakes in those big aquariums in their living room. It was like walking around a pet store, except for the time I went over and my friend said, "One of the snakes got out, but don't worry, it's not poisonous." I said, "I would NEVER live here."  

nfranklin - sorry you are having trouble with your appetite. When I didn't want anything, I would fix an ice-cold smoothie with vanilla protein powder, any kind of fruit and a little honey. Sometimes I would add ice cream. Mmmm....I wish I had one of those now!

Eph3_12

nfranklin, I sorta 2nd heartnsoul's receipe, altho I vote for just a plain old THICK vanilla milkshake.  Back in the days of lots of hang0vers for this girl, vanilla shakes were a cure!!!  They worked wonders during chemo in '09 also!  Good luck with your treatment & I hope something sounds good soon. 

Momine

Franklin, pancakes got me through a couple of rough patches. I make the batter with buckwheat, oats and buttermilk, no sugar or very little, you can throw some chopped walnuts in there too and blueberries, if that seems appealing.



The other thing I could eat, when all else failed, was gross tex-mex food from TGIF. Do not ask me why, but I would go there and get a plate of fajitas or a burrito.

barbe1958

My DSIL has a couple of huge snakes in aquariums in their lower basement (backsplit). One got out and he found it wrapped around the hot water pipe!!! He had a very hard time getting it off the pipe......ewwwwwwwww!!!! One he'd had for 12 years died and I felt pretty bad for it and him. But they breeded mice to feed the snakes!! In a tupperware container!! My DD used to think mice were cute, now she's breeding them in the dark for snakes!! Love IS blind!!!

elimar86861

Eeeeeww!  All this talk makes me want to get the garden hoe.  I know most snakes are harmless, but I cannot muster any affection for them.  (Save your comments, my Freudian Analyst sisters.)

nfranklin

Thanks everyone loved all the suggestions, going to try the smoothie this morning.

Have a blessed day with few SE's, love all of you.

barbe1958

Snakes give me the heebie jeebies when they move. I held my DSIL's big snake by the neck (do snakes have necks?) or where the neck would be if the snake was human and it felt like a pulstating penis!!!! DSIL had a pretty firm grip on the rest of the snake in case I freaked out. But the snake wasn't moving. I just don't like the way they move.....that slidey, slinky, slithery, sneaky crawl...........eeeeewwwww!!

Anonymous

Snakes an vanilla milkshakes....interesting conversation combo :-)

Sherryc

Paula and BArbe hope all turns out B9.  Keep us posted.

nfranklin hope your appetite gets better.

Sanibelblueyezz

Hello, I just turned 59 so I fit in also with BC. How do I post to fit in. Is there a way to get newest posts first? Please tell me if I'm posting in the correct area. Thanks, Marilyn in Florida

cmbear

Welcome Sanibel!! You're in the right place. Right below the bottom post you can click on "Add to my Favorite Topics" and this will show up in your favs and everytime you open it, it will go to last place you were at so you don't miss any posts. We are a wacky bunch of ladies, most topics are fair game (as you see--snakes--ewwww) except weather. Eli has strictly forbidden any meteorlogical discussion. hehehehe. We offer great advice you can either listen to or not. And we are awesome at throwing cyber parties for support (pocket parties when you are going to the docs for and exam or test) or just for fun (birthdays, cancerversaries, divorce anniversaries--whatever!!!) I'm up in Orlando, so a fellow Floridian, welcome!!!

Nfranklin--protein shakes/fruit smoothies are awesome for the benefit of protein and vitamins. After my last surgery, the staff recommended Boost or Ensure. Good to keep a pack of those in the frig. (they also make a good base for the smoothies!)

