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  • Dakota212
    Dakota212 Member Posts: 1,153
    edited February 2013

    Didn't quite finish....

    Edi- so glad u got the tiles!!!!

    I wonder if that is why I have out up with this so long. I don't believe in divorce really if two people want to make it work anything can happen but obviously it has to be both. I think I have given it everything I can and I don't want to be a doormat any more. So I guess I do believe in divorce.

    Adagio- enjoy ur time !!!

    Web sister - if u read my last post I have been there!! I am sorry. Traii is right I don't like looking in the mirror but pictures are tough. Sorry that happened !

    46, luvmy, Lesley , Benny oh Benny.

    It's funny this thread has turned into such a great thing for me even outside of BC. I hope I never am without u girls. I would miss u so much. And with my free time ( as a single women ) I am coming to visit each and every one of u!!! Like it or not !!!! Haha.

    Have a fabulous day I will report about the college night. Maybe my prince is in the waiting tonight .... The story will continue

    Laters ladies ... Hugs

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  • nihahi
    nihahi Member Posts: 3,841
    edited February 2013

    Just to reinforce Dakota's comment.......we are connected to each other in ways that are sooooo beyond cancer. I ain't going nowhere, and I hope to find everybody else still pecking away at the keyboard for many, many, many years to come. I think what makes us so special to each other is that we share our lives "beyond" bc, but are there for the bc things too. Just like REAL friends. 

    Alien told off last night, and Edi's comments to its future seem to have subdued it quite well this morning. Sun is shining, skies are blue, coffee tasting pretty darn good.....shaping up to be a great day. 

    Traii....I'm surprised you haven't added to the cockroach tales. My son went to Aus while in high school with his school band, came home with tales of unimaginable bugs!!! When I lived in Miami, I saw "creatures" that still give me shivers. I'm ok with just about anything, except for what I refer to as "legless reptiles", aka s..kes. Can't even type the word, I have such a fear of them. Was on holiday in Mexico once, riding on a motorcycle. The guy driving, ran over a baby iguana, and I ended up with pieces of lizard all over my leg. YUCKO!!!!

    Not to worry about differences in chemo-tx protocols. I don't believe any doc would agree to pursue a "different" path, if they thought it would do you harm. 

    Photos....yucko again. I totally get how they are used, but the only way I can deal with them are to have myself in a different place while they are taking them. Wait'll they start drawing away on your boob/ tummy whatever with their little pens, then take even more!!!!!! I have often said, at some point, it seems like everyone and their dog has looked at you!!!!

    Have a great day everyone. Love ya!!!!!

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  • keemo26
    keemo26 Member Posts: 29
    edited February 2013

    Good morning lovely ladies!

    Wanted to relate that the first PS I met was a total disaster. I left her office in tears after she told me all about the TRAM and DIEP flaps and how great they were but I was too thin to have one. Then she proceeded to say that she would remove the left breast (with cancer) first and that I would be lopsided becuase it would be hard for her to match the natural sag of the other breast. Nice! I would come back for additional surgeries until they were relatively the same. I asked about taking them both off and she said it was not necessary so why do it. I was with my bff Beth and we left speechless. I did some research and found a new PS that everyone raved about. I met him and the experience was ENTIRELY different. First, he gave me a hug when I walked in and said he was sorry we were meeting under such terrible circumstances. We talked for a long time before he even looked at my chest. When he did, he said that if I cared about apearance, which I did, he would take them both off, place expanders in whihc would be slowely inflated during the months of chemo. We would make sure I got to the size I wanted to be (and we talked about that thoroughly), no bigger or smaller. We did the replacement to silicone implants before rads. He used alloderm and said that there should be no damage to the implant. He and the RO talked etensively. 

    Point is, there are good docs out there that get this and show compassion. Your stories make me so angry. I wish there was a place to post a list of crappy doctors!

    xokim

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  • liefie
    liefie Member Posts: 2,440
    edited February 2013

    Dakota, enjoy your evening out as much as you possibly can! You deserve it. All the cockroach stories are especially for you just to show you how much we all DISLIKE AND DESPISE cockroaches - LOL.

