For Older People with Sense

Lot's of activity here lately! 

Marybe -- Just want you to know you are in my prayers.  {{{{Hugs}}}}

 AmyJo:  Love your sewing room!  I am jealous!  I was downstairs in mine tonight.  The room is a nice size.  With a little work, I could add some shelf's and rearrange and it could be nice.  My problem is that it is in the basement and I don't go down there as often as I used to.

BarbaraA:  I know how you feel about the job!  Actually, I like what I do, just don't like my boss and my primary coworker.  People were nice to me for a while, but things are back to normal now.  I get a great deal of respect from the people I service, however, I have had a problem with my boss for years. I have never been able to figure it out, but she just doesn't like me and has always made it difficult for me.  I have sucked it up because with most of the other jobs at my level would require a lot of travel.  As a single parent, that was just too difficult, so I have stuck it out for years. 

We did get rid of the lice, but I seem to be having a reaction to the lice treatment.  My skin is itchy and blotchy and I have a rash on my neck.  I am miserable and tired.  Have worked 9 and 10 hour days all week and then even had to take some work home to get ready for some classes that I teach at work.  When I get home, I fix dinner, help kids with homework and then fall asleep on the couch. Still having issues on the left side.  It is better and there doesn't seem to be any fluid build up, but am having spasms.  Well, tomorrow is Friday -- another weekend. Gotta start the day with a smile!  Good night ladies!

Phyllis

Marybe, I'm glad you have such responsive doctors! It makes a huge difference. 

Isabella, I used to think I used to work hard until I met you...  (I did 40 acres with critters, hay, gardens, road work, actually building bridges & houses, and I don't know what-all -- I think of it as the hauling water chopping wood phase) -- but what you "used" to do is simply amazing.  Not to mention what you still manage to do and keep up with.   Your new tidy-up phase is inspiring me though.  Today I think I'll really take a hard look at clothes closets and chests, and be brutal. My 3 acres in the woods is nice and "easy" compared to your English countryside farm life!

Phyllis I hope you can get some relief, and some rest this weekend.

BarbA, my new-job wishes for you are still in full force. Sometimes it takes awhile for the right one to turn up. Don't give up hope. Maybe the cruise will rejuvenate your spirits enough to "rise above it" awhile longer...

Saw MO on Wednesday, regular 3-mo. checkup with the 6-mo bloodwork done; 6 mnth-Mammo in two weeks gives us an excuse to go to the NorCal coast and see my BS who I adore.  MO gave the all clear on blood work, and my Vit D is up to a respectable 52. A year ago it was 38.  

To All, I hope you have a pleasant weekend.  Looking forward to Chrissy's NZ installment.

((Lynmichel) you can do it!

Phyllis, rest, gal pal!

Isabella, the conservatories sound lvely. How great to feel as through you are outside when it is snowing and you are snug and warm.

L_C great new on your blood work!

I, too, need to get into a cleanup phase. Our community is having a yard sale but I think it is when I am on the cruise. Oh well.

LynM.....get a wig beforehand.....I really did not like wearing a wig, but I did the lst time around and no one even knew it was not my hair, in spite of the fact it wasn't the same color.  I had quite a few people tell me they liked my hair and I think they just thought I dyed it or something.  They make some very nice wigs that are not horribly expensive and most insurance companies will reimburse you  for a wig up to a certain amount of $s.....you need to submit a bill along with a RX for a cranial prosthesis.....I cracked up when I saw that on the prescription.  I also do not like to show physical evidence that I have cancer and am very fortunate in that I have always looked the picture of health in spite of treatments.  For me the hair loss was hard, not so much as a vanity issue, but because it was physical evidence that I really had something wrong with me.  I was telling Tim tonight that I like looking "normal" and that the only people who know I even have cancer are ones I choose to tell....that is important to me....have never wanted to be an object of pity to others. 

Momoftwo....one summer when my niece was visiting she told me we need to get such and such (I forget what the name of it was, some shampoo for lice) and when I asked what it was and she told me, I immediately started itching.  She was quite educated in what to do, was telling me how you use the little comb to get the nits (think that was what she said).....I called my mother and said Wait til I tell you this one.  My memory on this is foggy not due to chemo, but the fact this niece is now 27 yrs old so it was a long time ago.

I feel like I am getting a sore throat so am popping Vit C.....if I do, I am going to kill the receptionist because she came to work sick.   

I always wanted a green house Isabella.  When I got replacement windows for the house I saved the old casement windows thinking they would be perfect for that, but never got my greenhouse. 

