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  • eheinrich
    eheinrich Member Posts: 792
    edited March 2016

    Good luck, Bekah!

    I'd like to put out there a lake trip starting 6/10. That appears to be my last day of work until the 20th or something (head of school just got replaced due to total mismanagement - things are crazy confusing). I can host prior to the lake, we can stay at the lake longer than the weekend & folks can come back to LA after. I don't have a huge place but I think after all we shared sharing sleeping quarters won't be a problem. Obviously nothing is binding (:p) but I'd just like to see if this time frame works for folks.

    xo

  • molly1976
    molly1976 Member Posts: 403
    edited March 2016

    Great news, Eileen!! What a relief!

  • Jackbirdie
    Jackbirdie Member Posts: 4,693
    edited March 2016

    Yay Molly!!!

    Yay Eileen!!!!

    Let's dance! 🎉💃🎉💃🎈🎉🎈💃🎉💃💃💃💃💃💃

    6/10 works for me! I am carpooling it with Sloth and we are going to make a crazy sightseeing adventure down the Coast.


  • Italychick
    Italychick Member Posts: 2,343
    edited March 2016

    Yay Eileen and Molly! Bekah, fingers crossed everything turns out well for you.

    I'm in for Arrowhead.

    I really want to do Montana too, just trying to figure out how to pull it off from San Diego

  • ksusan
    ksusan Member Posts: 4,505
    edited March 2016
  • pboi
    pboi Member Posts: 663
    edited March 2016

    Great news, yay!

    PB

  • slothabouttown
    slothabouttown Member Posts: 449
    edited March 2016

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY KATY! Sorry to be a day late but I hope you are still celebrating! Take a relaxing soak and enjoy your day, week, year- we are all so lucky to know you!! Here are some therapy llamas to wish you all the best!

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  • Trvler
    Trvler Member Posts: 3,159
    edited March 2016

    Oh, Katy. i am sorry I didn't know it was your birthday. Happy belated! I hope enjoyed your day.

  • pboi
    pboi Member Posts: 663
    edited March 2016

    Happy belated birthday Katy! Hope you had a great day and hoping for a fantastic year ahead for you!

    PB

  • Jackbirdie
    Jackbirdie Member Posts: 4,693
    edited March 2016

    Birthday lamas! I feel VERY special! Thanks everyone. I did have a great day. A start. A good start.

  • KBeee
    KBeee Member Posts: 5,109
    edited March 2016

    Great news Eileen! Let's keep the good news rolling!

    So glad to hear you had a nice Birthday Katy. Hoping each day is as good as yesterday!

  • Jackbirdie
    Jackbirdie Member Posts: 4,693
    edited March 2016

    Just picked these. Wanted to share with my best girls. Lilacs and bluebells. These colors wouldn't work together well with clothes or home decor, but in nature, blooming together, it works! One of the great mysteries.

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  • ksusan
    ksusan Member Posts: 4,505
    edited March 2016
  • SpecialK
    SpecialK Member Posts: 16,486
    edited March 2016

    jackbirdie - Happy Belated Birthday, and beautiful flowers!

  • rleepac
    rleepac Member Posts: 755
    edited March 2016

    Did my last Herceptin today and the emotional flood gates opened wide as I bawled my eyes out. It was a good emotional release but one that I wasn't expecting.

    MO said he is worried more about my quality of life from Tamoxifen than he is the chronic cough but agreed that the chest CT was prudent. He wants me to stay off the Tamox for 3-5 weeks and then give it another try. I am post-menopausal according to labs so he said we can try the AIs and see how I react to those. He said women tent to have more joint pain on the AIs but at least he's willing to work with me.

    Now prepping emotionally for another surgery on Monday and trying to be happy that Herceptin is DONE!

  • Italychick
    Italychick Member Posts: 2,343
    edited March 2016

    Bekah, sorry about the meltdown. I've been more anxious since Herceptin ended, dealing with that. Ugh.

    Research D3 with K2 if you go on an AI. I found an article by a UCSD doctor that said it helps with joint and bone pain, and he thinks women should use those substances.