    No time to write more. Have to run for the gym. I wish everybody a very pleasant weekend with minimal SE's for those on chemo and rads. Hugs to all!

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  • scouser47
    scouser47 Member Posts: 963
    edited February 2013

    Dakota, go girl !! we will all be with you, having fun and laughing makes a change from the pockets.
    We need to know ALL the details, hope your lovely wig doesn't fly off  as Traii said, but if it does who gives a sxxt you will be with lovely friends.
    You better visit got gorgeous spare bedroom, and amazing bathroom now so bring it on !! x

    That goes for each and every one of you by the way xxx

    Traii, Had another retail fix, it was flipping wonderful !! Cleared out all my old gold broken jewelry and sold it for £ 120.00 !! all broken and complete cxxp.Then Edi was OFF like a racehorse, Got some lovely bits for our bedroom and the new bathroom. Also a steam mop,my girls have them and rave about them so gonna sterilise everything in sight,
    DH better keep moving.
    Went to see old friend that I hadn't seen for about a year. She held me and cried with me, then we chatted and laughed. She is ten years out from BC and looks amazing. Coming to Aus in a few weeks to see her daughter who now lives in Perth.
    You and me chemo next week, bring it on !! if mouth stays ok can cope with the loo part.
    Wish I was your MIL, me and your Mum could have a riot !!
    I am having pub brekkie with my ED's future MIL in the morning, we never stop gabbing and laughing much to my ED's horror. So glad my Princess is marrying her son, the only decent in law.
    That young man had a massive heart attack in his sleep. His Mum found him. We are all going to the funeral to support her.

    Nihahi, Friends forever, no matter what, we gotta swop rude stories and gossip about our flippin families. Glad Alien running scared.You just look after yourself.

    Keemo, these PC's want a good slap sometimes, how would they like it if WE criticised their bits.Too long, too short, too floppy or maybe just not a pretty sight. lol.

    Liefie need more cockie stories, was vacuming out cupboard under stairs and small thing with lots of legs belted across the floor, Edi almost needed a large Diaper !! it ran under a box and I wasn't going to chase it. lol

    Benny, you had better be out having fun and eating like a horse. Here soo many ready meals are being found to contain horse meat it is really getting out of hand.
    The world is going to hell in a handcart. We are all being lied to by our stupid governments. Buck passing is an art form here.

    Carla, caitlin, Bevlee, Lesleyanne, bearcub how you all getting on ????

    Must get off here as have to assemble steam mop before DH gets home then make everywhere clean and shiny.

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  • caitlin61
    caitlin61 Member Posts: 214
    edited February 2013

    Feeling reasonably okay today - could be better, could be worse.



    Off the get the hair buzzed in a few minutes. Actually looking forward to it because it's starting to bug me.



    Edi, sounds like you had a productive retail fix! Got to keep your DH on his toes!



    Dakota, have a fab time out tonight - sounds like it will be a lot of fun, and a well deserved break.



    Adagio, enjoy your getaway next week.



    Websister, hope the rads are starting off well - although the discovery of the photos in your file sounds like no fun - but glad to hear the compliment of him thinking your GD was your daughter partially made up for it.



    Oh, saw the osteopath this morning. He did more acupuncture plus some "cupping", which I wasn't so wild about, mainly because of concerns about infection. Anyway, he said to me "we'll get through this together", which were words I needed to hear. Don't know if it helps or not, but I come away from his office feeling as if I might live - whereas have to admit I come away from some of my other treatments feeling as if I might die (well, maybe that's too strong - but certainly I come away with an element of fear in my heart that's hard to shake).



    Well, I have a date with some clippers. Have a wonderful weekend ladies!

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  • scouser47
    scouser47 Member Posts: 963
    edited February 2013

    Caitlin, happy clipping, you will look and feel gorgeous. slap on some war paint and some lovely earrings and look out world here you come.
    We all have that fear in our hearts especially in the middle of the night. Think it may actually make us motivated to fight even harder.
    BC isn't going to get any of us you are a warrior sister and we all love and need you. xx

    Any treatment that makes us feel good is what we all need.

