Anyone starting chemo in June 08

Wow Leggy, never been to Missoula but have been in portions of Montana.  It would be a lot different there for sure.  I am headed for cataract surgery tomorrow.  Thanks for the info on that Bonnie.  I really am not nervous as I have been through so many surgeries already, and am already non sighted legally out of that eye anyway. Keeping this short....stuff to get ready.  Surgery is out of town....hugs to you all and hopw all are feeling ok!  HunkyD

Leggy my husband also has a family reunion on July 8th and a lot of them live in Missoula.

  So maybe we are related?    Kelly

Hi.....my first chemo session is this Wednesday, 5/4/11.  Good luck to you. 

Sorry to hear that news Sandy, keep us in the loop.  Hi girls, not much new here from me, I did have to go for blood tests ordered by my GP, and my thyroid is through the roof, very high, which for some crazy reason means low....I don't know, anyway I have to see the Onc. on Wed., and repeat the blood test again.  I've been on thyroid meds. for over 20yrs., so no big deal, they will up the meds again, but right now I'm tired, and my hair does seem to be falling out at rate higher than normal, and I don't have a lot to spare. 

I still have plans to travel up to Montana, to stay with my aunt, for awhile, and I'll travel through Oregon and Washington, looking for a place I might want to move to.

Good luck everyone!

Hello and happy, wet, spring.

We are back from holiday with my dad.  It was hard to be with my moms family without her but we did have a lot of time together and remembered all the fun we have been lucky enough to have had before she died. It is important to keep the cousins connected and this helped with that.  My son had a great reception everywhere and was wonderful about caring for his sister every day.  He really is a good kid and it was nice to be with him outside of the house so he can be himself around me not just my son. Does that make sense? 

I could hardly move after all the traveling around but wasn't home 12 hours and had to get up and go to see the radiation oncologist. At one point he asked what was hurting and I told him it would be easier to say what wasn't (my right calf )!  He was very helpful and I had to get an MRI and face mask and bite block made.  I will go today for a CT scan and then start focused radiation on Friday or Monday and follow up with paratial brain radiation after that.  I am scared but also glad to have a plan in place.  I dreaded telling my family during the whole trip so I had to tell my dad and son last night.  I told my older son that this really gave me an excuse for anything I do wrong as there is really no snappy comeback to "sorry, the brain cancer made me do it"  He didn't really see the humor in it but I reminded him it is no good to sit and cry.

So could everyone give me a heads up on your health (boring but necessary) your life these days and any hopes or plans for the summer?  I feel like we are drifting apart.  Love to all of you,  Kelly

Hi, I had my Mammogram yesterday, and it wasn't as painful as I anticipated, they have a digital machine.  A couple of weeks ago, I saw the Onc., but it was uneventful, Thank God. 

 Nothing much new here, except we have a fox with a baby, under the neighbors shed behind our house, so in the evening before it gets dark, I can watch them outside my bedroom window.  The baby is so cute, it plays just like a kitten, chasing its tail, and jumping at bugs.  I have a bird bath, and it climbed up and got a drink, it was so fun.  Luckily the few times I've seen the mom while I was outside walking Wolfie for his last pee of the day, Wolfie didn't see the fox, and it just went the other way. 

It's been raining here, and it's hard to believe it's June. What happened to Global Warming anyway....

We still haven't heard from Wyoming, I hope she's OK. It's good to hear from you girls.  Good luck to you Sandy, and all my prayers to you Kelly.  KKing go Pub Crawling for us...

Oh Sandy, I just couldn't imagine going through that again, but we some how do it.

Prayers go out to all of you,

Love,

Jan

Hunky don't even say you hope we can put up with you of course, if there is anyone who will understand it will be on here.   Where did it come back in may I ask?  Maybe it will work out ok but it is always the unknown and the treatments that are so hard.  I will say some prayers or whatever I have to do to help you out, as you have been very helpful for me at bad times.

Sandylou hope all goes well for you and there will be times that you feel like blowing somebodies head off and this is the place to come and let it all out.  Good luck

LeggyJ glad your mammogram turned out fine, my doc ordered one for me not sure when it will be soon hope I have good luck also.

Love you guys, have to go now

Hi everyone

Had my second tx yesterday.  Drew blood cultures because I was running a fever Tuesday night late up to 101.5.  I didn't bother to call the cancer center, I would have been tole to call first thing in the moring and I had an 8:15 am appointment.  This week I had just the Taxol.  About 2 minutes after the nurse started the drip i got excruceatin g pain in my lower back.  I told one of the nurses and in less than a minute my onc and about 5 nurses were around me.  Stopped the taxol, put me on saline and oxygen, gave me two injections, i don't remember one of shots but the other was ativan.  Onc ordered the taxol be resumed at a slower rate. and I did fine until after tx and we stopped aT wALMART.  I got one of electric scooters and ran into a couple of counters and almost ran my dh down and a couple of other customers.  We left there and to stop and buy feed and he said I had to sit in the car and don't move.  Today is Thrusday, nose keeps driping, dry foods, such as bread, crackers, etc. hurt the inside of my mouth to eat, guess I'll have to stick to real food and not junk.  My finger tips fell tender while I type so I guess that's about all.  Should of know the second time around of chemo wouldn't be as easy as the first.  Just didn't think it would start so soon.

LOL

Sandy

Oh shit, HunkyD, that just sucks.  A few days ago, I got a call from radiology, and they spotted something, and need to take another look...sounds familiar doesn't it.  Tomorrow, I have an appointment for another mammogram, followed by an ultrasound.  It's been three years, girls and the shit just keeps rolling.  I've been feeling really tired lately and today I threw up and feel like shit, funny thing is I just feel numb.