The Hermit Club

Kit, yup.  I know that feeling.   That's the emoticon closest to an alien they have here.  I jump every time I happen to pass a mirror here at home!  (I work out of our condo.) "Who's THAT?"

camillegal, 3rd grade math looks like calculus to me right now..or numerology either way , back away, I give you a Gold Star for watching scary movies. Not a chance I would. I saw The Exorcist in my late teens and have been traumatized ever since LOL

cindyloowho...my fav Xmas movie there is no easy breast cancer so you might just forgetaboutit and join the club; we hate cancer and we hate what it does to us...we all belong to it, unfortunately

Skittle..cute avatar and your name makes me hungry..dangerous combo on steroids...LOL...thanks for the hugs, for whaevah reason this taxol is a pain, literally...lol on seniority

Teka..I know those beotches, and I burn those letters bhahahaha

kltb...how nice to spend quality time with the girls, the pre-xmas trip sound like fun! I will be following your posts of rads as you will finish around my start time. Wishing you an easy time, and hope the TE's will be comfortable soon..

markat...please do not tell me you are wearing a dress ..the visual of the old man in the basement is enuff

Fellow hermits, have to say it is the humor here that really makes my day. Probably saved a few lives in my path as  well , so  and *hugs* to you all. Remember...When humor goes, there goes civilization..Erma Bombeck

Hi hermits! The lunch yesterday with the local Florida girls was very nice. I enjoyed meeting some of our “bco” sisters.  There were 9 of us, so a good size group. If you have the chance to meet up with some of your local group, I encourage you to go. 

Bgirl - Congrats to your DD and to you for getting her to this point!

Camille - gold star for trying to help DGS with his math!!  Just be glad we are not in third grade these days!  You have not left the house in 2 weeks?  Can you get out and go for a walk?  How’s your weather?  Don’t think the ER counts as getting out…lol.

CindyLooWhoo - Welcome, just sorry you have to be here, sorry we all have to be here!  I understand the thing with your dad…I am a private person as well and I am not sharing my dx with many at all.  My mom knows that I do NOT want my bc discussed, but she took it upon herself to tell some of her friends.  To say I came unglued is an understatement. (whoops.) Love my mom, but I was furious!

Skittle, CindyLooWho, Teka, Me - seems as if us hermits have a common thread of “keeping the dx on the down-low”. It’s our dx and we should decided who it is shared with! I could climb upon a really big soap box about this, but I’ll spare you, because you already know! You get it! You understand!

Kltb - My best wishes to you on rads!  Hope it is smooth sailing for you.  By the way there is an open invitation for you to come to my house to iron if you run out of your own ironing!!!  That is one thing I refuse to do.

Skittle - LOL seniority, a little Spanish lady huh? - out of the mouth of babes!  How funny. Are you saving comments like this for a book?

Omeggo - I’m sure its good not to see the little old man staring back at you.  I hated the little old man look I had for what seemed way too long. Trust me it resolves!  Yay for no more shedding.

((HUGS)) to all!

FL- so glad you had a nice lunch! It's neat to meet new people.

Camille-glad you checked in. I'm wide awake tonight. For some reason I'm all hyped up about Christmas presents that I can't afford and finding the cheapest place to find them.

Speaking of Christmas presents and aliens...Abby wants an Alien Autopsy Kit that she saw in the Walmart ad. I'm so going to buy it and wrap it in aluminum foil. I've been laughing about that all day!

Crap sent too soon. Hope the docs go good tomorrow and glad the pain is easing up!!!!

Camillegal I feel the same way about thanksgiving. The last two years we went away...alone. I loved it but DH I think missed it. This year to his brothers. I don't mind going there his wife and I are close, she is a nurse and helped me shower when I got home from the hospital with the drains.



Yesterday my sister sent sent a note saying that they were forgoing gifts for each to take care of a family in need. We are in CT so there is so much storm devastation. So I will have very little shopping to do. Christmas eve is the big day in Italian families and it's usually at my house...I don't feel like decorating...not sure about cooking either.



DH keeps telling me I should go to my dads in FL and sit by the pool while I'm on STD from work. Oh sure, that would be great...the breastless wonder on display, because I'm so sure my dad told all his neighbors too. They don't get that sometimes I just want to be normal. I don't want to answer " how are you doing" over and over. Maybe I should tell them how I'm doing...that might actually be amusing, for me anyway. Lol

Hi markat...no fills yet.



It's 3 weeks tomorrow. But I had a small skin revision last Monday.



I see the PS Wednesday and I'm hoping for a fill. I'm told the "iron bra" is more comfortable after the fills start. I'm so darn uncomfortable I could scream.



I have been off the dilaudid but took one last night so I could sleep.



I feel like a slug. I want to walk or go on the treadmill. I lost 20 lbs recently and I don't want it back.



