Calling all TNs

A 72-year-old man goes for a physical. All of his tests come back normal so the doctor says, "Paddy, everything looks great. How are you doing mentally and emotionally? Are you at peace with God?" Paddy replies, "God and I are tight. He knows I have poor eyesight, so he's fixed it when I get up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom, poof! the light goes on. When I'm done, poof! then the light goes off. "Wow, that's incredible," the doctor says.
A little later in the day, the doctor calls Paddy's wife. "Mrs O'Reilly," he says, "Paddy is doing fine but I had to call you because I'm in awe of his relationship with God. Is it true that he gets up during the night and poof! The light goes on in the bathroom, and when he's done, poof! The light goes off?"
"OH GOOD GRIEF!" Mrs O'Reilly exclaims, "He's peeing in the fridge again!"-

Good Evening Ladies

Dulcie/Kathrynn - may be as we are older we can laugh a bit more about BC and just think, ok you can just sod off, you've taken my boob/boobs but you aint having my humour.

Tazzy -  I've been trying to find normal all my life love and I aint found it yet. 

Wow what cold winters you have.  One of our locum doctors comes from Vancouver every year from November to March then he goes home for the summer. Wise man.

Yep was up until the wee small hours just like you. There is only so much solitaire you can play at night and then its back to bed to dream about taxol.  

OBXK - what's a 'thing' aversion. Is that something like my aversion to mushrooms and rhubarb.  Haven't been ablt to stomach rhubarb since a boy at my primary school (!!!) vomited it up one day in front of me and rhubard was in the vomit. Yucky little sod spoilt my day.

Great idea about the warm socks and pants for rads. I will keep that in mind for mine.

On the wheat bag if you post me your address I will send you one. They make your arm a bit pink with the warmth  but they can find a vein easily enough and the pink will go quickly.  They are also good for warming and putting on back backs, legs etc. 

Ah the son, don't you just love young love providing it doesn't produce anything!!

You are not fat, you might be gassy (you need a good fart) but not fat.  You are what you are and we all love you anyway.

Why do you have to get croissants from France. America has everything in my book.

That is a terrible thing to admit "you have had worse hangovers" than chemo. Shame on you. 

Mags20487 - talking about the nether regions well when I go for treatment I always wonder if the loo is cleaned properly so I sit on the very edge of the seat on the edge of my knickers so I don't have to touch the seat much. Well when I went this time I forgot about not  having any pubs to direct the flow and I wet all the edges of my knickers.  Christ was it embarrassing walking back into the chemo room gingerly all wet.  All I could think of was disinfectant, disinfectant.   

Titan - totally wrong you warm your arm or legs etc with the wheat bag not your dishes lol, lol, lol.

Riley702 - I often wonder if my chemo is working as after a day or two of SE's I bounce back very quickly. I find I worry about it a lot. 

Genetics.  I sent my blood sample and death certificates away almost three months ago.  All they did at todays visit was talk a whole lot of jumble about genes which totally went over my head and then said she had to make a decision on whether I was  tested.  I was gob smacked as she said yes she is going to test and send the sample to Australia and the results would take three months.  What a waste of time.  So we all went and had a lovely lunch.         

Minxie - great news on clean margins and no positive nodes. Way to go.  You just need the good news to sink in then you will be happy.

Kathyrnn - bloody cold shoving that icecream there!! what do I do with it after!

BernieEllen - great joke.  Made my day.

Victoria3N - I too shake in my boots for every little bit of treatment. They must think here comes 'oh neurotic one'.  Port placement is ok just a bit sore on the breast bone if you try to sleep on that side for a while but my port on my chest was not too sore.  Just ask them to place it away from your bra strap. You will be fine with chemo, ask the girls on here.

Lovelyface - stay off google pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. Best bit of advice I was ever given.

Well ladies on that note I will leave you until the next time. Have a good day/night. Keep well and happy. Annie 

Just popping in to say good morning to all you great ladies!  Annie, you keep me laughing!  You too, Bernie!  That one is great! I think I'll tell my sister that joke.

There is no way I can keep up with all the posts right now - this is a busy bunch!  I haven't had much time to be on here lately, but thinking of you all. 

