I say yes, you say no, OR People are Strange

gardengumby

E - I'm on femara and estimate that I've lost about 30% of my hair.  I take biotin and use oil, but still the hair goes.  I've got another 3years, 4 and 1/2 months on it (but who's counting).  I can take the hair loss better than the pain, though....

Bren-2007

Hi Everyone,

We're really busy today.  Trying to get Tim situated and on the road as he starts a new job in Kentucky on Wednesday.

I'm amazed at all you ladies who were able to tolerate Tamoxifen and the AI's.  I only lasted one week on Arimidex and six weeks on Tamoxifen.  That shit made me so sick.

Enjoyful .. I am so sorry about your hair loss.  I did some reading on Tykerb and alopecia is listed as a side effect in 13% of the women who are taking 1,500 mg a day.  Apparently, that is the highest dosage.  Hair loss wasn't listed as a side effect in doses lower than that.  It really sucks that your hair is coming out.

hugs,

Bren

Anonymous

E - I was about to suggest BIOTIN, but GG says it hasn't made much of a difference for her, still, I know some friends it has helped.  Think it might be worth a try, if it doesn't conflict with your meds.

I don't know about Chinese Medicine for hair loss, I now use it for all my nasal allergies, and it's been wonderful. I get it from my acupuncturist.  Like homeopathic medicine, it doesn't have the ZAP, hard hitting effect of some "western" medication, I used to use antihistamines that knocked me off my feet, literally.

Sending out HI's to Blue, and Athena - hope you are feeling less pain, and feeling optimistic about the future

ananda8

I have loss about half my hair and I have a severely receding hairline which I cover with a part.  I found that taking kelp helped to significantly reduce the hair loss.  I wish I had discovered it earlier.  I have no idea why it works.  I don't even care if it's just a placebo affect.  When ever I stop taking kelp, the hair loss increased.

Athena,

Even house cats like me are inspired by you.

1Athena1

Pain is anoying. Sorry to be so brief. Hope to be less taciturn in the in the future. Love you all.

On morphine - yikes!

gardengumby

E - actually I recommend taking biotin - I'm still losing hair, but I do think the biotin has helped.  There's an oil I want to try as well - called bhrinraj (I think - or something like that).  I've read good things about it, so will probably give it a shot.  Currently I'm using Alban oil.

RetiredLibby

I'm so sorry about the hair loss everyone is experiencing.  I can't volunteer any help, since tamox did the opposite for me.  When I stopped taking it, all the extra fell out, but then apparently the follicles decided they liked being busy, so it all came back.   

Here is a fabulous, wonderful, amazing, delightful video (commercial for Audi) for all the Trekkies out there:

http://io9.com/old-spock-battles-new-spock-in-the-greatest-car-commerc-493836696

Hysterically funny!

And, something pointed I just saw on FB ...

mmmmhmmmm.

L

Anonymous

notself - Kelp is the BEST source of iodine, expect it must have some of the other B vitamins, like Biotin in it too?

athena - Yeah for morphine! old tried & true...may it give you many LONG and comfortable days ahead...

RetiredLibby

Here is the URL from an excellent article in Salon.com about the destruction of American journalism by the rise of the RWNJ "press" and the subsequent near-obliteration of journalistic integrity over which Faux Noise and its ilk have presided.  It is an excerpt from a recently-published book “Dollarocracy: How the Money and Media Election Complex is Destroying America” by John Nichols and Robert W. McChesney.

http://www.salon.com/2013/06/15/from_fox_news_to_rush_secrets_of_the_rights_lie_machine/

Some pithy pull quotes:

"In the late 1980s, conservatives moved from criticism to participation with the aggressive creation of right-wing partisan media. The first decisive move came with AM talk radio. The elimination of the Fairness Doctrine (which required that a broadcaster provide two sides to controversial political issues) and the relaxation of ownership rules such that a handful of companies established vast empires opened the door to a tidal wave of hard-core right-wing talk-show hosts. By the first decade of the century, the 257 talk stations owned by the five largest companies were airing over 2,500 hours of political talk weekly and well over 90 percent was decidedly right wing."

