STFU (Shut the F*** UP)

duckyb1

Reminds me of the roads we drove on when I lived in Washington St. The mountain passes were horrendous........then try it in the winter.......they closed all but 1 pass......Mt. Rainer pass closed in early September.......you could only use Snoqualmie......and that was bad too.....only road from Yakima to Seattle/Tacoma.......

april485

Hi Ladies (and Charles!)

Made it through my first mammogram since diagnosis with flying colors! I am having a REALLY hard time with the Aromasin though. I am sick of feeling like shit and I am ready to tell my MO to take it and shove it where the sun don't shine, but I am >95% ER+ and I suppose that the extra protection this stupid little pill gives me is worth feeling 90 years old for, at least until I can't take it anymore.

Hope all's well with you. I confess, did not read the back stuff cause you are all so damn prolific in posting that I could not possibly catch up, plus I am at work so no time.

Love to all! xoxox

luvmygoats

April - there are 2 other AIs out there - Arimidex and Femara. As I understand it (and not really up to date) Aromasin works a little diff. from Arimidex and Femara who are "kissin cousins". Worth discussing with your onc. changing though I think I recall Aromasin is better for DCIS - think you might have said that. Might be better to try another one even if not your onc's 1st choice than stopping. I have joint aches and gosh knows (until DEXA in Dec) what it's doing to my bones. But no intention of stopping. Cholesterol seems OK. I'm trying another NSAID for aches. May go thru the whole list b4 finding one that does semi-OK.

Yeah on the 1st mammo. I think you are almost exactly one year behind me. How are your breathing problems?

Hope Cami's appt. is going well and she's getting answers. We may have to be a little quieter since she needs to pay attention. Who just stuck me with an elbow?

duckyb1

On Femara for 2 years..........just as bad......they all suck.....thinking of quitting too.....what is life without quality.........,

gardengumby

I'm on femara/letrozole, too - it'll be 2 years in November.  I am so achy all the time, and can barely walk up (or down) stairs at all any more.  I tell hubby that I feel like I'm 95.  Cannot take NSAIDs, as I'm allergic.  it all just sucks.

Hope Cami's appt is going good.  Would whoever's got the sharp knees, please remove them from my back? 

camillegal

Hi Hoolies---BTW Mary I would not take that bus, OMG I would be screaming the whole time.

OK I'm home and u guys where a little loud BTW so that's who hit u with an elbow --me--Here's the story. OK my organs are all off, but I'm not in a danger zone, It's a big surgery and he doesn't recommend it cuz of the anethesia problem but it woulc be my choice. He said it's like an old fashioned surgery where I'd be cut all over and have to have my organs sleeping too so at this time if I can deal with the pain he doesn't think I have to have it cuz there are no perferations and people do live with organs not in the right place as long as they function and this will be kept as a watchful thing with the Drs.-he did find 2 more hernias but doesn't need to do anything with them--No one wants to touch me-And I said what happens if u have to operate, and of course I told him I want the truth and he said 50/50--so that was my 2nd opinion and they both said the same thing--So I will live with my floating kidney. moving liver and flying colon--it's like a circcus act--instead of the flying Wolindas it's the floating organzas---and 3 hernias I tell everyone I work to hard hahaha So my choice is pain not surgery as long as I can go with it. He was very thorough with all my pictures showing me all of them explaining to me and I'm saying Yes I understand and it all looked like a big glop to me anyway. I did tell him I went to my old surgeon which he trained with and he said that he was a great surgeon and he agreed it would be more dangerous to do this on me then to just leave it alone. So that chapter is colses whew no operation, so get used to me still complaining about pain. Why does going to the Dr make u come home and be so tired? I'm exhausted, no wonder I have so many hernias I do to much, I told you. Thanks guys u are all so wonderful

april485

((((Cami))) Pain sucks but I did LOL at the "Flying Organzas" Too funny girl! xoxo

duckyb1

Cam.....both good and and news.....just take a day at a time..what other choice do we have.....can I get tickets to see the Flying Organza's.......LMAO

sas-schatzi

Cami, sounds like he gave you the whole picture erhhh glop. XOXO sassy

IllinoisLady

Cam so glad for your news.  I think you are exhausted because the "waiting" on answers is difficult.  I think you worry....even when you think you are not.  Also, while I'm sure your relieved that there isn't some huge problem ( which would in fact be at least a reasonable reason for all the pain and discomforts, the other side is that the best answer for the present doesn't really have the power to change anything.  If I could carry some of your burden....I'd be there in a half a heartbeat. 

Get some rest......exhaustion hurts too. 

Hugs and love

Lilli

gardengumby

Organzas!!!  LOL  Glad it wasn't really bad news.  Sorry for the pain, though.  Pain sucks!!

crog234

Cami good that it is over and you know something. I always say knowing is half the battle. The unknown is scary sometimes then just knowing... Or at least I think so... It's no wonder your tired. Waiting is an exhausting thing.... Rest up!!!



Cindy AKA Squishey

savgigi

Cami - I want tickets to see the Flying Organza, too! Did they offer you anything better to manage your pain?

