Anyone starting chemo in June 08

Hey Bonnie, are you still on Tamoxifen, if so aches and pains are a side-effect?  That and lots of arthritis and peripheral neuropathy have made me feel like I'm twice my age.  Well, maybe that's a slight exaggeration, but it's pretty dare close. 

It's been raining here all night and all day today, so I'm being real lazy today, not much reason to get even out my  pj's, but I have to walk the dog.

Hope your doing better with depression, they upped the Celexa I have to take, since they discovered I'm allergic to the pain blockers.  They don't want me to get to depressed over the pain, in my feet and hands, let alone worry about the world going to hell in a hand basket. That will put things into perspective now won't it.  I think I had better turn off the news.

 Good to hear from you Bonnie, take care.

Hi girls.  I have been reading.  I have been working and fighting chest congestion.  I hope that is all it is anyway.  Bonnie, that is horrible about your daughter.  My gawd, she has really been through it.  I am so sorry for her and that you are so far from her.  I am still on the tamoxifen.  I can't feel safe not taking it but I certainly feel the side effects.  I don't know if when I see my new onc in May I will be switched to some AI or what.  I know they all stink!  Leggy, hope you get your pain managed.  What a life eh?  How are you liking your new toyota?  Does wolfie? like it?  Hope I remembered the name.  Today is green day and I didn't even wear green.  I totally forgot.  Maybe I was hoping someone would pinch me and wake me up from this rollorcoaster ride we are on!  Kare, hope you are well also.  Still saving up my leave time for a real vacation.  Probably going to be more fun to plan and anticipate that the actual trip...LOL!  Especially the cost!  Oh well, we only go round once I guess cause I don't think we have 9 lives like a cat does.  Take care girls and big hugs!  Kelle, almost forgot ya....I am totally empty upstairs.  Hope you are having fun or had fun on the beach!  HunkyD

Maybe Hunky's next avatar will have an aluminum hat?   Kelly

LOL!!!!!!  Even my mother thought that was funny!  I like your style HD.

Today it's official, I'm now a senior citizen.  The first day of spring, is the only thing I'm celebrating, I'm 55yrs old, it's raining, and I really have nothing to do, except read a book...Oh well, it's just another day, and I did buy myself a great birthday present, which is sitting out in my carport.  Maybe I should put a big bow on it, just for something to do, nah  to wet and cold out there, it's 11:30am and I'm still in my pj's.  Why not!  I'm retired, and I can do whatever I want, right!  I have never used these emoticons before, but there's a first time for everything.

Thanks for listening to my rant, time for breakfast before it's lunchtime.

Hi Ladies

To bring you up.  Still not great at typing for very long.  My disability was approved, finally.  My tumor markers are up to 30 and teh physicain assistant noticed a lump on the side of my face in front of my left ear.  Have heard several things it could be.  Onc order a cat scan, ASPAP for last Monday and I see her toorrow for teh results.  Lump doesn't hurt of brother me in any was though.  Well try to post more often

LOL

Sandy

LeggyJ

Is 55 the retirement age in the USA, here it is 65 and you get an old age pension and a Canada pension between the two doesn't amount to much. 

Just spent 3 days in hospital, nothing to do with cancer, I just couldn't stop coughing and new I had a fever so it was Friday night and the only thing I could do was just go up to emergency and see if I could get some antibiotics. Took chest x-ray and heart for some reason and they were both okay so I said well I will just take the antibiotics and go home. He wanted me to just have  one more blood test, fine calls me into a room and says you are not going anywhere because you are diabetic the numbers were quite high I guess. Every 2 hrs all night they would come and poke my finger for blood (oh that was a lot of fun) anyway I am home now with another dozen pills to take (not really a dozen) just seems like it. Now I have another thing to worry about. He said I will have to eat properly no sugar ,bread, potatoes - he just crossed out my whole menu lol. Then to top that off he said to walk for half an hour every day which I should be doing anyway. Just blowing a little steam off here, sorry guys

Thank you KKing for the birthday wish, and I had a cake and ice cream!!!  Bonnie, I have to watch my sugar too, since I'm borderline, for me it's the potatoes that's hard to give up. 