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"This isn’t your grandfather’s conservatism either. Although some conservative hosts, such as Michael Medved, can be quite thoughtful, just as conservative writers such as William Kristol will sometimes acknowledge when the movement has gone off the rails, the realists are in the minority. For a huge portion of contemporary conservative media, the broadcast begins and ends with the fear card, and it is often played in extraordinarily incendiary ways. Sure, some of the radio ranting comes from lightweights who are only trying to fill the three hours on the all-talk affiliate in St. Louis or Minneapolis. But the most effective purveyors of the venom are gifted and charismatic figures, such as Glenn Beck and Michael Levin, whose fire-and-brimstone moralizing is matched only by their willingness to bend the truth to support whatever argument they’ve decided to make that day. Across large swatches of America, and most rural areas where little journalism remains, right-wing talk radio is arguably the leading source of political information."

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Between the cocoon effect and the shameless disregard for consistency and intellectual honesty, it is not surprising that professional surveys tend to find regular viewers of Fox News to be more ignorant about what is actually happening in the world compared to those who watch other networks. In November 2011, Fairleigh Dickinson University’s PublicMind Poll examined how New Jerseyans watched television news, and the poll concluded that “some outlets, especially Fox News, lead people to be even less informed than those who say they don’t watch any news at all.” In some surveys, to be accurate, Fox News does not rank at rock bottom in terms of audience knowledge. But on balance, it is the clown dunce of TV news. No other network ever comes close to getting the sort of assessment Fox News received from World Public Opinion, a project managed by the Program on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA) at the University of Maryland, in 2010. As one reporter summarized it, PIPA conducted a “survey of American voters that shows that Fox News viewers are significantly more misinformed than consumers of news from other sources. What’s more, the study shows that greater exposure to Fox News increases misinformation. So the more you watch, the less you know. Or to be precise, the more you think you know that is actually false.” As Theda Skocpol and Vanessa Williamson concluded in their study of the Tea Party, “Fox News makes viewers both more conservative and less informed.” What may be most revealing is that there is no evidence that this finding bothers the management of Fox News in the least.

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"The political right is perfectly comfortable with the false construct of a “news” network that has, in the words of Eric Boehlert, “altered the game by unchaining itself from the moral groundings of U.S. journalism.” For partisans who do not want to be held to account, the conservative media landscape of the twenty-first century looks like a future in which they could reside quite comfortably. A world with little journalism, where the affairs of the wealthy and corporations receive little scrutiny, especially their dalliances with politicians, and where the political news agenda is dominated by their partisan news media and pundits, is jim-dandy. The conservative media can continue their migration and colonization of the news so that they are indeed the mainstream. It is a world where their ability to win elections is greatly enhanced, even when they are pushing policies opposed by the majority of the population. Even if they lose an election, as happened with the 2012 presidential race, conservative media are there the next day to tell conservatives that they need not accept the will of the people. “Conservatism did not lose last night,” shouted Rush Limbaugh on November 7, 2012. Actually, it had lost. Rather badly."

Hoo boy.

L

ananda8

Sunflowers,

I think you're right about kelp.  I don't eat much salt and most Iodine comes from supplemented salt.  My surgeon told me that Arimidex suppresses the thyroid and told me to get a full panel thyroid test.  It turns out that my TSH was normal but my Free T4 was very low.  The Kelp brought that level up to normal.  The doctor who did the test said he had never seen a TSH normal with a low Free T4.  Arimidex has some very subtle side effects. 

RetiredLibby,

You are so right about the lowering of professional standards for much of the press.  All is not lost there are still great news programs out there.  http://www.cronkiteaward.org/

Alyson

bluedahlia

I've been quiet......took a fall and hurt my good shoulder.  I'll be back!

ananda8

Blue,

Owww!  Warms shower and a nap are in order.

