CRAZY TOWN WAITING ROOM - TESTS coming up? All Stages Welcome.

Molly50

Lol, Octogirl. Sure it's a bag... Ha ha!!

Lucy55

Oh no ...Octo sounds suspicious 😵 ..if she doesn't arrive with a brand new VS carry-on you girls will be there the first to know !!! ..

Iris..thinking of you !

Tomboy ..thinking of you too..miss you ..

Molly ..sending prayers for Wyatt ..bless him ..

Di ..thinking of you .

Ducky...love you ..

Robin ..looking forward to pics of your new home ..You'll find something you love soon !

Lori ..Where are you ? Busy gargening ? Your grand-son babies are beautiful !!

Poppy ..so good to see you !!!

Firecracker ...hop on your broom and fly over here ..

Mommy ..thanks for the hugs ..we all need them ..

Sandy ..thinking of you ..and hoping all is well ..

I have a request ..my little 4 year old grandson is very sick .he's had lumbar punctures and MRI ..doctors still not sure what's wrong ..please pray for a quick recovery for him...he's on steroids and IVIG ..been in hospital 2 weeks .Please send prayers ...Thank you all x

Octo .safe travels ..so looking forward to meeting you !!

M0mmyof3

Just doing my part to spread a little cheer!

Hugs to all!

proudtospin

molly, thsnks for your suggestions, dang gonna try them

Love the idea of buying at victoria, maybe you really should buy something before you go home? Just to tease your hubby

duckyb1

Thinking of someone today........my Girlie.

WenchLori

Lucy, I'm here! I'm here! Prayers for your little man. I hope they find something soon. Poor baby 🙁

Octogirl, safe travels! Yeah, we've heard that excuse before! I'm not sure how pretty a bra and panty set with carry on luggage print on them would be? Pictures please! LOL

M0mmy, your daily hugs are the best! Right back atcha!

I had my follow up with MO yesterday. All is well in my BC world, if that's possible? I started on Arimidex last night so we'll see how that goes. I thought I'd be a little apprehensive at first but the pill went down without a fight. I have an appointment for a consultation on 5/30 to have my port removed. Yay me!! My MO asked if I wanted a different BS to remove my port? I was a tad confused at first but he remembered that I was angry with my original BS for telling me several times that I wouldn't have chemo or radiation. Surprise! LOL I had forgotten all about the situation with her but I'll have a new BS from here on. I hope I like him, at least I know he won't tell me I won't have chemo or radiation. I was touched that my MO didn't want me going to a BS I wasn't 100% happy with. Thoughtful drs are hard to find. I'll see my MO every 3 months for awhile so I wasn't actually turned loose as I thought he told me at my last appointment. Chemobrain works in strange ways, that's my story and I'm sticking to it!

Gentle healing hugs to everyone 🤗🤗

Molly50

Lucy, I am praying right now for your DGS. How very frightening. Hugs to all, especially Lucy.

RobinLK

prayers sent up Lucy.

Thank you ladies. Love to all.

M0mmyof3

Thanks Lori, I really needed one today. Hubby is having a bad day at work and it's stressing me out with every text I get from him about it.

GmaFoley

Oh Mommy your hubby too??? It is enough to drive me crazy.. Knowing his job can end at anytime due to an incompetent owner of the company.. Just breathe and love him... My hubby comes home so stressed and I am one to take on his stress unknowingly...

M0mmyof3

Yep Gma. Told my hubby to ignore the jerks he works with.

WenchLori

Gma, beautiful hugs 🤗

GmaFoley

I need all the hugs I can get - just posted the following on another topic - but this will tell you why I always need hugs.

[Disclaimer - I don't blame the doctors, just the system they have to work under. I will delete it if it offends - just let me know.]

- I fell 6 months ago and hurt my wrist - it is now swelling and even more painful.. I called my doctor's office (lots of docs). First, my primary has quit. Next, I won't be able to see my new primary until September she is so booked. So opted for a FNP that I love there - can't get in until July... they ask me is there anyone else I would like to try - I told them female, and doesn't shy away from my Drug sensitivity list. They finally email be back with one at the end of next week - during my work hours. They said if I didn't take that one it would be mid July.

Ok I know the Doc who started this group. Sweet, sweet doc. He says, all the good docs are quitting the business or leaving town... He is trying his hardest to keep up with the demand. Just a big bummer on my part - I know the next question you all would be asking - why not just go to urgent care? Because soon as they see my drug sensitivity list - they refer me back to my primary and don't help me. On another side-note my new insurance is denying everything that is sent to them including my painful mammogram I had a while back.. What a pain it is in my town to get something looked at.

Lucy55

Thanks for the prayers ..

Molly50

Gma, that is just awful! I can't imagine having to wait until mid July to see a doctor! It is sad you can't keep doctors in your area and that urgent care is afraid of your drug sensitivities. Hugs!!! M0mmy, hugs for you and DH too.

M0mmyof3

Thanks Molly.

GmaFoley

Thanks Molly.

