The Hermit Club

Hey SissiD- welcome back. You were the original founder of this thread, but not sure I have seen you here since I joined in 2012. Good to hear you are doing well!

Lots of balloons over my patio this morning!

Hi Sissydi, welcome back to your thread.

Jazzy, I agree with wallan......cool.

Woke up to a light frost in the North Country!

The following pic was taken from Facebook.

Snow covered Mt. Marcy in the Adirondack Mountains, September 1, 2017, from Lake Placid, NY.

Hi BB - I don´t honestly know, BRAVA was not good experience but fat transfer was, there are some surgeons here who do fat transfer alone to créate a shape but I am not small and this is not available on the public system, to be honest I am just avoiding everything by devoting my energies to dogs, cannabis and alcohol.....so I don´t have to think or feel, not eating properly or anything......

To go for fat transfer would be at least 4 more surgeries at over 4k a time, all of which has to be funded by me......when I am struggling to eat etc

Jazzy, lovely bloom!

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Lily, only a suggestion............

If you're still spending every few minutes sobbing......take a time out from the alcohol.

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A hot and sunny Labor Day in the North Country!

Indeed!!!

Lily,

Thank You for explaining why you're taking cannabis oil. You must be in such misery!

Good morning friends- I went to a great concert at our state fair last night with Kenny Loggins. Always a big fan and seen him a few times in my life, and still has a great voice (and still pretty danged cute too). He is 70 and going strong!

Teka- yes he did! He sang a lot of his old music from Loggins and Messina too. Celerate Me Home is one of my very favorite of his songs.

Hi Wallan- how are you doing sister? Have you gotten through the treatment with all that came up early this year?

Wallan- you sound like you are doing well. When I first started on the AIs, I had horrible problems with SEs (especially problems with my feet due to the drying out of tendons with no estrogen). Several women suggested I take a break and go back on them to see if it was better? I asked my MO about it as I said I could not get through five years on these drugs with the way it was going. He said yes, it is a viable approach and so I went off for a month and then back on and was better. So put that in your pocket to discuss with your MO next visit. It may help. I still get hot flashes, have some brain fog, etc. but not a bad as I used to. Feet are better too, but not back to normal yet.

Believe it or not, I am now 6 months from being done with my five years on the AIs. My MO changed me to aromosin last year and find I have less SEs on them. In the home stretch....

awwww... thanks Teka.

I will take a soak.

wallan

Hey Jazzygirl an Teka:

I love a good soak!

Jazzygirl - happy for you about the home stretch on AI's.... I must say after I changed the time I took the Arimidex, I have felt less side effects this week. I took them in the morning and I got headaches, nausea, aches and pains, tingly sensations, hot flashes, insomnia. But when I changed to taking it at night, the side effects went away. I take melatonin now for the insomnia and I sleep about 7 hrs a night. Only a few aches and pains too which are mild. I sure hope it stays this way. I haven't even been on them 6 months etc. LOL

wallan

Wallan- when I started the AIs, the pharmacist told me to take them at night before bed, because the ache and pains are more noticeable the first few hours after ingestion (which of course, you don't notice when you are sleeping). She also mentioned at that time that sometimes women feel a bit dizzy on the drugs and that taking them at night would help with that too. So I have for the most part, taken them at night unless I forgot a dose and then took it the next morning. I do notice more SEs when taking during the day.

I hope you contine to do okay on them and with taking them at night, an important part of our treatment to keep the beast at bay. This may sound strange, but the five years feel daunting at first, but really does go fast. The first year was the hardest for me on them, got better with time as the drugs are considered cumulative per my MO.

I still do have bouts of insomnia from time to time which can be from many things, but think some of it has to do with the AIs. Some related to work stress.