MIDDLE-AGED WOMEN 40-60ish

I am up to my eyeballs in pies. I have done 60 out of the 91. I will finish tomorrow. I am tired. I am using my enclosed porch as a big fridge right now. My brother is going to be picking them all up, but I am not sure if he will be able to do it in one trip.

Looking forward to Friday. I am getting this post chemo hair colored.

Hope everyone is doing ok. Have a great night.

marlegal - it really sucks when your mind is a day or so ahead of reality. Does make for a long work week.

I was having trouble all day trying to remember that it wasn't Monday today. (had yesterday off) And then, due to no water in our building, we all got the afternoon off - with pay to boot.

Just think - tomorrow is half way there day. Also known as hump day.

Speaking of fairy tales-go see "Jack the Giant Slayer"-good story, acting & special effects- I didnt do 3D & was just fine without it.  Traveling south of the border to Sacramento area this weekend to go see "Oz" on IMAX with my DB & SIL.

Hi Ladies, I am reading along here almost daily, its a great topic, and I love the tone of comradeship between people. The latest event in my otherwise tedious treatment process happened today. I spent the week securing my reduced schedule at work, rearranging clients, keeping my boss, HR and insurance co. up to speed, so I could start rads today. I get a phone message at work that the cancer center can't start me today because they don't yet have the rads records from my treatment ten years ago. OK, so, I am thrilled they are being so careful, but, am totally anxious and discombobulated because I have begun a half day schedule, for which, without treatment, I can't claim short term dis. payment or FMLA time. It will be at least three wasted days of short hours with nothing happening, and then I will need to extend my partial leave on the other end to get the series finished. Wahhhhh!!!! This treatment while working is for the birds!! I guess it will sort out eventually, but jeepers. The best laid plans....

What I really want to know, tho, is how those 90 pies are coming along, DR?! THAT sounds like stress to me!

Warm regards to all, Mame

I can't paste a pic from my iPad

Barsco, I was going to give you a gorgeous stable hand!

Hooray for good results. Last thing I'm seeing before bed and it's a great feeling.

barsco - Hooray! That's great news! Sounds like the stable boy is stuck on you. Mar, I was thinking the same thing about a stable hand.  How's this one, barsco?

mac - I can just picture you and the pharmacist laughing at the "how are you" question! That's so funny! What's that saying - better laughing than crying. Oh, well. It's how we get by...

Elimar - those pandas crack me up - I love them! Where do you find this stuff?

Eph - I can't wait to see Jack and Oz! Marlegal, you have a point... I don't know what it says about the state of our minds.  I think I'm slipping.

Barsco, that is wonderful. Enjoy your boy!

HNS - Big hand for clear PET scan.  Big round of applause and (((HUGS))).

Barsco - Yeah for the Tammy.  Stable boys are great!  WOOHOO

Mame - Maybe your delay happened for a reason.  At least at the end of tx you will be knowing what to expect (even though I know you've had rads b4.)  Maybe those 3 days have a purpose.  I'm trying when things happen like this to see what God is trying to tell me and leave my voice out of it.

Dianarose - How's about a pie update?  And you did that on top of regular bakery job?  I think you'll get the rep. of the "pie lady".  Not a bad way to start out your own bakery I think.

Macatacmv is on the mend. Panda dance/flute playing and that luscious stable boy whoever he is.  It is a good Thursday.

I have gotten the whalloping cold though now on the coming out end.  I managed ALL last year not have even a cold and BLAMO it started Sunday.  To make matters worse, the 2 (yes both and the only 2) goats I had due kidded both yesterday.  The first one (a 1st freshener) had a pretty OK buck, he is out with mama; a tiny doe that is inside being bottle fed and will have to be hand raised and a buck born dead.  Was worried I would have to take her to vet as she is just finishing passing all afterbirth (like 36 hours later).  Second one to kid (2nd freshener) delivered with this midwife assist 2 BIG kids, healthy, vigorous, one doe, one buck.  Doing fantastic.

