MIDDLE-AGED WOMEN 40-60ish

luvmygoats

Count me in too.

macatacmv

time to make the donuts!!!!

Dianarose

Can I have the donut recipe??? They look delicious !!! Sherry- count me in for the party. Parties are a good way to forget about all the other crap.

barsco1963

PP and Lunch - I'm there!

There is a lady who has a Donut trailer in my area. She travels to various local events in the summer and parks at one of the drive in restaurants when she isn't out and about. They are sooooooo delicious.

elimar86861

sherryc, May there be absolutely nothing to follow at your follow-up.

Everyone's chowing on those doughtnuts, I thought I'd bring my crumb vacuum to keep sherry's pocket clean.

                                                

barsco1963

lol Eli -  the elephant in the pocket! Although he is a welcomed one.

luvmygoats

OK who's the black sheep (well dog) with the big ears in the topper picture?

Eli - that picture made me snort this morning. Thanks!

elimar86861

That's a poodle wanna-be.  There's just something about more than one or two poodles that is funny.  I suspect the same is true about goats.  Oh, most definitely!!!

                                               

Dianarose

I made 24 jars of jam and it didn't put much of a dent in the strawberries so I guess I will be doing a few more batches.

Rain, Rain, go away. My 14 yr old is housebound and getting on my last nerve.

Going to get a copy of my path report. I like to have a copy to have all my questions prepared before my appointment.

Anonymous

  After your donuts....maybe a little relaxation?   ....or recreation?

heartnsoul76

Sherry - I'm sorry I missed the PP but I can tell everyone had a good time with your BFFs. I did manage to get some of the donut crumbs! I hope the appointment went well and the girls did not cause too much of a commotion...

Chacha - I'll be there on Monday for your PP! I hope the donuts are there and yes, Chacha, I'll take the recreation please. Oh, did you say Pho? Try not to worry this weekend... easier said than done, I know. This is a rollercoaster life.

Oh, gosh barsco, if I had a donut trailer around here I would follow it everywhere!

mac - I would love the donut recipe, too!

barsco1963

24 jars of jam? What do you do with it all Diana? Sure wish I had the desire to do jam. My mom used to make it all the time, but I just can't seem to get into it. I know it is a lot of work but I think that I over think how much work it is.

HNS - The Donut Diner, as it's named, has cinnamon sugar donuts and powdered sugar donuts. I brought home a dozen of the tasty cinnamon ones thinking that my DH (the one with the sweet tooth) would like them. Turns out he didn't but no worries though - I took care of them. Still have to try out the powdered ones

chacha - I am so tired and achy tonight that I will have to go for the relaxation. Although the recreation is VERY tempting. lol

Dianarose

Barsco- winters are long in Maine, so jam doesn't go to waste here. It really isn't too much work. It does have a lot of sugar though. I don't eat too much of it.

I got the path report from Boston. I don't know if it's me or that they just don't give a lot of information when it comes to mets. This is all it says.

Metastatic carcinoma consistent with breast origin involving mesosalpinx and ovarian parenchyma, see note.

Note: The metastatic carcinoma is morphologically similar to the patient's previously diagnosed invasive lobular carcinoma. The carcinom cells are positive for ER and PR and are equivocal (2+) for HER2 via immunohistochemistry.

I did read that when the HER2 is (2+) it is intermediate and would require the FISH test which was done here and was negative.

Dr. Eli- I value your opinion. Your are going to have to set yourself up to take health insurance so you can be on payroll.

cricketsandfrogs

Chacha - I am also not worrying with you.

Eli - I am glad you are getting a breather. It's time!

Barsco - Sorry about your friend. I, personally, am so tired of losing friends and family. On another note - is your corn going to be "knee high by the 4th of July"?

DianaRose - Is the sequel to "Man of Steel" going to be about you, "Woman of Steel"?

Listening to the sounds of the birds and the wind in the trees and the chocolate lab puppy going after his rawhide. I am glad it is Friday.

Anonymous

I HATE THIS!!!! Just got an email today from the husband of a friend, Sara. She was diagnosed with peritoneal cancer the same time frame as my BC. We exchanged emails and cards during the last year. Well.....her cancer has spread to her brain and is pretty much everywhere now. No surgery, no more chemo, just radiation to slow the progression. I'm so sad!

Momine

Diana, you can wash and dry the strawberries well, then freeze them. That way you could make strawberry sauce in the winter for some of your delectable baked goodies.

As for the path, it sounds like the FISH settled it, so disregard my private message on the subject.

Dianarose

Chachamom- so sorry about your friend.

Momine- I did end up freezing half of them. I was going to make more jam last night, but didn't have enough sugar, so that settled that. I was tired anyways.

barsco1963

chacha  - sorry to hear about your friend. I truly hate cancer!

elimar86861

Well, Dianarose, I see now that since the Her2+ was an "equivocal" scoring of (2+) you had some medical professionals seeing your Her2 cup as half full and some seeing it as half empty.  I agree with Momine, that the negative FISH score should take the ambiguity out of it.  The only thing I wonder is if they just take one little area for the IHC staining because I have heard that there are some crazy cancers that can be heterogeneous and have Her2+ and Her2- in the same tumor.  I don't want to further complicate this and maybe I did not even understand that correctly (I'm not Her2 and not that knowledgeable on it)  On the other hand, your B/C is as crazy as they come, and I hope nothing goes overlooked.  My opinion is often more questions than answers.

