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  • ktym
    ktym Member Posts: 2,637
    edited May 2009

    BerkleyKim: yeah for last day of chemo!

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  • lisalisa
    lisalisa Member Posts: 824
    edited May 2009

    Berkeley Kim - CONGRATS on your FINAL CHEMO!!!!  be kind to yourself these next few days!  rest, drink lots of water, don't make any demands of yourself!!

    lisa

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  • jrgolomb
    jrgolomb Member Posts: 1,236
    edited May 2009

    Berkeley Kim---YAAAAAAAAAAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

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  • brendafromflorida
    brendafromflorida Member Posts: 90
    edited May 2009

    Hi Lisa, I have one more session on May 21.   Smile  

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  • ddlatt
    ddlatt Member Posts: 448
    edited May 2009

    berkeley kim - congrats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    a new article about wine and its effect on breast cancer in the Wine Spectator magazine this month:

    http://www.winespectator.com/Wine/Features/0,1197,5021,00.html 

    what i found most informative:

    >>Another recent study looked at women with a history of breast cancer. Scheduled to be published in the April 15 issue of the American Journal of Epidemiology, the research found that alcohol consumption, be it one drink a day or more, is associated with a 20 percent to 30 percent increase in the risk of breast-cancer recurrence.

    Researchers from Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto examined health registries in the United States and Denmark to identify women with breast cancer. The scientists looked at the rates of breast cancer among more than 2,000 women who were cancer-free and developed the disease, and those who experienced a recurrence after treatment. The researchers only looked at very general categories of alcohol consumption-nondrinkers, those who consumed less than one drink a day and those who consumed one drink or more per day-but they found that rates of breast cancer and breast-cancer recurrence were higher among both groups of drinkers than among nondrinkers.>>

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  • shockedat39
    shockedat39 Member Posts: 252
    edited May 2009

    That's quite a bummer, ddlat.  Wow, after Bunco tonight I may just give it up :)  I know it's all very arbitrary but good Lord would I kick myself in the ass if I ever had a recurrence and someone it could prove it's because of wine!  I don't drink a ton but I'll have one or two glasses maybe twice a week. 

    Am I the only one?

    Another reason to despise this disease!!

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  • holtbolt
    holtbolt Member Posts: 625
    edited May 2009

    Lisa - great idea on the roll call... I finished chemo a while ago and I feel sometimes like I'm bailing on my fellow Jewels who aren't done yet.. as I try to put this all behind me... (I haven't been in here as much trying to move forward).....you all have been such a source of strength for me through all of this.... BerkeleyKim.. woohoo, congrats on coming over to the other side... and all of you who still are on the way.... hang in there.... a glorious summer is ahead for all of us!! Laughing

    Re: alcohol consumption... the very LAST thing I will do is NOT have an occasional or regular cocktail after all this...  lol

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  • lisalisa
    lisalisa Member Posts: 824
    edited May 2009

    Brenda - you're so close to being done!  we'll be here to cheer you on!

    Ddlatt, shocked and holtbolt - I gave up all alcohol and diet coke the day I was diagnosed.  So, I hadn't had a drink since Sept. 12th.  After the breast cancer walk last saturday, our team went out for mexican food.  EVERYONE was having drinks...so I did too!  I had a margarita...omg!  it never tasted so good and never made me so drunk so fast LOL!

    I have pretty much given up on drinking....but will when it's a special occassion. 

    Diet coke doesn't taste so good anymore.  So, I think I'm "done" with diet coke for good.

    I drink alot of water....I flavor it with lemons or limes to mix it up a bit.

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  • eadsla
    eadsla Member Posts: 217
    edited May 2009

    Berkeley Kim--YESSSSSSS!!!!!  Way to go on the LAST CHEMO!!!!!  Here's to hoping you have as manageable a week as possible.  After that, it's all about the healing.

    Brenda--You are so close.  It's going to over before you know it!  We're all waiting for you at the station, cause you'll be getting off the train soon!

    I hope everyone has as great a weekend as possible.

    Catherine

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  • BerkeleyKim
    BerkeleyKim Member Posts: 390
    edited May 2009

    Dear Jewels:

    DONE!!! I've heard your cheers and felt your hugs and held your hands through cyberspace. For me there's be a REAL connection with you all, and that's something I'll value forever. And it's something that no one but us sisters can really understand. Catherine--yes, I'm SO READY to start the real healing. Right now I feel I huge lightness. 

