I can't get my act together and I don't know why

Chloe, BTW, sends her love & cyber-snuggles to everyone & appreciates all of your admiring comments about her photo, which proves, she says, that you are an intelligent & discerning group.

Oh, CRAP!!! I was sitting here feeling teary (DS texted that he and DIL won't be joining us for any part of Xmas; his MIL coming to town, the old story....) and realized what is going on with Patrice and Wish!

Darlin' girls, want me to come hold your virtual hands? Even better excuse not to pay any attention to those effin' boxes of decorations, lovely as they are!!!

Prayers tonight~~~

Oh Wish, I'm so sorry that your dr. is a BOOB!  What a Freakin' IDIOT!! 

I decided that IF I start to bleed again, I am going to INSIST that my gyn take out these FREAKIN' parts that have NEVER worked ANYWAY!!  

Wish, I'll bring my shovel, and we can hit him over the head, and maybe knock some sense into your dr.!!

Hugs

Harley

I agree with you, Wish.  I would think that your dr. could figure out just WHAT is causing the increase in the endo. stripe. 

I was told to 'go back to Dr. Wilson', for a follow up, in a year.  Dr. WIlson was the gyn who REFUSED to even EXAMINE me!! 

I told this gyn onc "I am NEVER going back to see Dr. Wilson!"   So then he said, "ok, I'll see you in a year.  I like to do follow ups on my patients."   So, I guess I'll have to call him IF I start to have bleeding issues again.  I am like you, though... dry as a bone,  don't even have a sex life, because it hurts so much!!   I think that Quality of Life is important, too!

I am going to see my onc for my 6 month check up on Friday.  I think I'll re-visit the idea that maybe a hyst. would not be a bad idea, so I don't have to worry constantly that I'll get uterine or ovarian ca.  I read that just having had bc puts us at increased risk of getting ovarian ca. 

I HATE that we are going through all this crap!!

You are right.... STUPID MALE gynos!!!

NP hanna, test didnt' show anything, except that my endo stripe has increased. I went b/c of post meno bleeding again. Played the same games with the gyno who put me on estrace and then onco last said NO WAY!

Harley, my onco did say he would agree to trying the e-string and I read on this site and the Susan Love site that they allow for a much smaller amount of estrogen to be used.  BUT, having unopposed estrogen increases the risks for problems including cancer. Such a run around with these guys   Not to mention the unhappy men at home

Just wish there were ONE stop shopping you know?  Where you could go for the entire day, see the onco the gyn, the pcp, and all and then meet with them for a conference at the end of the day to discuss treatment instead of everyone hiding info about you to another and no one knowing what's up!  CRAZY  No one they say elder people doctor shop and OD from all their meds!  It's probably NOT their fault!

Wish,

You are SO right!  I think that I would NEVER have sex again, if I could help it, since it hurts so bad, but I try sometimes, just for my dh's sake.  Maybe I'll mention the low dose estrodial again to my onc. 
I agree, it would be SO MUCH easier, if we could get ALL these drs. together at once to discuss our problems, which are all caused by bc tx...   My onc seems to just want to discuss the bc tx and not the millions of se's that it is causing me. 

I'm glad that at least you can be fairly sure that everything is ok, with the endo. stripe, at least for now.  Are you still taking Arimidex?   I wish there were better choices for us.

Harley

Grrr....

Harley

Wish,

I was using Replens when I started having the bleeding problem earlier this year, so I hesitate to try it again. 

I WISH there was a better choice for us!!  

.....sigh

Harley 

A Christmas Story for people having a bad day: 

When four of Santa's elves got sick, the trainee elves did not produce toys as fast as the regular ones, and Santa began to feel the Pre-Christmas pressure.

Then Mrs Claus told Santa her Mother was coming to visit, which stressed Santa even more.
When he went to harness the reindeer, he found that three of them were about to give birth and two others had jumped the fence and were out, Heaven knows where.

Then when he began to load the sleigh, one of the floorboards cracked, the toy bag fell to the ground and all the toys were scattered. Frustrated, Santa went in the house for a cup of apple cider and a shot of rum. When he went to the cupboard, he discovered the elves had drunk all the cider and hidden the rum.

In his frustration, he accidentally dropped the cider jug, and it broke into hundreds of little glass pieces all over the kitchen floor. He went to get the broom and found the mice had eaten all the straw off the end of the broom. 

 Just then the doorbell rang, and irritated Santa marched to the door, yanked it open, and there stood a little angel with a great big Christmas tree. The angel said very cheerfully, 'Merry Christmas, Santa. Isn't this a lovely day? I have a beautiful tree for you. Where would you like me to stick it?'

And so began the tradition of the little angel on top of the Christmas tree.

Loved the xmas tree story.

Daffodil,

My niece sent me that xmas joke by email, and I LMAO!  It was too funny! 

Nancy

Glad to hear that your surgery is over, and if you were out and about, and didn't need to take your pain medication,  it sounds as if you are doing ok.  YAY!!!

Harley

Nancy, it's good to hear that you are doing well, from the sounds of it.

Daffodil, thanks for the laugh!  I always wondered how that tradition got started.......

How is everyone else, dare I ask?  I've gotta check Patrice's thread.  Back later.

Got all the locks changed yesterday and deadbolts installed where there none on 3 doors. One key for all doors!  Wow, is THAT nice!  I feel safer, but still MAD as heck of course, now I'm on to doing what is necessary to prevent any scum from doing this again to us or anyone near by

Loved the joke, sent it on to a couple people who needed a laugh! Thanks.

As Kathi says, how's everyone doing?  Beautiful if you look out back where everything is snow cover, but these sub 20 temps are brutal for dec.  Then of course, the area is looking at this already being near our high for snowfall totals for the month and we aren't even 1/2 way there! UGH!!!!!!!!!!!  Can't really afford it, but this snow was so heavy and knocked down so many seed plants in the area, that I broke down, bougth some lard and seed and cheap peanut butter and through together some suet and seed for the birdies.   They are rewarding us with their antics.  Of course, it's gotten the kitties off their warm perches too, and more active watching

Hi ... we`re a little behind.  No christmas tree, no decorations... nothing.  Scrooge is watching tv instead of decorating what little areas that require Christmas treatment.  My room however has a snowman wreath on the door, a sleighful of snow family in the window and several snowmen on each surface.

My daughter has put her tree up with shiny presents and lights.  The tree skirt I made her is being used as a table cover.... pretty.

What an attitude.  Too bad we couldnt bottle it and sell it, we'd all be millionaires.  Hope you yell Bingo enough that people scowl at you!!!!!

Thanks for the correction. I have chemo brain for sure, but when I read 2 cm margin I had a WTF moment. I was worried for a bit there.