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  • biscuits
    biscuits Member Posts: 3,304
    edited July 2016

    Dianarose, your hair is just lovely!

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  • elimar86861
    elimar86861 Member Posts: 7,416
    edited July 2016

    Dianarose, if it does come to chemo, maybe you will consider donating to Locks of Love or Pantene's Beautiful Lengths. That is some gorgeous hair!

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  • Dianarose
    Dianarose Member Posts: 2,407
    edited July 2016

    Thanks for all the hair compliments. Took awhile to know what to do with it. My 16 year old granddaughter is visiting from California and asked me if I had any hair products when she got out of the shower. I started laughing. When I opened the cabinet door she said, oh Nana I love you😘. I have every product out there lol.

    El- I would have to research because I know some won't take hair that has been colored.

    I think dh and I are going to go fishing and get our mindsoff all this crap

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  • sheila888
    sheila888 Member Posts: 25,634
    edited July 2016

    Yes Dianarose..sometimes we need a brake from all these uncertainties.

    Enjoy your fishing trip and your hair is gorgeous...

    Mine growing nicely. I missed my long hair..

    Sometimes I think if I'm gonna be able to grow my hair again.

    I know stay Positive right..I hate that expression because it's only used for the big C

    What does it mean really stay positive but have chemo..radiation ( Didn't do radiation with my second diagnosis )

    Sorry everyone I'm mumbling

    Hi E...Hi Everyone

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  • Dianarose
    Dianarose Member Posts: 2,407
    edited July 2016

    Sheila- I hate that saying too. Or stay strong. How about kiss my butt! All the people who say they have not been in our shoes. Even my daughter who is a nurse said mom just have your kidney removed. You can live with one, Jow about you go first and let me know!! I have donated two boobs and two oavaries already. Seventeen lymph nodes and my hair. Over it now.

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  • sheila888
    sheila888 Member Posts: 25,634
    edited July 2016

    We all dealt or still dealing with this Beast.....

    I hate to hear the most senseless remarks people say which i know they mean well.

    When i was first DX 10 years ago..someone said to me ' OH I see you decided to join the club "

    Is this a joke or am I too sensitive.

    I don't like Drama but at the same time i don't want to hear these kind of remarks

    OK I said it...Now it's dinner time

    hugs

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  • Dianarose
    Dianarose Member Posts: 2,407
    edited July 2016

    This is the light house that is close to the urologist I went too. When I was a kid a family lived there but now it's all automated.

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  • Dianarose
    Dianarose Member Posts: 2,407
    edited July 2016

    Got thrown off my horse yesterday and broke my back. I needed more issues. Most painful thing I have ever had😖.

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  • NativeMainer
    NativeMainer Member Posts: 10,462
    edited July 2016

    Good Lord, Diana! .I am so sorry to hear you are hurting even more.

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  • Loral
    Loral Member Posts: 932
    edited July 2016

    OMG! I hope you have pain free days ahead.............

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  • Dianarose
    Dianarose Member Posts: 2,407
    edited July 2016

    I grabbed my 2 littlegranddaughters so they landed on me. Thankful they are ok.

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  • NativeMainer
    NativeMainer Member Posts: 10,462
    edited July 2016

    Thank the Lord for the granddaughters safety.

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  • Dianarose
    Dianarose Member Posts: 2,407
    edited July 2016

    The ER Doctor was a sweetheart. She is hooking me up with a urologist who she said is good and will treat me like a human being👍 When they did the ct of my back my right kidney is worse so I need to deal with it

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  • barbe1958
    barbe1958 Member Posts: 19,757
    edited July 2016

    Oh dear God Diana!!!! Are you in traction in the hospital??? I hope they can manage your pain. Gentle hugs coming your way, sweetie.

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  • barsco1963
    barsco1963 Member Posts: 2,119
    edited July 2016

    OMG Diana - I hope they can keep you as comfortable as possible. Sending healing vibes and gentle hugs.

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  • elimar86861
    elimar86861 Member Posts: 7,416
    edited July 2016

    Oh, my! Sure did not expect to be reading about a broken back this morning, Dianarose! You certainly did not need that extra helping of hurt. What is being done for your back now? (At least they could diagnose that properly!) Maybe a little good will come from it all if you end up with new, caring urologist. That must have been frightening for the granddaughters and so fortunate they were not hurt.

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  • Dianarose
    Dianarose Member Posts: 2,407
    edited July 2016

    I came home the same night. I have Tylenol and lidocaine patches. I have never taken pain meds and vomiting was not an option. The pain is better each day. The cheeks of my butt hurt. Bruised. My stomach is bruised from the kids landing on me. Waiting for doctors to call. It's always hurry up and wait

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  • elimar86861
    elimar86861 Member Posts: 7,416
    edited July 2016

    Dianarose, Is something actually fractured? I was thinking you would need traction or a brace or something. How long is the healing process supposed to take?

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    As much as I don't like the endocrinologist I have, I do like (in inverse proportion) the surgeon I have spoken with twice now. I feel a bit calmer.

    There is no big rush to action for whatever is going on with my parathyroid/thyroid, so I figured I had time to look into my Question Mark situation a bit more. My biopsy slides are going to Mayo for a second opinion.

