INSOMNIACS place to talk in the wee hours

I'm here, been seeping like crazy again????

Susan I'm so sorry u feel that way and I certainly can't give u any real advice, but if u feel that bad about this why don't u stay home instead---but then again they might talk about it for 5 mins and then other subjects will start coming up--(((BIG HUGS ))))

Aww Paw little Annie---I hope she's not in pain a lot--just hold her poor baby. When I saw the pic of the 2 dogs, one being blind, I almost cried--Our furbabies are better than some people.

TANG!!!! 

Chevy - the Kinesio-Tape is good for SO many things (took away five months of swelling in Lefty after Exchange) but sadly, the Trigger Finger is back this morning. Saluting all my Owlettes!!!

((((((((Susan))))))))

Hope AnnieMae has a quick recovery from her surgery....

Quick vent....it must be physically impossible for my dh to eat food without slurping and to drink something without crunching ice. I swear it's like nails on a chalkboard and he MUST be doing it on purpose. I literally have to leave the room tonight, I feel like I have PMS x100!!!! grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Hugs, hugs and more hugs for Susan. 

Tang, you are beautiful! Rockin' the look! 

Pawprint, hope Annie is resting comfortably and you can relax a bit now that surgery is over. 

Tang, good luck tomorrow withT.a.T.t.B.a.B! You'll wake up and be a whole new you.

Sas, wait to you hear this one.  To recap, One month ago I was in the hospital with pneumonia. Ct scans and chest xrays show lots of radiation damage with the pneumonia and some suspicious areas.  Supraclavicle lymph nodes are swollen.  Doctor number one wants to do a lymph node biopsy, which is somewhat invasive because the lymph they want sits on my lung. Doctor number two says forget the lymph node, get a lung biopsy. (major surgery)  Doctor number three says, could be radiation damage, but talks to doctor number two (same hospital) and says go for lung biopsy. Doctor number four, (same hospital as doc #1) says lymph first, then lung if necessary. Sounds good to me but I get yet one more opinion with doctor I had already set up to talk about trials. Doctor #5 says he thinks it's radiation damage, but go ahead with lymph node biopsy since it was already set up.   (Okay, hope everyone was paying attention because there is going to be a quiz after this! )

Okay, so my lung lymph node biopsy is scheduled for today. It's a two hour procedure.  I'm on the table, gowned up, IV in, anesthesia prepped and ready to go, 10,000 forms signed and dated, and surgeon walks in. Feels my lymph nodes and there is nothing to feel!  After all the opinions, the lymph nodes have settled down and my lungs are clearing up. The surgeon steps into the hallway to call doctor #1 and tell him the news. I look at my husband and say with a frantic look, "WHAT SHOULD WE DO?"  My husband says, "I don't have a medical opinion!"  LOL!  The surgeon comes back in and says she's cancelling the surgery and I can go home. All the nurses and anesthesia people and we could hardly believe it but it was awesome! I got up off the table, got dressed and went home!

Ran away as fast as I could go before they changed their minds!  Nothing like a "get out of jail free card!"

First off, happy belated birthday Cami. You were the first person to talk to me on this insomniac thread on September 30, 2012 and I was complaining about the medication. 

Thank you 2nd for the beautiful story of the blind dog and friend who guides it around. Yes JWoo, dogs really are amazing!

Wren, no cone of shame on Annie Mae. She's just so weak and sleeping a lot. I have the cone but she hasn't needed it yet. Blessings, I love the pc of the dog hugging the Teddy Bear, thank you

And for all of the rest of you sending Annie Mae love, she and I appreciate it so much. She is on antibiotics, anti-inflammatories, and pain medication. Her eyes are swollen, she is sleeping a lot, eating a little food, and finally drinking water today. Oh, before I forget, thank you Nettie, for explaining how Cami did all that underlining ......you are all a wonderful group of caring women. 

spooks....your r right, could be fibro...but I refuse to have another label...lol    so staying with chemo se's. 

Pawprint...glad to hear things are going well. Bet you can't wait till she is up and around again

FBB....ok...that was weird.....I am glad I have one onc and one surgeon .  That was a who's on first skit. Is your brain still spinning ?    Mine is

What a beautiful dog Nettie )

Glad you got the get out of jail free card FBB....

Ok...so where is everyone tonight?

Nettie- i know when my hair hurt going out and coming back in. My scalp was sore for weeks after it started growing. 

Susan, Hugs. That would be a horrible conversation to sit through.

Paw, Annie Mae is probably sleeping from the pain medication. I know the one they give the shelter cats makes them very drowsy. At least she's not going to get up and clean the house or some other dumb thing like we do when we should be resting to recover.

FBB, You should send that one in to Saturday Night Live or equivalent.

2Ta, On the MAC it should be the key that either looks like an Apple or a little freeway exchange.

I'm not sure if you ended up going, Susan, but I think I would have begged off - for the reason you gave about being around a lot of people but also, for self-protective reasons.  Earlier today I was thinking of a line from a BC blogger:  "I lost what my sister-in-law calls the luxury of careless living."  In my mind, carefree works in there as well.  

My thoughts are with you.  

Tang, my darling, what you have is completely normal: MISOPHONIA!!!!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/08/misophonia-annoying-noises-disorder_n_953892.html

I once broke up with a boyfriend because he insisted on talking with his mouth full. It was either leave him or beat the crap out of him.

DH will sometimes suck his teeth if he gets oatmeal stuck in the place where a tooth was removed. Do I have any sympathy for him? ARGHHHHHHH! I have to give him the hairy eyeball to remind him I cannot stand to hear that sound. I am NOT a sweet, DW at the breakfast table.

I once interrupted a final exam in college because the person next to me was smacking her gum so loud I couldn't concentrate.

God help the person who sits next to me whose nose whistles.

Shall I go on?

I've been this way for as long as I can remember. 

Mom always said I was a "sensitive" child..... 

Blessings, ROTFLMFAO! A side to you I haven't seen before (especially after the wonderfully response you made on another thread which called me to task and almost (I said almost) made me feel ashamed.

FBB, incredible story! So happy it ended the way it did. Did you breathe a huge sigh of relief?

Nettie, beautiful furbaby. About chemo pain: can't help as I can't remember back that far (something like child birth)

Wren, thanks for the info,  not at home this evening, will need to check the Mac tomorrow. I used to be very PC proficient, no more PC/laptop, had to learn Mac on my own (that's what DH uses exclusively at work, do you think he could spend an hour or so giving me a tutorial? Hell, no, I'm left to figure it out on my own, most time don't even know that I don't know something)

4Sew, in your pocket tomorrow!! While you're there, please ask them to check your brain: what were you thinking about having to feed so many people right after surgery??? U must be crazy girlfriend!!

Pawprint, it you read this, please turn off the device and get some sleep. Annie Mae will probably sleep thanks to meds, you need to sleep too, my friend, you need your energy. How's Snugs with all this?

Watching DWTS, totally amazing finale.

4ssss....GOOD LUCK with your fin tomorrow. Will be thinking about you...hugssssssss