**NEW** Starting Chemo March 2009

This is my 15 month old baby.  He still wants to lay in my lap every night.

NY Deb- my you have a lap horse! he'll keep you warm! I love all the pet pics! I like your signature too- dancing in the rain indeed!

Monday morning is my 3rd TC and I'm stressing. I had a nasty reaction with the last one and am not looking forward to the next. I'm going to ask the nurses it I can have some of the Benadryl that they give me last time. I was so stressed Sunday morning. I was work and just started to cry. I couldn't take it anymore. I usually don't cry but I needed to let out some of the tension. I can't wait until the chemo is over. I hate the beginning, middle and end of the whole process.



My gosh, I'm having a major hot flash right now. So glad summer isn't here yet...lol. I might have to live in my basement this summer.

I think the chemo is frying my brain...LOL how do you put pictures on here.

NYDeb48  what a handsome Dog! My dog thinks she'e a lap dog too!

My thoughts go out to all you warriors having treatment today...Crusader1, Laurie41, Michele54, hope all goes well today and the following days are tolerable.

 Julie

Laurie- I had the Taxotere reaction also on my 2nd TX.  They said they would do all the benadryl, etc. first thing next round.  I'm sure that's the plan for you also.  Just think, you're almost 3/4 done ..........yehaaaaa!

Morning all!

I missed the boards all weekend - looks like they were pretty active! I am glad everything got settled down.

I love all the pet pics! Deb your bloodhound is adorable! I will have to post pics of my furkids next time I am on the laptop.

I think I bounced back from #3 much faster than from 2, and all have been easier than #1. Other than some mild diarrhea and inability to eat anything spicier than ketchup (and even ketchup feels spicy) I have been feeling pretty good! I redid all of my front garden beds this weekend and mulched everything, and I think all that physical activity really helps. I took yesterday off as a day of rest, and plan to enjoy the next week and 4 days til the next treatment. I hope #4 goes as well, I hear that is when the Se's start to be cumulative and the fatigue really sets in. I won't believe that til it happens!

MichelleinSJ glad to see you back! How is the top of your head doing? I had a mild breakout up there too, and took a wig vacation. It seemed to clear up in about 2-3 days and has been fine since.

Pickle - I love your avatar pic with the hat & 1/2 wig! You look so cute. I got a 1/2 wig too, but it is too long and does a Carol Brady flip. That style looked terrible on the Brady Bunch, I don't really want it for myself! lol

I accidentally went out to meet my landscaping guy Saturday morning completely bald and without a stitch of makeup! I forgot that I wasn't wearing anything on my head, and when he rang the doorbell..... out I walked! I realized about an hour later and was mortified! I thought he was looking at me funny, but didn't put it together. Oh well, we have to laugh at ourselves!

Hot flashes- if you can believe it, it was 99 degrees here already last Thursday. I have been dying and getting hot flashes many times a day. They really stink! I don't know what I am going to do as we keep creeping up to summer weather. Anyone in a cold climate like to change places with me for awhile?!?!?

Ok, I am talking too long here. Everyone have a great day, and best of luck to all of you having treatments today! <<<<Good vibes!>>>>

NYDEB.  I think that could be the cutest pup I have ever seen.  He looks so cuddly  What is its name?  Its a rainy day here in Chicago area.  Today I start steroids for AC tx 3 tomorrow.  I'm clcking them down.  The lump is still in my bicep.  I will have the nurses look at it tomorrow.  I hope you all had a good weekend.  Good luck to everyone getting tx today. Just keep thinking..one more down.  Love to you all.  Buddy

I can't keep up with all of the posts.  I hope everyone had a great Easter weekend!

Deb - Love your lap dog!! LOL!! He is soooo cute!!!

Going for #3 tomorrow - then I will be half way done! YEAH!!  Stay strong ladies, we can do this!

I'll check back again when I'm back on my feet.

Hi Beth!

I live in Lower Sackville.  I am a trans-planted Newfie.  I've been living here now for 22 years and I love it.  I'm glad I live here as I am from small town in Newfoundland and would have to travel every three weeks for treatment.  With the cancer center in Halifax, I can sleep in my own bed everynight.  Let me know when you are coming down this way - it would be great to meet you and swap stories!   I taking FEC-T.  #3 of the FEC tomorrow and then I move on to Tax and Herciptin.

Ladies - have a look at this link - it is from our local newspaper here in Halifax.   A cure for this disease is around the corner.  Trials are starting next year - I'm hoping to sign up!

http://thechronicleherald.ca/Metro/1115671.html

Kim40:The link from The Halifax Herald is very interesting indeed. Dalhousie University is a leader in the medical field. They have a well recognized Medical school and reserach development team. The team has already started trials in the U.S. I'll be watching for further developments on this story for sure.

Beth

I live right off Cobequid Road - right across the street from the new medical center.  I have 3 kids - the oldest is 22 and just graduated from SMU, 19 year old just graduated from Compu College and 13 year old is going to AJ Smeltzer and will be going to Sackville High!  Talk about your small world. 

I am orginally from Port Aux Basques - so at least when the ferry gets to Newfoundland - I don't have to go much further!  I have been to St. Georges a few times as my ex-husband has family in Stephenville so we used to go there for a drive.

It would be great to meet you!  We have a lot in common other than our BC!

buddy - The hardest part about having such a big dog is keeping him from getting at things. He eats any and everything.   This fall he ate a pair of panty hose in about 10 seconds before we could catch him. Nothing on a counter is safe, only the top of the frig.  When he does get things , it's hard to catch him as he just leap frogs furniture.  We use an air horn to make him drop things.

Kim40 - thanks for sharing the post on the cancer vaccine- it sounds promising and makes perfect sense- seems like it could explain why most of us with BC go on to live long healthy lives and some don't- no one knows why some have a recurrence. I liked the queen of the colony analogy for the stem cells. For most of us- the "queens" get cut out but if one queen (cancer stem cell) got loose and is wandering around... We need that vaccine to kill the queens!  

I'm kinda a science geek and find all that stuff fascinating. I wish I could hit fast foward on all the research tho.

BandanaGirl - I went out for brunch yesterday and most have ate 3/4 peoples worth of food.  I think I had 4 deserts, 2 creme brulies, 1 cholate decadence and 1 fruit tart slice.  What a pig I was!!! 

Laurie, Michelle, Francine - Good Luck all who had chemo today and to everyone having it come up soon and anyone I missed.

NYDEB - Love your pictures of your dog.  How much does he weigh?  I thought my 18 month Golden was big at 82 lbs.  I love the idea of the airhorn.  I used to walk around banging pans when Cody would steal things he shouldn't have. 

Kim40 - What kind of dog is your little guy in the avator - very cute!  I always thought Nova Scotia would be a great place to visit in the summer, it looks very picturesque.

I have a red L shaped discoloration on the back of my hand following the vein next to the vein they used for my last chemo treatment.  It appeared about a week after chemo and has been here almost a week know.  I did call my onco and since I have no fever and it's not hot, doesn't hurt, etc. they said to just keep an eye on it and call back if it get bigger or hurts.  Has this happened to anyone else.