For Older People with Sense

chrissyb

Hi Loi and welcome to both BCO and this thread.  What part of NSW are you in?  Also, there is an Aussie Girls thread and there are a few of us that post on there on a regular basis........I'll find the link for you and post it to make the htread easy to find.

I don't think many Aussies actually know about this site but I'm trying to get the word out, at least in SA.  I'm always sprouting about how good this site is with information and support.  Anyway.......lol...... nice to see you!

Love n hugs.  Chrissy 

chrissyb

http://community.breastcancer.org/forum/138/topic/762058

This is the link for the Aussie girls thread.

Love n hugs.  Chrissy 

QCA

Welcome Loi.  We're glad to have you!

Thanks Nancy and Kaara for the good wishes for all clear.  Those big girl panties are in the dryer so they'll be ready for tomorrow.

Kathy 

Dilly

QCA - best wishes for all clear tomorrow! Glad your DDs wedding went well; you worked really hard.

Welcome Loi - but sorry you had to join this club...

Chrissy, I hope you're enjoying your chair with your clot-free legs & bionic knee.

3jays & Marybe I was glad to read and see pix of your visit. Thanks for sharing.

Isabella I hope your new helpers are keepers! And that you get some pain relief!

Leah, when is your surgery, or are you done?

Nancy, I hope you get some good answers, and your airways heal soon.

Right now, I'm waiting on DEXA results after 2 years on Arimidex.  Fingers xxed. 

Have a good week all.  

QCA

Hope the results are good, L_C!

Kathy

SoCalLisa

Onward West..to Branson today

chrissyb

Hi girls!  Hope all are having a great week!

Lost_Creek nice to see you!  You haven't popped in for a while so it's great to see you back.  Keeping everything crossed that can be so you get a good report on your DEXA.  Oh yeah......lol.......I'm loving my new comfy chair or at least my butt, my hips and my legs do.......lol.  I've been sitting in it so much I have almost completed a new pullover for my DH, got a third of the last sleeve done and then it will sew it up and do the neck.....voila!  Done!

Nancy you take care and I hope those new meds are proving their worth so you can breathe better.

Lisa, when you mentioned Branson I went all jelly inside remembering my time there last year!  It's a very interesting place with some crazy buildings......lol!  Safe journeying!

Kathy hoping you get good results today!

3jays hope you are recovering well after gadding about with Marybe.   Love all the pics that Marybe has posted on FB........you both look great!

Well I'm getting organised to go to the city for the weekend as I'm meeting up with another BCO member from Aus.  Susieq58 is her name and you have probably read some of her posts.  Anyway, she is coming to Adelaide (my city) from Brisbane (her city) to get better aquainted with her new grandson so we have organised to get together over the weekend....yay!  I'm sooo looking forward to it!

 Take care all and enjoy what's left of the week and have a great weekend!

Love n hugs.  Chrissy 

QCA

Just a quick stop to say the mammogram was ALL CLEAR!!  What beautiful words those are.  Thanks for all the good wishes.

Hugs to all,

Kathy

Ellendou

Kathy so happy for you.  Hugs

ptdreamers

Kathy, Great news!

chrissyb

Kathy so glad you got the all clear! They are two of the best words to hear.



Love n hugs. Chrissy

Dilly

Kathy, great news! I was hoping you had the kind of mammo facility that reads while you're there.

Chrissy, enjoy your visit with Susieq58 - she is undoubtedly looking forward to it as much as you! Have a great time!

Lisa, safe travels and good photos. You've been on quite a journey indeed.

My DEXA was posted today, and it'll be interesting what the onc (July) and ortho (next week) will suggest - the radiologist who read the scan wrote "treatment is advised ... fracture risk is moderate".  My report says osteopenia with T-scores of -0.6 Spine and -1.5 Dual Femur.  Two years ago it was -0.1 Spine and -1.3 Dual Femur. The radiologist wrote "mild interval bone loss."  I don't know whether to feel good it's not worse after 2 years on Arimidex, or bad that the calcium, D, and exercise hasn't done more good. My Z-score, which compares to women my age (T-score compares to 30-yr olds) are +1.3 spine and -0.1 Femur.

