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  • OBXK
    OBXK Member Posts: 791
    edited August 2012

    Kathy - LOL, we will always be thier children. Glad you can go out to play. Hope you win big and have a blast! What wonderful neighbors your mom has, so glad they are there so that you can enjoy some R&R.

    Annie - While I'm making a voodoo doll for the buyers, who backed out of my beach house sale on the day of closing, I'll go ahead and stich one up for the radiation bitch. I had threw a very simular fit. Hope all goes well with DD. Enjoy being home.

    Hugs and healing wishes all around...

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  • Cocker_Spaniel
    Cocker_Spaniel Member Posts: 1,204
    edited August 2012

    Morning ladies 

    For goodness sake Kathy do as you are told.  You know you are too young to make decisions and mother always knows best.   Whats so special about the casino anyway --- you meeting someone there lol.

    Karen - on my way to help you with those voodoo dolls.  They are just what we need.

    Luv - you go and enjoy yourself at the beach but remember not too much sun. (Mother talking again)

    Lory thats a great video.  Brave girl.

    I am doing absolutely nothing at the moment and its bliss and I might do nothing all day too.

    Have a great day ladies.  Annie.         

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  • Cocker_Spaniel
    Cocker_Spaniel Member Posts: 1,204
    edited August 2012

    FOR INMATE

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  • browerl
    browerl Member Posts: 126
    edited August 2012

    I agree with everyone I have had 2 treatments and right after the first one the hearburn started kicking in.  I have been using an over the counter ant-acid but it is not working I think I will tell the doc I need something stronger.  That and the fatigue has been the worse everything else is going good.  Ready for round 3 of 6 next week.  Yeah almost half way, then surgery!!!!!!!

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  • browerl
    browerl Member Posts: 126
    edited August 2012

    You know what ladies I need a minute, I work at a school and just started back to work on Monday after having the summer off, I am exhausted.  I have had 2 rounds of chemo with 4 more to go and then toatl mx. I am wearing a wig and a smile, everyone is so impressed with how well I am doing my family, friends and co-workers but the truth is I am really depressed I cry all the time until someone is around and then I just smile.  This journey is way too long and I want my life back.  Don't get me wrong I am staying active and I know I am lucky that I am not sick all the time but the emotional toll is something I think people don't realize!!!!!! Thanks for listening.

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  • onvacation
    onvacation Member Posts: 1,344
    edited August 2012

    Loretta - ((((HUGS)))))

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  • NavyMom
    NavyMom Member Posts: 1,099
    edited August 2012

    Hang in there, Brower.  Things will get better.  Sometimes tx can be overwhelming. I remember the feelings of betrayal...I had what I thought was a very healthy body and life style and BC still reared its ugly head.  Tx takes so much from us and sometimes it feels like it can rob you of your spirit, too.  But don't loose faith......you will get through this and soon you will be feeling stronger in mind and body.  Your not alone....we get it.

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  • Wrenwood47
    Wrenwood47 Member Posts: 73
    edited August 2012

    > REUNION - 3 old girlfriends

    > Why People Hate To Attend High School Reunions.

    > Jan, Carolyn and Mary haven't seen each other since High School.

    > They rediscover each other via a reunion website and arrange to meet for lunch in a wine bar.

    > Jan arrives first, wearing a beige Versace. She orders a bottle of Pinot Grigio.

    Carolyn arrives shortly afterward, in gray Chanel. After the  required ritualized kisses she joins Jan in a glass of wine.

    Then Mary walks in, wearing a faded old tee-shirt, blue jeans and boots. She too shares the wine

    Jan explains that after leaving high school and graduating from  Princeton in Classics, she met and married Timothy, with whom she has a
    beautiful daughter. Timothy is a partner in one of New York's leading law  firms. They live in a 4000 sq ft co-op on Fifth Avenue, where Susanna, the
    daughter, attends drama school. They have a second home in Phoenix.

    Carolyn relates that she graduated from Harvard Med School and  became a surgeon. Her husband, Clive, is a leading Wall Street investment
    banker. They live in Southampton on Long Island and have a second home in Naples, Florida.