April, good to see you here again. I am thinking of ordering a t-shirt that reads "I hate this f*****g Aromasin. Want one?

sas-schatzi

To all, we all have discussed chemo/ anethesia brain. We now can call it anesthesia/chemo/drug brain. This article is in AARP magazine. It discusses the drug classifications that can cause memory loss. It describes why each drug class can cause memory loss. It gives specific names of drugs. It gives alternative drugs that can be substituted. I would suggest reviewing it with your prescribing doc if you have concerns regarding any of your meds. I also suggest you put it in your favorite places on your computer. Also, printing it off for future referrence if you have a printer. Please, pass this on to other BCO friends, friends etc. sassy

http://www.aarp.org/health/brain-health/info-05-2013/drugs-that-may-cause-memory-loss.1.html

marywh

Cami, Im happy if your happy. Thanks for the moral support about the bus ride. I can do this. Hey April, Im glad to see you back.

luvmygoats

Cami - Yeah for the flying organzas and no surgery. Sounds like you listened very well to him. Doctors' appointments wear me out too. I usually treat myself by going shopping since I'm already in town but find I tire out quickly.

Shellshine

Thank God it is over, Cammi, it was noisy in your pocket, the hoolies were a little rowdy, weren't they? So glad you  have your answers and no surgery.

Congrats on the mammo, April.

Nice to see you Veggy, thanks for the coffee - I put some Amaretto in mine.

Chevyboy

I think she meant flying orgasm's!  But if they don't want to touch you, well I guess THAT'S out!  Miss Cammi, I'm so glad they are not going to do anything with your wayward innards!   Sometimes, maybe things will just be better left alone.  Maybe they will be able to treat you with the drugs you have, or different ones?  To stabilize your skippity-hoppin' "stuff?"    And yes, don't maybe DO so much.... just relax, and look beautiful!  Drink chocolate cokes and smoke weed....  just kidding.   (But that would be alright in your case....)  And oh yes.... remember we all love you!

Littlegoats....and April!    LG....I think your diagnosis was the same as mine....  My Onco score was 19, but I didn't WANT chemo, so I whined, and they felt sorry for me because I was old....  So I was taking Tamoxifen for 1 1/2 years, then just quit, and I'm doing fine.  I'm like Ducky....  Dang!  I don't want to get cancer again, but I DO want to feel okay!  And so far, I'm going on 4 years NED, so I'm thinkin' I'm out of the woods.

Okay, gotta get something done! xoxoxoxoxo

duckyb1

Oh how I would love to stop it.........just 1 day to feel like my self again....won't say "old self", cause "old"is is what got me here......,,,,,

ChickaD

Miss CamiWithOrgasms.......hugs and love...we can just staple your parts where they should be...kinda like pin the tail on the Cami  ♥

Chevyboy

Chickers, YES!  Either a staple-gun, or even Duck Tape!  They really make some pretty back-to-school designs now!    Poor little Cammi, is probably napping, which she SHOULD be! 

Ducky, I really FEEL good.... just can't move around as good, or bend, or reach, or do the splits, or hand-stands anymore.... Isn't it funny, how it seems like all of a sudden, you can't bend your leg like you used to?  Or trim your toe-nails without any pain?   Or even get up off the floor as easy as we used to?  It happened over-night!

savgigi

Chevy, you can actually get down on the floor and then get back up again? I can't do that without prying myself up. I'm impressed!

Chevyboy

Oh Thanks!    I can work with my "kneeler" but when I get down, I have to hold onto the cupboards, drawers or ANYthing to get back up!   I thought I was the only one!   So yes, we have to pry ourselves up!    "Things" just hurt now, when we move them..... but guess we are still lucky, right? 

I cleaned everything in the bedroom yesterday, and MAN, my left shoulder is miserable!  Even managed to lose my remote control to the TV!  Went and got another one, and didn't have to pay for it... AND I programmed it in right!  I amazed myself.  I think I'll go fix a chocolate coke...Ha!

Alyson

Cami, I am so pleased you got some answers. Yes it is a big operation and takes time to get over. I find that when I know what is causing it I deal much better with the pain. It doesn't lessen the pain but you understand what is happening. They had to operate on me because there was a danger of my stomach getting stuck in the hernia - Sas will understand. So you must look after yourself and try to take it easy.

Talking of coffee. I need my morning fix.

gardengumby

What's a chocolate coke?

Alyson

Not sure but it is very addictive.

ChickaD

Oh I forgot ...hi Miss AucklandAly...nice to meet you and thanks for your well wishes on chemo tomorrow!

Chevyboy

Okay little gardens....  Just pour some chocolate syrup into a tall glass, fill with ice, and pour in a coke!  Stir and drink.   So that means you are much younger than SOME of us on here....Ha!  They were popular in the 50's.... Had them at the "soda fountains"......  But if you want one now, you almost have to make one yourself.

I used to work for Pepsi/Dr. Pepper..... And in the Winter, we would sample Hot Dr. Pepper, with a slice of Lemon..... The people really liked it!   I've even made chocolate root-beer.... 

YES Alyson, it IS....Ha!

Alyson

Back in the dark ages when I was young we used to add icecream to coke and chocolate syrup - called them spiders - no idea why.

About to go and get my travel docs for our trip. Its getting closer.

gardengumby

Chevy - I doubt that I'm any younger - I just didn't lead a very "normal" life.   I remember cherry cokes and lemon cokes but not chocolate cokes.