INSOMNIACS place to talk in the wee hours

sas-schatzi

Smarrty, have a visual &  auditory memory of PS teaching the breast massage. But the when to start escapes me. It was a very specific time. Have heard others say they weren't instructed to do them. Don't know if there are specifics for different types of products, but if you pop in on Sizing 101 thread. I'm sure someone will know the answer right away. Ordinarily I'd say ask Deborah--Whippetmom. But She has so many pm'ing her with help on sizing. There are multiple folks on the thread that have stayed around to help with questions. I would only trust Deborah with a sizing question, but massage is way more general. Plus, a call to your PS's office, the secretary, MA, Nurse will know when it falls into the plan.

It made a huge difference. Once you start to do it. You'll know when things start to feel tighter around a foob. I had to work allot more with left then right. Still do. 

I've read where others developed capsules b/c they didn't massage. Then had to go to physical therapists to work on breaking  the capsules. The capsules are just scar tissue formation around the implant. My Ps said I'd have to do it every day for the rest of my life. Sounded like it was a big deal. It's not. As long as you stay ahead of it. Iprobably do a daily thing with the left and don't even think about it.

On the YKYACP (you know your a cancer patient when) thread ther are lots of crazy comments about foob massage.

Last summer june of 2013, I started swimming. The pecs got tighter, had to do massage several times daily. The foobs interestingly were staying put on the chest versus falling in the armpits. It was a nice unexpected result of the swimming. I did backstroke b/c of my neck history. It's an even stroke for each side of the body. B/C of the dog falls in Sept and Oct. I can't do any swimming. OH poor me-Oh welll... I had to do very intense work with the left foob in that time period. But it was cool, they were nice and perky. I'd be swimming now if it weren't for those falls.

Enerva

Sass i need to ask you something, how long does it takes to have a revision surgery? its been 2 months since my exchange surgery and some people tell me 2 months, and then other people here says 3 months. i will see a new PS this coming week but i am curious.  

sas-schatzi

Enerva sweetie, I'll lay off the business stuff. Don't want to be a bug about it. I'll just say this---your work is beautiful and artistic. Don't want you to run away when you see me posting LOL. There was a time here in the USA and Canada, many people did handwork. Now very much less. That's why you and the ladies of the stitching thread are so special.

sas-schatzi

Hey Enerva I just cross posted to you LOL. Each PS has a timing thing. When I thought I had a chance of returning to work. I asked my PS how soon I could get the nips done after my TE exchange. He said the soonest was six weeks. I had it six weeks to the day. LOL it was my B-day. I got Nips for my B-day.

I know your looking to have different implants, so that may be a different game plan

Enerva

Thanks Sass  

i posted my recent baby shoes in that other tread lol 

sas-schatzi

Whoever thought that Owls were so very interesting. They are such a diverse species. Badger love the intensity of that owl. I thought of making a owl pic thread, that we could link from the topic boxes. It could be done. But would it duplicate what's done on google images. The advantage is we can have our own goofy, irreverent sayings surrounding them. 

So many beautiful owl pics that get lost as the pages turn

If anyone thinks it has value I'll do it and create the hyperlinks in the topic headers. 

I figured out how to do that when i did it for the Catholic thread because there were three related threads. It was like a transporter mechanism from Star Trek.

Many are cross posters to STFU, Hermits Club and Olders. It's easier then having to go back out to menu.

Miminiemi

Bright smurf blue is sooooo right!

sas-schatzi

Golf Girl---what a good suggestion earlier-------we went to the wildlife refuge to bird watch. More successful than last year same time. Last year pointed out a Common Pin Tail. DBF says "It's just a F**king duck". Figured bird watching was not in our future. Because he didn't plan well for V-day he was willing to go. Today however he was asking names of the birds we saw.------------Then even though he had to be some place ----------we stopped at th SPCA thrift store. I found about half dozen pieces of glass. Two federal windsor pieces, but they were clear. 

The aegean, I'm so happy you appreciated it's beauty. I'd never seen it before and it is spectacular in color. If you get into thrifting remember this phrase "If you've never seen it before AND it appeals to you, buy it". The glass that is coming on the thrift market now is from the 50-80's. I got into it when it was 30-50's patterns. But there is certainly older pieces showing up.