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  • caitlin61
    caitlin61 Member Posts: 214
    edited February 2013

    Thanks for your kind words of encouragement, Edi. The deed is done and the result is tolerable. As somebody who colors my hair, there's a whole lot more grey underneath than I realized though! Will post some photos, if I can find Benny's instructions on how to do so.

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  • Moviemaniac
    Moviemaniac Member Posts: 949
    edited February 2013

    Just wanted to "drop in" and post a note to you wonderful ladies. I tend to lurk lots, and post a little, but I LOVE LOVE LOVE reading about the love and support you have given, and continue to give to one another. What a special group of warrior women you all are. I am having my first meeting on March 5 with my Onc. about course(s) of treatment from here on out, and whatever it is, I HOPE I have the courage and grace to face it like you all have ! God Bless! :-). Jackie

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  • nihahi
    nihahi Member Posts: 3,841
    edited February 2013

    Caitlin...your osteopath sounds wonderful, hope you are able to keep seeing him. Stick with the people who give you hope and compassion....toss away into the toilet those who make life harder or scarier. No need to explain the fear in the heart, and how some things that are done to "cure us", make us feel like we won't survive, physically and emotionally.  

    Movie.....I recognize you from the Diep thread. That thread has info, but this thread has HOPE, LAUGHS, TEARS, ANXIETY, UNDERSTANDING, WISDOM, COMPASSION, EXPERIENCE and most important I believe, we share our lives beyond breast cancer. We are at many different stages of the journey, but are here for each other, nonetheless. Welcome, and stick with us, we're awesome!

    Carla, hope things are going ok, post chemo. 

    Liefie....you are one busy lady....dashing off to the gym! How is the eye coming along?

    Oops, pots on stove starting to make noise, must end here and tend to supper. Have a lovely night/day/whatever. 

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  • scouser47
    scouser47 Member Posts: 963
    edited February 2013

    Movie, PLEASE keep popping and  posting . We are an ever expanding gang of sisters.
    RE March 5th, if required we will be in your pockets. You come straight on here and anything you are unsure about one of us has almost certainly got an answer for you.(( hug )) x

    Caitlin tolerable is fine, I too color my hair as bad enough being a 25 year old in a 65 year old body, just don't want to look like it.
    My 1/8 inch fluff is pure white at the moment, hope it stays that colour, will be a bit wild but have a feeling it will be salt and pepper colour eventually. Wouldn't mind a few curls like a couple of my bc buddies now have lol.
    Think photo info is about page 41. If not go to search on the menu, click search , put in bennymuffins and all her old posts come up in a shortened version. scroll through and you should see a mention of pic posting.
    Good luck I can now do it but rubbish at putting how on here so you would know what I mean Frown now go glam and knock them dead xxx

    Nihahi, Hope supper didn't burn, I should be tidying thru ground floor as have a lunch guest but have to check in here or can't get motivated.
    Hope Alien leaves you in peace this weekend.x

    Carla, ((HUG)) x

    Liefie, have fun but cherish that precious eye. x




    Dakota hope you are in a fit state to share your sleep over later lol x

    Everyone else must shift my butt. DH will be up in a mo and the moaning will start if he catches me in my favourite place HERE  lovsya laters.

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  • Scottiee1
    Scottiee1 Member Posts: 2,329
    edited February 2013

    Good morning lovely ladies.....



    Movie....welcome. I was like you just mostly reading about these wonderful women and

    being inspired by them, plus getting my morning laugh before setting out to work. But

    it's hard, you become addicted.....lol



    Well, thank God for the weekend.....love my job but by the end of the week I'm pooped.



    Edi....I'm keeping my fingers crossed for the pure white....I'm like you, continue to colour

    because I THINK most of mine is salt and pepper, who the hell knows, I've been colouring my hair for so long, could be green under there for all I know.



    Dakota.....I hope you had the best time ever....also hope you had a chance to me

    Prince Charming .....you deserve him.



    Caitlin.....hope you are feeling better today.





    Benny...please pop in if you can, even just to say hi.



    Everyone I missed .....sorry....but love you all....



