In shock

Yeh Carla, hair cut like Meg Ryans, hot hot hot  

Edi, lets just say i don't like spiders no matter where they are or country...lol.....I remember when I just moved into our new house 4 years ago...I called my DH to come home from the pub down the road because there was a massive spider in the kitchen...well I didn't leave its site, after a whole can of spray to kill it, and me sliding everywhere from the spray, this big ugly thing still wanted to try and fight me to get up and walk....I can't bring myself to squashing them so DH was home and killed it, he did slip on his backside though, didn't warn him that all that shine was no Mr Sheen ... it was funnny though thinking back at it.......lol....(so after that I did end up going to the pub with him, wasn't staying home with any more spiders...blah and the vodka went down nicely )!!

Benny hope you are ok, I get a little dizzy too if I get up too quick perhaps thats what happened when you were kneeling that or low blood pressure at the time.

We have hydralite here, we have it when we get the runs and need to boost us up with electrolytes.

Hope the apple juice works for you , don't worry about the supper dishes, theres tomorrow morning for that, go take a nap and let that codeine do its thing for you girl.

Websister , you truely are a wealth of information.....

Liefie, welcome back from your South African trip.......Happy New year to you too

Its 41 degrees here indoors with the aircon on....too bloody hot!.... popped out to the bakery for some nice yummy fresh rolls....(was so tempted to get a cake but thought, no no, these hips do not need a cake today...lol so bread rolls it was and home to yummy tuna salad rolls).

Off to the pool later on...must say, Day 3 and I feel oh sooooo much better than the Taxotere, girls.....its like I haven't had any chemo on Wednesday...so long as it's doing its thang and I feel like this I'm happy.......(though it is a cumalitive SE with fatigue so I'm not going to get too excited, but I can for now...lol)

Hope everyone is having a lovely day / night / evening/morning where ever you are.......xx

Morning ( Here ) sisters,

Benny, sorry you are still sore hope it does improve today. Nihahi is right you must be sensible, I have too learnt a lot from websisters list. Think my " ring of fire " may also be a bit similar to what you have ie. inflammation of tissues. It is burning from tummy right through to nether regions now and not running to loo. Going to get a few things from the list today and cut back on coffee etc.
Did you try the baked egg custard ? It couldn't be softer or more slippery to swallow. I put touch of sweetner in as I can't have sugar. You are then getting milk and eggs at least.Just add 2 eggs to half a pint of warm milk,add sweetner and vanilla essence if you have it. pop into buttered dish. place dish in tray of water and bake for 1-1 1/2 hrs in oven on no 1. so easy and I am going to make one for my tea tonight as this burning is travelling up to middle of my chest right now.
I also love a ripe banana mashed with a fork and mixed with evaporated milk. Used this on babies when they were starting to eat and they still adore it.
Glad LGFB was good so looking forward to having one of these, Benny must have thought you were a walking picnic of cream when you got into bed lol.
If you are googling, look up story of chief baker of the TITANIC.his story is quite amazing .
Just concentrate on getting energy levels up, the rest will follow. Hope Radiologist went ok. x

Carla, getting hair cut best thing you can do, if it gets very sparse I found getting it buzzed right off made me look and feel even more in control.Wig fits better and when it grows back will be nice and even.
Don't fret too much about constipation, it might not happen. I only had it once and lots of fluids and fruit sorted it. I am also hitting the activia today.x

Liefie, how lovely to have you back safe and sound. How did the wedding go and your playing ? x

Bevlee, picture great you look super. You are right, grandkids best thing since sliced bread.Got my GD this afternoon my best medicine ever.x

Nihahi, how did recon discussion go ? x

Websister, thanks again for your great advice that we can all dip into for our own symptoms. Hope Mum still improving and Herceptin went ok. x

Sun is shining here, bit scarey really lol.

going to soak in baking soda bath as I have the worse itch ever in a very embarassing place.TMI but only you lot will understand. xx

Edi-

Hope ur itch is better!!

Lifie-

Welcome back!!!

Sorry I am catching up!!!

Edi-

Wish i could rest, but no rest for the weary. DD of to school, getting DS off to school and then off to work. But I also think that Is why I feel good. I have no choice to keep moving. Did u have a treatment this week, sorry I can't remember.

Laters-

Love that line

Bennymuffin....I just lurk on this site as you ladies are amazing and funny and so brave. You asked about probiotics (I used to be a registered dietitian) the best, in my opinion, is Keffir.....this, you can get at your health food store, either low fat or regular, and I buy the organic one. You can add it to cereal, soups, smoothies, anywhere really.

It tastes a bit like yoghurt, and I personally love it and take it everyday. Hope this helps.

Scottie - I wondered if that was you lurking around here . Welcome, glad to have you and to know that you are a dietitian.

Scouser - hope the baking soda bath was helpful and that you are enjoying your time with your granddaughter. Looking forward to seeing a picture of that sassy new wig.Re: general question about nails - mine also are hard and seem to be growing faster than usual, they are discolored and I think I will lose the one on the ring finger right hand but otherwise thinking the extra protein might be helping with nail strength?

Traii - that is hot! Hope you are able to be comfortable in the heat with minimal side effects from CMF

Dakota - you continue to amaze me! Glad you didn't have reaction to Taxol, hope the weekend treats you well.

Saw Mom yesterday before I went for the Herceptin. She is doing good, but somewhat lonely - mornings have physio but afternoons and evenings drag for her, she is reading up a storm. I curled her hair which made her feel better so maybe she will go out to the common area and visit a bit more with the other residents.

My head feels a bit stuffed up like a head cold but tolerable, hear that can be a side effect of herceptin. So far unable to distinguish any new symptoms, I was still having muscle aches and joint pain prior to infusion so nothing new there. Can't complain.Weather is wonderful here again today.

