May 2013 surgeries

Gowith, that sounds like fun. Cant wait to see the link.

Oh I would love to see photos!  I have no idea how to do that.

Did someone mention donuts?

Donut wins! Sorry that it didnt work out. I know zero about juicing but caan you not use a blender?

Just popped back on to see what everyone is doing.... and I see cyndie is juicing donuts.  :-)  

Ann... I would love to see the photos from your party!!

Second chemo down and not feeling nearly as nauseous as the first time!  I am exhausted to the point I feel drunk...very strange feeling.  Did I mention to you girls that I shaved my head?  Forgive me if I am repeating myself but I can't remember if I mentioned it.  Sunday night my girlfriend came over and shaved it for me....I have (had) mounds of hair and I couldn't take it coming out in the shower anymore.  I'm waiting for it to come completely out...it's a mess everywhere.  It was emotional for me but also was a big hurdle crossed off my list of things I didn't want to do.  I still can't picture myself completely bald.  I came down stairs wearing my wig and my boys didn't notice it was one.  My youngest son said.... even without hair you are still going to be beautiful!!!  Awww... made me smile.... I told him he was my favorite.... Just kidding!!

Ok all ya'll are bad influences!  Donuts bad and nowhere on the cancer fighting foods!  Lol..Althoughhhh..it did say anything brightly colored..Pink icing?

Annie-I'm sorry..my mind..!...forgive me..I had not realized..well Im sure at some point I read it or knew it..brain seriously going!!!...I forgot you were going through chemo also!  Has it been ok for you so far?  Or are you drunk like Lisa? lol..I hope you are feeling better.  When is it you have yours?

Lisa-Im glad to see that you are up...how very sweet of your son!  My sister constantly jokes with her kids about "you're my favorite" everytime one is sweet...now they say ...Yeah Yeah...lol..

Cyndie, I like your new avatar. Your puppy is so cute!



Janet, thanks for calling me Wonder Woman. I appreciate the vote of confidence! Of course, I think we are all wondrous women. After all, we are all well on our way to winning this war!



BTW, I got my drain out today. Yay! Tomorrow I go see the GYN about other issues. I'll probably have to have more testing before they make a recommendation, but we'll get the ball rolling.



To all of you doing rads, or chemo, or both, I wish I had something encouraging to say. You are an inspiration to me.

Cyndie, we have two golden retrievers. They love their milkbones, but I try to give them ice cubes for treats as much as possible. Neither one needs the extra calories. *grin*

Janet- Surprisingly no, it didnt hurt. Its like the top few layers peeled off halfway down my nail. I have to be careful of it now because if I touch it, its tender.

So sorry I didn't get back on the board. Talked with ps on the phone that night. Not much help. He was in surgery all day yesterday so I did not get to see him till today and I was beside myself with the pain. Ps thinks drain was either through a nerve or pinching one. He pulled it today and now I have to wear 2 ace bandages with pads around where drains were for 3 days. The longer these are on, the more they suck but oh so much better than the drain. I go back in a week and we shall see if it is behaving and does not change back to a seroma. No using my right arm for a week. Of course I am right handed.



Juiced donuts sound good to me too. I like the cream filled ones.



I want to see pictures too.



Ck, get a good night sleep because tomorrow is another day!



Sleep is such a cheap commodity that is just so darn hard to get. One day we will have an over abundance. ( thinking happy thoughts )



I think we all need to place our right hand over our left shoulder and pat ourselves on the back! Every step we take gets us closer to getting cleavage and being cancer free. We have accomplished so much.



Big cyber hugs and prayers to each and everyone of you.

Steph.. whoo hoo.. on the drain out!

so today.. I had an ity bity pity party.. seems to be a regular occurance around my house  

my port was placed today and I must say.. OUCH! I guess I have a low pain tollerance.  The pulling, the tugging.. the needles.. the stitches.  It was just too much for me. It turned into an emotional day.  Thank goodness for the wonderful nurses to help me get through the procedure.  I'm glad I got it.. don't get me wrong.  I just HATE needles.  *sigh* just one more hurdle to cross on the road to kicking butt! 