    Also, I hope to talk with the pathologist at my hospital who submitted the original Dx of "suspicious for papillary thyroid cancer" to find out what it was that looked suspicious, and what exactly was lacking that it did not get a definite malignant Dx. In other words, I'd like to know exactly what she saw to form the opinion. I am fairly certain to encounter some disdain that I would even be calling the path lab in the first place. (My husband says, "They don't like talking to the public, that's why they become pathologists in the first place." Haha. He's funny.) My pathologist is Ivy League, so I'll have to be ready for that level of arrogance. Wish me luck!

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  • barbe1958
    barbe1958 Member Posts: 19,757
    edited July 2016

    If anyone can do it it's you, elimar!!!!

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  • NativeMainer
    NativeMainer Member Posts: 10,462
    edited July 2016

    Way to go, El!

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  • Dianarose
    Dianarose Member Posts: 2,407
    edited July 2016

    El-yes the fracture is in my L1. Takes 8-10 weeks to heal. Painful little sucker. Seeing a new urologist on Thursday. I did some research and it appears anyone who has ever had BC go to the peritoneal has lobular and there have been only 151 documented cases of it going to the ureter. Unfortunately those cases were found during autopsies. Wtf. All doctors and radiologist agree it appears to be something growing on the outside of it. Not looking forward to the stent😖

    El- you sure are tenacious 👍👍👍 Sorry you have to work so hard to get a dam answer though

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  • barbe1958
    barbe1958 Member Posts: 19,757
    edited July 2016

    Dianarose, I've had a stent and you won't even know it's in there. Just praying you get an answer soon!! Gentle hugs today.

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  • Dianarose
    Dianarose Member Posts: 2,407
    edited July 2016

    I boughta😃cool down Matt for the dog. Poor thing, I use it more then him. Keep it on the back of my chair and when that hot flash comes I just lean against it. Works great👍

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  • Eph3_12
    Eph3_12 Member Posts: 4,781
    edited July 2016

    SHUT.THE.FRONT.DOOR!!!!! Goodness gracious, great balls of fire Dianarose! ENOUGH WOMAN!!!!! You have our sympathy. Now what in the world were you doing on horse, missy? (my kid doesn't live at home anymore! I need someone to throw words at and today- YOU ARE IT!!!!!!)

    I want a world without cancer!

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  • Dianarose
    Dianarose Member Posts: 2,407
    edited July 2016

    Eph-just trying to live my normal life but realize normal is not realistic anymore. She really is a sweet horse. Our other horse came up behind her and she kicked as a warning to back off but we were riding bareback so off we went. Pain gets better each day. See the new urologist Tomorrow to deal with the dam kidney problem.

    Hope everyone has a great day 😎

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  • Deborah2012
    Deborah2012 Member Posts: 234
    edited July 2016

    Dianarose, Would a rose by any other name require constant supervision? Bareback? Glad you are improving daily.

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  • Eph3_12
    Eph3_12 Member Posts: 4,781
    edited July 2016

    Well, I took a fall myself today. Again, walking the dog; different dog this time. Didn't get pulled down an embankment today, but rolled my left ankle, teetered and instead of tottering back into a standing position, continued the windmill effect onto my left side (broken shoulder side from last time!) Apparently while falling, I let go of the leash and the dog is no Lassie; she took off down the alley, scared shitless of the sound and motion of the falling sequoia that is her mother!! When I recovered my senses, I looked up to see her fleeing in pure panic down the alley toward the busy main drag. I called her (finally got to do the "STEL-----LLLLLLA" I've always wanted to do.) She stopped, but wouldn't return, so I had to haul my ass up off the dirt alleyway, called her and then she ran back. Limped back home (about 1/2 a football field-we hadn't gotten very far) and took assessment. My ankle is very sore; my left leg about 4 inches above and below my knee, plus the knee are ground up from the rock in the alley; my left hand has a chunk out of the palm and a slice on the outside of my pinkie finger on that hand. The most painful things are the hand and the ankle! I settled myself on the couch with an ice pack for the ankle, hydrogen peroxide for the scraps and a quart of ice cream. Have been zoning out on TV for the last 8 hrs. My body is feeling sorta like I was hit by a Mack truck; while tucking and rolling I think I tensed every butt muscle I own. I have been putting off going to be cause I sleep on my left side and not sure I will be able to handle that tonight. Anyway, that was my exciting day off!!!

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  • elimar86861
    elimar86861 Member Posts: 7,416
    edited July 2016

    Wow! The animals are gonna do us in! Tell me these events do not come in threes, but everyone else be careful.

    Eph, I can just see it in my mind's eye (and it makes it almost worth it since you got to finally do the dramatic turn ala Streetcar...) but I know you will be feeling some real pain from your spill today. If yesterday was your day off, will you be dragging yourself in to work today? Ow!

    Dianarose, even tho' it will take some time to recover, hope you are on the mend too.


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  • Dianarose
    Dianarose Member Posts: 2,407
    edited July 2016

    Eph- do you think you should get an X-ray ? We have a one year old boxer who has knocked me over once. I hope the pain is better today😘


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  • Eph3_12
    Eph3_12 Member Posts: 4,781
    edited July 2016

    Today's ailments include still a bit puffy ankle, palm of hand stingy sore and the SHOULDER, oh the shoulder is very, very sore today! Some bruising. Arnica oil in action. Fortunately the ground meat leg isn't a problem. Went and soaked in a friend's 78 degree pool this everying; felt fabulous once I was able to get all the way in. Went and saw "Central Intelligence" today. Pretty funny, kept my mind off of most of the aches and pains. Walking down the steps to leave though was a bit problematic-sore, stiff muscles! I shall survive. And no, I don't work again until Saturday eve 6PM my time.

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