    Since my dx way back in Sept, I've felt like I've been in a sort of limbo. Waiting for dx, waiting for MRI, waiting for surgery, waiting for chemo, waiting for se's...My life on hold in some ways. My hope is to live my best life, smell the roses, plan for the future, give back to my communities. I'm a worrier, and I know that I might need professional help dealing with my dark side--I'm going to take charge this time in fighting those demons (I usually just run from them).

    Even though there's still treatment ahead--rads every day, armidex (how many pills for how long???--I think Jilly counted it out!), blood tests--I feel that so much of the scary stuff is over. I feel grateful for so much. I've had minimal se's, and I was able to  maintain some of my former quality of life, which was a big goal and hope for me. I think I was just lucky through AC, and the weekly taxol was a comparative breeze. I've walked almost every day and have been able to eat (too much), and I went away for a beautiful weekend with DH, had some good fun with the kids when they've been home, taught part time (such a lifesaver for me), and been surrounded and lifted by the love of friends, co-workers, neighbors, family.

    Sundays were awful, and really I've never been so low emotionally as those days--but for now they're over (well, one more Sunday), and I think in a Buddhist sort of way, I now more really appreciate joy after this weekly experience of sorrow and pain. I've been confronted by sadness and true cr@p in my life before, but not predictably every week!

    I met some amazing survivors in chemo--woman and men, and each taught me something. It's funny how easy it is to develop quick bonds in the chemo room. OH!!! Good News. I met a woman today who was going in for a CT to see if she has a blood clot in her lung (probably not--they're just being careful. She said a 1/1,000 chance when on Tamox.), BUT  she finished chemo in Dec and Rads in Feb. She has CUT HER HAIR 3 times since! She wears it about 3 inches long! There's HOPE!

    Well, just realized what a LONG post this is. I wanted to count my blessings--and you Jewels are one of the best.

    Love and hugs.

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  • BerkeleyKim
    BerkeleyKim Member Posts: 390
    edited May 2009

    Brenda--I'll be waiting at the finish line for you with open arms!!! You know you'll get there (and again, hooray for Arm B...!)

    Ddlatt-Thanks for the alcohol links. I've been reading a lot on so much connected with breast cancer, and appreciate all the news you send on. I never was a huge drinker (at least for the last 25 years), due to family issues and I see what it can do to destroy lives. But I do enjoy my wine at night. I realize though that since I started my new teaching job in 07 that I had a glass almost each night. I think at the time research said that there were anti-cancer compounds in wine! I'm gonig to limit my wine but stil enjoy on special occasions.

    I will NOT resist the wine and breading pudding with whiskey sauce tomorrow at my friend's annual crayfish feed! But this time I'll moderate (especially cuz that Taxol will still be in my liver). I forgot to ask my onc today to clear that--too late! I've been taking milk thistle since my liver counts went over normal and now they're back to normal. Want to keep them there.

    Lisa--Yes! a marguerita sounds so cold and yummy now. I think we're in for a lovely hot weekend...I've been off soda since my husband's stroke last year. I used to crave Pepsi (not diet--never could stomach that), but no more.

    Armidex--my onc gave me an rx today and said I could start right away if I want (kinda vague). I hear there can be joint/bone ache ses, and I feel like maybe it wouldn't hurt to wait a week. But the AI's are the one thing I wish I could have started the day after dx! But, I'm also worried about completely depleting my body of estrogen. Anyone else start this?? Shocked--is it you who's on it?

    Rad sim coming up Monday, then verification on Tues. Asked onc about tomo, and he said it's not needed in my case, but he's going to confirm with my rad onc that she just wants to do chest wall, no axilla or other node areas. Pluses and minuses I guess to doing nodes.

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  • YearoftheHat
    YearoftheHat Member Posts: 243
    edited May 2009

    Hi lovelies!  I haven't posted for a while.  I had chemo #15 today.  It's like eating 15 hot dogs and even thought there's only one more to eat, you just Do NOT want it.  It's OK.  One more. 

