Anyone starting chemo in June 08

Yesterday, one year ago, I finished radiation. Seems like a lifetime ago.  Hope your all doing well!

OK, had my pre-op today....scary...the pre op nurse at the hospital feels like an old friend after 6 surgeries this year.  That place was soooo crowded..I wanted to get in and out fast but it didnt happen.  I am making my grocery list tonight for turkey day.  Husband has a college football game to watch tonight.  I will watch with him while I drinketh the beer and make some lists.  We have some trim painting to do tomorrow....yuk, and preps for new carpet in this small room we are putting our new half ton safe in.  It is big enough that I could lock my husband in, it if I could get him in there...LOL!  No movies tonight for me.  I hope all of you are doing well....Bonnie...I have sneezing fits and find it very nice to be on the toilet during that time also.  If I am at work or anywhere else, I have to assume a terrible contorted position with the legs to control my leaks.  If it wasn't so damn funny, I wouldn't have brought it up again.  Turning cold here...I think our fall weather is on the way out.  I am so tired in the mornings trying to get up for work...I don't know what is wrong with me...I just can't seem to get awake in the morning.  Love to you all...hope everyone has a great weekend.  Will check in this weekend...it will get me out of painting for a second or two......XXOO HunkyD

HunkyD is your hubby a fan of Boise State? Mine is a Nebraska fan. I didn't understand what the fuss was when I married him. I do now. I have to DVR every game he can't watch. Then I get to watch with him when he gets home. Good thing I grew up watching football with my Dad. I have a hard time getting up in the mornings too. I get sleepy but when I go to bed it takes me awhile to get to sleep. I wake up quite a few time in the night. Then I can't get up in the morning. Usually my weekends are for catching up. I didn't get to this weekend because I had my grand son Friday night and then my grand daughter this morning. My girls always think they are putting my out but I love it when they ask me to watch the grandkids.

 Karen, my hubby and I just finished watching "Doubt". It was pretty good. I love Meryl Streep though.

I have a short week at work. YEAH!!! I really do like my job.

Love to everyone

Wyoming 

Hi Everyone,

Well my cough is still there but not as bad as it was, don't have to run to the bathroom every two minutes lol.  I am finished all treatments and everything seems to be going good. I wish the same for all of you.  I still have to get my doc to give me a referral  for a breast reconstruction. The  doc. here that does that sort of thing is doing another person I talk to on here on Dec. 1 and she is getting the DIEP which is a lot easier on you I understand, but you do have to qualify for it.  If you are nice and slim I don't think you would qualify. As you all probably know they take the skin and fat from you stomach and re-transplant it for a boob. By doing it this way your body has nothing to reject, no muscles involved which would make for less pain. But you have to have enough excess fat on your stomach to do this. I have enough for myself and probably a couple of other people lol.

Anyway just thought I better check in and see how everyone is doing, I am also a football fan, not Canadian like I should be but I like the NFL better. My brother got me started on that placing bets with him and such.

Have to go now my 2 sons and 2 grandsons were just visiting from Alberta for the weekend and they just left this morning so I am trying to get wash and different things caught up although it was worth every minute.

Everyone take Care!!

Bonnie

Bonnie, good luck with your consultation...Hope you can get the diep.  Much easier.  None of it is easy though!   Wyoming...my husband is a Boise State fan.  This Friday night they play University of Nevada and they are good also this year.  Hope it is a good game.  Nevery knew we had so many football fans amongst us.  Kelly, hope you enjoy the time with your kids, your mom, and your back holds up on the long drive.  Glad you have been resting and how is the lung doing?  Nice that you have had some movies to watch too.  Karen....I am always one week behind you on the movie rentals....you have a lucky inside advantage...LOL.  Leggy, how goes it?  I am wishing you all a safe and happy week to those traveling or celebrating bird day.  I think we are done painting and I guess I have everything I need for Thursday...I/we are staying home.  Wyoming...hope you have this Friday off from trts!  I have to work Friday...oh well...I am running short on leave....Hugs to ya all...HunkyD 

P.S.  My hair is at a terrible length....I am not sure what to do with it.  To cut again or not?   

