Here's what cheezed me off today

Called my mom this morning and I nearly hung up on her. After telling me that my niece and nephew are both sick with colds, I made my decision and told her that we won't be going there for Christmas. So I proceeded to tell her that we won't be coming up, and she said why? I told her that since both the of my younger brother's kids are sick and that because I have the expander surgery coming up at the end of next month, I am taking every precaution to stay away from anyone who is sick so I don't come down with it and it delays my surgery. She got really nasty with me over it and tried to blame it on my hubby. I told her in quite clear terms that my hubby had nothing to do with it and that if she couldn't understand that, then its not my problem to deal with.

Think this was also motivated by my younger brother and his new wife wanting to be the center of attention as usual. He's always cutting me and my hubby down because we don't have kids of our own and he does.

Stay healthy.  There is a lot of crud going around.  It seems to bring a cough that lasts forever. You don't need that.

Dingle berry like or logs?

reindeer poop cookies? Pics please!!!!! LOL

Exactly blondie!

Mommyof2, Since I am all about the least amount of treatment to get rid of this crap and keep it away the better, I will throw in my two cents. I know you talk about not getting a 2nd opinion because of MO's not in your area, but the things you mention are big stuff. If it was me, I would fly out to Johns Hopkins or some other place and chat with another MO. You could bring them a copy of your reports and films (which you should have) or you could go in cold. Not all docs feel the same way about treatment. My first MO was highly recommended. My BS had family members go to this guy, but when I meet him he said TACx6 and didn't really seem to respect my input. The first thing I did was have my slides from surgery (showed positive lymph nodes) sent to another hospital for a 2nd opinion. My treatment, in my mind, was resting on the results from the slides and I wasn't comfortable with the pathologist who read the slides and wrote the report. Heck, when I had questions, the pathologist wouldn't even talk to me, only the MO.

Anyway, the next thing that came up was that my research showed if I had to do chemo, it didn't have to be full blast. When I went to another MO, he was so much kinder and confirmed that TCx4 would be fine for me. I took that information back to the first highly regarded MO and TCx4 was it. Also, the 2nd opinion pathology report was written with more clarity then the first, but confirmed the positive nodes so chemo was a go. Once I had my mental ducks in a row, I felt more confident with treatment. So, 2nd opinions can be very valueable, even if you have to fly out and stay somewhere for a night. This is your life and future. I don't know much about your type of cancer or spots on lungs, but it sounds like your docs aren't willing to risk the spots turn to full blown mets and you are more of the wait and see kind of girl. The biggest question is IF you wait and see, what are the possible ramifications and is there meds to get you back? I've seen posts of ladies traveling near and far for nipple tats, so if it was me, I'd go have a chat with another MO. Wishing you good health!

Whoa luc that sucks

Well I was cheesed off on Christmas Day when I eventually confronted DH because he had got me zip. He said he didn't know what to get me (yeah right) so I went to bed with an ativan and sulked then eventually ordered myself an expensive on demand movie. Extra cheesed off because I am the sort of person that could send him into Costco or Walmart wearing a blindfold and be OK with whatever he came out with, even a bag of veggies (LOL). Actually come to think of it, he did buy some beets at the supermarket that I asked him to get while he was out so maybe I am judging unfairly

Hi Rohanna-

Thanks for the tip. We'll make sure to spray her hair when we send her off to school after clearing out her head. She and at least a few other girls picked it up from a classmate before the break, so I can see this perhaps circulating for a while, as tends to happen with lice outbreaks. Right now I'm in an Asian country where the only available pediculicide is Lindane, nasty neurotoxic stuff. The box said to leave it on for 3-6 hours. After reading FDA recommendations and European and American reports we settled on 10 minutes.

Spent some time looking for Cetaphil, which has recently been shown to be very effective in treating lice. No dice. For now I'm doing it the old school way, spending hours nit picking. Not exactly how I wanted to spend the time before surgery, but it could be worse. A couple of her friends are dealing with it at home, stuck indoors and hunting for nasties in weak New England winter light.

Apologies to all of those dealing with bigger problems than tiny bugs!

-Lulu

ummmm tough choices!!!!! I'd go for the sapphire . I'll bet the Aussie has blue eyes!!!!