    I need to win the lottery so I can hire my own personal secretary....I could just dictate

    long notes to everybody ....my mouth never gets tired....just the rest of me....lol



    Have a great day everybody....❤❤❤



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  • iamfolwer
    iamfolwer Member Posts: 6
    edited February 2013

    I would like to offer my encouragement if you have just been diagnosed.  When I was diagnosed 16 years ago, there was a lady that had breast cancer 20 years ago at that time.  She was and is a no nonsence lady, which I sure appreciated. She gave me hope that I would make it too. You may be saying why me, but it is you.  Don't waste time with the woe is me or with feeling sorry for yourself.  Your time is better spent getting better.  I am a Christian, and I would like to share Psalm 118:17.NLT I will not die; instead, I will live to tell what the Lord has.  I did live, and I am telling what the Lord has done.  Sixteen years for me.  You can make it. 

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  • Scottiee1
    Scottiee1 Member Posts: 2,329
    edited February 2013

    Iamfowler.....thank you for sharing that story....we need more like that ....love to hear those "big numbers"

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  • Dakota212
    Dakota212 Member Posts: 1,153
    edited February 2013

    Hi ladies!!!!



    OMG!!!!! Had so much fun last night. Girlfriends are such good therapy it unbelievable!!!! No Prince Charming but glad cuz I needed girl time. One of the The highlights if the night was trying on my arsenal of wigs pretty funny. Haven't been out to a bar in a long time shakes a little rump on the dance floor had a blast. They all vowed as u lovely ladies to help get the cockroach out of my life!!! Speaking of which is due in today and I am not sure i can even look at him. This one definately tops the cake !!! Light day for sports today !!! Thank god cuz I am still at my friends house sleepover so no one had to drive!!!

    Welcome movie, we all have become dear friends and we have never met in the physical world.. Hope u ladies have a fabulous day!!!

    Laters, hugs, and pixie dust :)

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  • Traii
    Traii Member Posts: 1,138
    edited February 2013

    Edi, glad you had a great retail fix with some extra cash, what a bonus :) we have one of those places here...they always give me the big run down on the bring in your jewellery blah blah blah.....all we really want is a balloon to shut DS up while shopping for 5 mins...lol

    Caitlin, congrats on the hair buzzing.....I couldn't bring myself to doing it but wish I had at the time. You've done the right thing. So proud of you girl, you are getting through this :) before you know it you're hair will be coming back :)

    Movie, so glad you posted. Welcome :) You will have the courage and strength to go through chemo and/or rads. It's doable and you can do it.

    Iamfolwer, Welcome & thank you for your words of encouragement. Its great to see long term survivors of this dreaded disease.

    Scottiee, time to put your feet up and relax on the weekend....no teaching required :)

    Nihahi, cockroaches, I know a few of those...lol......MIL.....lol......hope you are well chicky. Good to hear your son's been to the great land 'down under' here in Aus. We do have some weird and whacky looking creatures here... yes the s word we will not say, I hate hate hate them....well 2 S words I don't like !!

    Caitlin, Bevlee, Carlads how you going after your chemo and Websister, how was your first Rad?

    Liefie, benny, luvmy, joanne, keemo and everyone else I may have missed, hope you are all well x

    So glad Dakota you had a BLAST, good to hear it :) You deserve it girl :) Friends are so much fun to hang out with. Glad you got to shake that butt on the dance floor .... no prince charming, that's ok like you said , girl time is great time. What the cockroach is due home already.....hmmm make sure you tell him we all said Hi....NOT.....oh he makes me angry because you are such a beautiful person on the inside and out and your kids sound the same as their mummy ( just as well they take after you )!! Now you just have to be strong when he does decide to walk into that door..(hmm if only he walked INTO the door and not open it) oh no my being bad now...shhh no more from me on that so called DH!! Enjoy your sleep over....sounds like lots of fun.

    Well we went to the festival in my town today. It was fun. DS was in his element seeing the fireworks, and before that the fire trucks and firemen/women parade down the street (waving madly to them) they all looked buggered as there was another fire not too far from us again today, it was contained, but still so inconvenient. I didn't tell you ladies, the 2400 hectares that took off last week too close to home, well it was DELIBERATLY lit by a 48 year old man.!! can you believe it....deliberate and putting fireys lives in danger! I'm so glad he was caught, now he has been suspected for lots of other fires that were deliberatly lit....hope they lock him up and throw away the key!!

