Can we have a forum for "older" people with bc?

Oh Sandra, I think me too.  We have not had actual moisture with our snow ( though it was a possibility ) so we have been moving about pretty good.  Did have a bit of major car cleaning....always interesting with the Blazer.  Being a bit taller to reach and get as much off as you can. 

Spring will come, but days like this makes it seem like it is so far in the future.  We have had Februarys that we could have a window or two open so this is really not too welcome.  Sure not what I hoped for but then I sometimes think....my txs. worked well and I'm  very well now and free to gripe up a storm.  So hurry, hurry Spring and get us all something to be thrilled about and happy over.

Blessings

Jackie

Its 9:16 here in the Davis Mt's and the temp is already at 16.  Hope nothing freezes.

A few years ago we had temps below 0 and everyone had frozen water pipes and septic lines, we were one of the lucky ones.

Stay warm

Rabbit I'm glad u doing better--the human body is unbelievable for every 24 hrs different things happen and some days when u really feel awful the next day it might not be so bad, it can rejuvenate quickly. So keep praying and when u go to bed wear a sleep cap, what a difference that makes.

It's so cold here today way below zero wind chill and that's how it feels too. I'm ll layered si if I get how I can unpeel little by little, always ready.

OK it's my pill time--gotta organize hahaha

Velvet...I was very, very cold all through chemo and for a few months afterward.  I guess it took the place of some other side effects I might have gotten but didn't.  I wore sweat pants and sweatshirts and fuzzy hats for my bald head all that winter. 

We can do an amazing turn-around.  Mine came once the chemo stopped working so hard in my body and my own drive and power began to return.  Chemo is cumulative but if you are prepared for these issues then you will know that no matter how far down you might feel you are going.......you will come back up the other side.  These things are not easy but our will to live and thrive will kick in and get us back to a good point. 

Brrrr....our wind chill has us back to a minus level -- oh fun.  Well, if I keep putting one foot in front of the other I will get somewhere.  This is life and it is a heck of a lot better than the alternative....but wow....great challenges.

Hoping we all have a marvelous day on our way to a wonderful week-end.

Blessings,

Jackie

Yes, the males are the only ones that turn red.

cami...LOL!  You cracked me up with your evaluation of brightly colored male birds!  Too funny, and makes total sense to me. 

We had about a foot of snow here so we have been busy cleaning up here and at my mother's house.  Lots of driveways and lots of sidewalks.  I say "we" but I really mean my husband since I have some heart issues and not allowed to shovel.  I really used to love going out at night and shoveling by moonlight.  Now my husband just uses his snowblower.   I usually don't mind winter but for some reason this time I am very anxious for spring.  Sometimes I just cannot warm up!

I'm not the only cold one...squirrels must feel it because we came home Saturday evening to find one running around our dining room.  What a racket he was making.  We opened the front door and kind of herded him out.  He seemed very thrilled to get out...as we were to see the poor little guy go.  Ah, then we walked around and found the damage he had done in a matter of about 6 hours (the time we were out of the house).  He chewed the windowsills of two dining room windows.  Husband was really pissed about this since they are fairly new windows and now have to be repaired.  Then in the living room he had knocked down a big glass yankee candle jar...family pictures were pushed off the end tables, etc.  He obviously was running wild.  Not sure what the heck our two big fat pampered cats were doing while all this was going on.  Watching/sleeping/chasing??  I wish we had a video camera in here.  I do know he must have been hiding in the pack & play crib we have for our grandchildren...he left some poop in there!  YUCK!  We have looked everywhere and can't figure out how and where the heck he came in.  We have a fireplace but the damper was closed tight, and besides the chimney has a cap.  The woodstove door was shut tight so that's not it.  Too cold to go up to the attic to see if that was the entry.  

Rabbit...sounds like you are managing your chemo quite well now and so happy to hear that. 

Di2012, I so feel for you going through the colonoscopy prep. It's really brutal. Once when I had gone through all the prep and arrived at the clinic, the receptionist said they had no record of my appt. I was at the end of my tether anyway, and just threw a tantrum. The receptionist was very understanding and worked me in anyway. Later I found out that when they changed my appt day, they also changed the clinic, but didn't tell me!

MaryLW.....oh I would have had a fit and a half....if they cancelled on me....but the hospital callled to confirm today & get health info from me and the doctor's nurse also called to confirm this afternoon....She, (My doc), better be there by 7:30, especially since I will be up all night doing second prep, taking care of the results of prep also known as sitting on the pot!

I need to do this, as my paternal grandmother had breast cancer and then had colon cancer...which she died from. 

 I had a precancerous polyp in '09....also diverticulitis/diverticulosis----->  Due to that even missed my son graduating from University with BA, and daughter getting her Masters in Social Work due to me being in hospital......oh I hate this!

Wren....how could anyone be at work while prepping for a colonoscopy!!!!!!! (did you brave the cold to go to the seahawks parade?....I watched on TV and was still cold!)

Di

Oh Di I hate that part, it's disgusting I just had one not to long ago and I took some mags in the bathroom and sat but this time my feet were really sore so I couldn't stay in that position like I could before. I hve to say the drink wasn't bad at all I mixed it with my propel water instead of regular water and it tasted OK but still all nite going then u can't wait to just get it over with (the easiest part) and at the same time the thing down u'r throat and when they put that thing on my mouth to keep it open loudly I said oooo Kinky and then  I could hear the room laughing. I warned them about me so they remembered. Good Luck with this and I hope everything is good.

Don't know where to go with this but I am a member of several threads including this one.  Well I had  my TE exchange for the permanent one on my right breast on November 26th, 2013, and a failed attempt on my left breast to lift it.  My PS said he would do a lift and liposuction in 4 months after the right implant has settled.  Here's my issue--- I am right at the year of my Cancerversary and called  YESTERDAY to get an appointment to have a mammogram for my left breast.  I off handed mentioned that it has been itching around the nipple for at least 6 weeks.  The tech would not make my appointment and told me to go back to my doctor--any of my doctors--and get a diagnosis plus ultrasound referral.  That frightened me so I looked up itchiness and breast and it mention it could be a sign of breast cancer.  Now I am scared to death for my left breast.  I have an emergency appointment to have a regular check and to get a referral today after work.  Do I have anything to worry about?  I may post this in another thread too because I am anxious now and sort of scared and need someone to respond quickly.

Thanks Jackie, I know I shouldn't worry but I always do  even when I shouldn't it is always in the back of my mind.  Every side effect--every illness not related, I think it is spreading.  I just don't tell my friends or family.  Many times I go home from work and have to take a Zanax just to relax. It's good I am still working to keep me thinking about other things.    Worry probably will kill me before Cancer.  I know that isn't funny but since Cancer, my doctor has increased my anxiety/depression meds and my blood pressure meds.  I got to get it under control.   It's time for my Mammogram anyhow--so I'll just get through it.  I really needed to connect with people on this forum because I know whatever I am going through or feeling--there is someone who has also, and there are those like you that understand. 

Hugs Dwill. My mind would go to worry also. It's probably weather related and perhaps nerves growing back. My cancer side itches and I've just thought it was nerves. I can't see anything that looks different. Good luck and let us know.

Mommarch as bad as that is--it is funny now--- He was thinking tho.