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  • Dianarose
    Dianarose Member Posts: 2,407
    edited January 2017

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  • MinusTwo
    MinusTwo Member Posts: 16,634
    edited January 2017

    DianaRose - those are gorgeous!!!

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  • Dianarose
    Dianarose Member Posts: 2,407
    edited January 2017

    sad to say another warrior on the peritoneal thread is now an angel. Hummingbird put up such a fight but suffered so much. So sad 😭. That's two new angels from that thread in a month. Really hit home. She will be greatly missed.

    Went back to the cancer center yesterday and got some IVfluids, nausea Med's and some steroids. Helped about 75 percent. They said I might have to do this for the last five infusions. Number 8 is tomorrow.

    El- how are you feeling these days and how is your scar healing?

    Not sure if I posted this already, but DH ordered me a new violin 🎻. It will be here Tuesday. So excited 😊. Haven't played since school so lessons are in the works.Hoping it will be a stress release and not more stress.

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  • NativeMainer
    NativeMainer Member Posts: 10,462
    edited January 2017

    Diana--those are beautiful!You do a lovely job.Glad the fluids and such helped and you feel better.So sad to hear about Hummingbird.Hope the new violin brings you peace and stress release.

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  • Eph3_12
    Eph3_12 Member Posts: 4,781
    edited January 2017

    All "Q" on the Middie front!

    If you enjoy musicals, go see "LaLa Land". It's great!

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  • Dianarose
    Dianarose Member Posts: 2,407
    edited January 2017

    is everyone hybernating

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  • Loral
    Loral Member Posts: 932
    edited January 2017

    Diana....winter blahs, I've been sick since 1/3 bad cold....hope you are well, I'll try not to breathe on you...

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  • Dianarose
    Dianarose Member Posts: 2,407
    edited January 2017

    winter blues here too.

    Loral- feel better

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  • Lita57
    Lita57 Member Posts: 2,437
    edited January 2017

    Just took the tree down yesterday, 1/10. So gloomy now. Left the nutcrackers up, and I'll put them away next week. I have to take the decorations down in stages or I get too depressed. January is the longest, darkest month of the year for me. There's really nothing good to look forward to.

    How's everyone else handling the post holidays? My English bulldog sleeps most of the day. They do semi hibernate this time of year. Wish I could do that...just sleep until mid March.

    Stay healthy, Lita

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  • MinusTwo
    MinusTwo Member Posts: 16,634
    edited January 2017

    I agree with Lita. I hate January. I have a hard time getting motivated to do anything more than cooking one good meal or going to one doc appt. Sigh. This too shall pass.

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  • Lita57
    Lita57 Member Posts: 2,437
    edited January 2017

    And it still gets dark way too early. You have to get your walk in before 4 pm. Been too cold and rainy to do too much outside.


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  • MinusTwo
    MinusTwo Member Posts: 16,634
    edited January 2017

    Yeah Lita, I've been watching CA news since my son lives in San Francisco and I grew up on No. California. Wow what a mess. My favorite wines come from the area around the flooding Russian River. I learned how to both water ski and snow ski at Tahoe. And I camped at Yosemite right on the Merced river. OK ELI - I hope my memories don't count against the weather taboo. Sorry !!!

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  • elimar86861
    elimar86861 Member Posts: 7,416
    edited January 2017

    January is a long, dreary month; except if it is your birthday month, then there is a bit of fun in it. (MLK knows what I'm talkin' about.) To not let it get you down, you must come up with a plan. Something.

    Last year, I had that free one month trial for the Curves gym during January. I thought I might do that again, but as much as I liked the hydraulic weight machines, I hated the music they played in there. As much as I liked the economy of getting a pretty good workout in jut 30 minutes, I got a little bored of the routine even after a month. SO...

    This year, I'm committing to doing some fitness videos. Well, last year I got a real dorky workout DVD for $3.50. It was by the woman who used to be "Blair" on the Facts of Life t.v. show. I know, I know, if I really wanted to get buff, I should have kept hunting for a DVD with "Jo" instead. Anyway, it's pretty terrible. This year, I got a new DVD for $1.00, by someone named Tamilee. It's also terrible, but I think it will be effective if I can hang in there with it for a whole month. Not just because all workout videos get boring after the third time through, but this one does a lot of lunges and squats and my knees don't like that. Please understand, I now only work out to videos that are cheap, cheesy, and terrible; and every new year I get another one. So, woo-hoo January!