    Enjoy your saturday all....off to bed here.....1am already! hugs to you all xx

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  • nihahi
    nihahi Member Posts: 3,841
    edited February 2013

    Morning All,

    Wow, so many topics and "mentions"...sure I'll miss some. Iamfolwer....great to meet you. I'm a 20+ years, I think it's good to show there is a "winning side" of bc to the newbies. 

    Dakota........woohoo, shake it baby! Yes, time with galpals is most important. Hope you get to do it much more often. Are you sure you can't change the locks and put a "not wanted" sign on the door for the cockroach????? Maybe booby trap the front walk so he never even gets that close! If you start to weaken, just remember how the slime specimen is hurting your lovely kids....that'll keep you strong. 

    Edi....so? no more wrinkly butt? Bet the rooms are stunning! Lunch guests...my lord you keep yourself busy!!!! What's on the menu? I bet Liefie has some exotic ball recipe! Last night the news was showing horrific flooding in parts of Europe. Hope the need for Hubby to build an ark doesn't hit Liverpool! 

    Traii...deliberately set fires.....put him in the cell and throw away the key! Don't understand how people do things like that. What was the occasion for your town festival? More fires too....bet this fire season can't end soon enough for people in Aus. My son loved his trip there...his band participated in the Royal Easter show in Sidney. Sounds like it was quite the experience. Pricey trip though...we had to work casino bingo's to help fund raise...I've never been good around cigarette smoke...hated every minute of it. So glad the fundraiser days are over for us! Between school stuff and hockey and gymnastics....sheese!

    I left my hair colouring days behind me long ago. For some reason, my hair has never "held on" to colour, even if professionally done. I also have hair that grows like a weed, and never liked the look when you could see the skunk stripe start to show. So, I'm grey/white and accept it. I get lots of compliments on the colour of my hair and sometimes get the "old lady" discount offered when I'm not quite the right age for it.....I take every discount I can get. Thankfully, I got decent genes, as my skin isn't really all that wrinkly. One of my friends is the same age as me, yes..THAT friend....spends an extreme amount of money (I think) every 6 weeks to colour her hair. Lots of wrinkles, but goes for the brown/blond with highlights look. I think it makes her look like a prune with a wig on, she thinks it makes her look young. (sorry for the snarky comment re: wigs.....her dye job isn't worth the $ she spends). Hmmmm...can you tell we still haven't come to good terms with each other??????

    MOOOOving on...no mountain fix planned for this weekend, I've already warned hubby he has to pick up the slack and keep me entertained! Which for him I think means a couple trips to Timmies to try to win something with the coffee cup. 

    Last night on the news, they were talking about a local couple who just won $30million playing the lottery. If I ever win, I'm booking a resort for a month, and sending each and everyone of you a plane ticket to come party. Wouldn't that just be the most wonderful thing!!!!!

    Hope those who have been quiet lately are doing well, what pocket parties are coming up this week? Love to all.

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  • Scottiee1
    Scottiee1 Member Posts: 2,329
    edited February 2013

    Nihahi.....I told my adult learners that if I ever win the lottery, I would take them all to Hawaii for two weeks 5 star hotel...the works....there's a lot of praying going on for

    teacher to win.....lol. I'm going to get them to include you in their prayers also...BTW...

    you guys can join us in Hawaii also...💃💃💃



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  • carlads
    carlads Member Posts: 241
    edited February 2013

    Good Morning Ladies,

    Dakota, I'm so glad you had fun!  You so deserve it!

    Chemo Thursday went well.  I just hate the puffy feeling from the Taxotere up two pounds of nothing but bloat went I went in for my Neulasta injection..  I know it will be gone by the end of the week but yuk! 

