For Older People with Sense

SoCalLisa

She looks great Chrissy..makes me jealous!!

QCA

Wow, Chrissy, your daughter is unbelievable.  Just looking at these pictures tells me how much work she had to do to get where she is!  And she's quite a beauty too!

Photography doesn't seem to be my forte.  My husband wound up as a photographer when he was in the Marines, but rarely takes pictures now.  Well, I should qualify that and say he does take a lot on those Outer Banks trips.  We actually have some he did of sunrises hanging on the wall.  My DIL, though,is quite good and  is starting to build up a business, mainly children and family pictures, plus weddings.  At least she always has plenty of bookings.  Actually, she doesn't charge enough money for all the work she does!  

We're getting very weary of rain here---6 straight days.  There's "supposed" to be sun Saturday and part of Sunday, but then another week of rain.  Enough, already.

Nancy, I'm glad you're feeling a bit better.  It's so hard to lose our friends, and I fear we'll face that more and more as time goes on.  

Thanks everyone for the prayers and good thoughts about Aiden.  "Other grandma" is visiting this weekend so no babysitting for us!  Hoping maybe DH and I can do something tomorrow.  Sure beats housecleaning, but I can always do that the week he's gone!

Hugs, everybody, and have a great weekend!

Kathy

Wren44

Kathy, Your forecast sounds just like ours. Supposed to have some sun tomorrow and Sunday, then back to the rain.

Wren44

Our usual pattern is to have rain on the weekend and nice during the week. Seattle joke: What do you call a sunny day after 3 days of rain? Monday.

macatacmv

We had a good soaking rain the other day and people were out dancing in it. We have been very dry so it was very welcome. Now it feels like back to summer.

chrissyb

Thanks girls about my DD and I have just had a phone call from her to tell me that in her competition today, she scooped the pool!  She won the Masters, Open and the Overall!!  I can't believe it although I should but I am just so happy that all her hard work has earned her such recognition.  I can't wait until next weekend when she competes in Brisbane at the Nationals, she is hoping to place in the top five there as the competition will be fierce.

Kathy glad you have a chance to do something with hubby this weekend, it'a really nice to be able to do that occasionally even if it's only a stroll around a park, it's something.  Glad Aiden is doing so much better and it sounds like the last anti-B was the one.  Change of season is always a hayday for the different bugs that are out there, happens here as well.

Wren we have had so much rain here this winter that there are lakes where no lakes have been for over fifity years!  It's lovely to see but I must get out to take some pics as they will disappear just as quickly as they have come.  I'm not into taking portraits of any sort, I mush prefer landscapes and nature studies.  I am finally getting a real handle on this camera and it's beginning to show in the photos I am taking.  I haven't posted any because most of them are just practice so I am really comfortable with it's functions so I don't have to think about it to change the settings for what I want to shoot.

Sorry Wren, I have gone on to rambling again.....lol.  Here's hoping the sun comes out for you soon.

Nancy I know that feeling, we were much the same a couple of years ago as we had been in drout  for so long it was fabulous to see and feel that cool wetness.

It's pretty warm here today as we have the North wind blowing a gale and it is coming straight off the desert!  Can I say it's a hot wind and the one we hate to see in summer.........I think this is just giving us a taste of what's to come......lol.

Enjoy your weekend all!

Love n hugs.    Chrissy

Wilsie2

The dreaded scans tomorrow  .  It will be a long day.  I don't know what to expect, I am still having lower GI problems, that they dismissed after sonogram and X-rays, maybe CT will identify the problem  .  I will give you all update.  Wilsie

chrissyb

Willsie, keeping my fingers crossed that all is good and nothing nasty shows up.  Hoping that what is upsetting your GI is something easily fixed.  Hang in there girl, we're in your pocket!!

Love n hugs.   Chrissy

carolehalston

Wilsie, strong hopes from me that you get a positive outcome from having the scans. 

Mac, I've had at least 3 basal cell cancers.  They're very slow growing and not to be feared like our enemy, bc. 

Chrissy, your daughter is gorgeous.  Did she inherit that body from her mom?  Keep us updated on her competitions. 

After 3 1/2 months away from home, dh and I returned to south Louisiana yesterday afternoon.  And, yes, it's still humid!  With any luck, we'll have cooler, less humid  weather in a couple of weeks.  It's nice to be home but there's an awful lot of work to be done.  The camper and the house need to be cleaned, the yard needs attention and there's lots of laundry. 

macatacmv

carole, I have had one basal cell on my right cheek under my eye in 2006. That one was my first and I let it go too long. It was a mohs surgery and was deep. Since then I have been on a schedule with my derm. He is seeing me now every 6 months. So I have had lots of small spots frozen and scraped. They had me put cream all over my face at one point like a chemical peel. But this popped up since the last time I saw him and he wants to excise it so he gets clear margins. 

