The Hermit Club

Teka

*Good Morning Hermits*

Daughter and I enjoyed seeing in the movie theater........................

The Mummy: (2017)

BBL

Jazzygirl

Teka- I saw it is out here too. May see Wonder Woman first though. Did you like The Mummy? I love all things egyptian.....

Teka

Okay, but was unable to relate to the characters.

I still love The Mummy: (1999) starring Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz.

I had only seen the Wonder Woman show on TV prior to the Wonder Woman: (2017) movie.

I enjoyed Wonder Woman more than The Mummy.

Teka

I would love a public post from............

dwill

Last Seen: Apr 23, 2017 07:55PM

Teka

Jeff B and Kris K are still standouts.

Daughter and I didn't go see in the movie theater........................

It Comes at Night: (2017)

*Good Morning Hermits*

A neighbor posted the following resident barn cat pic on Facebook.

;o))

Jazzygirl

Teka- what a good kitty. Doing his/her job!

Jazzygirl

Teka- have you seen this? One of my favorites this week on FB

Teka

They're best buddies!! ;o))

magdalene51

Olivia is now one year old. Her favorite toys and the ones with a long stick, a string or bungee, and a chirping mouse or bird. She now has 4 different ones. Every night when I'm sitting in bed reading, and DH is asleep, suddenly I will hear her start meowing loudly from the other room, and the chirping of a toy. This continues, getting louder, until she hops up on the bed, with the bird or mouse in her mouth, trailing the rope and stick behind her. She comes up to me and proudly drops her "prey" and waits for me to appreciate it. She's not bringing to play, I learned early on when she started doing this, because when I tried to play with her, she ignores it and goes and curls up somewhere. But she likes it when I tell her what a good hunter she is, and she is so proud of herself. She does this every night.

Jazzygirl

Mags- she is so cute. What a good hunter indeed.

How are you doing friend?

Tappermom383

What a beautiful cat, Mags. My two cats - Xena and Lucy - are such good friends to me. I've felt so badly for them this past week as it has been unusually hot here in the mountains. Cooler today so they're more comfortable.

MJ

M0mmyof3

Mags, my furbaby Princess occasionally brings one of her toys up with her when it's bedtime. I find them either by the side of my bed or out in the hall in the morning. I think she does this because she likes to play occasionally while everyone else is sleeping.

lovepugs77

Olivia is beautiful!

magdalene51

Olivia thanks you for admiring her beauty. She is also very humble.

Jazzygirl

Wishing everyone a happy July 4th, kind of long weekend. I know some have to work on Monday!

M0mmyof3

Not much going on here lately. Spent a quiet 4th at home, next door neighbors invited us over for a cookout. Didn't get much sleep the night before as people in the area around where I live were shooting off fireworks until about 1 a.m. So needless to say I was lucky if I got 3 hours of sleep. The night of the 4th the fireworks stopped about 11:30. Still trying to catch up on sleep.

Well gonna get off and get ready to watch Turn: Washington's Spies. The final season recently and I have been hooked since the very first episode of the show.

Jazzygirl

Hi friends- summer is quiet on the threads. That hopefully means people are able to get out and enjoy things to the best of their ability, all things considered.

I am swimming like a crazy woman this summer and lost 20 pounds since January, half of that in the past few months. I have 20 more pound to go and hope my follow ups this month (starting this week) will go well and know the docs should be pleased. My BS is always on my case about loosing weight.

wallan

Hey Jazzygirl:

That is wonderful! Amazing!

I am noticing that I am gaining weight now. After all the surgeries and recovery time these last 5 months, I am glad its summer and I can start to get out.

wallan

M0mmyof3

I gotta lose some too. Working on it. My doctors tell me that I am not to overdue it in trying to lose the weight. They told me to set a reachable goal like 10 pounds and go from there. I lost almost 20 pounds but gained a few pounds back, working on losing those that I gained back. Changing my diet a little as I go to try and help with the exercise portion

Jazzygirl

Hi ladies- well I lost like 40 pounds when I had the bc and another surgery in 2012, but with not being able to exercise as much for awhile like many of you are sharing, plus the AI drugs, the weight crept back on (at least 30 pounds of it) after a couple years. Then despite changing my diet and exercise, I could not budge those scales.

My BS is always on my case to loose weight, but my MO was the one who had the actual offered something useful to help me with all that was going on. I told him I was frustrated as I am told I need to keep my weight to a healthy place, yet they put us on these meds that are known to create weight gain and change your metabolism. Something has to give? So he suggested I work with an endocrinologist and she and I got started together last Sept. with changing up meds, and talking through how to do this. We agreed on a weight we think is appropriate and I have lost half that in six months.

