Has anyone started a Dec 2011 group?

Thank you, you all warm my heart. It really does help take some of the sting away knowing others understand.



The dr called in the magic mouthwash for me, I'll pick it up in the morning. Can hardly wait.



Just on the phone with my ex husband, who has been so wonderful these last few months. When he came by today he was limping. Just left the ER with a dx of cellulitis in his foot. I feel terrible, he's been running around for me, now he needs someone.



That's been one of the very difficult aspects of this, feeling inadequate, having to depend on my family.



I want to take care of them!



Mardibra, thank for the prilosec info, hopefully that will address the wicked burning stomach that the zantac hasn't managed.



Hope everyone gets a good nights sleep.



Laura

Wow, so many great post

Laurie, my AC experience was a little different, my MO warned me that days 3-4 would be the worst and they were.  I was slightly nauseous from days 2-4, but definitely after about a week or day 5-6 back to my old self almost.  I would give yourself about a week before doing anything too energy driven.

Markat, I cut my hair at a salon that was quiet and slow, no other customers, I took my wig, so that she can style it for me and I could make sure i was wearing it right, some sylists may be willing to come to the house to do it for u, it's worth asking.

Terry, I don't know what you're going through right now, but can only imagine, I'm due for surgery come April or May, don't know if I too will have a MX or lumpectomy yet, but I'm sure I will know how it feels when I get there.  My heart aches for u...

Laura, sorry to hear that u r still suffering, u poor baby, wish I had magical powers to alleviate all the pain and SE's, but the only thing I can do is pray, so I will for u and all the others in this group

Hope I didn't miss anyone, may u all have a wonderful week with little to no SE's

Good morning... guess I joined the OMG list. Woke up around 4 am for the second day in a row with really heavy bleeding... my period? Not sure. First time I'm off the pill in ages. Anyway, yesterday I just went back to sleep. This morning, when I stood up, I woozed and had to sit down on the bathroom floor to avoid blacking out. When I looked in the mirror, my face was ash white, and I don't think I've ever seen my lips that pale. So I called the onc and the answering service set go to the ER because of hemoglobin concerns (shoot - the one thing I've been forgetting to take with all these meds is my iron!). They checked me out, and aside from low hemoglobin and neutropinia (1.1), decided it just must be my body finding its new monthly (for now) normal. My neighbor was good enough to take me over, but she's been sick, so I wore a mask in the car. Now I'm going to take a nap and then decide whether to go to work or not. I can do some work here at least.

Good luck to anyone with treatments today, and wishing subsiding SEs for everyone else. 

I read this in natural health book to gargle with glutamine then swallow for mouth sores during chemotherapy I have modified and I break open capsule in yogurt drink and swish as I drink. I feel comfortable as I found a few other articles and doc said ok. Please research as I had mouth sores first time and have not since I started this, also healed esophagus from heartburn, worked for me worth a try, got it from health food store says it promotes gi health

Busy bunch here! Rachel sorry about your ER visit. Be careful and get some rest!



Market I'm glad they could reschedule you so quickly.



FSislander thank you for the L glutamine tip. I have been taking the tablets, I'll have to look for the powder. Not that I'm looking forward to AC #2 on Thursday, but they depending on how my mouth is, they may have to delay my treatment. That worries me.



Darlam delivering babies! Can't even fathom. I'm still so loopy Its a good day when I do simple things around the house. The coq10 is not considered an antioxidant? I will look for that too. Amazing to me how I learned about all these supplements from these posts, not the onc.



The onc nurse called about my prescription before, I told her I think they gave me too much, she officially thinks I'm nuts!



Good luck and mild SEs to anyone going for tx. tomorrow, be well.

Mardi good luck with Emarelda tomorrow. I've decided to have mine shaved Thursday night. The thought of my hair falling in to Christmas Eve dinner is worrying me too much.

Ha! I keep telling my husband that I'm going to dress in punk clothes to try and pull off the "alternative " look. I think that scares him more than the cancer

Round two.... had a fever of 100.5, so it was back to the ER. They were so uncoordinated - I waited 50 minutes before they had me see a nurse, despite having said "chemo - low immunity - fever." In the end, they asked me to log my temperature for the next few days and just take it easy. I feel fine, but the onc answering service (of course it had to be after closing time this time) said I needed to go in again. I'm just glad I'm okay - and my wbc was actually up a tad to 1.4. Hoping I can get some real rest tomorrow...

