November 2009-Starting Chemo

I love it too! Looking good, Ladies!

I am back...  after an earthquake, a fire in the hospital I was in (thankfully we didn't have to evacuate) and then a hurricane.  WE just got power back on last night after 5 days.  I was going crazy.  I had a 3 hr surgery on my leg that I broke and am in a cast: 

I know those of you on FB know, but those that are not. I am hopping on one foot. I broke my leg, well more like shattered my tibia in a fall down my porch steps. (fell onto hard bluestone) I was watering the flowers at about 8:30 at night on my porch and missed a step I guess and came a tumbling down. I needed to have surgery to put a plate in and several pins. I am now in a cast for 6 weeks. (well it comes off for a few mins in 2 weeks to take stiches out from surgery). Then goes back on. I cannot bear weight on my foot for 6 weeks. And it is my driving foot. So I am stuck home. And with the upper body not good from double mast, and several lymph nodes on each side removed I am not so steady on crutches either. So this is a very trying time for me. I can do basically nothing around the house and it is killing me. I watch tv most of the day and then get myself to the porch and read a bit. At least I have the kids home for a few more days then they start school next Wednesday. I will really be doomed home alone. I am thinking it of a diet plan because I can't get up and get to food !! OH MY gotta laugh or I will cry. (which I do almost daily)

Pam Happy Cancerversary !!!!

Sounds like everyone is doing well.  Hoping you are all going to have a wonderful Labor Day weekend ...  it is so sad to see the summer go. 

HUGS,

Alicia

OMGosh!!!  Alicia!  Boy, when you do it up, you do it good!  What horrible luck!  I hope everything heals properly and very quickly!

 I totally forgot that you are on the island.  Remind me of where?  My DH's family in Aquebogue, Jamesport, and Mattituck (all past Riverhead) made it through fine except for losing power, and then only for a couple of days, not 5.

 Good to hear from you, Phillipa and Pam.  I'm trying not to dwell on the bad "anniversary," the one of being diagnosed, but I guess it will take me a few years to get past that awful time.

Keep those travel updates coming, Sue!  I love to read them! 

School starts here on Tuesday and I've already been called for my first substitute job.  Kids will only have been in school 8 days when I go in, but it's with kindergarteners and that means there's an aide in the room.  I do look forward to working with kids after the summer.  Is hard to realize I have a senior in high school again!  Ya just can't blink!

Happy Saturday and Labor Day weekend to everyone!! 

Sue, Love hearing your travel reports...glad you are having a great time.

Morning everyone...hope you are all having a great Labour Day.  I can't remember, do they celebrate any other place than Canada...It's back to school tomorrow. When the kids were young it meant a break for me.  But now it is just back to making lunches, bluck.

Alicia, Holy Shiz! (((Gentle Hugs))) coming your way. My grandmother always said when it rains, it pours.

Thank you for the birthday wishes. I'm trying to enjoy the day because I have a fill tomorrow. PS thinks I need two more, but I've had to take a week off in between. This has been a pretty good week! Stupid things are so sore, and I've had a pain between the breast and the rib. It feels like it's gonna split in half!

It's supposed to rain all week, but at least Katia isn't supposed to make landfall anywhere.

Michele, for some reason, I didn't remember you, too, have a 12th grader.  I spent hours yesterday on collegeboard.com registering for another SAT and for the ACT for my son, after having guilted him into taking both of them.  (2nd time for the SAT.)  He doesn't know if he wants to go to college, stay home and go to a community college, or not go anywhere (though this one is not really a choice, in my book).  I told him to try hard to pull up his GPA this year, take those two tests, and then he hasn't burned any bridges behind him:  he'll at least have the option of a 4 yr. college.

Anyway, then I spent lots of time scoping out colleges that would be a possibility financially.  That web site is awesome for comparing schools and finding out costs, rankings, population, basically everything you could possibly want to know about a college.  My head was spinning by the time I finished, but it was time well spent.  I probably have an advantage over you and Alicia since DD in already in college, but she knew exactly where she wanted to go, what she wanted to major in, and applied early to only the one college, and my DH sat down with her and helped her fill out the application.  Won't be so with DS.

