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  • ksusan
    ksusan Member Posts: 4,505
    edited September 2015

    Yay, Gingeel!

    Mamajencoz: Criminy! I've got an RO's office that gave me a product I'm allergic to, and now claims that the allergy isn't in my chart. Since I told the 3 times, I'm thinking of saying, "Then the issue seem to be malpractice." This is an RO at the facility where I fired my MO because (among other things) he told me I'd take tamoxifen, then said, "Actually, I didn't check if you were menopausal."

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  • Jackbirdie
    Jackbirdie Member Posts: 4,693
    edited September 2015

    KSusan- just read your awesome rap.

    Just to clear things up.

    Baby got back

    But no unibrow.

    My tweeza's on vaca,

    No face hair here,

    No way, no how.

    Break it down down down.

    Bahahahaha! Really well done K! ROFLMFAO (that's fat ass, but not hairy)

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  • ksusan
    ksusan Member Posts: 4,505
    edited September 2015

    A delightful addition!

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  • Stephmoen
    Stephmoen Member Posts: 563
    edited September 2015

    congrats gingeel!!and love the hair littleblueflowers you look great! Mamajencoz that scares the crap out of me your dr made that mistake to me it would be enough to change drs that's kind of a big screw up!

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  • Karen30
    Karen30 Member Posts: 135
    edited September 2015

    Final chemo done today- it's been a long 5 months - having this board to check in on every day has been awesome - so thank you all for all your invaluable posts!!!!!

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  • littleblueflowers
    littleblueflowers Member Posts: 2,000
    edited September 2015

    mamajen! Wow! Good catch! Now...will he refund your money for the perscription?

    How's the newly post chemo ladies feeling?

    Awww, thanks guys! It's a little short still..I put brow powder in it lol. But screw it! Any look is better than cancer patient! Also, I got hit on by a cop with it. Weird.

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  • DizzParkMom
    DizzParkMom Member Posts: 316
    edited September 2015

    Congratulations Karen!!! I know what you are saying - longest 5 months ever!

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  • ankledolphin
    ankledolphin Member Posts: 99
    edited September 2015

    :( why now all of a sudden are my eyebrows falling out?

    finish 6 rounds of "chemo" and two rounds of just herceptin...and today it looks like i am going to loose them all, but the hair on my legs seems to be coming in nicely.... :(

    just having one of those days....


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  • ksusan
    ksusan Member Posts: 4,505
    edited September 2015

    Slower-growing areas fall out later. It's a drag, but they'll be back!

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  • ksusan
    ksusan Member Posts: 4,505
    edited September 2015

    13 weeks PFC:

    image

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  • littleblueflowers
    littleblueflowers Member Posts: 2,000
    edited September 2015

    look at you ksusan! You hairball you! My mohawk is still really more of a concept..

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  • ksusan
    ksusan Member Posts: 4,505
    edited September 2015

    Your mohawk rocks.

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  • Jackbirdie
    Jackbirdie Member Posts: 4,693
    edited September 2015

    Jen- just saw your schmaltzing Matilda sig line. You do SO crack me up.

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  • littleblueflowers
    littleblueflowers Member Posts: 2,000
    edited September 2015

    Waltzing Matilda Tom Waits style

    Actually not my favorite version , but the accompanying video won me over. And Tom Waits forever, yo.

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  • Jackbirdie
    Jackbirdie Member Posts: 4,693
    edited September 2015

    Tom Waits gives me goose bumps. I'd never heard his WM. Haunting. I only knew the original bush ballad like so:

    Waltzing Matilda bush ballad with lyrics

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  • littleblueflowers
    littleblueflowers Member Posts: 2,000
    edited September 2015

    katy, were you by chance won over by watching The Man from Snowy River?

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  • Jackbirdie
    Jackbirdie Member Posts: 4,693
    edited September 2015

    no...in fact I had to look the reference up. Another ballad poem or is there a twist here and more to it?

    I enjoyed reading the poem anyway. 😁😂😁

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  • ksusan
    ksusan Member Posts: 4,505
    edited September 2015

    If I were a singer, I'd absolutely cover "Jockey Full of Bourbon."