Colored glass is generally more valuable than clear. Clear though is more versatile. Blues/cobalt is the most valued usually. The thrift stores are catching on to the value of old glass. I've been a bit too gifty to friends with finds LOL. The prices are going up. Gave dear cousin a Wexford plate that I thrifted at $3, it's value on replacements .com is $50.00. But I had two and am trying to get her into thrifting. Wexford was made by Anchor-Hocking to appeal to the middle class that couldn't afford high-end crystal. It's beautiful. If thrifted at the right price is great. You break a piece-thrift some more. I use Wexford bread plates for coasters, ashtrays, nightstand water glass coasters, under plates for sorbet between courses, ah and bread plates. On replacements .com they go for $8 a plate. thrifting 0.50 cents to a dollar is good.

Another thing that's going up in price LOL--big increase is clip-on earrings from pre-pierced time. the 60's and before. $0.50 cents to a dollar now $4-5. They can be used to clip on a dress, shoes, purses. What I like to get them for is for the 3-8 y'o girls for dress up.- no problem with the little ones working the clip. Screw on type earrings don't work. Of course I shared this with the folks at the thrift-----then the prices went up. 

I have about 10 pieces of Waterford that is my name. The water glass is now $200.00. I stopped getting it decades ago b/c it was too expensive even then. When I looked up it's price recently sheesh. Give me a nice thrifted piece that I bought for 0.50 cents to $2.00-----YAY I can use it without worry.

Tell me your colors, I'll keep my eyes open

Smaarty

my mom has a collection of glass, reds and dark oranges from my great aunt.  Like this if This is what you're talking about.

Spookiesmom

Sas when I was a tween, wore Capizio flats. Would get sparkly clip-on ear rings, clip on to shoes for dress up. 

Spookiesmom

luvgoats, that probably is Key West. We do have trees with real leaves LOL!! That could be a Royal Poinciana tree  Beautiful when in bloom. I'm too far north for them. 

Blessings2011

TEKA!!!! OMG, too funny. How would you like to be the artist that had to draw those dog faces on her tatas? 

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Breast massage? My first one was right before my BMX. I'd just had the radioactive isotope injection down in Radiology, and they said to massage the breast to make the dye spread faster. So there I was, in a gown, on a gurney in Pre-Op, squeezing away, when I suddenly realized my cubicle was at the end of the row, where everyone could look in, and my curtain was open. Oh well, I'm hoping they thought it was some sort of self-calming exercise... 

sas-schatzi

Smarrty haven't seen that pattern before---good---would take searching, try  Ebay key words bubble red, doesn't look like pressed glass. Take your finger and run it all over the glass feeling for a slight thread line. Very often it can bee seen held up to outside light. If you can't find a thread line then you may have blown glass.  That then may fall into ______duh --wait searching the brain---not found. 404. Lovely bowl. try Burple or Inspiration at replacements .com under  Anchor Hocking as the manufacturer. If I'm right I'm a genius. AND the bowl is valuable, not serious money. Just b/c it's beautiful. If Wrong about name, It's a beautiful bowl and we haven't found a name. It could fall into the 30-40's period Cambridge , Hazel Atlas. Many of the 30-40's glass was called Elegant glass. Considering it was an Aunt it may come from that time

A glass that is orange and red is called Amberina.  

Ebay is a really good way to identify glass once you have a few clues. I.e  Pressed glass,  amberina. But if you get thousands of responses look at the glass and plug in a characteristics.

Bummer stuck on a name of glass the brain won't bring forward------italy>>>ain't workin>>>>probably will pop in the middle of the night.

The reason old American glass is important is: We once were great producers of glass with very innovative designs. All major manufacturing of glass is defunct in the USA. The molds for pressed glass have been sold to other countries, primarily China.

American Brilliant Cut glass ceased in this country in 1917.-----the history of ABC glass is breathtaking.

Keep Aunt's glass ware AND use it.

I developed this theory as a young one: Women seek to attain beautiful dishes, glass, silverware. All was rarely used because they were considered so precious. Holidays only. They were stored in beautiful hutches.  It was then handed down to daughters or nieces who rarely used them or sent them off to thrift shops.

Many of us have absolutely beautiful things we do not use, but they are safely stored behind closed doors to be handed down to the next generation-----------who now don't have a clue about there history and prefer something from Target--Made in China.

sas-schatzi

Smarrty try this LOL

http://www.replacements.com/webquote/AHCBUBR.htm?r...

I'm brilliant LoL I think this is the pattern---pic is dark , but take it as a lead and google others

here's another one

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Anchor-Hocking-Rub...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-ANCHOR-HOCKING-RUB...

Holeinone

Sas, so, so true. My MIL had his very high end, top of the line Wedgewood collection. She dies, I tell my 3 BIL & DH she has told me it goes to her daughter, there sis, who was a sweet women, total flake. The decider in the family says bullshit, we are spitting it up.

