I'm bitchy, I moan, I groan.....anyway.

Ok, Traci, I accept your challenge!  Plus it will give me something to play with.  Anyone that has a gently used wig or scarf they would like to send PM me for my address.  Any kind of name you all would like for this site that I can post them on?  Posting them is easy, as well as mailing.  my biggest question would be how do we decide who to send them to?  Do they have to be from bco?  If so, would the mods allow us a space on this site to do it?  Or do we just take peoples word for it and go with the honor system.  Normally honor system works a majority of the time but you always get one bad apple!

On a bad note I think my pain pump is leaking!  I woke up to go potty, typical middle of the night issue and my left abdomen it swollen very large and is hard to the touch.  I said earlier about my pain and legs feeling weird.  Now I am wondering if my pain pump broke and is leaking.....I hope not because that will mean emergency surgery    I will be calling the surgeon as soon as his office opens in the am.  How much you wanna bet they will send me to the ER.  I will just cry if they do that!!!!

{{{{{{LuAnn}}}}}}} Dang it all anyway!  I hope it's something, just moving it around in there can help, but honey, call ASAP if you're swelling up and its hard.  Sounds not good at all.  Just what you need.  A leaky pain pump. Goodness, doesn't that stuff (pain med) work and make you numb inside I wonder?  Surely keepign a prayer and good thoughts that it's minor repair and not an invasive procedure. And why would they tell you to go to the ER when they are open today?  The surgeons I mean?

IOS (Issues of Suckage) or there abouts .....Unless you interpose the letters Like I do often, then it's Other Issues that Suck!

Ladies in tx, I'm so sorry you are enduring so many SE's with this stuff.  Darn, I hope things look up today for you all!

LuAnn - yikes, that sounds scary, and they had d@mn well better not send you to the ER unless that's where they tell you they will meet you just in case!

I'm behind schedule and trying to get everything done by 3pm because I'm going to Jimmy Buffet tonight (not that is one thing that doesn't suck!)

A hearty that sucks to all..

WaSux??

Traci--steal it! my mom always said,"imitation is the sincerest form of flattery" (she DID do some things right!! LOLOLOL) 

MY bad---apparently I messed up the page even tho it posted the pix vertically on MY screen--SUX--sorry! Just proves that a mac IS superior & pc's suck! LOLOLOL Really--sorry sorry sorry- I hate wide screen reading! A big that sux! I'M SORRY

Welcome Biss & wb harley!

drc & luAnn------ THAT really sux--let us know how things go---meanwhile I will keep you in my prayer.

Jimmy Buffet!!! Holy crap---most fun concerts I have ever been too! even in the pouring rain!! LOLOL Enjoy, Parrothead!!

My personal IOS would take too long to post--suffice it to say: I LOVE my sisters, but they don't particularly like each other & I have been dealing with on-going conflict with 3 of them too long! I HATE that we never were taught how to be sisters!!!!! We love each other, but don't know how to BE with each other!!  SUX SUX SUX that it makes me so sad when I do NOT need this kind of diversion or emotional stress......

Add to this that I hate like poison that I can't work at the job I loved anymore & HATE that everyone went back to school & I'm left here alone! Isn't it funny that I ALWAYS thought being a stay at home mom would be the ultimate prize-now I wish for anything else! "Don't it always seem to go that you don't know what you go til it's gone....?"

Hugs to all of you. Be well & stay strong  This pic is for cmb in preparation for the concert! This is my little tyrant!

Only have a sec...son #3 is STILL sick, although might be a *little* better since he hasn't puked in several hours....

Anyway, a wig/scarf/hat exchange is a great idea....I was actually going to ask y'all where I could distribute some scarves. I bought some over the weekend that are sort of like "dew rags" (the ones bikers wear) but much more feminine. They look like a tied bandana but have elastic in the back instead of ties so you can just pop them on instead of tying.  I took one apart to see how it's made and will be making some for myself.  Bandanas are soooo cheap, I would love to be able to share with others. I also have several knitted chemo caps that I make almost obsessively. I have a huge stash of yarn and fabrics & a project would surely be good for me.  I am planning on creating a picture tutorial for making the bandanas, so I could post that on my wikispace or on whatever website you want to use for the exchange. I'm in...will PM you later, Luann!

Sorry everyone for your I.O.S. (incidents of suction). A big "THAT SUCKS" to you. Will be back later...