Yesterday my gradeschool BFF, who got B/C a year later than I did, called to tell me her bone scan lit up in the pelvis.  She's getting PET/CT next and probably biopsy next.  Her B/C was more aggressive than mine and I am hoping she just has some middle-aged arthritis going on, not the return of cancer.  

It IS distressing to hear about friends and aquaintances getting cancer now, we KNOW what a horror it is!!!  Sorry, chachamom. 

I am going to a cancer funeral today, inoperable liver cancer.  He was my son's teacher, and his wife is a long time co-worker of my husband too.  I won't even stay long because I am a little wary of my low WBC and a room full of people.  (The doctor's office is bad enough, right?)  Come to think of it, I probably should not stop at Wal-Mart on the way home either, or will my trusty hand sanitizer protect me?  Wow!  I live on the edge!

Anonymous

Thanks for the kind responses ladies....and sorry about whining when we ALL have had friends and relatives affected by cancer. I guess that's just inevitable as we age, but it seems more often and closer now.



Speaking of jam....I just made some jalapeño jam......mmmmm! Yummy on toast and on cream cheese (vegan of course! :-)



Heartnsoul ..yes Pho......it's my new favorite vegan dish, although you can also have beef or other flavors. There's a really good restaurant in Fontana right across from the Kaiser I go to, so that's where I'll be between the MO appt in the am and the GS appt in the afternoon on Monday ...no fasting required :-)

NativeMainer

Hey, Dianarose, are going to sell any of the strawberry jam????

Chachamom--I am so sorry to hear about your friend.  It just is not fair. 

Elimar--praying your friend just has arthritis. 

Dianarose

Eli- thanks for the input. I just hope I don't light up anywhere else. I am going to ask the MO if genetic testing would give us more insight to this crap and if there were a mutated gene would it alter our course of treatment.

Jalapeno jam sounds yummy.

Nativemainer- I am going to be selling jam at the bakery, along with pickles, relish, and some bread in a jar.

elimar86861

Dianarose, I forgot to ask about this too:  SO, I know your report said B/C mets contained in the ovary and fallopian tube.  Now that part of the path report mentions mesosalpinx (which I had to look up) and that is the ligament that provides support for the f. tube, but it is outside the tube itself, so again WTH is actually going on in the area?  I really is not very clear to understand.

Dianarose

Eli- it is very vague. Pisses me off. I am scheduled for a ct of the abdomen. I am scared it is somewhere else. Lobular likes that area. Little bastards.

NativeMainer

Dianarose--bread in a jar?  Is that one where the ingredients are all layered in a jar and you just add the liquid ingredients?  Sounds like fun! 

Dianarose

Nativemainer- I actually bake banana, cranberry, pumpkin, etc... bread right in a wide mouth canning jar. It is so hot when it comes out that the lids seal. It comes out of the jar sort of like brown bread comes out of the can. Keeps for months in the sealed jar. I had a friend who would buy them just to decorate, but they really taste good too.

Dianarose

Eli-in thinking about the 2 reports, the first one said no descrete lesions. I was told that it meant they didn't find anything until they sliced through things. I will have to email the mo tomorrow.

GIGIF

First time to join this forum.  I had already joined one with my same diagnosis.  I am 52 and also was an empty nester.  Then last April my unmarried sister-in-law died from a heart attack and my hubs and I inherited a 16 year old.  I thought that was fun until Feb this year when I got the BC news.  Perfectly healthy until that shocker.  Needless to say our lives have changed a bit.  We were just thinking it was "our time."  Both our kids are college grads and out on their own with great jobs.  We just got our nephew graduated from high school in May and he has zero ambition.  Got a job at McDonald and has no desire to go to college.  Such a waste.  He's waiting until Aug when he turns 18 and can move into his mom's house by himself.  Thank God he is a good kid and doesn't give us any trouble.  I have had 5 chemo treatments with 3 remaining.  Had my first herceptin with this last treatment.  

Anyway, wanted to join and thanks for the thread.

barsco1963

Welcome GIGIF - although I know you would rather not have to be here. Life sure does throw some surprises and curves doesn't it. You will find a great deal of support here along with encouragement, tears, and lots of laughter to help us get through everyday.

Weekends are often quiet on the boards but I am sure you will be hearing from lots of other middies before to long.

Let us know when your last chemo day is and we will throw you a Pocket Party (PP) We will all jump in your pockets to join you and celebrate your last day! There is always drinks, treats and sometimes even some eye candy.

Best of luck with your nephew. I am sure he will find his way soon enough.

GIGIF

Does last day of chemo not include herceptin?  That is considered a target drug, not chemo right?  Still trying to get all the terminology and categories down pact.