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  • elimar86861
    elimar86861 Member Posts: 7,416
    edited July 2012

    reesie,  I went and read your latest on another thread you posted on.  Please allow me to fill in the others with your details...that you went on Friday the 13th for a brain MRI because you had felt some "brain rush" feelings (thought it could be the Faslodex acting up,) but nine lesions were found.  As far as "surprises" go, I am sure that was one you did not need.  In other words, that truly sucks, my friend.  The good news is you have had some pretty amazing responses to treatment in the past and so even tho' your cancer sure likes to travel, maybe these brain mets are weaklings that can be easily wiped out.  Let us know the treatment planned when you find out.

    I don't do Facebook, but some here do and I hope they will fill me in occasionally.  The objective of this thread has always been info., support & humor so, Reesie, come by as often as you want for any of those three.  Prayers, hugs, pocket parties, we can handle that too, just say the word.  

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  • elimar86861
    elimar86861 Member Posts: 7,416
    edited July 2012
    Barbe,  Eph is hairless once again. (Except for those glam eyebrows!)  She shaved her head in solidarity with her mom, who had gotten WBR treatment for mets from L/C.  She also found out she kind of likes the lifestyle of needs-no-care hair. 
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  • barbe1958
    barbe1958 Member Posts: 19,757
    edited July 2012

    I DID read that, phew!!!! My bowels turned to liquid when I saw the pic!! I hope my DD won't shave her head if I ever get chemo though....she has long, blond hair (high maintenance hair!). That would be cutting off a lot of $$$$$. Joni already had shortish hair, but I bet she's scared a couple of neighbours who think she's back getting chemo! 

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  • justmejanis
    justmejanis Member Posts: 1,847
    edited July 2012

    Marlegal I do apologize!  I meant Joni.  If I could have any more brain damage I would have to be committed.  Sorry for the mix up.  What I meant not what I said, LOL!

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  • Eph3_12
    Eph3_12 Member Posts: 4,781
    edited July 2012

    Barbe-page 686; oh I was behind, you found it.

    Yes the head is getting the #3 razor every 3 or 4 weeks but, I'm thinking of letting it grow some-I just hate the grow-out stage!!!  

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  • barbe1958
    barbe1958 Member Posts: 19,757
    edited July 2012

    You DO suit the military buzz cut sweetie! I do too, funnily enough. It's all in the 'tude.... I had my DH cut the back of my head and I cut the sides and top to >1". That's in my avatar. Now it's down below my ears. I HATE hair, really. Hot, scratchy, in my eyes, messy, oily. 1" is just long enough to catch the sweat.

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  • Paula66
    Paula66 Member Posts: 1,728
    edited July 2012

    Barbe I had super short hair for a long time and loved it.  I was upset when I lost it at first, but then I really started to dig it.  Getting ready for work in the am was a breeze.  I'm not to crazy about the texture of my new hair, but I shouldn't complain.  Before mine would spike on its own because my hair was thick and course.  Now its really soft but not much life in it like it was before.  It also came back very very curly.  I've had a few cuts and the curls are gone.  I have a bit of a wave left. 

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  • marlegal
    marlegal Member Posts: 2,264
    edited July 2012

    Janis, no need to apologize at all hon...I had forgotten that it was Joni too! Just knew it wasn't me :)

    Reesie, glad to see you pop in here. Eph - whole head radiation this week for Reesie. Her daughter makes funny notes on the in-room chart / board each day that have FB followers laughing!

    Barbe, we've been looking for a new living room set for months now, and nothing has springs, they all have solid bases with foam only cushions. I don't like them!!! Thought maybe springs went out in the last 25 yrs since I've brought a sofa! Guess it's just a few places that still have them, or they're just not in PA :)

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  • mostlymom
    mostlymom Member Posts: 466
    edited July 2012
    Barbe - thanks for putting a smile back on my face tonight - I was behind on reading & just caught your post on snakes....  Very graphic visual!!!!  Surprised
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  • cmbear
    cmbear Member Posts: 1,086
    edited July 2012