((((HUGS)))
Diane

The site is Heavenlyhats.com----you just enter some info at that site & you or the person you enter get a box full of hats chosen according to some of the questions answered. I received one & sent one to a local child-it is really a great site (& right here in Wisconsin! yeah) There are tons of hits on google if you just type in "free hats for cancer patients" but this is the one I had personal experience with.

Meet Alphie, my chemopal---in this pic he was 4 months old.

I will need to take some curent pix--finding the boards has been good for me cuz it has made me want to get out the camera again & I am learning so much more about loading & editing & such. We all need some kind of outlet/stimulation--I like art of any kind--so new pix of my DOG (lol) will be forthcoming!

Hanna, the first post on this page has 3 pictures that posted side by side instead of vertically and it caused the page to do the wierd thing. That makes this page s**k.

Sheila

Stopping by to say hello.  Another good day for me - a vacation free of IOS's!  Wow, you all have been chatty.  Lots of posts since I was on here last.  I looked at the date of my last post which was on 9/3 and for one moment I became confused as to what day it is.  Actually had to go to my calendar to find out it is September 4th! 

Colleen: Ha you made me laugh. Im gonna start using "I have a policy."

Felicia:  Hi to you.

Diane:  What can I say - that is major suckage.  What in the world has happened to people using common sense.  Its a sad day when we have to beg for a sick childs homework!  Going through treatment is bad enough.  Trying to get wigs, bras, cope with all the side effects and loss sucks big time.  Then having to deal with raising children and taking care of a sick child?  It overwhelms me just thinking about it.  "Pink Ribboned bedeveled shovel?"  OMG you made me laugh.

LuAnn:  I had lots I wanted to say to you, but then I just read your last post.  I sure hope you get to see someone very soon.  Wish you get get an emergency appointment with you doctor.  My experiences in ER since having breast cancer have not been good.  So a big "that sux" and hoping that xanax worked.

Traci:  Having a dog that always takes one shoe - I cracked up at your story.  My dog is so goofy.  He likes to steal things, but he is so obvious about it.  He has declared one of our spare bedrooms to be his den - and thats where he goes.  What cracks me up is that I will go "Mister what did you steal.  Show Nick what you stole."  And the goofy dog brings in and shows me what he stole.  Well almost everything.  He wasnt able to show me the whole ham he stole off the counter while we were eating dinner.  He ate the whole darn thing.

Sue:  Wow the RADS came along quickly.  Wasnt it yesterday we were celebrating you finishing your chemo? I hope you had a chance to talk to them today about your skin and they are able to give you some recommendations to help you get through this.  Having fair, sensitive skin combined with RADS deserves a big that sucks!  We are having the effects of Gustav here today but in a very strange way.  Its been a steady rain fall, the grass, trees, and whats left of my flowers are loving it.  Its a peaceful rain.  I look up at the skies and think about all the damage this same storm caused when it hit land.  OK - so with RADS you are now in the count down?  After today 2 done and how many more to go?

Dani:  You look too young to have a 21 y/o son.  That was a nice story.  Amazing how time flies.  Its so good to hear from you.  Spending 2 weeks at the beach sounds wonderful.  Getting 2 childrens set up for college sounds busy, hard, and emotional.  Chemo knocked out my immune system for 3 years, although I didnt have the infections your getting - I got bronchitis and pneumonia almost every 6 weeks.  I think it sucks you had to postpone your surgery until January and a bigger that sucks about another infection.

Bliss: Having dry eyes sucks and hoping to get a solution to that soon.

Saint:  WaSux really cracked me up.  Its been so long, I forgot about how witty you can be with your words.  I laughed at your picture too.  I actually bent over and looked at myself in the mirror and was greatful that despite being so fat - I looked like the smallest in the bunch.  As far as vacation itineray!  Well if one actually gets up to look at their butt to see how big it looks then one must be bored!  I have already forgotten the stress of working.

Cristine:  After my first Taxol, I almost quit chemo.  Having to do chemo weekly deserves a big that sux.  My chemo was bi-weekly, so at least I had a chance to recover.  Hope you have a chance to talk to your onc about this - at least get you some medications to help you with the side effects.

Patrice, Wish, and Harley:  Hi to you.  Trying to get through the big page quickly 

Colleen:  Jimmy Buffet tonight?  That sounds like fun.  No IOS there, just a good time. 

Saint:  A big that sux.  I found this for you.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgMEPk6fvpg

Hanna:  Hi to you too.  Once again you made me laugh.  My computer doesnt work that way either.

Hello to anyone I missed.  A big that sux to all who need one.  Whoo hoo, its dinner time. 

Nicki