    I haven't shared this with all of you yet but I am getting a second opinion on my Chemo plan.  I really like my Oncologist but I'm not feeling comfortable with only 4 treatments as opposed to 6.  I have a very low hormone percentages and I want to make sure all those little stray cells (if any) are gone..  My oncology nurse who I love!!  said go for it.  The Dr I am seeing is in the same group just a different office and she specializes in BC if she agrees with the 4 then I only have one more left, if not I will go for two additional.  

    iamfolwer, Thank you for your words of encouragement!  We all need it to get through this.

    Traii, So glad you all had fun at the festival!  Your precious boy reminds me of my little grand-daughter it sounds like they may have the same personality!  She went to play in the snow yesterday and had a blast!  I put some pictures on FB I give up trying to get them on here.  I cannot believe a 48 year old man started the fire and put so many in danger!  Unbelievable..

    Jackie, Welcome!  This is our family and we welcome you to it! 

    Nihahi, Hope you are needing in frozen peas soon and I hope I won't either..

    Caitlin, How are you this morning?

    Websister, Hope you are feeling good.

    Edi, Can I please have the recipe for the gluten free chocolate cake again?  Maybe you could FB me in a private message and I can print it out..  You really have me on a roll... I am going to make a lemon pie today!  All organic... and believe me this is totally out of the norm for me!  

    Liefie, I was headed for the gym this morning I hate to miss, but I am having a little of the Chemo fog so I decided to miss today.  I will take a nice long walk this afternoon..  You go girl!

    Luvmy, Bearcub,Scottiee, Jennie, Keemo, have a great weekend! 

    Benny, we miss you!

    Love you all,

    Carla

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  • foxey2410
    foxey2410 Member Posts: 21
    edited February 2013

    Benny, I am 63 I got the same news on Jan 3,  had lumpectomy on both breasts Feb.4th 2013. Trust me when I say I know what your feeling and cry Omg i was feeling so guilty for feeling sorry for myself all the whys what have i done so bad in life to deserve this i could go on forever. The boards help believe me I now know that we all do and it is normal I thought normal when you find out but I can cry for no reason the boards have helped me more than i can say. I have to do chemo and radation if not for the chat room i would have said to hell with it all no no and no and did. The ladies in chat made me feel it is not a death sentence and there is still life and I can do at least try crying is ok so many are in the same shape and lots are worse than me they keep telling me one day at a time you can ask any thing feel anything they understand. I found the chat room about 6 days  ago they are very hard for me and I get frustrated but they understand..

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  • SherylB
    SherylB Member Posts: 450
    edited February 2013

    Carlads,

    So glad you are seeking out a 2nd opinion. I questioned the PA on Thursday as it is the first time she an I actually discussed my case I had just seen the MO prior to that. The PA knows I have been a nurse for >30 years and was very honest with me in areas that she disagrees with the doc about but feels the 4 tx for BC followed by radiation 30 tx will kick Cancer's Ass. We have to be comfortable of the plan or keep looking for what will reassure us. Glad you are making it through from Thursday. Lots of fatigue and darn headache again not as bad yet as from tx #2, keeping my fingers crossed,

    Hugs. Sheryl

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  • scouser47
    scouser47 Member Posts: 963
    edited February 2013

    Hi mad women lol.

    Scottie, we love you and even tho you are pooped keep those fingers on the keys when you can.
    Failing which just read and hopefully have a giggle.
    Hawaii yay always fancied trip to there fingers and eyes crossed lol
    Please rest and get that energy back up, don't know how you do a full time job at our age.
    Got a horrible feeling hair might come back a yucky colour and the lovely white might just be a trick. Will colour myself as hate sitting in hairdressers for ages, get a bit panicky.Plus too mean to pay the stupid amounts they charge.

    Iamfolwer, thanks, sixteen years !! love it. Gives us newbees such a liftSmile

    Caitlin,any luck with photo's ? my ED coming tomorrow will ask her how to explain it to you.