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend with minimal side effects.

Ok woke up at 5am on a Saturday!!!! been pacing the house for half hour as I got hot...drank 2 glasses of water so yhe peeing doesnt end!!!



Ohh ice packs Nihahi.....they sound gooooood......lol. hope they are working for you on your shoulders!



Edi...Dh can be a DH sometimes..not all the time but that day he was my saviour!!



Websister, poor mum being bored...lets hope by you pampering her will bring her out for a chat with the other residents



Hope everyone has a minimal SEs weekend

Ohhh Nihahi...im picturing that oh and me running in that snow, rolling in that snow...ohhh how much cooler I am already I might just be able to sleep now.....why do boys sleep through anything and me.....up at the sound of a pin dropping....arghhh they are snoring and I am on my phone chatting away.. lol

Websister, itch has subsided thanks ,will head for another soak in a minute. Drank club soda for burning in chest and tummy it,  really soothed. Didn't realise it contained bi carb until I googled it, gosh I love that stuff. Swallow it and sit in it lol. Thanks for reply on nails, sorry you are losing one, my ED was amazed at mine yesterday when she came to pick up GD they feel really hard. GD and I were watching TV when she informed me that my prickles were growing too. ( hair ):-)
Mum sounds as if she is coming along well, once she joins in with the others she will be much better.
Hope se's from herceptin don't get any worse.
Have you heard anything from Benny ? Hope she is just out having fun and not still unwell.x

Traii, The heat where you are is hard to imagine. You are right about the male of our species, they sleep through anything.
Friend of ours is in Tasmania and the fires there look horrendous, we are a bit worried as he hasn't posted on f/b for a few days
Have you fires anywhere in Aus ?Nature is unfair we have more water than we know what to do with here. In GD's school playground there are many beautiful old trees, they are worried they may fall due to ground being so soft. Think they may have to be cut down.
how are se's, minimal still I hope. x

Nihahi, hope ice packs worked, your part of the world sounds beautiful.Bet you are excited about recon. x

Bearcub, you sound really well, ED is computer whizz and she has said she will come around one night and help, re pics, so will pass on any info to you.
I have 25 rads to come april/may time, have many friends who have had them and no one has suffered any discomfort. Think they are better at doing them now than years ago. x

Luvmy, Finally made the buttermilk potatoes last night, they were fantastic !! DH loved them and he is a fussy sod. They will be a regular meal now thanks. x

Love to the rest of my sisters, Edi x

Traii-

Thanks for asking. It's weird today my hands feel very tight and sore. That also burned a little bit? Is that neuropathy. They told me to expect muscle aches???

Edi I would love to see a pic of that cake, if you get pics loaded. My GD also turns 6 later this month, on the 23rd. I am pretty sure it will be a Dairy Queen ice cream cake...kids love those even when it's freezing outside.

I know how you are feeling. I am 52, healthy, never smoked and a routine mamo picked up a 3.2cm enlarged node on the right side. I had a fine needle biopsy, which showed cancerous cells, then ultrasound, MRI of breasts, CT scan AND CT-PET scan and on all tests, my breast and my other organs came back clear so diagnosis is cancer of unknown origin which is even harder to deal with as they can't kill it if they don't know where it's coming from.There are cancerous cells in the node which has now been surgically removed and I have so say that the op itself was not too bad - had no pain relief after op and scar not very big.On the PET scan, it did some some uptake in the right arm nodes so now the surgeon wants to take out nodes from the right and send over for testing. This is a bigger op and i am scared I can't use my arm to its full extend.  I play tennis (or did) and am always luggin heavy shopping around.THey also said that I was HER-2+, so both ONC and Specialist believe it points to a breast cancer that cannot be found (i.e it could be very microscopic). Not really sure what HER2 is but it doesn't sound good. I want to have my HER2 assessment redone as a second opionion and have to decide whether to have all the nodes removed or wait and see what happens.  Be interesting to hear if there is anyone else like me out there. i.e. cancer in node (s) but not in breast (and it's not lymphona, sarcoma or melanoma).

For those of you taking Taxol or other chemo that causes neuropathy you can take powdered L-glutamine just in water not saying it tastes great but not bad either just grainy and chalky but as always check with your oncologist but I took it and never got any of the pins&needles others got who did not take it. It will not interfere with chemo efficacy but as I said run it past your Dr

Nihahi, I have practised Reiki for about 10 years now. Love everything about it. I used to live next door to a girl who said it beat anything drugs wise she had ever taken !( She was once a backing singer for a famous star. )lol.
I am Reiki two and that took me about a year to attain. May look into becoming a Master one day.
You do receive back as much as you give during a treatment and have seen people almost float off the treatment bed.
Hope you do it one day.
Hope your shoulders easing and you took Lesley snowshoeing.Going to google Quigong. I have dvd  of tai chi to try so must get going on that. Nice and gentle. :-) x

Websister, club soda really helping, thank you. Enjoying your blog too by the way. x

Bearcub, Ice cream cake sounds absolutely gorgeous. Sure my GD would prefer one of those.Dairy Queen hasn't reached here yet but think I went to one when we were in Dubai visiting my cousin who works there.x

Msswiss, welcome and hope you will get the answers you need. x

Just been with GD for her horse riding lesson. Instead of a pony they put her on a smallish horse. GD is tiny and we call her" Fairy " she wasn't bothered at all and was cantering with no reins ! Mum and Nan were nervous wrecks, trainer said she was excellent. She is having her birthday party there with gang of little girls all riding along with her. Gone are the days of sandwiches jelly and cakes in the front room.

Going for bloods tomorrow for 4th session Tuesday. Hope Neu shot worked again this time.

Edi X