For Older People with Sense

QCA

On a happier note, I'll add that Ginger heard from Isabella.  She's in the hospital with her back, and has no reliable internet service.  Hopefully she'll be back soon. At least that's good news, and we so need that now.

Kathy

marywh

Oh, that is good news!

Wren44

That is good news indeed. I was starting to wonder if she was in prison for shooting the doctor who wasn't treating her. I hope they are able to reduce her pain.

Dilly

QCA & Ginger, thanks for the update on Isabella! I hope she is getting relief from her pain, and look forward to her return.  If you are able to contact her again, please send my best wishes!

MaryD911

I have been wanting to ask if any of you have taken Exemestane (gen. of Aromasin).  I am now into my fourth month on it and am finding the side effects to be dreadful.  With previous cancer I followed up with tamoxifen for almost three years and then three more years on arimidex.  I will continue to take it for at least 90 more days as it is so darn expensive and I can't waste the cost but am thinking of giving it up when this bottle is finished. 

Anyone else who has made this decision.  In spite of metastatic disease, now in hip, I felt pretty good until I started this darn poison.

SoCalLisa

Mary, I have not taken that..sorry I am of no help..

Gingerbrew

Exmestane is what I am currently eith off of or on vacation from depending on what my ONC says next week.   I went to it from Arimidex.   Exmestane gave me serious pain in my knees, serious as well as hands and several other SE's including sleep issues.   I hope I cam find soething to take. I understand how you could want to stop, when we say serious SE's we aren't kidding are we.   I hope you can find a way through.   I am thinking maybe I should have taken stronger pain relief or stronger sleep aids, I don't know.    

There is an entire thread on aromasin that may be of help to you. Hugs Ginger

chrissyb

Mary I'm sorry I can't help on that as I'm on Femara. I sure hope you can ease somehow.......



Well, tomorrow is the day that DD's and I begin the shopping for the wedding.nnFirst stop, the dressmaker, second stop.....the fabric store. Once that is done then I can get the crochet cotton for my part in the making and then shopping for the table decorations can begin.......so much to do and not really enough time to get it done........lol. Ni guess I'll just have to set my mind to the task and work my little fingers to the bone........lol.



Enjoy your end of week and beginning of the weekend!



Love n hugs. Chrissy

mandymoo

Mary, I was on Aromasin only for a few months after 5 years of Arimidex, and yes, the pain was a lot worse. I took Panadol Osteo religiously and found that helped me. Ask for stronger pain relief from your onc or doctor as there are stronger pain relief available. Good luck. xoxox

OnaWing

Wren44, thank you for the belly laugh. Have met a few nurses in the last few weeks that I fantasized about shooting.

SoCalLisa

kathindc

Lisa, as usual another great photo.  I like the giraffe's expression.

MaryD911

Mandymoo,  why were you on the Aromasin for only a few months?  Did you go off it because of side effects?  It isn't only the pain I am experiencing - insomnia, hair loss and weight gain.

ChrissyB,  I have been the Mother of the Bride four times and of the groom. once.  I would gladly relive those days - mostly lots of fun.  Enjoy!

SoCalLisa

wow Mary, you have really done the wedding scene..bet it was fun..I have three boys but the youngest isn't going to get married..he has been living with a really great gal and her two teenage daughters..

chrissyb

Wow! What a weekend!! We managed to get most of the things for the table decorations........yippee! We did the rounds of the second hand stores as she is going retro with the decor so there is lots of cut glass and crystal to be used as holders for candles and tea lights. We also found some large interesting vases for central table decor and lots of small lustre vases in the colors that will look great with the theme. She has decided on black linen table clothes with ivory lace runners and ivory tulle ties on the chairs. The venue will be draped with fairy lights so the lighting will be very subdued and then she want loads of candles throughout the room as well as on the tables.

I'm very pleased, as we managed to get all the fabric and things for under $1000. It's usually all what I call the little things that end up costing squillions so I think we have done well over all. There is still a load of sewing for me to do but that's okay as I can do it slowly over the next few months.



I'm heading off back to the city again this morning as I have my twelve month checkup appointment with the doc who did my knee........gosh I must be awful as the say there is no rest for the wicked..........lol. Oh well, tomorrow s anther day and I can take it a bit easy then........lol.



Hoping you are all having a fabulous weekend.



