INSOMNIACS place to talk in the wee hours

O.K. I decided that maybe my posts were too long to read! So
now it looks like I just sit here and make posts to this thread and answer them
all by myself… 

Well – I took Melatonin last night for the first time. Not
sure what I expected, but staying awake all night sure wasn’t it!!! Will try it
again tonight… I got the 3 mg tablet and cut it in half for the first time.
Maybe I’ll – GASP! – take the whole tablet tonight. Any suggestions?

We got a nice soaking rain last night, and a huge cold front
came in, dropping our snow levels to about 3,000 feet in the foothills. For
those of you living in the frozen tundra, this ain’t news… but here in the
drought capital of the world, we are happy for any spritzing we get!

Haven’t had an acupuncture treatment for three weeks now,
and I’m feeling it. Time to make an appointment to get stuck. I feel like an
old car needing a complete tune-up… I need a colonoscopy, an eye exam, an appointment
at the Vein Clinic for my varicose and spider veins, an appointment with the PS
to cop a feel of Righty’s port that is just beneath the skin and may prevent 3D
tatts (waaa), and… I forget what else. Oh yeah, a ton of labwork for my MO
and my PCP.

Hope all my Sistah Owlettes are having a great day….

xoxo

Hey you fierce bluebird, I was NOT pole dancing, I was just there spotting the ladies because Cami always tries to do this thing where she's practically hanging upside down, and for GOD'S SAKE I didn't want her to go flying off the back of the truck. And Chevy?!! I can't even go there, first, she insists on 9 inch stilettos even though she wobbles all over the place, and it just gets worse from there. Somebody's got to look out for the old crazy ladies or they'll hurt themselves.

Bluebird, my heart is hurting for you. I read your post and didn't know what to say because there isn't really a way to say the thing that is right, and I don't have any advice, other than mentioning that I remember reading about someone here on these boards who was told WBRT by one doc, but had another say that gamma knife was still an option. So I'll tell you about my day, because I thought a lot about you.

It has been a nasty winter here in Ohio (in case anyone had not heard). Even just this last week, snow & then melt and snow and melt. Everything's been grey and brown except for a few little shoots coming up. But yesterday was glorious - sunny and that perfect temperature when the the sun feels warm and the shade is not too cool. So I went out to examine the gardens - which I do every day. And look!                   

and more! 

  They are everywhere, purple and yellow and white. And I thought about you, blue. I love crocuses, they're one of my favorite, because they pop up just at that time when it seems like winter will never end. And they are like you, delicate and unassuming but so pretty and so resilient. These little beauties just went through a hell of a winter & here they are. And then I thought about Sassy, she's not a crocus - she's a bright tropical flower that just blooms and blooms and blooms no matter how many hurricanes hit. And chevy and cami - those old fashioned wild blousy roses - pretty, not like florist roses at all, careening and flopping over fences, completely unstoppable and with disregard for anybodies ideas of boundaries because they have lived too long to care about that chit. Hole is a more stately flower - but not stuffy at all. Maybe a lily or a delphinium. And 444 - tickseed, so cheery & goes everywhere and anywhere. And blessings, she's a flower that fills out the garden - teka too. Never too showy, those two, but so necessary and with a beauty that you see when you look closely. Linda, she is perhaps a lovely dark Iris. 

So, blue, that's what I was thinking as I raked and dug and planted, which is what I love to do when I'm not riding my Harley or making fun of Chevy. 

Ziggy, love the flowers!! What a wonderful surprise for you today! And your analysis and assignment of each of us to a flower is interesting ...

Ziggy how beautiful that post was and those flowers are perfect and they are real NOW I'm surprised really.

Blessings I love u'r posts, I might not always answer all he posts but I read them all and everyone does have something special to say and bring vibes to all of us.I am on a few other ones too, but a couple I can spill my guts in and I do here--and I've only pick threads that people are really nice and I'm comfortable with==there are so many I'm sure there are many many nice ones but I stick around here.And for Jiminy Cricket sakes take the whole pill. U know I read where they have Melatonin cream to put on pulse points, ??? I have no idea if it works or not.

My job has been keeping me busy . So that's OK for the most part Oh today I did answer the phone upside down, I thought I graduated from that one, but I guess not. Oh and some customers are starting to ask my opinion about their electrical problems--are they crazy? I told them I could help them with the color to paint a wall but not anything else. Jeez

OK I'll check in later--Hello to everyone and if someone is new and I missed them I'm sorry but Welcome and join us. In this area we reserved for insanity.

Geez LilShitZiggy!  That is beautiful!  She said me and Cammi are "flopping"..... "over fences"....! Now THAT is a picture!  Ha, ha!  Ziggy, you should have been a writer.... a little creative writer.... That's what one of my English Teachers said I was..... once.....   and YOU are a Blue Orchid!  Wild, and completely in it's own world!   Afraid of no-one.... and standng above the rest!   

So DH has gout today!  And HE is limping..... but that's all the news I have.... Made an appointment for him in the morning.... The Aleve didn't help much.... 

Blessings!  That cane is cool!  Ha!  I tried to make him use my Grandma's cane, but it hurts on the back of his heel, so he says the cane doesn't help....??   But I'll take that cute little injured boy in the morning....  GEEZ, I hate to see him hurting!   He finished sawing down our back Aspen tree yesterday....  He climbed a ladder, and threw a rope around the last loooooooong branch, and I pulled the rope while he sawed....  It worked!  He had been working at it for a month!  Taking down smaller branches.  Then he got out his trusty little electric saw, and cut the trunk off...  And now I have a little stand, for the piece of flagstone on top, making it into a Table!   I'll take a picture when I have that little back garden finished.   

Nettie, I agree with the other gals.... especially Cammi!  I mean it's like everything we take, or they do, or give us, usually causes some OTHER side effects!  Some gals have them worse, some not so bad, and SOMEtimes they kind of get better..... But yes, ask your Oncologist....  See if they know more than we do.....  It's questionable, because WE know a lot, but it's worth a try....   Sorry for all the aches and pains.... And for all you gals going through the chemo....  Oh man.... I just wish you ALL felt better....!

And us two.... about 57 years ago!

OH well, nevermind!  Just wrote a long post, replying and commenting on the above post and it just disappeared!!  

So, I'll just let it go!  Not enough energy to type it out again!!

Enjoyed the post and thanks to those who replied to mine!!

Tang....I didn't have problem with nausea during chemo and had the same chemo drugs. I had dose dense (every two weeks).  I had premeds.  I also had steroids and compazine for the days after chemo.  It was suggested that I take the compazine on a schedule for the 3 days following chemo (10mg every 4-6 hours).  Has anyone at your center suggested this?

Hi all, I've been following your thread for a few days now. You all seem so fun and awesome.  Can I join and be awesome too?

Welcome Blueberry!

Phyloinhuston Where are youuuuuuu?

Sassy, like the new avatar, it says a lot. Sorry today didn't go as planned.

Welcome Blue or BB4, or whatever name Chevy bestows upon you. Come and play with us, when you can.

for the record, didn't make it to the job fair - glad I didn't, I would have arrived as a drowned rat! Was close to Mom and Dad so I paid them a visit. Craziness, but it allowed Dad to get a little nap while Mom was being goofy. Details later, have a 40 mile ride home, hoping it doesn't rain again (major freeway construction as it is)

For the east coasters, wishing you a good night sleep

Nettie, In addition to Aromasin, arthritis does that come and go stuff. I have it in my wrists and it can hurt a lot, then nothing for days, then back to hurting.

*Owlettes*

This is a photo of red-winged blackbirds taken from on-line.

They've returned to the North Country!

COME ON------