    Carla,hope you now feeling better? Will pm u that recipe asap. x

    Dakota, Wow good time had by the sound of things. Don't let Cockroach burst your bubble now. Harden your heart and crush the bugger. Had a friend with a similar DH she made him a pie using dog food and laxatives. He licked his lips then ended up in hospital lol.
    Pixie dust back at you, x

    Traii, No balloons here at gold places, DS would hate them. Festival sounds lovely but just gobsmacked that someone could have put so many lives at risk. Glad they got him but should lock him up and throw away the key. Sleep well x

    Nihahi, rooms stunning lol. Bedroom quite lovely except waiting for carpet and new bed.
    Wrinkly butts bathroom nooooo. DH came home after a late, ( midnight ) goes up to inspect and thinks lights not bright enough !!!! fine to me. Tiler has asked for more tiles so happy harry ( DH ) spent ages this morning counting how many were used, how many left etc. Monday is not going to be pleasant when he does his being a narky bxxxxxxd impersonation. HELP
    If he needs an ark I for one am staying and drowning, lol
    Prune with wig, LOVE IT. she deserves that comment.
    Please win that lotto, it would be a party to end all party's
    Me and Traii pockets Tuesday and Wednesday,
    Hope you win Timmies cup thing,
    Lunch menu was Filo parcels with spinach. feta cheese and pine nuts, with salad. Main onion, chestnut mushroom, pea and smokey bacon risotto, dessert toffee and nut roulade.Only bit cooked from scratch was the rissotto. My lovely friend ate every scrap plus second's. SUCCESS

    Carla, 2nd opinion good idea, its your body. I am seeing my onco this time and need a good talk to him. DH dropping me off as it will be along one so can ask all my questions without him twittering away. Your GD is such a sweetie on f/b x

    Websister, hope you are ok ?

    Benny you too, x

    Foxey 2410, are all your treatments done ? x

    laters xxxx

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  • Jennie93
    Jennie93 Member Posts: 1,018
    edited February 2013

    Benny, where are you???

    Carla, my MO said something interesting about the chemo.... I asked her why some people getting this regimen (TC) get 4 doses, and some get 6.  I was expecting her to maybe say something about the size of the tumor, or the aggressiveness of it, or something like that, but she just said "You had lymph nodes involved, so you get 6.  If you hadn't, you'd get 4."  That really surprised me.  That they apparently now recommend chemo even if your lymph nodes were clear.  At the time of my surgery I was given the impression that if they got clean margins and the nodes were clear (which is what we all expected) then there would be no chemo, no rads, just Tamoxifen for 5 years and that's it.

    3.5 weeks PFC and feeling a little better every day.  I still have my eyebrows, most eyelashes, and all my fingernails & toenails are still attached.  LOL.  Is it safe to assume enough time has passed that I will keep them all?  No sign of hair growing yet but I reckon it's a bit soon for that.  I'm anxiously awaiting the return of my taste buds!   :-)

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  • raehyg
    raehyg Member Posts: 85
    edited February 2013

    I too am newly diagnosed and in shock! Positive thoughts only....you have to be strong. Unfortunately cancer has no boundaries....any age, any time

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  • nihahi
    nihahi Member Posts: 3,841
    edited February 2013

    Some new sisters this week.....Hugs to all. We are here at all times of day and night. Have had different experiences at different times of life. Ask away, add your 2 cents worth, we are all equals here. Foxey.....go right ahead and get those tears out, each and everyone of us has had those moments. Rae....too right, cancer isn't only for certain types, and most certainly doesn't play fair. No point in trying to figure out what you could have done differently......look ahead, even if it is only for a few minutes at a time! If you wonder at comments directed towards me about "the alien"....I am waiting for surgery to get rid of a freaking b****h of an implant...which we fondly refer to as my alien boob! The only thing I've found to ease the capsular contracture pain is ice, frequently that means a bag of frozen peas sitting on my chest, at odd hours of the day or night. I am not really possessed or from another planet. (hmmm....but that WOULD explain a few things???).

    ps....pay NO attention to comments from some of the others that I might be a bit of a trouble-maker...SO NOT TRUE...but I do love a good laugh!

    Edi....Ohhhh lunch menu sounds divine, I'm drooling all over the keyboard!!!! I've now tried risotto twice, first time, rice too hard, second try, too mushy. Could you please give me a cooking lesson! 

    Good luck with hubby and the tile man, sounds like a good day for you to go meet a girlfriend for tea!

