The Hermit Club

duckyb1

my birthday is Aptil 24th....my husband's was October 30th........maybe that is what your thinking, cause AI rid mention it.....

Teka

Jazzygirl, son & daughter love the pumpkin giving birth.

kathec, I wish I could get my feelings out in a painting.

Lori1020, have you ever posted a photo of Fritz?

Damn the f'n side effects of meds!

Looking forward to Thanksgiving?

Tomboy

ok grannydukes Firekracker! happy birthday, too late to throw you a party, but watch out next year!! Teka, i am sure you are completely gifted in another way that i am not

camillegal

Oh Firecracker so sorry--Unless I did remember and I forgot I remembered--well if I didn't I hope u had a happy Birthday

dwill

Laurieparr, I have horrible muscle aches, ankle pain and bone pain.  This week was so bad--leg pains would flare while walking and I would find myself almost missing my steps.  I can't figure out if it is the long bones in my legs or closer to the knees, I just know I ache all the time and sometimes worst then others-like this week.  I wake up and feel like an old lady who needs a cane. I had tendonitis before the cancer meds but not the bone pain. 

Jazzygirl

Hi hermits- work went okay today. I realized the other day I am 2/3 of the way through this contract and somehow, some of the things that go on at this client site are just not bothering me as much these days. Better outlook!

Speaking of meds, I have been off the anastrozole for a week now and see a big change already. I am walking more normally, less foot pain and noticed a increase in my flexability to do the yoga poses at yoga class tonight. Not that I was not aware of how stiff and sore my body had become, but now that I am a week into the med vacation, I am amazed how much better I feel. I put on 10 pounds right away in the spring when I went on the AIs, and now working my weight down again but it is still hard to loose no matter what. One must wonder which is more important, to be able to move our bodies, exercise, keep a healthy body weight or take these pills? The later seem to work against the former.

duckyb1

jazz......so true....how long have you been off the AL.......

duckyb1

sorry Jazz I see it's 1 week, and you feel better already..

Jazzygirl

Ducky- yes, one week. My MO told me last week I can take a month to six weeks off to see if it helps my feet. That has been the worse SE for me from the anastrozole. My feet are complicated world, as I was suffering before the bc diagnosis with bone spurs and plantar's faciitis, but that all got better. Then I went on the AIs this past spring and within three months, my foot pain was pretty bad. I will resume the anastrozole and if the bad foot pain returns, then he wants to switch me to Aromosin. I think the surgery and rad treatments were relatively easy compared to these drugs.

Jazzygirl

Speaking of Thanksgiving.....

camillegal

Good Moring all---Jazzy I can't believe u started feeling abetter in such a short time--good--If after u go back on them, the first feeling u have call u'r Onc and change them--don't wait at all.

Dwilli all these crappy meds are for the most part screwing us how we feel in every direction. So talk to u;r Onc, Cuz some of us have the same SE' and some. have less--it's again a crap shoot.

Lynn1234

Thanks for posting the turkeys-Cute! I'm sending it to my old friends at work. They'll get a kick!

Teka

New to this thread?

Welcome!

Lynn1234

Yes-thanks!

Teka

duckyb1

lynn1235......did the yes mean you are new...if do, welcome.....

lizlori

Welcome Lyn

Teka-no I haven't posted a pic of Fritz....DH helped me post other pics, and can"t recall how he did it and he is still gone hunting. Speaking of hunting, someone asked what he does with the meat....this year he is going to donate it. We don't have a big freezer, plus we don't eat much venison.

Today is a sunny day....I might do some cooking....haven't been eating much being alone and all.

Teka- I have been working on an art project with beads and fake flowers....its a mosaic(sp?) to others it might look like a busy somewhat gawdy pic, but it has a lot of meaning to me. I started just experimenting with things, like I melted beads in the oven and some of them turned out really pretty, and others just didn't melt or lost their color from the heat. I hope you give painting a try.....

Take Care everyone...

Teka

I am always collecting seed pods while on mini-vacations. Maybe do something with collection!