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  • AndreaC
    AndreaC Member Posts: 220
    edited September 2015

    Hi all!

    Ksusan - great rap, LOL!!!!

    Congrats Karen!!

    Littleblue, love the faux hawk!

    All well here 9 weeks PFC. I have some hair growth! On my scalp! Just in the last week it has taken off. Like a Chia Pet. Rads are going well still but I am getting a tiny bit pink in some areas.

    The weather here on Vancouver Island has turned a bit cool and after 5 months we have had RAIN! It is wonderful.

    Hope everyone is enjoying their Labour Day long weekend!

    Andrea 😃


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  • bluedog
    bluedog Member Posts: 212
    edited September 2015
    Tom Waits rules. http://youtu.be/jUJziJDypCo
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  • Jackbirdie
    Jackbirdie Member Posts: 4,693
    edited September 2015

    he does- that was a beauty Bluedog. Thanks.

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  • Addie29
    Addie29 Member Posts: 307
    edited September 2015

    just curious how soon after chemo ends will I start to feel like myself again? When will the brain fog, fatigue, and headaches go away?

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  • ksusan
    ksusan Member Posts: 4,505
    edited September 2015

    Addie, you might start feeling better whenever any of those SEs lifted during your treatment (for me, 1.5 weeks out), then continue on a trend of mostly feeling better from there. You may get some "flushes" of chemo as you exercise, lose weight, or metabolize, and you may get some post-chemo fatigue.

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  • Jackbirdie
    Jackbirdie Member Posts: 4,693
    edited September 2015

    Addie- my MO said the rule of thumb was 6 weeks to start feeling normal. That is TO START to feel better, though others bounce back more quickly. And it could take six months to really feel yourself.

    I tell you this not to discourage you, but to help normalize what you are feeling. I was really DOWN for weeks after my last, end of June. So two months PFC for me and I'm starting to feel very good. I went back to PT, got evaluated for truncal lymphedema (and yes) and started going to a chair yoga class. But none of that until about 6 weeks out, and deportation complete. All I find is helping, and as I get more energy, I can do more, which in turn gives me more energy. It will happen for you. I hope very soon.

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  • GingerChi
    GingerChi Member Posts: 252
    edited September 2015

    Congrats Karen!!!!! You did it!! Oh gah, you aren't kidding, this has been a lonnnng haul.

    ksusan, look at that head of hair!!!!! Man, it has really thickened up in the past couple of weeks...go you!!

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  • AndreaC
    AndreaC Member Posts: 220
    edited September 2015

    Addie - I started to feel "normal" again about 3 weeks PFC. Now I feel great but tired now and then, while going through radiation.

    My MO told me to double the total time of treatment and that is when I can go back to work. So six months for surgery, chemo and rads means another six months for total recovery.


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  • KBeee
    KBeee Member Posts: 5,109
    edited September 2015

    I am way behind; can't get to last page on my phone.

    Congrats Karen!

    Ankle dolphin, it is common for eyebrows and lashes to fall out s few weeks after chemo. Unfortunately since their growth cycle is reset to all at the same they may fall out again in a few months. I am fearful mine may not return this time since they have been gone for 3-4 months. I was excited when I got 3 new brow hairs, but they all fell out too. I still have no nose hairs yet either.

    Addie, I am 3.5 weeks out and am feeling better other than some lingering fatigue and shortness of breath with exertion.

    Jen, I love that Mohawk!!!!!!!!

    The 3 day break from rads is nice, but I could have probably used it more in a few weeks. My breast is light pink and quite swollen for being so early, but it has no crazy geometric shape outlines yet. That fun is yet to come. We hosted over 100 people at our house Ssturday for our post chemo celebration

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  • KBeee
    KBeee Member Posts: 5,109
    edited September 2015

    just got done slathering myself in emu oil... Lovely nightly ritual!!!!

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  • Jackbirdie
    Jackbirdie Member Posts: 4,693
    edited September 2015

    I believe that is referred to as "schmaltzing"?

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  • littleblueflowers
    littleblueflowers Member Posts: 2,000
    edited September 2015

    Schmaltzing matilda, schmaltzing matilda, who'll come a schmaltzing Matilda with me......

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