    Mary explains that she left school at 17 and ran off with her  boy friend, Jim Hupp. They run a tropical bird park in Colorado and grow
    their own vegetables. Jim can stand five parrots, side by side, on his  penis.

    Halfway down the third bottle of wine and several hours later, Jan blurts out that her husband is really a cashier at Wal-Mart. They live
    in a small apartment in Brooklyn and have a travel trailer parked at a nearby storage facility.

    Carolyn, chastened and encouraged by her old friend's honesty,
    explains that she and Clive are both nurses' aides in a retirement home.
    They live in Jersey City and take vacation camping trips to Alabama.

    Mary admits that the fifth parrot has to stand on one leg.

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  • JAN69
    JAN69 Member Posts: 947
    edited August 2012

    Loretta - Your post sounds like something I could have written.  I was a teacher, now retired, but I remember the first weeks of school were a shock to the body.  I was exhausted and I was young and healthy at the time.  I had been on antidepressants for a year when TNBC hit me.  I handled MX pretty well, but chemo and rads put me down for the count.  There was no way I could have carried on with the demands of teaching; I could barely get to the bathroom by myself.  I'm OK now and will take my last antidepressant tomorrow, but I want to let you know you are not alone.  Cancer is cruel, and you don't need to be strong and brave all the time (and perhaps not ever).  Your feelings are real.  I understand your despair; I've been there.  You will get through this.  Please vent here as often as needed.  You know we care.  Holding your hand as you plow through this.  Jan

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  • Titan
    Titan Member Posts: 2,956
    edited August 2012

    good one Wren!

    Cocker...I still swear (ok..won't swear)...I can "hear" your voice

    Kathy..how was the casino..I'm going tomorrow...and yeah..sometimes my mom and dad come with us...or we go with them....they are very secretive about it...too bad you can't take your mom with you...one of the casinos we go to has an ..well..older crowd...I have never seen so many walkers and oxygen tanks at any other casino as this one...have heard that someone came in on a guerney once...that may be me sometime..you never know.

    Brower..my friend is going with chemo right now...she has 3 more to go...I was hanging with her a little yesterday and the onc walked by...he came in and actually talked to us...he is my onc also...she is so upset about being tn plus one bad node...he was soo good with her...very good at calming her fears...so good he took the time to chat with us when you know he is so busy...he said that during chemo the drugs can play havoc with your mind..not only your body...he said that once she is done with active treatment things may calm down a little...

    I remember when I was first diagnosed it seemed like everyone at the treatment center was very very sick...I heard a woman tell her family that the cancer was in her brain....a friend of our's wife was going through a very bad time....it was bad news everywhere I looked...and here I was..just starting out with this crap....I wondered if I was even going to make it....

    I dunno...I go there now to visit my friend and everyone looks pretty dang good...I must have been there a particularly bad time....I still think about it.

    but wow....I sure feel good when I walk out of there...

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  • Cocker_Spaniel
    Cocker_Spaniel Member Posts: 1,204
    edited August 2012

    Titan I can just see the casino.  All the oldies puffing away on their smokes, oxygen at the ready and the walker for when they run out of money and wanna go home, hilarious.  The picture just cracked me up.  You enjoy yourself there but don't take Kathy cause she is not old enough to play with real money yet her mum told me so. lol

    Wren that was a good joke. 

    Annie       

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  • BernieEllen
    BernieEllen Member Posts: 2,445
    edited August 2012
    A man was walking one day, when he came to this big house in a nice neighbourhood.

    Suddenly he realised there was a couple making love out on the lawn. Then he noticed another couple over behind a tree. Then another couple behind some bushes by the house.

    He walked up to the door of the house, and knocked. A well dressed woman answered the door, and the man asked what kind of a place this was.

    "This is a brothel", replied the madam.

    "Well, what's all this out on the lawn?" queried the man.

    "Oh, we're having a yard sale today."

