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  • elimar86861
    elimar86861 Member Posts: 7,416
    edited August 2015

    Slow, I think of all the women who have come and gone. Some had terribly interesting stories to tell. I think of the ones who have passed, remembering some of the smart and funny things they wrote. I miss 'em. And as for the ones who have been around as long as I have been here, I seriously would like to know what is wrong with their brains? Of course I don't mean that in a bad way...

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  • Tomboy
    Tomboy Member Posts: 3,945
    edited August 2015

    imageBecause it matters!

    Thanks elimar....does the party HAVE to stop?

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  • Tomboy
    Tomboy Member Posts: 3,945
    edited August 2015

    it's funny, in my wanderings around town, I found the little mechanism for a music box, turned the handle, and was delighted to discover that it was from wizard of oz, 'if i only had a brain'!! It is sitting on my table right now.

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  • elimar86861
    elimar86861 Member Posts: 7,416
    edited August 2015

    Darn, all these years I have been doing it wrong. I thought it was walk in the ocean, jump in the sunshine. I got that bass-ackwards.

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  • elimar86861
    elimar86861 Member Posts: 7,416
    edited August 2015

    It's been fun, even tho' HnS failed to show up like she was supposed to. Almost time to turn in, but I like to finish off a Saturday by indulging in a little beauty treatment. I find that with a nice facial on a Saturday night, you can wake up positively glowing on Sunday morning. Now, I know when you think facial, you are probably thinking this...

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    I'm sure that's how most of you look with your facials.

    Now, I'm going to let you in on the "elimar essential beauty secret" and it looks like this...

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    GO ORANGE OR GO HOME!

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  • elimar86861
    elimar86861 Member Posts: 7,416
    edited August 2015

    Going to set a snack out on the counter for all the late night stragglers. Enjoy!

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  • Eph3_12
    Eph3_12 Member Posts: 4,781
    edited August 2015

    Well it's the 23rd now, but early on my coast and since I just got off work, I still have a bit of partying to do.

    My new PCP was worried that my elevated liver readings might have spelled Hep C so she had me do another panel. I proudly lift my glass of vodka/soda/splash of cranberry and say all is well. So we're keeping me off the statin for 2 more months and then testing to see what the #s are.

    I got to "ride along" with patrol this evening as part of my new job. Considering it's Saturday night, I thought it might be a bit busier but still got to go out on an injury accident and an arrest on another call, taking the guy to the jail. The best thing about it was the trooper, who was young enough to be my son, called me by my name all evening. No "ma'am-ing" me which I was afraid of!

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    Night-night!

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  • glennie19
    glennie19 Member Posts: 6,398
    edited August 2015


    Tomboy:  EXCELLENT sign!!  Been eating the delicious food (ice cream) and gained 2 lbs this week. Need to cut down on that delicious treat.  Drat!

    Eph:  totally agree on that sign!  So in love with my bed I hate getting out of it every morning.

    Off to a ladies' brunch where I will probably eat myself silly.

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  • macatacmv
    macatacmv Member Posts: 1,386
    edited August 2015

    love this thread!!!!! E, your humor and mine are so synced we could be twins. If I wasn't like years older and shorter than you!

    i, too, think back on the ones we have "lost" from this thread. But then I look at that post from tomboy and enjoy what I got. That's what they would want us to do.

    like edie, I don't lift any cocktails anymore, but virtual ones are fun!!!

    we can keep the party going as long as we like, so there.........

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  • luvmygoats
    luvmygoats Member Posts: 2,942
    edited August 2015

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  • macatacmv
    macatacmv Member Posts: 1,386
    edited August 2015

    ha ha luv, great minds think alike. I was editing my post to get that darn woman to boogie, but at least she's there.

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  • Loral
    Loral Member Posts: 932
    edited August 2015

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    Bummer!!!!!