    I'm with you on the hair thing Barbe. I had been letting mine go, hadn't cut it since December. Had some crazy notion that I would look good in longer hair, I could pull it back, pin it up. Had flashbacks to my 20's when I had awesome long hair( even if it was crazy 80's permed--right out of a music video). So when we went to St Augustine a few weeks ago,I realized I look like crap with straggly long hair. Plus its miserable hot. And who wants to spend a half hour styling it in the am? So I go get it cut short last week--and not one person has noticed or said a thing. More than 5-6 inches taken off--this wasn't just a trim. Not even "SO, you got your hair cut?" Which we all know means, " you cut your hair and it looks like crap, but as a friend I have to ooh and ahh, but not tell you how bad you look. I'm not that good of a friend!" So my guess is the cut wasn't flattering at all so I am going to head back to my stylist and tell her to buzz it and see if I get a response then. heheheh. 

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  • barbe1958
    barbe1958 Member Posts: 19,757
    edited July 2012

    Good call Claire...that'll teach them for not noticing! And if it does look like crap, blame it on them. Frankly, I don't think I've ever seen a bad pic of a woman with short hair! It's the long, witchy, over-dyed hag look that ages women trying to look younger. Like, hey lady, my hair wasn't that dark even when I was first getting pubes!! AND your hair lightens naturally to soften your face as you age, so reach a couple of rows up for a box on a higher shelf, will ya?? I read a LONGE time ago that our hair shouldn't go past the hairline at the nape of your neck! Now that's MY kind of hair!!

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  • walker2222
    walker2222 Member Posts: 558
    edited July 2012

    Saw my MO last Friday and he said I could graduate to the next phase, every 6 months.  The infusion went fine after the 2nd try.  Had to use a heating pad to dilate the veins.  I still go in every month to get my Zoladex shot but no blood work, my estrogen levels are now low enough.  I will be getting a annual CT scan on the 2nd, wants to check my fatty liver and scarning in my lungs from last time. 

    About hair,  ever since my hair started growing out I have kept i short kinda like a Jamie Lee Curtis look but this last time I think she went to short.  I have been getting it cut every 4 week, I think I want to grow it out and try a different style.  But I may get frustrated with it growing out.

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  • barbe1958
    barbe1958 Member Posts: 19,757
    edited July 2012

    Walker, keep tucking it behind your ears as you are growing out your hair. Then one day, pull it forward and voila!! You have longish hair!!!

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  • marlegal
    marlegal Member Posts: 2,264
    edited July 2012

    cmbear - I love your quote! I've said it, and I've had it said to me, and we all know what it means :) I'm another one who kept the hair short after it came back in, 'cause I had so many compliments on it when I stopped wearing my wig after I had about half an inch of growth. Once a year or so I'll tell the hairdresser that I want to let it grow for a while, and within 3 months I'm telling her to chop it off 'cause I can't stand it! I'll probably keep doing that now and then, but it's okay because then I appreciate the look and ease of the short hair all over again!

    walker - congrats on moving to the every 6 mos phase :) I love celebrating those milestones with all of us, since we can all relate so well.

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited July 2012

    Hi ladies! Just checking in....sending prayers for all waiting for results and strength for everyone struggling with choices and decisions.



    My DH and I went to the Orange Co fair yesterday and saw Scottie McCreery in concert....a great show! Before the show, the DJ/MC gave aknowledgements to birthdays being celebrated. But then he gave an acknowledgement to a BC survivor who's friend gave her tickets as her Victory Celebration having just completed her final chemo treatment one week prior. The whole amphitheater got up on their feet and cheered her! ....it brought tears to my eyes. Sooooooo inspiring!

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  • barbe1958
    barbe1958 Member Posts: 19,757
    edited July 2012

    Wow, VERY moving chachamom!!! 