    I'm having body image issues.  I have gained so much weight.  I had my gall bladder out 10 months before my dx.  I gained about 23 lbs or so after that.  I have gained almost another 15 since my dx.  I am fat.  I have never been fat before.  It's not part of my identity.  I am short and almost 170 lbs.  I am obsessing about it a little.  I am eating helathfully whihc I think is very important and I am sleeping.  just hope I can get something like normal energy after treatment.  It has to be a priority.  I want to feel good and alive again, bodily.  I miss that.  Even though I am getting older, still I am only 41.  I find it hard to believe I won't be able to jump start my metabolism when this is all said and done if I am determined.  I hope the Tamoxifen doesn't throw a wrench it the works with that.  

    I have decided to get my tubes tied since I doubt I will go through permanent menopause with treatments.  I was not planning to have children.  I had hoped for that desperately when I was in my late twenties and let go of that a very long time ago.  That will be another surgery this year.  I would go for a hysterectomy but feel going to that extreme could backfire, and do not want to have that immediate and complete menopause.

    Money is tight and I have wondered how to celebrate.  Another decision has been made.  I am goint to get a nice Jamis bike that I would never have spent the money on before.  I'll have to save for a few months but I am decided.  That's my cancer gift to me.

    Ah wistfulness.  We are doing it.  As always, even though things are quieting down on the board, you all are my life line and my greatest support.   

    BerkelyKim - Way to go!!!!!!!!!  I am right behind you!  Congratulations!  Next Saturday you will wake up without having had treatment the day before!!!  Onward ho!

    Jess - take a deep breath and get a second opinion.

    Catherine - Thanks for all your positive thoguhts and willingness to connect.

    Jilly - Great t-shirt idea!  Have  agreat day with the other relayers.  

    kmmd - there is always a light at the end of the tunnel.  It's there.  We are all in it together!

    Renrel - I hope you keep feeling better.  I am thinking of you and miss your posts but I think it's a good sight that you are moving through this.

    Patti - I am glad to hear you are feeling good!!!!!  Keep putting one precious foot in front of the other!

    Lisa - you are so staedfast and true.  Thank you. You started this thread and I often feel you have been the lifeblood of it.

    Diane - I am sorry to hear about the deflation.  We deal with so mnay tough realities in this.  I am thinking of you and you will be past all of this soon.  Thanks for mentioning the taxol experience.  I am anxious about it.

    ddlatt - thanks for the window to the other side.   

    I am not fighting tonight.  Just going to take it how it comes.

    love you all

    Nancy

       

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  • jillyG
    jillyG Member Posts: 401
    edited May 2009

    Thanks for names everyone!

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  • BerkeleyKim
    BerkeleyKim Member Posts: 390
    edited May 2009

    Year of the Hat--just like eating hot dogs, which I don't! You will be able to eat that last one! Keep the laughs coming. You have so helped through this. Not just with your humor but all your thoughtful posts! And I am really looking forward to next Sat! Are you going to be taking Tamoxifen or some other anti-hormonal? I gained everything I lost during AC and more during the Taxol. And I've heard that the Armidex will also add to weight gain. I can only exercise so much. I think I might join weight watchers for the 4th time. But I don't really like the new plan. I tended to save my points for cake.

    When my surgeon asked me how I was going to celebrate, and I came up with a blank I felt like an idiot. I still don't know!!! But maybe a bike! I've always wanted to upgrade to disc brakes since I live in a hilly area. I'm a bit worried about my downhill rides with my L.E. prone arm. Maybe a new car!!! Both of ours have been dying on us while driving. My daughter wants me to travel to Europe with her before she starts school in fall for her semester abroad. Quit my job and go!! Choices, choices. For now, I'm just happy to be done with chemo and today high on steroids I feel pretty positive about the future.

    Jilly--thanks and what an amazing walking goal! pm'd you.

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  • ktym
    ktym Member Posts: 2,637
    edited May 2009

    Berkley Kim, I'm pre-men so went on Tamox.  Have to say so far no SE's at all.  Nothing I hadn't already noticed from chemopause.  I know some talk about feeling effects months down the road, but given the average life of hormones in the body, anything big I should have felt by now.  I figure I was do for one part of my therapy to go well.

    Year of the Hat:  I have been there as the short person who doesn't recognize themselves in the mirror anymore and wonders how the scale creeped up like that.  I think the bike is the BEST gift you can give yourself for climbing this mountain.  The weight watchers and motivation threads are awesome for getting support in trying to get up and move more.  Its been a couple of months since my last chemo/ICU visit.  Only now is it getting easier to exercise as the myopathy starts to improve.  Neuropathy still an issue.  It is hard, but sure makes me feel more "normal" to get out walking and get around and join the world a little.  It will get better.  Can't wait till you update us on your new bike.  