I have secondary diabetes from the AIs, and that along with the meds have worked against my whole weight problem, and the endocrinologist helped me to get the right medications to help with the insulin resistance and then I changed up my diet and exercise a few times along the way too. I lost a few pounds last fall, but this year, it started coming off more seriously with the right med changes and now the increasing with more swimming. As a friend said, it is finding that key that works for each of us to loose weight and finally found it. I will be finishing my 5 years on the AIs next March (2018) and that will help.

I saw my endocrinologist last month and she was so pleased with my progress and think my follow ups will go well this month too. All my numbers are moving in the right direction! I love my endocrinologist and thankful to my MO to provide the referral.

Be patient with yourselves around any weight issues and as you work to loose a few pounds. It is pretty well documented that many of us gain weight after cancer treatment with some of the meds we deal with, not feeling well enough to exercise, change to blood chemistry, etc. We are all doing the best we can. I am close to my five years and it has taken me this long to get this figured out!

M0mmyof3

I am. I just tell myself that when I gain a little weight that it's a minor setback and get back to work on losing it. My hubby notices my weight loss more than I do.

ml143333

In 2013, I lost 40 pounds (I was trying) and felt wonderful about myself for the first time in years. I bought new clothes and donated my old clothes because I knew I would not need them again. Then - BAM! Breast cancer in 2014 and I've gained it all back. I didn't lost weight while undergoing chemo, I gained. I continued to gain when I was thrown into chemopause and continued to gain on Femara.

I hate looking in the mirror. Not only do I have the daily reminder of breast cancer because of the scars, but I see a heavier image of me and I don't like it. I've stayed on our paleoish food plan and try and exercise three times a week. My primary care physician says that more exercise is the key and that her experience has been that once women have been into menopause for about 5 years, their systems somehow reset and they can start losing effectively. I don't know if that is true or not.

I am sure the weight gain and other factors have lead to my anxiety and depression. Before breast cancer, I used to like to be out and about doing things with myself or the family. Since breast cancer, I don't want to go anywhere once I get home other than my backyard. I don't want to interact with people much because I just don't want to. When I do go out with friends or family, I do have a good time, but I'm always anxious and somewhat sad.

I talked with my MO about these feelings and he took me off Femara for a month to see if anything changes. The only that has changed is that I don't feel like I want to cry all the time which is good but I don't feel any happier or less anxious. I know there are some outside issues leading to the anxiety, but I'm usually able to handle things better.

Thanks for letting me vent.

Jazzygirl

ML- I am sorry about all you shared here. I went through my dx and treatment in late 2012-2013 and did not really want to be around people very much for a number of years. I dealt with people in my work situation (consultant), but kept to myself most of the time for quite awhile. Only a few trusted friends around. I am pretty sure I had a form of PTSD (mostly numb) from all that went on (and there were many other bad things in 2012 with bc just being the icing on the cake). You are not alone with this sister.

The AIs definately work against our weight challenges, all the oncologists I talked to during treatment and since said it is very hard to loose weight on the drugs. And to your point, this only adds insult to injury after all we have gone through.

Have you asked your MO to change you to a different AI? I started on the generic for arimidex and had a lot of joint problems and went off it (lost 10 lbs) and then went back on (stiffness was better, but 10 pounds went right back on). He switched me a year or so ago to the generic of Aromosin and I do better on that although do have some tiredness.

Feel free to vent any time sister. We are here to support you.

ml143333

Thanks so much Jazzy! I just feel so bad on the inside right now but I know it will get better. There is definitely the PTSD associated with BC and all the things life throws at you too (finances, relationships, jobs, kids, etc.).

My MO did mention switching me to Aromasin so that will probably happen when I see him again in a week or so.

I just want to feel something but numb or anxious.

Jazzygirl

I wanted to share some good updates. Went to get my 6 month follow up imaging done last Friday (and all is well) and now I go back to yearly imaging as I approach the five year mark. Still have the BS and MO visits to do and already moved to seeing the BS yearly, and will go to yearly with the MO after I come off the AIs next March.

ml143333

Jazzy - congratulations on this milestone! We have to take happiness where we find it!

Valstim52

Congrats Jazzy. I lurk on this thread. So happy to hear your progress.

wallan

Happy days! good news is always good to hear!!

Enjoy!

wallan

Jazzygirl

Thanks everybody. Grateful to be doing well, and take nothing for granted on the health front these days!

M0mmyof3

Congrats!