I hope you're settling back in. Getting thru the laundry? 

wilsie, we'll be with you virtually. I hope they get to the bottom of your GI issues. keep us informed, please.

QCA

Wilsie, hoping for good results on your scans tomorrow and nothing to worry about. 

Kathy

chrissyb

Lol Carole on the DD inheriting her body from her mom........she is a really good mix of DH and I but the muscle is all her!  She has worked long and hard for that body and so deserves all the recognition she earns from it.  That's two comps down and now it is the Nationals for both Associations, the INBA and the ANB.  The first one is INBA in Brisbane next weekend and I will be attending that one and the following weekend is the ANB in Sydney.

Nancy I have had MOHs surgery on my face five times and nurmerous burns and scrapes.  I have such fair skin and as a child insisted on trying to tam like all my friends.......alas, I just went red, was very sore and then peeled back to beautiful white again.....lol.  The only thing I got from all that tanning was a heap of skin damage that turned up as basal cell cancers.  By the time I was eighteen I learned  that being pale was good and started staying out of direct sunlight and still do as much as possible and if I have no choice? then out comes the sunscreen, hat, sunnies and to top it of, an umbrella.......yep, I think I'm shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted but I still get told I have beautiful skin and I guess all of that is paying off........lol.

Carole I hope you get that laundry tamed and in the closets as well as the rest of the work done after the holiday.

I'm heading out the back to start work on the bookcase that needs to be sanded and repainted.  Can't wait for it to be done but it won't get done if I stay on the computer.......lol.

Have a great day all!

Love n hugs.   Chrissy

carolehalston

Chrissy, I was also fair-skinned (white blonde hair as a child) and slathered on Copper Tone with oil and roasted in the sun to get a tan when I was in my early 20's.  Now I'm paying the price, my dermatologist tells me.  Every morning during the sunny weather I put sunscreen on my face. 

Good luck to your daughter in her competitions. 

SoCalLisa

I was a sunburn kid too and a lifeguard before sunscreen. Lots of stuff to burn or cut out.

Wilsie2

Back from scans. New mets to liver and spine  No more Faslodex, back to the real thing, taxol.  Goodby hair .  I am so disappointed.  I hate to tell my sons, one who is dealing with PET scan on Friday, himself  

I can do this again. I just sure didn't want to .  Wilsie

lilyrose53

Wilsie,  I'm so sorry to hear you have new mets.  I just finished my Taxol 4 weeks ago.  It wasnt too bad, I sure hope it works well for you.  You can do this!

Kathy,  I'm so happy that your DGS is doing better!  I will keep praying for a full recovery.

Chrissy,  your DD looks fantastic!  I can't imagine how much work goes into getting a body like hers!  I'm way too lazy.  Lol  glad to hear she did so well in her competition.  

I'm so far behind on here, I will have to go back and read to catch up.  I'm feeling better everyday.  My brain fog is clearing a bit and my energy level has gone up.  My neuropathy is still my biggest issue.  It has spread to the entire bottoms of my feet.  I'm still hoping it will eventually clear up.  I've had 3 rads now.  Hoping that my SE's are minimal as I progress with them.  Anyone have any good hair growing tips?  Lol  I seem to have male pattern baldness.  😜

Wishing you all well,  hugs,  lilyrose

chrissyb

Oh Wilsie, I'm so sorry to hear that you have had new progressions!  Bugger!!! (Aussie expression)  What a bummer you have to go to the chemo store again but I sure hope it works for you.  We're here for you to hold your hand and gee you on.

Lilyrose so glad to hear that your energy level has risen and you are feeling better day by day.  Here's hoping that neuropathy clears some what for you.  Yay!  Three rads down!!  I know you will be looking forward to the end of all the treatment and getting your normal life back......well as normal as possible.

Thanks for the nice things you girls have said about DD.......I really am so proud of her.  Yes Lilyrose it has taken a heck of a lot of hard work on her part to get and maintain her body but the thing is, she actually loves it!!!   Not my cup of tea really as I couldn't actually find the determination to do that but good for her to have that drive.

Have a great day all!  Love n hugs.   Chrissy

SoCalLisa

Good news today for me...from my liver doctor..stable..that is the magic word..

so I bought myself a new Samsung Tablet 10.1 Note..with the little pen like my phone..

carolehalston

Wilsie, I was so hoping that you wouldn't get bad news.  I hate bc.  Good luck with the treatment. 

I can hear my clothes dryer as it tumbles the LAST load of clothes.  It and the washing machine have been going most of the day.

Crone

Thanks Wren for suggesting I might find support and friendship here.  After the warm welcome on the Older than 60 ...year tread, I will pop in here.  I am looking for people in our age range to share the ups and down of this disease.