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  • BookLady1
    BookLady1 Member Posts: 253
    edited August 2015

    Hey! Where is everyone! I found Pharrell's hat and cleaned the chocolate off that poor boys fingers, enjoyed the Cheetos snack cake with a margarita - that's what we drink here in Austin - I'll have another. Better than Gabapentin for that bitch neuropathy. Linda

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  • Tomboy
    Tomboy Member Posts: 3,945
    edited August 2015

    I like that slightly furry man that someone posted, I am gonna go back a page and see if I can find him again (was eph-elph, thanks. His body is nice, but I'd take a man like that guy who played Jax anyday

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  • glennie19
    glennie19 Member Posts: 6,398
    edited August 2015


    Hi Linda !  How's everything in Austin?  Still weird, I hope !!

    What are you reading these days? 

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  • luvmygoats
    luvmygoats Member Posts: 2,942
    edited August 2015

    Tomboy - You mean this Jax? Ingo Rademacher my boy toy.

    Image result for ingo rademacher

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  • Tomboy
    Tomboy Member Posts: 3,945
    edited August 2015

    This one:Jax- (Charlie Hunnam)

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  • luvmygoats
    luvmygoats Member Posts: 2,942
    edited August 2015

    Hmm don't know that Jax. Pretty nice too. He can serve me margaritas anytime.

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  • Tomboy
    Tomboy Member Posts: 3,945
    edited August 2015

    He's nice, huh?

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  • Eph3_12
    Eph3_12 Member Posts: 4,781
    edited August 2015

    Be still my heart!!! Those photos of Jax (Charlie) are delectable!!!!!!

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  • KJSUN
    KJSUN Member Posts: 44
    edited August 2015

    Thanks for all the advice girls! It only took me 11 total days to get a stool sample. I guess things go back to normal, every couple days. I do like the prunes for constipation, I happen to be out, but they are one of my favorite fruits. I hope this is the last time I have to do this!

    staynsane - thanks for the advice on the Smooth Moves tea, I will have some on hand for the next time. I think it was the threat of the tea that finally made it happen!

    I have chemo today so I had better go get dressed or they are seeing me naked! Poor them. Again thank you for all the help!

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  • elimar86861
    elimar86861 Member Posts: 7,416
    edited August 2015

    I see the party continued into Sunday. Just remember, everyday can't be Christmas otherwise it wouldn't feel special and "too much cake = tummyache."

    Now the thread is back on track for another year (or six) and KJSUN, it's good that you are back on track too. I like prunes just as a fruit, so that was always a remedy I opted for. The other thing that always helped was a magnesium tab in the night and things got right the next day. However, I have no experience on what it would do after a 8-10 day slowdown. I'd say get the magnesium started after a couple days. (My Franken-colon doesn't have that problem anymore. I'm actually reaching for slabs o' cheese now.)

    I'm up early and having my tea with the Middies, just like the old days. I go in to see my MO the first week of Sept., and you know what? My mind is not going to the blood draw (although I will love a low CEA, that's my marker for CRC.) I was thinking about how much I will weigh in at. Now, that is pretty much back to old normal, don't you think?

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  • glennie19
    glennie19 Member Posts: 6,398
    edited August 2015


    Worrying about your weight,, yeah,,, back to the old normal, me thinks!

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  • KJSUN
    KJSUN Member Posts: 44
    edited August 2015

    Well this sucks. Out of the 4 samples I took, only 1 was usable. They didn't label how they were to be stored, so I have to do them again. Maybe there is too much turnover with the staff and they are overworked? Another favorite nurse is gone. I have now done 3 out of 6 treatments and I feel like crap, hot flashes are back! Too many health conditions make it too complicated. Another specialist appointment today. My husband wants me to reschedule but I just want answers.

    I think my husband is feeding me ice cream sweets to try and make me feel better, but they all seem to taste too sweet, oh and I think I have become lactose intolerant. I would rather have savory or spicy. Does anyone have that with the chemo drugs I am on? I want steak, chicken, potatoes ... I was doing so well for a while. Veggies, salads, etc. but now I don't feel like I am eating as well. I am not gaining weight, but I don't feel as good. I will have to make a list or something.