ChiSandy

Hugs, Gma. This is so frustrating! What part of “my fractured wrist is swelling” do they not understand? I know we’re not supposed to use an ER for anything less than an emergency, but if your doctors won’t take you ASAP and are instead batting you around like a volleyball, and urgent care freaks out about drug sensitivities (are they that rudimentary a facility, like a drugstore clinic?), how else are you going to get treated? Do they not realize that your symptoms are disabling and could even put you at risk for a clot breaking off and causing a PE, heart attack or stroke? And your insurance carrier’s behavior is reprehensible. (Too bad the mods closed off the ACA thread, because insurers are about to get the green light even more detestably stingy and risk-averse). I’d go to the ER posthaste, and stick your doctor’s office with the bill.

Octo, great story! (Bob would wonder why I’d buy anything from VS, because nothing in there fits me). Many airport luggage and travel-tchotchke shops sell little luggage carts with bungees—they can fold up and fit INSIDE your backpack!

Mommy, sorry to hear about your DH’s workplace situation. As the Roches sang, “You work too hard to take this abuse. Be on your guard for jerks on the loose."

Lucy55

Little Joe ..patiently waiting at the airport for Gabe ( and Octo ) to land 😃

Molly50

I hope Gabe and Little Joe have a fantastic time together.

M0mmyof3

Thanks Sandy.

The crap with hubby's job goes on at least a couple of times ever since he started working there. The assistant department head and most of the department are at least 20 years younger than hubby and most of them treat him pretty decent, but the assistant department head acts like you are nothing unless you bow down to him like he is a king and you are a peasant. Hubby was in such a mood last night that I just let him vent a lot and said very little. Told him not to ruin the upcoming holiday weekend by letting the troubles from work to bother him too much. He left here in a better mood this morning.

Anywho, hugs to all who need one!

proudtospin

Mommy, so sorry about your hubs job. I had a less than nice work place but was able to hold on till I hit 65.......then i basically walked out. Evonomy makes job issues nasty

Well trying to be cool, got my onco visit this morn. Not much sleep last night as i thought today was day they were resurfacing my cul de sac, bingo but the rain killed that idea but least i do not,have to find a temp place for my car this morn

Oh poo

CeliaC

proudtospin - Hope your onco visit went well.

Mommy - Mean bosses suck! Hope your husband can hang in there. He is lucky to have you to "bolster" his moods and to listen.

WenchLori

Iris, in your pocket and praying good news from your Onco visit this morning.

M0mmyof3

Yeah, his bosses really suck!!! Hoping that he can hold on for a few more years. He is hoping to retire at 62, but every time this starts it feels like they want him gone. The assistant department head is lucky that I don't confront him over his disparaging remarks about the military and directing them towards my hubby who is Retired Navy! I would have to come back with a snide remark about at least my hubby doesn't have a green card seeking trophy wife from another country!!! It's about all I can do not to tell his bosses to go suck an egg!

proudtospin

well seems my tumor markers not improving on the oral med so soon as rads are complete she wants me to do taxel chemo no hair stuff

So checking with rad doc for a referral to a med oncologist

Fun morning,

Need to think on this all

M0mmyof3

Iris, hugs to you

Italychick

Iris, how long have you been on oral meds? I've seen women post (can't remember where) that their tumor markers went up from a cancer die off, then dropped. Have they decided that is not what is occurring? Something sticks in my mind about 3-4 months to see if an oral drug is actually working, but I'm not sure.

Best of luck, whatever happens with treatment.

ChiSandy

(((Iris))). Sucks that 5 yrs. after DCIS you have to go on chemo. But if your MO thinks the mets would be vulnerable to chemo, it’s worth it. Maybe you’ll get Taxol rather than Taxotere, so your hair would definitely grow back.

octogirl

I am here! It is six in the am at Lucy's and it is beautiful here, especially since I got a full night's sleep last night (I crashed at three pm local time...). Gabe is happy. Pics later....enjoying an Australian dawn, and the weather is perfect. And Lucy and her hubby are perfect hosts: a great lunch, put me to bed after, and left out coffee and breakfast makings knowing I'd be up before them...and their house is beautiful, complete with chickens in the yard and a lovely garden. You aren't surprised are you?

((((Iris)))) It sucks! So sorry, we were talking about you yesterday. I will be honest and tell you that the worst part of chemo for me was losing my hair. Good nausea drugs made the rest bearable. But now, my hair has come back and I REALLY hate to admit this, but it is better than ever. (though believe me, I'd give anything to not have been dx'd and to have my old hair back).

((((Gma))) that also sucks! I was actually in a similar situation in my small town with limited facilities just before diagnosis: I went on a new work insurance plan that my old GP wasn't on and had a heck of a time finding a new GP that would take me on short notice (and I had a lump in my breast!) they all said they were full and no new patients. Every covered doc in town turned me down as a new patient. I finally called both the insurer and my employer's benefits department and told them if I didn't have a new GP within a half hour drive and an appointment within a week I was going to file a formal HR complaint and send a letter to the President of our organization, with a copy to the paper, (we are a public institution) telling them that they were promising me insurance but not delivering. The insurer called me back an hour later saying that my preferred choice GP had decided she could take new patients after all....So, while your insurance may not be through your employer (if it is, call your HR/benefits office and tell them you are going to ER because no doc will see you until July), I'd seriously consider a complaint to whoever oversees that insurance (state insurance board, maybe?) even though I agree with Sandy that things could get worse soon especially for those whose insurance is not employer based...