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  • Wrenwood47
    Wrenwood47 Member Posts: 73
    edited August 2012

    Inmate - Are you feeling up to checking in?  Miss you xoxoxo

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  • bak94
    bak94 Member Posts: 1,846
    edited August 2012

    Hope-so glad to hear from you. Sounds like you have been busy! Glad you are feeling ok. Sometimes it is the emotional side that gets us, I am sure it is so very difficult to know how to deal with the new reality.

    Kathy-Tell us about your casino trip! Did you miss curfew?

    Luv-So happy you got into the trial, I hope the drugs treat you well!

    Tazzy-Did they tell you what % positive you are? Now I have another person to commiserate about se's from the anti-hormonals!

    CS-That is terrible!!! Sorry you have to go back for another treatment:(

    Inmate-I hope you are feeling ok. Can I bring you anything? Thinking of you all the time, really hope you are feeling ok.

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  • Tazzy
    Tazzy Member Posts: 2,546
    edited August 2012

    Wow... you have been chatty.   I will not even attempt to respond to you all, but want you to know that I am thinking of you and wishing you all well.

    Bak... they didn't tell me my ER% - and to be honest I didn't even think to ask ???   DOH!  Guess my head was full of NED Laughing   I fully intend to call my docs office and find out though. 

    ((((((Inmate))))))

    Hugs and love to you all xxx

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  • minxie
    minxie Member Posts: 484
    edited August 2012

    bak - I'm on anti-hormonals as well, for my 1% estrogen+! Letrozole. So far no SEs but I've only been on them a week.

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  • whaevah
    whaevah Member Posts: 354
    edited August 2012

    LuvRVing, thanks for responding Smile

    This weekend is better! I hope you are right about Taxol. I love your blog too!

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  • OBXK
    OBXK Member Posts: 791
    edited August 2012

    Loretta - I am so sorry you are feeling badly. It really does suck, when you are in the middle of it. I remember crying so hard, I almost broke my own heart,listening to myself. I hope it helps to tell you, it will one day be a dull memory. I hope you have a relaxing Sunday. If you have friends and family who have offered to help... make them lists.

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  • rachelvk
    rachelvk Member Posts: 1,411
    edited August 2012

    Loretta - More {{hugs}}. I just passed my cancerversary and I'm looking from this end back on all that I went through. It is a tough journey. Keep trying to hold on to as much of your 'regular' life as possible. That will get you through a lot of it. Cancer is going to try to rob you of so many things - the more you hold on to, the less it gets away with. But do give yourself more than just a few 'moments' here and there. Now, if ever, is the time to take it easy and listen to your body.

    I completely understand the outside reactions, when everyone tells you how 'great' you're doing, and how much they admire you. I posted something called "A Letter to My Friends" after 3 chemo treatments on one of the other threads that expressed many of those types of thoughts. You're lucky to have found all these great women on BCO. Hopefully they're helping you through everything. Best of luck.

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  • ksmatthews
    ksmatthews Member Posts: 812
    edited August 2012

    Just popping in to check on Inmate, she hasn't posted in days.  Inmate I hope you are just enjoying iife and too busy for us....(((hugs)))

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  • christina1961
    christina1961 Member Posts: 736
    edited August 2012

    ((((inmate))))

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  • Wrenwood47
    Wrenwood47 Member Posts: 73
    edited August 2012

    Is anyone friends with Inmate on Facebook? It is unlike her not to check in with us on BC.org

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  • bak94
    bak94 Member Posts: 1,846
    edited August 2012

    I am also worried about inmate! Should we call you inmate? I have your number from a past message but don't want to bug you if you are feeling bad:(

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  • kathyrnn
    kathyrnn Member Posts: 393
    edited August 2012

    Hope I'm not missing anyone, I see no new posts on here since Saturday?



    OBXK - didn't have any Voodoo dolls, so I stuck a bunch of pins in an apple for your buyers.



    Annie - NO, I'm not meeting anyone there, but I'll tell you more at the end.



    Loretta - sending you lots of love. I remember how hard it was to be sick and depressed and having to slap that smile on my face. Maybe an antidepressant for a little while might be helpful?



    Titan - Hope you won big! ( Mom would NEVER go to a casino, lol)



    Rachelvk - congrats on your anniversary!