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  • holtbolt
    holtbolt Member Posts: 625
    edited May 2009

    BerkeleyKim - I start Arimidex next week... and I'll be removing my ovaries in the Fall..... ok, well I won't but somebody will.... lol

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  • Renrel
    Renrel Member Posts: 497
    edited May 2009

    Sorry I have not been around as much lately.  Just have not felt as much like posting for some reason.  My mood and energy are better. Not great but better.  My exercise has mostly been pulling huge patches of  mustard garlic our of my very woody yard.  Everytime I think I have pulled the last patch I find yet another.  I am also taking a gentle strenthening class through my hospital.  Learning lots of exercise I can do at home with just a chair and restistance tubes.  Scary how quickly I tire out though.  I am doing less stuff at the hospital these days as I am trying to get things done at home.  Gardending, decluttering and the like.  I am asking for more help from friends picking DS up from school.  Saves me a good 1.5 hours a day if someone else picks him up.  My chemo angel sent me a small scetch book and colored pencils to celebrate the end of chemo.  I have never thought I had any artistic talent but I am playing with these gifts and trying to draw in a new way.  To see things differently.  It is interesting.  I am also starting to journal in another book she sent me.  Last night we went to a friends' house for Sabbot dinner.  The husband has been out of work for awhile and is indulging his artistic side.  He asked me to pose for him for a bust and I agreed to do so.  It should be interesting. He also said he would let me play a bit with some of his clay.  I haven't tried to do anything with clay since grade school.  Something else fun to explore. 

    I have started going out more with out a head covering.  Some neighbors had no idea I was dealing with cancer and chemo all winter.  I notice some people seem uncomfortable.  I am not sure what to do to put them at ease.  

    I am have some worries about recurrances and the future.  Normal I know but not fun.  Last night I though I felt some tiny little bump, like a grain of sand, on the edge of where my breast was under my arm. This morning I could not find it again.  I need to find to so I can ask the doctor about it and have him tell me it is nothing.  

    I plan to celebrate on May 27th when I do NOT have my 7th chemo appoointment because it will really be done.  I just don't know what I am going to do.

    June will be busy for me. I plan to go back to work part time but have to figure out a schedule.  I have an out of town  bar mitvah the first weekend, DS nursery school graduation the second weekend,  Father day and a big neighborhood block party the third weekend.  Plus my strenthing class, my Onc appoint to figure out what is next and my dentist appoint to get back up to date on my teeth.  

     That it for me right now.  Sorry it kind of disjointed.  That just where I am at the moment.  

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  • kt57
    kt57 Member Posts: 425
    edited May 2009

    Berkley Kim:     WOOHOO on being done!!!!   welcome to the other side!!!

    JillyG:   this is prob too late, but here is the list of January Jewels - am preparing for my all night Relay For Life  in June  and all the Jewels will be with me:

    lisalisa brendafromflorida holtbolt renrel ddlatt

    GriffinSong jrgolomb sjr585 BevR Sunflower45

    Babyc Jas_man bookgirl Misty auriga jillyG

    mamasarah mimi07 AZStacey08 eadsla Hawaii808

    Webwriter BerkleyKim sweeeetpam Butterfly2008

    amyjane Snowbird ChrisBern Carol0371 Brenny lester63

    rsben70 PinkLady Shavoners yrawleigh dpstarr REKoz

    principessa kmmd bfb0123 susan13 mabels Kim25

    newalex Yearof theHat marlenet carlajane ladyjane54

    Alo123 marymoir Dpstarr aprilgirl1 living4today stitches

    luvmyself silverlining KM47 susan13 carpediem bobcat

    SallyJane blackmailtx Triciaski ChrysalisPa kimberlyjo

    rmsilver shockedat39 Sister3 Horselover44 csbsk123

    07rescue Lisa810 Misty123 PLUTZ Shannon7 knots Ninja

    tyra PrincessKauai59 spooky EvaPerone JanetC826 cil326

    LucyMichaels SusieQue

    oh and me KT57....

    Have a wonderful time walking and thanks for doing it.....