I've been dealing with ups and downs lately - up because the 2-yr mammo was clear, down because within an hour of that result I discovered an eggyolk-sized lump on my shoulder/upper arm that if I'd noticed at all, I guess I had thought my muscles were growing - that really rained on my "all clear" parade.  Got the lump dx within a few days though, and after 2 doc visits, followup xrays and MRI, that it's a lipoma - a fatty deposit.  At least I can pretend it's an extra muscle and it's not is some wierd place.  I see the ortho next week for consult, but have seen the MRI results report and Dr. Googled it...If it gets too big or painful, I'll have it cut out.

Up because (with a lot of help from bigger fish) our little Fire Safe Council (which I started  some 3 yrs ago ) has been awarded nearly a quarter of a million dollars in grant money to help reduce fire hazards along our (badly overgrown) evacuation route/main road.  Down because the state of KY Historical marker committee rejected my text for the historical marker for my ancestress without even giving me any chance to edit or change it to their standards, and so we have to try again. That one was a blow to my ego I guess, coupled with the emotional difficulty of telling all the people who donated the $2500 we needed .... but friends & distant cousins and some folks who speak 'Southern' are stepping up, and we'll try again with the Historical committee next round.

Other than that it's been busy around here - too many doc visits but glad to get so many oks or mostly oks. 

Lots of outside work - gardens are doing all right, not great but at least good.  DH and neph1 are outside right now, working on completely rebuilding our big shed. DH figures it'll take at least 4 months, so I'm kind of in charge of yard & gardens.  And so, when I work, I work hard; when I sit, I sleep.

I was going to post the biggest "up" here, but you may not think it belongs in "more sense," so look for me on spirited and lively later today - a friend just called in the middle of this post and is headed over to visit...

FilterLady

Kathy:

What wonderful news!  I just love those words "ALL CLEAR" and hope to hear it myself in September.

Take care,

LaDonna

Kaara

Kathy:  That's just wonderful news!  Do something to celebrate...I had a glass of wine when I got mine;)

Chrissy:  I have read Susieq's posts before...have a great time visiting with her!

Lost Creek:  I have one of those too....on the side of my chest next to my left breast where I had the bc.  It showed up about five years ago and I had a biopsy done.  It was scary because it showed up so quickly but it was nothing.

Have a great evening everyone. 

QCA

L_C, Wish the dexa results had shown improvement, but they did change a minimal amount at least.  I'm not quite into 2 years on arimidex, and look forward to hearing what your onc and the ortho advise.  I have mild osteopenia as well and my onc wanted me to have reclast infusions, which I have declined pending on the results of my next dexa scan.  You did have good news about lump being a lipoma. We'll take that anyday over bc, won't we?

Thanks, LaDonna and Kaara!  I guess I've been celebrating with the dog, since DH had to leave right after my mammo. to go to a meeting in the mountains.  He won't be back until Sunday, so we'll be sure to celebrate then!

Kathy

Dilly

QCA - you are so right! A few months ago it was "oh, arthritis causing the knot in my thumb? Yippee!" "Lipoma? Hooray!"  BC changes just about everything doesn't it?

I'll let you know what the docs say about the osteopenia - 2 years ago, the onc said I was ok at that level, no tx needed.  I'm guessing the ortho suggests reclast/etc now, and am not sure what the onc will say.   On the AI thread they talk about prunes helping - and some reading this afternoon suggested that additional potassium might help density - I think prunes are high in potassium.

macatacmv

Good morning ladies, here's a pic of my little wild flower garden. Flowers for all the all clears and good reports. I am still struggling with the breathing and it is now hot and humid, so trying to see if I can get an air conditioner unit installed. But of course everyone in the NE is trying the same thing. LOL. At least I live on the coast so we get sea breezes. 

LostCreek, you amaze me with your projects. Yay for the grant! And the energy to persevere on the historical text. I read about the "biggie" and it sounds wonderful, makes perfect sense to me.

Have fun and safe travels, Chrissy!

Lisa, did you check out all the cowboy boots in MO?

Kathy, good luck with building up density.

Kaara, how was that cake? 

I've been eating my prunes (just one a day) LOL. and taking calcium, but am so new to this stuff and on too many meds so my head is spinning most of the time.  I find I have the most energy in the morning so am trying to take advantage of it. 

My DD is coming for a visit this weekend just for 3 days, but it is something to look forward to. Somehow she does better at "being here" for me than my DS. Who is really a great person, just not as intuitive as a woman. And my last remnants of tolerance and patience are at a very low point. Poor guy!

