MIDDLE-AGED WOMEN 40-60ish

HomeMom

What is TVUS?

glennie19

trans-vaginal ultrasound.  In my case,, I have uterine fibroids that we are watching.  : (

Loral

Thanks glennie19, We all wish for that...............

Fibroids -7. Ovarian cyst-1 and taking Tamoxifen...That is why the TVUS.

glennie19

My estrogen level shot way up again too,,, and after it was low for months and I had some hot flashes,, thinking for sure, I was in menopause. Nope.  So I have a feeling we will be discussing hysterectomy this Friday.

HomeMom

Oh ok, I had one of those a couple  years ago when they wanted to look and see why I was having very heavy periods and sporadically. Gyno wanted to do an ablasion (sp) and it was never done. This year I had a biopsy after my pap smear showed uterine cells. It was all clear. I haven't had a period in over a year, so I guess I'm past menopause!

Eph3_12

Barbe, you calling me sweetie is perfectly OK 

justamy

Living in very SW MO comes with a lot of the hon, sweetie, dear, darling types of endearment...It does crack me up when a 20 year old calls me hon, but I guess I'm used to it. I myself am guilty of dropping my g's (eg. Fishin') and use y'all quite a bit...and I have a degree in English and know it isn't correct. Ozark Dialect just comes with all the good things of the South...like sweet tea and really good fried chicken I guess.

NativeMainer

Barbe--too funny,
but a great comeback to the workman!Good for you!

Eli--I think you are
right, a lot of the time "hon" and the like is just an habitual way
of talking.Still can be irritating,
though.

Football--Good for
you!

Msmalpeles--I
remember that first after rads mammogram.I was a wreck.Be kind to
yourself, make sure you have some time after the appointment where you don't
have to be anywhere, so you can sit in the car and shake, cry, do whatever you
need to (if you need to).Once you get
it out of your system you'll be ok again!

Justamy--can this
Yankee gal ask what 'sweet tea' means in the south?Here in main we have sweetened and
unsweetened ice tea, Is 'sweet tea' another name for sweetened ice tea?

justamy

Native: Sweet tea is sweetened tea on steroids...meaning LOTS of sugar...from 1 to 2 cups per gallon. I personally don't drink it but almost everyone does and you can't go to a gathering without it being there.  

HomeMom

Sweet tea is usually made on the stove. You boil the water with a LOT of sugar and add the tea bags. It cooks for a while before you let it cool. Tastes much better then "sweetened" tea. I live in SC for 7 years and I never made it that way, but did drink it, excellent. I just put a big dispenser full of water, tea bags and sugar on the deck in the sun. Sun tea!

justamy

I forgot to mention that you add the sugar while its hot so it dissolves. Thanks homemom. That is an important difference!

NativeMainer

Justamy--WOW, that
is a lot of sugar and some VERY sweet tea!Thanks for the explanation.

HomeMom--I make sun
tea a lot in the summer, maybe I'll try putting some sugar in one batch to see
if I like it.

It's funny how
adding sugar can taste different depending on when you add it!

Footballnut

sugar. Mmmmmmmmmm

:-)

HomeMom

Eating Edy's cappicino chip frozen yogurt as we speak.....I can taste it

Brwneyedgirl

Just need some place to unload this emotion.  I have been having a couple of emotional days.  Finished rads on Monday and found out Monday night that a high school friend is giving up his fight with cancer.  He was diagnosed at the same time I was, maybe the reason for all of the emotion is the fear that I might be in his shoes some day..... trying to work through this and stay positive. 

Hope everyone has a great day. 

elimar86861

Hey, Ddgm1003, I am pleased that your rads are finished but very sorry to hear about your friend.  You don't mention which kind of cancer, but so many of them are deadly and aggressive that sometimes it is just a "fight" that cannot be won.  If this is the case, try not to think of him as "giving up" because it is a monumental decision of the acceptance of reality.  It usually takes a lot of inner work to get to that place...a lot harder than just showing up at the appointed time for treatment.  The treatments cause so much collateral damage, the body can only take so much, and everyone else is on the outside, looking in.  Only the individual can say when enough is enough.  Yes, you might be in his shoes one day, but you have used all available methods not to be and the odds are on your side, so don't lose out on life by dwelling on possibilities too much.

Footballnut

hi all

Got through round 2 of 6 of taxo. I call it round 5.1. My onc nurse told me that my side effects should remain as is throughout the duration of treatment. I hope so! I got colace and will start taking tonight for a few days

I bought a generic brand the other day because they did not have colace and saw that there are 2 types of parabens in there! Good grief! You can't avoid the stuff!