     Hope everyone is doing well.  I have seven rads down -- 4 hours of driving a day sure takes a chunk of time -- but reducing my local recurence rate to 5% makes it worth it.   So far so good, no skin issues.  Started on Arimidex -- no SEs.   My DS is moving back from college for the summer -- life is good!!

    Take care Jewels... 

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  • jrgolomb
    jrgolomb Member Posts: 1,236
    edited May 2009

    kathy- Your thoughtfulness brings tears to my eyes.  I hope Relay for Life goes well.  I was on the radio today for a local cancer center who is trying to bring tx support closer to home.  i love the medical help at the cancer center I am going to, but the hour drive back and forth has been daunting.  I can't even imagine how hard it will be when I start rads.  I don't know how you do the four hours of driving kathy.  BIG HUGS TO YOU! 

    Year of the HAT-- Thanks for the advice'take a deep breath"...I needed it.  Plus, your turn of phrase always makes me smile.

    Renrel--glad you are feeling better.  The ups and downs of this trip can be very daunting.

    BKIM--My sister does the same thing with weight watches-saved the points for cake.  Omigosh that is exactly what I would to as well! 

    Hugs  to all  JJS!

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  • BerkeleyKim
    BerkeleyKim Member Posts: 390
    edited May 2009

    kmmd--Glad the tamox is working for you!

    Renrel--And glad to hear your feeling more energy with time. Gives me some hope! I think our moods will be up and down for awhile. I'm especially nervous about revisiting menopause angst when I start Armidex. But I'll try not to borrow trouble.

    Holtbolt--keep me posted on the Armidex SEs. I hope you don't have any! I'm going to go buy some fresh glucosamine/chron....(sp) for joint pain. I'm already creaking.

    Jess--so you've decided on rads? I'm doing my sim on Monday and going to ask my onc again about radiation to the axilla, which she didn't recommend even with my 3 nodes. I want to be agressive but I also want to avoid Lymphedema, which so far isn't too bad. But my arm and full back feelings are constant reminders of the breast trauma.

    GOOD NEWS! My dh figured out how to make a fake swim boob from a poofy/scrubby shown on the Prosthesis thread here. Very perky!! Will fit in my Costco swimsuits, so no need to splurge on a mast. suit.

    I'm ready for our June trip to see my son graduate. We're staying at a great place on the bluffs overlooking Black's Beach in LaJolla, right across from the university. My last day with students is 6-11, clean up school 6-12, move daughter home from Stanford that evening, fly to san diego Sat, and my son's girlfriend graduates that afternoon. Son the next afternoon. Then our 23 wedding anniversary on 6-15, son's 22nd birthday 6-16, and I fly home with girls that afternoon in time for rads I hope. They give me one day off. I'm praying for some stamina and hair. My husband's staying to help them pack a U-Haul to move home. Full house again for awhile. I'm SO happy.

    My sister and family are staying at the same place, and we're trying to get my disabled mom down. I remember when her leg was amputated 4 years ago that she said she hoped to live to see Michael graduate! And she has!! 84 years old.

    Well, better go water the garden and get ready for some crayfish and whiskey soaked bread pudding!

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  • jrgolomb
    jrgolomb Member Posts: 1,236
    edited May 2009

    BK---Yes, I am leaning towards rads, but after I have a second opinion and if they and the BS and the oncologist disagree.  THEN I will probably switch to a cancer center who has just opened up and have only rad tx.  It will be a 20 minute trip for me after work.  I am VERY worried about what it will do to my tissue expander, but what can I do?   I don't want this beast to come back ever again!!!!!

    Btw, how is your energy level right now?

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  • jrgolomb
    jrgolomb Member Posts: 1,236
    edited May 2009

    BK--i meant I won't have rads if the second opinion and the BS and the onc go against  it.  Chemo fog......

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  • ktym
    ktym Member Posts: 2,637
    edited May 2009

    BerkleyKim, that sounds like such a wonderful trip, I home your Mom makes it too

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  • ktym
    ktym Member Posts: 2,637
    edited May 2009

    OK, tried not to, but am going to rant.   I've never been so out of synch with DH as I've been this last month.  We usually know what the other needs to hear, how to handle them, when to talk, when not to etc.  It even worked through the early diagnosis, surgery stage, etc.  I just look at him sometimes lately and think, how could you be so clueless about what I needed you to say right there?  I've learned to leave and blow off steam because I find myself saying things I shouldn't and I never used to let that happen.  The filter is no longer there.  Could they have done surgery on my head and cut it out without telling me during my other surgeries?  We've been together a long time, so I know it is the circumstances of this stinkin disease and my probably thinner than usual skin, but I could just scream right now.