And I still have days when I'm so damn pissed off. I am the healthiest person I know, I eat right, work out, dont drink much, never smoked...I lost the weight because I'm going to be 50 next year and wanted to be fabulous. And instead two weeks after my 49th birthday i get this news. Grrrrrr

Omg you are right 30 year olds are not! And to think those morons want us to get mamms every two years.



I work for a very large health insurance company and we believe that wellness works, so they are all about the preventive care.



Question for you...do they do the nipples the same time as the exchange, or is it another separate procedure?

Hi fellow Hermits,

I just couldn't stay away from your thread and I think I qualify for hermit status! I had to go out to a small gathering last night for the first time since my ooph. surgery and I really just didn't want to. My hair is about 2 inches but extremely curly and looks less than one inch so there is no mistake I am poster bc girl. Well most our friends are soccer related as both my kids play soccer, but my freinds other two kids are cheerleaders, so last night was cheer moms night, really should have stayed home.... Left early and cranked up the old tv, much better!



October was terrible I was just about to explode all month, now this month is my one year cancerversary. Went to MO this month just emotionally fragile and told him how everyone I talk to asks me that I'm cured right? I don't know how to answer, mostly say yes, but MO never said that. I asked him point blank am I cured, he said I will be under observation for 5 years before he will say cured NED. Well that really makes me feel better, not. Well just a vent, looking forward to Christmas this year, last year I was doing chemo so I just went through the motions. Thanks for the hermit club, cause I really don't want to go out!

I read this on another thread on this board...so I cannot take credit but it is a snappy come back the "are you cured" question.



I will know I'm cured when I die from something else.



That should shut people up.



I have to make jokes because otherwise it would be a pity party. So I stole this one too...



My neighbor, a friend, said wow you look great.

I said well the cancer was in my boob, not my face.

We both laughed our butts off.



😄

Ha Markat, funny you would put people haters. I snagged Cams pic that say "why do I hate people. Oh yeah, because of everything" and put it on my facebook. My aunt commented on it with "Keep your chin up, It will get better." I started to type a rotten reply, but deleted it.

  I get a port tomorrow, start chemo on the 19th and I'm stage IV...I don't think she understands why "It'll get better" just sounds stupid to me right now.

My only contact with people is facebook, I'm a hard core hermit Lol, but geesh, even there they make me want to yell.

markat,

Markat....freaking hilarious!

Oh we have a new FL--another thing I have to keep straight Welcome (if I haven't already)

And Markat as usual u hit the nail on the head I don't like most people hahaha

Cyndie That's why we start Christmas eve ITALIAN we're still following tradition. But we celebrat the next day too. Of course the energy leve has changed but I still love it.

Stormy port tomorrow? Ok it's all right to do and chemo the 19th  I truly hope it goes well for u--u have to always tell us how it's going so we can help in some way even if it's Markat making u laugh----The pressures on u Markat.

I saw my onc this morn. and I see my Card. this afternoon--I'm glad I'm getting this all over with today.

BTW my onc. found  lump on mu rib so I'll get a scan--so I told her how much I liked her hair and that's how I want mine cut--I have a pic. here somewhere so I'll show my DD but she had thick hair mine is thinner on top--Thanks chemo. I'm so tired now I don't want to go anywhere but this is my day out LOL So I actually took a shower. LOL

camillegal,

I hope you don't have a long wait for scan with "positive results".

You all (in Florideze:  y'all) are pretty darn funny.  I'm from CA but live here in FL, which I truly love (west coast of FL).   I think I already have written that (how funny y'all are). 

Do you know, just NOW, like two minutes ago, I finally GOT the pole dancer joke?  All this time, I wasn't really sure what you (whoever) was referring to...needless to say, my imagination DID go wild, just for quite a while, if I be honest.  And no, I don't bodybuild professionally.  Just did a couple of amateur shows.  It was a blast. I'd like to do another one next year.  There's an open Master's Competition (Figure) in PA next July.  That would be so great. I have a friend who suggested we do that together when I met with her in August, right before my surgery.  Right after that, she totally blew out her knee.  "Man plans, God laughs"  as they say. 

I have a question, since this thread is full of all kinds of important information and definitions.  What does WTF mean?  Is it what I think it means?  And what is ROML or whatever?  I've never had the nerve until now to ask.  I'm in an altered state...chemo #2 is tomorrow and I admit to having some jitters.  This last week I have felt better than I have in MONTHS on EVERY level.  Ladies, that is saying  A LOT!!!  Sucks that it'll really change in a flash tomorrow but I want the little (sorry, I'm gonna cuss again) the little 'gollum fuckers' DEAD!  or rather, in FL again, "DAID". 

I'll probably post some more here tomorrow as I cruise around on line with my extremely cool new gizmo (Smartphone).  I love it.  Shocking, really...I've been adamantly low tech for years!

For those of you starting chemo and getting ports and for those who are new to all this BC shit, we are here for you.  I have done a TON of psycho-work to help me get through and if you'd like to hear of what I've been doing, you are welcome to PM me.