    Ok, now about my casino trip. Had an odd, wonderful surprise. I told you that last time I went I sat and put a few quarters in a video poker machine and won a $100. (have never hit that much in the 20 years

    I've been going there). Went in this time and sat at the same machine, put 50 cents in, and hit $100 again!!! That's the good news, lol. The bad news is that I have one Mom for sale. I will pay you to take her!!!!!

    I told her when I left the house at 5:00 pm that I wouldn't be home till the morning, and that I would call her at 6:00 am to wake her up to do her nebulizer. I told her that my cell phone would be in my pocket, and to call her at anytime if she had a problem. I called her at 8:00 pm and midnight before she goes

    to bed. I called at 6:00 am to wake her up, to have my call answered by a screaming maniac. ( "where are you, you should have been home hours ago". "I was getting ready to call the police". [there's a cell phone in my pocket and you're going to call the police???]. "I've been up all night because of you!!!"). After I hung up it was actually funny, because the people at the table who overheard the conversation said, "uh oh, somebody is in trouble with their hubby" and I had to tell them that no, actually I was 58 y.o. and being screamed at by my Mother! They found it very amusing.

    I've now spent the last 2 days with my Mom sulking and not talking to me. (told you I was gonna pay big for going to the casino). I have not quite decided what I'm going to do, but I am not going to be putting up with this type of shit again.

    I'm thinking that next time I go, I will book a room for the night, and will make Mom pay for a caretaker to stay with her while I go!!! (trust me, she has been pulling this shit on me my whole life, and I'll be damned if I'm going to be putting up with it at my age. Life is to short and I'll be damned if I'm going to be put up with temper tantrums because I don't have her "permission" to go to the casino! Thank you, lol, vent over!



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  • Cocker_Spaniel
    Cocker_Spaniel Member Posts: 1,204
    edited August 2012

    This one is for you Kath

     

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  • kathyrnn
    kathyrnn Member Posts: 393
    edited August 2012

    LOL Annie. Are you going with your daughter tomorrow, or are

    they making you keep that Monday

    appt?

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  • JAN69
    JAN69 Member Posts: 947
    edited August 2012

    bak94 - I'd think you could safely call inmate.  Surely someone is with her to take her calls if she isn't feeling well.  I, too, am very concerned that we haven't heard from her for a long time.

    My youngest DD, SIL, and DGD came up today and I fixed peach cobbler and served it with vanilla bean full-fat ice cream.  I called it lunch.  Early this morning I canned 6 pints of peach jam.  The weather is so pleasant and cool today.  Today I feel normal.  Smile

    Annie, when the one last rads is completed, are you through with treatment?  Thinking of you and Mandy.

    BernieEllen, love your jokes and your photo.

    To all:  wishing you joy today.  Jan

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  • OBXK
    OBXK Member Posts: 791
    edited August 2012

    Kathy - I think the room and caretaker are a great idea! Kudos on your win,



    Jan - can I come over for "lunch"? I hope you had a great visit.



    Annie - lol! We're here for you!



    I hope Dawn checks in soon.



    Love all around!!!

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  • borntosurvive
    borntosurvive Member Posts: 213
    edited August 2012

    whaevah: I had a blood transfusion after my 4 a/c and before my taxol started.  I was just totally spent and could not recover on my own.  It was worth every drop of blood and I felt better leaving after it was done.  That helped me stay the course for my taxol and not miss any doses.  Maybe see how you're red blood count is holding up. 

    I am just getting back on here after a few days away with my bestie shopping in Buffalo.  It was great to get away.  

    Thinking of you all and sending lots of love xoxo

    (((((((((inmate))))))))) missing you and thinking of you 

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  • whaevah
    whaevah Member Posts: 354
    edited August 2012

    Born: I have been wondering if something like that is wrong. It makes sense as I have been walking desperately trying to find energy and while I love it, I am totally spent as a result.  I am scheduled to have blood work done on Tuesday, the day of chemo...perhaps I will go tomorrow instead.

    Thanks for the heads up...I thought I was going crazy 

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