Can we have a forum for "older" people with bc?

Another day of not being quite sure what weather we will have, and I'm still hoping rain won't be a part of it. I'm feeling fairly good now with the sinus issues, but I'll be taking the meds ( Loratidine ) for a bit to hopefully not turn around and flare. Still a little shocked by getting hit so late in the season. Actually, in a fairly short while ( not really quite soon enough for me though ) Spring will be here and I'll be dosing again for sure. Our cars when sitting out in Spring just get a greenish/yellow haze from all the pollen drifting through the air -- but glad it is not smog I'm complaining about as I can do more about the pollen.

I hope you all have a fantastic day.

A beautiful day here,too, Anne.

I played golf and wasn't tired when the round was over. That speaks to the nice course conditions.

The rest of the week is supposed to be just as pleasant. Tomorrow my younger sister and I plan to go out to lunch with my mother. I will pick up my mother at the nursing home and we'll meet my sister at the restaurant. This will be my mother's first outing (other than a doctor's appointment) since Christmas Day.

Jackie, my little car badly needs washing. I would have to pay $25 to take it to the car wash place that used to charge $13, then $15, then $25. They priced themselves out of my business. Now I wash it and clean the interior myself but not often

Hopes it goes well for you Sandy -- just yikes. I have had a bit of slight ( not too bad ) raspy feeling back of the throat. Not increasing though so I think it will be fine with some patience on my part.

Just wanted to let everyone know thatthe reseult came back from the stereotactic biopsy and I went to dr and it showed as necrosis and everything they said is ok.

Happy for you. Waiting is always the worst!

Munnybunni, what good news. I'm happy that this has turned out well for you. Now back to your regularly scheduled life.

It is a lot cooler today, but thank goodness the sun is out much stronger and the sky looks pretty clear. Hope that means sun all day long. I need my Vit. D from that big yellow orb along with the totally mood enhancing as a greatly needed side effect. So, I'm happy. My car is clean, there was news of positive biopsy and so I say --- let the high notes take place.

Thinking of Sandra and Mike and hoping you are both hanging in there.

See you all later.

MunnyBunny, I'm go happy you got good news. Happy dance!

Good morning Ladies. It's a balmy 16 here this morning. Most of our snow is gone, had so little. Weird winter!

Reading about grand kids living near. If you have them you are lucky. My son is in Vegas with no kids, the others live in MAryland and Texas , with one in Washington state , in the Army! My daughter who passed, used to say, "you raised us to be independent and now you are complaining! " I responded , "that was before I had grand kids!" We are lucky to see them once a year. Used to be we went to see our Grandparents, now it seems to be the reverse! With DH sleep apnea we are driving less, which my daughter doesn't seem to understand. Was closest to my daughter, who died, and the others I mostly keep up with on Facebook posts, if they post. So if you got em close and hear from them, count your blessings!

Observing the lives of people who have mastered adversity, I have repeatedly noted that they have defined their visions, established their goals, and, irrespective of obstacles, committed themselves to their achievement.The moment they fixed an objective in their mind and decided to concentrate all their energies on that objective, they began to surmount the most difficult odds.If you acknowledge that your dreams and hopes are worth working for and focus your thoughts on achieving them, your chances of empowering your life will exponentially increase. - Ari Kiev

Cliff, Welcome to our group. All the attention goes to women with BC, but a large number of men get it as well. Maybe if everything wasn't pink, people would be more aware. And being stage 4 sucks no matter age or gender. Will you be having chemo? Come back any time.

Men have a number of hurdles to overcome with this disease cliff. I can see you've posted elsewhere on BCO and I hope you can draw on the strength and wisdom of the people here to help you through treatment.

Hi all,

Cliff, Sorry for the reason you joined in with us, but happy to have you on board. Most of us, as women, have realized that there are some parts of this tough journey that only someone who has experienced those moments can understand. Being a male with BC, I am sure it is even tougher to find people who have walked in your shoes. While none of us have had all your experiences, I am pretty sure we can relate to most of the emotions and/or your physical and medical issues. Please visit often, and jump in on any topic raised here.

They were not able to use the laser on my brother's kidney stone, because the stone had progressed to the urethra. So he had it removed yesterday. He texted me that it was done, and he was tired. They had to put some kind of stent or something in where the stone was for a few days to trick the kidney into thinking that the stone is still there, so it doesn't release another one. They are removing that on Mon, and he says he will be here by Wed. Last time we talked, his daughter was going to drive down with him so he is not alone on the 9-11 hr drive.