Dragon, Tonic water helps me a lot with muscle spasms....it has quinine in it. I keep a bottle by the bed.  There was a time when I got them so bad, especially in my legs and feet. that I would be pushing against the wall and trying to get my leg into a position where it would ease up and I would be actually groaning and yelling outloud...OMG, Please, please,  Oh, ooooh, Oh.  At different times I have had a tenant in the upstairs which actually used to be an apartment and I think afterwards if they heard that in the middle of the night they must have thought it was some really wild passionate sex going on.  Not in this house, believe me.  LOL.  But seriously do try the tonic water, it works faster than potassium pills or bananas. 

I get some leg cramp pills with quinine from the health food store..they work

Dragon, Wonder if Miracle Whip is more popular in the Midwest, Mom used it too as did my aunt in ND.  I first tasted mayo at my in-law's house here in Western Washington.

  Nothing like a good BLT with an Ohio tomato.  He may have lost most of his reasoning powers, but my Dad still grows good tomatoes.   He is going to explain his logic to me re the car when I am there next weekend.  Miracle whip actually has a lot more flavor than mayo, but they are two totally different tastes....I know this one dip recipe I have tastes different if I use one in place of the other.  Now I am thinking maybe that sounds good for dinner.

I spent the morning at the hospital...well actually most of the day.  My friend is now in ICU and they were going to go in with a needle and take the fluid out of her lungs, but then the radiologist looked at the films and said it is not critical so the Dr. is going to come in and do it Monday...my opinion, the dr probably just didn't want to come in on a Sat.  Do not get sick on a weekend.   She had a bowel obstruction and some breathing issues so that is why they moved her upstairs.  She was looking better when I left because they finally gave her some food. 

Thanks everyone about the chemo advice.

Marybe that sounds like a good idea to get a wig beforehand.  Like you said I don't want to be a cause of pity from people.  I just want to continue to be me.

Leah thanks for telling me where to find wig advice on the forums.  Maybe I'll become a blonde or redhead!

There's nothing like a BLT with home grown tomatoes in the summer.  Except maybe a grilled cheese sandwich using sharp cheese and a slice of tomato.  We've always used mayo where I grew up in PA.

sweet spot, Lisa.. i bet chrissy crashed when she finally got home, eh?

 is that ic from morikami, chrissy? she'lll be out for a  few  days, at least, im betting..

  Funny, yall are talking about muscle cramps today. ive thron may back out, now. got a new stand for the computer, and its too tall. now, living on flexeril, as its now started the crampinng from the ms... its like doninos....grrrrrrrrrrr3jays

Mayo (brandname) for me. And home-grown tomatoes. Isabella have you tried the precooked microwave bacon? My mom ate that but I never tried it so can't say if it tastes like bacon.

 It must be national muscle spasm week. I'm joining BarbA with the out of whack back.  I just stood up from sitting on Friday morning, and have been in trouble ever since. No relief.  Just when I was getting over the UTI and feeling good - wham! Heat wraps, back brace, pain meds, zip relief.  Next up to try is muscle relaxers, and for me Flexeril is night-night, so I just haven't taken any yet. Should have taken one last night before bed.  I see PCP on Tuesday & can manage this pain level until then but I sure hope he can tell me what's up.  BarbA, I can truly say "I feel your pain."  Yikes!

Lyn, good idea on the wigs.  So many helpful & caring women here.

Leah, are you over your UTI?

Glorious fall weather here... my mums have been a joy - 3 feet tall and lush, in pots, they look like huge snowcones in yellow, orange and burgandy. I've been giving them away all over town & still have masses.  I usually don't have such success with flowers (but I can grow food!) so it's a real treat for me...

Best to all. ((( ALL )))

www.goodwishesscarves.org

Here is one that I got a free headwrap from, but if you google free headwraps or free scarves for cancer patients a bunch of other ones come up also.  You can get free makeup and sometimes a wig or scarf depending on what companies have donated supplies when you go to Look Good, Feel Good which is put on by the Am Cancer So at a lot of different hospitals.   I figure why not get everything you can out of this deal....sort of like that make lemonade if you've been handed lemons analogy.  

I have tried the precooked bacon and it's not bad.

My grandmother used to always make her own mayonaisse.....my father loved it on tomatoes.  

How many of us has been given the whooping cough  or pertussis vaccine??

I fry up my bacon and freeze it in bunches...

Here in Texas, we like a BALT -- a BLT with avocado.  YUM!

Hellman's all the way for me.

Now I'm hungry.

~lulubee