The retirement age in the USA is 65, but I had to go on Social Security Disability, which isn't much here either, but I also had disability insurance through work, so I'm doing OK, for now at least.  The peripheral neuropathy in my feet has become very painful and at times, during the day I can barely walk. As it turns out I was allergic to the pain blockers, and at this time there isn't anything else, except opiates, which I'm loath to take but have no alternative.  There are trials underway, since diabetic's get this frequently, that's why you need to be very careful of your feet. My father had adult onset diabetes, he ended up losing a foot, after fighting rectal cancer, and degenerative heart disease, he gave up when they took his foot, His heart gave out, but he was a fighter, god knows he fought with me all his life.  Everything was his way or the highway, and I had to hit the road quite a few times, as a young girl "back in the day".....To many stories to tell.

Bye for now

Hi ladies,

I saw my onc yesterday, the lump on my face is nothing to worry about.  Praise the Lord.  TM are still rising adn the onc asked me to consider the removal as a treatment.  She says it is an older treatment and sometimes.  She does not suggest it often, tha last was about 6 years ago.  My surgeon holehartedly aggreed with her, so I see a gyn next Tuesday at 8 in the morning to schedule surgery, my surgeon has already reviewed my case with the gyn.  Nothing more to say except i hear my DH talking to MNL about going strawberry picking in  the morning.  I be glad to take my chair and watch him. 

Love to all and if i missed anything I'm sorry have a good night.

Sandy

Let's see, I finished my romance novel and now I'm reading "The Broker", by Patterson, it's still raining, and I feel like it's about damn time for spring.  Right now I'm listening to my favorite CD, by Brenda Russel, a very soulful singer whose greadest hit was "He playes piano in the dark", what a sexy song....To bad I'm alone.

  Hello everyone,  I am in Florida visiting my brother.  Destin Florida.  It is very white sand almost makes you think it is snow until you feel the warmth.  It has been a warm week but today is rainy so I am off to the spa with my sister in law.  A massage and getting our nails done.  I can't use the hot tub as my feet are so sensitive. 

  I have been pretty tired and can't sleep even with meds here so maybe I can rest during the massage.  I tried taking the ambien CR and it makes me really sick in the morning so had to stop that.  Otherwise we are all enjoying the break.  I really notice that I am saying a lot of words in the wrong context now.  My family says I am more sensitive to it but of course they don't know I have cancer in my brain yet.  I am trying not to think about it until my next MRI.  It could be worse...

I am lucky to be here, glad there were a few posts..  I should find out how to post from my phone.  Does anyone do that?   Kelly

It's down right hot here, the weather went from rain to 87degrees yesterday.  I took the opportunity to go to the beach, and have a crab sandwich and clam chowder.  Wow was it good.  My dog, Wolfie had so much fun at the beach, he was all smiles.

Kelly, I know you must have told us, like Bonnie said, but hearing it now that you have cancer in the brain kind of shocked me too. I guess I must have forgotten, but then I do that quite often, and I have a hard time talking and walking at the same time, so I understand that part of it.  I'm glad your having a good time in Florida, dear sister, remember we love you.

My aunts husband passed away last week, he had a kidney transplant, but shortly after he got an infection and it was to much for him.  She has a house in Montana, on Flathead Lake, and I'm going to try this summer and visit with her, after all now that I'm not working I can go whenever I want. I haven't been to Montana, since I was a teenager, so I want to stay awhile and visit relatives, and there's lots of them in Montana.

Here it's after midnight and I can't sleep....again.  I guess I better try.  Night all!

Hi everybody, 

Hunky I had cataract surgery on both eyes about a year ago. One at a time of course they can't do both because as the Dr. said if something were to go wrong they don't want it to happen to both eyes.  Actually there is nothing to it, easiest surgery I have ever had. The best part of course is that you can see a lot better, I didn't even need my glasses just some cheap reading glasses from the store.

Well have to go now but a big hug for everyone

Bonnie

Hi girls, I'm just checking in, nothing new here really. I do have a realestate agent coming today, to see what she thinks I can sell my house for. Not enough I'm sure.

Hope your all having a lovely time.

Leggy

Spring has sprung here in Calistoga, CA!  It's been high 60's to low 70's!   Kelly, did you enjoy your vacation???  I wonder how KKing is doing, and isn't she in Scotland?