I say yes, you say no, OR People are Strange

I'm reading Dan Rather's "Rather Outspoken".  

On the home front -- I've picked more than 2 quarts of raspberries from the small patch next to our house.  Have decided that, beyond a doubt, fresh raspberries are my very, berry favourite fruit!  

Rabbit -- good to hear you're going to be getting some rain.  Everything is very brown here and and we also need a good downpour to ensure the farmers' crops are actually worth harvesting.  Watch for produce prices to go up, up, up this fall.  The importers will be happy..... 

(((((HL)))))) So glad that they are being flexible at work. I wish I could give you a hug. On Lupron, it took me three hours to make coffee. I am not exaggerating. I would set the alarm for 5am, get up, take the coffee beans out and crush them. I would be too tired to continue, so I'd set the alarm for 6 am. At that time, I would have the energy to brew the coffee, but would fall back asleep, setting the alarm for 7 am. At 7 am, I'd wake up and set out the cup and Splenda and milk but would have to set the alarm for 8 am to actually drink it. I will not forget those days. Cancer treatment Hell.

8:430 am: Call work and say I could not come in until about Noon.

I finally had to take dangerously high doses of a med used to treat MS-related fatigue in order to get to work. Oh, those were awful times. I was taking my other meds, though, which made fatigue worse.

I am sure it will get better for you. I know it seems strange to think back on times when you could run around forever. They WILL return. Just not today. So enjoy your reading while your body re-calibrates itself. I am now very active and energetic. Still crazy :-) But no longer a dish rag.

Hope this helps.

Yucky cancer treatment. They have GOT to come up with better crap than this.

Libby ... glad to hear you are taking it slow.  Think of it as practicing for retirement.

I should read more.  Just got out of the habit somewhere about the time I got hooked on the computer.  Maybe I need to get one of those reader thingys. 

Cancer treatment sucks. I got to avoid all the worst stuff (rads and chemo) and it still sucks. Met w/my onc on Monday and she said that I should disabuse myself of the idea they were going to come out with anything better than letrozole for my kind o cancer within the next 2 to 3 years. I was hoping...



Instead of hoping for rain, us Seattlish folks are hoping the blessed sunshine (and warmth) continues. We're supposed to have clouds this weekend,though.

It was hubbies turn for din, but he's in the middle of a huge project and forgot, so I'm going to try to talk him into happy hour at our local Italian place. Can't do the pasta (no wheat for me) but they prob'ly have other fun things for lazy don't wanna cook folks like me.

gardengumby-your comment about clouds in Seattle this weekend sent me into a panic and I immediately checked weather.com. Yes, some clouds are coming but the 10 day forecast still has lots of sun and temps in the upper 70's low 80's. Whew! Now that summer is finally here, I don't want it to go away!

Mary 

My astrophysicist's explanation of why the atmosphere appears blue (except in Seattle): The sky IS really the atmosphere. The atmosphere reflects blue light better than it reflects red light. Sunlight is a combination of red and blue light. The red light from the sun goes through the atmosphere, whereas the blue light from the sun is reflected to our eyes by the atmosphere, making the sky/atmosphere appear blue. So Patmom, you are right about the optical illusion!

Glenna...more chemo? :-(

Glenna, Here is a really friendly safe place to be. Hoping this chemo will be kind to you. And a warm wecome to you.

Kira, thanks for the welcome and Blue, thanks for the hugs!

Scoot, my PET in May showed progression. Had been NED since last July. Had a chemo break after the taxotere, then started gemzar in November. Onc switched me to doxil last month so today was my 2nd treatment. So far so good. I'll have a CT scan on July 26th so will find out if doxil is kicking butt. Anyone have experience with Doxil?

Lisa96, I just joined this discussion, but, yes, there is a fair amount of intolerance on this board. I need to read the entire thread to comment more.

Nom d'un nom d'un nom....

I will have some ginger beer with a bit of fancy pants gin and a dash of rhubarb bitters.  Making cocktails is fun! 

there is a giant mountain out my window that was here before me, here before the city, here before the country, here before civilization.  I love my giant mountain--it reminds me of my real place in the galaxy.

 hi glenna and people I don't know. . . .I wish NED to you all.