Wilsie2, sorry to hear of your progression.  I remained stable for 8 months on Faslodex and even though the shots were a " real pain in the but", it was easier than the month on Afinitor.  I am now on Xeloda and  after three months, all but one liver tumor has resolved as well as lymph nodes and bone mets.  I will happily ( well that might be an exaggeration) tolerate the side effects of fatigue and Hand and Foot syndrome if it keeps working.

Hope you all don't mind another older voice chiming in.

QCA

Wilsie, I hated to hear the news about your scan, and hope telling the children was easier than you thought.  Hope your treatment starts as soon as possible and can kick this cancer to the curb in a hurry.  We'll be here for you in the mean time.

Welcome, Crone.  We're glad to have you and hope you'll chime in often.

Lisa, great news!  Now enjoy that new tablet!!

Carole, I'm grateful to have a washer and dryer, but laundry is still one of my most hated things to do.  It's the folding and hanging that get to me and it's so easy to keep pushing that "tumble/press" button!  As bad as unloading the dishwasher.  I'd have never made it as a pioneer, would I?

Lilyrose, it's good to see you again.  Hope the neuropathy improves;  even a little bit would help.

Sunshine today!  So nice to see!

Kathy

Wilsie2

I need all the help and support I can get!  Thank you all, today seems much better than yesterday, it's just hard to grasp that you have to go thru chemo again  This will be my third time, and yes, I will do what it takes to get the beast back in its cage.  I tolerated Abraxane well, and I understand Taxol is pretty much the same. 

Well, tomorrow is my retirement day, and I don't feel much like celebrating.  I am happy to get a new port Thursday, it took the lab three tries to get my blood yesterday . 

So, Pollyanna as usual, I delivered the news to sons in a manner that did not freak them out, as the first time did.  I find myself believing my own optimism and positive energy, which is my way of coping  

Wilsie

chrissyb

Wilsie we all have our mechinsms for coping with this disease and I think I'd rather the optimistic, happy out look than have one the other end of the scale.  Telling the family is always hard so I'm glad for you that you have gotten that bit out of the way.

Hanging with you as you move ahead.   Oh!  And thank goodness for ports!!  That have saved many an arm.

Hi Crone!!  Welcome!  Happy to give support to those who want and need it.  Hope you enjoy hanging with this little group.

Carole, glad to hear that the laundry is almost done!  I find that the worst part of getting home from any trip!  To me it feels like an anti climax somehow and really strips the fun of being away.  Talking of laundry I'd best get mine done soon as I need to pack some of the knickers!

Lisa, yay on the good report from your Liver doc!!!  You definitely deserve the new tablet!!  Let us know what it's like as I would dearly like to get rid of this iPad  and I really do like the Samsung products!

Have a great day all!    Love n hugs.     Chrissy

SoCalLisa

already liking this Chrissy.Easy to set up. 

Leah_S

Wilsie, liver mets sure messes with our heads, doesn't it?

I like the optimism and positive thinking you've chosen. I try to do the same thing. Positive thinking won't kill a single cancer cell but it makes an immense difference in the quality of your life.

In a class I once took with a very well-respected rabbi, he said, "You can't choose the circumstances. You can choose how your react to the circumstances".

The choice is mine, to laugh or to cry. Most of the time I choose to laugh.

Leah

Alyson

Hi all. 

Sitting waiting to go home from Australia. 

Just sending hugs to all. 

Wren44

Aly, We'll look forward to hearing about your trip when you're home and rested.

carolehalston

Aly, you New Zealanders and Australians are lucky to be able to visit back and forth without the long plane flights we Americans have to make.  Except for those expensive flights and the long duration of them, I would love to go back to both countries.  Of course, it works both ways.  You have to make longs flights to come to Can. and the U.S.  Isn't it fascinating to think about gravity keeping us from falling off the great ball of Earth!!!  LOL!

It's very humid and uncomfortably warm outside today but we're supposed to have a front come through that will bring some relief, at least temporarily.  I'm ready for fall weather!  Even though I dislike having to blow the leaves off the porch and patio and carport for several months until the trees finish shedding the leaves. 

Every season has its drawbacks as well as advantages. 

SoCalLisa

98 degrees here 

Wilsie2

New port installed today  that sure will make things easier  New one is much smaller than my last one, and can be used for the contrast on scans .  This is a blessing to me, as my veins are always a challenge for the poor nurse who has to stick me. 

Another improvement I found, the prep liquid you drink for ct scans no longer tastes like yucky lemon stuff, it tastes like water  .

Trying hard  to find good news in my latest ordeal.  I am grateful. Looking forward to my first taxol treatment on Monday.  At least I feel like I'm doing something!  

I hope everyone is feeling well for today and nobody has new bad news!  Love you guys and all your support.  Don't know what I would do without breastcancer.org 

Wilsie