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  • Eph3_12
    Eph3_12 Member Posts: 4,781
    edited July 2012

    I was walking the dog this evening at dusk, on a route we do almost every night. We got to almost the exact area where I fell 2 years ago & broke my shoulder. A dragonfly zipped right in front of me, right to left. I followed it with my eyes as it traveled up & directly overhead there were probably 20 dragonflies darting, flying & twirling. It was AMAZING!!! I have walked that route for 5 yrs now & have NEVER seen this. Mom passed away just a month ago; dragonflies were one of her favorite things. A neighbor woman walked by & wondered what I was looking at-she looked up saw them-I was crying by now & told her about mom. This lady said, "I've never seen that either. Maybe your mom came to say HI." It was absolutely incredible. Called my sister & we both just cried our eyes out, but it was really sort of a joyful experience! Life is so random!

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  • barsco1963
    barsco1963 Member Posts: 2,119
    edited July 2012

    Eph - what a beautiful story! Perhaps it was your mom stopping by to say hi and to let you know that she is alright.

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  • barbe1958
    barbe1958 Member Posts: 19,757
    edited July 2012

    It WAS your Mom, Joni!!! My Mom comes by as a Monarch butterfly. We'd talked about this years before she died so it freaked me out the first time one came by. The night my Mom died, we went back to her condo and when out on her balcony, we happened to look down and saw a racoon (her favourite animal!!) and we threw it some ju jubes (my Moms favourite candy). Her husband said he'd NEVER seen or even heard of racoons in his area!!

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited July 2012

    Beautiful story, Joni! A gift from God to give encouragement! Isn't He awesome!?!

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  • cmbear
    cmbear Member Posts: 1,086
    edited July 2012

    Joni--what a beautiful story! Mom's never stray too far from their babies!!

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  • marlegal
    marlegal Member Posts: 2,264
    edited July 2012

    Joni, that was absolutely your Mom saying hi :) I've experienced similar things too, and I truly don't go in for that type thing generally, but I've had it happen to me, and I know many women in particular who relate stories along those lines. I love it, I really do.

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  • Paula66
    Paula66 Member Posts: 1,728
    edited July 2012

    Oh Joni that is your momma.  How beautiful that was to see her wathcing over you like that. 

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  • Meece
    Meece Member Posts: 19,483
    edited July 2012

    Can I request a small pocket party tomorrow?  I have to have my mammo and an MRI, and I am very  nervous about getting the IV for the MRI.  In fact just typing of it made my skin turn flush.  My veins in my usable arm arm all but gone, and last MRI it took four techs and 6 sticks to get the needle into an appropriate vein.  The test results WILL come back clear, I will think positive on that, just sick about the IV.

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  • Cindyl
    Cindyl Member Posts: 1,194
    edited July 2012
    You have my sympathy Meece.  My left arm has always been worthless for IVs  and blood draws, so I, clever girl that I am develop le in my right arm. Cry The techs struggle to get something going on the left while casting longing glances at the right with all it's "great" veins.  Maybe it will be easier to discourage them now that I have my sleeve.  I can just hide those veins they'd like to use.
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  • Meece
    Meece Member Posts: 19,483
    edited July 2012

    I am fortunate that I have never experienced LE, and I guess that's surprising with how many nodes they took.  But I am not going to tempt fate.  I will keep my left arm LE free if I can.

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  • Cindyl
    Cindyl Member Posts: 1,194
    edited July 2012

    Good plan.  My doctors are surprised that I'm having trouble given how few nodes they took.  It's just such a sneaky syndrome.

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  • cmbear
    cmbear Member Posts: 1,086
    edited July 2012

    Meece, I feel your pain. My good arm is shot(hehehe) due to my years of blood donating. If they are talented they can draw from my mid  lower arm or my hand. Last time I had an MRI they had to get a nurse from PICU to come down and stick me cause 3 different people couldn't do it. Don't be afraid to ask for a "specialist"!

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  • cmbear
    cmbear Member Posts: 1,086
    edited July 2012

    DID SOME ONE SAY POCKET PARTY!!????!!!CoolCoolCoolCool

    Meece,

    Thought you might need something to distract you while they are sticking you with needles!!

    Remember to breathe tho, that's what I forgot to do last time, so now the nurses have to remind me every time!!! 

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  • Paula66
    Paula66 Member Posts: 1,728
    edited July 2012

    Will be there Meece after I get done with Jo's party!!!

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