Bottle 'o Tamoxifen

Tink / Jo - I did indeed see the eye candy...didn't have any of tha last night! Chevy...did drink wine as well as sleeping time tea so I covered both bases. Anne...I believe the breast cancer team in Halifax works as a team...ie. one sees you and then results are sent to all so if there is a problem, they all know. I plan on asking about blood tests when I see him on the 22nd. All three (oncologizt, radiologist, surgeon) explained my cancer details to me piece by piece....3x!....so I guess if Dr. Rutledge sees anything or if I ask a question hat should be redirected, I will be sent for more...hope they were going on the 'best case scenario' when they said you can get a new prescription next fall from your Gp and then I will see you in a year or so after that. ...told me to make an appointment when I told him if the cancer is gone at my 6month appointment that I may go and teach overseas for a year and get back to my life. ....he told me to just call and make an appointment when I knew I was going to be home then!....but no...no 'every 6 months' kind of thing....now I am wondering why (maybe because it is a good thing?)..in any case, I will ask.

thanks ladies!

Chevyboy!! YES, you better stay!! Glad you can hear but that silence is probably nice at times too!!

Tink, you have GOT to get a Tinkerbell tattoo!! Yes, that's perfect! I don't have any (yet! will have two...one on each breast soon! LOL)and never in a million years thought I would....but I have actually been considering a tiny one on my ankle.....guess that would make three.

Tea....I have been a mega green tea drinker for manyyy years. I like all kinds, loose leaf, white, matcha. Matcha is my favorite and much more potent. Gotcha Matcha (Matchcasource) is where I get mine from online. Love it!

What you all might want to keep in mind with tea though, is even though it is very good for us, it will inhibit your iron absorption if taken with meals or too close to meals. I have had low iron recently and I drink lots of tea. So, the onc nutritionist told me to separate it by 1-2 hours of a meal....or you can add some OJ or other citrus to it. Citrus or Vit C helps your body to absorb iron. (I learned about iron after being low,lol) So might not hurt to add something with vit c, like broccoli or citrus to iron rich meals.

Hope you are all having a wonderful Saturday night! Jo at the movies and Tink at Bunco......my night is low key. 

ECG- I have never heard of matcha but will check it out for sure....didn't know about the tea and food thing either, though I have accidentally been doing that. I tend to drink the green tea mid afternoon and morning and then one at night...decaf all the way!

Sherry. -Next sleepover, I'm in!

I agree...tink...go for it! doesn't have to be big....they make a stencil out of the drawing you bring with you. For my 30th birthday, my old roomie (also a breast cancer survivor and my guiding light throughout this entire process) designed a sun for me and came with me while I had it tattooed on my ankle....two years before that I had a fireball tattooed onto the other ankle to celebrate being free of a lousy relationship and getting my personal 'fire and energy' back...Have not had a tattoo done in 19 years....but this year, it is time....might do a ribbon, might do a bright pink flower...but it will be small and somewhere on my left side near the surgery site (not on the scar either because holy crap that would hurt!)......celebrate life!

Jo if your blaming me for MR HOT STUFF... I will accept the blame if he comes back next Fri lol!!!..

Bunco was fun I didnt win this time but the laughs and food are the real prize anyway... last month I actually won a prize and made BUnco history with our group for the most losses I lost 15 out of 18 games.... yup I was indeed the biggerst loser... hahaha

Tink tatoo seems unanimous.. lol... I might consider it down the road... still have another surgery to get through and nipple tat  maybe when all is said and done ?? I do know when we got o the beach this summer I get the Henna tatoos with my daughter and I am defitnely doing a Tink one... will post a pic when I do....

Jo how was the movie??..

ECG... any particular type in mind... I checked out the site for the vegas trip... wouldnt be able to go anyway its my daughters 16th bday that weekend... but down the road it would so much fun if we could plan like a girls trip together maybe a 3 or 4 day cruise or something wouldnt that be awesome?

June... miss you hope your having a good weekend!!!!!

lol... you really love it then... the girl that had bunco tonight had a ton of food and 4 different desserts... but none were as pretty as yours or as guilt free either... lol...

Goodnight sweet dreams!

sherry- it would be cool to meet, let me know when you come up to WF.  I never know my schedule (we are real estate agents, so kind of "on call") but hopefully I can work it out.  I do have a fair amount of free time, just don't always know when its coming.  Do you ever go to Central Mkt?

oooh. that pic of tink would be perfect on an ankle....or butt cheek....or shoulder...or or or....my dilema a the moment is deciding where to put it. I was so much braver and did not care about pain when I was 28 and 30 getting them done...bu I figure if I can have myself cut open, i can have a little dye put in....the black lines hurt more than the colour because of the type of needle they use...and I plan on having lots of pink in my tat so should not hurt too much!

Think I will be in the States again in September (hoping the weekend of hte 12th) for a workshop/conference....anynoe on this train live in that area?

Saturn yes I love central market and Sun Harvest. I come in from 183 south

Jo did u get the popcorn that u can refill for free. That is what we always get. I love movie popcorn but not the greasy butter added

Tink glad u had fun at bunco have not played in years. When we lived in another town we had friends that always did a big bunco party for New Years Eve which was alot of fun. The guys really got into it. Haha

Heading into the home office to get some work done then lunch with the in laws and then plant my vegetables. Will be another busy day

Tink, glad you had fun at Bunco!! I have had biggest loser like that before. lol I belong to a Bunco group here. It's alot of fun.

Jo, glad you enjoyed the movie and the popcorn! I am wanting some now!!

Sherry, hope you have a great day with the inlaws!

June, busy days are a good thing sometimes. Ive been stir crazy and ready to get busy again!

Sandee, unless I missed it, which part of the states are you referring to?? 

ECG- Right!! duh!!! too impatient to head off to my teaparty this afternoon! (fun..at a ceramics studio). Chicago, I think!

@ Tink: I  was surprised how little getting a tatto hurt. It was a total piece of cake compared to biopsies, IV's and all the other stuff. No big deal at all. Once I had the little radiation tattoos I figured 'what the heck' and got a big one after giving a lot of thought to what I wanted to say with it and finding something I wanted to live with on my shoulder for the rest of my life. I totally love it and love how it looks with a black halter evening dress. It is fun because I get a lot of people coming up to ask me about it.

The lady who did my tattoo was very good about moving from one spot to another so that it never got painfull on any one place. I think you are right, I foot would be more sensitive.

Top of the foot, top of the hand and the breast are supposed to be the areas that hurt the most...so I was told when I got my second one anyhow. All those little bones etc...

Question totally unrelated to this....has anyone else had acid reflux (I think that is what happened) in the middle of the night? I have only had it one other time...and it is since I went on Tamoxifen....woke me up at about 3:30 am this morning and was so bad I had to take pepto bismol!...I had taken my med later than usual..had forgotten about it until about 10om...an hour befor eI went to bed. Could this hav ebeen the cause? Any thoughts?