    I don't think it is right that I am having all the fun, so if any of you were to buy yourselves a really stupid exercise video (or you can always find something on the ol' TUBE of YOU,) I would not even shame you for being a copycat. I would applaud you for exercising and staying active. (Legend has it that activity and a healthy body weight lowers the risk of BC recurrence, so I have hardly gone off topic at all.) I don't know if any even exist, but I would totally be in AWE of you if you got a workout video with any cast member from an old sitcom (except Suzanne Sommers.)

    So, that is my suggestion (and challenge) to all Middies(*)---not those currently with energy impaired by active BC treatment---to liven up your January; and if anyone scoffs at your cheesy exercise video choice, just do what I do...shoot them a withering glance and tell them:

    HEY, EWE, GET OFF OF MCLEOD!

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    (*) As with any exercise, make sure you can handle it, blah, blah, blah, check with doctor, etc., because elimar cannot carry the guilt of your having a cardiac event just because you were exercising to a cheesy DVD she told you to get.


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  • Noni
    Noni Member Posts: 327
    edited January 2017

    Elimar, your videos had my laughing. Thank you for that. I would like to suggest that everyone go check out Prancercise videos on YouTube. Perhaps a little, um, out of some of reach for some of us but you never know!


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  • Dianarose
    Dianarose Member Posts: 2,407
    edited January 2017

    I don't have the energy to exercise 😬. I am trying so hard to gain weight but it is a slow process. Saw a shrink yesterday and starting some medication as I can't seem to get my shit together. Starting violin 🎻 lessons on Monday in hopes it helps with my stress and depression. Been crocheting a lot but now I have a pile of hats ands scarves. I have one month of chemo left. Should find out the plan for after tomorrow. She had talked about Ibrance which does not sound like a good time from what I have read. Hubby never complains but can't help feeling like such a burden and that I am ruining all the plans he had for retirement. Thanks for letting me vent

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  • elimar86861
    elimar86861 Member Posts: 7,416
    edited January 2017

    Dianarose, The exercise post was not for you. The only weight I hope you will lift is to get that fork up to your mouth as many times as possible. Music is a cool idea for the winter doldrums. Good Luck on the violin. I remember playing violin in public school for a year til the elementary instrumental music program lost the funding. I remember playing (butchering) that student violin classic, "Long, Long Ago."

    Noni, I don't even remember you posting here before, but I can think of no better entree into our Middie society than with a PRANCERCISE VIDEO! I will obviously have to wait for Spring or Summer to go prancing at my local park, but that will only give me time to acquire a pearl choker and recruit someone to film me in a trucking shot like that video. When she said, "It's better to punch into space than punch someone in the face," she said that with real authority...like she has done BOTH! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

    Noni, to welcome you, I am going to bust out a photo from my vault. Had it here some years ago, but I never get tired of it!

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    Poodlecise!

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  • Dianarose
    Dianarose Member Posts: 2,407
    edited January 2017

    El- I eat and eat and the weight gain is slow. Putting me on a new Med and one of the side effects is weight gain 😁. I look like ET with peach fuzz. Chemo number 9 tomorrow. Three more after that. Light at the end of the tunnel. At least with Taxol.

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  • Lita57
    Lita57 Member Posts: 2,437
    edited January 2017

    El, be sure to buy some leggings that don't give you a camel toe while you're prancing.

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  • stellamaris
    stellamaris Member Posts: 384
    edited January 2017

    Diana...I picked up violin too after a lifetime, I was amazed at how quickly I learned to tead music again.. bless you...and I know how you feel about your DH, I do too. My sweetie told me no matter what, he can carry us both, and the alternative is not an option. My job is to fight. Hugs. January too, will pass.

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  • Eph3_12
    Eph3_12 Member Posts: 4,781
    edited January 2017

    Ok Prancercise is awesome! I wonder what Dashercise, Dancercise, Vixencise, Cometcise, Cupidcise, Donnercise and Blitzencise encompass, although I can imagine!