Hi Wrenwood,  Thanks for your reply re: the Budwig diet.  I did buy an immersion blender and actually have been bonding the cottage cheese with FO from day one, with both the regular blender at first and the hand immersion blender.  I had read the diet thoroughly, actually I am very anal about such things when I am on to something.  At first even though I was using a regular blender, I was still bonding the two items exactly as instructed.  When they are bonded really well, one cannot see the yellow oil at all, it is a creamy white mixture to which I added manukka, brazil nuts and a little bit honey. The diet indicates, the ratio is one FO to two CC, so one to two.  But if it works for you to use 1 cup of CC, to only 1 tbl. FO, then maybe I could try that, although one cup to me will be a huge amount of CC to consume.  The diet also said to add 1 tbls. ground flax seeds (dark golden brown), to the mixture.  I tried different things, such as not using the ground flax, still had the pain, then I tried to reduce the FO to only 1 tsp., still had the stomach pain.  I think my pain has something to do with the sulphur in the CC. 

I was so impressed with this diet the way it was producing positive effects at every level.  My thinning hair became thicker overnight, people told me I was losing weight, I felt a surge of energy, no more lethargy, and my skin is glowing.  I think I finally achieved hormonal balance.  But now, this damn stomach pain.  The pain does not go away with anything, such as drinking warm water all day, taking gas/anti-acids, eating, it just is there all the time.  The stomach is finally getting back to normal today.  After I consume the stuff, at first there is no pain, but it starts after about 4 hours, bloating, pain, some gas.......  I am thinking about eating something first in the morning and then consuming this at around 10.  But now I am so freaked out about the pain, I just cannot go through several days of pain once it goes back to normal this time.

I will try to send a pm to painting.  This amazing scientist had something really going with this discovery. I think she was brilliant. Two simple foods can create so much cure, I believe in this diet.  Thanks again, and I am so glad this is working for you.  I just wish I could know the secret to the cause of the pain, is it the FO or the CC, and if it is the sulphur, then what could possibly calm it down.  Oh - one thing I forgot - I found out that maybe I could be allergic to the flax seeds.  Not sure how to get that checked.

My baby Calva at seven months (she's at the back)

Good afternoon ladies,

I'm having such issues typing lately.  Typed out this long long paragraph yesterday morning only to have it dissappear.  Thanks for all the congrats, very excited to start my new job.  Hubby is being a pain in my a**, can't believe he keeps going on and on about not moving up and he changed his mine.  WTF!!!  He drives me crazy.  I miss my dogs and was in such a great mood yesterday but he killed it. 

Hope everyone is doing well.  Bernie, love the jokes and the pics. 

He's my precious little pumpkins, I miss them and that darn bed.

Hi everyone!

I am having my lumpectomy 6/5. They are putting a wire in before surgery. Does anyone have any info on this procedure? Also what kind of bra should I get for after surgery? I've heard some say to get a sports bra.



Thanks for any info!



Lisa

Hi Ladies

Lisadi1963 - I'm afraid I can't help you with the wire and bra issues as I haven't had this type of procedure but I am some of our ladies on here will come along soon and help answer your questions.   Good lunch with your lumpectomy.  Will be thinking of you.

Heather - I guess the men get down too in their own  way with them thinking about things and worrying about us. They are not so forthcoming as us girls and can't let it out like we can with a good cry or a good laugh.  I guess too your old fellar is missing you like hell and wants to be with you so much.  We won't think badly of him because he loves you and wants to be where you are right now and he's good to you and for you so hopefully it won't be too long before he can join you with those babies of yours. 

BY the way what is a hair cut!! So long since I had one.     

Good luck starting your job on Monday.  Nothing wrong with book keeping work.  Hope you enjoy it and make new friends. It's my turn to have a day off on Monday so I am looking forward to no typing on that day.  Nothing exciting there either with typing but a jobs a job. 

Inmate - no sign of you and I am getting worried now.  Please come on when you can. 

Have a good day ladies.  Thinking of you. Annie     

Blame it on the chemo brain.. ha ha ha!!   You say not an exciting job....my Dad said to me many many moons ago when I was just starting out at work... "Remember that there is no such thing as a mundane job, just a mundane attitude".   I remember those words when I feel disillusioned about my job.