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  • jrgolomb
    jrgolomb Member Posts: 1,236
    edited May 2009

    KMMD---Go ahead rant.  Sometimes it is so hard to keep on with the relationships.  I find myself shouting at friends and my husband and I have to admit I just don't care.  Isn't that awful?

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  • ktym
    ktym Member Posts: 2,637
    edited May 2009

    Thank you Jess

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  • Alo123
    Alo123 Member Posts: 308
    edited May 2009

    BerkeleyKim....I have been on Arimidex for about 28 days.  I have some joint pain in my left hip and my wrists.  I wake up creaky.  I MUST exercise to get rid of the joint pain.  If I don't it bothers me all day.  If I walk or run 4-5 miles every day I feel fine.  I had heard others say weight gain was a SE....so  far I have actually lost about 2 pounds, I think due to the regular exercise.  I also feel mild nausea.  My brain if very foggy too, but I have felt that since my surgery...I think it's due to loss of estrogen.  If this is as bad as it gets I think I can deal with it.  I started the Arimidex 2-3 weeks after end of chemo..my onc said I could take an extra week off if I wanted.  For some reason I was terrified to start it, due to the SE....but it was like every other hurdle with this crazy stuff....not as bad as I anticipated.  Good luck!

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  • Alo123
    Alo123 Member Posts: 308
    edited May 2009

    KMMD.....I will say I have had some really good arguments with my husband over the past month or so.  Since being done with the chemo...now that I feel better.  We've been together for 20 years and so often I would bite my tongue on things, not wanting to argue....well not any more.  I don't want to argue....but I put up with way less crap (from everyone) than I used to.  I have realy started to speak my mind....with a filter of course.  My relationship with my husband has actually gotten better!!! 

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  • BerkeleyKim
    BerkeleyKim Member Posts: 390
    edited May 2009

    Jess--Good for your pursuing the second opinions! Thanks for asking about my energy level--today is near 0--usual for Sunday after chemo. My dh and I wnet for a long walk yesterday before our going to friends' for dinner (and gosh was that whiskey sauce and bread pudding great!!!) I was hoping the high I felt yesterday would help me through today, but no.

    Alo--Thanks for the Armidex update!! Running 4-5 miles a day--WOW. I've heard that moving helps the aches and pains. I am going to also ask my rad onc about when to start. I'm worried . I feel that I was just starting to feel good after my surgery, then chemo started. I would love some purely normal-feeling days. I'm not sure I'll ever feel 100% again. My big fear is how the Armidex will affect me emotionally, since I'm a basket case today.

    kmmd-RANT away. Here's mine to share-I've been trying to get dh to clean up some dried up cat sh@t in my office for 3 weeks so I can do some work there. Finally did the mold in the shower myself today. I want to scream, but I'm holding so much in. He does do a lot and since his stroke needs lots of rest, but he needs to take better care of himself for my kids' sake, and he doesn't exercise unless I get him out walking, which has been not consistent of course during my treatment!!! Sometimes I can't stand it.

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  • lisalisa
    lisalisa Member Posts: 824
    edited May 2009

    Did I tell all of you that my kids are going to a summer camp for kids whose Mom or Dad has cancer?  It's called Camp Kesem and its run by UCLA.  We went today and met the counselors and the other kids going to camp.  My kids had a BLAST!

    It's a week long sleep away camp in Santa Barbara.  My kids have never been to sleep away camp.  My son just turned 10 and my daughter will be 6 next week.  But, there is a great ratio of counselors to kids.  In my daughter's cabin it will be 8 girls (ages 6-7) and 5 counselors. 

    They will swim, hike, do crafts, do skits/talent shows, etc.  My kids are very excited.  What is really great is that at night the counselors talk to the kids about "issues" pertaining to cancer ie. what its like when your Mom loses her hair, etc.

    I'm a little bit nervous but mostly excited that they have the opportunity to go!  For those of you with young kids, google "camp kesem".....there are many throughout the US....run by various colleges.

    Lisa

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