Love n hugs. Chrissy

QCA

Wow Chrissy, I'm exhausted just reading your post!  It sounds like you got loads of things accomplished, though, and truly anything that's done well ahead of time is a big step forward.  I'm reminded of my DD's wedding last summer and know all about those last minute crunch horrors!

DD, by the way, is doing great with her pregnancy.  DH and I went over today to see the way DSIL painted the nursery.  Hope this little girl likes bright colors!!  It's 2 walls dragon's breath pink and 2 walls mango, with white trim.  A bit startling when you first walk in, I must say, but once DD gets it decorated (the furniture will be white) I think it'll look very nice.  DD has another untrasound in a couple of weeks so I do hope the baby hasn't turned into a boy, or it's back to the paintbrushes!

Hope all have had a good weekend!  Just when my allergies had improved, I noticed this morning that my black car had a yellow dusting--rats!

Kathy

mandymoo

MaryD911, I was only on Aromasin because the cancer had originally spread to the bones after I stopped taking the Armidex (after 5 years rule???) 2 months later, I still had lots of pain in my right knee and I didnt believe the Xray stating osteo arthritis as the pain was worse at night and it used to wake me up (always go with your gut feeling). Bone scan showed bone mets, but not in right knee (lol), so I was put on Aromasin and Denosumab injection once every 4 weeks to combat the bone mets. 5 months later, I had Pleural Effusion and was hospitalised with an underwater seal drain and 5 litres was drained from my pleura. More scans and tests were done whislt I was in hospital, which showed cancer had then spread to lungs, liver, and brain and so I was taken off the Aromasin and medication changed to Xeloda to fight the other mets. Those mets in the organs are now shrinking but because I was taken off Aromasin and Denosumab (I think), the mets in my bones have spread extensively. I do not suffer from knee pain or any other pain because I am no longer on Aromasin. It took a couple of months to subside. But I must admit, that when I took Panadol Osteo first thing in the morning and last thing at night as well as around about lunch time, that my pain was managable. 

Chrissy, I am also amazed at your energy. I hope all goes well today. I did a lot of shopping at Ned's for my daughter's wedding a few years ago and saved a fortune. I am so excited for you. It is so nice reading happy news. xoxox

Gingerbrew

I am silly here but I love it when you Aussie girls write using the word, whilst. Whilst I was strolling along the lane.   So romantic. 

Ginger

mandymoo

Gingerbrew, thank you for that. I am smiling and feel a little bit embarrassed as well. Isnt it funny how we all speak the same language, English, but we use it differently? I will try to improve in future and change whilst to while???? BTW Engish is my second language as I am originally from Holland so maybe that should be my excuse. 

I must admit, that I love reading some of the posts that other people write, especially different parts of America and also from Enland. Do we have a forum for jokes as I have one that you might enjoy. Let me know if this should go to a different forum and I apologise beforehand for that. (Australia boasts about its multiculturalism because of all of its immigrants and my husband is Irish). 

An Italian, an Irishman and a Chinese fellow are hired at a construction site. The foreman points at a huge pile of sand and says to the Italian guy, "Youre in charge of sweeping". To the Irishman he says:"Youre in charge of shovelling". And to the Chinese guy, "Youre in charge of supplies".

He then says: "Now I have to leave for a while. I expect you guys to make a dent in that pile of sand". So the forman goes away for a couple of hours and when he returns, the pile of sand is untouched. "Why didnt you sweep any of it?" The Italian replies in a heavy accent: "I gotta no broom. You say the Chinese-a guy thata he was in-a charge of-a supplies, but he not here, has hassa disappeared and I could no find-a him". Then the foreman turns to the Irishman and asks:"Why didnt you shovel?" The Irishman replies in heavey brogue, "Aye, ye did lad. But I counno find meself a shovel. Ye left the Chinese lad in charge of supplies but I counna fin' that lad either". The formean is really angry now and yells: "where is that Chinese guy?" Just then, the Chinese fellow jumps from behind the pile of sand and yells..... "Supplies"!!!!  

Alyson

Come on Ginger you are just jealous you don't speak proper.

Language is wonderful and so are the differences.This morning whilst eating breakfast saw a review in the newspaper of a book 'Getting Rooted in New Zealand" the author from the US couldn't understand why her flatmate almost choked when she told him she was thinking of getting rooted here. You can check it out Ginger just put Aus/NZ definition then the word.