First day of school for us.  I agree with Alicia: that's it's a "love/hate" relationship. At least, I have breakfast to look forward to:  every first day of school, a bunch of us, moms, meet at IHOP to get caught up on everyone's summer, etc.  I started this 13 years ago and only missed the one year, 2 years ago, when I was diagnosed and had my 1st appt. with the breast surgeon that day.

So, gotta go and finish getting ready.  Happy rainy Tuesday!!!  Nette  

Nettie ~ same here, signed my daughter up for the SAT (3rd time!!) and the ACT.  After that once her scores are back we will figure things out.  She really wants to go away so I am hoping we can make that happen.  Hope you enjoyed your back to school breakfast.

Linda ~ Hoping you had a very nice birthday !  Birthdays sure are grand now.  I used to hate them.  Now I cherish each and every one that comes my way.

PINKTOBER is upon us, and so many of us were starting our journeys with surgeries and chemo.  Here we ALL are 2 years later.  Thanks be to god. 

Hope everyone is doing well.  I am hoping to be at the 1/2 way point with this darn cast.  I am so depressed.  Thankfully for my sectional couch on my front porch.  I hop out there and read for hours each day.  Rain or shine !  Hubby is going to Atlantic city for golf this weekend, thankfully my daughter drives if we need anything.  I of course would never go and leave him like this.  But that's men for you.  I had a SCARE thought I had a recurrance over the weekend.  Felt a small bb type lump about the size of a pencil tip in my newly grafted nipple area on the cancer breast.  They took me in as soon as I called yesterday and are 99.9 it is a stitch trying to come out or under the skin.  They are not worried at all and said to just keep an eye on it.  So I am doing just that not worrying about it ! 

PINKTOBER is almost upon us.  Oye !

Hugs

Hope everyone is OkieDokie. Nothing much going on here. I am trying to work more hours, both kids need braces! My lungs are acting up but I think it is just the crunchy shit left over from radiation. It is not consistent, so I don't believe it is anything bad.

The kids and I have been taking a Taekwondo class as the Gilda's Club. It has been so much fun. I can break a board now with a punch or a kick! The Beau is fine. My 1 1/2 boobs are fine. I may get the expander put back in come November. Right now, I have the top half of a boob, but no bottom half, it is pretty freaky looking!

So boring is good, nothing bad happening!

I wish I could help! I did the LD Flap, and recovery was harder than I thought. You will pull through this. Look at everything you've been through already! Good luck!!!

I had my yearly woman's physical. They want me to consider having an oopherectomy. They don't like the thought of me being on ovary suppressants (sp?) for 10+ years. I am sick and tired of being sick and tired...LOL Oh, what's a girl to do??? This does not sound fun.

Love to all!

Thanks girls.  I still have one more appointment to go to.  The PS I saw last week suggested either TE with implants.  I have had radiation so I was under the impression that was out...but she says no, I can.  Or option two is the Free Tram.  Which she doesn't do.  She suggested I talk to the other surgeon.  I have my appt. with him in a few weeks.  I guess I wait until then to make up my mind. 

How is everyone doing?  Sue, where are ya....it has been two weeks.  Not like you.  I hope you are still on your trip and having a hell of a great time.

A call out to Nette and Alicia.

Susie, wow he is such a cutie pie.  You look great.  Love your hair. 

He looks absolutely yummy!!!

Well, I've got some news. Just had my regular scans, AND I AM STILL NED!!!! Woo Hoo!

Love you all!

I love Ned...Do you get ct scans?  How often?  Here in Canada, they only give a scan it they think there is a problem.

wowza.

Linda ~ Congratulations on your NED ! woo HOO ~~~ 

Michele ~ good luck with your PS decision.  I don't know anything about those surgeries.  I had just tissue expanders.  I will say I am always aware of my implants.   

Sue ~ glad you had such a nice trip.  What a cutie your little guy is!!  And Congrats on your DD news as well.

I am still laid up with this cast on.  9 MORE DAYS and I go to some walker bootie and can slowly start to weight bear on that leg again after 8 weeks !!  It has been a long trying few weeks to say the least.  But the end is near.  All is good here otherwise, don't see my dr's for any tests till February except maybe a gyno appt. 

Melinda ~ sorry about your lower boobie, your beautiful no matter what ! 

Nettie ~ hope you are doing good.

BRENDA where are you??

Hugs to ALL !