Who here is from Ontario??

Hi Sugar, my sister-in-law lives in Meadowvale and I used to work in Winston Park.  It's a stone's throw from my house.  How do you like Credit Valley?  It's nice and close for you.  I'm downtown and although I grumble about having to go down there I'm very happy with my doctors.

I attended a fitness program this spring at Wellspring.  It was awesome.  It was a brand new program at the time and it really helped me kick start getting back into fitness and losing the added steroid weight.

Mich, sheesh, it sure is a small world!!

fmakj, I sent you a private message about your appt. Not sure if I sent correctly it but maybe check to see if you got an email from me.

Sherri 

Don't you just love those days with not one, not even one, medical appointment?!

Well done for remembering what you heard Rinna! More often I listen to something that seems interesting at the time but have no recall of even the topic afterwards. I wonder how long we can blam chemo brain for these lapses (even if they started before chemo)? My thought is forever if it suits me.

Congratulations on the healed wound - sounds like a long run with that. If you don't want surgery, there is a fine pattern for a knitted boob that can be whatever size you want to bring you back to balanced. http://knitty.com/ISSUEfall05/PATTbits.html

I have a fancy expensive plastic/rubbery thing and much prefer the replacements my daughter knitted for me.

knitty titty - lol

I actually wouldn't mind the surgery as I used to be a DD on both sides. I quite like the idea of being a B or a C. But maybe in the interim a knitty tittyt would do the trick 

Hi ladies, just wanted to check in and add my name to the Ontario cohort.  I'm in mid-town Toronto, very fortunate to be within a half-hour walk of Sunnybrook where I will shortly be starting chemo, followed by rads.  Had surgery at North York General -- lumpectomy and SNB (1 of 4 nodes with micromets) in October, followed by an ALND two weeks ago (10 more nodes, all clear.).

Sugar 77 and Mary Louise: I am trip neg too!   Onco left me with choice of triweekly FEC x 3, then taxotere x 3... or dense dose AC x 4, then weekly taxol x 12.  I think I'm going with the second, though it sure won't be a picnic.  Going for PICC line this week, then chemo starts. 

Hope everyone's having a nice weekend. 

hey Micheleboots, I have the same drs as you, I have dr Segal for chemo and Dr Cross for radiation. I had 4x AC chemo and 4x Taxol every three weeks plus Herceptin for 1 year and had 6 weeks of radiation and now I am on femara.

Sig

Hey thisisme and hrf:  Very nice to meet you neighbours and to know you're doing well.  I'm in Wanless Park area... it is indeed a small world, isn't it?  My onco is Dr. Petrella (she treated my sister last year) and rad onco is Dr. Pignol.  I do remember how long the day can be for chemo treatment, as I went with my sister most times.  It's amazing how patient you have to learn to be with this disease.  It's also amazing to see the crowded wait areas at Odette and realize: wow, all these people have cancer!  Very sobering.  

   

Luah, I'm not far from you in the Ave/Eglinton area. I'm with Drs. Eisen & Rakovitch. You have to be very patient at Odette because as much as they try, there is a lot of waiting. I think they put through over 100 people a day for chemo.

Michele - I found even water tasting bad with Taxotere as well. Two things that worked were to mix gingerale with juice and to have a wide selection of decaf herbal teas hot or on ice. At least that got some fluids in me. Fortunately, I never had to give up coffee even when it didn't taste as good as it should. That would have been tragic.

Taxotere wasn't too bad for me although I know that it, like everything else, affects everyone differently. Be sure to get the ice booties and mittens to keep the nail damage to a minimum.

It's slowly melting a little south of Ottawa Mich.  But not fast enough for me.  To be honest, I thought it looked quite pretty out this morning.  But okay, I confess, I've had enough!!!

Ok Lindasa, that is quite enough of trying to make us jealous...I hate snow and the small dusting we have here is enough for me...I want to see spring now..I figure each week with out snow is one week closer to summer..

Michele

Well -  you got me going. I just put up the string of festive blue lights on my front porch. And I ordered snow tires which will get put on tomorrow. If there is going to be a winter, might as well be ready for it. Down here in the sunny climes of Bay of Quinte area, my son in law reported a dusting of snow early in the morning. He gets up way too early; I don't so I missed it.

Sandbanks is spectacular in the early fall too.

There was a poster at the hospital in Kingston about cottages being made available free for families where one person has had cancer - can't find a link right now but maybe your hospital has the same poster - it seemed to be provincial and might be worth tracking down if you'd like a cottage stay. Does anyone else have the info? I don't know if it includes "the County" or not.  As both of my brothers have cottages north of here, I'm covered.