Can we have a forum for "older" people with bc?

Puffin, you look MAHvelous!  You're not even sick!  You can't fool us!    You can kick that chemo to the curb!  Just hold your head up high, and believe that you can get through this without any hint of a worry!

Carole, yes, my fence is finished!  I'll take a picture....and then I'll post it after jump through 20 hoops to figure out how to put it HERE! 

 Also, I think I meant something that is not exactly what I kind of said!  I mean, that I can always find a reason when something good happens.....   Or else even like when my Dad was soooooo sick, and just out of it....  I just prayed for God to take him to be with Mom...   He was moaning, and just out of his head, on that last night...   

Even my Mom!  Same thing....  I begged them to give her more morphine, because whe was just yelling, and seeing her so helpless like that, I just wanted to wrap her up and take her OUT of that place, and OUT of her misery!   I went running down the hall, and told that nurse, she HAS to have more.... but they said "It will just put her to sleep."   So I said, but she is moaning and hollering!    THEN they came in, and increased her Morphine......  

It was then that I wanted her to just PLEASE go to sleep, and no more pain....  no more nothing...  and HE answered my prayers.... So I wanted to believe my folks were taken     because that was the only way out.... no more pain and suffering.... 

We dismantled my old ancient computer yesterday... THAT worry is gone....  And I'm still finding more bells and whistles on THIS one!  I just LOVE the  Windows 8 on this new Dell!  

Wren!  That's a good thought.... that my Femur COULD have shattered!  Ha!  THAT'S what I'll tell them, if questioned on my thought process, not to mention my sanity!  But I WILL start taking those supplements.... "just in case."

Mommarch, so happy everything is sailing along with your DGD!   You sound happy!

Sandra.... Okay, my dizziness is now gone.... BUT you mention you had a stroke?  Did it affect your hearing?

That's why I quit taking Tamoxifen after 1 1/2 years, because I had a stroke near the 8th cranial-nerve, which  caused my loss of hearing... like overnight!  Both ears!

Tamoxifen in CERTAIN people with a CERTAIN gene are more prone to strokes with Tamoxifen, and that is what happened to me.  

I wear hearing aids, and it will never be the same as normal hearing, BUT I can hear good enough.... like when I want to.....  but SOMEtimes I don't want to hear "stuff"...Ha!

But the dizziness I had, could have been related to me painting that fence?  Maybe the fumes, if even a little, caused that temporary feeling....

Okay.... I gotta go out and watch a Sunrise!  xoxoxoxoxo

I was never told not to take calcium before the dexa. 

Puffin, you do look wonderful. 

There are but two roads that lead to an important goal and to the doing of great things:  strength  and perseverance.  Strength is the lot of  but a  few privilege people; but austere perseverance  harsh and  continuous, may  be employed by the smallest  of us and rarely fails its purpose, for its silent power grows  irresistibly greater with time.
  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Oh Cammi!  You little Brat!  I KNOW I am old, but my bones are not!  So there!   I have the bones of a 25 year old....  same with the brain....  And we can all meet somewhere and play Hop-Scotch!

Whew !!!  finally caught up.  Usually there are not so many posts on here.  I think we are all waiting with a little un-expelled breath for Carole to post again.  I hope her dizzy spells have either cleared up or that she has gone on ahead and had them checked. 

Knock on wood ( sure glad I'm not superstitious ) I so seldom have anything happen to me and I feel very fortunate that it works that way.

Puffin....you do look fantastic  just like everyone says.  Hope too that you get lots of good dietician tips to keep you feeling as good as you can through your chemo sessions.  I don't know about anything else, but for a queasy stomach usually easy to digest foods are a good thing.  White food, like boiled eggs, rice, mashed potatoes, cottage cheese etc.  How that would go down with the diverticulitis I'm not sure, but at least nausea should be less of an issue. 

We are in the midst of our major rains.  It poured last night and we are getting ready now at 1:45 p.m. to have some more.  Well, we could  use it, that's for sure.  Should keep it a lot cooler too.  I think we will play hooky today and not walk at the rec center.  I just don't want to be out and about in the rain. 

I'll be back later, then. 

Blessings

Jackie

Anne I'm glad to hear about u'r DD and that she's trying , it's so difficult for any addiction or just desire to have something. I hope the rest works out, how is he going to get the money??? I hope there is a way. What a mess.

