INSOMNIACS place to talk in the wee hours

Holeinone

lovey, Chevys photos are not showing on my IPad also.

JWOW, as always, nice to see you pop in. I have pain there, off & on. But, I had 1/3 of my colon removed 2 years before my bc dx. I always assume it's due to that. Also, if I get stressed, or have anxiety, it hurts there. You are so young, the ovaries could be the culprit.

Smaarty, Evie is a doll baby....sweet.

No puppy photos, I did have a Dalmatian for years. He was a loyal companion, loved to run, and steal stuff from the neighbors. We lived in the country, everyone had acreage. He would roam & come home with varied objects. One year he brought home one of those 2 foot, plastic candles that lite up at xmas time. He dropped it out by his dog house. Wished I had taken a photo of that.

Loveroflife

Jazzy, you need to get a pet. You too, Cubbie. Maybe a zebra...

glennie19

Ava is a rescue so we are not sure,, best guess, between 7 and 9.

she would love you to kiss her, Chevy!

Jazzygirl

JWoo- I have had some abdominal bloating off and on since the summer and worry about my liver. Got checked out by PCP and MO this summer and told nothing they could feel. I was worried about my liver. MO says before liver shows any signs of things, enzymes go wonky first. Liver enzymes were fine at July check up. Anyways, I still have issues with it off and on and will ask about it in my next check up. I suspect my problems are more GI related in the end.

Have you had any ultrasounds or other tests?

Hernie

Hey MammaRay, how are you -- really? I have a headache now, ugh!

Jazzygirl

Loveroflife- I love animals but have bad allergies and asthma so no pets for me. I would like to have this pet though?

Spookiesmom

DinoWorld in Fl?

Jazzygirl

Spookie-Living Desert in Palm Springs

Hernie

Lover, thanks! Love your stalker. I always like to imagine what they are thinking at those times.

Chevy, your Lacee was beautiful. My two dogs eating grass were an Appenzell Mountain Dog (Tris) and a Bodeguero Ratonero Andaluz (Hernanda). Those two loved each other. Here is Hernie getting busy licking his teeth. Sadly, we lost Tris.

Then came Houston, the Golden Retriever. He is now a year old and still too silly for Hernie. The glowing eye picture is a flash picture, it just came out like that, green and orange eyes!

Jazzy, I have allergies and asthma too. Dogs not so bad, I just take extra inhaler. Horses were deadly for me, then I discovered hypoallergenic curly horses - my dream come true.

MammaRay, can we PM? We don't need to bore everyone here...

Loveroflife

Jazzy, perfect! I know it's tough to have a pet when you have asthma/allergies. No worries about feeding, wiping its butt and private after pee or poo, or sending it to boarding when you leave town. I have a mild allergy (itchy nose and eyes) to Mitzy.

MammaRay, I read that swimming is good for whole brain learning.Both of my girls have been swimming since 4 and are doing well in school. They both have problems focusing (take after me) and I believe that their swimming have helped them. Well, maybe playing piano has also helped. Both of these activities force them to use both side of the brain.

Jazzygirl

Split bean- is that a bernese mountain dog? Those are my favorite breed. Met a beautiful one in Italy once. Seem to be popular in Europe?

Hernie

Almost, it's an Appenzell Mountain Dog. The Berners (or Berner Sennenhunde, as they are called here) are more popular with town people because they are fluffy and not so hyper. I loved my Tris. He was a real one-woman dog, absolutely completely devoted to me. This picture is a bit washed out but it shows his curled tail.

magdalene51

magdalene51

Cats too

Blessings2011

Smaarty - I've been away for a while, so when I saw that almost-full-length pic of you and Evelyn, I was blown away. You look GREAT!!!

Smaarty

thanks blessings. It been 1-1/2 years since I started the program. Keeping most of the weight off. Need to drop about 8 lbs and stay there. Seems to be hard to do. I'm working on it!

How's deb

And Evie got the IV out, so maybe home this weekend

Jazzygirl

Smarty- sounds like you have lost some weight? Out of curiosity, have you been able to do so while taking the AI drugs?

Such good news about Evie going home this weekend maybe. Finger crossed everyone will be home and snuggling together soon.

Splitbean- what a beautiful dog. Never seen that breed before! It has the bernese face, but leaner body and fun curled tail. What a cutie!

It is snowing again. Maybe the better question is when is it not snowing here?

Hernie

Appenzell dogs were bred to herd cows in the mountains. (Bernese dogs were used to pull the cheese carts.) Tris is wearing a traditional Appenzell collar showing an Appenzell dog and his master (the "Senner") walking behind the cows.

Chevyboy

Jazzy, this is my Brother, playing his Djembes..... Reminds me so much of Pan drumming....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QrsXZO76Gc He is just a year younger than I am, and still "playing" He just love "sounds" coming through his "drumming".....

sas-schatzi

Chevy, you vixen ...sliding around in those armorals. Yes, Chevy Zebra. There's at least 6. Not sure why anyone would want domesticated Zebra's, they don't do anything, but eat and poop. Maybe they have special poop. Florida is covered with wild pigs. They reproduce like crazy. Di(my cleaning gal). says it year round hunting for wild pigs because of that and they are destructive to the environment. She's shot one not long ago and gutted it. Then cooked it. She's an all around girl.

The last time I took Shat's to the dog park she was attacked. Cost around 200$. Many irresponsible owners. The small dog side was just the opposite. Dogs played nice.