    Feel better, and fingers crossed CT scan shows nothing

  • Jackbirdie
    Jackbirdie Member Posts: 4,693
    edited March 2016

    Bekah- so glad you're done with H. I hope the other issues resolve for you soon. Hugs.


  • jumbledbamboo
    jumbledbamboo Member Posts: 158
    edited March 2016

    eileen I'm so glad it was great news,!

    Katy a very happy and belated birthday to you!

    So I got the MRI of my right hip and it just has tendinitis!! Very good. My dentist says my jaw looks good and no sign of osteonecrosis there, just calcium deficiency...

    I have a lot of pain in my hip all the time and with the strokes crap, cancer crap it's just a lot. Having someone I thought was a friend turn their back on me...I just lost it today. Broke down and cried and fell asleep. But not until I was a bitch to my husband For no reason.

    The guilt sucks. I'm getting good news at but for things I resent. Like a motorized wheelchair. Be glad you say but I'm so mad I need that damn thing.

    I did get housecleaning through my church, but felt embarrassed the whole time. I just asked her to sweep and mop after she looked around and seemed , in my mind, a bit off put. I was he her I can't bend over and she said her back spasms too. I started to tell her my whole story and just stopped. I don't care anymore. I'm always explaining myself. Screw it, you know?

  • jumbledbamboo
    jumbledbamboo Member Posts: 158
    edited March 2016

    bekah congratulations on last herceptin! I know how prepping for surgery is. Thinking of you.

  • Jackbirdie
    Jackbirdie Member Posts: 4,693
    edited March 2016

    Amber- you have a right to be angry. I'm so sorry and am sending hugs. I hope you can find a way to accept some help during this time. I know it's hard to. I know it's hard feeling like you have to explain yourself. You will find a balance. I wish I could help in some way. I am glad for the little bits of good news which have come your way. Sending healing thoughts to lift you up. 💗💞🎈🎈🎈🎈💞💗🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

  • ksusan
    ksusan Member Posts: 4,505
    edited March 2016

    Congrats, Bekah, and glad for the scan. Go kiss your husband and see if you can both let it go.

    Amber, you don't need to explain or apologize to people who are helping you.

  • jumbledbamboo
    jumbledbamboo Member Posts: 158
    edited March 2016

    I'm better today. Pain is bad. It will be ok

  • ksusan
    ksusan Member Posts: 4,505
    edited March 2016

    I'm sorry you're having such pain.

  • Jackbirdie
    Jackbirdie Member Posts: 4,693
    edited March 2016

    Amber- thinking of you. Sending hugs.

  • Italychick
    Italychick Member Posts: 2,343
    edited March 2016

    Amber, big hugs, so sorry about all you are dealing with. No words of wisdom, just want you to know I'm thinking about you

  • pboi
    pboi Member Posts: 663
    edited March 2016

    Sorry you are in such pain Amber. Hoping you are feeling a bit better today. Hugs!

    PB

  • KBeee
    KBeee Member Posts: 5,109
    edited March 2016

    Hoping the pain eases Amber.

  • Carrie37
    Carrie37 Member Posts: 331
    edited March 2016

    Thinking of you Bekah! Sorry about the pain you're in Amber.

  • eheinrich
    eheinrich Member Posts: 792
    edited March 2016

    Hugs all around.

    Allison - where you at? Hope all is well.

    Feeling hopeful this week.

    xo

  • Trvler
    Trvler Member Posts: 3,159
    edited March 2016

    Eileen: We have been in Sedona and now we are in Palm Desert. I had crappy internet reception and we were just busy in Sedona. This was my f -it, I don't care how much I spend after cancer for a fun vacation trip. We were supposed to fly to the Grand Canyon and take a helicopter ride today but it was too windy so they canceled it. Kids were disappointed but they understood. Just enjoying the warm. It was really windy today so chilly but they kids were still able to swim.

    Bekah: Congrats on your last Herceptin!

    Amber: Hugs. I understand about trying to explain. You are trying to be a nice person. But I agree. Don't bother.

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