3girls lol about facebook! My girls are 6 and 7 and I've decided to not include them in the process. I'm just afraid it will scare them.



Rachel hope you are feeling better. Have they given you any instructions on avoiding certain foods that could effect your wbc? Fruits or veg?



Seacret hope you're feeling good today!



Have my MRI this morning. Yesterday my headache was actually gone for the first time in 11 days. I've been using Reflexology pressure points. Who knows if that's why.

Okay, now it's my turn to whine.

I WANT MY LIFE BACK! The old one!

Last week, I was thrilled because I sailed through chemo for the most part. Today, I'm a shriveling wreck because my temperature is heading back up and my onco nurse today said like it or not, if it goes back up, I have to go back to the ER. My boyfriend lives an hour away, and I don't want to ask my neighbor again to take me, and I'm just tired of all this. I guess I should have stayed home - I did go into work for a few hours - but I was worried that staying in was making me feel like an invalid.

That's it for now. For the first time in this whole BC experience, I worry that I am getting completely overwhelmed... 

Hi ladies!,

I am on day 6 of treatment 2 and life is not sucking too bad right now. I buzzed my hair off tonight. My hubby held my hand and I only cried a little. I look so weird! Overweight GI Jane with gray hair on the sides. I am only 46 and the sides of my hair is pretty much gray!! I am so bummed. I do not kow whether to rock the bald or wear my wig.  ??

I had a good dinner with him afterwards and I feel pretty decent. I hope I can go to work tomorrow. I am so far behind it is ridiculous!

I can so relate to being overwhelmed. I understand how you feel and I want mine back too!!

Rachel I hope you're ok today!! If I lived anywhere close to you I would totally drive you: )



Hairs coming out in bunches today. My next tx is in a week and of course my worst day will be New Years Eve. First year we'll miss our friend's party in 8 years.



I need to stop reading all the scary stuff on the internet and take everything a day at a time.



Hope everyone is feeling good today!

Okay, I'm feeling a little better. I chose to curl up and go to sleep, even as my temperature edged up to 100.5. My onc had already put me on Cipro in case there is an infection somewhere; the thought of sitting in that lousy ER with doctors who couldn't do anything other than fill me with fluids, stab the heck out of the veins (okay, those are the nurses - one totally blew out a vein in my hand even after I warned her that had happened the last time someone tried to use my hand...) and scratch their heads wondering what else they can do, just wasn't going to do it. My temp was way back down this morning. The weird thing is I feel fine - energy level is okay, no nausea. The hidden 'infection risk' is maddening. I did see two knicks on my hand that are a bit red. Has anyone ever watched Monk? I hope I don't turn into a germaphobe.

Thanks for all the support. For those who are just losing your hair, I'm thinking of you. I'm always amazed at the women I've seen in wigs or turbans or bandanas, or bald, and how beautiful they still really look. You can do this. Mardibra - go esmerelda! My boss is also bald. My boyfriend (who works with me) keeps joking about Mini Me...

Consoling myself with my first cup of hot chocolate of winter (thanks for the reminder, Seacretgardn).

As for bleeding, yeah, my period is coming in fits and starts. This is the first time in years I've been off the pill, so I expected it to go haywire.

One other question that's a bit gross, but I figured I'd toss it out. Aside from constipation, has anyone noticed anything odd about their bowel movements? Mine are still few and far between, but they have just become a really weird color (mustardy) and I forgot to mention it to my onc yesterday. Not sure if this was listed as a possible SE. 

Had my first chemo session today. I was terrified but so far it isn't so bad. I have heartburn, my throat feels scratchy, and I have some weird sensations in my hands. I feel light headed if I move too fast. A whole lot less than I was expecting. 

From what I have been reading it's usually days 3/4 that seem to be the worse. Of course that is Christmas Eve and Christmas for me. Hoping I can at least enjoy a little of it with my family. If it weren't for the Christmas tree I would totally forget I think. My children are adults except for my 17 yo and he's more concerned about me than the holiday. Still, I would like to have some celebration instead of this being the "season of my breast cancer" 

My thoughts and prayers are with you all. I read the board daily, even if I'm not responding and I hate it that any of us have to go through this.