And its OK to be on a downer.   And I wouldn't judge what your DH is like at all... I bitch and whine about mine also... (sure at some point I will again and I'll likely share with you all) but I wouldn't want to be going through this with anyone else... he's my best bud and always will be...whatever I say.

I have to read this 50 Shades.. hearing so much about it.  

And your 2nd haircut since chemo ??   How long after chemo was the first?  

Lisa - dont have any info with you... just want to say good luck.

Lisa - when I awoke from my lumpectomy, they had put a soft,nylon, front loader on me. It even had the seams on the outside. While I was very large breasted and would have looked sloppy wearing it under something tight, it was supportive and had a nice soft edge - which is good if you have your sentinel node removed, under your arm. I hope everything goes well with your surgery.



Annie - I almost pissed my pants reading that you had! I have somehow managed to wet my panties on a few occasions, I just put them in the trash and went commando! I think I get what you mean about the wheat bag. I use to put rice, in men's tube socks and sew shut. Microwave for two minutes - is it along those lines?



Bernie - thanks for the cheer!



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At 6:15 the 12 year old comes in and says " mom, I forgot to tell you it's academics awards night at 6:30. Threw on a face and made it on time! He scored ribbons, certificates, plaques and a trophy!!! I am one proud mama. Last year, I had just finished and couldn't clap, because of my neuropathy. When recovery is slow, it's easy to forget, how far we've come.



Hugs all around!

Lisa - having had the wire procedure twice now, I think I can describe it... they basically stick a very fine wire right into the heart of your tumor. This enables your surgeon to find it easily, and make sure he/she is getting clear margins around when cutting. For the procedure itself they will numb the area with lidocaine and then using ultrasound, guide the wire into the tumor. Some of the wire will stick out of your breast but they'll tape it down and it shouldn't be uncomfortable nor should you feel it at all. It'll be gone, along with evil lump, when you wake up from surgery. Bras - yeah they recommended sports bras, but for the first week they had me bound up in an ace bandage type thing.

You all on the Budwig diet - I tried a few years back and immediately suffered baaad gastric distress.I may try again and take it more slowly this time. I think all the fat and oil is tough on some people.

Tazzy, Good Luck tomorrow! Move those fingers or toes that are giving you tingles and numbness. My PT told me to rub on different textures to get the sensation back - carpet, clothing, couch, sand, rice. See what works for you. I find carpet for the toes and clothing for the fingers work for me. You need to stimulate the nerves that are being effected by the Taxatore. #4 is giving me more tummy troubles but I am taking the meds and trying different cold foods. Hot is not appealing right now.



OBXK, I have an 11 yr old that sounds like yours. Everything forgotten until the last minute. Way to go on all the awards!

Lovely Face....did you read what Minxie posted regarding her stomach problems with the Budwig Diet?

She wrote:

You all on the Budwig diet - I tried a few years back and immediately suffered baaad gastric distress.I may try again and take it more slowly this time. I think all the fat and oil is tough on some people.

I think if I were you I would take a break from it...I don't put ground flax seed in mine anymore. I have oatmeal on alternate days and add the ground flax to that.

I had a thought,  maybe you could contact the Budwig Institute via email and ask them if the oil and cottage cheese could be  the cause of your gastric distress and how can you fix it.

I agree with you about hair, and skin and energy...I felt the changes happening after only 3 days.

Take care and I do hope you can get this resolved.

Riley - Ha! ha! ha! I had also started peeing sideways - now I am wondering what was that all about?  I think you lose some of the hair and the dynamics changes down there. For all of you going through your treatments, my hats off to you brave ladies.

Tazzy - Good job, you're almost there.  Before you know it, the 8th one will be there, and my lady, you are going to celebrate maybe not on the day of chemo, but as soon as you start feeling better.  Have you thought about how you are going to celebrate?

I also had a wire put in, to guide the doctor.  Actually I had this procedure done on a nodule on the other side (the non-cancer) breast.  The nodule was not malignant, thank God.  The wire really was no big deal, not painful and yes, it was gone when I came to after surgery.