Good Evening everyone. I finished with the x-mas decorating the house tonight. I only do the living room, dinning room, main bath room and the windows. I do put out a few lights outside. Now I have to keep the cat out of the tree. He thought he had to help and he isn't the best help!.

HunkyD when do you have your surgery? The insurance that is screwed up is it for health or house? I'm glad you had your son to help with the gun shopping. My hubby wants a 22 pistol. I had him show me what kind last summer. Otherwise I would buy what I like. LOL I will start my on-line shopping here in the next couple of days too. 

Karen my Dad had three girls and I was the tomboy so I'm the one who watched the sports with him. We had only one channel too. My dad and I also would go play catch either with a football or baseball. I was lucky we were in Wyoming when I was growing up as girls were able to compete in athletics, which I loved.

I had a great Thanksgiving weekend and I hope everyone else did too.

Talk to everyone later,

Wyoming 

Hi All, made it through another surgery...pretty sore still.  I had to spend the night but am home nowlll  YEA!  Hope everyone is doing well...Just thought I would drop in and let you know...XXOO HunkyD

HunkyD, glad you are out of hospital make sure to get plenty of rest. Do you have any drains or tube sticking out this time. Is this your last?

Bonnie this year my grand babies (who live in town) are old enough to appreciate the lights and decorations plus I didn't  have the flu!!! Glad you are getting back to feeling better. Im' glad you have a new GP. Keep us posted on the progress. Congratulations on the new grand baby!!!

Kelly I have visited to Rapid City most of my life as my parents families lived in the Black Hills, my Mom lives in Hill City SD, and I went to college in Spearfish SD. When we go major shopping we go to Rapid and yet I have never been to Storybook Island. I need to go.

I have treatment tomorrow, keep your fingers crossed that my numbers are still doing great.

Talk to everyone later.

Wyoming

Wyoming, good thoughts for you on your trts.  I have xmas party to go to tomorrow afternoon and night but think I am going to be spending a lot of time in motel room.  I will make it for as long as I can hold out.  It is husbands work party and we missed last year, so I didn't want him to have to miss this year.  Karen, hope you had a good time at your xmas party.  At least the hotel we are staying at has wifi so I can stay in and xmas shop on netbook when I am tired out.  Bonnie, once again, good luck on your surgery. Leggy, glad you are back!  Hope everyone has a good weekend....ttyl...HunkyD 

Leggy, I am with you on the ibuprofin.  I used to go a year with out taking anything and now I use pain meds daily and sleep meds most nights.  It is very strange to me still but I guess whatever works... I think I was in or near Calistoga acouple months ago, is it near Napa?

Hunky I hope you are feeling better and are able to enjoy the days leading up to the holidays.

Wyoming, Sorry about your numbers.  It sucks when you feel ok and they go up so you know you have to start something again.  I hope you can keep them under control and not have to go too often.  It must make you very tired.

Went to a family dinner party tonight with all my previous partners.  Nice but sad too as I miss working with them and it is easy to see how things go on without you once you leave.  Elcie had fun she was the biggest kid there and loved all the babies.  So did I, they smell so good.  Kelly

Hi girls,

Kelly, yes Napa is about 45 minutes south of Calistoga. I've been back to work for a yr. and still feel like I don't fit in, but I really don't care.   We won't be having a Christmas party this year, because of the economy, and I probably wouldn't have gone anyway.  It had become, something of a spectacle, with the young ones getting way to drunk, and making as#$ of themselves. I did too, when I was young, but that was then.   

I have to take something for sleep as well, and I still only get about 7 hrs.

It was so cold last night, I just did a drive-by of the tractor's being set up, before the parade, and it was cute.   On main st. some people were lined up in chairs, all bundled up 2 hrs. before the parade was to start, and it just made my bone's ache, looking at them...buuurrrrrr!

It is only 7 degrees this morning. With the wind chill it has to be way below 0. Glad to hear everyone is doing realively well. This weather makes me sleepy. I have been having a hard time waking up in the mornings.

HunkyD glad to hear you are getting some shopping done.

Karen do what ever ilt takes to make you feel stronger. I say the mind does work in mysterious ways. Keep us up to dat on what happens with onc.

Stay warm and will talk to everyone later.

Wyoming