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  • Traii
    Traii Member Posts: 1,138
    edited February 2013

    Nihahi, we would NEVER picture you as a trouble maker, no more than what we are....LOL....you are a good asset, you're a great laugh....Alien boobies, balls, cockroaches, just to mention a few.! how are you anyway, still whipping up your stirfry !!! Laughing

    Jennie, so good to hear you are feeling better each day :) Lucky you still have your nails, my toe nails are coming off...but i must say they don't hurt and are just popping off without me knowing..lol one minute I look down and have gorgeous bright pink toe nails and the next I have one missing...so off I go into the garage to paint that one.....they are nice new nails so thats ok:) my finger nails on the other hand growing but still looking funny.....!

    Edi, fingers crossed for me that bloods will be ok on Tuesday...I have a cold.....congested nose, headache aches and pains.....(no temp thank goodness) hopefully my WBC will still be ok for chemo !! Last cycle its gotta be !!

    Foxey, we all feel your pain, age has nothing to do with this damn dreaded BC....it will hit any of us any time as we all know. Glad you found us, we are whacky, crazy at times, but here for a laugh, a cry for anything :)

    Dakota, still recovering from your girly weekend?

    HOpe you are all having a great Saturday night / Sunday.

    My sunday is a quiet one today.....DS is sound asleep and I'm here typing away and playing games on FB.....I have my sauce on for spaghetti bolognase tonight and DH is going fishing later on this evening :) Life is good :)

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  • Traii
    Traii Member Posts: 1,138
    edited February 2013

    Carlads, there was something on the newsletters going around this page re 4 vs 6 chemos etc. I know a lot of women having 4 , I only had 3 and 3 of something else with no rads. I'm not looking into it too much, this is what was recommended to me so I'm going with it. I trust my onc now and have a good relationship with him, I know that if he needs assistance he is always on the phone with people in the UK and US to discuss my 'rare' situation !! I just love being 'rare' lol.......

    Go with your heart girl, if you need a second opinion go for it.....it will ease that mind of yours working in over-drive I can just imagine :) xx

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  • nihahi
    nihahi Member Posts: 3,841
    edited February 2013

    Dear Traii....while I realize that Aus is much different than Canada, you are going to have to explain the reason behind going to the garage to paint your toenails???? Is that aussie slang or is your nail polish banned from the house? OOOOhhh, I bet that's where you've stashed Juan, the cabana boy!!!!!! OK, shhh, it's our secret!

    Sorry to hear you're fighting a cold. Does your little guy have one too. When kids start new things like school, they love to bring home new germs for the rest of the family to get sick on. Glad you can have a quiet day, might help you fight it off. 

    I read my posts from today, and am starting to understand why hubby says in a weary voice......you should have gone to the mountains this weekend. Alien starting up though, so peas about to appear. In your pockets on Tuesday.

    Dakota...hope the cockroach got lost on the interstate, or better yet, got stomped on by you when he tried to come in.

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  • Traii
    Traii Member Posts: 1,138
    edited February 2013

    Well hello Miss Nihahi, yes that is Aussie slang for ' hubby doesn't like the smell of nailpolish in the house!!" shh, cabana boy is in there lol....shhhh you weren't mean't to say anything!

    My little guy did get one from kindy, he's over it now and I've just got the full brink of it today. I really should have listened to mum and not walked into the kindy room so I can avoid germs, but its sooooo hard especially when DS wants me to see him doing a few things before we go :(

    lol, i'm sure hubby would have been 'delighted' for you to go to the mountains this weekend, may have kept you occupied other than that stupid Alien starting up......thanks for being in my pockets on Wednesay for me, Edi's Tuesdsay, just make sure you don't leave any crumbs behind or start laughing if they can't find my veins, you will feel my steam coming out of everywhere ..... lol

    Oh yeh, dakota did the cockroach turn up at home ? hmmm hoping thats why you didn't show today ?

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  • Dakota212
    Dakota212 Member Posts: 1,153
    edited February 2013

    Hi ladies -

    Cockroach has not been sighted as if yet..... Will keep u posted. Not looking forward to it. It was a busy day.

    Traii - sorry u not feeling well... Cabana boy hope he is the one that does the toes.

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