Fuzzy's Romp Room

Internet was messed up this morning

I met my new Primary. He is pleasant and asked what side was the BC   and went to my left arm for BP. That's good...he is listening.

He didn't hear any irregular heart beat....I already knew because no attacks for 2 weeks.

He found me in good shape and up to date with all my appointments.

He will see me either every 3 months or 6 months.....BW twice a year.

So far so good.....I'm having a test not EKG the other one that it's done with US to check all the heart functions.......OK he is paying attention....

I keep him....Tuesday I have to go back for that heart test............

He is on the 5th floor...didn't take the elevator walked 

SHEILA TO SHEILA -THAT TEST IS AN ECHO- CARDIOGRAM.  IT SHOWS  WONDERFUL INFORMATION ABOUT HOW THE VALVES FUNCTION, THICKNESSES OF THE WALLS, hOW THE ATRIA (TOP) AND VENTRICLES(BOTTOM) ARE WORKING IN CONCERT OR NOT, GREAT VESSELS--AORTA-----SUPER TEST --IT SHOWS HOW THE HEART IS FUNCTIONING. COMBINE THAT WITH THE EKG-ELECTROCARDIOGRAM---YOU HAVE ALMOST A TOTAL PICTURE OF THE HEART WORKING --------AND  EACH ARE NON-INVASIVE, NO RISK------GREAT TESTS

ONE MORE QUESTION...I USED TO EAT TOFU AND LOVED IT   BUT NOW I'M SCARED BECAUSE OF MY ER+.....IS THIS A MYTH OR I CAN HAVE IT ONCE IN A WHILE?

Sheila to sheila, it'd take so research . Oddly I used keywords evidence based research and er+ and soy. Too much anecdotal stuff pulled up . not one evidence based article. So I need to change search terms. But food beckons.

just wanna say a few words as my back is killin me and i have this sinus problem along with a banging sinus headache.

Veggie------you are always on my mind.

Ducky---Happy Birthday.Miss you my sista

I know there are other major pocket parties sooo just give this 120lb.DD some room.

good luck everyone...hugss to each and every one of you

all my love K

Sucky thanks for the cake.. We actually had cake today for my husbands birthday which is tomorrow. Will have more cake on Sunday as it is my youngest granddaughters 2nd birthday.....



Cindy

Nancy I do seem to be feeling better each day. Got a nice surprise tonight with the announcement that our son and girlfriend are getting married this fall. They have been together for sometime now and we already love her as a daughter in law.... What exactly did chemo do to your feet Nancy? I ask cause some of the problem I have in my feet could be chemo related. I just assumed that it was from the blood loss last year. Did the accupuncture help?



Cindy

veggy in your pocket we go.

i might need yall in my pocket tomorrow. had two big cries today-it had been a while since that happened. just feeling down & a little scared again. i HATE breast cancer.

i am back to my gyn next wk. had some bad pelvic pain & back pain last wk & this wk. the panic set in. i am post menopausal- but had 2 young relatives (early 40s) die of ovarian cancer. flashback before bc- had pelvic ultrasounds every 6 months & surgery for an endometrial polyp. want to  talk about more monitoring to check.

i don't eat soy. i used to alot- i was 99% estrogen positive. and not to mention HER2 positive. 

this barbie thread is a hoot! it's fun here in the fuzzinator's world.

(I have never had a PET scan. I used to want one- now I am terrified of having one). 

again girls romp on. yall are the best...

Blessing.......thanks for the info, I'm going to Trader Joe's tomorrow, and will look for the Designer Whey.....................hugs

 

I am awake and ready to go, almost.

On the NEUROPATHY front, for those who want info, I had ACT treatment, which is Adriamycin, Cytoxan, and Taxol for five months, wound up with chemo-induced peripheral neuropathy in both feet, mostly in toes and outside soles of feet, extremely swollen.  I had it in my hands too, but it went away, with slight loss of manual dexterity.  I had some neuropathy in my feet and lower legs to start with, couldn't feel pins they stuck in to check for it.  My feet have been bothering me for years on account of back and feet fractures from car wreck, anytime I walk on concrete floors in grocery store, they hurt so bad.  After chemo, and it's now more than a year since I began it, it feels like cotton wrapped around my toes, feet are swollen, they kind of sting, and as I said they hurt on hard floors.

