MIDDLE-AGED WOMEN 40-60ish

Footballnut

yes where are you?  What a beautiful picture!  BEAUTIFUL !

my hubby and I are thinking about going away for a few days next week before my next round of chemo and this photo is really motivating me !!!!

Lol

barbe1958

Gorgeous!!! Colorado is living up to your expectations well!

Footballnut

are I kidding me?  I just got my freaking period!!  Really????? After round 1 of chemo I spotted 3 days after infusion which continued for a few days

Now it's 8 days after infusion and here I go again - not even a full month after the last visit!!

Hurray she said  sarcastically!!  Lol

Rosiesride

omg...football nut...that's frustrating!  I am 54...wasn't in official menopause and was about 40 days late with my cycle back in January...so the first day of my first infusion...I get a full blown, crampy, bloaty period!  Well...at least you won't get it next week when you go away...it's great that you feel good to do that!! Rosie

Footballnut

Rosie I turned 50 last July and my periods started to get irregular last sept. 4 weeks then 5 then 3 then 6. Two years ago I had one hot flash during band practice!!  Lol

I stopped the birth control pill last sept and since then my cycle has started to get irregular. Once this nonsense started I continued to be somewhat erratic but even got my period before my mastectomy. Lol

And again today !  The fun never ends!!!!

Lol

MakeLemonade

Yeah, what is up with these periods?!!  I am 56-1/2 years old.  Had only started to be in peri menopause before this started.  Had a FULL BLOWN HEAVY period right after my second lumpectomy.  Then get another period the same time as my second infusion (I am getting dose dense, so every two weeks for me).  Now, a week after my third infusion, have started spotting and slightly cramping AGAIN.  

So done with this, except my body apparently isn't!  Had to get my bloodwork yesterday and I get it done at my infusion center .... the onco nurse said that while getting my period might be good for my bones and heart, it isn't good for breast cancer due to the estrogen!  

ENOUGH ALREADY!   I was hoping for some silver linings to all of this .. .not getting my period, not having to shave my legs.  No on both counts :-(

elimar86861

You are all making me feel so grateful that I had crossed over into menopause territory before all the chemo began.  (For that matter, I'm glad it was out of the way before everything else took place in my pelvis during the bout with CRC.)  I cannot imaging bloating and cramping added on top of every other awful feeling.  Why does the universe do this?  It's adding insult to injury, isn't it?

Welcome, Rosiesride!

staynsane

Clever header pic, Eli!  

Rosiesride

thanks elimar...I also think the late menopause with all that estrogen did contribute to bc, but who knows!  I never wanted hysterectomy as my gyno a few years back suggested I could due to a fibroid but we opted to watch it and it hasn't bothered me....if I knew then what I know now about estrogen and bc...oh well, couldawouldashoulda...just keeping the faith!! Rosie

barbe1958

I was SO glad to get a hysterectomy years ago!!! HUGE fibroid and tons of heavy bleeding. I don't miss the crib for a second. BUT, the surgery was a hard recovery for me, possibly because of the mass taken out and everything kind of shifted. I wish I'd done it years earlier.

Signed: It

Tomboy

i had finished the monthlies after a year of extremely erratic heavy bleeding, i am talking lots of scary red. two or three times in a  month sometimes, and then not again for six weeks. i was all done at age 45, 7 years before BC. wasnt ever thrilled about that part of my life, unless i had been not too careful about pregnancy protection! i do think it must be AWFUL to still have a period during chemo....eeeew.

Eph3_12

Period - less since 98 due to surgical menopause.  The 3rd best thing to happen in my life~~!

Leave early in the AM with the "girls" from school.  We are all turning 60 this year & we are doing that train ride to Seattle & spending 3 days up there sight-seeing, etc.  Looking forward to it, although it will be weird to be with these gals again.  Most of them I haven't seen but at class reunions & such & a couple of them I didn't even really know.  But I'm able to get along in a group so I think it will be fine!

See ya when I get back. 

Footballnut

my period seems to have lasted for a day!  Lol. Time will tell!  After my first round of chemo I spoofed off and on for 3-4 alternate days 

The joy never ends!!

Lol

Have a good day all!!

Tomboy

FBN, spoofed? okay, my new favorite word of the day. never heard that before!

lovewins

Me either I had to look it up!
 

spoofed

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spoof

/spuf/ Show IPA


noun
1.
a mocking imitation of someone or something, usually light and good-humored; lampoon or parody: The show was a spoof of college life.

2.

a hoax; prank.

verb (used with object)

3.

to mock (something or someone) lightly and good-humoredly; kid.

4.

to fool by a hoax; play a trick on, especially one intended to deceive.

verb (used without object)

5.

to scoff at something lightly and good-humoredly; kid: The campus paper was always spoofing about the regulations.

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Origin:
1885–90;  after a game invented and named by Arthur Roberts (1852–1933), British comedian

elimar86861

I was sorry to read, on another thread, that one of our Middies "cmbear" had passed away this month.  She had not been active on BCO for about a year and a half but her last post was on this thread.  I think she stayed in touch via Facebook (or maybe the chat room,) as some do.  I find it hard to follow all who have posted on this thread (one of the limitations of it being a long-lived, large thread) and many who leave here pop up on other threads as the topic suits them, so I don't always think "something bad" has happened when someone goes away, so this comes as a total surprise to me.

