INSOMNIACS place to talk in the wee hours

they have cancelled everything around here last night. Still waiting on the snow 12 hours later. Teacher sent home homework. 100 day next week. Must send in two things (one for each child).

Ibrance very mild compared to the red devil. But it did the job on my lung Mets and I asked for two extra rounds. Everyone's different. I think the first round is always the most anxious because you don't know what to expect. I didn't mind being bald after the initial loss.

But yes you can get meds if your nauseous. I always felt better after I threw up. I still drink ginger"tea" and sleepy time. The meds will make you constipated. Stay on top of that. My taste buds would fluctuate but I ate regular food. If it didn't sound good, I didn't bother.

Can't wait for the dinner party. Must post pic of my glassware.

Stay warm!

jwoo. So glad your back. I missed you.

Good morning all.

My dss's are on day 3 of school closed for inclement weather. They are starting to get stir crazy. Driving each other crazy. Ready to put them in seperate rooms for the whole day.

Hootie ho

sas sweert find

Cute!

JWoo, you have a kind heart. Can't believe they did that to your grandma. Hope you have many beautiful visits with her. Also, I am glad you pull Eeyore out . Yes, consider trying gluten free diet to see if it helps with the stomach pain. My younger sister tried it and said that she does not get frequent headaches and bloating anymore. Best wishes.

Susan, just hugs this morning to you. Hope you have strong armor and weapons to fight this crazy battle.

Same to you too, Zill and Patty. Zill, I am happy to hear that you are tolerating Ibrance. Hate nausea. I have been having nausea through out the day since the beginning of this week and I am not even on any meds except Omega 3 and vitamin D. I don't think I am pregnant, although I am late. Home test is negative. I wonder if my body is transitioning to menopause or my thyroid is off. Hoping it is just sympathetic nausea.

Pretty roosters or is it handsome roosters...makes me feel guilty eating chickens.

Oh no Ms. Sas, please don't. I was just teasing you. As much as I like them( nice finds btw), like Hiho, I am trying not to buy things because I really want to downsize. I just donated a bunch of stuffs yesterday. It was hard to let go, but it was for a good cause. Don't worry, the angel is still with me. Can't give her away unless you make me mad. Just kidding, just kidding.

Where is Ms. Chevy this morning. Did Mr. G make you mad

Pretty glassware.

I am lazy too, Ms Smaarty. Got to get going. I am blaming it on the weather.

Jwoo, Liked what you said about CPR. They did a push here to train as many people who were willing to learn and now Seattle is supposed to be the best city to have a heart attack and survive. It's a requirement for teachers, counselors, and people who work with the elderly or disabled.

Yogagirl, in regard to your question about Ambien, it is probably because of the FDA recommendation based on next- morning impairment associated with the higher dose

http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/DrugSafety/ucm334033.htm

Everyone is different and doctors need to learn to listen to their patients. However, I do understand their need to protect themselves in this sue happy society

Hey SAS and e verybody. I haven't been around for awhite. Back for now I have a brain mri scheduled for next Friday because my vision got blurry and I see double around lights since Saturday. I do not want anything else to go wrong, well, who does after all.

I am having a good spell with sleep getting very sleepy at about 8PM and waking about 4 or 5AM. If I can keep it sort of on this cycle I feel best. Inevitably it keeps moving and I wind up 12 hours off. At least now I know what happens and my husband leaves it alone.

I was sure sorry to read that Leah is gone. She was on a lot of the threads I always read.

Take care

Ginger

Gingerbrew, I had the same symptoms you do. I had cataracts. Arimidex, Aromasin and Tamoxifen all can cause preexisting cataracts to get worse or can cause them. You might ask your oncologist for a referral to an ophthalmologist.

Gingerbrew, good luck on your MRI. I have had double vision since breast rads ended in Aug 2014. The MRI at that time was clear, then they found ocular myasthenia gravis. That seems to be the cause of the double vision as the brain tumor that came later was in another area. Myasthenia is a much better Dx than brain mets. Let us know how it goes.

