Here's what cheezed me off today

9911 - My surgeon gave me a prescription for a bra and sent me to a shop that specalized in "lumpectomy and mastectome solutions".  The bras were expensive but they work very well and between my insurance and medicare the cost was near what my regular ones used to cost.  However I didn't have to waste more money replacing ones that didn't work when I tried wearing them.

Feel like screaming. I hate all the arguing & bickering. Can't we all just get along! Life's to short. Literally to short to be wasting time with things that don't matter. All are hungry but can't eat in the new car. Someone doesn't feel included so feels left out & sad. OMG people get over it!



Phew! That should help. Off the venting train on to more positives, fingers crossed. Can't take anymore!!! Enough!!!

thanks purple, I got all swollen up from either the prednisone or bp meds, so now on another pill to reduce fluids. bah!!!!

Got a FB message today about  Sour sop or fruit from a graviola tree can kill my cancer. 

Agreed Wren that would be wonderful! Someday maybe they'll have a magic pill:)



Here's a joke for the day/week:



Finish the start



My therapist told me the way to achieve true inner peace is to finish what I start.



So far today, I have finished two bags of chips and a chocolate cake.



I feel better already.



Have a great one everybody:)

Purple-It's genius! What were we thinking:o We should have thought of that. Add a bit of chocolate & honey I bet that would cure everything else.

Haha. The vinegar might help if your acid balance was off in your body or if you're a car battey. Where do people come up with this stuff.



Someone told me there is a special honey that can help heal wounds. If I were a bumblebee. Seriously people! It's good for a laugh at least:)



I think good old sun, rest , exercise are some of the best things you can do. Getting cancer is just plain old bad luck.

Now here's the interesting thing - honey really does have antiseptic and antibacterial properties. I don't know if the commercial, edible honey would work (processing might mess up those properties; I'm not sure).

I remember years ago reading an article about medics using it in the field during WWII when regular supplies were difficult to get and how they had good outcomes with it (not for healing wounds but for preventing infection).

Leah

Learn something new every day!!

Wow! That's awesome. I'll have to try that out, esp the munuka honey for when/if I decide to do rads or even for wounds. Still not sure I want to go through surgery & rads.



Has anyone opted to not do surgery & just do maintenance & regular check ups. I'm still thinking about the options & discussing them with my onc. I just don't want to go through all that or NOT do it & wished I had. My odds may be improved if I do have surgery & rads but still unsure how much of a benefit if at all.

Purple-this was all my initial dx. It was kind of a lot to take in. I've only had chemo treatment so far & awaiting the surgery/rads in the future sometime. I had to do chemo first to "control" the cancer. So far so good.



I'm so happy to hear about your husband surviving w/stage 4. I hope to be one of those & I'm planing on being one:)

Thank you purple so much! Sounds like he's a miracle too & has a great attitude. That is AMAZING that he worked through all that. It sounds like he has a really good support team with you:)



Hope is one of my favorite words now. Hope for this, hope for that:-)



Thanks again:)



Yeah for NED:)

Purple-He has such a strong will! That's how I feel. Take 1 day at a time. I'm so using that: "failure is NOT an option." :-)



I think my stubbornness, will & attitude have helped me through as it has for him, you & your family:)



Best of luck to both of you as well. And hang tough I will. :-D

I have a history of major depression and took Effexor for a long time (years). Some people seem to have a problem when they go off it, but I never did. Current thinking about depression is that it changes brain chemicals. Antidepressants are design to reverse that process and give a boost to get out of it.