Wrenwood, yes, I know for sure that my problem was caused by the budwig diet.  I just hope that eventually my tummy will go back to normal.  I used to sprinkle flax seed (the kind which was already ground from Trader Joe) in my cereal and that had caused no problems.  Maybe the flax was rancid and did not have any goodness in them, I am not sure.  But I might start doing that sort of thing again, rather than this oil thing.  I am now sitting in direct sun almost every day at work, lunch hour.  As the scientist explains that we need to eat food, which has been in the sun, such as fresh food, not dead food.  Also, we need to soak ourselves in the sun to give our cells the electron charge.  Good idea - I will write to Budwig and see what they say why I have so much gastric distress.  I have wasted so many days and nights just trying to heal myself back to normal.  My stomach is big right now, bloated, but the pain has somewhat lessened.

I am waiting for my second thyroid biopsy.  In the meantime, I have developed a sort of sharp pain from the first biopsy area.  While the skin has healed, every once in a while, I feel a sharp tinge coming from there.  I am so very sick of these types of things happening to me, it is a roller coaster, non-stop.  Now what could this be?  An infection?  I called the bad doctor's office earlier today to cancel my next Monday appointment.  Well, after spelling my name over and over again with the answering service, I left a message to cancel my appointment.  Well, later someone from that office called and on my phone it stated the doctor's name. I am pretty sure it was the doc himself calling back.  I feel that he does not have too many staff and there is a bunch of docs who share the general office staff, therefore, he calls all his patients back himself, even if it is about canceling an appointment.  No wonder he is mean to his patients.  I did not answer the phone as I don't wish to be humiliated again.  He is the one who said to me "I don't appreciate getting 2 calls from you today".  He also said "you have 30 seconds" when giving me my biopsy results.

Gosh, now I realize that I might have to see him anyway, due to the pain coming from the biopsy area.  the other option is to go to my primary care doc, get a referral, and then go to a new doc for a brand new appt. maybe a month or two away. So much time passes, when one is to change doctors.  How do you all do it?  there are just so many appointments, it is an almost full time job, isn't it?

Annie - Hi there, thanks for making us laugh, love your humor.

McCrimmon - my daughter in law is also starting a new job next Monday.  I know it is stressful but days pass by so quickly and before you know it, the job will become a normal part of your life.  Love your dogs, so precious.

Bernie - your dogs are beautiful.

Minxie - thanks for the info. on Budwig, it helps to know how others react to things.

All you other ladies - I read each and every post throughout the day.  Wish I could talk to each one of you individually.  I tend to forget and as you all know we cannot go back to a prior post while typing on this screen - cut and paste does not work on my sort of outdated computer.

Good night everyone.  it is hot here in Concord, California tonight.  It is almost midnight and I am still up. 

Good Evening Ladies

Tazzy - Yep I get a bit tetchy with my old fellar at times but he really is my rock and I love the ground he walks on.   I think its human nature when you are together all the time. I think its when couples cant get over it or cannot talk to each other that things get out of hand.

Good luck with your chemo tomorrow.  Nearly there.  Just love your dogs.  They certainly like your settee.

Bernie - you have beautiful dogs too.  Just lovely.   

Titan - I too told my old fellar before my op that he could get married again if I died on the op table.  He goes to bowls every Wednesday night and there is one bitch of a woman whom I really do not like. She is one of those in your face flirty type with all the men.  She's had three husbands so far and they have all died one way or another and left all their money to her (that won't happen with my old fellar he aint got none) but she is always around the men.  So I told him if he ever hooks up with her I will come back and haunt them both.  Can't stand women like that.

Kathrynn - good luck with the gambling.  Do you play for high stakes.  Do you ever win much.

Karen - oh isn't Carson wonderful getting all those prizes.  No wonder you were proud.  Bless him.  Was well worth chucking on the lippy to be there to clap. 

Riley - Yuk to the Jack Daniels episode but I must admit when I hear the ladies talking on here about the Budwig diet it makes me want to heave with the thought of all that oil and cottage cheese. I just could not stomach it. 

Lovelyface - I think I would go to my primary care doctor and get a new referral.  You don't deserve to be insulted again.  I certainly would not go back to him. 

I also get sharp pains where my boob was removed.  Not often just a few times a week but they are sharp and my oncologist said it was where the nerve endings are healing. So I take her word for it.   Hope thats what your is.

Well ladies we have a holiday here in NZ on Monday (so there Titan!) Its for Queen's Birthday weekend.  So all you ladies working, well just enjoy your day as I will mine. 

Have a good day with no problems at all. Big hugs. Annie