Love n Hugs to you all.  I thought of each of you today.. even if i don't write as much or am here as much.  You are ALL in my daily thoughts and prayers for a peaceful and non eventful day.. unless it's a good event!  

Good Morning All-  I had wonderful night sleep/woke up all sore from not moving much..but NOT COMPLAINING...Its amazing the power of, at least, 7 hours of constant sleep!!   OH!  A funnie...saw a pin on Pinterest..."Why do they call it beauty sleep when you wake up looking like a troll!"...lol..thats me..I get up ...look in mirror..and think my husband must love me!  

Melainie=I am going to do that icing...not sure if it works..but Ive read good things about it. Exactly how does one achieve bags of peas or whatever lying on your feet and hands that long..and doesn't the cold start to hurt?

Melissa-Aww..I hope you are better..I can tell you the port pain for me was the worst!  Hurt worst than Lumpectomy, MX, seroma, drains, lymph removal all..that was horrible..and I understand it knocking you down.  3 days..I read that in other boards..and its true. 4th day was pain almost gone. So remember NARCOTICS...Im sure you won't forget..Prayers go out that this day is way better for you.

Jerri-So glad they got that out!  And so glad you posted!  Ive been worried and thinking about you ever since your last post.  Me n Paw were about to load up the truck and come find you down in Georgie! LOL..--- It'll get better.  They are right, time does heal.

Today I get stitches out..was suppose to be yesterday, but when I called to confirm appt..somehow it wasn't in. She offered me to come yesterday and be worked in or today..I, wimp I am, took today.  I know its not going to hurt..but hate tugging pressure feeling..its freaky.

Oh one more thing..my husband says that I was trying to cram too many hard veggies in the shoot and should do one at a time..Im going to try one more time.  Course now all ya'll have made me want a Krispy Kreme!  Do ya'll have those donut shops?  Da Bomb!  Dunkin Donut came to town 5-6 years ago..opened 9 stores in our city..all out of bsn within 2 years..they don't put sugar in their donuts I don't think..not as good.

Mel- No, right after finishing A/C I was suppose to start Taxol. I did the first Taxol and had such horrible bone pain that they decided to switch me over to Taxotere every three weeks. So I only had one infusion of taxol. I wish I had done the ice thing. We traveled two hours to get to treatment so it would have been worthless to try and bring ice. I did chew ice though while getting tratments and i think that helped some.



I am soooo craving donuts now, going to eat a protein bar to stave off my craving! LOL

When I first was reading, I thought oh Im not going to get red devil, so thought maybe safe..but then you said about taxotere which I am..sighh..How many rounds did ya'll have..he has ordeed four for me.  The infusion RN said that she thought Id be ok..nail wise, but considering she had never heard of icing..I don't believe her..and I know that nothing generally goes easy for me.  HOWEVER, as I've had my fair share of ISSUES..I believed somewhere in Karma land the Karma Gods OWE me!..lol..Im going to do anyway..and on the issue of the 4 treatments..its seems people in the chemo boards are mainly doing 6.  Now I do not want to do anymore than I have to, but concerned that Im not going to get enough to kill all rogue cells.  Still waiting on this onc nurse to call me back about the test.

Ck, I had 6 a/c/t. Sometimes they do them separate like just taxotere for four cycles then cytoxen for four cycles then adriamycin for four. Sometimes they do two chemos at the time. I wouldnt worry about getting enough I would be celebrating getting a reprieve from two cycles. They will do bloodwork and scans to verify that everything stays stable. You will be sick of constantly getting bloodwork and tests done. lol Ck I think I have asked you this before but my chemo brain wont let me recall the answer. You have mets listed in your sig. Do you have mets?

Healing hugs to all