What the heck???

Those are words I always love to read "I am feeling better now".

I too hope you get some answers soon...there is nothing worse than waiting.

Blu, just a thought because I don't know the whole history of what each doctor has checked with you. Your symptoms sound exactly like something I experienced after my first miscarriage at 4 months back in '83. Pregnancy changes the body, miscarriage and altering the hormonal balance changes the body again and I couldn't figure it out ~ headaches, a kind of woozy feeling rather than dizziness, my left breast ached and when I'd push on it, I'd express milk. My gyn/ob scheduled CTs to check for a pituitary tumour (which I didn't have), blood work, opthamology appointment, all the things you'll have done.

Dx? Galactorrhea, an excess of the hormone prolactin. He prescribed this nasty little pill (!) called parlodel. I started with a quarter of this tablet (and it's tiny to begin with!) and a 1/4 was plenty ~ made me feel so spaced out (thankfully I'd just fall asleep once I realized how it affected me), and I slowly built up to the full tablet. Took that for a few months and it corrected the problem.

If they've checked galactorrhea and ruled it out, I'm glad. If not, it might be worth a mention.

I love your humour (loved it on the thread about rads being er, ahem, "contagious"!! ), and your references to the "best before date..."

And as humourous as you're being and trying to keep a light heart, there is nothing as frustrating as symptoms that present with no resolution to be found. Hang in there girl, I'm confident they'll get this figured out.

First of all, congratulations to your mom!! Finishing rads is a huge victory. I did such a dance on my way out of the hospital with my last one...and I practically "ran" out the door, I couldn't wait to get into the sunshine, the air and life away from that part of the journey. She'll be so pleased to be finished. Best of health to her!!

As for you, you are a conundrum!! The medical arena has given you quite the "going over" and have found nothing to cause this. So on one hand, that's a good thing. On the other, the discomfort and the unusual behaviour of your body is annoying and frustrating. I'm glad you aren't pregnant if DH has been fixed ~ otherwise, it's "Lucy, you've got some 'splainin' to do!!" for you!! Always keeping in mind of course that even though the dam has been sealed, there can be hairline cracks!!

Maybe it's time to just say "okay" ~ if there's no explanation, all the tests have been done and nothing is showing up, maybe it is an anomoly that will correct itself. With the human body, I am a firm believer that anything is possible and it often takes care of itself. Stress can produce a myriad of ailments, all of them real, but the excess adrenaline that is produced wreaks havoc with the body's finely tuned functioning system. Of this I know what I speak ~ I carried so much stress in my life and I tie every illness/disease/ailment I've had back to that nasty critter.

I'm glad you can laugh, but I'm so glad that you can cry. And it needn't be a secret. Tears cleanse and refresh. Tears are the body's way of healing itself, of letting us know we need to be good to ourselves.

It's lovely of you to say that others have much worse to deal with ~ but you are as important as anyone else. What happens to you matters too. So be good to yourself, be kind to yourself and take time to allow your body to nuture. Maybe all these symptoms you're experiencing is your body saying "hello, slow down a bit please. Slow w-a-y down and give me time to catch up".

((((((((((((((((((hugs))))))))))))))))) just because.

Sherry -- I know all about the "cracks." We have some friends that found out the hard way. They were told they probably wouldn't be able to have children because of her issues and after he had a buffer accident. Then they had Seth. After child number 2 (can't remember her name but it starts with an S ), he got fixed as she's not a good pregnant person. Then Samuel came along. That was all in 5 years! She got fixed and last we heard they still only have 3, but it's been a couple of years.

As for slowing down, I don't have time! I'll share about that more later.

Cowgirl -- I hope the G Sale goes well. It can be hectic just having all the extra stuff to deal with, even if it's not at your place. As far as the mess at your place, you'll get to it after the Sale. Unless you've got company coming, don't let it stress you out.

Carrie -- Pituitary gland . . . check! Nothing extensive, but bloodwork and MRI were normal. Thanks for asking though.

Sherry --

((((((HUG))))))

Fumi,
I don't mean to be rude, just still trying to figure out these boards. Slow learning curve for me. I'll try to get back to the threads and say "thanks". But just in case I can't find them all: Thank you to all of you. I do find comfort, entertainment, knowledge, and all kinds of other feelings and emotions on these boards. I especially like the parties.

Thank you, Fumi. I can be a bit self-conscious, and you can probably also tell, a bit shallow, being such party-person and all.. Sorry about the wig, I felt the same way about the dual prosthesis stuff. At least I got to go back to my little pillows. Way lighter and cooler. They'll do until I get my new boobies. Can't wait for you to get your own "hair-do" back.

Well... I'm also not sure which thread is being referenced... and can only imagine (from past troubles here). I prefer to stay out of them... Sherry you give such wonderful advice .. and sounds like you shouldn't be a bit sorry for what you wrote.

There's so much going on here that its' impossible to keep up unless you spend hours each day ...

Hugs to all... glad we have this "safe" place to come to!
Doreen

I feel so much better ladies. You all had such wonderful support and I did laugh ~ poor Cowgirl. I was thinking about the Illegal Aliens topic being deleted and your history of threads ending and now even the ones you start!! Take heart, you were rarely if ever on there, you did try to bring it back to the original question and it was others that killed that poor puppy!!

Carrie, Fumi, Cowgirl, Doreen and Texayn, thank you for all being so supportive and so encouraging. In looking back at that post, I think I could have been even tougher, you're right Fumi. My concern remains with that thread ~ is this someone who is dealing with the possibility of bc or is this person a troll just here "for fun" and to create an emotional response. This person posts primarily in their own thread and maybe 2 or 3 times has gone elsewhere, trying to make it look like they "fit in" as one of us. All those comments about suicide and "how long does it take to die from breast cancer" are meant to manipulate and inflame, to create huge sympathy. And immediately they've been called on it, comes the "I'm so sorry, I was insensitive". All of these are "tools" that a troll uses. So my conflict is in wanting to be sympathetic and honest, without really "feeding the troll". Plan now is to move forward and not post any more on that thread!!

I'm glad I came to this one where it's much warmer, much friendlier and full of good spirit. Much nicer to talk about garage sales and going to IKEA (I love going to IKEA!!), renovating kitchens, Fumi lookin' hot in her wig and just talking about life and the things that make it wonderful & worthwhile.

There are times I just need to laugh Doreen...I think we all do. I stumbled across (I was going to say "stumbled into!") that drinking thread really to help someone else. One of the women had been very angry and irate and I joined in to hopefully calm the waters. And from there it has just been some of the best fun I've had in a long time. There are some very funny women who go on that thread. All in good fun, all harmless and no disscord!

I think you're right that some people just bring that with them. They are like that in "real" life and it carries over. And I think some are still "stuck" in that place of needing to be "right", needing to feel "vindicated", needing to feel that they have a voice.

Every day we need a little something different, just like eating different foods. But some "foods" are staples and some threads are "staples" as well.

Thanks Peggy. Sometimes you say things and wonder if it was enough, too much, not enough ~ and sometimes I still worry too much!! Sometimes things just need to be said.

I know this is so out of right field for just about everyone, but I had to share . . . I got a 90 on my Thermodynamics exam! *PARTY!* OK. I can go to sleep now.