Calling all TNs

Heidi, cute video, now I want a dog!!

My hair has officially started to rain down, literally during my shower, man the tub looks like i got my hair cut in it.  No more waxing for me, hee hee

LauraJane, so glad to hear from you. 

Druanne & Heiditoo, your little guys are adorable.  We have 2 dogs, no children - they are spoiled rotten.  I have to post a pic of them and find my way over to the new thread.

I'm back to having to shave my legs everyday, sort of nice I guess.  Wish I had more hair, Still just a strange colored buzz but it's growing. 

Here's my furry baby Brandie...

 

LJ, Oh how wonderful to hear from you.  I can totally understand how we can try this and that, but everything costs money and especially in this economy, it is difficult.  Well, I was thinking what about contacting Susan Komen organization?  We have walked for so many years and raised money and what was that for?  It was for "saving your life".  You are the reason.  Therefore, the time has come for them to give to you, even if they have all this global support, outreach and what not, to us, our lives are also important, each and everyone of us because we are mothers, wives, sisters and daughers and all of us are important.  They have rasied trillions of dollars over the years, I am sure someone there can help you.  Here is their support grant link, hope you can get somewhere with this. Let us know if we all can write letters to them.  Just write us the address and a little bit of your information, and we will all have our letters to them in a heartbeat, faxed to them.   http://ww5.komen.org/

Brandie is adorable and love the scarf! 

Sugar- Brandie needs to meet MacFry. He is secure in his masculinity also!

In fact, I don't think he'd be embarrassed if I posted this picture. Sassy (our former Philadelphia Street Cat  in temporary residence until my son convinces his landlord to allow cats) PUSHED him off his chair while he and Johnny Reb (seated to the left) were enjoying a beer (note the logo on the bottle). For the full effect of this uncalled for bullying I have posted the picture full-size, so you will have to use your scroll key to view the total extent of the carnage.

Hi all. I've been lurking keeping up with y'all.



LJ, thank you so much for checking in, been thinking of you often.



Suze, I hope the new trial is kick*ss for you.



Heidi, thanks for all the chuckles and thanks to everyone for all the pet posts (I really miss having pets)



Welcome Catwhispurr, Lisajcj and Druanne



Bak, congrats on the great news.



OliveO, sorry for the unsettling news, hope the tumor markers are wrong.



Mittymuffin. Thank you for posting the study. It helped in 2 ways. I've been *itching for the last few weeks that by now they should have a way to stain cells so we don't have to have repeated surgeries, and voila, it looks like it may be in the works. Second, my onc has mentioned another possible clinical trial (depending on my surgical results) and I wonder if that's the trial she's thinking of. I've been looking at the research, and I'm gonna try and talk my PCP to put me on Metformin ( if I can't get in the trial and keep my *as out of the control group this time around)



Had my second lumpectomy 2 weeks ago. Neg lymph nodes, and clean margins this time. The week after surgery I was able to put in 3 days cleaning up all the leaves and clearing the gutters. It doesn't get much better than that.

Heidi - I see the "oh so innocent" look on the cat's face - daring you to accuse!!

Heidi,

She has the special cat contemplative look all figured out - looks like she has NOTHING to do with the upheaval around her. LOL!!  I have certainly seen that look before.  I love cats!

McCrimmon, Love the birthday pics!! They are pretty dogs - what kind are they?  I'm glad to see others whose furbabies are like family!! Mine have been a real comfort to me during all this.

Laurajane:  So glad to see your post!  And a "thank you" to whomever called and let you know we were all concerned about you.  You deserve a miracle.. your attitude toward this disease is truly an inspiration and I know you have touched each of us here by it in so many ways.  You do not have an expiration date and you've proven that!  

May you all have a Happy Holiday just in case I don't post until after Christmas!  We bake for a week straight so will be busy.  This time last year I was just trying to get through chemo and practically lived on the forum. I'm very thankful for this place where we all can help one another, even if it's just with words of kindness, hope and strength.  It means a lot to so many...

Mccrimmon324:

Thank you for your kind thoughts. 

Linda - I've been thinking of you a lot with the holidays coming, knowing how much you must be missing your beautiful daughter. I think continuing to celebrate her traditions with her children is an amazing way to pay tribute and help her children through this difficult time. When it becomes overwhelming, we will be here to help you shoulder the burden and lift you up. I am not a religious person, but your prayers mean everything to me, and I feel one day I will meet your daughter and know what lovely, wonderful people you both are. Hugs to you.



Inmate - I am not "crafty" on short notice, so I'm not sure what I could offer there. I can send a pair of "new" Christian Louboutin shoes to be auctioned/raffled, lol. But I'd love to help, so keep me posted! PMs are good.



LJ - please stay in touch and let us help you. Even if in the end all we can do is fund that amazing trip to Mexico... Stay strong.



I love all the doggie pictures. Cats are fun, but dogs are my "thing". I'd still love to get one now, and keep trying to convince my DH that my oldest son adores dogs to so it would be a comfort for him. I may get my way yet..



Angelisa - I hope you have a great holiday!



Lee Ann - hang in there, fingers crossed all is benign! So many things we wouldn't worry about before are now so scary. Come here for support, we'll be here!!



Kathrynn - yay on clean everything, and done with surgery! Time to move forward. Are you doing rads?



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So I'm feeling better today. The Halaven is a little harder on me than the Abraxane, but manageable. I did have a bit more nausea, but controlled. Happily I feel less bloated, and my SOB seems to have improved a bit. I still can't sleep on my right side, and the cough is obviously there, but the reduced bloating is great. My DF MO told me the SEs of the cancer will dissipate in the order they showed up, so cough will resolve last, bummer.



I'm going back to my old MO, she is much closer, and her schedule is much more flexible for my DH. She will continue to consult with DF though, and we'll be keeping a sharp eye out for clinical trials.



Hope the weekend is good for all! I'm hoping I'll be feeling back to good so we can still travel at Christmas. So far I'm headed in that direction, fingers crossed!



Susan

I had my LX and SNB on Wednesday.  All went pretty well but BS had to take 3 nodes that drained from the tumor and one looked "angry."   BS took the lump plus a big hematoma that was still left over from my biopsy 6 weeks ago.  He said he had to go deep, all the way to my muscle so did a lot of cauterizing to stop bleeding.  I am still wrapped and don't know what to expect when the bandages come off.  I can see a lot of bruising around the bandages.   BS is thinking the large LN might be from still trying to heal the biopsy hematoma and I hope he is right.  My PET/CT and brain MRI are all normal so that is good.  NOw just waiting (again) for the path report.  I am so relieved to have the cancer OUT.  I start chemo in about a month if I am healed enough.  

Heiditoo - love those kitty pic's.  It made me LOL!