Starting out with ILC, Stage IIIb in 2010, her profile on BCO revealed that she had turned to Stage IV in Oct. of last year, so she must have stopped by to update that even tho' she did not post further.

Can't remember exactly if she was the one who started the Pocket Parties on this thread, but she was always joining in those with virtual hospitality and words of encouragement.  I enjoyed her many posts.  As with most who wind up here, she had a great sense of humor.  Only in her early 50's, she is yet another who was robbed of longevity by this horrible disease.  R.I.P. Claire.

Momine

I am sorry to hear about Claire. Her death hits particularly close to home, since I have the exact same DX. I remember her posts well.

Tomboy

i guess i never read from the biginning of this thread so i didnt meet her. i am sorry for her and her family, and for those of you who loved her. it does freak me out a bit to think that as time passes, some of us are bound to fall, but at least the trouble is over...

lovewins

I am sorry to hear of this also, I did not know her but it saddens me still.  It must be so hard for all of you to go thru the losses being on this site.  It is a wake up call for me each and everytime I read about someone passing away from any type of cancer not just BC.  I thought I was always aware of death but now I fell him much closer....keeps pushing me forward to enjoy everyday I have left.  Hugs to everyone.

barbe1958

Claire got mets to her spine which traveled to her brain. She was in the hospital for a week, but sent home on hospice. Her family was surrounding her and holding her hands while she passed. God Bless us all.....

Tomboy

second that, barbe. i am so sad to think of losing some of the women here.  it becomes personal, you guys have made me laugh, cry, and better yet, think....

macatacmv

Hey everyone, I too feel so sorry for losing Clair or anyone to this disease!!! Dab nastit!!!!! 

I am in the Vail Valley part of CO. It is very beautiful and different from where I am from. The snow is melting very fast since it is nice and warm during the day so the rivers are raging. DD is feeling some better (at least she is awake more). So we have been trying to fit in some fun between PT appts. Yesterday we got our nails done and today it was facials. I have to go along to keep her company. The role of a caregiver is very strick. I have to admit I had never had a facial before, but now I am a convert. It was lovely!! 

Loral

Very sad, that's 2 deaths I heard about this week on BC.org...God Bless those that have left us and those that still struggle and fight with this  terrible debilitating disease called CANCER.....

NativeMainer

So sad to hear about cmbear.  Always a shock to learn of another soul gone from earth do to the beast. 

elimar86861

I have added a remembrance icon to the top for cmbear.  It's a tequila sunrise.  Why?  Well, I remember she had done some actual bartending.  Also, she liked to show up here with many virtual libations for our enjoyment.  Also, she was from Orlando, place of many a nice sunrise.  So, see that and remember her (and not your own lost weekends!)

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Glossary of OP icons displayed up top:

Orange ribbon:  "Unofficial" ribbon of the hot flash.  Also, disdain of the pink ribbon.  Also, conveniently the color of Cheetos dust on your fingers.

Cheetos:  "Official" snack of Unity on this thread.  If you don't care for them, just say you do anyway.

Orange flowers:  Remembering PauldingMom, Lisa, who had similar flowers in her avatar.

25,000+:  That many posts and more!

Dragon boats:  Remembering reesie, Marie, who raced in them.

Heart cookies:  Remembering Marybe, who had a lot of heart & always took time to bake for an ailing friend, incl. mailing them to BCO friends.

Tequila sunrise:  Remembering cmbear, Claire.  See above.

O.K., that's enough.  Don't want any more icons up there.  Please!!!

Tomboy

Thank you, elimar. i was wondering what those icons were for. and i like cheetos too, i just don't eat em ver often. thank you for all the work you do here, and i love the little orange peel dude.

lovewins

What a wonderful idea elimar...thank you.

Momine

I thought you all could appreciate this.

Anonymous

So sorry to hear about Claire!  I've been off the boards for several months and sometimes being away helps maintain a little "denial" break!  But its going to take a long while to catch up on all the postings!  Welcome to all the newbies!  I passed my 2 year "cancerversary" without realizing it! (April 3).  Hoping to get my tatts this summer before I turn 60!  ....Hugs to all!

marlegal

Very sorry to hear about cmbear I enjoyed her posts also. Good with the tequila sunrise El

Momine, love the doctors on protest!

Chacha, good to see you hon. Good luck with the tats.

On baby watch/wait ... dd is due 6/3 with her 2nd child. Neither of my girls found out the sex of their first, and Lauren didn't for this one either, so I'm very curious to know if I have my first granddaughter or my 3rd grandson. My prayers are for another healthy child. Talked to her today and she is doing so well - it's been a very good preg for her. She had a lot of issues with the first, nothing serious...just "stuff"...and this one has been a piece of cake. 

Hope everyone is having a good weekend. Enjoy your Sunday ladies