Anonymous

Oh, Blue!  Echoing notself's owwwww, with an OUCH!  Agree with the warm shower, and maybe an arnica gel massage ( Ray, are you listening?) = NAPS, ah, naps, my favorite time of the day, anytime is the right time for a nap.  Especially when it's raining & thundering outside, which, was today, and will be tomorrow, and...

I am amazed at how quickly Arnica Gel helps sore muscles, sprains, and black & blue marks, which don't turn as b&b if you put the Arnica Gel on immediately after the fall.

good night to all....and good morning to those for whom it's morning...

1Athena1

'Moring...

Oh Blue- so sorry to hear about that! Ouch!

HL - rigth on both counts I ay. Not losing hair around here. luckily.

Not feeling TOO toopy despite the morphine - but still intend to replace it with morphine, as I just got wory  on two possible jobs.

alexandria58

Morning all.

Blue, ouch.  Hope you're better today.

Athena - fingers crossed for you.

bluedahlia

IllinoisLady

IllinoisLady

Hugs to you Blue.....I've been known to be a good faller-downer now and then.  Definitely not fun at all. 

Jackie

IllinoisLady

Some things never change:

IllinoisLady

and where Fox news is concerned ( no one knows what change is

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gardengumby

Blue - what Sunflowers said - arnica gel is definitely called for!!!

Athena - take care of yourself....

River_Rat

Blue, ouch! Feel better.

Athena, glad you checked in. I hope they can get something to control your pain without it making you feel loopy.

Bren-2007

Hi Everyone,

It's overcast and rainy today ... good day to stay in and get some work done.

Blue ... So sorry you took a spill and hurt your good shoulder.  Hope its better today.

Athena ... I hope the doctors can get your pain under control, and that the Tamoxifen is being kind to you.

hugs,

Bren

gardengumby

It's another gorgeous day in Seattle, but I looked at the forecast and see that we've got rain in our (near) future. 

Over the weekend (did I already say this???) we got oysters (ate them ALL last night for dinner!!!), and smoked salmon (guess what I had for lunch today?)  The very very best thing about the northwest is all the yummy seafood available here.

On the house-hunting front, we're still looking at the new house and moving forward albeit a bit tepidly.  Today hubby is looking at a new townhouse in Tacoma - mostly 'cuz it's convenient.  Lots of stairs (four stories), but if there is a bathroom on each floor I'm fine with it.  The condo in Hawaii we've received no word on - don't know if that's lack of communications, a reject of the offer or simply Hawaii-time.  I told hubby today that I'm ready to just buy nothing, leave everything in storage, buy a camper and take off.  Not the most intelligent move financially - but I'm SOOOOO done with looking a not finding. 

Anonymous

Rain  rain rain rain rain - did I mention it's still rainging.  NAP TIME.

Blue - ARNICA GEL. please.

gardengumby

oh Sun - I so wish that I could take a nap.  It's one of the many things I'm looking forward to in retirement. 

I haven't (yet) told anyone at work that I'm planning on retiring this fall.  Not planning on telling them until August or maybe even September.  They gave me a HUGE project that I've started on, but they keep putting off the "official" start date.  I have a hunch that I won't be around for the finale - which makes me sad, as I detest leaving things partially completed.  To attempt to push thing forward I planned a vacation that will start 2 days following my planned retirement date, and made it clear that I wanted to have this project completed prior to my "vacation".  Since they have chosen to ignore that - I guess I won't (probably) be able to be the one to complete the project, either.  I'm not heart-broken, but it is frustrating, as I have been trying to get this project up and running for almost 4 years.  Finally succeeded in the up and running part....

bluedahlia

bluedahlia

Enjoyful

So Silly Sarah Spake on Syria:  "Let Allah sort it out."  

BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!  What a total train-wreck of a human being!