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  • PoppyK
    PoppyK Member Posts: 1,805
    edited July 2016

    Slow, Fantastic to see you posting! You always include everyone. My chemo befuddled brain gets everything all mixed up! Before I forget, I want to recommend that you bring a pillow with you to your port placement. It puts some padding between the seat belt and your surgery site. My doctor takes care to avoid placing the port in an area where it would be in the way of our bras. I'll show you where my port was on Tuesday. Once the infection cleared, I loved my port. Only nurses with specialized training can access ports. I'm sure I'll think of other stuff.

    Hi Crazies! I hope you all have a lovely holiday!

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  • proudtospin
    proudtospin Member Posts: 5,972
    edited July 2016

    Happy 4th to all,

    Lordie but slept late this am

    Slow, thanks for asking about my headsche,it seems to have left the building, hoping it is gone for good. Thinking maybe contrast dye was the cause but who knows

    Eager really to be able to talk to docs for appts, great neighbor checked in with me last night and reminded me that he would drive me to appt if needed. I think that calmed my fear of walking at those big hospital parking lots



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  • duckyb1
    duckyb1 Member Posts: 13,369
    edited July 2016

    Molly.......I was young when the "Mayflower" set sail.............LOL................what a great time we had that day.........I met "Our Bud"..........and of course my Beppy...........then there was Shorfi and her very fine husband waiting to pick her up...........I feel blessed........hugs to all you ladies.

    I am in Margate now with my daughter Michele....she picked me up last night from Sea Isle city and brought me here.............I had such a wonderful time with Bobby........my grandaughter Makayla, and my daughter Genevieve..............will be here for a week, and then back to reality.............you all take care.........

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  • duckyb1
    duckyb1 Member Posts: 13,369
    edited July 2016

    If I had Bobby in my life everyday, I could stay young and happy forever...............babies have a way of bringing out the best in us.........adore that little boy.......image

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  • Lucy55
    Lucy55 Member Posts: 3,044
    edited July 2016

    Ducky.. Gorgeous photo of Bobby :-

    (( Twinnie )) Thinking of you..gorgeous photo of the three of you :-)

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  • shorfi
    shorfi Member Posts: 791
    edited July 2016

    Ducky...you have me smiling from ear to ear about my cute husband. I think so too. He is the best. Your Bobby is so adorable. Have fun down the shore with your family. Hugs to you my friend...

    Beppy...I would love to give you a my dear sweet sister. You are absolutely the best. Hope you are resting well now that you are home. Praying for you too... And he did get me a new car...2016 Optima EX. It is beautiful and I will be naming her the Foxy Lady because she is silver.

    I'm in the rabbit hole today, unfortunately. I finished all my antibiotics from the GI doctor, but stomach still hurts. I am so afraid it is something bad, other than the two benign masses that they found on my adrenal glands. It's always something with me and I am so tired of it all.

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  • Molly50
    Molly50 Member Posts: 3,773
    edited July 2016

    Oh that sweet face! Bobby has quite the fan club! Shorfi, I hope you feel better soon. Maybe the antibiotics are messing with your gut.

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  • PoppyK
    PoppyK Member Posts: 1,805
    edited July 2016

    Iris, I hope you're feeling better today.

    Shorfi, Hope something simple, like a lasting effect of the anabiotic's. I know they mess my gut up pretty badly. ((Hugs))

    Ducky, Count me in the Bobby fan club!

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  • proudtospin
    proudtospin Member Posts: 5,972
    edited July 2016

    shorfi, my tummy bothers me when I am nervous so hoping it is that for you


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  • shorfi
    shorfi Member Posts: 791
    edited July 2016

    Thanks Iris....just talked to GI doc and she says to give my stomach a while to settle down. I'm nervous just always thinking cancer...all the time . She almost mentioned that I should let my MO know about the adenomas and that they will probably follow-up with ultrasound to make sure there are no changes. So now I have to worry about that. If my stomach does not feel better they will put me on another antibiotic because she feels I have mild diverticulitis which was not seen on the CAT scan.

    Thanks Molly and Poppy. I just feel like crying...

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  • queenmomcat
    queenmomcat Member Posts: 3,039
    edited July 2016

    Shorfi--cry away! Those fears stick with me--stupid firestorm of nightmares at my first annual post-diagnosis mammogram has finally died away--and I had the mildest of treatments and diagnoses--so I can only imagine what it must be like for others. Sympathetically, mind.

