Calling all TNs

wishn4one....You may be experiencing trunkal LE from the rads.  Is it the same side as rads???  I had terrible pain in my side after finishing 7 weeks of rads. It took a few months for that pain to subside.  I could not even sleep on that side cuz it hurt so bad.  Can you see an LE therapist for an assessment?  Try not to get yourself too worked up til you have some answers.  My Rad ONC and MO both said the pain was normal from radiation induced swelling.  I pray that this is all it is for you and mmizerak as well!!

Maggie

Only one RELAX. I had my first chemo July 6th my next one will be the 27th, the chemo isn't the worst thing, Doing nothing is far worse. The only problem I had was it upset my stomach but they give you meds which will help with that. Just do what you know is right. Wishing you the best and please just relax it will help a lot.

Wishing4one,

I have had rib pain off and on since chemo - my cancer was on the left side and the first time it was on my left side.  I had physical therapy, and a very slight positioning movement from the therapist caused pain in my ribs that took about 4 weeks to go away. That time it was so bad that I used pain meds.  The last time  has been on the right side - it hurt to cough, sneeze, or move around - and I had a follow up xray that showed nothing abnormal.  I think it is chondritis and somehow the chemo may have caused it.  The pain on my right side is almost gone now and it has been about 3-4 weeks again.  If it didn't resolve, I would have pursued a bone scan.

Fishinurse: Congrats on getting that first chemo out of the way - one step closer to the end.  Rest and hydrate!!

I was talking to a friend of mine who is also a cancer survivor.  She saw her genetisist for her results and was told that they're working on a BC vaccine!!!  It should be ready and public in 10 years.  Apparently it's in trials in the US.  Has anyone else heard of this?!  They'll look at giving in to TN women to prevent recurrance rates.  It essentially would eliminate BC?!  Sounds a bit to good to be true or is this what we've all been waiting for?  I live in Canada and we seem to get things after the States.  So just wondering if anyone has heard of this too?

CS - that dogs face is just priceless.

Titan... the amount of times I have left the house, driven half way up the road and thought to myself `did I shut the garage, did I turn this or that off` and turned round to check... I have heard it can take up to 5 years to return to `normal`.... Whatever normal is these days. There are times though when I use it to my advantage

LuvRving... glad you had a good weekend... you are one busy lady eh?

Bornto... heard nothing about a vaccine but wow can you imagine. I mean they have one against cervical cancer so why not....

Thinking of all you ladies - hoping you are having a truly wonderful happy day with minimal SE`s.

This woman has her bridge club every Thursday night and after a peaceful game or two with the ladies, she goes home to fix her husband dinner when he gets home from work. Well, one Thursday, she's playing a great game and she has an incredible hand when she notices the time.
"Oh, no! I have to go fix my husband his dinner! He's going to be so angry if it's not ready on time." And she dashes out of her friend's house, her great hand forgotten on the table.

When she gets home, she realizes she has very little time, not enough time to go to the supermarket, and all she has in the cupboard is a wilted lettuce leaf, an egg, and a can of cat food. In a panic, she opens the can of cat food, stirs in the egg, and garnishes it with the lettuce leaf just as her husband is pulling up.
She watches in horror as he sits down to his dinner, and then she realises he is loving it! "Mmmm, darling, this is the best dinner you have made for me in forty years of marriage. You can make this for me any old day, mmmmm!" And that night they had sex for the first time in months and it was great!

Needless to say, every Thursday from then on, she made this dinner for her husband. She tells her bridge cronies about it and they are all horrified.
"You're going to kill him," they say, or "He's just yanking your chain," but she continued to make him his cat food dinner and then, afterwards, they would bonk like fiends.

Two months later, her husband died and all the bridge women the Thursday after the funeral attacked our new widow for being so callous. "You killed him! We told you that feeding him that cat food every week would do him in! How can you just sit there so calmly and play bridge knowing you murdered your husband?"

The wife stoically replied, "I didn't kill him. He fell off the mantel when he was licking his ass."

OMG Bernie.Hilarious!

Yea Brower!! First one down!



I am currently hooked up getting my Third treatment. No problems with the port today... Yipee!!!

Damn it, Inmate!!! I sure hope you get to participate in the vaccine trial. Cancer fucking sucks!!!

Way to go Browerl!! Hope your SEs are minimal

Fish- how are you today?

Jazzy- yea!! to no port problems!! I can't remember- how many more?

Inmate-so sorry -cancer ducks!!!!!! Thinking of you

{{{INMATE}}}  I only wish I could offer more than a hug and my support.  We will all be fighting this crap with you.  You are so strong and beautiful--yes I remember your gorgeous pix. 

Maggie

Inmate - I agree with everyone, CFS!  Eleven chemos, OMG.  Surely the magic bullet is right around the corner.  Are you taking metformin with your chemo?  If not, ask your doctor to let you try it.  Clinical trials have shown that many people respond well to chemo + metformin.

Kathy - DS finished 6th, won just over $50k!  Not bad at all!

Brower - congrats on making it through #1, keep drinking and don't let up.  Your bladder will adjust, really it will.

We had a great weekend with our friends despite the hand/foot syndrome I've developed from the Xeloda, got home last night, and today the grandkids were here all day.  We had taco Tuesday here, then we all went out for ice cream home.  The best thing that happened today is the great memories that we are making.

CFS  screaming it loud, Inmate.

CANCER FUCKING SUCKS!