Tomboy

For sure Teka! seed pods and stuff like that are so amazing! you can do something with them! collections of things are pretty cool! i want to start collecting.....Cats! seriously, i really want a shelter kitty. just really need to convince him. i really need the purr! sometimes i make a purr sound with my tongue when i am happy. Lori, cant wait to see the bead thing, cool that you thought of melting them. Welcome lynn1234, i am pretty new here myself, but hermits are wonderful! i woke up today, a little more hopeful, so that is good. i hope it lasts. going to treatment center always throws me for a loop! did the bone density test, and it seems like he took extra close ups or something, weirded me out. but over time, my MO is becoming more human. I told him i went to Zion national park, turns out it was his favorite place, and i showed him a rock i bought there and keep in my pocket, and i could tell he wanted it! it is called a shaman stone, pretty cool. i got it because it is the right size to roll around and squeeze with my trigger finger thumb, the pressure feels good on it. but i do have a collection of rocks. it is why i started making jewelry, cause i am so amazed at how the Earth makes these beautiful things for us to enjoy. maybe we should take pictures of our collections, and share... or start a new thread! ooooooh! i think i will! Flowers for all!

Lynn1234

Yes, I pretty new! I would like to start making jewelry too. Hey, I've been to Zion-it's amazing, so beautiful! We went on a 6000 mile trip out west one summer with the kids. It was incredible. The kids loved it so much, that when they got older-3 of them moved out there! two to CA and one to AZ. Luckily two of them came back home eventually.

Tomboy

it is so lovely, huh? where do you live? that must have really spoken to your kid's hearts!

Lynn1234

I live in KY-very hilly and lots of trees. It's beautiful in a different way than the west of course. What is that rock formation? I think we missed that one! Very cool.

camillegal

Hi guys

Here I go again I hope I welcomed u Lynn, I always forget.

Ha I see some of u have things in common too--with the beauty of nature which we all appreciate --Lori how clever to melt beads I would never think of that. And Kath u know how I feel about cats that would be great and keep u busy, yep one cat keeps me busy---well not really.But she's my baby--we took a nap together this afternoon, so cuddly.

Lily55

hi lynn, welcome

Wonder how Wintersocks is doing, it was her surgery today......

Teka

She hasn't posted on this thread.

Tomboy

i hope wintersocks is doing well. i didnt realize she was having surgury today. lynn, that pic is from bryce canyon, near zion. called hoodoos, love the name. and hello lily. i was wondering about you this morning, how you were doing, and all. cami, i want a cat so bad. it took me five years to talk him into the first one we had. and when our little lump died, you never saw such two sad people. i of course wanted another right away, but my good man has such a genle heart, he said no way did he want to ever feel the pain of that, again. but there are so many needy furbabies, wating to spread love, and we are home so much really all the time, and if we do go somewhere again, i have a very good friend that would help. siiiigh.... here is the amazing "lumpy". adorable to us!

Teka

Sweetie Pie!!

Lynn1234

Beautiful cat! Our cat died about 2 nights before my mastectomy. My daughter buried her in the back yard and gave her a nice burial with a very small drum circle and burning sage. She was very attached to the cat and they had been together over 5 yrs. My daughter found her in Tucson. AZ and brought her home.

Tomboy

isnt he! thank yu teka. he was a year old when we got him. we loved him so much!

grammaB

Thanks for the welcome everyone. I have been reading a lot, trying to get to know everyone better, but I think just jumping in is the best way!!

I sometimes feel like a pretender here when I read all the bad SE/treatments you all have been through. I dodged all of them myself. It was caught early and was small. I actually had decided prior to BMX I would not do radiation or hormones either. Chemo was never on the table for me. BS, MO, and PCP all wanted me to just do the lumpectomy, then rads. I watched my mom be killed from SE to meds for her bc, I was not going that way at all. It took me about a day to decide to do the BMX, didn't want bc still hanging over my head for the rest of my life. Just a BMX for me, no chemo, rads or hormones, no recon. Yeah, well the BMX was something...... but nothing like so many of you have to go through.

Last appt with MO later this month. Not sure if he will want to see me ay more or if it will just be my pcp.

kathec, your paintings are amazing. And loved the photo of Bryce!! I just love that part of the country! Love Lumpy too!!

Cat lover here too! My Baby Boo (my avatar) is a rescue and has lots of personality issues so getting another is really out of the question, vet says so too! He is 7 hopefully he'll be around a lot more years. Don't know if I'd be able to get another when he does pass, but if I did I'd get 2!!

I understand the feelings around not wanting to go through the passing again. My DH passed 16 years ago. Leukemia and complications from diabetes, 2 long years of watching him suffer. To this day I can't even consider another relationship because I don't think I could go through that hell again. hmmm, I think that is partly where my hermit tendencies come from!?