MIDDLE-AGED WOMEN 40-60ish

yaya - I know you asked this a few pages back but I just wanted to share my experiences with my port. I have times when mine doesn't want to give blood. I have to do tricks I call them. Sometimes I feel like I practically have to stand on my head. Most of the time though I can get it to give blood if I just lean back in the recliner (in the chemo room) or lay down on the table in the room the doc sees me in and do a little deep breathing. Just slowly inhale then slowly exhale. Also I sometimes had to raise my left arm (port side) above my head. Once in a while may have to turn on my right side or cough a few times. Like I said TRICKS. But mostly the deep breathing does the trick (lol).

Glad to hear there are some good things starting to happen to a few.

Welcome all newbies. Love this thread.

Leisa

Barbe - He knows. I'll have to tell him that I'm sharing his words of encouragement with the people on this forum. I have 4 wonderful brothers (I'm the only girl), but he's the one that always looks out for me. He'll be taking me to the hospital for my PMX on Wednesday.

Elimar - I was treated with 4 rounds of adriamycin and cytoxan , then 5 weeks of radiation, 6 rounds of cytoxan, methotrexate and fluorouracil (F5U) followed by 5 years of tamoxifen and a few years after that ended, 5 years of femara. 

Reesie, that's great! Wish NJ wasn't so far. I now Chrissy is going to the outer banks. I'll have to see when. That's closer to me.

Having a bone scan next wed to make sure we aren't "missing" something. That statement scares me. I can't seem to stop loosing weight and the pain keeps increasing. Scans and bloodwork look good and he actually used the word "stable". I suppose I could be just doing too much. The dog grooming business is booming right now and even though I make the other girls handle the big dogs, I'm doing more small ones. Hope that's it! I won't have results for 2 weeks when I see him. Blah! Hope everyone is having a great weekend! Finally raining here!

Foxy

Morning ladies!  Hope all of you are doing great today!

Thanks Elimar...I get this huge sense of peace knowing you are all in my corner.  So great to know I am not waiting this out alone!  The best thing here is I know you are all sincere.  We are all here for each other, we care and worry about one another too.  I love this place and this great group of friends I am getting to know.  Anyway Elimar sounds like you are busy with "normal" life right now and free of the docs for a bit.  Hurray!

Janice....greetings!  It must be wonderful to finally have your rads out of the way!  How nice you are getting a visit from your mom!  Don't kill yourself over housework (although I would do the same thing...my dad is coming from NM in a week).  I lived in Caper for 12 years, and I moved here last year from Cheyenne where I had been for 7 years.  Lots of wind!  Oh the Tetons are incredible.  You have to have a boat load of money to live up there though.

Ginny....welcome, sorry you have to be here but this is a great group.  Bitch and whine away!  I haven't started treatment yet, but I can certainly understand wanting to get it over with.  Normal is good....but for the time being we have to endure all the crap that goes along with our BC.  I am sure radiation will be much easier then chemo.  Hang in there!

I am being treated to lunch today by my new BC "memtor" from Angel Care.  They are a group of survivors that help newbies along the way.  She is bringing me a tote bag that they put together...said it is full of goodies.  Sounds fun!  Her name is Gail, and Angel Care is funded by the Susan G. Koman Foundation.  I am looking forward to meeting her and having a nice lunch. 

I hope you all have a nice day.  Thanks for waiting with me for my Friday results!

Hugs.....

Janis

Wow--so much to catch up on!!

Jo-hope you are having fun on your trip.ENJOY!!

Welcome justme and ginny. A year ago I was in your place, it does it get better. And yes, waiting is the hardest part. Janis, i will be thinking of you on Friday.Ginny, we promise to listen to your whining, if you promise to listen to ours!

Foxy-sounds like you are trying to keep your mind off your future doc visits. Nothing wrong with that--just don't over do it! You wouldn't want to be out of sorts when the baby comes and for the wedding. Take it easy, you can do it, you just shouldn't try to do it all.

