Here's what cheezed me off today

I'm a shrimp at 5'4. I get short stuff comments. DD is 5'10.  

Phgraham, I'll bet they think you're tall because you weigh less than many Texans and that makes you look taller. Or you stand up straight...or you're a cranky mutant. Your pick.

Spookie, I used to be 5'4". Now I'm 5'2" and I still feel average.

No, not most. But there are a lot of really large ones. Southern food and barbeque can do a number. I used to live in Houston, so I know. When I think of some of the things I used to eat, it's a wonder I wasn't even heavier.

Hello

I am new to posting in this section. Once in a different one. I would like to ask all of you a question. My Oncologist and my family Doc are in two different towns. I trust the out of town cancer center because it has been there longer and I feel they have more experience. Anyway I am One yr in remission and on Tomoxifen which is causing my liver enzymes to be elevated. I believe this is the cause for a rash that I am getting. My family doctor has made several comments about not wanting to include the Oncologist and surgeons from out of town in things he has treated me or procedures ( colonoscopy and once for a burn from a heat pad after a surgery. I was numb and couldn't feel the heat).

Is this normal? I can't seem to get answers from my Doctors about the rash. My Oncologist told me to ask the Pharmacist about my medications and my family Doctor acts like he doesn't know so I went to a Dermatologist and saw his Practitioner who gave me a diagnosis and a prescription for a cream( which makes three creams now) and said come back in 4 weeks and if not better we can do a biopsy. Went home and looked up her diagnoses and it doesn't match what I have.

I guess I am asking has any one had trouble with Doctors not working together. I really thought with all the treatments and never ending tests that they would want to keep up on your health and procedures so not to duplicate tests or why certain things are happening to your body. 

Thank you for your input. This is the only place I can talk about this stuff. No one else wants to hear it.

Socks- I have had a few problems with docs working together. When I started with my breast surgeon, I was told I would have a medical team that included a Rad Onc and Med Onc. Then she cancelled all the apts with the ones in town after I had after my surgery, and directed me to some out of state care and doctors to work with in AZ. I pushed to talk to the other doctors here to ensure I understood the reasons for the out of state radiation treatment and worked with my PCP to ensure I had the medical team I needed. I also saw the doctors in AZ, but it is the ones here who do the follow on. Usually the family doc is the one to help you the most as they know your overall health the best. My PCP worked with me to be sure I had the right medical team in the end. 

Whenever I have films, ultrasounds, blood work, etc. I put all the docs to receive the results. It is a way to be sure they are kept in the loop on my care. You may have to keep the other docs up to date on things you have had going on and they can request results. Some doctors just work better together than some others.

I hope you can get the rash problem figured out. 

Thanks for the feed back. I now see that I am not alone in the every day events after BC. I actually thought I was imagining all of this stuff but it all seems to be common and I feel much better knowing that I have some place to come and talk about it. Thank you so much for your input and advice. The more I read the better I feel. 

Hi folks, someone asked how to make a hyperlink. This is the way my windows on an hp works:

1. Point cursor at URL/web address

2. Left click til it turns blue----index finger working side

3 Then hit clrl-c, then I move cursor away and hit till it turns white

4. Move to place you want to leave link. I usually make it the line below where I have ended typing.

like here

5. Hit clrl-v---it'll print the URL/web address.

6.This is the key that will make it hyperlink>>>put the cursor/ flashing bar at the end of the URL/web address, and hit enter. That should cause link to turn it blue. That enter is the KEY. if you don't do that, you have a url but it won't link/work.

"AH hah Watson I think I have done it"

I'm going to repost this a couple of places and see if it helps others. If you have a different system this may not work Let me know. Good Luck. Sassy

Been thinking------always sumpin eh? Thinking of a sister that still reads, but doesn't post much b/c she's too weak. She's in the stage 4 group, but we had worked on one of the threads together along time ago.One of those exciting threads like constipation, but it wasn't that one. I don't want to invade her privacy, so, I won't use her name.

Then I started thinking of the Warm & Fuzzy Owls Kitties and Funny Stuff thread.

At first, it was simply a place to keep things that made us happy that we didn't want to loose over time as the pages turn.

Now maybe something different. When our minds are so heavy, reading complex things can be a chore. But what we are posting on W&F's thread is light , fluffy, easy. They can cheer without having to work at the thought too much. Without having to try to keep track of too many words.

So, when you post something here or on one of your other threads, that's a picture, saying that we all get as BC 'ers. Please, post it there too. Keep it simple i.e. few words.

There are several serenity type threads like Foley's pictorial venues. I'm sure there are more that I'm not aware of.

If anyone thinks this has value, we could ask the others to do transporter links in the topic boxes that would make it even easier for those that need it.

Link to warm and fuzzy owls,kitten,dogs,goats,and other things thread.

http://community.breastcancer.org/forum/102/topic/...

Hope, I'm making sense sassy

phylo tall: ok we need to work on some responses.....you are so quick witted what happened? You must have been nervous they knew about your ankle bracelet. How about: didn't you know radiation makes you grow .25 each tx or better yet: yes I am tall and it amazes me how rude short people are to comment on my height. Luv you! BE

Jazzy, that would have stressed me out.  I've been so quick on the lip, I may have told them that they were lucky it's not their husbands and the spa is a place for peace, not pests!

ScaredStra, 

Thanks for making me feel like it not just me....I quit the job at dx, ( or took a leave ) cannot remember to pay bills, only mop when I think someone is coming over. Hubby takes care of taxes, I actually lost 20 pounds during tx, but have just started to eat real food again. I made fried chicken last night, baby back ribs tonight. 

So where to start? Slowly, except the bills, that's a bitch when ya have that $ 25 or 35 late fee...never want DH to see that...bad girl...