And don't get me started on snakes. We live in front of a greenspace which basically means ollie,ollie oxen free all wild animals come to my back yard. Years ago, I had a rat make a nest in my gas grill over the winter when I wasn't using it. Needless to say, once he reared his ugly head, that grill was on the curb that next morning. The week after came home from my Diep surgery, the dog was going CRAZY at the screen door of our patio. My DH and DS go out to see, and then I hear load yells from them. Turns out to be 6"+ snake by our back door. My dog wanted it for a snack, but kindly my husband dumped it out in the back 40, hopefully to get one of those rats. . .

Barbe and Paula hope all those tests are B9. Let us know! 

lhasamom

I was just scrolling and realized I never answered you question.  My avatar is of me and my grand-squirrel, Rocky!  No grand babies yet, just grand animals!  Sigh!  My son found Rocky when he was only a teen tiny baby who fell out of the nest.  My son had to feed him every 4 hours.  Rocky would run around outside and when he (son) was ready to go indoors, he'd call him and Rocky would come running!  He'd sit on your shoulder and eat veggies.  Squirrels love strawberries, apples, melons, watermelon, along with green beans, carrots, zucchini, etc.  As long as you adopt them when they are tiny babies, they don't carry disease.  They don't bite.  They are actually really smart!!  My son has "fostered" other squirels and then released them into the woods by his house.  But Rocky was special, he chose NOT to leave.  The other fostered squirrels still come back every now and again, they'll sit on the railing waiting for him to go to work.  They'll run next to him till he get to his car.  They watch him open the door, get in, and watch him drive away.  Lol.

elimar86861

Sanibelblue, welcome!  I better PM you in case you haven't found a way to get to the latest page.

Dianarose

There are things you don't miss until you don't have them. As weird as it sounds, not only did I lose the hair on my head, but now the nose hairs. It sucks. My nose drips all day long. I guess I never realized how important the little buggers were.

Welcome to all the newbies. These ladies are a great bunch and very helpful.

For all those who are waiting for test results I will be praying for B-9 for all.

They are predicting bad storms and tornado's this evening here in Maine. Weird weather this summer.

justmejanis

Miss Kitty, I wondered where you had run off to....France of all places!  WOW.  Glad you were able to have such an amazing getaway.

Snakes totally creep me out.  I mean.....all that slitering.  They just seem so damn sneaky.

Barbe........I am with you in spirit.  You have been through so much Little One!  I just want it all to get better for you.  Now. 

Eli......I can't remember if i told you I am having neck surgery.  Since none of the steroid injections helped for more than a day,  this is my only option he said.  That or keep living with the pain.  I am not a big fan of Plan B so I gave up and agreed to the fusion.  I am not sure when, they are waiting on insurance approval and then I have to attend a 3.5 hours class on the surgery and recovery.  You can't fix the shattered disc.  He will remove the bone spurs as well.  I'll keep you posted.

Marlegal I think your new brows are wonderful.  It must feel so good to finally have some, and they look so natural!

Thinking of all of you sweet ladies.  Peace and joy to all!

Paula66

Dianarose my sissy said the same when she lost hers as well.  I never really had that issue.  Chemo dryed me up.  the only time I had an issue was when I got a head cold.  She also complained that when she went pee that it shot out cause nothing was there to stop it.  man she musta had some force, lol!

Snakes don't bother me at all.  Its those 8 legged freaks that need to go for sure.  Gives me the heebe jeebes just thinking of them.  I found a snake in the yard the other night and hubby killed it.  That wasn't very nice.  Now on the other hand he can kill any 8 legged freak that comes along.

Well my house was a wild one last night.  Got home and was outside and saw 2 black labs running loose.  That they were my friends so I called for them.  Well they come running up to me so I got them in the house and gave my friend a call.  Well they weren't his dogs.  I didn't know what we were gonna do because we can't have pets.  Well I broke down and let them stay in the basement because it just wasn't right letting them roam in this heat.  Plus they were panting hard and drenched in sweat.  They wre so dang cute.  Really lovey dogs and they were so good to.  Well I called the shelter and they took my info.  Got a call after lunch and they went home.  My son is bummed.  They became his buddies, slept in his room all night.  They sure were sweethearts for sure.