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  • elimar86861
    elimar86861 Member Posts: 7,416
    edited January 2017

    Eph & LIta, I might just LOL my way thru' January!

    Dianarose, I am sure the cumulative effect feels pretty butt-kicking at this point, but we are with you for the 3-2-1 countdown. Did you go thru' it all on maximum dosage so far, Ironwoman?


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  • Dianarose
    Dianarose Member Posts: 2,407
    edited January 2017

    Bad day ! No light in my tunnel! MO says she is keeping me on Taxol until it doesn't work or I just can't take it. So depressed. F'n cancer

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  • Lita57
    Lita57 Member Posts: 2,437
    edited January 2017

    Oh Diana, this is devastating! Taxol is a very effective drug, but it's very tough to handle on a long term basis. As stage 4 women, we already know in the back of our heads what we're up against and it ain't pretty.

    Will keep you in prayer that this line of treatment will keep Mr. Cancer at bay for a long while and that there is something else out there when taxol stops working for you.


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  • NativeMainer
    NativeMainer Member Posts: 10,462
    edited January 2017

    {{{{Diana}}}}

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  • MinusTwo
    MinusTwo Member Posts: 16,634
    edited January 2017

    Diana - sending hugs and keeping you in my thoughts.

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  • Dianarose
    Dianarose Member Posts: 2,407
    edited January 2017

    I understand the MO's reasoning keeping me on Chemo just don't like it. She did say maybe we can change it to 2 weeks on and two weeks off. Sounds doable, I think. Have a Ct scan and bone scan first week of February so I guess that will tell the true story. They still haven't figured out if my Her2 is positive or negative yet. Tests don't agree with each other. So craz

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  • elimar86861
    elimar86861 Member Posts: 7,416
    edited January 2017

    Dianarose, ANYONE would have a hard time coping. You mentioned a shrink?. Psychiatrist? Are you going on antidepressants and, if so, which one? In general, with drugs, I usually feel that less is more but, following along with your saga, I can understand how getting some chemical help to deal with everything is probably a good idea. I am glad to hear you are getting good support from your husband and family.

    For you, as for my BFF who has gone thru' several ineffective chemos over the past two years, I am always hoping that some new & better treatments are approved...ones that are effective and not as hard to tolerate. And, as always, hoping for a CURE.

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  • Dianarose
    Dianarose Member Posts: 2,407
    edited January 2017

    El- I started taking Mirtazapine. She said it can take 2-4 weeks to kick in. I also started my first violin 🎻 lesson today. It was hard to stay focused and relaxed but it's something to work on. I have been talking to the ladies on the peritoneal thread. Sadly I think I need to stop. Since November two have passed away and a third just went into hospice. I hope it doesn't offend anyone but it just brings me to a darker place then I am already at. Can't handle so much anymore.

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  • Lita57
    Lita57 Member Posts: 2,437
    edited January 2017

    Diana, you have to do whatever you need to do to get thru this.

    I had to get off the "Worried about Obama care" thread because it was really getting me down...especially now that it looks like the Republicans are really moving forward with repealing it. I worry about all the sisters here whose insurance will be compromised. I hate to think about what might happen to them.

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  • elimar86861
    elimar86861 Member Posts: 7,416
    edited January 2017

    Dianarose, I can say it now, we were all very worried for you last year. Everything was going wrong, and no one was helping you, and there was nothing for you to eat. They threw the word hospice at you, but HA; you decided to rebound instead, and do holiday baking!!! That a girl! As nasty as the Taxol is, if it keep those mets under control, then I hope you can stay on it a long time. What is the word about getting your kidney tube taken out?

    You asked about my parathyroid scar some time ago. It's o.k., nowhere near invisible yet, but I think that might take a year or more. I have to say my body feels more like its old self since having that surgery. My shin pain did go away.

    p.s. I am hurting from doing that Tamilee workout DVD I mentioned earlier. It was the side stretches that got to me. Pulled something, right around my waist/midsection. My cancer PTSD automatically reasoned it was kidney cancer, but it's probably just stretched a ligament. Maybe at my age, I should only prance.

    p.p.s. Where's Barbe? Did she give up this thread as a New Year's resolution?

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