Nancy 

Kaara

maca:  I the A/C would help your breathing...filters out a lot of the stuff that causes breathing problems and lowers the humidity.  Maybe you could get a doctor's note that would put you at the top of the list.  My cake was delicious..thanks for asking.  I ate every bite..except the couple that my BF decided he wanted (he takes huge bites) and I was a little selfish with it;)

Have a wonderful day everyone...it's beautiful here...maybe a little warmer than last week, but still not as bad as other parts of the country. 

Wren44

Macatacmv - My Dad had asthma, got his MD to write a letter saying he needed AC, then deducted the expense from his taxes. I agree that medical reasons might bump you up the list to get it installed. Hope you get better breathing soon.

macatacmv

Hey everyone,

I had my last PT/OT appt today. It was bittersweet because we had become good friends in the last 4 months. She is actually leaving the island soon and I was her last out patient at this hospital. So we were both a little misty at the end. She was so helpful and it was so healing rather than harmful. She actually got on the phone and got two air conditioners for me today and my son has installed them. So I am breathing better and hopefully will sleep more soundly tonight. 

The dog really likes the coolness, too. LOL

Thanks for the encouragement. 

Alyson

Hi all

Mac great that things are coming on and your wild flowers are just beautiful.

Feeling rather down in the dumps as friend's husband has died of kidney cancer. We have know each other since we were little. I really hate this disease.

Must get more done as DD decided her place was too small for her birthday get together so guess where it is and I am exhausted already. Must go and tidy my room then put the cleaner over.

Hugs to all 

chabba

Alyson would "put the cleaner over" mean the same thing we mean by " run the vacum over"?

Alyson

Chabba - yes

AussieSheila

I'm pretty sure Isabella would tell us she 'was going to run the Hoover over' or at least some one else would be. LOL

Sheila.

macatacmv

I am learning so much on this thread. Tea vs supper, hoover vs cleaner! LOL

I have a memorial service to go to this afternoon. The man was a friend of the family's. My brother, cousin and aunt will be here. I am trying to gear up for it. 

Then tomorrow DD gets here, so that's good.

Hope everyone has a good day! 

Kaara

maca:  Yea on the A/C!  We might as well take advantage of whatever we can with this disease!  Glad you are breathing better.

"run the cleaner over"...lol....I was wondering myself what that meant.  I must do the same...sometime.

We went out to play nine holes yesterday and a huge storm came up and drowned us out!  My BF drove under a tree to try and wait it out (the most dangerous place you can be in a storm on the golf course) and I tried to be patient, but finally had to exert my will and say...LET"S GO IN!!  Guys..you gotta love em.  At least he took me out to dinner to make up for it.

Happy Friday everyone! 

Alyson

Mac, word hoover is used here but mainly by older folk. Be careful with 'supper' because it has a variety of meaning here.  Even in the US there are regional pronunciations and word use. I am trying to write a silly story using NZ words, it is quite difficult because you don't usually have so many all together and many of course are slang or denote social status.

Had a lovely evening here last night for DD1 whose birthday it was. She decided that it was better to use parents place rather than her tiny flat. Had coffee and dessert - far too much food. The grandchildren decided they were not going to sleep but both quite happy to get home about 10.30. DGD was delightful and enjoyed the company of a little friend.

DH has finally got up so must go and see what we are doing today. I am off to my home town for friend's funeral on Monday, do hope its not too cold.

Big hugs

Elisimo

Gee, I was thinking "run the cleaner over" meant she was having a house cleaner come.  We can all dream of having someone else clean the house, cann't we?  Where I grew up they said "beat the rag".  Its from the days of beating rugs over the back fence or laundry line and most rugs were rag rugs.  (Even Southerners have varying terms for the same things, kind of depends on what social status you had or have.)

Alyson

Elisimo, would love to have a cleaner, used to when I worked but now its me and the vacuum cleaner. Have just had tea(dinner) and waiting for friends who will help us eat all the pudding we have. Then its footie time, actually we will be watching the rugby. Anyway how are things with you.

Big hugs

Kaara

I hired someone to clean my house in Florida this year, because we have all these tile floors that must be vacumed and mopped and i was still in the process of recovery.  I'm doing my own cleaning here in NC with the help of my BF who agrees to vacum the stairs and the downstairs area.  I take care of the hardwood floors and upstairs, so it's a joint effort.  Cleaning and laundry...it's never done!