Have a great night all and welcome to the new gals.  So sorry we have to meet like this but the gals here are the best.  If you have any questions, please ask!

marlegal

As usual, I'm posting answers as I read the post!

Barbe, the swan is white, but I think the head/neck have a pinkish glow from the red schnoz! All best vibes and prayers for good CT result hon.

marlegal

nfranklin, about the no soy ... if you do a little more research, you might find that soy isn't the horrible monster for ER+ women as we first thought. There are differences - naturally occurring soy or manufactured - so you do need to read up a bit, but I was happy to learn that lots of research points to safe soy products - in moderation. As always, it's a personal choice at the end of the day. I craved chicken ceasar salads during chemo - in the last 7 yrs since I think I've had one!

Dianarose - nose hair - yup! By the end of my a/c treatments, I had no hair anywhere, and I mean anywhere, on my body. Hated to see a lot of it come back to be honest!

Sanibel - welcome Your signature doesn't give many details, so tell us as much as you're comfortable sharing about what brought you to this room. We're a whacky bunch, for sure, but usually try to give out a little bit of good info too

Paula - yup..forgot about the pee shooting!!! Man, do we cover all bases on this thread or what? LOL

Snakes - lived in a quadriplex and people one floor down across hall had a boa. I used to visit him (I was 14) and he was kind of cool. Till the night the wife, Iris, knocked on our door and asked "Have you seen Henry?" At first I just said no, but then I was like - wait a minute - Henry is missing??? Since I knew that like most creepy horrible things, snakes could get through a teensy opening, like under a door, I was up all night! They found him next day in the sofa, coiled up in the springs (dating myself from when sofas HAD springs!) Now I'm quite content to see them on TV only

Janis, not sure I understand the eyebrow comment - I haven't done anything to mine!!

reesie

Marlegal, I think Janis meant Eph. Joni got eyebroy tattoos for her birthday.



Well everyone just stopping ny to say hi! I've been kinda distracted with this stupid cancer stuff lately but hav been lurking so see alll the good, bad, and ugky on here. Just praying mostly good for everyone here (I seem to have the bad covered enough for all of us right now).



Thanks to those who have come searching for me. It's really good to feel so much love. I do try to keep my Facebook page and CarePage updated so if you want to be added to either (my Carepage is private for now due to work issues), just let me know.



I'll be sure to post more good stuff now - I'm ready for things to go the right direction now and am really glad I have this thread for my "normal" not cancer stuff. Love you all!

LilSchatzie

Hey Marie,

I'm one of those looking for you. Big hugs! You are going to kick those brain mets to the curb! I'd love to follow your caringbridge pages. If you message me the link. Please know you are in my thoughts and prayers.



Xoxo Karen

barbe1958

Marie, thanks for pointing out it wasn't Marlegal's eyebrows...I've been looking, but that swan just doesn't have any!!! Where did we see a pic of Joni's eyebrows...that avatar of hers is old, just like mine.

Marlegal, sweetie, sofas STILL have springss, FYI....ehhehehehehe

Paula, I think that's sweet that those labs came running to you anyway!! Did you find out their names? Were they close to the names you called? 

barbe1958

Marie, thanks for pointing out it wasn't Marlegal's eyebrows...I've been looking, but that swan just doesn't have any!!! Where did we see a pic of Joni's eyebrows...that avatar of hers is old, just like mine.

Marlegal, sweetie, sofas STILL have springss, FYI....ehhehehehehe

Paula, I think that's sweet that those labs came running to you anyway!! Did you find out their names? Were they close to the names you called? 

reesie

Barbe - she posted a pic on July 7 (page 686 I think).

Meece

I was just going to post that info, so I will just say hi, and reiterate that Eph's brows are on page 686.

barbe1958

GORGEOUS brows Joni!!! But, I don't get it. Where's your hair? Is this an old pic???? We need a NEW avatar of you! I've seen more recent pics of you....