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LOL at Hobby Lobby.  We recently moved from California to Arizona and I've seen a couple Hobby Lobbies but haven't ventured in one yet.  

I agree re: being twenty again - although I wouldn't mind a crack at 34 or 35 again.  

Speaking of cracks - my husband cracked me up tonight.  He coined a new expression for my reconstruction.  We were inside a store and I quietly told him my "breasts" felt odd.  Out of the clear blue he replied:  "are the adopted girls giving you trouble?"  

Ha!  One Headlight!  <---- I hope those are headphones

I've never heard that song it but I experienced a few weird music synchronicities during radiation.  One of them was the Alan Parsons song "I am the eye in the sky, looking at you."  That apparatus moving overhead was the ultimate eye in the sky.  

and yes friends - there has been a research study done on this....

"Ladies and gents who pride themselves in sporting groomed nether regions may want to consider paying a professional to bushwhack. A national study conducted by researchers at the University of California, San Diego, found that emergency room visits following pubic hair grooming sessions gone awry have increased five-fold in the last eight years. That's right, readers. UC San Diego scientists have analyzed the bloody aftermath of pubic hair primping.

Here are the numbers from the study, according to NY Daily News:

A total of 11,704 people landed in the E.R. after waxing, shaving or trimming sessions went awry — and it's a pretty even split between women (56.7%) and men (43.3%).

Nonelectric razors were responsible for 83% of injuries, followed by scissors (22%) and hot wax (1.4%). Laceration was the most common injury, and most ended up being minor.

The reason behind this bump in pubic region wounds is actually quite simple. It's not that people are becoming more careless or their tools are less reliable, there are just more people taking interest in personal gardening. And the numbers exist to prove it. "Previous surveys have found that 70% to 88% of young women in the U.S. partially or fully remove their pubic hair, as well as 58% to 78% of men. Almost 29% of the women's injuries occurred in girls younger than 18."

Who would have ever thought that tidying the ol' bush would evolve into such a dangerous cultural trend?!"   

 link to full article

http://laist.com/2013/02/07/pubic_health_announcem...

LeeA - omg that's what your onc said - yikes!!!!!!   I know that's many mens fantasies but really, to say it to a patient!!!!

My last Herceptin treatment today! From now on is just follow up visits with doctors. Yea!!!

So happy for you Karenrm!  Can't wait til I'm there.

Yay karenrm !

And now for a more appropriate song given last night's topic: linky

Iago - great song choice!

I am also very curious about AI vs. Tamoxifen. I really need to print out the info on ILC and Tamoxifen not being as good a match. My MO feels tamoxifen is still my best weapon as he is not finding enough data to support ooph and switching to AI. 

ILC and Tamoxifen 

ILC cholesterol and tamoxifen 

Lago,

I don't have technical link though perhaps if I dug around I'd find one. There are a lot of summaries posted right now. Here's one.  http://www.medpagetoday.com/HematologyOncology/Br...

So-speaking of lady gardens-does that grow back to the way it was or stay straggly?  Only asking since we can ask anything here-lol.....I personally dont like the brazillin or straggly look on myself...want my garden back   Anything we can put there safely to assist in growth?

I am doing the lateise on the eye lashes...only about 4 days in so not sure if it is working.  MY PS says it takes about 16 weeks.

Vettegirl:

Sorry, I don't have any answers, but I feel for you! Sorry your care is going in an unexpected direction.

I also did chemo, surgery (lumpectomy) then radiation. Now I should be on AIs (didn't care for them) but will be soon trying Tamoxifen.

I with I had some wise words to share... I'm sure someone here does.  Take Care.

momwriter - im going to be speaking to my MO Thursday about these preliminary studies - I will report back!

Karen. Yay

Lago my nails are lifting. Three so far. If they lifted did you lose them for sure sure or just some?

Vadazzeling the vajayjay?!  Lmao

Tee hee, this thread took a turn into stand-up comedy!!  I was peeing over here.

Vettegirl, don't be too discouraged.  Were all 6 tumors the same type?  Were they Her2+?  Ask your onc about other approaches.  Maybe he/she would consider the newer drugs for Her2+ tumors, because while most do, not everyone responds to Herceptin.  I'm wondering if that might be your case?

Mom, my thinking is you are taking two different approaches to estrogen supression.  Tamox blocks receptors on certain cells (like breast and ovary) but not on bone.  So it has bone advantages for sure, but what if you express a lot of receptors and the Tamox isn't blocking them all?

The aromatase inhibitors shut down the production of all estrogen from all tissues.  So there just isn't any after awhile.  This is why they are so hard on bone, which sucks up estrogen like no other tissue in the body.  One of the very protective things about the AIs is that they stop all tissues from making estrogen, so the fat cells are shut down too.  In post-menopausal woman, that is where a lot of our estrogen comes from (especially for me since I have a nice, hearty supply of adipocytes) tee hee...I'm working on shrinking them.  So I have my ovaries, but even if they did still want to give up the ghost and make estrogen, they can't.  All my estrogen receptors are happy and able to receive estrogen, but I just don't make any anymore.

So the way I see it, the AI is "the buck stops here" drug.  But the bone issues are worrisome for someone younger.  After menopause (which I went through a little before diagnosis) I already stopped making estrogen from my ovaries for my bones (now those fat cells are another story). So physicians feel ok giving an AI to someone like me because I wasn't going to be doing much bone building anymore.  I think they struggle with giving an AI to someone like you because they don't want to cause osteopenia or osteoporosis so early.

I'll keep my eyes out for the SOFT data, but I will say I wouldn't know how to make a decision in your situation either.  Since I never, ever want this crap to come back, I'd probably go for the AI.  But that's because I'm risk adverse.

Princess, all my toenails fell off about May-ish of last year, so ~3 months post final chemo.  It didn't hurt at all, and I spent a summer without wearing sandals.  It was super weird, but no infection or pain.  Just no pedis.

Ok, don't get me started on beauty treatments...

princessrn I didn't lose any of my fingernails just toenails. Granted they all lifted. It started with my toes after the first treatment I think. Lifting started in my fingers after 3rd.

Pbrain my onc had no problem starting me on an AI even though I was already osteopenic, had family history, small frame, former smoker, and Caucasian… Hell why not add 2 more, chemo and AI 

I see my onc on Wednesday to discuss Aromasin, etc. I'm really enjoying my vacation. I'm getting more done