Big hugs

chrissyb

Lol Mandy, as we say down under, good one girl! No probs about posting a joke or two.......anything that gives a giggle is a good thing.....lol.



Mandy my DH is Dutch and I'm Irish/German. My eldest DD was Married to a Checz and a few years back DD2 was going out with a Canadian.........I used to call my family the League of Nations ......lol



Kathy the baby's room sounds lovely! According to all research the brighter the babes surroundings are the more stimulated they will be and the easier they will learn. Bright is good and those colors are wonderful.

I'm sure the report from the doc will be good as there is no major issue with the knee as far as I can tell. I've had the X-ray and am now enjoying a hot chocolate at the coffe shop in the hospital while I wait for reports and films and then it will be upstairs to see the doc. I don't have mobs of energy and doing what I did over the weekend really knocked me out. I ended up in bed and asleep a little after eight last night and woke when my alarm went off at nine this morning.......lol. I tend to sleeps a lot to rebuild the energy, I only wish it was more consistent.



Time for me to go check is athe reports are done. I'll catch you all later.



Love n hugs. Chrissy

mandymoo

Chrissy, yes your famiy does sound like the League of Nations. 

Alyson, I forgot about New Zealand, I love your accent, especially when you say "Fish and chips" or "Six" amongst other things.

Talking about accents, my best girlfriend is from Glasgow, and I love the way she speaks, it is so sing song like, and I understand her completely. My brother in law on the other hand is from Edinburgh or near there, and I feel so embarrassed when I ask him to speak a bit slower and explain himself better. Once he has had a drink or two...... forget it..... I give up then..... I just laugh because I just love their accents, they say it with such heartfelt meaning.    

MaryD911

Mandymoo,  thanks so much for your detailed description of your reasons for being on and off Aromasin.  My mets are also in the bones.  Since beginning the aromasin over three months ago walking has become very difficult.  As a matterof fact I had a horrible fall on Saturday and I blame it on the stiffness in my joints that is making stair climbing and descending almost impossible.  I was leaving a restaurant in an old building with rather steep steps and landed on my back on the cement.  Also I want to add that, unfortunately, I don't drink so can't blame the fall on that.  LOL. 

When I finished radiation a few months ago I was told to be very careful of my hip as the bone has been compromised and won't be able to take any trauma.  Of course, my first thoughts when I fell were of the hip but that seems to be okay.  Not my back though - never have had any problems with my back but didn't sleep at all last night with spasms.  What next?

I also looked up Panadol but I wonder if that is only in your neck of the woods.  Anyone here in the states that has taken it. 

chrissyb

Mary, Panadol is Paracetamol and is marketed as Advil (I think) in the USA. Oh my gosh! Do take care when climbing or decending the stairs........I hope you haven't done any lasting damage to your back and thank heavens your hips are okay. It's very frightening to think that while these drugs are saving our lives, they are also putting other parts of our bodies at higher risk of injury even just doing normal everyday things.



Well girls the doc was very happy with my knee and says it has healed well. The bone has re grown around the implant and is bending and flexing better than it was prior to the replacement. Needless to say I'm very happy with what he said and the pain spot I still have from time to time is still adjusting to the new placement and will, given a little more time, go on its own and the tendon stretches over the implant.



I'm pretty pooped tonight as once again it has been a really long day so it's off to bed for me as soon as I've finished my cup of tea and tomorrow will be a do nothing day so I can recover.......lol.......must be getting old.



Love n hugs. Chrissy

lassie11

Mandymoo - oh please don't change how you use words! How are we to learn if everyone tries to sound the same?! 
We lived in the US for a while (one of the posting while my father was in the Canadian Army). I recall my parents shopping for a "chesterfield set". The stores kept saying they didn't have such a thing until they learned they were to say "sofa suite" which was pronounced "sofa suit".   I learned to call my running shoes sneakers.

SoCalLisa

There are differences all over the US..east coast/west coast, south/north and midwest/mountain...

Spain was the same way...I am sure all countries vary by areas

chabba

A number of countries have completely different dialects from one area to the next with an official national language which may not necessarily be spoken by everyone. 

Wren44

A visiting woman from New Zealand was in tears because no one had nappies. Problem solved when she was told to ask for diapers.

SoCalLisa

My next door neighbors are English but have been here for 50 years..Still have their

accents, so nice to hear..

SoCalLisa

I had a secretary who was from New Zealand, everyone was impressed when they called