The road they run on is a dead end road. Part of it is dirt. The only traffic is to the two farms and the Sheriff's ranch. We don't run them if anyone else is walking their dogs. Lot's of rules.

Glennie Ava is so cute!

Loverly, You got the very reason I suggested same size dogmate for Mitsy. Seen too often that the smaller dog rules the larger dog. Mitsy's too insecure to have another dog rule her. She needs a mothering dog that can soothe her. Collie or collie mixes are very nice for mothering.

We can't upload video's can we? I so enjoy watching them run and sniff. They are just so happy.

JWoo

Thanks ladies. I've talked to my MO, and GP, and no one seems to think it is anything. But, that can't be right. I;m not a hypochondriac. I have to find a new GP this year, so will ask them about it.

Here are all my babies:

This is Niku, our heavyweight.

My old girl Minmea

Raycie (she was my BF's mom's dog)

Hizoku, my ittybitty brat

Norbert, the invincible!

And this was my best friend, my Bluebearry. He sniffed out my BC before i even knew i had a lump.n I had to let him go on 9/30 after he had a stroke. I miss him more and more as time moves on.

sas-schatzi

Jwoooo "Anyone have long term pain in their left front and middle abdominal area?

I've had the same sharp, irregular pain ever since chemo. just a bit below my ribs, kinda to the side, on the left, closer to the outside of my body. It has never gone away. None of my doctors really seem concerned about it, but, it hurts. And it wasn't there before."

The structures under that area are the spleen, large colon--splenic flexure which is the turn from the transverse colon to the descending colon.. But sharp irregular pain fits more of a nerve pain. They're 31 pairs of spinal nerves. Each affects a specific area. Take a look at the pic and see if you can pinpoint the area. they're is bunch of questions I could ask. Actually working on a pain thread developing this kind of thing.

Sometimes a nerve can be entrapped. What hurts in front may be a nerve that has a problem in the back. It would take a pain doc to determine cause and treatment. The docs are ignoring it b/c they don't know. "Not their body part". If it was a problem with the spleen or colon that would have been picked up by the CT scan.

If it's not interfering with your life, not having to take meds to control pain, and docs can't see anything on your imaging, you may just want to ignore it. If it worries you, I would suggest a pain doc. Ever hear of Trigger Point? Treatment is Trigger Point injections. You can get a referral to a Pain Doc and have them do an evaluation. Not all pain docs are equal in skill. Of the 5 that I observed their evaluations and treatments, only two were exceptional at diagnosing and treating problems. One sucked. The other two were okay, but not in the same class as the exceptional docs.

Just saw HI1's post. The type of pain she's describing is from adhesions. Scar tissue formation. It can be the type of pain you are describing. Adhesions don't show up on imaging. Can be nasty buggers. Abdominal ahhesions don't form unless there is scarring from surgery or pelvic inflammatory disease. So if each of those aren't in the history, then adhesions could be ruled out.

Ovaries are further down in the pelvis. They are nicely protected by the pelvic girdle. Your description is higher.

sas-schatzi

Jwooo sorry about Blueberry. I still think about all my dogs too. Max and Cindy, I suppose the most. Max was a Britt. Cindy was a pure bred Collie. Jwoo were you on STFU with those of us that were there? I did a survey that started just this way. Multiple people had their animals alert them to something being wrong. They're is research going on in different areas of the world re: cancer and detection by animals.

Split bean those two are sure in love. Nose to nose. BTW did I say Welcome here? Welcome.

Spookiesmom

J, Blueberry looks like an Aussie? Love your crew. Been having fairly consistent upper right quad pain. Scared it was liver. PCP sent me out for US, nothing anywhere. Whew! But it still hurts. So PA suggested Miralax. What a difference!!

Like Sas said, a pain doc can do trigger point injections. I used to get them in my scapular area. Really helped. Then new pain doc suggested Botox. Some insurance hassles, got 13 Botox injections one day. One more visit 6 months later, I haven't had that kind of pain since. Good stuff. That's been 8-10 years ago.

Split, love the history and collar on your boy. Very interesting. Never heard of the breed, Europe only?

sas-schatzi

Wanted to copy the whole piece here, but it wouldn't copy by several methods. This is a response to a question---"My friend just died, I don't know what do I do?"

http://m.atchuup.com/advice-on-how-to-deal-with-grief/

Spookiesmom

DD sent this

PattyPeppermint

mags. Your babies are so cute

Smarty. Glad Evie got IV out. Hope she gets home soon

sas-schatzi

Spookie, Only worked with one Proctologist in the OR. Before each surgery while draping the patient. He would take the filler paper and make a paper airplane. Then fly it. No one ever said a word, or tried to figure out his mental health. We just figured he needed a diversion from dealing with assholes all the time.

Smaarty

haven't heard anymore regarding Evie.

Jazzy, didn't have chemo, rads or Al. Just bmx.

Lovely pets, Jwoo. House full.

I've had a recurring pain in the stomach area since April, more middle to right side. Taking Zantex since May. Does help. Never had heartburn. Had a scan and they looked with a camera. Didn't find anything. After February I'm going to ask GP about still having a problem. It woke me up today at 5:30 then couldn't get back to sleep. Grrrrrr!

Could be adhesions from gallbladder removal

Loveroflife

Not sure what happened, but I somehow missed several posts in a row. Just saw yours Hiho. Love the story of your kleptomaniac Dalmatian.

Split, beautiful marking on Tris .

Wow, Jwoo! You have a zoo!

Thanks for the good laugh, Ms. Spookie