INSOMNIACS place to talk in the wee hours

Mommy- congrats on making it to 4 years. I remember when they started talking about the whole "five year" thing, including how long I would have to take the AIs, it felt like forever. I am heading towards my 5 year cancerversary later this year, and will be done with the AIs next March. It has all gone very fast.

I am glad you are doing well friend!

Next Monday I am at 15 years 🤔. Time does fly

Sheps, good to see you post. Happy only one treatment. Good luck,with eyes getting better

Lookie, I was wondering how yucky the bruising was. That has to be,real sore. Gentle hugs to you

Happy Saturday to everyone else

Susan: wow. Yes, definitely live, and love, to the fullest.

Hi everyone, I've been reading, but haven't taken notes so won't remember everyone personally.

Loverly, thank you for the Dr Mike pic. LOVED it. I sure could use his help!!

Lookie, You had exchange and FG at same time, right? I read you have a lot of busing from the FG...how's your pain?

Thinking of everyone who is struggling.

Shep, I'm so sorry for your hospital experience. I've been thinking of you so much!! Healing hugs!!!

February was such an intense month for me with work and lots of appointments for my kids. I'm having a hard time balancing my time and energy. But, I want to share a happy story, and I'll bold it for Shep. My DS is taking a 10th grade PE class this term, and a week ago at conferences the PE teacher talked to me about having DS join the high school track team. He said my son is so nice that he will have a good influence on others, and it could be a really good experience for him, plus he's a good runner. So, this boy who was 1 lb 13 oz at birth, did not talk until he was 5 years old, and is very delayed, has been asked to join the school track team. Practice starts in just over a week, so I've been scrambling to get medical release forms signed, talking to a coach, etc. Of course, I'm excited, but also freaking out. This means DS will have very little supervision for over 2 hours. (He receives some adult assistance during school.) He'll have about 1/2 hour after school when he will need to change his clothes and have a snack before getting to the track. I know the coaches will watch out for him, but they'll be managing over a hundred kids. Tomorrow I'm shopping for work out clothes. I'm told they will be outside even in the cool weather. Special Olympics basketball goes through the 26th, so DS will be one tired boy for a couple weeks!

Blessings to all!

WildT: it is such a wonderful news on DS. You should be a proud mom! Thanks for sharing!

Susan: 15 years on stage IV and still going strong! You are an iron woman! I read that you are still on chemo, just wonder since you are ER+, why haven't you gone thru any AI treatment ?

Lita: you are so positive and happy. Love your "smiling face" ;-) and the t-shirt! Hope your shoulders keep improving and you can do high 5 soon.

ShepK: glad to know your surgery went thru fine, hope you are feeling better every day, and your vision returns to normal soon.

Hi and goodnightto all owelettes.

This cold snap we are having is for the birds!!!!

wildtulip, yeah for son...that is so,cool. Please keep us updated

Eeyore, 15 years total. 10 were stage 3. Last 5 have been stage IV. I was er positive. Hormone therapy for 10 years. Then I became hormone refractory. Cancer used hormone meds as food. Took off like wild fire. 40 plus lymph nodes, spine, lungs, ribs. That was 5 years ago. Been on chemo since, no other options right now. My body is holding up well, fifteen years is a long time on cancer medicine. I am very proud of my liver and kidneys 😜

Shepppppssss, hope you are feeling better

Lookie, no baths!!!!!!! How can one survive . Baths help my aches and pains. I would cry like a baby if I had to lay off for awhile😥

Happy Sunday to all

Queenie, how is school going ?

Hi everyone! I'm baaaack! I've been gone for awhile as we have very limited internet access. My DH has been doing online college the past several months so I had to give up my daily dosage of BCO so he could get his school work done. He's finished for a while... I hope!

I got thru chemo with flying colors after the first month or two being so rough. My Oncologist said I turned out to be a very boring chemo patient... I'll take comments like that all day long! I get to see all of my chemo nurses every 5 weeks to have my port flushed, we have a great time catching up with each other. After being part of my family for so long I'm sure I'll continue to drop in and say hi to all the girls.

I'm starting week 3 of 6.5 weeks of radiation tomorrow, so far so good. Crossing my fingers radiation goes as well as chemo did. I love all the techs that take care of me during my radiation treatments. My radiation doctor Dr Wu is fantasic too lol

It's going to take me some time to catch up but I'm going to jump in here feet first and get myself up to date as well as I can. I'm looking forward to being part of this wonderful group of people once again!

Lori

I'm so happy to see you back Lori.  I was worried about you!!!!  Welcome back

good luck with rads Lori

Queenie, I bow to you for going back to school. If I needed to hide from people, school would be the place to go...no one would ever think to look for me there😏

Well done you Wenchie. Nearly done! Here's to onwards and upwards!

Lori: yes, "boring" is the way to be!

Mags: yeah, I wouldn't want to go to the ER either, and ours isn't bad, for an ER department. Small town's are good for something!

As for my educational goals, it's either stop at what this community college has to offer me (combination of computers and business) or pole vault into a graduate program elsewhere (probably a variant on MBA) if I can figure out how to pay for it, and what to do with it when I'm done. (I have a masters in library science, but don't care to go back to library work.)

Susan3: spaghetti--everyone's favorite comfort food! But glad it's not me whom Puppy Bailey's getting up for Ball at midnight.

Back in 2012 when I had a ruptured appendix and was in the hospital for 8 days, I had two IV's, one for high doses of anti-B's and the other for fluids. I remember one person coming in to change one of the needles and jabbed at me many times until I demanded someone else. I will never forget how black and blue my left hand was, even in my morphine stupor. Hospitals are scary places......

Hi gals.... Jazzy, I remember (kind of) when I was about 14.... So sick one day, then worse at night.... Then I remember that sharp pain going across my lower stomach.... The next morning I could hardly move, but the pain was better. They had a Doctor come over, he pushed on my stomach, and thought right away I had appendicitis...

They finally took me in.... surgery, and they told my folks I only had 50/50 chance of making it.... It was serious THEN in 1951 ! I can't imagine anyone having it now-a-days....!

I was only in Hospital for a week..... I remember my Mom stopping to buy me a sweater-set that I liked... At that time, I just didn't care about MOVING much less shopping somewhere.... but she also fixed me cream of Asparagus soup.... my favorite.... Funny the things you remember!

Wish you guys would quit going to the Hospital! Hope you all are doing better!

Yes Susan, I CAN breathe better.... Still do the Nebulizer a couple times a day though.... Sooooooo windy here today! I went out at 6:30 this morning, when it was 45 degrees out... I was shoveling dirt around in my big pots, adding compost.... But THEN all of a sudden, this WIND came up, the temp dropped to 32, and I went in the house! Some storm up in the Mountains, with high-winds HERE! Oh well.... Supposed to be nice out this week....

If it could only just STAY Spring!

Elena and bailey say hi