CALLING ALL STAGE I SISTERS

mimi1964

Sheila you always have the sweetest "good night"! 

Raj and 3jays... hello! Hope all is well with you both.

 Up early here, couldn't sleep.  I am impatiently awaiting our Winter Storm.  But more than that I simply went to bed too early and awakened with a headache so I got up to finish reading my book I've been on for 4 months... Yeah, I finally finished it!  Great book if you get the chance to read it.  Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Piccoult.  I just don't have a lot of time to read there are so many other things I prefer to do.   

Meece

Allergies cause me to wake early with a headache.  I have a book by my bedside that I need to finish.  Maybe I should get to reading.  I like to read in the tub, but not if I've borrowed the book, just in case...  When the kids were young, it was the only place I could get something the resembeled quiet time.

deborye

I was up at 8, stomach growling.  Maybe have some Jell-o for breakfast.  Start prep at 3. 

sheila888

Deb.....27 hours and counting

Meece...The bathroom was the only place I found peace those days.

And they knew better not to bother me there. I used to call it my office.

Meece

You poor thing.  It scares me to think I will be going through that in the near future,  I can be whiney.

jo1955

raeinnz

ladies!  - Monday 10 Jan - fine day with light wind and some cloud cover, 78oF.  I am enjoying the long summer days.

re colonoscopy - over here this test is only ordered if there are symptoms that require investigation.  It seems to be more of a screening test over there, would that be right?

Meece - allergies are the pits and waking up with a headache is not nice.  I used to occassionally wake with a migraine and that was a real downer on the day.  Summer allergies have got the better of me the last two years and I have had to resort to cortisone nasal sprays to keep it under control, better than taking yet another systemic drug I guess.  Must be annoying to have them all year round though - you are in winter and still have them.

raj - Some women who had bc in a lot of nodes do stay on hormone treatment for longer than 5 years and many stage VI women are on an AI for as long as it works but early stage treatment is usually only 5 years and can be one drug all the way through or a combination of Tamox and an AI.  I am sure I rely emotionally on the drug, as taking it offers protection from a recurrance, and I know I will feel apprehensive and vulnerable when I stop taking it as you must be feeling now.  This is the last challenge in our experience with bc though (we hope) and if we have made it this far I guess we will deal with this change when it comes to us. 

jo1955

raeinnz - Colonoscopies here are used as a screening test as well as to take care of polyps or another things that are seen.  My GYN ordered one for me at 52 - thinks when you turn 50 everyone needs to have one.

Meece

Mine has been trying to get me to have on e for about 7 years now.

sheila888

Hi rae..so nice to see you here at the same time i was on. I keep missing you.

I had a colonoscopy 3 years ago and no repairs were needed. I think its every 10 years right jo?

HUGS SISTERS>

jo1955

Sheila - If the first one is clear then it is 10 years.  Fat chance I will ever have one again unless it is absolutely needed.  No more "screenings" for me.

sheila888

I will get my bone density test in about 2 months.

Meece

I am afraid that they will find some minute thing which will cause me to have the pleasure of many re-visits.

raincitygirl

Oh Meece - easier to find out something small than something worse....I hope you agree to do it soon.

I had my bone density test last week in Dec and just realized nobody has told me that all is well, or not.

Meece

My dr. says dexa isn't covered and would be over $200 oop, so I won't be having one of those anytime soon.

sheila888

You have to be over 50 yes?

I wouldnt go every 2 years if I wasnt on Femara.

Meece

To have the Dexa covered?  I am 47.

sheila888

You are too young for Dexa test Meece.

jo1955

Meece - Finished my version of the 5 yard quilt.  Will post a picture on the middies thread tomorrow and will also email you a pic.  I need to be at my office computer to download it off the camera's memory card.  The internet speed on my home computer is slow these days and I doubt I could get it sent through.  So look for it shortly.  I don't have the binding on it yet - have to do the hand quilting next.  I am ready to put it together and will do that this week.

raincitygirl

Yes, you are too young Meece.  Lucky young one

Meece

My dr. ordered one for me, and he died a week later, I didn't go in for it.  It's been two years now.

jo1955

Meece - That is scary.

Meece

He was a friend as well, and he died at the age of 57 from massive heart attack.

jo1955

Meece -  Sorry to hear that.  He was so young.

sheila888

Sometimes I think about things and tell myself beside BC there are so many other conditions can kill you in a second.

raincitygirl

yup, odds are that most of us will die of something other than BC yet here we are so focused on it....can't help it though

sheila888

Diane last year I waited until my Tumor marker test results in order to buy my ticket to Hawaii.

DR called me at 11AM by 11:20 my flight was booked. Of course I knew all the details and the price.

This year Im thinking if I should wait again. Probably I will

I see the Oncologist on FEB 21 results by 23.

Am I crazy?

raincitygirl

Yes, of course you are crazy.  We are all made crazy by BC   Is that the measure you most worry about?

sheila888

OOOh I love the way you think.  LOL

raincitygirl

G'night crazy lady!