LAUREN, really sorry to hear your schedule is so stupid, WHY can't they give you what you needed?!  Oh, I would have been upset, too, those bunch of wooden heads.  I didn't know you were going to have TWO surgeries, knew of one but not two, and knew about chemo after.  I really feel for you, kid, so much.  Let's see, recovery on one mastectomy that I had, took a week for me to get my senses back, which was shortly after drains came out.  So, hopefully your surgeries won't take too much of your leave time.  For me, it was the chemo that took away so much of my time, but you know about how that goes.  I think you'll have enough leave time after smoke clears away.

SASSY, I was reading your advice to Cindy (crog) about how to watch for pain, numbness, pulse, and so forth, and I thought to myself, "Gee, I ain't even had a leg op, so what if I got all of those symptoms normally!?!"  Hahahaha.  VEGGY, hope your scan went okay, hope results okay too.  SHEILA, thanks for reassuring me about yoru avatar, and glad your new doc is okay.  But FUZZY used to have an avatar that just blew me away.  It was when she still had her regular hair, and her face was looking up from a pillow, and she was as lovely as any woman I've seen.  Fuzz is crowned my real sister and I love her.

LOWRIDER, good to see your name on the forums again, your dog is like my dog.  My dog, tho, while being an Aussie mix, is taller & leggy, nearly all white except head, plus his tail curls up, he may have some greyhound in him.  I would very much like to hear about the medical error that was made on you, but only "go there" if you want to.  Here's a link to some dog reunions with soldiers I came across today:  http://welcomehomeblog.com/?s=dog  And here's my Smokey:

ALL, I may have to go see my neurologist sooner than September.  I wanted spring and summer off, but my back has become intolerable and I can barely enjoy the better weather.  Neuro is stingy with opiates, altho I take them.  I just needed a stronger one and he held off.  It was my psych doc who took pity and gave me Lyrica a few years ago when I cried over the pain.  Gotta get a better back brace too, but it can wait until September.  As for my cancer, I am convinced I do not have any left in my body, hopefully the CT scan in the fall will confirm my belief.  I recall a movie took place at turn of century, where two friends, one an African American maid to a high-class white woman, the maid wound up with the death sentence, and the white woman visited her for the last time in jail and asked the maid if she KNEW there was an afterlife, and the maid said she didn't know, "But I BELIEVES."  Just believe, my sisters, and grace will be with you always.  Love, Gail 

Nancy I think you are right on what chemo can do. I know I have a little neuropathy in the left foot. I am not sure about the right thought cause I had the blood clot which prevented blood from getting to the foot and I have blamed my numbness due to that, who knows.... I am also using gababentin but not sure if it is doing anything for me..... I absolutly hate taking all of these drugs.... Thanks for the congrats we are just so happy about the engagement......



Cindy

Dogeyed you just reminded me that with this last operation I just had I woke up to a drain in my leg. Brought all the memories of having drains after mastectomies back to me... Luckily I did not have to come home with it in....



Veggynglad you are done with that and the Ativan worked for you....



Cindy

Lisa, how did your test go?

Veggy---so glad you took the ativan yeah--------but shopping  afterward that wasn't in the suggestion.

to see or not to see that is the question? Or is it to spell correctly or not.? or is it to to decipher/

wtf?

I just tried to read whats all going on and we seem to be pretty reasonable.y sane.

where is Fuzzy? --------Fuzzy I went through a few periods in my life that were strange------anywhere from Bipolar to depression over 40 some years. What I learned, hold on to those that care---WE CARE----- in the worst moments, call someone that cares. All that care about Fuzzy and don't care what time she calls, PM your phone number.. Fuzzy depression sucks been there done it -----it bleeds the life out of you---------you have to take your life back. On the Bipolar part----------I was young and MH was not available- unless you were so far off the grid-----------once I realized that I was going towards the high , it meant I was going to drop .------I had no MH  anybody to describe for me at the time what was happening, I just knew what was. I decided to stop it. When it started to happen I said "no". The drop was depression. I called friends that would talk, who understood I needed to talk at that moment. It worked.  Connecting with another in a moment of need is a basic human imperative. So, sweetie you have lots of us. Also, you can come see me and we can go see Harry Potter and pretend. You have control. Their may be moments that it seems that you don't, but you do. I think of Peter Pan and Tinkerbell and clapping for Tink. Made me so happy when Tinkerbell's lights became brighter. I'm clapping for you dear one, we all are. Love you sweet one , sheila