Here's what cheezed me off today

Here's what got me today, went for massage, instead of leaving feeling better, I left exhausted and sore. 

It's supposed to feel better in the long run, but dang.

Off to sleep, oh fair ones, the wine is drunk, and so is the drinker. But were it not for the lack of drink, I would continue espousing. Espousing what I cannot say, but it may be something. 

Ziggy, please, translate, dear friend, await your words. sassy

Yeah, I saw that too. The caregiver can keep it handy so they don't need a hospital run. Um, I guess the mods would kick me off if I said what I really think about that. 

Ok. Just let the addicts die. If they're dumb enough to do that stuff, they don't want to live. We want to live, but yet have poison dumped into us so we can. And we are more or less grateful for that. But they destroy not only themselves and those around them for a "high"? No. And spend precious research $$. Wrong again 

Hi ladies- back from my travels to TX (it was fun!)

I come from a highly additive family. As a result of that, it made me not want to live around any of them, which I don't. When people have an addiction, whatever it is, that is the most important thing in life, everything becomes the means to feed that. Took me years to get that. 

Addiction ruins a lot of families emotionally and financially. But there is a difference between what we go through and that because of the choice involved with taking drugs you know will hurt you vs. try to keep you alive. I do think addiction is a slow painful suicide.

The International Agency for Research on Cancer estimates that 25% of breast cancer cases worldwide are due to overweight/obesity and a sedentary lifestyle. So since I was a chubby couch potato when I was diagnosed, my cancer shouldn't be treated? And how about all those smokers who end up with lung cancer? Obviously, we shouldn't be wasting money on lung cancer research; it's their own fault.

There's a line somewhere in the Bible about casting the first stone.

Actually, early treatment for overdoses probably saves money over the cost of ambulances and emergency room visits. But the important message is that we need to treat each other with kindness and concern and forgive others as we would be forgiven. I'm not a Christian but, hey, Jesus had some good ideas.

2nd time- good to see you here! That book sounds really awesome. I grew up around a lot of sick people in my family so I guess I learned how to do that early in life and perhaps never realized until later that not everyone has those experiences. They teach us to listen, show empathy, and to offer help however we can. I am not always good at that, but have gotten better at it through time. 

I also came to realize that most everyone is not in my head and understanding my feelings at needs when they offer help. And lets face it, sometimes it is just hard to ask for that help we know we need to ask for!

I love that posting, I have seen it before and know the feeling well. 

Hi 2nd time I see alot of familiar faces here!

I have a friend that has done something similar. It's a bit complicated, but long story short she wants to come help cook and clean and I can't deal with her hovering around my house. She has alot of drama and I believe she has a drinking problem...she's come to the house to "help" and has been drunk. I just don't want to deal with her like that and I don't have to.

Anyway, maybe it's not the same...but it reminded me of that when I read your post Dh didn't like having someone here either all the time.

Rockym- I hope you can get the foot issues figured out and hope the films are clear. In my last follow just last month, my mammo had some calcifications they thought were some oil cysts (fat necrosis) and the radiologist wanted an MRI. Further discussion between her and my breast surgeon of the films seem to confirm the calcifications did appear to be the oil cysts and they decided the MRI was not necessary. They are super careful with us after all we have gone through.

The follow ups are really stressful. I keep thinking they will easier with time but so far, not true. Fingers crossed for you!

Thanks rohanna and 2ndtime.  More cheeze... Yesterday, my insurance company sent the approval for MRI.  WTF???  Thought it was a no go and that I was going to have to wait.  Maybe the doctor's office thought it was denied when it wasn't.  So I figured what the hey, I'll just get it all cleared up on Monday and reschedule.  So then what do you know... I get another letter of approval today for the MRI with another insurance code.  Really???  First I'm told no approval and next I'm getting an over abundance of letters saying approved.  Oh well, better than not approved.

In the mist of all this I was looking at paperwork and realized that MO appointment is Tuesday.  I had to get to the blood work yesterday fast so he would have it.  We don't have much to talk about since I am not taking anti-hormonals so at least he can say my blood looks good.  The blood thing is always strange to me because I never did tumor markers or anything like that so I really don't know what he's looking for.  Well, at least he cute :-).

Rockym- I think the MO's look at your overall blood work to see if there is anything erroneous going on. My MO looks for elevated liver enzymes which can go with the AIs. He told me they don't do the tumor markers much anymore as they can indicate signs of inflammation in the body vs. any real problem. I went through a couple of those tests awhile back when a gyn thought I might have ovarian cancer (went through that scare twice) and even though it was slightly elevated, they said it may be related to other things I had going on (fibroids and endometriosis). 

Funny, my MO is cute too. I saw him yesterday and always think the same thing. He is a really nice guy and think he is totally in the right profession. I find the oncology specialists have the best bed side manner of any docs I have ever dealt with. The surgeons are the worst!

Rohanna- I have not heard of this, lots of breast cancer walks but not seen anything bigger with the ACS. 

I went to see my MO on Monday and saw they were having a free weekend conference where I live on cancer for all cancer patients, survivors, and family members/care givers. It is a weekend I cannot go, but it looked interesting. Might think about it in the future.

I participated when I lived in Fort Worth and it was a lot of fun. My cancer center sponsored a team and had some bake sales and lunches to raise money. The ACS has info and sample letters for having your own page on their website for fund raising from friends and family, but here wasn't a lot of pressure to contribute money and there was a lot of emphasis on supporting cancer survivors and caregivers.  We had dinner with the mayor at a local stadium, special T-shirts for survivors and caregivers, booths from the teams selling snacks and offering brochures, and exercise warm-ups for all. Survivors and caregivers each walked a lap and then team members took over walking (and partying) late into the night. 

Each event is probably a bit different, depending on who's running it, but it raises a bunch of money for a good cause. The local ACS branch provided a lot of support (not to speak of hats, wigs, etc.) for bc and other patients and some of it goes to the national office for education and research. And best of all, from my viewpoint, it's not all pink!