I'm paranoid about the skin creme and body washes that I use but it's in everything!!!

After chemo I came home and slept for 3 hours. Same as last time! Prior to chemo they give me steroids, Benadryl and something else - I forget. It's the Benadryl that knocks me out. Felt like I was in space!!

Ddgm I echo what elimar shared

I hope that everyone had a good day!

elimar86861

F-nut, I shoulda asked for the benadryl.  I had a different chemo, but had only the steroids and an anti-nausea with it.  I never slept on chemo night.

Eph3_12

Hey, is it a thousand pages we are trying to reach by Aug 21, the 5 yr anniversary of the thread?  We need to pick up the pace.  I know that I for one have been slacking.

so I know some of you are on FB with me but most are not.   A long time friend posted the following the other day from when I lived in Honolulu & she & her friend came to visit.  This picture is 30 years old!  All I could think of when I 1st saw it was : Wow check out those boobs!!! 

Eph3_12

I probably should have posted it in "Middle Aged Memories" !

3rdtimenow

Hi Ddgm, I am so sorry to hear about your friend, it's hard for us to hear about the worst cancer outcomes, when we are going through our battle. Like Elimar said, cancers are all very different. Breast cancer has a lot of success stories. Keep that in mind. Stephanie

Tomboy

eph, you look wonderfully sturdy and extremely happy! i wish i had pics of me from 30 years ago, i think old bf's might. but i certainly dont wanna let them know where i am!!!

dgdm, i am sorry for your loss. it is even harder when its from cancer, when you yourself are dealing with cancer. it happened to me to, so it makes it even scarier, while morning your friend.

barbe1958

Well boom-chicca-boom-boom girlfriend!!!! Looking fab Joni....

elimar86861

Eph, on seeing that photo,my many thoughts were:  Look at her long hair...and...she looks exactly the same in the face...and...woo-wee, isn't she all mahalo and everything...and...I wish I was in Hawaii right now!

Then I cracked up when I read:   "I probably should have posted it in "Middle Aged Memories"  

elimar86861

If I didn't have to get up so darn early, I would have stopped by this thread to remind some of you to get in my pocket and tag along to my mammo today.

Want the story?  I'll make it brief(*):  

I laid down some ground rules...no hard squishing and no repeat views, one chance to do it right the first time.  I ended up getting one repeat view tho'.  The surgery I had, and now the scar, pulls my nipple out of alignment so she re-posed me once to really see the area better.  That is the local area of the BC, so I do want an uncompromised view.  When it was done, but before the US, they called me into "the room" and said the radiologist was coming to talk to me.  Well, I got scared because that is not the right order of things.  But then, she came in and after saying everything looked good, we gabbed for 10 minutes about non-cancer stuff.  She finished by saying that since I was getting MRI, the US was really not necessary at this visit.

On to MRI.  I had to get the IV in for the contrast and, ladies, I have turned into a hard stick.  Why, I don't know?  One theory is age (and I like to add that chemo shriveled up my innards.)  Anyway, a pediatric nurse came and got it done.  Then, onto the table for 45 minutes.  It's the face down one, and my head had to fit into that little trough where the air was not circulating too well.  I felt like I was breathing my own CO2 the whole time, and then my jaw was sore by the end.  Other than that, it was the usual loud noise that doesn't bother me at all. 

Results next week, I guess.  I don't expect any problems, but she said there could be a call-back for additional imaging if anything looks wonky on there.  Ya know, I really could have used some company and some snacks.  As it was, I had to make do with some of those nasty PB cheese crackers.  Nothing as good as we usually feature here on the thread.

(*)  Notice how MY "brief" is a lot longer than the average "brief?"  

glennie19

Glad the mammo and MRI are over at least.  Hopefully all good results your way!!

barbe1958

elimar, I WAS with you in your pocket, but when you lay face down you squashed me!!! I had no way to let you know I was there with you, but seriously, you were NOT alone! 

Eph3_12

Squished boobs, squished Barbe! I see a pattern. 

Here's to after MRI snacks!!

 

elimar86861

Ooops, sorry Barbe!  Come to think of it, when I was in that prone position, I did feel a mild discomfort but thought it was some trapped gas.  With this "new normal" colon of mine, that's usually the first conclusion I jump to.

I just pulled the bandage off my (second) IV puncture.  The actual vein is swollen and already going to purple.  I am starting to feel more empathy for all you needle-phobes.

luvmygoats

Eli - I think I could have used a large dose of Valium. Never had an MRI and I don't do face down well. I'd be panting if I was rebreathing my CO2. Could not resist the faces on these snacks. Glad for your sake it's over!!!