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  • proudtospin
    proudtospin Member Posts: 5,972
    edited July 2016

    shorfi. You know the rule, it is not cancer till they say it is! So have something soothing tonight, or heck. How is ice cream on your tummy?

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  • Smurfette26
    Smurfette26 Member Posts: 730
    edited July 2016

    Shorfi hope you are feeling better soon. Hugs.

    I had a Birthday recently and instead of enjoying it, I had a bit of a meltdown. Crying and thoughts of "could this be my last" running around in my head. Think I scared hubby. Why can't we just put thoughts of cancer aside and really enjoy these special occasions without dark thoughts dampening them? Or is it just me? Sigh.

    Dusted myself off and enjoyed the weekend with my son and his family.


    Sharing a pic of my grand daughter Karliah. She is Eli's big sister.


    image



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  • ChiSandy
    ChiSandy Member Posts: 12,133
    edited July 2016

    Karliah is gorgeous!

    Never once during our 45th anniversary did I think, “this could be our last;” but considering I nearly lost Bob twice due to medical negligence before our 44th (celebrated with lime seltzer in champagne flutes in his hospital room post-op), we have decided to treat every future birthday and anniversary as milestones. The only time I think of cancer in regard to activities and vacations is to do them as often and as fully as we can while we have the physical capacity to do so. And I don’t think of it in terms of mortality, but rather in terms of procedures and diagnoses putting our calendars through the shredder, causing delays and cancellations or even permanent lifestyle changes.

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  • Italychick
    Italychick Member Posts: 2,343
    edited July 2016

    shorfi try some yogurt or kefir. Antibiotics destroy my gut. Feel better!

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  • ChiSandy
    ChiSandy Member Posts: 12,133
    edited July 2016

    Make sure it’s the real stuff, with active cultures--either homemade or (true) Greek. (I like Fage, even though it’s now made Stateside, because it uses exactly the same methods & ingredients in the Greek-made version). You won’t find it in Chobani, Oikos, Stonyfield Farm or even Activia.

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  • Cubbie2015
    Cubbie2015 Member Posts: 875
    edited July 2016

    Look at those curls on Karliah!

    Hugs, Shorfi. Just another thing to monitor, right? Sometimes I feel like we're better off not knowing everything that is going on with ourselves. I saw my oldest aunt on the 4th, she is what, 97? Something like that. She says she doesn't go to the doctor anymore, because they are just going to find something wrong. I guess when you are 97, you can afford to take that philosophy! Reminds me of Dave Barry saying that if God had wanted us to know what was going on in our bodies, he would have given us little windows. My aunt credits her longevity to one beer a day.

    I agree with you Sandy, I am trying to remember to do everything I can while I can. Not just with regards to cancer, but anything else that might slow you down. I went out of my way to hike up to the fireworks last night, even though it meant I was out late on a work night, and I had to go by myself. I have not missed a year except for rainouts since I was a little kid. I have also been out driving in the countryside on a weekend when other small towns were holding their celebrations on a July 3rd (Saturday night) and seen the fireworks from various locations as you drive through the counties. It's really a beautiful sight.

    I had a great time with my cousins yesterday. My cousin brought his teenage daughter and she and her uncle (one of my other cousins) are just the funniest pair when they get together. I wish I could see them more often, but they live halfway across the country. I didn't have much luck figuring out my missing family medical history. We all took some guesses trying to narrow dates down, but it looks like I'll have to get a hold of some of my out of state cousins I don't know so well in order to fill in the missing gaps. I managed to get to another reunion of some family friends, and I was glad I went - one of them was just diagnosed herself, and really needed some support. So it was both a sad and happy holiday.

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  • Molly50
    Molly50 Member Posts: 3,773
    edited July 2016

    Karliah is as cute as her name!

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  • proudtospin
    proudtospin Member Posts: 5,972
    edited July 2016

    I make my own Greek yougurt, easy, buy plain yogurt with probiotic and drain the whey by dumping it into serve and let it sit

    Then add fruit or whatever you like

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  • GmaFoley
    GmaFoley Member Posts: 7,091
    edited July 2016

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    My crazy grandkids.. Had a good time.

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  • Molly50
    Molly50 Member Posts: 3,773
    edited July 2016

    Gma, your grandkids are adorable! I hope the ladies who had lunch with slow yesterday had a good time. I am sorry i couldn't make it.

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  • GmaFoley
    GmaFoley Member Posts: 7,091
    edited July 2016

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  • GmaFoley
    GmaFoley Member Posts: 7,091
    edited July 2016

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    Couldn't help myself.. It reminded me of our Crazytown.