    Good news though, my brother-in-law gave us his old HD flat screen TV, so now I am all hooked up for football season! GO HAWKS!!!


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  • MinusTwo
    MinusTwo Member Posts: 16,634
    edited August 2015

    KJSUN - I didn't eat much ice cream, but I did find sherbet refreshing to my mouth. I had TC with added Herceptin & Perjeta since I'm HER2+. I'm glad that anything tastes good to you. By #3 everything tasted horrible & I wasn't eating much except watermelon, popsicles & Carnation Instant Breakfast. Eat what tastes good. Steak, chicken, potatoes sound ideal. And hydration is most important now. You can worry about balance later.

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  • elimar86861
    elimar86861 Member Posts: 7,416
    edited August 2015

    I had a different platinum based drug than you KJSUN, and no Taxotere, and like M-Two, I liked the watermelon because it tasted like watermelon. Also, Hot Pretzels (the icky ones that are frozen and you microwave them for half a minute) with mustard, because the mustard tasted like mustard. Everything else looked disgusting and most of it tasted disgusting as well. I tried to drink that Ensure to get the vitamins and protein to repair my body, but it tasted like GAK!


    It's nice if you can get a good nutritional balance while on chemo because it causes a "wasting" of your muscles, but I agree that you just have to eat whatever you can get/keep down. My mom's MO told her to get a Big Mac. She was horrified; but what he meant was don't worry about it too much.
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  • KJSUN
    KJSUN Member Posts: 44
    edited August 2015

    MinusTwo, Sorbet sounds good. Maybe I'll try that. No milk there! I know I need to drink more fluid.

    elimar, I think the pretzels sound good also. I think I have seen them at the store. I understand what your mom's MO meant about the Big Mac. I actually ate KFC mashed potatoes and gravy, which I would never normally eat, but it was good!

    I need to try more things because I have skipped a few meals because nothing sounded good. I also moved some doctor appointments because I feel worse sooner than before. I was told there was a cumulative effect with my chemo and it does feel like it. Three down and three to go! I hope I skip the muscle spasms this time, although my PA says it is bone pain. I think it is time for bed. Tired more lately.

    Have a nice night everyone!

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  • elimar86861
    elimar86861 Member Posts: 7,416
    edited August 2015

    KJSUN, This is old news to the regulars on here, but my husband cooked a lot when I did my chemo. Without fail, I would sit down at the table and say "That looks disgusting," or "That doesn't even look good." I told him not to take any of it personally, that it was the chemo talking. This went on for months. He would always reply, "Just try it anyway." More than half of the time, it was o.k., even tho' it never tasted quite right.

    Don't forget, besides the direct hit on your taste buds, the chemo dries out your saliva too (dry mouth, anyone?) and that makes a big difference on how we experience taste also.

    My mouth got so dry, I could not stand the slightest spicy hotness in food. Without saliva, I had no mucous protection for even the mildest hot sauce. Whew, it all burned. That was a real challenge for DH because we like a little heat in many dishes. I had to go very bland. Salt was more appealing than usual tho.

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  • MinusTwo
    MinusTwo Member Posts: 16,634
    edited August 2015

    KJSUN - you tripped a memory. Before every chemo I walked across the street & ordered a breakfast burrito w/egg & potatoes & extra salt from the local greasy spoon to take in w/me. After every chemo I walked to the closest Burger King and got a HUGE order of french fries. I'd forgotten about craving salt.

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  • glennie19
    glennie19 Member Posts: 6,398
    edited August 2015

    KJSUN:  I haven't done chemo but these women here have wise words. Don't worry about calories or "bad" food like Big Mac's.  Eat whatever sounds good.Sorbet or popsicles would be nice and cool on your mouth. Publix has those Italian ices too. But the lemon is rather tart,, just a word of warning.  If you have dry mouth, try sucking on hard candies or there is a product called artifiical saliva.  Salivart is one name.  I think it is OTC, but you may have to ask at the counter for it, as it might not be on the shelf.

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