So, we did. My sweet, dumbshit SIL, dies suddenly, and her DH gives all the family heirlooms away. Heartbreaking cause my MIL was a believer that everything would be as she imagined it, passing down from daughters with all the stories....

Not so much...

sas-schatzi

Oh GG-- bummer --------guys just don't get it. Then there's the even worse in a family where some family member swoops in cleans all the heirlooms out before the body is even buried. Eldest Aunt on dads side did that---sick---brought her daughters to help.....awful.

Hey Smarty---look at the links I think I have it identified------what do you think. If not I'll keep worrking

Smaarty

SAS-don't work on that, I was just curious. Did anybody here back from the gal in SC whose hubby is a fireman?  Haven't seen her post since last night. Read they also had a small earthquake there last night.

It's midnight deb. It doesn't say where she is. Do t know why I thought it was SC.

Enerva

lol Nice links

here are the last baby shoes i crochet

lol I need a life  

Teka

Cute, Good Night ;o)

Smaarty

night Teka, sleep tight.

Holeinone

you are right, guys do not get it, but I was sure happy that we spilt it up...otherwise it would all be gone. My SIL was a normal, healthy  ( over the top religious ) mom. She did not know she was even sick, DD took her to Dr., dead 7 days later, lung cancer, age 59, non smoker, one glass of wine at Xmas. 

Family......never easy.....

I told Blessings my 2 BIL started WW3......lots of tears & drama for his kids...real sad, I have had to step back, not strong enough right now to get involved....had dinner tonight with niece & SIL....I think, I hope that they know, we will support each other, and all the kids with love & maturity... Ok... Too much family tale of woe.....BIL drinks too much....train wreck.....

sas-schatzi

Holinone---sad--sorry --hope time heals. If husband alcoholic watch fro trouble at a distance.

Enerva soooo cute

Smartty serious I found the pattern and maker Anchor hocking --bubble pattern---bowl on replacement .com or ebay asking price 34$

sas-schatzi

Smarty your talking about Deb-----to late to call her I'll google area code >>then and locate nonemergent number and find out result of fire --

Wren44

That red bowl is gorgeous. No wonder it's $34. I'm going to keep my eyes out for some of that.

Blessings2011

Pretty bowl, Smaarty! I love vintage, and I love red...

Sassy - I once had a boyfriend whose grandmother passed away, and his mom asked him if we wanted her complete set of "Desert Rose" dishes. Well, he thought they were ugly and said no. (GRRR - I could have taken them when I left!!!)

Holeinone - when my dad died, he had a two-story, four bedroom house, plus a two car garage, all filled to the rafters with his stuff. There was no funeral. His wife gave ALL his things to her adult children. I (his only biological child) got a tiny cardboard box with an old clock and a few pictures in it. Unfortunately, he also died without a will, so that box was it. 

Enerva - once again, too cute!!!

Sweet dreams, Teka!!!

2TA - hope you are getting some much-needed rest... HUGS!!!!

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Life has sort of settled down with the family drama, but I'm wiped out. Arrangements are coming along nicely. I do put on a good funeral, but it's kind of sad to have developed that skill. 

Today was a lazy day - never got out of my jammies, and just vegged. Tomorrow will be very busy.

Nighty night, Owlettes!!!

sas-schatzi

Nighty night Blessings, Yes over time we develop odd skill. Too bad about the desert rose.

Well Smarrty-usually that's an easy call. Non-emergent number to the department, but no one is picking up------not going to call emergent number.

In the mean time DBF had tooth ache.....had to go into my stash cupboard to see what I had. He took advil already. Found some lidocaine mouthrinse. ------so, i, tired He's calmed down. I talk to the police department in Deb's city. He was a semi jerk----polite, but no info-----the way I figure it if any ff were seriously injure last night he would have known. But then again he could have just been an analpore-----good night--out and over s

mdnghtdeb3

Hi, Ladies! Sorry I'm here so late. Looks like everyone is off to bed. Thank you for your concern...hubby is home safe and sound! A little bump on head, but nothing major! Phew! Hugs to all! 

Smaarty

hi debs, just was wondering, glad he's ok. Did you hear/feel the earthquake?

Anonymous

yikes, I'm several pages behind! Been sleeping most of the day, very crazy hours. 

Just want to check in so hopefully there's someone here where I read thru everything. West Coast ladies awake?

Smaarty

yes, I'm here. I did that last night. By the time I was caught up, everybody was gone. 

Sue