Valjean--I'm one of those cart people too. Last night at my DS's band concert, I went out a closed door (to do the pre-concert pee). Everyone was entering the double doors to my left, as soon as I opened the single door to go out, a whole bunch of people plowed by me going in as was holding the door open with my arm. It was very awkward, I mean I know it was the polite thing to do to HOLD the door for others, but I hadn't even gotten out of the door yet----just call me a doormat!!

Paula--CONGRATS on the promotion offer!! Isn't it nice to be recognized for a job well done? How wonderful for you!!!

mjb and sherryc--I am on Ancestry too. No Newtons that I know of in my family. Darn, wouldn't that be cool if we found a relative on here?? Where are your families from mostly? We  are mostly from Nebraska by way of Iowa, Ohio and PA. My ancestry tree name is cmblastic2 ( iam not very original in the name, am I?)

mjb-Great news on the scans too!! Keep them coming!!

Barbe1958--you crack me up!! I do feel like being on the edge a lot, but I like the way you put it--next time some one gets too close, I'll push THEM off!!! 

Elimar that is too funny about your weeds.  We are heavily blessed with them too and I find yanking the satisfying as well.  It sounds like you have Bine Weed .Nasty creepy crawly stuff that just takes off and runs!  It is so hot here I can't stay out there too long.  I usually try to go out early in the morning and pull them.  We also have a ton of thistles.  Those are really nasty, loaded with teeny thorns.  I have to use gloves to go after them.

Almost all of my annuals that I planted died.  I had some pots out back, but we have just a concrete slab out there, no cover and it is ridiculous hot out there.  I water them daily but most burned up.  The back faces west so the afternoon sun just is too hard on them.

Have fun elimar and let those weeds know who is the boss!

Hugs!  To you and everyone here.

Janis

Its A FLOWER POT for outdoor arrangements

looks like broken up make-up to me

I'd say it's a souvenir from somewhere. Don't know where......

heartnsoul you are not going to believe this but my newton side came to Texas via North Carolina.  We are probably related.

Foxy good luck on your scans next week

I think the picture is texture on sheet rock.

cmblastic my tree is Callaway-Newton Texas Twister and my screen name is sherryc619.

I spent the day taking my 83 year old MIL shopping.  She is so particular she wants pant styles from 15 to 20 years ago.  Guess what they just don't make them.  She wants jeans and khakis and she does not want low rise.  She is also a size 2 so that creates an issue right there of what is available.  Anyway we came home with two jeans and 1 pair of dress pants.  Don't think she really liked any of them but decided to settle.  They all look really cute on her but she did not like this or that.  She has a cute figure but does not want anything tight enough to show it off but does not want anything baggy either.  I am also a size two and finally convinced her that I have a catalogue that I order from and for her to check it out and if she does not like how they fit she can return them.  So that is our next thing get on the Internet and shop.  But she is a very sweet lady so I was glad to spend the day with her.  She will hardly leave my FIL as he is 88 and not in the best of health.  He also can be demanding and she is always afraid my DH can't handle it.  Duuu  DH is 62 I think he can handle his Dad.  He was still alive and watching TV when we got home just like he was when we left him and DH did not forget to take him to lunch. Although he had spilled lunch and coffee on his shirt and my MIL was a little horrified that they went out to lunch with him looking like that.  She is the only one it bothers. haha  That's why she makes him change shirts at least 4 times a day and complains about how much laundry she has to do. I tell her let him wear the spilled stuff on his shirts because most days they are at home by themselves.  She says what if someone where to stop by that would be embarrassing.  My kids always came home from grandmas clean as a whistle. I always had to send an extra change of clothes and she would wash the dirty ones so they came home clean as well. Gotta luv her she is a jewel.

So what exactly is "7th removed" ? I know what a  2nd cousin is-do you just go back that way?  I think the mystery pic is an "extreme" closeup of part of the sky in the topper picture  .