For Older People with Sense

Ducky, your precious Grayson is such a beauty!  Really getting into the song, too, isn't she?  Obviously she's made remarkable progress in a short time and who knows where she'll go.  Thanks for sharing that with us.  

Wow, Ziggy, a doctorate!  What will it be in?  And quitting smoking too.  You go, girl!!

Chrissy, I love the afghan and it would look great with the ice blue background as Barbe said, but I so love the red.  Red is my favorite color, and and the picture  makes me want to wrap up in it!  Hope you have a wonderful and fun visit with your niece and grandnephews.

Nancy, glad the painting's done but sorry you're losing your "helpers"!  And I'm sorry about your hand issues.  I imagine the extreme cold you're having doesn't help any with that.  We've warmed up a good bit here, but are now looking at what the forecasters call a "deluge".  

Does anyone else have allergy issues this time of year?  For the past week it seems that all I do is sneeze and I'm getting tired of it.  I know it's not a cold because I don't feel the same way with this. I feel fine, except for the sneezing.  Hope I haven't suddenly become allergic to the dog, because he stays!

Friday tomorrow--and even though I've retired, I still like Fridays!

Kathy

Hey there everyone,

Chrissy - glad to hear your good news from you scan results.  Hope the doctor has more good news for you.

I have had a rough couple of months (6) since the Femara stopped working and I was switched to Tamoxifin which did not work at all.  So not I am being switch to Xeloda which kind of scares me a little.  I plan on calling the onc after a while and see why he is not switching me to Arimidex or Aromyasin.  I had an appointment with him last Wed. but had a panic attack while I was there and was not thinking to clearly when he told me about the change.  My port decided that it would not give blood so I had to go to the lab and get stuck and that is what triggered the panic attack.  It took them 30 minutes and 3 sticks to finally get the blood needed for the blood workup!  Needless to say I was a mess by the time I got to see my onco.  

I have developed a lot of new issues that have sent my to see more new doctors.  I think last count there were 9 that I see regularly.  I have started having hand tremmors, my legs fall asleep if I sit for more than about 20 minutes, my balance is off and I get dizzy for no apparent reason, my hips and lower back are in constant pain now and in addition to the pain patch I stll have to take additional pain meds everyday.  I am going to see a physical therapist 2-3 times a week and at least he has gotten that awful headache I had from Jan - Nov of 2013 to go away.  And the exercises he has me doing are helping my balance a little and ease some of the pain in my hips and back.

I took a bad fall the other night, scared DH since I fell into the fireplace!  At least there was no fire in it that night.  We had thought about putting on in but we did not want to stay up late until is was burned out so thankfully we did not have one that night.  Nothing was broken, except a small statue we have at the corner of the hearth.  But I am pretty well bruised up and very sore all over. If I had not fallen with my arm between my head and the grate I would have cracked my skull on the grate instead of just getting a nasty bruise on my arm.  DH though for sure I had broken my leg because it was twisted backwards at 2 different angles.  Just have a twisted knee and ankle which makes walking a little more painful.  Oh well all will heal eventually from that.

I am scheduled to have a PET/CT scan this next Tuesday to see where all the progression has been since the Tamoxifin did not work.  The last PET/CT was in July 2013 and there was slight progression then and that was when I was switched from Femara to Tamoxifin.  So we shall see where things stand then.

Hope everyone is haveing a good new year.

Hugs to all, AJ

thank you everyone for checking out Grayson.....she is the loved of my life.....

Ginger and Barbe, thanks for the kind words and concern.  All you ladies are so wonderful.  My DH said it might be the shoes I was wearing since I fell again yesterday when I started up the stairs and was wearing the same shoes as the other night.  Same leg just would not respond to what my brain was telling it to do.  At least this fall was on carpet and I had hold of the railing so was not nearly so bad as the first one.  So those shoes are going to the back of the closet, (never never land) until I make sure they are or are not the cause.  What is so crazy about yesterday is that I had been walking around just fine before I headed up the stairs.  Have a call into my oncologist  and neurologist to hopefully find out what is going on. 

Love you all, AJ

AJ........ouch.....hope your doing better.......horrible fall.......know what that is like, but I am just plain clumsy.......add dizzy, and bad balance, and that is a disaster.........my husband use to say "you could walk across an empty room, and fall".........so true

It is with great sadness that I must tell you of the passing of my father on Friday. I'll be flying to Los Angeles Sunday morning for the funeral and the Shiva (week of mourning). Karen1956 will have my phone number while I'm in the U.S.

May we know no further sorrow.

Leah

Leah, Condolences to you and your family. May you have good memories.

My heart goes out to you and your family Leah.

Leah I am sorry for the loss of your dear Father. 

I hope your travels are uneventful. 

All good news, mac!!! Keep us posted on how the opening goes.

How about southern California?

I am beat! Today was the reopening!! It was raining hard all day so we only had one customer, but there is plenty of work to do. I will have to learn to limit my activity. Put a nap in the schedule. lol

I don't want to be busy, I want to sleep. thanks, tho, wren!