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  • ChiSandy
    ChiSandy Member Posts: 12,133
    edited July 2016

    Things are going fine for us, but not for our housekeeper's friends & family. Last month, one of her friends (who'd never seen a gyne) was diagnosed with Stage III uterine cancer. Then another friend--who hadn't ever had a mammo despite having 10 yrs. worth of constant nipple discharge (and it's not like she's unsophisticated or poor--she has a Masters in public policy and has been an HR consultant to a number of suburban gov'ts) was diagnosed with Stage IV bc with liver mets. Not sure if she's ER+ or TN (which is more common in African-American women).

    Her son, DIL and granddaughters are visiting from Birmingham (and they were all at our anniv. party) so she has the week off. They were planning to visit both zoos, the Taste of Chicago, Millennium Park, take a dinner or lunch cruise from Navy Pier and maybe see a show. But last night, her son (41) complained of palpitations. They drove him to the E.R. at Loyola (if they'd called 911 he'd have been taken to W. Suburban or even Loreto, neither of which I'd wish on my worst enemies), where he was prescribed a Holter monitor and got some bloodwork. The family wanted him transferred to Advocate Christ, so that Bob could take over, but Bob advised against it since Loyola itself is a top heart center and closer to home for them while visiting Chicago. He was discharged early this morning with instructions to get a Holter as soon as he's back in B'ham. But the bloodwork came back suggesting he might have had a clot, so he went back to Loyola where a CT scan ruled that out. But it also showed a lesion on one of his kidneys. He doesn't have diabetes or hypertension, and is a teetotaling nonsmoker. Everyone (the docs at Loyola included) agreed he needs to rest and not rush home to Alabama before their original departure date this Sat. They advised him not to fly because the airport experience could be too stressful. His wife can't drive at night, and neither of their kids are old enough to drive, so he did most of the driving up here. The plan is for him to rest, my housekeeper take the kids to the mall or a movie (the weather is too hot and downtown too crowded to make the Taste, Navy Pier or Millennium Park inadvisable) and then tag-team drive with her husband down to B'ham leaving Sat. morning (my housekeeper, her husband--and DIL during daylight--switching cars at rest stops and then driving home in their own car Sun. morning). All her son's medical records from Loyola have been transmitted to the cardiologists at UAB Hosp. and his primary, and they got hard copy too. He had a regular physical scheduled with his primary for Tues., but will go to the heart center at UAB first thing Mon. morning.

    So if anyone's keeping prayer lists.....

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  • shorfi
    shorfi Member Posts: 791
    edited July 2016

    Another antibiotic prescribed for me today. She is treating me for mild diverticulosis. I can't win.

    IMHO...it doesn't matter if you are poor or rich...black or white...educated or not...the fact that you are a woman makes you a high risk for breast cancer. My GYN doc died from ovarian cancer in her mid 40s. I work with a radiologist who is battling breast cancer...not AA... and my RO had liver carcinoma (doing well). These are/were educated women who kept up with their continuing medical education and still "got it".

    Just being a woman makes us prone to this disease and no one is exempt regardless of our background.

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  • Molly50
    Molly50 Member Posts: 3,773
    edited July 2016

    Sandy, praying for your friends.

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  • Lucy55
    Lucy55 Member Posts: 3,044
    edited July 2016

    Smurf and GMA.. Great photos of your grand-babies 😃

    GMA..Have you any of those happy pills left to share.???

    Smurf.. We all understand how you were feeling.. Most of the time we try to put our fears aside , but sometimes they surface, and there's nothing we can do but "let them out" ( Hugs)

    PTS...We often make our own yoghurt too.. It's very yummy, and quite a saving.!

    Shorfi.. Hope ypu tolerate the antibiotic well, and it helps.. Your right, just being a woman and getting older are what raises our chances 😞

    Cubbie.. Glad you had such fun with your family. So sorry to hear of your friend just diagnosed :-(

    Sandy.. So sorry to hear about your friends :-(

    Hugs for Twinnie :-)

    Hi to all!!



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  • proudtospin
    proudtospin Member Posts: 5,972
    edited July 2016

    by the way , got call from doc to tell me I passed my recent mamo

    Can you say yahoo!

    Gonna have some celebration,ice cream

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  • Molly50
    Molly50 Member Posts: 3,773
    edited July 2016

    Iris, Woo Hoo for good news! Pass the ice cream over here!!

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  • Lucy55
    Lucy55 Member Posts: 3,044
    edited July 2016

    PTS.. That's wonderful news.!! Have some wine as well :-)

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