Haven't seen or heard from the crew moving to Lake Placid since Tues. To say I am totally devastated doesn't even come close. The parents bothborder on being emotionally abusive, especially with their 8 yr old son. Enough at least that he thought running away was his only option last week. What child runs away and goes to their school to just walk around the empty halls? I am sure, in his eyes that I have failed him totally-I know that's how I feel. I have abandoned him when I told him I loved him and would always be there for him. Empty promises! I don't even know where they are- the warehouse or Lake Placid? I have no idea what their address is in Lake Placid. I am trying to let go and let a God, but not being very good at that.

Hope you all have a peaceful weekend.

Anne

Richard (“Shaft”) Roundtree and KISS drummer Peter Criss are both bc survivors.

Best of luck, Cliff. You're welcome to hang out here. Do you like to cook? We have a male member on the What's for Dinner discussion forum. His wife is a BC survivor.

Anne, hope your brother does well with his recovery and also hoping you get some peace of mind about your relocated grandchildren.

Wishing everyone a good Saturday. I stayed in bed until 7:45 and will skip the gym this morning. I played golf yesterday and am not feeling energetic. I do plan to visit my mother this afternoon at the nursing home

Hi everyone. Missed you all very much. i logged in and had 4 pages of posts to read. That's what happens when you don't visit regularly anymore. I used to be here every day, for several years in fact. My own fight with BC stopped being so important once my husband was diagnosed with cancer two years ago.

A sincere welcome to all the newcomers. You will find a wealth of support here. Feel free to post about anything...not just cancer, although I know how the diagnosis becomes your whole world at the beginning.

My husband Mike is still alive and kicking in spite of a number of setbacks in the past year that nearly claimed his life. He is one tough guy! We realized that in 2016 he survived 7 "situations" that could easily have gone the other way. That leaves him with only two more of his nine lives so here's hoping 2017 is kinder to him. (Mike had a bone marrow transplant March 1st for Myelodysplastic Syndrome, MDS - a type of blood cancer. It failed in June, then progressed to Acute Myeloid Leukemia in July. With weeks to live and no more options from our local doctors, we were went to MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. They started "salvage" chemo and 69 days later, after living through an awful paralytic ileus complication, he was in remission. We came back to San Antonio October 1st. Mike had lost 110 lbs and couldn't do much of anything for himself due to extreme deconditioning. Two weeks later he was back in the hospital after having syncope episodes which for him was immediate unconciousness with no warning. On Oct. 22nd, home again, he fell and ended up with broken facial bones and a brain bleed, a subarachnoid hemorrhage in the speech portion of his brain. This time the hospitalization was for two months during which he developed severe intestinal complications related to the bone marrow transplant and critical low blood pressure and heart issues which sent him to ICU several times.) I finally got him home two days before Christmas.

Exhausted yet? I sure am. Mike gets physical therapy, occupational therapy and a visiting nurse at home twice a week and he was accepted into the Traumatic Brain Injury Program at our local hospital. There he gets more physical therapy and much needed speech therapy each week.He is seen three times a week in the Bone Marrow Transplant clinic for blood tests and IV meds as needed. We've started going back to MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston also. When he had the brain hemorrhage, the local doctors took him off the clinical trial chemo because they didn't know if it was contributing to the syncope. His leukemia doc at Anderson put him back on it but put him in the hospital for awhile to monitor his heart. Mike also had a state of the art cardiac monitor placed in his chest. It delivers real time reports to his Anderson cardiologist who is trying to figure out why Mike had the syncope. The leukemia doc was delighted to tell us that the bone marrow biopsy showed he was still in remission. We were so afraid that it had returned since his local doc (whom we now call Dr. Doom N'Gloom) thought the AML was back. Since Mike wasn't able to return to Anderson due to his hospitalization here, he missed three months of monthly 5 day IV chemo "boosters" as well as being taken off the study drug. But Hallelujah the remission held fast!

We are home for the next week, but head back to Houston for 4-5 days two more times in February for follow up appointments and testing. Fortunately we are home for SuperBowl. The Houston traffic was awful in the days leading up to it. Tomorrow we will go to our friends house and enjoy some much needed social time while we watch the game.

I can't promise I will do better checking in with you, dear friends, but I will do my best as time allows.