Thanks, everyone, who thought about Rituxan... yes, it is used for MANY off-label purposes. The drill will be to pre-medicate with Tylenol, Benadryl, and SoluMedrol, then start a VERY small drip. If there is the slightest hint of reaction, the process is stopped, additional meds are added, time is given for SEs to subside, and then slowly started again. So glad he will be in a hospital to do this.

He'll actually be in the Chemo Infusion room, next to folks who are getting chemo and other drugs. I gave him a little inservice on "Infusion Room Etiquette."

I LOVE those glass cup and plate snack sets. In the 50's (when EVERYBODY joined clubs), my mom was in a Club called "Stitch and Bitch" but no one sewed. The mostly-newlywed ladies (about 20, I think) just met once a month at each others' homes and drank wine and ate snacks and Mom made sure I wasn't listening at the closed hall door. They were together for more than 70 years and the last two members just passed away. I inherited my mom's snack sets and still have them.

Whoa, Ambien - I might as well drink a dozen espressos. It keeps me totally awake for 24 hours.... BAD drug for me. I asked the Pharmacist about dosing, and she told me that the standard 10 mg dose got changed because "they" figured out that Ambien does not clear the body in 24 hourslike previously thought.

Instead, it builds up in the bloodstream, and in an elderly, or frail, or sensitive person, they may end up with more like 40 mg in their systems at some point because of the cumulative effect. So doses got lowered. But she also said that docs were saying to some patients that they could double up. Not me! Never touching that stuff again!

Okay Sass.... Now I KNOW prophylactics are just a nice way of saying rubbers.... Now what were you saying? They sell them in pipe-lines? I'm probably missing something here...

I got where you had major CF's on this day years ago... Don't think about them.... Just keeps you awake at night.... And listen little missy.... You should NOT smoke.... drinking is fine, but smoking will really hurt those lungs of ours... I am a poster child for not only pole-dancing-gone-bad, but for also how-to-screw-up-your-lungs-with-asthma-from-smoking. I'm just trying to teach you something helpful.... I heard weed is even better than smoking cigarettes! Oh wait... am I actually advocating a joint now and then? Just listen to me..... sometimes I actually get it right...

GINGERBREW! Where have you been young lady? Hiding out in the snow somewhere? Good to hear from you again!

Blessings! GOOD one! "Stitch & Bitch" !!!! Hahhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaahah! Yes, we must have friends so we can bitch! Otherwise it would all build up in us, and that is not a good thing......... That's probably what made us all sick.... we held it all in, and it came out, and that's how we all wound up in the same place. THAT'S IT!

And yes that's me.... "Olderly and frail" and even sensitive and stuff! So don't mess with us folks.... Going today to meet-up with DH's dear Nephew... He has this "thing" to check my "check engine" damn light that stays on.... So that's our big Saturday.

Theresa, my 91 year old friend.... YES, there IS someone older than me.... Well she has this problem with Diarrhea, sometimes... So they won't give her anything for it, unless she screams bloody-murder... So I snuck some Immodium AD in to her... in a brown paper bag... concealed you might say.... Now she has her own stash.... WELL.... I also took her 5 chocolate Bon-Bon's and a couple dark chocolate covered coconut candies. PLUS they finally gave her a water pill, now on a morning schedule, for her swollen ankles....

THEN.... now get this.... She ate all that candy at once! At ONCE! And she got.... you guess it..... diahrreah! So we blamed the Lasix....! So she took 2 Immodium AD and it stopped.... THEN she told the Doctor.... He said you dumb bitch, it is NOT the Lasix! So she has to take it as prescribed.

So I told her it was PROBABLY all the damn chocolate you ate! You scarfed it all down! At once! Next time I will just bring you a box of Ex-lax since you like chocolate so much and have to eat it in one sitting !!!

That just means we both have to behave.... We learned.

We aren't supposed to get any snow in the North Country!