MIDDLE-AGED WOMEN 40-60ish

chiluvr....the hospital sent me home with paperwork on both Costcochondritis and Pleurisy.  It sounds like it could be either, but strange that both "attacks" lasted just the one day and then vanish.  Not that I mind!  One day is plenty.  The day after I am just a bit sore and very tired.  Then back to normal.  It is so strange.

Today I am seeing a different RO and I really am curious if he will have any idea what this could be.

I hope everyone has a great day! 

Denise, ER+ breast cancer is slow growing. Chemo is targeted to attack activity which is implied growth. It won't touch a slow growing cancer, so your decision makes sense!! I would be doing EXACTLY what you are doing.

Who knows if the cancer has travelled the intramammary lymph nodes by now? One node? Good. The node did it's job!

When/if, the cancer comes back, we can use the chemos that we would have used 5-10 years ago when we were first diagnosed. OR, hopefully, they will have BETTER chemos when we need them!

Eli- when I was in college there was a huge retired ballroom on the top floor of our ancient dorm. It had 2 tvs on either side---one for the ABC soaps and well, the rest fought over the ownership of the DIAL of the other one.I lived there during the Luke and Laura days of GH and that room would be full of 100's watching--guys and gals, popcorn, sodas--it was a daily addiction. That's when I started watching AMC too. Like you I only watch it occasionally but this week is like old home week. Love seeing how everyone is old like me now!!!!

SAB--I am reading the Emporer of All Maladies and am just now at the part where they began experimenting with the radiation and its curative effects for cancer. Amazing how many died at the beginning. Yes, truly barbaric. Love the part about what cures us may kill us later.  

Gals, I too scheduled college courses around my ABC soap line up, as did my roomies. Of course that was waaay ahead of the fantastic invention called Soapnet! Television could use more talk shows like I could use more positive lymph nodes!!!

And let me be the first to assure you all that in no way am I offended at the Playboy references. Yes, my boobs have always been big. Now that I don't have the same view when I look down, I'm realizing everything under my boobs is big as well.

I didn't have the chance to schedule my classes around soaps so I never got into them.  There always was a class w/lab that I had to take in the early afternoons.  Seems I missed out on the fun.  No cable either now, so guess I'll have to check it out on Netflix or Hulu.  We're not a big TV watching family.  Historical romance or mystery novels, now there's the ticket! 

Janis - Hope the new RO has some answers for you.  I see my RO on Thursday and hope to get an answer about my stabbing pain too. 

Does anyone here remember Dottie Thornton who married Tad?  She's married to my brother now!  

Oh, I remember those Luke and Laura days too! 

WOW what cop-out these guys are giving you!  I would be complaining to whoever is the head of the clinic!  I never understand why they just can't be honest and admit they really don't know!  Maybe we should be asking them if that is what they would be telling their own mother or spouse.  Next attack maybe you should walk in there screaming "this shouldn't happen again" and see how quick you get answers then!  Morons!   Kitty

Janis - You need to go to the Bonfire of the Goddess thread and throw that SOB in the fire.  I know I did mine and I felt so much better afterwards.  If you need help, there are plenty of us that would be there for you.

Hey I love this idea!  I mean really, I found that comment insulting.  That it shouldn't happen again.  Does he have a crystal ball that I don't?   Since it has happened twice already I seriously doubt he can make that claim with any certainty.  Nice try though.  I won't be bothering him if it happens again.  I will stay home just like I did Saturday and I will take care of myself.  Sheesh! 

Yes Jo need some help probably.  This should be a group effort! 

Paula, thanks!  I'll make sure I find that bonfire and treat him to it.  I used to have a bus.  I just mentally put all sorts of bad people on the bus.  When it got full, I pushed it over a cliff.  It was amazing really how carthartic that was.  I always waited a few days before I shoved it over, as some people got a reprieve as I cooled off.  Some people were always on the bus.  The worst ones had to sit right up at the front of the bus.  I loved my bus! 

Haha!  I saw Rick Springfield right when Jesse's Girl was at the height of it's popularity.  My then boy friend (now DH) took me at my request.  I was 19.  I think everyone else was 10 to 14.  I still think Jesse's Girl is a great song and Rick Springfield was hot.

My favorite memory from the concert.  All these young girls yelling, "I want your body!" to Rick.  My DH commenting under his breath, "They wouldn't know what to do with it."  LOL

LOL!  Yes, that is exactly what those 13 y.o.'s were doing, standing on chairs and screaming their heads off.  I guess I am probably about 6 years older than you.  I don't think I've ever felt as old as I did at that concert.

I'm 48.  I saw him at the Spectrum in Philly.  The Spectrum was just torn down this year.  I am old. 

I seem to be making progress here. Today has been the best day yet since my PMX. Minor nerve pins & needles stuff, but mostly just numbness. I actually completely forgot about it for a while this afternoon at work and then 2+ hours of absolutely no discomfort while I saw The Help. If you haven't read the book or seen the movie, I highly recommend both.

No Days of Our Lives fans. I was a major addict for years, following in my mother's foot steps. I still occasionally catch it if I'm home during the day. Of course, I have no idea what's going on. Years agp. when they killed off the original Roman (curly haired guy, I forget his name) a friend and I actually wrote and submitted a script on how they could bring him back from the dead. If there are any fans out there, can you tell me how they got rid of Marlena?

I didn't know there was a"Bonfire" thread. How do I find it? I have a PS from about 16 years ago that should have been burned at the stake. I did write him a nasty letter after he dropped me as a patient a couple of weeks before surgery. Of course, I never heard back from him.

Hautie it is called Bonfire of the Goddess