Now these are just hobby goats, no profit (heck no I spend tons on them - no grandkids to spoil), no milk though I did toy with the idea of milking that 2nd one.  SOOO - I have vowed this is my last kidding.  DH WAS not thrilled to be awakened at 1230 yesterday am and got little sleep.  He took personal day at work.  2nd doe had the good smarts to do hers early yesterday evening and it was all done in about 1.5 hours.

SO - so much for my rambling.  It's about time to bottle the baby again.  She's asleep beside me in the styrofoam crate we got a ham in for Christmas.  Keeps her nice and warm.  But found her trying to jump out of it which is good sign.  Have lots of dog crates for her to go in.

Oh and not that anything was planned but yesterday was our 37th anniversary. What a way to spend it.  Dinner for me was graham crackers and peanut butter.

I don't remember if I posted here back in January when my dog was having troubles (this is the dog that some of you may remember pulled me down the embankment back in 10-2012 & I broke my shoulder on my lumpectomy side (oh joy, oh joy).  Anyway, I'm going to copy & paste my e-mail to my siblings re: the latest.  This is all so unrelated to BC & it's sad, so those who want to skip it - feel free, won't hurt my feelings.

"So, I took Ruby back into the vet yesterday for several things.

#1 - the cyst between her toes has come back (it was removed last summer for those who didn't know or don't remember) and there is a secondary cyst forming on the toe itself

#2- the lump that the doctor determined to be an abcess is still fairly large (probably about the size of a tennis ball or a bit larger) and very firm

#3-she has growths on her butt

So the vet said that the cyst between the toes is probably just a repeat, not malignant, but extremely hard to get gone completely. The growth on the toe itself though is worrisome.

The external polyps on the rear are not in & of themselves worrisome other than it's a horrific surgery & in the location that they are there is extreme chance of contamination, etc. Plus she is such a licker! Those cone things are worthless on her; our neighbors say they heard her howling ALL day when she had that on before.

On top of it he noted that she has something wrong on the cornea of one of her eyes, but that seems to be healing (it's like one of the cats caught her with a claw).

But, the bad news is the lump. Apparently at the end of January when it was determined to be an abcess, what it was was a tumor that had busted out from where it had been "in situ". The tissue around the tumor necrosified (don't know if that's a real word, or used correctly) & that was the pus & drainage & infection. Now that that is all healed, but the lump is still there, he aspirated it yesterday-no fluid, just cells, malignant under the scope. Which then changes the complextion of the other things-they too could be or could not be malignant.

He went on to tell me that there was a new chemo drug that is doing good things on cancer in animals, but very expensive. I told him as a chemo survivor I would NEVER subject an animal who couldn't understand what was happening to them, to chemo. And the cost was a deterrent also. And she is almost 13.

So we were sent home with the good old standby Prednisone-twice a day for 3 days, once a day for 3 days & then every other day until gone. As long as she continues to look forward to our walks (which have been cut back in length & we now seek out pavement & grass only because the gravel pathways seem to bother her foot more) & is not advertising pain or potty problems, we will soldier on.

I'm better than I thought I would be (so far)."

Oh, Eph! I'm so sorry to hear about Ruby! I had a dog named Ruby - she was my baby. She got hit by a car when she was 13, so I didn't have to see her suffer but it was sudden and unexpected.

This is the hardest part about having and loving our pets. You have a good plan, though. As long as she's happy, she's good.  Dogs will definitely let you know when they don't feel good.

I hope she surprises everyone and you and she have much more time together. Dogs are good about that, too. 

I am so glad it was a good scan day !!!!!!!

Momine- I love the dog picuture. I used to have 2 great danes. They were awesome dogs.

All 91 pies are done. My brother is on his way to pick them up. I am so tired now. I have had to work this week and come home and bake some more. I must be crazy. I love how pretty the Key Lime look when they are done. I did make one extra banana cream for myself.

Eph- sorry to hear about your dog. Pets are so much a part of our lives.

Heartnsoul- love the eye candy.

It can stop snowing here anytime now. I want spring.

Eli - here's a hat for alien baby. Don't want him/her to catch a chill.