Chevy let's face it both of us can only do the scotch for get the hop, unless it's hops for beer.

Jackie I know what u mean about Carole, kinda waiting here too.

Chevy, like Cami said.... Forget the hop, but I'll join you with the scotch.

Had my dexa scan today, now I just have to anxiously await the results.  Wren, when she said no calcium for 24 hours I specifically asked if I could consume milk products like cheese and she said "No. No calcium." 

About meeting up on August 28... I can do the afternoon. I have a Dr. Appt in the morning, but no commitments after that.  I'm not familiar with Hotel FIVE but I'm sure I can find it - especially with the address in hand.  Please PM me with the particulars as sometimes i get behind on a thread and simply leap to the current page...    

Wish we were going on the cruise with you.  I'm definitely up for being waited on right now.  We haven't been on a cruise since my Dx.  Maybe next year. My time is not my own again until November now.

Puffin, I am thinking of you and hope the toxins get flushed out quickly.  You were very brave today.

I was also told to not take my calcium, my vitamin D or multivit with calcium in it prior to my dexascan, but I can't remember how many days I had to hold them, this was about a month ago.

I was in the hospital once doing a gall bladder prep. They brought me a bunch of pills and said to take them 7 mins apart. So I dutifully timed them with my watch and took as directed. The next morning there was a group of us in the xray dept waiting for our turn. We started talking and some had been told 3 mins apart and some 10min. When the nurse came in we asked what the deal was with different times. She said, oh we just tell you that to get you to take them all.

A lot of it is convenience for what's being done. And what the Drs. way of thinking too. But ud think all the Drs. would be of one mind when it came to certain tests. They are with a colonoscopy.

Good Morning Ladies---

It's Friday for anyone who cares, most of us don't but some do. Anyway has anyone heard from Rita? I don't seem to remember any posts from her--Maybe she's just having to much fun.

Carole I missed u yesterday, I don't remember u on here either--Ohchit I don't remember much anymore anyway. Just thinking about u'r dizziness.

We might have some rain, but so far no rain so who knows, it'll wait til Saturday for the outside party my DD's having, that's the usual way.

Hope today goes well for everyone.

Morning Ladies

Surprised I was able to sleep till 5 after all those steroids yesterday.

It was very reassuring to see how well the nurses worked as a team yesterday when I had my reaction, everyone knew what to do and within a minute everything was taken care of and I was feeling better. Since they had to slow the taxotere down and run it over 3 hrs, no way could I chew ice chips that long, and after the additional benadryl I had to take a nap. So being extra careful today to do my mouth rinses. Legs are swollen up again so keeping them elevated.

Had a good talk with the dietician, goal is 70 gm protein during chemo and radiation, do 15 gm lower soluble fiber foods 1st 4-5 days after chemo and then increase by 1 higher insoluble fiber food a day after that and I've gotten the OK to start probiotics. So at least there's a plan in place to try and avoid the diverticulosis attack again. Probably wouldn't hurt to do some tai-chi and gentle yoga too!

I get my neulasta shot this afternoon so I'm drinking my Carnation Instant Brk drink and taking my Claritin.

If you can get to a Look Good Feel Better class definitely take advantage of it. There were 5 of us ladies in the class and we had a ball. When you register they ask you your skin coloring (lt, med, dark) and your makeup bag is chosen accordingly. Glad I got light. You each have a little mirror and your makeup bag has about $200 worth of free make up in it from various name brand companies. They walk you through foundation and concealer & powder, drawing on eyebrows, eye shadow, eyeliner, mascara (I was having trouble till I realized there weren't any lower lashes left to color), lip liner and lipstick. Once we were all glammed up she demonstrated different ways of using the scarves and combining them with hats, and sent home pamphlets and booklets with diagrams to follow so we could tie them at home. Even had a scarf that's made by cutting an old t-shirt off under the sleeves and using the remaining tube part as a scarf by rolling it a certain way. I'd brought my wig along and thought it needed the bangs trimmed until she showed me how I was wearing it wrong. She said most people wear their wigs too far down on their foreheads, that they should be positioned way back along the edge of the forehead, and how to push in the built in metal tabs to help make it stay put.

Looks like Lew is up, time to eat some breakfast, sort clothes and get washing done while I still feel pretty good.

Hope everyone has a decent Friday.

Puffin, so glad to hear you sounding upbeat this morning and happy that you could sleep.